Dark Matters

Mystery of the Alien Hand Syndrome—where one hand acts on its own—and its unexpected connection to Cold War-era brain science and psychological experiments.

In the shadowy world of encrypted messaging apps, few stories are as compelling as that of Pavel Durov and his brainchild, Telegram. Known as the "Russian Mark Zuckerberg"

Story of Mary Mallon who unwittingly spread typhoid fever, causing deaths. Was she a victim or a killer? Explore the complexities in this fascinating article.

Russia and NATO are waging a hidden grey-zone war at sea, where sabotage, espionage, and undersea operations blur the lines between peace and conflict.

How a beautiful fashion model and writer, of the World War II-era, become a secret agent of the CIA mind-control program and claimed to be a victim of Project MKULTRA.

Africa’s wave of coups is reshaping geopolitics. From Mali to Gabon, are these military takeovers truly anti-imperialist revolts, or power grabs dressed in liberation rhetoric?

How China crushed the CIA’s spy network, executed assets, and left Washington blind, a chilling look at the new age of espionage.

Operation Paperclip: Nazi scientists who helped Hitler kill millions of innocent civilians also helped to build modern America.

The interesting story of Piltdown Man mystery which created controversy and embarrassment and was also seen as a matter of shame and fraud.

Jewish Doctors Secretly Documented the Effects of Nazi-Imposed Starvation in a book that has been discovered by a researcher at Tufts University near Boston.

Operation Snow White a Story of espionage planned and executed by the Church of Scientology to infiltrate the US government and destroy records.

Story of a psychiatrist who was trying to control the minds of patients with unethical medical experiments with the help of the CIA which raised serious ethical concerns.