The CIA’s Top-Secret “Heart Attack Gun” In 1975, The CIA revealed that it had developed a top-secret weapon for the purpose of giving its target a heart-attack - in some cases without even knowing they’d been hit with anything. In this episode, we talk about the Church Commission hearings that led to this discovery and others, then play t…
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