This episode explores the Cold War fascination with hypnosis as a possible tool of control. Intelligence researchers wondered whether a person in a trance could be made more obedient, more suggestible, or even capable of acting against their own will. In three minutes, the episode asks why hypnosis became so tempting to agencies chasing secrets, and what that temptation reveals about power, consent, and the fear of a mind that might not fully belong to itself.