About this episode
The episode explores the mysterious circumstances surrounding the death of scientist Frank Olson, who fell from a hotel window after being dosed with LSD by the CIA.
Today's True Weird Stuff - The Jumper On November 28, 1953, a man crashed through a tenth-floor window at New York City’s Hotel Statler. His name was Frank Olson — a scientist working on some of the most disturbing top-secret programs of the Cold War. Days earlier, the CIA had secretly dosed him with LSD. The official story? A troubled man had a breakdown and jumped. But decades later, new evidence raised a terrifying possibility: Frank Olson didn’t jump...he was thrown.
Topics covered
- CIA
- LSD
- Cold War
- conspiracy
- mystery
- history
Keywords
- Frank Olson
- CIA
- LSD
- Hotel Statler
- conspiracy theory
- mystery
- Cold War
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: CIA
Places: New York City, Hotel Statler
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