Madness, Pt. 1: The Sleep Room

In our first episode, we share powerful accounts of abuse at a psychiatric hospital in Montreal, and we introduce the renowned doctor who conducted these disturbing experiments on his unwitting patients.

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"Madness" unravels the shocking history of CIA-funded mind-control experiments. Co-hosts Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson, along with producer Josh Swartz, investigate how the stigma around mental illness, combined with government secrecy, can silence the truth.

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Join us for an episode discussion via Zoom on Thursday 4/30 at 7pm ET.

RSVP here: http://www.wbur.org/endlessthread/2020/04/24/madness-part-one-the-sleep-room