Sidney Gottlieb
Appears in 8 conspiracy theories
MKUltra — CIA Mind Control Program
Confirmed CIA program (1953-1973) conducting illegal human experiments with LSD, electroshock, and psychological torture on unwitting subjects at 80 institutions — revealed by 20,000 surviving documents.
Frank Olson — CIA Scientist Murdered to Prevent Disclosure
CIA biochemist Frank Olson fell from a 13th-floor window in 1953, nine days after being secretly dosed with LSD. Was it suicide, an accident, or murder? Explore the evidence.
Government Mind-Altering Drug Programs
From MKUltra's LSD experiments to allegations of mass psychotropic medication as social control, examining government involvement in mind-altering substance programs.
Intelligence Agency Assassinations
The Church Committee confirmed the CIA plotted to kill Castro, Lumumba, and others. Exploding cigars, poisoned wetsuits, Mafia hitmen — the real history is stranger than fiction.
Patrice Lumumba — CIA/Belgian Assassination
In 1961, the CIA and Belgian intelligence orchestrated the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, Congo's first democratically elected prime minister. They installed a dictator who ruled for 32 years. This is confirmed history.
MKSEARCH — CIA Post-MKUltra Drug Research
MKSEARCH was MKUltra's official successor (1965-1973), continuing research into behavior-modifying drugs and biological agents after congressional pressure prompted formal termination of MKUltra.
Operation Midnight Climax — CIA LSD Brothels
A confirmed MKUltra sub-project: the CIA set up fake brothels in San Francisco and New York, hired sex workers, and secretly dosed men with LSD while agents watched through one-way mirrors. This actually happened.
Project OFTEN -- CIA Occult / Supernatural Research
A reportedly CIA-funded project investigating black magic, demonology, astrology, and other occult practices for intelligence applications, run alongside MKUltra with documents largely still classified.