![]() His death was initially regarded as a suicide, but subsequent investigations have raised questions of a coverup of an alleged murder. Nine days after Olson was covertly dosed with LSD by his CIA supervisor as part of Project MKUltra, he plunged to his death from the window of a hotel room in New York City. Wormwood is told through Eric Olson, the son of Frank Olson, an American biological warfare scientist and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) employee, who died under mysterious circumstances in 1953. ![]() Interspersed between interviews and archival footage, are live action reenactments of the final days of Frank Olson's life and the various theories involving his death. ![]() It also follows Frank Olson's son in the present day, and discusses his belief that his father may have been murdered due to being perceived as a potential security risk. It focuses on the events leading up to and following his controversial death, which the US government originally claimed was a tragic accident, but later admitted was likely a suicide, caused by a mental breakdown brought on after being unknowingly dosed with LSD, while at a meeting with colleagues from the CIA who were involved in Project MKUltra. The series is based on the life of a scientist, Frank Olson, who worked for a secret government biological warfare program ( the USBWL) at Fort Detrick, Maryland. Wormwood (stylized as ' WORMWO0D') is a 2017 American six-part docudrama miniseries directed by Errol Morris and released on Netflix on December 15, 2017. ![]()
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