Recently, Ken Lack posted on his Facebook page about an unwanted visitor. He purchased the Tomcat Live Catch Mouse Trap for under five dollars at Lowe’s Home Improvement. So, does it work?

The old adage that you’ll make a fortune by developing a better mouse trap is not super realistic, as the engineers behind Sony’s Betamax video tape standard could tell you. However, you can ...

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My kids love Mouse Trap. They don’t care for the game play all that much, they just like putting the pieces together and letting it run. Unfortunately, there isn’t all that much complexity to ...

1. Poison it with toxic bait. 2. Trap it in a snap trap. 3. Fumigate your home. While time-consuming, trapping is relatively cheap and doesn't rely on hazardous chemicals.

Well, at least about 75 percent of the time. The Mouse Trap's final local appearance started with a vaudeville show. First, there was a Crazy Glue test, just like the old commercial.

I envisioned a mouse strolling in, the door slamming shut and a bunch of tiny knives emerging from the dark. Perhaps the Psycho shower-scene music kicks in for full effect.