Posts Tagged ‘Cold War’
CIA used famous magician for his tricks during the Cold War
John Mulholland was paid the then princely sum of $3,000 for tips on slipping a pill into the drink of the unsuspecting, tying shoelaces to give uncover signals and on the "surreptitious removal of objects by women." Mulholland's guidance from the 1950s was part of a larger CIA effort, called MK-ULTRA.
CIA’s Lost Magic Manual Resurfaces
At the height of the Cold War, the Central Intelligence Agency paid $3,000 to renowned magician John Mulholland to write a manual on misdirection, concealment, and stagecraft. All known copies of the document were believed to be destroyed in 1973. But recently, the manuals resurfaced, and have now been published.
