Uploaded July 2025 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
In this episode, we explore the CIA mind control experiments of the 1950s, specifically the top secret program ‘MK Ultra’, who utilised LSD. We'll recount various chilling experiments and explore the mysterious death of one of their top scientists.
Cast List
Peggy Brunache
Historian, archaeologist and lecturer at University of Glasgow.
Lindsay Moran
Author and former CIA operative.
Dominic Selwood
Historian, barrister, bestselling author, novelist and frequent contributor to national newspapers including The Independent, The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph.
Luke Daly Groves
Historian, author and lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire.
Lynn Picknett
Historian and researcher specialising in exposing historical conspiracies. She is also the co-author of several notable works.
Colin Ross
Psychiatrist and former president of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation.
Tony McMahon
Former BBC news producer, author, print journalist and historian.
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In this episode, we explore the CIA mind control experiments of the 1950s, specifically the top secret program ‘MK Ultra’, who utilised LSD. We'll recount various chilling experiments and explore the mysterious death of one of their top scientists.
Cast List
Peggy Brunache
Historian, archaeologist and lecturer at University of Glasgow.
Lindsay Moran
Author and former CIA operative.
Dominic Selwood
Historian, barrister, bestselling author, novelist and frequent contributor to national newspapers including The Independent, The Spectator and The Daily Telegraph.
Luke Daly Groves
Historian, author and lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire.
Lynn Picknett
Historian and researcher specialising in exposing historical conspiracies. She is also the co-author of several notable works.
Colin Ross
Psychiatrist and former president of the International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation.
Tony McMahon
Former BBC news producer, author, print journalist and historian.
Subscribe to Element 18 – bit.ly/337R2uO
