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The Window

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Apr 21, 202139:01Society & Culture

For 70 years, people have debated what happened to Frank Olson at the Hotel Statler. Did the CIA’s grand experiment with LSD lead to the sanctioned execution of a government employee? For George White, Frank Olson’s deat...

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The Window is an episode from Operation Midnight Climax by iHeartPodcasts. For 70 years, people have debated what happened to Frank Olson at the Hotel Statler. Did the CIA’s grand experiment with LSD lead to the sanctioned execution of a go...

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Published Apr 21, 2021, 39:01 long, audio available.

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