Ranked #1
Sweet Daddy Grace: The Gospel According to Daddy
Sweet Daddy Grace: The Gospel According to Daddy
Since she was a little girl, Marcy DePina felt drawn to a man called Daddy Grace, a charismatic immigrant from Cabo Verd... Read more
19 Jul 2023
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27mins
Ranked #2
The Climax
The Climax
Sidney Gottlieb thought he’d erased all traces of Operation Midnight Climax and MK-ULTRA from the government’s collectiv... Read more
12 May 2021
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42mins
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Tripping
Tripping
As the walls closed in on Operation Midnight Climax, George White took lessons he’d learned from a world-class magician ... Read more
5 May 2021
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33mins
Ranked #4
A Waste of Sin
A Waste of Sin
After Frank Olson’s death in New York, George White had to move his whole operation to San Francisco. And the CIA added ... Read more
28 Apr 2021
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31mins
Ranked #5
The Window
The Window
For 70 years, people have debated what happened to Frank Olson at the Hotel Statler. Did the CIA’s grand experiment with... Read more
21 Apr 2021
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Smoking Out Castro
Smoking Out Castro
Today we wanted to share a bonus mini-episode. Here’s how George White’s LSD adventures tied in with the CIA’s increasin... Read more
14 Apr 2021
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11mins
Ranked #7
Uncharter Waters
Uncharter Waters
As the CIA’s LSD experiments went increasingly rogue, an aspiring actress realized what George White had done to her. Bu... Read more
7 Apr 2021
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35mins
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The Pad
The Pad
To immerse himself in his CIA role, George White needed a new identity. In Greenwich Village, he set up a safehouse and ... Read more
31 Mar 2021
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33mins
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Brainwash
Brainwash
If George White could manipulate the mafia with an old-fashioned wartime truth serum, what could he do with something mo... Read more
24 Mar 2021
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36mins
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Mayhem and Murder
Mayhem and Murder
In the 1950s, the CIA conducted highly controversial research on mind-altering drugs to prepare for brain warfare with g... Read more
17 Mar 2021
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28mins