Jared Ecker is a researcher and fact-checker. He possesses over a decade of experience in the Nuclear and National Defense sectors resolving issues on platforms as varied as stealth bombers to UAVs.

From the Smithsonian National Museum of American History. Photo by Cade Martin. Courtesy of Jeopardy Productions, Inc. In 1963, television host and erstwhile actor Merv Griffin was flying back to New ...