Name: MK Ultra: The One That Started It All
Uploaded: 2026-07-26T13:50:44.448Z
Duration: 10 min 9 s
Description: For decades, the CIA's MKUltra program has been surrounded by secrecy, controversy, and unanswered questions. In this episode of TPL Media, hosts Mike Wixson and Bradie Whetham take a deep dive into the groundbreaking research of investigative journalist Tom O'Neill, whose decades-long investigation challenged the accepted narrative surrounding the Charles Manson murders.

For decades, the CIA's MKUltra program has been surrounded by secrecy, controversy, and unanswered questions. In this episode of TPL Media, hosts Mike Wixson and Bradie Whetham take a deep dive into the groundbreaking research of investigative journalist Tom O'Neill, whose decades-long investigation challenged the accepted narrative surrounding the Charles Manson murders.

Drawing from O'Neill's work in Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties, Mike and Bradie examine the alleged connections between psychiatrist Dr. Louis "Jolly" West, MKUltra-funded research, mind-control experiments, intelligence agencies, and the counterculture movement of the 1960s. They explore why O'Neill's research has generated so much debate, the documented history of CIA behavioral experiments, and where the historical record ends and speculation begins.

Hosts: Mike Wixson, Bradie Whetham

Pillar: Crime

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