So Super Weird: The Podcast

Episode 8: MK ULTRA


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In this week's episode, Ashlynn recounts the disturbing and mind-goggling mind control experiments conducted by the CIA during the Cold War. Following rumors that China and the USSR had cracked mind control, the CIA was desperate to learn the secret as well. Ran primarily by Dr. Sidney Gottlieb, MK Ultra was a disgusting and immoral study where experimenters dose subjects with various hallucinogens including LSD, psilocybin mushrooms, barbiturates, cocaine, heroin, and many others. The majority of the dosings were done without the subject's knowledge and were followed up with extreme torture. In 1973, the majority of the documents regarding the MK Ultra project were destroyed, but what little is left is just as concerning as it is confusing. Next week we will be covering two murders that took place in Tucson, Arizona!

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