Radio and PodcastRadio and PodcastLive Radio & Podcasts
Smoking Out Castro artwork
Society & Culture

Smoking Out Castro

Operation Midnight Climax by iHeartPodcasts

Apr 14, 202111:20Society & Culture

Today we wanted to share a bonus mini-episode. Here’s how George White’s LSD adventures tied in with the CIA’s increasingly bizarre attempts to assassinate Fidel Castro. We’ll be back with a new installment next Wednesda...

About This Episode

Smoking Out Castro is an episode from Operation Midnight Climax by iHeartPodcasts. Today we wanted to share a bonus mini-episode. Here’s how George White’s LSD adventures tied in with the CIA’s increasingly bizarre attempts to assassinate F...

Podcast

This episode belongs to Operation Midnight Climax.

Listen Online

Use the player on this page to stream the episode online.

Episode Details

Published Apr 14, 2021, 11:20 long, audio available.

Related Episodes

Continue listening to more episodes from Operation Midnight Climax.

The Climax

May 12, 2021 - 42:49

Sidney Gottlieb thought he’d erased all traces of Operation Midnight Climax and MK-ULTRA from the governm...

Tripping

May 5, 2021 - 33:24

As the walls closed in on Operation Midnight Climax, George White took lessons he’d learned from a world-...

A Waste of Sin

Apr 28, 2021 - 31:55

After Frank Olson’s death in New York, George White had to move his whole operation to San Francisco. And...

The Window

Apr 21, 2021 - 39:01

For 70 years, people have debated what happened to Frank Olson at the Hotel Statler. Did the CIA’s grand...

Uncharter Waters

Apr 7, 2021 - 35:56

As the CIA’s LSD experiments went increasingly rogue, an aspiring actress realized what George White had...

The Pad

Mar 31, 2021 - 33:40

To immerse himself in his CIA role, George White needed a new identity. In Greenwich Village, he set up a...