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 The Fairshake Files is a documentary investigation channel producing long-form, multi-part deep-dive series. We provide well-researched, sober analysis of history's most controversial events, from infamous true crime cases to declassified government programs and unsolved historical mysteries.

Our mission is to go beyond the official story to explore competing theories, alternative narratives, and complex conspiracies. We present all angles with a calm, narrative style that values research over sensationalism.

This channel is for viewers seeking nuance and in-depth context on topics like Project MKUltra, COINTELPRO, the Manson Family, and other pivotal historical moments. We dissect the legends, present the evidence, and let the viewer decide.

New investigations are opened monthly. This is the home for historical deep-dives, true crime analysis, and conspiracy theory deconstruction.

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    • PROJECT MK-ULTRA: The Manchurian Question (Chapter 1)

      PROJECT MK-ULTRA: The Manchurian Question (Chapter 1)
      Jan 21 2026
      The Fairshake Files opens the declassified record on Project MK-ULTRA, the CIA’s covert program to research behavioral modification, interrogation, and chemical influence during the Cold War.

      This chapter begins with a fear that obsessed American intelligence: the idea that a human mind could be “scrubbed” and rewritten. From show trials and public confessions to POW statements that sounded impossible, the question becomes policy.

      The search for an invisible weapon turns into a system, and then into a program with a name. This is American intelligence history, declassified documentation, and true crime with context and receipts.

      IN THIS EPISODE:
      • The Cold War “brainwashing” panic and why it hit Washington like a psychological contagion
      • The early precursor programs (BLUEBIRD and ARTICHOKE) and what they were designed to do
      • The pivot point: LSD enters the picture and the stakes change overnight
      • Allen Dulles authorizes the next step, and the project becomes MK-ULTRA
      • Sidney Gottlieb steps forward as the chemist who will operationalize the mandate
      • The ominous early signal of where this leads, including the Frank Olson case
      SOURCES & CITATIONS

      - Project MK-ULTRA (CIA FOIA Reading Room)
      - BLUEBIRD and ARTICHOKE declassified documents (CIA FOIA Reading Room)
      - U.S. Senate reporting and hearings on CIA behavioral modification research
      - Frank Olson files and archival reporting tied to documented releases

      Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fairshake-files--6771179/support.

      Thank you for listening.

      I’d love to hear your thoughts — share your perspective in the comments or a review.

      🎥 The full video version, complete with visuals, is available on YouTube: @thefairshakefiles

      As an independent creator, I deeply appreciate every listener and every bit of support. Your time and curiosity keep this project alive.

      💡 Supporters hear new episodes three days early and ad-free — and help keep The Fairshake Files truly independent. Join here → https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fairshake-files--6771179/support

      Thank you again — every single one of you makes this possible.

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      36 min
    • COINTELPRO: Paranoia with a Budget (Full Series)

      COINTELPRO: Paranoia with a Budget (Full Series)
      Dec 23 2025
      This is the bundled release of Chapters 1–4 of The Fairshake Files COINTELPRO series.

      These chapters appear as originally published, with their original structure intact. This compilation is provided for listeners who prefer to follow the full arc in one sitting, without release gaps.

      COINTELPRO wasn’t about surveillance.It was about disruption.

      Across four chapters, we trace how the FBI built a domestic playbook of “neutralization”, using informants, psychological operations, forged letters, internal sabotage, and pressure campaigns that moved far beyond traditional law enforcement.

      The program began under the justification of COINTELPRO — White Hate, targeting violent extremist groups. But the methods didn’t remain limited to those targets. What started as an exception became a precedent.

      The same tactics were redirected toward civil rights leaders, anti-war activists, student movements, and political organizations—until “disruption” became a standing permission slip.

      This compilation follows the full trajectory: from infiltration and psychological warfare, to escalation against lawful dissent, to the moment COINTELPRO stopped being deniable and became documented...exposed by a burglary in Media, Pennsylvania, forced into daylight through FOIA litigation, and confronted by the Church Committee’s investigation.

      It also tracks the modern afterlife of the logic: new authorities, new language, and a surveillance ecosystem where investigations can begin without a criminal predicate, and disruption doesn’t always look like disruption until it’s too late.

      This series isn’t asking whether the first targets were “bad.”

      It’s asking what happens once a government decides it can violate its own laws to stop them.

      Once that line is crossed, the definition of “bad” never stays fixed.

