What if the memories you buried weren’t nightmares… but government experiments? This deep dive exposes the dark truth behind MKUltra, the CIA program that tested mind control, psychedelics, and psychological torture on unwilling Americans, including children.
Keith Malinak sits down with author William Yarborough, a survivor who endured the program as a child. He reveals the origins of MKUltra, its links to Operation Paperclip, and the hidden network of psychiatrists, scientists, and government contractors who carried out experiments that destroyed lives and families.
William explains how repressed memories resurfaced decades later, how trauma fractures identity, and why remembering is often more disturbing than the events themselves. From electric shock to psychedelics to isolation rooms, he details the methods used to break a mind and the long road back toward healing. The conversation exposes how MKUltra’s legacy survived the destruction of its files, shaping drug culture, interrogation tactics, psychological warfare, and modern trauma science. It also explores therapy breakthroughs, emotional freedom techniques, the role of music in recovery, and the unexplained moments that still haunt survivors.
If you care about truth, psychology, or the hidden history of government power — this deep dive is essential viewing.
Chapters:
00:00 – Understanding MKUltra: A Dark Chapter in History
09:55 – Operation Paperclip & the Scientists America Didn’t Want to Admit It Hired
19:58 – How Mind Control Experiments Slipped Into Universities & Hospitals
30:05 – William’s Story Begins: A Childhood Taken
40:00 – Family Secrets, Memory Suppression & Confronting the Past
49:14 – Breaking the Block: How Repressed Memories Return
1:03:28 – Electric Shock, Psychedelics & Psychological Torture
1:07:22 – The Impact of Childhood Trauma on Adult Life
1:08:47 – Healing After MKUltra: Therapy, EFT & Breakthrough Moments
1:12:04 – The Role of Music and Shamanic Practices in Recovery
1:23:14 – Techniques That Help Trauma Survivors Rebuild
1:47:35 – The Broader Implications: What MKUltra Did to Society
1:55:06 – Looking at Today Through the Lens of Trauma
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