Editing MKUltra (section)

==In popular culture==
MKUltra plays a part in many [[conspiracy theories]] due to its nature and the destruction of most records. This has also led to the [[Urban legend|urban legends]] that the human experiments performed by the CIA are ongoing into the [[Present tense|present]].<ref>{{cite book | pages = [https://books.google.com/books?id=qMIDrggs8TsC&pg=PA490 490] | last = Knight | first = P | title = Conspiracy theories in American history: an encyclopedia, Volume 2 | isbn = 1-57607-812-4 | publisher = [[ABC-CLIO]] | year = 2003 }}</ref>

===Television===
* The 1998 [[CBC Television|CBC]] miniseries ''[[The Sleep Room]]'' dramatizes brainwashing experiments funded by MKUltra that were performed on Canadian mental patients in the 1950s and 60s, and their subsequent efforts to sue the CIA.<ref name="The Sleep Room at IMDB"/>
* In season 2, episode 5 of ''[[Fringe (TV series)|Fringe]]'', "Dream Logic", Walter Bishop mentions his participation in MKUltra experiments, using LSD and suggestion.
* In season 2, episode 19 of ''[[Bones (TV series)|Bones]]'', "[[Bones (season 2)|Spaceman in a Crater]]", Jack Hodgins mentions that [[Frank Olson]] was an unwitting participant and committed suicide, but that an exhumation 45 years later proved he was murdered.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bonestv.pbworks.com/w/page/10717790/2x20transcript|title=Bones / 2x20transcript|website=bonestv.pbworks.com}}</ref>
* ''[[Wormwood (miniseries)|Wormwood]]'' is a 2017 American six-part [[docudrama]] [[miniseries]] directed by [[Errol Morris]] and released on [[Netflix]]. The series is based on the life of the scientist [[Frank Olson]] and his involvement in Project MKUltra.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Tallerico |first1=Brian |title=7 Key Questions to Help You Understand Wormwood |url=https://www.vulture.com/2017/12/wormwood-errol-morris-netflix-guide.html |website=Vulture |access-date=October 18, 2021 |date=December 19, 2017}}</ref>
* The popular series ''[[Stranger Things]]'', a Netflix original, is largely based on the MKUltra experiments and the subsequent US government cover-ups. The main character, [[Eleven (Stranger Things)|Eleven]], is a [[child]] of an MKUltra test subject and is the last child to survive the massacre of the facility in 1979. Contrary to popular belief from urban legends, while MKUltra did in fact experiment on children, the project was halted in 1973.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hedash |first=Kara |date=2020-06-18 |title=Stranger Things True Story: The CIA's Real Project MKUltra Explained |url=https://screenrant.com/stranger-things-cia-project-mkultra-real-experiments-explained/ |access-date=2024-02-06 |website=ScreenRant |language=en}}</ref>

===Film===
* The 2009 film ''[[The Killing Room]]'' is a thriller based on the real life MKUltra top secret government psychological program in which various volunteer test subjects are put in a tense situation.<ref>{{Cite web |first=Alex |last=Billingtonwi |date=2009-01-18|title=Sundance 2009 Review: Jonathan Liebesman's The Killing Room| url=https://www.firstshowing.net/2009/sundance-2009-review-jonathan-liebesmans-the-killing-room/ |website=Firstshowing |language=en}}</ref>

===Music===
* English band [[Muse (band)|Muse]]'s 2009 album ''[[The Resistance (album)|The Resistance]]'' features a song titled "MK Ultra", which references brainwashing techniques utilised by the CIA in the eponymous project.
* [[Will Wood]]'s 2020 album ''[[The Normal Album]]'' features a song titled "BlackBoxWarrior - OKULTRA", which describes the experience of an MKUltra victim.
* The Glasgow-based band Mickey 9s have a song called "MK Ultra" in their 2021 album ''Modern Kunst''.
* [[Periphery (band)|Periphery]]'s 2015 album ''[[Juggernaut: Alpha]]'' has a song titled "MK Ultra".
* The title of [[Machine Girl (band)|Machine Girl]]'s 2024 album, ''MG Ultra'', is a reference to MKUltra. Along with this, the album has themes of conspiracy theory and government masking issues throughout.

===Literature===

* The sixth and final volume of [[John Burdett]]'s Bangkok detective novel series, ''The Bangkok Asset'', features MKUltra as a major theme.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Burdett |first1=John |title=The Bangkok Asset |date=2015 |publisher=Alfred A. Knopf |location=New York |isbn=978-0-385-35320-5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xjREBQAAQBAJ |language=en}}</ref><ref>Williamson, Hilary. "[http://www.bookloons.com/cgi-bin/Review.asp?bookid=18557 Review of ''The Bangkok Asset'' by John Burdett]". ''Book Loons''. Retrieved 3 October 2024.</ref> The novel expands the impacts of the program to ultimately include the creation of super soldier-spies with "transhuman abilities".

===Games===

* The main protagonist of the 2020 video game ''[[Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War]]'', "Bell", is a victim of MKUltra and has been brainwashed into believing they served in the Vietnam War.