In the summer of 2025, a rumor spread that the CIA once ran a "fake" brothel in San Francisco, California, in order to test drugs, including LSD, on its unsuspecting patrons. For example, on July 31, ...

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, a man who followed a prostitute into the apartment at 225 Chestnut Street in San Francisco’s Telegraph Hill neighborhood received a longer, more intimate encounter ...

Conspiracy beliefs often take hold because it is easier for our brain to comprehend one explanation, one villain, or one horrific theme, rather than a multitude of competing theories, which can be ...

Unsuspecting civilians became test subjects in one of the CIA’s most controversial operations. The secret LSD program blurred the lines between science, control, and human rights abuses. Over 2.5 ...

The CIA once ran a brothel to experiment with LSD, a hallucinogenic drug, on its unsuspecting patrons. It called the project "Operation Midnight Climax." Rating: True (About this rating?) In the ...