The

Hellwood Archive

Cult cinema, true crime, strange history and cultural oddities.

Stories from the darker corners of film, television, music, literature, crime, history and the unexplained.

stanford research institute

1973 American research laboratory with sealed envelopes, drawings, scientific equipment and a bent spoon during a Cold War psychic experiment

Occult Unexplained

Uri Geller and the CIA: When Cold War Intelligence Took Psychic Powers Seriously

In 1973, Uri Geller’s supposed psychic abilities moved from television studios into experiments connected to American intelligence research at Stanford...

11 Sep 2026 • Archive Note