The Radioactive Boy Scout (1998)
This is a very interesting story, but this article is pretty light on a lot of the details of his life. He got into a lot of mischief throughout his life and unfortunately died a few years ago: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;David_Hahn" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;David_Hahn</a>. It&#x27;s a real shame, because he was obviously bright and highly motivated and I feel like he was just never able to really put all that potential into action.<p>My favorite part of the story is that he was arrested for stealing smoke detectors from his apartment building trying to collect radioactive material. One of my first jobs was shipping &#x2F; receiving for an electronics manufacturer, and smoke &#x2F; gas detectors were the lion&#x27;s share of our business. I was told I always had to classify the products as &quot;components for a nuclear reactor&quot; on international shipping manifests, which I thought was silly. Until I read this story...