Dec 05 2024 84 mins
This week’s Zachsolved Mysteries isn’t your standard recap—not only is it a birthday gift to the man Zach himself, it’s an unsanctioned exploration into shadowy CIA antics, frosty sideshow oddities, and Cary Grant’s psychedelic “exercises” (let’s just say you may never look at North by Northwest the same way again).
Was CIA scientist Frank Olson killed by the agency to cover up their covert LSD experiments? Did his mysterious death set the stage for decades of mind control programs unleashed upon the unsuspecting public? Zach takes us on an exhaustive journey into this case, complete with bios, side plots, and enough Cold War intrigue to make your head spin faster than you can say “MKUltra.” We’re also sifting through the frost-covered enigma that is the Minnesota Iceman, leased by a mysterious stranger who clearly never skips squat day, along with a lost loves that could melt even the most frozen of ape-man popsicles.
This is an episode so wild it should require government clearance and a non-disclosure agreement, but don’t worry—we’d never redact the laughs. Tune in for mind control, bad accents, and a journey that’s part government exposé, part cryptozoological daydream. We promise this episode won’t turn you into a sleeper cell... unless 'banana pancake,' 'velveteen dishwater,' or 'disco turtleneck' suddenly start making you want to overthrow a tropical island’s sugar-based economy.