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Unsolved November 28, 1953 Suspicious Death

Frank Olson

Status Unsolved
Type Suspicious Death
Date November 28, 1953
Location New York City, New York
Victim Age 43
Gender Male

CIA scientist Frank Olson died after falling from a New York hotel window. It was ruled a suicide but his family believed he was killed because he wanted to leave the agency's secret mind control program MKUltra. His body was exhumed in 1994 and a second autopsy suggested possible homicide.

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