<p>Our trawl through the CIA's appalling MK Ultra project takes in the stories of two men - bacteriologist Frank Olson and professional tennis player Harold Blauer. Both men were born in 1910 and both died in 1953.</p><br><p>But how and why?</p><br><p>And what are their links to our ongoing story?</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 the worst meals we have ever cooked for ourselves 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>