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At the end of the Second World War the United States government (under Operation Paperclip) extracted Nazi scientists from Germany. Very quickly top secret scientific testing started to happen all across America. Project MK ULTRA was formed by the CIA. The US government proceeded to drug, rape, torture, and murder innocent citizens on a massive scale that spanned decades.

With roots deep in the history of military sciences, and largely beginning after World War 2, the history of mind control studies is a rich and fascinating one. The quest to conquer the human mind was attempted by the Central Intelligence Agency shortly after the end of the Second World War, with the creation of the MKULTRA project. Comprised of 149 sub-projects, the goal of this program was to study the effects of drugs, and different types of radical procedures on unwitting civilians in order to better understand how to create and interrogate spies during the Cold War.

In the remote reaches of the Alaskan North Slope lies a place of scientific intrigue and controversy: HAARP, which ventures into the realm of mind control, utilizing high frequency signals to influence behavior. From World War II's clandestine operations to modern-day DARPA research, the quest for control over the mind has persisted, shrouded in secrecy.

The Great Pyramid is known as the resting place for the pharaoh Khufu, yet eons before Christ, the prophet Isaiah declared it a prophecy hidden in stone.

His architectural projects would serve as testament to the ingenuity of mankind and would stamp his legacy upon the landscape. But his legacy endures in more than his constructions and inventions - his genius would come to inspire whole generations of new engineers, architects, and scientists - his legacy lives on all around us.

A cup, a chalice, a cauldron, or the most powerful bloodline on earth that has been in power for millennia before recorded history? The Holy Grail has become so many things to so many people. Over a vast period of time its story has evolved, changed, morphed, merged, and been manipulated. We are told it originated with the man called Jesus Christ, that it was the chalice which caught his blood as he died upon the cross. And yet, it already existed in order to do so, as it was already held sacred and dear to those with forbidden knowledge.

Serial killers have fascinated us since biblical times, but at the turn of the century the insanity and carnage of the postindustrial serial killer was unlike any other time in history. In this fascinating - yet horrifying - expose, we explore the top 10, including cannibal Mark Jefferies, who murdered and ate his colleagues, as well as Andreas Bichel, the well-spoken fortune teller who would read his victims' fortunes before pushing in the knife.

This unique collection, compiled especially for Naxos AudioBooks, features original recordings from 1908 to 1947 of Booker T. Washington's "Atlanta Exposition Address", the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar and Langston Hughes, the rarely heard humour of Charley Case, readings from "God's Trombones" by James Weldon Johnson, and much more.

When you’re struck with a difficult emotion, like loneliness, anxiety, or heartbreak, sometimes the best remedy isn’t a pill or herbal potion, but poetry.

Born in 1503, the mysterious medieval visionary, Michel de Nostredame, aka "Nostradamus", predicted the rise of Hitler, the nuclear destruction of Hiroshima, and the 9/11 attacks. Now his quatrains are predicting our immediate future, and it would seem the end times are truly upon the world.

Many conspiracy theories have emerged over hundreds of years ranging from the Freemasons being accused of being Satanists who are controlling the New World Order, to manipulating the world’s economic systems and food sources, to faking the Moon landings. They claim to be a "secret" society only to preserve their sacred signs, symbols and words of the Order traditionally used by Masons to identify and communicate with those within their ancient brotherhood. Although generations of Freemasons have steadfastly taken their oath to secrecy, some within the Order are speaking out for the first time.

In the shadows lies a nefarious otherworldly force waging war upon humanity, a dark menace that governs not just our thoughts and actions, but our very souls. They are a secret cabal that built and created rules and systems of thought, created kingdoms and spawned religions to rule the masses from afar, by controlling the ebb and flow of space and time on an epic level. Under the guise of free will and individualism, the systems in place around us ensure that we have no choice but to comply and obey an underlying agenda that at its core is pure evil.

There are two names etched into 1800’s history whose unspeakable crimes forged a darkness that will never be forgotten. Amelia Dyer, once seen as a nurturing, baby farming motherly figure, harbored a chilling secret that left a trail of innocent young lives lost, while establishing a reign of terror. In Chicago was the twisted mind of H.H. Holmes who lured his female victims into his infamous murder castle, a labyrinth of death and bloodshed, whose thirst for blood knew no bounds.

More people than ever are accepting that there is an Alien presence on Earth. With world governments and their agencies acknowledging the phenomenon and recent military leaks, it's clear that we are being visited by some kind of otherworldly intelligence. The encounters with the unknown can no longer be shrugged off as fantasy or delusion. Explore these most hair-raising UFO incidents and decide for yourself.

Creatures, cryptids, alien encounters, Bigfoot and the return of Planet X, all suggest that our world is full of fantastical phantoms living among us.

The Anunnaki are found in the Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian and Assyrian cultures. They were powerful gods of the pantheon and were descended from An, the greatest of the Gods as well as the most mysterious. Explore the legend and lore of the Anunnaki, 'Those Who From Heaven To Earth Came".

Explore the powerful, secret underworld of a shocking coalition of the human elite and advanced of beings not of this world dating back hundred of years.

Top tech leaders have been stressing their concerns over the dangers of AI’s imminent rise in knowledge and power that will one day present a dire threat to humanity, and warn that if restrictions aren’t put in place immediately, the destructive consequences will happen sooner than later. AI’s eventual control of nuclear weapons, disinformation campaigns, deadlier biological weapons, and social control spell certain doom for mankind.

We've all heard of UFOs being seen by everyday people. What we don't hear about is how strange some of these encounters have been reported to be. From beams of light invading homes to relationships with aliens from other worlds, there may be more to the Alien/UFO phenomenon than previously thought.

What creates a serial killer? Many were deeply affected by unimaginable life experiences that defy comprehension. Some were physically and mentally abused by loved ones during childhood, others exposed to the darkest aspects of humanity changing them into monsters, while some have a genetic bias toward extinguishing the life of others. Explore the horror within the individuals that commit the most heinous acts of murder and violence.