Dead man's hand in popular culture In Legends of the Hidden Temple, an episode from the first season was told about the legend of Wild Bill Hicock and the Dead Man's Hand. In "Noosphere Rising" (Season 1 Episode 7) of the television series "Touch", a key is given to Jake Bohm (David Mazouz) by Dr. Teller (Danny Glover) with the number 1188 engraved on it. The number is identified by Martin Bohm (Kiefer Sutherland) as the "dead man's hand", and is part of the number pattern of the fictional Amelia Sequence. In "The Lightning" (Season 1 Episode 14) of the television series "Criminal Minds", Hotch plays
Dead Hand Building (TsNIIMash) in 1976–92, confirmed in 1993 that the Soviets had designed the automatic launch system with seismic, light and radiation sensors, but said that the design had been ultimately rejected by Marshal Sergey Akhromeyev on advice of Korobushin and never materialized. Accounts differ as to the degree of automation of Dead Hand. In a 1993 issue of "The New York Times": The communication missile would work similarly to the US Emergency Rocket Communications System (ERCS). However, more recent sources indicate the system was semi-automatic. In a 2007 article, Ron Rosenbaum quotes Blair as saying that Dead Hand is "designed