Operation Julie The Rise and Fall of a Drug Empire : Episode 501

In the late 1970's, LSD was big in Cambridge University's radical academic fringe, inspired by LSD pioneer Timothy Leary. He had a strong belief that the drug broadened the mind and could transform society and make it better for all of us. Henry Todd got very much into this scene and then started his own LSD lab, producing huge quantities of the stuff. In the episode of the UK True Crime Podcast, I look at the undercover police operation 'Operation Julie' soon had Henry Todd and others making and selling LSD under surveillance, and how Todd later made the unusual move into high altitude mountaineering. I release episodes of the UK True Crime Podcast every Tuesday and Friday, so please do join me for the next episode on Tuesday. Buy My New True Crime Content Creators Online Course Watch my YouTube channel Listen/Watch the True Crime Catch Up Find Our More About Me Join UK True Crime Facebook Group Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Operation Julie The Rise and Fall of a Drug Empire : Episode 501 is an episode from UK True Crime Podcast by UK True Crime Podcast.

This episode is 27:51 long.

This episode was published on Apr 16, 2026.

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