Project MK Ultra: Truth, Torture and LSD?
What if the government could control your mind—and you’d never even know it happened?
In this episode of New Beard Order, we expose the secret history of MK-Ultra, the CIA’s Cold War-era mind control program that blended science fiction with real-world horror. Hidden behind black budgets and redacted files, MK-Ultra sought to weaponize the human mind using drugs, hypnosis, psychological torture, and more.
We dive into: 🔹 The origins of MK-Ultra from Projects Bluebird and Artichoke 🔹 How the CIA used LSD, hypnosis, and sensory deprivation on unwitting civilians 🔹 The role of “safe houses” disguised as brothels and communes 🔹 The theory of “hypno-programmed” assassins—real-life Manchurian Candidates 🔹 Congressional hearings that uncovered fragments of the truth 🔹 The mysterious figure of Dr. Joly West and his secret correspondence with the CIA 🔹 The chilling case of airman Jimmy Shaver—a possible test subject gone rogue 🔹 How most of the program’s records were destroyed to erase the evidence 🔹 What modern psychology and whistleblowers say about MK-Ultra’s legacy
Was MK-Ultra just a failed experiment—or a gateway into psychological warfare that still echoes today?
Sources Cited:
1. Declassified CIA documents via FOIA requests 2. Church Committee hearings (1975) “The Search for the Manchurian Candidate” – John Marks 3. “Poisoner in Chief” – Stephen Kinzer 4. The Why Files – The CIA's Secret Mind Control Program 5. Interviews and reports on Dr. Joly West and Jimmy Shaver 6. CIA Project Bluebird & Artichoke documentation 7. Testimony from former CIA employees and psychiatrists involved in the program
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