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EPISODE · Jul 26, 2024 · 1H 19M

Shock Doc

from True Weird Stuff

Today's True Weird Stuff - Shock Doc   In the 1950's, the CIA launched a program aimed at developing methods for interrogating and controlling human behavior; part of the program involved funding tests on children. Dr. Lauretta Bender at Bellevue Hospital would conduct electroshock therapy on kids as young as three years old to treat childhood schizophrenia. The CIA called it "Project Artichoke."See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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