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How Do Two-Way Mirrors Work?

It’s a familiar scene from every police procedural: In one brightly lit room, a perp is being questioned. In an adjacent room ...
A two-way mirror, also called a one-way mirror, is a pane of glass that acts like a regular mirror on one side while allowing someone to see through from the other side. It’s commonly used in ...
One classic set you’ll see in most vintage mystery movies is an interrogation room with a “two-way” mirror in one wall. This cool gadget lets the witnesses see the suspects from another room while the ...
You've finally reached your hotel room and just want to take a shower and change, but you can't shake off this eerie feeling; ...