In the 1950's, the CIA was deep into using drugs like LSD to see if they could brainwash communist spies. Sound like something out of a badly written spy novel? Unfortunately, it isn't. This week, Liz and Dakota look into the secret history of the American Government's experiments into brainwashing.

Episode Notes

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/class-action-lawsuit-families-montreal-brainwashing-mk-ultra-1.6371416

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cardinal-mindszenty-of-hungary-sentenced#:~:text=Cardinal%20J%C3%B3zsef%20Mindszenty%2C%20the%20highest,perversions%E2%80%9D%20and%20%E2%80%9Clynchings.%E2%80%9D

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Midnight_Climax

https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mkultra

https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/09/15/cia-fort-detrick-stephen-kinzer-228109/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_MKUltra

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