<p>This week we chart the shifting from Project Artichoke to MK Ultra following the appointment of Allen Dulles to Director of Central Intelligence and his hiring of Sidney Gottlieb to bring da scienz to Project Artichoke.</p><br><p>Alongside these two rotten eggs, we discuss the very tangible link from the Nazis' horrific experiments and what MK Ultra would ultimately be responsible for in two equally rotten eggs - Nazi scientist Kurt Plötner and American intelligence officer Boris Pash...</p><p>______</p><p>An exclusive extended, ad-free version of this episode with over <strong>15 minutes</strong> of bonus extra chat about all manner of things including EVEN MORE about 1990s sci fi police procedural Space Precinct plus loads more can be found over at our <a href="https://www.patreon.com/mysteryontherocks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>Patreon</strong></a>!</p><br><p>Extended episodes drop over there usually 3-7 days early and with zero ads so if you enjoy Mystery on the Rocks then please consider heading over there to support us,<strong> </strong>where there is already a huge backlog of exclusive extras such as extended episodes, bonus episodes, minisodes, outtakes, cocktail recipes and more!</p><br><p>Hosted by Masud Milas, Chris Stokes, and Sooz Kempner <strong>Mystery on the Rocks </strong>is a high concept comedy and true crime/unexplained phenomena podcast set in a fictional mystery-solving bar with real cocktails!. The focus of the show is to attempt to crack a real, unsolved mystery from history – true crime and bizarre occurrences, all with a whodunnit or WTF happened question hanging over them. The format's malleable though and occasionally we deep-dive into a One Hit Wonder or play a game we invented called VHGuess...</p><br><p>You can follow us on <a href="https://mysteryontherocks.bsky.social/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Bluesky</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/mysteryontherox/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a> too!</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>