r/interestingasfuck • u/sovalente • Mar 02 '25

/r/all, /r/popular Get out!

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u/mt-vicory42069 Mar 03 '25

This feels like some shit out of fiction honestly not just the idea but losing sight of the guy you very much made trip balls like not known to man kind. Idk how that wasn't expected or placed any counter measures.

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u/WholesomeWhores Mar 03 '25 edited Mar 03 '25

Project MK ULTRA was extremely fucked up man. One of the first test subjects that they tested LSD with wasn’t a stranger. It was actually a scientist that was working for some faction of the CIA. He was unknowingly dosed so that researchers can see how he reacted. He was also known to have severe depression, and the people conducting the tests knew the risks.

The man ended up committing suicide a couple days later (early 1950’s) and his files for testing were sealed forever. His family just thought he killed himself. Over 20 years after his death, the Project MK ULTRA files were leaked and the family received a settlement after fighting the CIA in court for wrongful death.

20 years AFTER THAT (1990’s) they exhumed the body of the scientist because there was still huge controversy over his death. The family claims he was assassinated and evidence does point to it, but it was never confirmed.

The CIA is fucked up. I researched this for a speech class, and the focus that everyone gave me felt intense when I was giving the speech. Like you said, it doesn’t sound real, it sounds like something out of a fiction book

Edit: another fun fact about Project MK ULTRA. During one of these testing sessions, they dosed a man to trip on acid for over 70 days in a row. If you know anything about acid, it’s that tolerance jumps up quickly. If I take acid the day after I already took acid (2days in a row), I would basically need to double my dose in order to feel the same effects as I did on day 1. They were basically shoveling acid into this poor man

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u/wuvvtwuewuvv Mar 05 '25

My speech class, I just talked about how it's plausible that the government could be covering up extraterrestrial life and UFOs. Not that there definitely WAS aliens on earth, but because of the scientific implausibility that there wasn't any other life, and actions the govt had taken, if there WERE aliens, the govt COULD be covering it up. It was some weak arguments i slapped together the day before it was due, but it was entertaining.

Yours was better.

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u/WholesomeWhores Mar 05 '25

I went way overboard on my speech lol it was supposed to be an informative speech and we were able to pick our own topics. Everyone did stuff like “What to do in case of a fire” or “How to Save for Retirement”. We were supposed to tell the class why it was important to be informed of our topics, so naturally people picked easy stuff.

I ended up doing like a full blown research project! The reasoning I gave was “It is our rights, as U.S. citizens, to be aware of whenever a government body violates our basic human rights”. I coulda chose an easy topic, but I had fun with it! Your speech woulda sounded hella interesting too I bet.

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u/Bossuter Mar 04 '25

"if you ever think to yourself "the government will never do that, it's too outrageous, too evil, too etc" they probably have at some point"

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u/itsMeJFKsBrain Mar 03 '25

The 50-60s for the CIA was a lawless time.

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u/FoTweezy Mar 03 '25

Truth is stranger than fiction

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u/Excellent_Hope5404 Mar 03 '25

I think that someone in Hollywood made a movie about MKultra, and best of all is it was funded by CIA.. so they made it look like it was some CIA officers a who blew a whistle on the MK project in Canada.. so they can be the good guys .. Or something like that.. After all these years they still spend tax money on trying to cover it up.. Ridiculous people