The Crazy Rulers of the World(2004)

Name: The Crazy Rulers of the World
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2004-11-07

November 7, 20041 Season · 3 Episodes

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Overview

The Crazy Rulers of the World is the extraordinary, never before told story of what happened when chiefs of US intelligence, the army, and the government began believing in very strange things. Three years in the making, Jon Ronson's Crazy Rulers of the World explores the apparent madness at the heart of US military intelligence.

Created by Jon Ronson

Network Channel 4

Seasons

Season 1

3 Episodes

2004

E01

The Men Who Stare at Goats

11/7/2004·50m

Charts the history of a secret US military unit founded in 1979, the First Earth Battalion. The program uncovers the truth about the unit's involvement with paranormal activities that defy accepted military practice, including mind reading and out of body experiences.

E02

Funny Torture

11/14/2004·50m

We learn how the New Age movement of the 1980s has influenced interrogation at Guantanamo Bay and in post-war Iraq.

E03

Psychic Foot-Soldiers

11/21/2004·50m

Addresses the US Armed Forces' experiments with mind-control and extra-sensory perception.

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Cast

Jon Ronson

Self