      IN THIS EPISODE:
      • Origins: How COINTELPRO emerged as a domestic “neutralization” program
      • White Hate: Infiltration, informants, and the “Good Lie” justification
      • Disruption: Psychological warfare tactics deployed without warrants
      • Escalation: The expansion to civil rights leaders, students, anti-war movements, and political organizations
      • Exposure: The Media, Pennsylvania break-in, FOIA disclosures, and the Church Committee
      • Afterlife: Guidelines, “assessments,” expanded domestic authority, and modern surveillance ecosystems
      SOURCES & CITATIONS (selected)
      • U.S. Senate (Church Committee), Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans (Book II)
      • FBI COINTELPRO directives and memoranda (declassified / FOIA releases via FBI Vault)
      • DOJ, Attorney General’s Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations (2008)
      • FBI, Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG) (selected sections)
      • DOJ OIG reporting on post-Watergate guideline history (Levi / 1976) and related oversight
      • ACLU reporting on FBI “assessments” and domestic intelligence practices
      • Documented reporting on social-media monitoring tools and related civil liberties cases
      • ACLU / Statewatch materials on JTRIG “effects” capabilities and documented techniques
      Next investigation: Project MKULTRA

      Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fairshake-files--6771179/support.

      Thank you for listening.

      I’d love to hear your thoughts — share your perspective in the comments or a review.

      🎥 The full video version, complete with visuals, is available on YouTube: @thefairshakefiles

      As an independent creator, I deeply appreciate every listener and every bit of support. Your time and curiosity keep this project alive.

      💡 Supporters hear new episodes three days early and ad-free — and help keep The Fairshake Files truly independent. Join here → https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fairshake-files--6771179/support

      Thank you again — every single one of you makes this possible.

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      1 h et 5 min
    • COINTELPRO: The Rubric (Chapter 4)

      COINTELPRO: The Rubric (Chapter 4)
      Dec 17 2025
      In Chapter 4, The Fairshake Files follows the moment COINTELPRO stopped being a secret program and became a documented one.

      It begins with a burglary in Media, Pennsylvania.

      Not a leak.

      Not an insider.

      A break-in that forced the Bureau into daylight.

      From there, we trace the chain reaction:

      FOIA lawsuits that compelled disclosure, congressional investigations that exposed the tactics in plain language, and the reforms that were supposed to prevent this playbook from returning.

      But the story doesn’t end with Watergate-era accountability. It evolves. We examine how the logic of COINTELPRO survives through modern domestic authorities, where investigations can begin without criminal predicate, where disruption can be outsourced to platforms and contractors, and where surveillance becomes a background condition of public life.

      This chapter is not about paranoia. It’s about the rubric: the method, the permissions, and the machinery that persists even when the names change.

      IN THIS EPISODE
      • The Break-In: The Media, Pennsylvania burglary that cracked open the COINTELPRO file.
      • FOIA & Exposure: How forced disclosure revealed the Bureau’s directives in its own words.
      • Reform Era: Church Committee oversight, new guidelines, and the attempt to rebuild limits.
      • The Modern Turn: “Assessments,” expanded domestic authority, and surveillance without probable cause.
      • Digital Disruption: Social media monitoring, outsourced tools, and the new shape of influence control.
      SOURCES & CITATIONS (selected)
      • U.S. Senate (Church Committee), Intelligence Activities and the Rights of Americans (Book II)
      • FBI COINTELPRO directives and memoranda (declassified / FOIA releases)
      • DOJ Attorney General’s Guidelines for Domestic FBI Operations (2008)
      • FBI Domestic Investigations and Operations Guide (DIOG) (selected sections)
      • ACLU reporting on FBI “assessments” and domestic intelligence practices
      • Documented reporting on social-media monitoring tools and related civil liberties cases


      Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fairshake-files--6771179/support.

      Thank you for listening.

      I’d love to hear your thoughts — share your perspective in the comments or a review.

      🎥 The full video version, complete with visuals, is available on YouTube: @thefairshakefiles

      As an independent creator, I deeply appreciate every listener and every bit of support. Your time and curiosity keep this project alive.

      💡 Supporters hear new episodes three days early and ad-free — and help keep The Fairshake Files truly independent. Join here → https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-fairshake-files--6771179/support

      Thank you again — every single one of you makes this possible.

      This episode includes AI-generated content.
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      22 min
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