Episode 32
The CIA Dosed Him With LSD, Then He FELL
The documented facts
- In 1953, CIA chemist Sidney Gottlieb slipped LSD into scientist Frank Olson's drink at a Maryland retreat without telling him, part of MKUltra.
- Nine days later, Olson fell from a New York hotel window. His family believed the official account for twenty-two years.
- A 1975 Senate probe exposed MKUltra, and Olson's widow learned from the morning papers that the CIA had drugged her husband days before his death.
- In 1994 his son had the body exhumed; the skull wound did not match a fall, leaving the question open: pushed, or did he jump?
The Draugr does not invent. He documents.
The Death of Frank Olson, 1953
The facts
- 1953CIA chemist Sidney Gottlieb slips LSD into scientist Frank Olson's drink at a Maryland retreat without telling him, part of MKUltra.
- Nine days laterOlson falls from a New York hotel window. His family believes the official account for twenty-two years.
- 1975A Senate probe exposes MKUltra. Olson's widow learns from the morning papers that the CIA drugged her husband days before his death.
- 1994His son has the body exhumed. The skull wound does not match a fall. Pushed, or did he jump? The question stays open.
The evidence
- The CIA dosed its own scientist with LSD and told no one, not even him. Twenty-two years later his widow read it in the newspaper.
- The exhumed skull told a different story than the fall. The wound did not fit.
Sources
The words, as I spoke them.
Transcript
In 1953, the CIA secretly drugged their own scientist with LSD. Nine days later, he fell from a New York hotel window. Stay till the end. The fall was only the beginning.
Frank Olson built bioweapons at Fort Detrick. At a Maryland retreat, the CIA's top chemist slipped LSD into his drink without telling him. It was MKUltra, the mind control program. Unwitting Americans, dosed and watched.
His family believed it for twenty-two years. Then a 1975 Senate probe exposed MKUltra, and his widow learned in the morning papers that the CIA had drugged her husband nine days before he died.
In 1973, the CIA burned every MKUltra file. One records request saved twenty thousand pages. The rest went up in smoke. What did the burned pages say?
In 1994, his son exhumed the body. The skull wound did not match a fall. Pushed, or did he jump? Stitch this with your theory. Follow for a new true nightmare every day. Sleep with the lights on, if you can.
Dramatized for the telling. The facts above are documented; the narration is the Draugr’s retelling of them.
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