In the early days of the Cold War, the CIA ordered the creation of a secret programme intended to find ways of mind control. They funded an army of psychiatric institutions across the United States ...

Thanks to the Internet, crazy conspiracy theories, like linking celebrities to MK Ultra, are no longer exclusive to just basement dwellers and eccentric shut-ins. You’ve definitely heard about the ...

The United States government cannot be sued in Canada for its alleged role in infamous brainwashing experiments at a Montreal psychiatric hospital, Quebec's Court of Appeal ruled this week. The ...

The United States government cannot be sued in Canada for its alleged role in infamous brainwashing experiments at a Montreal psychiatric hospital, Quebec’s Court of Appeal ruled this week. The ...

Six people were killed in a mass shooting at a 4th of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois on Monday. Another 38 were injured. Police apprehended the alleged shooter, 22-year-old Robert E. Crimo III ...

In the early 1950s, the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency began a series of highly confidential and experimental programs to develop new interrogation methods, which would eventually lead them to one ...

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