We answer our central question: What happened here? And we try to chart the path forward for “Havana Syndrome” victims.
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Apr 2023
Bonus: Live from the International Spy Museum
This week’s episode comes in collaboration with SpyCast, a podcast featuring in-depth conversations from the world of global intelligence and espionage. In this bonus, you’ll get to listen in on a panel discussion recorded live at the International Spy Museum in Washington, DC. T ... Show More
51m 50s
Feb 2023
A mystery begins at the US Embassy in Havana
This is a preview of Project Brazen's latest investigative podcast, The Sound: Mystery of Havana Syndrome. To listen to the rest of this episode, search for THE SOUND: Mystery of Havana Syndrome, wherever you get your podcasts.
In December 2016, a US official in Havana reported a ... Show More
16m 34s
Dec 2024
The Mysterious Havana Syndrome
Noel and Ben (and, briefly, Matt) of Stuff They Don’t Want You to Know drop by to talk about the strange and mysterious Havana syndrome. Were US government employees the victim of a directed attack that made them feel sick and ill at ease, or was it all in their heads? We look at ... Show More
1h 11m
Jan 2022
Havana Syndrome. Part II: Global Controversy
<p>The story started in 2016, when US and Canadian embassy staff in Havana began reporting mysterious medical symptoms -- headaches, vertigo, strange sounds and more. As time went on, more employees in other embassies started reporting similar experiences, causing international c ... Show More
1 h
Sep 2022
Havana Syndrome Update, with Jack O'Brien
The story began, officially, in 2017 -- multiple US government employees stationed abroad began reporting eerily similar symptoms, ranging from mild discomfort to intense headaches and debilitating ringing in the ears. Soon this became known as "Havana Syndrome." So what, exactly ... Show More
1h 17m
Aug 2024
Introducing: Fur & Loathing
In December 2014, a chlorine gas bomb was set off at a convention for Furries, putting 19 people in the hospital. It’s one of the largest chemical weapon attacks in American history – and it remains an unsolved mystery. In Fur & Loathing, Nicky Woolf, the investigative reporter b ... Show More
27m 24s