Richard Helms
Appears in 4 conspiracy theories
MKUltra — CIA Mind Control Program
Confirmed CIA program (1953-1973) conducting illegal human experiments with LSD, electroshock, and psychological torture on unwitting subjects at 80 institutions — revealed by 20,000 surviving documents.
CIA 638+ Assassination Attempts on Castro
Church Committee confirmed the CIA planned and attempted multiple assassination plots against Castro -- including poison cigars, exploding seashells, and Mafia collaboration -- over more than a decade.
Operation CHAOS — CIA Domestic Surveillance
A confirmed illegal CIA program that collected files on 7,200 Americans and indexed 300,000 names — all because the Johnson and Nixon administrations refused to believe the antiwar movement wasn't run by Moscow.
MKSEARCH — CIA Post-MKUltra Drug Research
MKSEARCH was MKUltra's official successor (1965-1973), continuing research into behavior-modifying drugs and biological agents after congressional pressure prompted formal termination of MKUltra.