Ep. 88 – The Bad Trip

The history of LSD and the MK-Ultra Program

In this episode I tell you the strange history of the drug LSD, from it’s origins involving a deadly fungus that may have caused a bizarre dancing plague in 1518, all the way up until the CIA began experimenting with it in their top secret program known as Project MK-Ultra. Did the CIA really murder one of its own scientists? And how does the man’s death tie into a bizarre outbreak of mass hallucinations in a tiny French village.

Notes:

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/

https://www.timesofisrael.com/was-scientist-frank-olsons-death-an-lsd-induced-suicide-or-cia-cover-up/

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/12/errol-morris-wormwood-netflix-interview

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-10996838

http://www.botany.hawaii.edu/faculty/wong/BOT135/LECT12.HTM

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/

Chris Zabriskie, I Need to Start Writing Things Down, John Stockton Slow Drag, There’s Probably No Time, Undercover Vampire Policeman, I Am a Man Who Will Fight For Your Honor

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/

https://www.history.com/news/what-was-the-dancing-plague-of-1518

Ep. 82 – The Mesmerists

The history of hypnotism, and is it possible to compel someone to commit murder?

Hypnotism is a controversial subject that has been around in one form or another since the time of the ancient Egyptians. Under hypnosis, a person becomes susceptible to suggestion. But just how far can you compel a person under hypnosis to go? For centuries, hypnosis has been tied to a number of murders and suspicious deaths. In this episode, we’ll discuss some of these incidents, including one that may involve one of the most famous assassinations in American history.

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast/posts

Notes:

http://johnmongiovi.com/blog/2014/10/22/a-history-of-hypnosis-from-ancient-temples-to-modern-psychology

10 Deadly Cases Of Hypnosis

https://www.ranker.com/list/hypnosis-crimes/lee-emjay

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2015/oct/12/north-port-florida-students-death-hypnosis

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-human-equation/201207/look-my-eyes-and-kill-your-husband

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/true-crime/wp/2018/06/04/the-assassination-of-bobby-kennedy-was-sirhan-sirhan-hypnotized-to-be-the-fall-guy/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.8eced32fa327

Music:

Chris Zabriskie, Stories of the World That Once Was

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Chris_Zabriskie/

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/

Kai Engel, December, January, February, March, Summer Days, Floret, Difference, Curtains Are Always Drawn

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/

Ep. 29 – The Night Lincoln Died

We’ve all heard the story about how John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford’s Theater. But did you ever hear the story about the men who drove a mummy around the U.S. claiming it was Booth? Or the one about the gang of criminals who tried to steal Lincoln’s corpse? Or how about the Army major who was in Lincoln’s box that night who later went insane and tried to murder his entire family? These are strange but true stories your history teacher forgot to tell you.

 

Notes:

https://memory.loc.gov/ammem/alhtml/alrintr.html

http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/lincolnconspiracy/conspirators.html

https://www.google.com/amp/www.chron.com/life/amp/9-things-you-didn-t-know-about-the-Lincoln-7248125.php

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2015/04/13/politics/lincoln-assassination-at-150/index.html?client=safari

http://rogerjnorton.com/Lincoln47.html

http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2007/06/24/a-plot-to-steal-lincolns-body

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/04/15/the-mystery-of-lincoln-s-assassin.html

http://m.mentalfloss.com/article.php?id=31845

Rathbone Ends Long List Of Lincoln Party Tragedies

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/videos/category/history/a-presidents-premonition/

http://www.theverge.com/2013/7/31/4395960/john-wilkes-booth-killed-lincoln-but-who-killed-john-wilkes-booth

http://blogs.weta.org/boundarystones/2013/02/22/little-known-victims-lincoln-assassination

10 Strange Fates Of People Connected To Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination

 

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

Julie Maxwell’s Piano Music, Dark Wonder

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Julie_Maxwells_Piano_Music/Piano_Soul/Julie_Maxwells_piano_music_-_Piano_Soul_-_18_Dark_Wonder

Myuu, Scent of Night, You, Morbid Mind, What Could Have Been and Wind’s Wreck

Fabrizio Paterlini, Autumn Stories

Ep. 28 – The Deceivers

Throughout history, there have been a number of shadowy groups dedicated to the art of deception and murder. Today, we have a name for these people. We call them assassins. Hear the true story of the history of such groups, including the bizarre true story of the Indian death cult that may have been responsible for as many as two million deaths.

 

Notes:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thug_Behram

Holy Terror: The Rise of the Order of Assassins

http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/12/where-did-the-word-assassin-come-from/

http://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends/thuggees-cult-assassins-india-002145

10 Deadliest Assassin Organizations In History

http://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/11/18/245953619/what-a-thugs-life-looked-like-in-nineteenth-century-india

The Thugs of India

 

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Dexter_Britain/Creative_Commons_Volume_2/The_Tea_Party

Kai Engel, Take a Look Around You, Realness, Changing Reality

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/

Myuu, What Could Have Been, Scent of Night, Take a Look Around You, The End is Always near, Facing Darkness, Tender Remains

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