It sounds like the plot of a B-movie, but in the 1950s, it was American foreign policy. This week, we are looking at Project Midnight Climax. Under the guise of national security, the government set up safehouses in New York and San Francisco to study the effects of LSD on non-consenting participants, lured in by sex workers while agents watched from behind two-way mirrors.

But in a story this absurd, it’s hard to tell where the reality ends and the lies begin. We’ve compiled a list of 5 shocking details about the operation. The catch? We’ve sprinkled in fake facts to test our hosts' detectors.

Join us as we try to figure out: Is it a historical fact, or is it just a hallucination?