Can someone be programmed to kill??nnThere have been claims that some of the political assassinations in the 1960s and 1970s were carried ou...
Can someone be programmed to kill??nnThere have been claims that some of the political assassinations in the 1960s and 1970s were carried out by mind controlled subjects. It is public knowledge that the CIA conducted experiments, through MK Ultra, into whether a Manchurian Candidate patsy could be hypnotised to kill someone and then forget ever having done so. The most famous of these claims comes from the killer of Robert F Kennedy in 1968, Sirhan Sirhan, who alleges he was hypnotised to commit the assassination which involved a woman in a polka dot dress. These allegations have been ignored and Sirhan Sirhan remains in prison claiming to have no memory of the event.nnDerren Brown decided to see whether it was possible to hypnotise a subject to kill a famous British celebrity, Stephen Fry in the same manner which Sirhan Sirhan alleges to have been. First, Derren Brown chose a suitable candidate by performing various experiments to whittle down the possibles which included hypnotising four individuals to throw hydrochloric acid, but really water, into the faces of others which they all did saying they felt a compulsion to do so, after Derren Brown had given them the trigger command.nnEventually, a twenty something Chris, was chosen without his knowledge to be the guinea pig. Derren Brown then interviewed two experts in hypnosis who did not believe it was possible for a mind controlled assassin to be created but Derren Brown proceeded and arranged for Chris to be taken to a firing range for training in the use of firearms, which he had never used before. Prior to hypnosis, Chris was pretty crap but after hypnosis he turned into a marksman, hitting two shots in the bulls eye and the remaining three shots just missing. In the hypnosis, Brown used an image of white polka dots on a blue background. Next, Chris was subjected to further hypnosis to see whether he would forget after hypnosis. He was persuaded to tell Derren Brown the PIN number for his bank account but could not remember revealing the information. Happy that Chris was ready, a dry run was arranged where Chris was told to shoot a customer in a restaurant with a water pistol, which he duly did and then forgot the event. Later, he underwent a lie detector test and could not remember shooting the customer. The lie detector expert said the graphs showed no sign that he had lied. Again, the white polka dots on blue image was used.nnFinally, it was decided to see whether Chris would actually follow the commands to shoot Stephen Fry at a theatre, where Fry was performing. Thankfully, they had the decency to tell Stephen Fry what was going to happen. Before the start of the show, Chris was given a gun in a box which he was meant to give to Derren Brown after the show. After the beginning of the show, a woman wearing a blue dress with white polka dots sat down in a seat in front of Chris and told him "Stephen Fry is the target". Chris then proceeded to pick the gun out of the box and let off a number of shots at Stephen Fry who collapsed on stage, pretending to be shot. After a short period, Fry rose to his feet and the audience were told of the ruse and carried on his show. Chris had completely forgotten shooting Fry and sat there enjoying the show!nnAfter the show, Chris was shown a video of the 'assassination' and told the details of his hypnosis and Brown deprogrammed him . At the end of the programme, Derren Brown did not add any comments but the credits included pictures of a young Sirhan Sirhan, which hinted that Derren Brown considers he maybe a Manchurian Candidate. Less
