Operation Midnight Climax

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Operation Midnight Climax episodes

November 16, 2022 Stealing Superman: Episode Four – The Memphis Affair
Nicolas Cage weds Lisa Marie Presley, but Memphis beckons for another reason. Another rare Cage comic turns up in the soulful city, leading police to think they’ve finally cracked the case.
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37 min
November 09, 2022 Stealing Superman: Episode Three – The Collector
Nicolas Cage’s copy of Action Comics #1 wasn’t the only one stolen. Another was taken just weeks prior to the Cage theft — from the safe of a billionaire. Was it a coincidence, or a rehearsal?
44 min
November 03, 2022 Stealing Superman: Episode Two – Four Empty Frames
One of Cage’s comics turns up in Connecticut, which seems like a slam dunk for investigators. And we meet a renowned (but reformed!) art thief, who explains the true motive behind its appearance.
42 min
November 03, 2022 Stealing Superman: Episode One – Beads of Sweat
After a holiday party, Nicolas Cage realizes his cache of rare comics has been ransacked, and Action Comics #1 is missing. That's the Mona Lisa of comic books. Suspects range from employees to guests. Cage turns to his trusted comic book dealer for help solving what will shape up to be the most unlikely art heist of all time.
49 min
October 27, 2021 Introducing: Haileywood
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3 min
May 12, 2021 The Climax
Sidney Gottlieb thought he’d erased all traces of Operation Midnight Climax and MK-ULTRA from the government’s collective memory. While the world will never know the full extent of the CIA’s experimentation with LSD, an unlikely source revealed many of the victims. These breakthroughs came courtesy of George White, who testified from beyond the grave.

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43 min
May 05, 2021 Tripping
As the walls closed in on Operation Midnight Climax, George White took lessons he’d learned from a world-class magician to explore the last uncharted frontier of the psychonaut — the general public. It’s how White would make San Francisco’s sanity disappear.

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34 min
April 28, 2021 A Waste of Sin
After Frank Olson’s death in New York, George White had to move his whole operation to San Francisco. And the CIA added a twist: while they’d been occupied with using LSD as a mind-control drug, now they wanted him to weaponize sex.

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32 min
April 21, 2021 The Window
For 70 years, people have debated what happened to Frank Olson at the Hotel Statler. Did the CIA’s grand experiment with LSD lead to the sanctioned execution of a government employee? For George White, Frank Olson’s death would change everything.

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40 min
April 14, 2021 Smoking Out Castro
Today we wanted to share a bonus mini-episode. Here’s how George White’s LSD adventures tied in with the CIA’s increasingly bizarre attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro. We’ll be back with a new installment next Wednesday.

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12 min

About Operation Midnight Climax

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George White ran the CIA brothel. He watched from a hidden room while men were dosed with LSD — and he convinced himself the fate of the nation depended on it.