Havana Syndrome | Exploring the Science and Conspiracies of This Bizarre Phenomenon

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🗓️ 24 March 2025

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Exploring the science and conspiracy theories behind the phenomenon that gave dozens of diplomats concerning symptoms, Havana Syndrome. Ad-free episodes & bonus content: redwebpod.com In 2016, U.S. diplomats in Cuba began reporting strange symptoms—piercing headaches, dizziness, and an unexplained sense of pressure in their heads. Over time, more cases emerged, spreading beyond Cuba and fueling theories of high-tech weapons and espionage. Today, we explore the unsettling mystery of Havana Syndrome. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	In 2016, U.S. diplomats in Cuba began reporting strange symptoms,
0:10.0	piercing headaches, dizziness, and an unexplained sense of pressure in their heads.
0:15.0	Over time, more cases emerged spreading beyond Cuba and fueling theories of high-tech weapons and espionage.
0:22.8	Today we explore the unsettling mystery of Havana syndrome.
0:27.5	This is Red Web.
0:33.6	Welcome back Task Force to another episode of Red Web, the podcast all about unsolved mysteries, true crime, and the supernatural.
0:46.6	I'm your resident mystery enthusiast, Trevor Collins, and joining me hearing this case for the very first time, Alfredo Diaz.
0:52.9	Some kind of chemical warfare?
0:54.5	What is this?
0:55.7	We're on to something now.
0:57.3	Absolutely terrifying, though.
0:59.1	Just chemical warfare in general.
1:01.1	You know?
1:01.4	Uh-huh.
1:01.9	The fact that someone could potentially have some kind of chemical that if you detonate
1:07.1	over, I don't know, a mile above a city or something like that, just could be lethal.
1:12.9	I don't know. Right. And like, it's, it's terrifying. It's frightening. And you know there's some
1:17.5	scientists. I've talked about it before in a lab. Cooking up. Stop. They're not supposed to be
1:22.1	cooking up right now. As we speak. Of course, there's going to be sinister experiments all over
1:27.2	the place. You know, big-bra to be sinister experiments all over the place,
1:27.7	you know, big-brained individuals putting together chemicals, as you say, that should not be put
1:32.1	together and then crop-dusting a bunch of people and then seeing what happens. You're on to something.
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