Season 7 Episode 1: The Fall Without End (Pt.2 of 2)

Frank Olson’s 1953 death, officially ruled a suicide following a CIA-administered LSD experiment, remains a subject of intense scrutiny and suspicion. Decades later, his son Eric challenged this narrative, leading to the 1994 exhumation of his father’s body. Forensic analysis revealed a significant hematoma on the temple and a lack of lacerations consistent with a fall through a plate glass window, suggesting he was incapacitated before the fall. Olson’s work as a scientist at Fort Detrick, where he witnessed the brutal realities of biological weapons development and MKUltra interrogation techniques, likely rendered him a liability to the agency. The discovery of a CIA assassination manual detailing the use of high-altitude drops to eliminate targets further supports the theory of state-sponsored murder. Despite these findings, legal efforts to reclassify the death have been repeatedly thwarted by procedural obstacles, leaving the case officially unexplained.