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Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt

MKULTRA Pt 1: CIA’s Mind Control Program, Pop Culture Examples & David McGowan’s Programmed to Kill!

Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt

Isaac Weishaupt

After Shows, Tv & Film, History, Society & Culture

4.33.7K Ratings

🗓️ 13 January 2026

⏱️ 60 minutes

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On today's episode of the Occult Symbolism and Pop Culture with Isaac Weishaupt podcast we begin our 4-part MKULTRA deep dive! In today's episode we begin with Part 1 where we’ll explain what MKULTRA was, some pop culture examples of movies and celebrities that are affiliated with mind control and a quick look at David McGowan’s “Programmed to Kill” book about mind controlled killers. In Part 1 we’ll explain what MKULTRA was, some pop culture examples of movies and celebrities that are affiliated with mind control and a quick look at David McGowan’s “Programmed to Kill” book about mind controlled killers.In Part 2 we’ll cover a hard to find book called “Secrets and Lies” by Gordon Thomas that details MKULTRA mostly through the view of CIA agent William Buckely. This book features a section on the black magick efforts in a sub-program called Operation OFTEN. It also covers many of the players in MKULTRA: Dr Jolly West, Dr. William Sargent, Dr Ewan Cameron, Frank Olson, Allen Dulles, techniques such as Psychic Driving and the CIA Assassination Manual.In Part 3 we’ll cover the authoritative source on the man running MKULTRA: Dr Sydney Gottlieb. It will cover the nazi origins of MKULTRA, Operation Paperclip, origins of the terms used in the program, George Hunter White and Operation Midnight Climax and all the FREAKS within the CIA.In Part 4 we’ll cover Cathy O’Brien’s TRANCEformation of America book where we get the theory about sex slaves and Project MONARCH. We’ll also briefly look at Tom O’Neill’s CHAOS book about Charles Manson being a subject in the experiments.

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0:00.0

The CIA spent decades experimenting on human minds using LSD hypnosis and even trauma to control behavior, create assassins and serial killers, and ultimately manipulate society.

0:09.1

So we're going to deep dive into this conspiracy over the next four episodes.

0:12.7

In part one of our MK Ultra Deep Dive will uncover the origins of this top secret program, the destruction of its files, the shadowy subprojects, and even the high profile figures involved.

0:21.1

From Dr. Frank Olson's suspicious death to the eerie connections of pop culture and

0:24.9

Project Monarch, you'll see just how far the intelligence agencies want to bend reality.

0:28.4

Buckle up, this is the dark underbelly of mind control.

0:35.7

Today we're finally starting the MK Ultra Deep D dive that i've been talking about for so long

0:39.5

this series is going to be four episodes possible future episodes down the line you know

0:46.2

sometimes like to do that in part one we're going to explain what mk ultra was some pop

0:53.3

culture examples of movies and celebrities that are affiliated with mind control

0:57.1

and a very brief, quick look at David McGowan's program to kill book about mind control

1:03.1

killers.

1:03.4

In part two, we're going to cover a hard to find book called Secrets and Lies by Gordon Thomas

1:07.3

that details MK Ultra mostly through the view of CIA agent William Buckley.

1:13.2

And this book features a section on the black magic efforts in a sub-program called Operation

1:18.1

Often.

1:20.1

It also covers many of the players in M.K.

1:22.5

Ultra from Dr. Jolly West, Dr. William Sargent, Dr. Ewan Cameron, Frank Olson, Alan Dulles.

1:29.8

And we're going to talk about techniques such as psychic driving and the CIA assassination manual in part three.

1:35.5

We're going to cover the authoritative source on the man running MK Ultra, Dr. Sidney Gottlie.

1:39.6

But he's a freak. He's a freak.

1:42.0

We're going to cover the Nazi origins of M.K. Ultra

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