Endless Thread's "Madness," Part 2: Brave New World
Beyond All Repair
WBUR
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🗓️ 4 March 2025
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Hundreds of people who were experimented on at the Allan Memorial Institute over the course of two decades are all connected to one man: Dr. Ewen Cameron. In this episode, we look at how Cameron rose to prominence in his field and investigate the surprising origins of his treatment program.
This episode is part of "Madness: The Secret Mission for Mind Control and the People Who Paid the Price," a five-part investigative series from Endless Thread that unravels the shocking history of CIA-funded mind-control experiments.
Show Notes:
- CBS Radio Workshop's "Brave New World" (1956)
- Audio of Dr. Ewen Cameron's 1955 speech, courtesy of the WNYC archives
- In The Sleep Room: The Story Of CIA Brainwashing in Canada by Anne Collins (1988)
- Psychiatry and the CIA: Victims of Mind Control by Harvey Weinstein (1990)
- A trailer for Eminent Monsters: A Manual For Modern Torture , a documentary film from Stephen Bennett (2018)
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| 0:33.9 | Hey, it's Amory. I hope you enjoyed the first episode of the deeply reported series from |
| 0:39.3 | Endless Thread about the Allen Memorial Hospital in Montreal, alleged abuse, and experiments |
| 0:44.7 | with mind control called madness. Today, we're sharing episode two of that series, and if you |
| 0:51.5 | like it, a reminder that you can hop on over and follow endless thread |
| 0:55.0 | the same way that you followed beyond all repair. |
| 0:58.0 | We're offering this series just for a limited time in this feed. |
| 1:01.6 | So listen now while you can. |
| 1:03.9 | Here's the show. WBUR Podcasts, Boston. |
| 1:21.6 | Previously, unendless thread. |
| 1:24.5 | This is where people were kept for weeks, months, induced and experimented on. |
| 1:33.7 | Shock treatment, hallucinogenic drugs, and she lost her soul. She had five days |
| 1:39.6 | asleep and five ECTs. And do you remember anything about sort of how your mother reacted to the treatment you were getting? |
| 1:47.9 | She said that Cam was an old fool. |
| 1:50.0 | They tortured. They abused. |
| 1:52.6 | Things that only happen in a horror movie happened to our ones. |
| 1:56.4 | And nobody's been accountable for it. |
| 1:58.9 | Accountability is like a ghost. |
| 2:01.3 | We want justice. We want justice. We want justice. We want justice. We want justice. We want justice. It's 1956, and CBS Studios is broadcasting an experimental, dramatic radio anthology with the help of an influential thinker. |
| 2:26.6 | Ladies and gentlemen, the distinguished author, Mr. Aldous Huxley. |
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