10 episodes

In 2016, a mysterious, debilitating illness begins to afflict American diplomats and spies working abroad – first in Cuba, and then around the world. Victims report crippling neurological symptoms. Some describe the feeling of being hit by an invisible, directed pressure while they were stationed on government property, or sometimes standing in their own homes or hotel rooms. Is this bizarre illness the result of a weapon? Is it mass psychosis? Or something else entirely? 
Award-winning journalists Jon Lee Anderson and Adam Entous take listeners to the heart of this saga in HAVANA SYNDROME, a new podcast from VICE World News.

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Havana Syndrome VICE

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In 2016, a mysterious, debilitating illness begins to afflict American diplomats and spies working abroad – first in Cuba, and then around the world. Victims report crippling neurological symptoms. Some describe the feeling of being hit by an invisible, directed pressure while they were stationed on government property, or sometimes standing in their own homes or hotel rooms. Is this bizarre illness the result of a weapon? Is it mass psychosis? Or something else entirely? 
Award-winning journalists Jon Lee Anderson and Adam Entous take listeners to the heart of this saga in HAVANA SYNDROME, a new podcast from VICE World News.

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    1. Get Off The X

    1. Get Off The X

    Tina Onufer thought she was getting a plum gig at the newly reopened U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba. Then she has a bizarre incident in her kitchen that makes her question everything. Reporters Jon Lee Anderson and Adam Entous set out to solve what happened to Tina and other victims of the so-called Havana Syndrome.
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    • 40 min
    2. The Diplomat and The Spy

    2. The Diplomat and The Spy

    A White House official leads top-secret negotiations between the U.S. and Cuba in an effort to restore trust. Little does he realize the CIA has other plans.
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    • 43 min
    3. Immaculate Concussion

    3. Immaculate Concussion

    Dozens of Havana Syndrome patients are secretly whisked away to the University of Pennsylvania for study and treatment. Doctors are shocked by what they find.
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    • 43 min
    4. Adios y Hasta Nunca

    4. Adios y Hasta Nunca

    Jon Lee and Adam fly to Havana, Cuba to investigate the earliest Havana Syndrome cases. What they find on the ground fuels more questions than answers.
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    • 42 min
    5. Anyone, Anywhere, At Any Time

    5. Anyone, Anywhere, At Any Time

    The U.S. consulate in Guangzhou, China becomes the site of a mysterious outbreak of illnesses, and the White House takes notice. Is Havana Syndrome spreading?
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    • 40 min
    6. If There’s a ‘There’ There

    6. If There’s a ‘There’ There

    Adam receives an anonymous tip, which sends down the rabbit hole to investigate decades-old incidents in which the Soviet Union repeatedly aimed microwaves at the U.S. Embassy in Moscow.
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    • 38 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
340 Ratings

340 Ratings

Howard Beale Jr. ,

What about the instances of this happening in America?

I have no experience with ruskies, but I was followed by a guy claiming to be employed by a sub contractor of homeland security in August 2013 who told me things were going to get really bad for me if I didn’t leave Austin. I asked what that meant and he kept repeating, with a sinister grin, “this gonna be fun! You won’t leave! This gonna be fun!”
This happened shortly after I had reported criminal misconduct by tech support personnel while working at Emerson Process Management.
In October of 2013 I was hit with a beam of pulsed radio frequency energy while sitting at my desk. My monitor actually started sparking in the upper left corner. These attacks happened on an off for months. After I left the company, I started experiencing them in my house.
It’s basically the same symptoms as described by all of these diplomats. You can actually measure an increase in electromagnetic energy corresponding to the attacks and, after a decade of experience, it seems pretty clear that any wireless or IOT device can be weaponized by these John Wayne Gacy hacker types to implement them.
Come out to my current residence if you want to put the psychogenic tabloid psychology nonsense to bed and experience Havana syndrome firsthand.

berliner1000 ,

You think you already know this story, but you don't!

So much new information. Fantastic research. Well-told, very intense story.

Dolls0120 ,

This podcast is awesome

This podcast is great. The journalists do their job well. History is mixed in along with interviews of victims. Each episode has you wanting more!

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