In this episode of The Internet Explorer’s Podcast, we dive headfirst into the CIA’s most disturbing covert experiments: Project MKUltra. Specifically, we break down two of its darkest chapters --- Subproject 68, where psychiatrist Ewen Cameron used electroshock therapy, LSD, and drug-induced comas to forcibly erase and reprogram psychiatric patients, and Subproject 42, a government-funded experiment in real-world mind control where CIA agents spiked civilians' drinks in bars to test covert LSD delivery.
These Cold War conspiracies weren’t fringe. They were declassified by Congress after decades of secrecy. We also look at the death of Frank Olson, a military scientist who may have been silenced after being unknowingly dosed, and the year-long LSD experiment on Whitey Bulger, the infamous mobster turned test subject.
If you’ve ever been curious about CIA experiments, government cover-ups, or how psychological warfare was literally tested on everyday people, this is the episode for you.
We’re not here to speculate. We’re here to tell you exactly what the documents say.
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