They Studied Him Then Burned The Files

See if your SSN is for sale right now. My sponsor Cloaked will tell you for free in 2 seconds here: https://cloaked.com/oompa Join the Gump Club! https://gump.club/ Exclusive content, Discord, and more. Try our candy! https://sour.gg/ Made in the USA with unique flavors every month. Play Legend Of Zalk! https://apps.apple.com/us/app/legend-of-zalk/id6745826740 In Today's Episode: A congresswoman asks under oath whether the U.S. government created Charles Manson, and the journalist who spent twenty years investigating him answers, "Yes." The CIA program that drugged unwitting Americans, burned its own files. Tom O'Neill went looking for a magazine story and followed it straight into federal parole, Haight-Ashbury, and the records of MKULTRA. Manson's parole officer helped run a drug study at the same clinic that studied Manson's commune, and a CIA-linked psychiatrist lived in that exact neighborhood the summer the Family formed. Manson was arrested over and over and never had his parole revoked. This really happened... The Team: Producer ► Caleb & Satchel Writer ► Caleb Editor ► Tara (https://twitter.com/buttritoh) Thumbnailer ► Trey (https://instagram.com/treytrimble) Subscribe to these! • Side Channel ► https://youtube.com/@oompayt • Candy Channel ► https://youtube.com/@sourboysgg • TLS Channel ► https://youtube.com/@toolateshowlive Follow these! • Insta ► https://instagram.com/oompavilleig/ • Twitter ► http://twitter.com/oompaville Video Chapters: References: Government & congressional records House Task Force hearing transcript (June 30, 2026, GovInfo, Serial 119-68) — https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CHRG-119hhrg64141/pdf/CHRG-119hhrg64141.pdf Tom O'Neill's written statement to Congress (June 30, 2026) — https://oversight.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/ONeill-Written-Testimony.pdf Senate joint hearing, Project MKULTRA (Aug 3, 1977) — https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/sites-default-files-hearings-95mkultra.pdf Church Committee Final Report, Book I, ch. XVII (Senate) — https://www.intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/files/94755_I.pdf Court records People v. Manson, 61 Cal.App.3d 102 (1976) — Tate–LaBianca appeal (FindLaw) — https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/1830532.html People v. Manson, 71 Cal.App.3d 1 (1977) — Hinman/Shea appeal (FindLaw) — https://caselaw.findlaw.com/court/ca-court-of-appeal/1830516.html Archival & institutional Church Committee, Book III — COINTELPRO report (AARC OCR PDF) — https://aarclibrary.org/publib/church/reports/book3/pdf/ChurchB3_1_COINTELPRO.pdf Church Committee, Book III — CHAOS report (AARC OCR PDF) — https://aarclibrary.org/publib/church/reports/book3/pdf/ChurchB3_9_CHAOS.pdf CIA Studies in Intelligence 65/3 (Sept 2021) — review of CHAOS — https://www.cia.gov/resources/csi/static/Review-Chaos-CharlesManson-25-Sep.pdf UCLA Library Special Collections — Louis Jolyon West papers finding aid (Online Archive of California) — https://oac.cdlib.org/static_findaids/ark:/13030/c84j0hcd.html Haight Ashbury & Free Clinic Archives — history page — http://haightashburyarchives.org/haight-ashbury-free-clinics-free-clinic-movement/haight-ashbury-free-clinics/ National Security Archive — briefing book #880 (Dec 23, 2024) — https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/dnsa-intelligence/2024-12-23/cia-behavior-control-experiments-focus-new-scholarly National Security Archive — "MKUltra: Declassification Task Force Should Focus on Real Secrets" (June 29, 2026) — https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-book/intelligence/2026-06-29/mkultra-declassification-task-force-should-focus-real-secrets Academic & press Smith & Rose, "The Group Marriage Commune: A Case Study," J. Psychedelic Drugs 3(1), 1970 (Taylor & Francis abstract) — https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02791072.1970.10471368 David E. Smith interview, Ecstatic Integration (Apr 24, 2026) — https://www.ecstaticintegration.org/p/david-e-smith-on-the-haight-free For any business inquiries reach out here [email protected] #oompaville