Frank Olson: The MK-Ultra Scientist Who Fell from the 13th Floor

On the night of November 28, 1953, Frank Olson, a civilian scientist working for the U.S. Army’s biological warfare laboratories, plunged to his death from the 13th floor of the Statler Hotel in New York City. Initially ruled a suicide, Olson’s fall quickly raised questions that have remained unanswered for over half a century. Was Olson a victim of the CIA’s notorious MK-Ultra mind control program? Or did he meet a more sinister end after becoming a liability to covert Cold War experiments? In an era where covert operations were commonplace, Olson’s death has become one of the most enduring…