The horror of the CIA's MK-ULTRA operations were hidden for a long time, but information has been released thanks to the Freedom of Information Act. The Central Intelligence Agency was responsible for horrible experiments on people using combinations of drugs that sometimes proved to be fatal. The document that I found can be found here, but the originally-r ... Show More
Aug 14
When the Dead Came Back
In the winter of 1892, the quiet town of Exeter, Rhode Island, became the stage for one of New England’s most infamous cases of vampire panic. Tuberculosis, then called “consumption”, was killing families one by one, and superstition filled the gaps science couldn’t explain. When ... Show More
18m 20s
Aug 1
There's a Ghost in Your Bed
In 1987, a family purchased a set of second-hand bunk beds for their young daughters. Almost immediately after they started being used, their children started reporting a strange apparition, visions, and objects moving on their own. Can objects be haunted? And if so, are there mo ... Show More
24m 50s
Jul 25
The Mystery of The Serbian Dancing Lady
In 2019, a woman was spotted dancing on the street in Belgrade, Serbia. Rumors spread about her carrying a knife and chasing people, and bystanders were warned not to look her in the eye. Then in 2022, the video was shared on TikTok and it started an entire new type of digital lo ... Show More
21m 8s
Sep 2020
Episode 3: EXPOSING MKULTRA
Communist brainwashing, mind control experiments, a government cover up... MKULTRA sounds like the stuff of conspiracy theories or science fiction. But it was real. John Marks, author of The Search for the Manchurian Candidate, and Stephen Kinzer, author of Poisoner in Chief, rev ... Show More
29m 43s
Sep 2020
S8 "Brainwashed" E6: Never too late to say sorry
MKULTRA has entered popular culture, becoming the butt of jokes, television plot points, and the darling of internet conspiracy theorists. At the very least, the secrecy that still surrounds MKULTRA, or the CIA’s post-9/11 programs, sows distrust of governments, and medical profe ... Show More
34m 9s