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🎙️ Before MKUltra: The Chilling Reality of Project Artichoke
Long before MKUltra became the most infamous mind-control program in U.S. history, another shadow project quietly laid the groundwork.
It was called Project Artichoke.
In the early days of the Cold War, intelligence agencies feared their enemies had discovered ways to break the human mind without leaving physical evidence. The response was a secret program designed to explore psychological manipulation, chemical interrogation, and behavioral control.
But the documents that later surfaced revealed something far more disturbing than a simple interrogation project.
Some plans explored the possibility of delivering mind-altering substances through food, water, and even vaccines. Others involve ...