On another mind-bending installment of Disinformed, we wing our way to Europe and examine a case of either mass delusion or shared hysteria in post-war France. Was the village of Pont Saint Espirit poisoned by a bad batch of bread, or did the CIA's mind-expansion programs actually breach international borders? Find out in this exciting episode... https://linktr.ee/disinformedpodcast Sources:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-10996838.amphttps://www.mentalfloss.com/article/558020/pont-saint-esprit-france-1951-bread-poisoning-mass-hallucinationshttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2069953/pdf/brmedj03511-0030.pdfhttps://www.haaretz.com/world-news/.premium.MAGAZINE-what-drove-an-entire-french-town-mad-on-a-summer-day-in-1951-1.7001662https://phys.org/news/2010-03-mystery-cursed-bread-cia-agent.amphttps://www.npr.org/2020/11/20/937009453/the-cias-secret-quest-for-mind-control-torture-lsd-and-a-poisoner-in-chiefhttps://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/tachycardia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355127https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/bradycardia/symptoms-causes/syc-20355474https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pont-Saint-Esprit https://ahrp.org/1951-pont-saint-esprit-the-devils-bread-or-a-disastrous-cia-lsd-experiment/ https://www.voltairenet.org/article164447.html https://asm.org/Articles/2018/November/From-Poisoning-to-Pharmacy-A-Tale-of-Two-Ergots https://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=14891 https://madnessofnorthwales.com/the-role-of-mercury-in-the-treatment-of-syphilis/https://www.history.com/topics/crime/history-of-lsd https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_President%27s_Commission_on_CIA_Activities_within_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serotonin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dopamine  Outro:Semi-Funk by Kevin MacLeodLink: https://filmmusic.io/song/4333-semi-funkLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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