Hypnosis and Deception Detection Put to the Test in Declassified Cold War Memo
A declassified CIA document titled "Possible Fallibility of Polygraph Testing of Subjects in Posthypnotic States" explores whether a person under the influence of posthypnotic suggestion could beat a lie detector test. The implications are chilling-particularly when...
The CIA’s Gateway Process: How the US Tried to Engineer Out-of-Body States
A once-classified CIA analysis reveals how US intelligence sought to push the boundaries of human consciousness using the "Gateway Process"-a set of audio techniques and mental exercises designed to trigger altered states, heightened focus, and even so-called...
How the CIA’s LSD Experiments Led to the Mysterious Death of a U.S. Scientist
A chilling internal report from the CIA Inspector General’s office reveals disturbing details behind the 1953 death of Dr. Frank Olson, a U.S. Army scientist who fell from a New York hotel window after being unknowingly dosed with LSD by the CIA. This classified...
Inside the CIA’s "Family Jewels": A Cold War Record of Illicit Intelligence Operations
A once-secret compendium titled "FAMILY JEWELS" offers a rare and unfiltered look at the CIA’s darkest chapters-an internal archive documenting decades of actions the agency feared would spark scandal or criminal prosecution if ever exposed. This wasn’t a rogue...
