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Criminal psychologist Dr Julia Shaw follows the story of one teenage runaway in 1958 into a shadow world of experiments on children, covert CIA involvement, and vanished indigenous children. In Project Mind Control, we hear a story of an international effort to weaponise psychology and control human behaviour. The truth may never be fully revealed, but the crimes demand to be uncovered. In 1958, teenage runaway Lana Ponting was sent to one of Canada’s most notorious psychiatric institutions: The Allan Institute. Now Dr Julia Shaw speaks to her about the experiments she endured there, designed to break down and rebuild the human mind through electroshocks, drugs, and barbaric treatments. Decades later, Lana is one of the last known survivors. Her memories are fractured but what she remembers is enough to expose something far bigger than one hospital.
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- Jun 29, 202631 min
Introducing... The Surgeon of St Helena
From the team behind Project Mind Control comes a new series, The Surgeon of St Helena. Join journalist Luke Jones as he investigates the arrival of a rogue surgeon on one of the world's most remote islands.St Helena is a small British island in the South Atlantic, over 1000 miles from the nearest landmass. It is famous for hosting Napoleon in exile, and boasts the world's oldest living land animal, Jonathan the tortoise, as one of its residents.But this tiny British Overseas Territory has been gripped with scandal. When an orthopedic surgeon arrived in 2015 he was supposed to revolutionise care on the island. Instead he caused unimaginable harm.In Episode 1: The Bone Man, Luke meets retired Met police officers Bernard and Sandra, to hear why they were summoned to this remote island in the South Atlantic at the height of Covid. It was all to investigate one man… Dr Sergio Villatoro Bran.For the rest of this series search for The Surgeon Of St Helena and hit follow so you don't miss when a new episode drops. Or to hear all episodes now go to AlwaysTrueCrime.ComThe Surgeon of St Helena is an Always True Crime Production for Audio Always.This series contains graphic descriptions of medical trauma. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Apr 24, 202618 min
Introducing... Strangely
Explore the overlooked oddities that deserve a deep dive and the downright bizarre gems buried in the notebooks of journalists and friends Poppy Damon and Luke Jones. From each side of the Atlantic, Poppy in New York and Luke in London, they uncover the world’s strangest stories, from true crime to conspiracy theories and all the wonderfully weird in between.Produced by the the team behind Project Mind Control, get new episodes of Strangely every Tuesday. To listen to the rest of this episode go to https://alwaystruecrime.komi.io/ and uncover the world's oddest, most fascinating stories. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Apr 21, 202629 min
Nuns and Orphans
Hervé Bertrand was sold for $10 to be experimented on. His story leads us deep into Quebec's darkest secret: the Duplessis orphans, thousands of healthy children reclassified overnight as mentally ill. And will the Mohawk Mothers uncover the truth?To listen to all episodes right now and ad-free go to the Always True Crime Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Apr 14, 202626 min
Reckless Doses
A self portrait triggers a young woman to be sent for psychiatric treatment, forever changing her life. Alyssa Ryvers tells the story of her mother Carol — a patient of Dr. Heinz Lehmann, the man who revolutionised psychiatry with a drug he found in a journal while sitting in his bathtub. But was he helping his patients?To listen to all episodes right now and ad-free go to the Always True Crime Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Apr 7, 202630 min
The CIA
The work of Dr Ewen Cameron caught the attention of the American intelligence agency, the CIA…but did he ever know who was bankrolling his work? And what other projects were the CIA funding? To listen to all episodes right now and ad-free go to the Always True Crime Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Mar 31, 202631 min
Morningstar
Lana’s revelations about a friend she made at The Allan open an entirely new investigation. One spearheaded by a group of indigenous women called the Mohawk Mothers, who believe there are bodies buried under The Allan.To listen to all episodes right now and ad-free go to the Always True Crime Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Mar 24, 202625 min
The Puppeteer
Dr Ewen Cameron is the man behind mind control experiments, and the person Lana Ponting holds responsible for her fractured memories. As Lana tries to piece together what happened to her at The Allan, she makes some shocking discoveries.To listen to all episodes right now and ad-free go to the Always True Crime Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
- Mar 17, 202626 min
Typical Rebellious Teenager
Dr Julia Shaw meets Lana Ponting, in the 1950s she was a teenage runaway. That rebellion led her to be admitted into the notorious psychiatric institute, where she becomes the subject of a series of experiments that fundamentally alter her memory. And change her life forever. To listen to all episodes right now and ad-free go to the Always True Crime Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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About Project Mind Control
Criminal psychologist Dr Julia Shaw follows the story of one teenage runaway in 1958 into a shadow world of experiments on children, covert CIA involvement, and vanished indigenous children. In Project Mind Control, we hear a story of an international effort to weaponise psychology and control human behaviour. The truth may never be fully revealed, but the crimes demand to be uncovered. In 1958, teenage runaway Lana Ponting was sent to one of Canada’s most notorious psychiatric institutions: The Allan Institute. Now Dr Julia Shaw speaks to her about the experiments she endured there, designed to break down and rebuild the human mind through electroshocks, drugs, and barbaric treatments. Decades later, Lana is one of the last known survivors. Her memories are fractured but what she remembers is enough to expose something far bigger than one hospital.
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