Project Artichoke
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Sep 14, 2026
Jimmy AkinGUEST
Now, it wasn't always called MKUltra.
Jimmy AkinGUEST
It had previously been called Project Artichoke, and before that it was Bluebird.
Jimmy AkinGUEST
And it had been started in the wake of World War II, over in Europe.
Jimmy AkinGUEST
I mean, the CIA was doing it, but it was over in Europe, because over in Europe, you have all these expendables, the ex-Nazis and stuff, and ex-Russians, and, uh, people who, if they vanish, they're, they just got lost in the war and no one really knows what happened to them.
James GiordanoGUEST
We do look back at our own history, and we can take a look at a variety of projects.
James GiordanoGUEST
The one that's probably best known is MKUltra, Operation Bluebird, Operation Artichoke.
James GiordanoGUEST
You know, all of these were, uh, essentially projects that were generated because we had incipient knowledge, and it sort of got into what might be called dark programs.
James GiordanoGUEST
Now, now the lesson learned from that is that you need to be incredibly ethically stringent, and again, very often hindsight's 20/20.
Ollie HillGUEST
So CIA, mind control experiments and stuff like that.
Ollie HillGUEST
Project Artichoke, which came just before that.
Ollie HillGUEST
But basically in the 70s, do you know Charles Manson? Famous serial
Daniel BucknerHOST
killer? Yeah, it gives a...
William RamseyGUEST
Like you said, you're familiar with MKUltra.
William RamseyGUEST
There were these programs before that, like Project Artichoke and Bluebird, where they would literally take subjects and see if they could do old post-hypnotic suggestion over the phone they're literally testing it and it's in the paperwork that we have there's a lot more paperwork that's come out about some of these kind of tests they were able to do on people and so it's portrayed in the film and actually there is kind of an interesting occult some occult themes like elevens and things like that in the film and it's also there's a background in this film one of the friends of frank sinatra was a known mk ultra Doctor by the name of Dr. William Joseph Bryan, Jr. who later on will go through and be connected to so many cases, it will blow your mind because he's a known technical consultant for this film.
William RamseyGUEST
And it's referenced many places.
William RamseyGUEST
There he is, yeah.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
The Nazis were developing it.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
These are some other projects, Project Bluebird, Project Artichoke, that were also working with MKUltra Technologies.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
And the goal, the aim was to develop drug-induced interrogation, brainwashing, and mind control methods, which were tested at over 80 institutions, including universities, hospitals, and prisons, often without the subject's knowledge.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
And then this was what's interesting, destruction of the records.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
The Nazis were developing it.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
These are some other projects, Project Bluebird, Project Artichoke, that we're also working with MKUltra Technologies.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
And the goal, the aim was to develop drug-induced interrogation, brainwashing, and mind control methods, which were tested at over 80 institutions, including universities, hospitals, and prisons, often without the subject's knowledge.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
And then this was what's interesting, destruction of the records.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
The Nazis were developing it.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
These are some other projects, Project Bluebird, Project Artichoke, that we're also working with MKUltra Technologies.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
And the goal, the aim was to develop drug-induced interrogation, brainwashing, and mind control methods, which were tested at over 80 institutions, including universities, hospitals, and prisons, often without the subject's knowledge.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
And then this was what's interesting, destruction of the records.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
The Nazis were developing it.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
These are some other projects, Project Bluebird, Project Artichoke, that were also working with MKUltra Technologies.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
And the goal, the aim was to develop drug-induced interrogation, brainwashing, and mind control methods, which were tested at over 80 institutions, including universities, hospitals, and prisons, often without the subject's knowledge.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
And then this was what's interesting, destruction of the records.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
The Nazis were developing it.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
These are some other projects, Project Bluebird, Project Artichoke, that were also working with MKUltra Technologies.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
And the goal, the aim was to develop drug-induced interrogation, brainwashing, and mind control methods, which were tested at over 80 institutions, including universities, hospitals, and prisons, often without the subject's knowledge.
Tyler KiwalaHOST
And then this was what's interesting, destruction of the records.
Dave Von KleistGUEST
And, of course, as you pointed out, I did take an awful lot of heat.
Dave Von KleistGUEST
There were people out there saying that I was some sort of a COINTELPRO government misinformation campaign and Project Artichoke, and I was summarily raked over the coals.
Dave Von KleistGUEST
by many of the people that supposedly want to get to the truth of what happened at September 11th.
Dave Von KleistGUEST
But rather than address the message itself, they decided to demonize, ridicule, or somehow try to discredit the messenger.
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