Merak covers Project Artichoke, MK-Ultra's grandpappy, and Asia discusses the unsolved disappearance of singer-songwriter Jim Sullivan. A fabulous adventure.

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Sources:

Project Artichoke-

• Devil's Chessboard, David Talbot
• Wormwood, 2017 documentary
• https://newrepublic.com/article/158008/germ-warfare-book-nicholson-baker-baseless-review
• https://warfarehistorynetwork.com/article/cold-war-spies-general-reinhard-gehlen/

Jim Sullivan-

• General information: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Sullivan_(musician)
• Magazine interview with Dobbs and Chris Sullivan: https://floodmagazine.com/71829/mystery-and-history-the-strange-music-and-stranger-tale-of-jim-sullivan/
• More details on the disappearance: https://ultimateclassicrock.com/missing-ufo-singer-songwriter/#
• Surrounding details and Sullivan's legacy, as well as the quote about the phone call to Barbara: https://newsoundsmag.co.uk/2020/02/17/who-is-jim-sullivan-and-why-do-i-want-to-know-so-much-about-him/

Back (a little late) and greatly improved! Asia covers the very mysterious Indrid Cold, while Merak explores the complicated world of vaudeville fraud.

Sources:

Woodrow Derenberger original interview on WTAP-TV: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7p06V3Jrlk

Source article by Liz Carrie: https://dailyyonder.com/woodrow-derenberger-and-the-legend-of-indrid-cold/2021/12/03/

Visitors From Lanulos by Woodrow Derenberger

Beyond Lanulos by Taunia Derenberger

Hang in there while we struggle to understand audio production! This week, Merak covers the strange and fringe Phantom Time Theory. Asia attempts to tackle the Enfield Poltergeist.