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. 84 – The Other Assassin

The mystery of John Wilkes Booth and his own assassin, Boston Corbett

In this episode I tell you about the lives of two men, John Wilkes Booth, the man who shot Abraham Lincoln, and Boston Corbett, the man who shot Booth. Or did he? Stories persist over the years that the man Boston Corbett shot was not really John Wilkes Booth, and that Booth lived on for decades after.

Notes:

https://www.history.com/news/the-john-wilkes-booth-mummy-that-toured-america

The mysterious fate of Boston Corbett

The Man Who Shot the Man Who Shot Lincoln

did john wilkes booth survive

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

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

Chris Zabriskie, Undercover Vampire Policeman

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

Kevin MacLeod, Impromptu I-III

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/

Coldnoise, Fragments, Chance to Noice

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise/

Alex Mason & The Minor Emotion, Silent Park Inside Your Soul, Only

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/AlexMasonTheMinor_Emotion/

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. 76 – The Land of the Lost

The story of hollow earth theories and conspiracies

For centuries, stories have been told that the earth is a hollow ball, and that a vast, magical world lies just beneath our feet. These stories include practically everything strange and unusual you can imagine: Bigfoot, UFOs, aliens, government conspiracies and even Adolf Hitler. This episode features a special guest appearance by Nathan Lloyd of the Historical Blindness podcast.

Notes:

https://www.wired.com/2014/07/fantastically-wrong-hollow-earth/

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/10961412/Hollow-Earth-conspiracy-theories-the-hole-truth.html

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/the-hollow-earth-is-filled-with-giants-germans-and-a-little-sun

Music:

Chris Zabriskie, There’s Probably No Time

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

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

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

ColdNoise, Remember

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Coldnoise/

Kai Engel, Curtains are Always Drawn, Mist and Clouds

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

Kevin Macleod, Meditation Impromptu 1, 2, 3, Smoother Move

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/

 

Ep. 71 – The Octopus

The mysterious death of journalist Danny Casolaro and his investigation into the organization he called The Octopus.

In 1991, the body of a journalist named Danny Casolaro was found in a West Virginia hotel room with slashed wrists and a suicide note nearby. It turns out, before his death, Danny Casolaro was investigating what he believed was a vast conspiracy involving a shadowy criminal organization he called The Octopus. Was his death a suicide as police ruled? Or was he murdered?

 

Patreon:

https://www.patreon.com/theconspiratorspodcast

 

Notes:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1991/08/31/what-killed-danny-casolaro/ea110460-d4d0-4052-a84c-3660b6989ebe/?utm_term=.bccdbb2efa00

https://www.amazon.com/Octopus-Secret-Government-Death-Casolaro/dp/0922915393

https://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/17/us/reporter-is-buried-amid-questions-over-his-pursuit-of-conspiracy-idea.html

Music:

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

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

Kai Engel, December, January, Oneiri, Floret, Rejecting the Sirens, Climbing on Air, On Lighted Streets, After Midnight

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

Ep. 42 – The Call

Without a doubt the telephone is one of the greatest inventions in human history. But the invention also has a dark side. Listen to hear several true stories from history of unsolved murders, strange conspiracies and a series of phone calls that appeared to come from beyond the grave.

 

Notes:

PD James claims to have solved 1931 cold case murder | Liz Bury | Books | The Guardian

http://www.cracked.com/article_21794_hello-jfks-about-to-die-6-creepiest-anonymous-calls.html

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

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/ghosts/deadcall.asp

http://gizmodo.com/5052314/la-train-victim-makes-35-phone-calls-from-beyond-the-grave

http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/kupcinet.htm

http://articles.latimes.com/1992-08-19/news/vw-5724_1_phone-call

 

Music:

Philipp Weigl, Not the Streets You Used to Walk Along

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Philipp_Weigl/

Dexter Britain, The Tea Party

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

Lee Rosevere, At the Edges of Sleep

http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/

Myuu, Down the Rabbit Hole, The End is Always Near, On the Chain

 

 

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