Tonight’s episode follows the CIA’s strangest and most controversial experiments in strict chronological order, beginning with Project BLUEBIRD in nineteen fifty and moving through ARTICHOKE, MKULTRA, LSD trials, and the safehouse operations of MIDNIGHT CLIMAX.
Along the way, it traces how the program’s focus shifted from “truth drug” hopes to staged environments, covert delivery concepts, and long-running attempts to turn biology and technology into intelligence tools, including remote directional control research with animals, Acoustic Kitty, and miniature surveillance engineering.
The story closes with public exposure through the Church Committee era and the long tail of remote viewing, ending in nineteen ninety-five.
Highlights of the episode:
• BLUEBIRD and the early Cold War push for interrogation “behavior control”
• ARTICHOKE’s mix of drugs, stressors, and hypnosis experiments
• MKULTRA’s subproject system and the rise of LSD testing
• MIDNIGHT CLIMAX safehouses, covert observation, and the use of sex workers
• The later “weird tech” era: remote-controlled animals, Acoustic Kitty, and the path to oversight
🛌 Perfect for:
• Bedtime listening
• Fans of bedtime stories for adults
• People managing insomnia, stress, or racing thoughts
Put on your headphones, get cozy, and let the story lull you into peaceful rest. 💫
by SleepyJourneys