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subjected to experimental drugs and later physical torture.
Sleep deprivation. Rape. Electrocution. I can’t imagine how
horrible it must have been for them.”
“What’s truly amazing is that they kept meticulous records
of how these people were dosed, the different medications, the
length of sleep deprivation and their reactions. When they
passed away, they simply boxed up the records and stored
them,” Stephen added.
“We may never have everything, but I’m betting there’s
enough in that cave to sink a whole bunch of people. Reynolds
for one, but he’s already dead,” Josie said. “I still think it’s
amazing Emily led us there. The chair she was sitting in had
restraints, so did the tables. We found an electroshock
machine. We have to assume she was tortured.”
“You know that’s probably why she collapsed the day you
took her for a walk, don’t you?” Amelia said. “She thought
you were taking her there.”
“I know that now,” Josie answered. “But when we needed a
safe place, she must have known that cave would be the last
place Johnson would look.”
“So were the people in the house still being tortured?” Faye
asked.
“No, I would have known. I think we were just watching
them until they died.” Amelia looked around the table and saw
that Stephen and Josie were nodding.
“MKUltra was publicly exposed in the seventies,” Josie
added. “They thought they destroyed all the documents but
some survived. There were hearings and trials and a lot of
outrage.”
“Everyone involved was prosecuted,” Stephen said. “I
suppose the general public thought that was that.”
Josie pointed to the notes again. “1986 with EB right after
it. We’re assuming that’s Ian’s reference to Emily’s admission.
We don’t know what the third date is or whose initials they are
but Ian was trying to put this into some kind of context for me.