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It applies to most of the topics he follows here – to hear that government agencies we’d expect to be serious, exacting, and scientific relied (still do?) on psychics, supernatural phenomena and the like is definitely one of the odder bits of American history. In this chapter, Ronson references a “ disconcertingly surreal combination of dark intelligence secrets and familiar pop culture” that helped create the lurid response Americans have to whatever has trickled out about these stories in the past.

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His story has been covered extensively in the recent Netflix series Wormwood. His son, a primary figure in the show and driving force behind finding the truth about his father’s death, also figures heavily in the story told here, and the human toll of at least the CIA’s willingness to illicitly experiment where it wants is chillingly felt. His family believe he was killed by his minder and thrown out the window in the guise of an accident after having a bad trip that was going to be tough for the agency to manage. Only the fall is alleged, the CIA really did drug him. One of the more intriguing oddities/cover-ups that Ronson explores is the story of Frank Olsen, the CIA agent who allegedly fell out of a New York City hotel window after being slipped LSD by his superiors days earlier in an agency experiment testing the drug’s possibilities.

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This apparently included the Barney theme song on endless loop, as well as blasting the less popular Fleetwood Mac albums. Ronson’s explorations also take him into the torture chambers of the US military, where we learn the disturbing methodology employed to make supposed enemies of the country talk. ‘Forget I ever said anything about the goats.’ ‘It is an image I am unable to get out of my head.’ Journalist Jon Ronson, ever the skeptic but with an open mind, explores some of the stranger, more surreal stories to trickle out of the US military and intelligence units, including the title group of men who trained to hone an ability to make goats explode with their minds (spoiler alert: unsuccessful.) He’s on a quest to find out why such logic-defying methods were employed, the psychology and belief systems behind their use, and what may still be employed in certain government areas. Defying all known accepted military practice-and indeed, the laws of physics-they believed that a soldier could adopt a cloak of invisibility, pass cleanly through walls, and, perhaps most chillingly, kill goats just by staring at them.

In 1979 a secret unit was established by the most gifted minds within the U.S. Wield an arsenal of replicas, collectibles, and other amusing objects as you humiliate vampires into submission in this playful twist on the 3D beat 'em up genre, all while wearing a stylish array of customizable clothes and costumes.Ĭhoose which faction to support in the fight for Akihabara and watch as your decisions affect the course of the story, culminating in one of several different endings.Įnjoy hours of voiced-over banter in your choice of English or the original Japanese.Book review: The Men Who Stare at Goats, by Jon Ronson Take a virtual tour of 2011’s Akihabara district recreated in painstaking detail, complete with accurate street layouts and shops based on real businesses operating at the time. Playful Reimagining of Japan’s Electronics Mecca Will you work with the secret paranormal-hunting agency, give the creatures a fair shake (hey, some of them seem all right), or just look out for your otaku friends? Choose your side, choose your missions, and enjoy a freewheeling adventure with AKIBA'S TRIP: Hellbound & Debriefed. Browse recreations of real-life shops circa 2011, mingle with Akiba's residents and tourists, and discover the town's many secrets.

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Their only weakness, and yours, is sunlight, which means there's only one way to stop them: call them out on the streets, knock their clothes off, and expose their skin before they can do it to you.Īrm yourself with a rolled-up poster, a guitar, a laptop, a magical girl wand, or (if you insist) an actual weapon, then hit Akihabara's colorful streets.

Supernatural creatures are stalking the pop culture mecca of Akihabara-and you know that because they've turned you into one of them.

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