"Never dig up your father." -- Eric Olson




What Did the C.I.A. Do to Eric Olson's Father?

... "In 1997, after the C.I.A. inadvertently declassified an assassination manual dating from late 1953, Eric Olson was able to read the following: "The most efficient accident, in simple assassination, is a fall of 75 feet or more onto a hard surface. Elevator shafts, stairwells, unscreened windows and bridges will serve. . . . The act may be executed by sudden, vigorous [excised] of the ankles, tipping the subject over the edge." The manual went on to recommend a blow to the temple to stun the subject first: "In chase cases it will usually be necessary to stun or drug the subject before dropping him."

... At the funeral in 1953, the coffin was shut because the family had been told that the body was broken up and that there were extensive cuts and lacerations to the face caused by the fall through the glass. In fact, the body had been embalmed, and it was in nearly perfect condition.
Eric stared down at a face he had last seen 41 years before. There were no lacerations consistent with damage by glass. On further examination, the forensic team, led by James Starrs of George Washington University, discovered a blow to Olson's temple, on the left side, which caused a fist-size bleed under the otherwise unbroken skin. It could not have occurred, the pathologists agreed, after he went out the window because the velocity of his descent would have caused more extensive trauma. While one team member thought it could have occurred as the head hit the window frame on the way out, Starrs and the others were certain it had been inflicted before that. The conclusion that both Starrs and Eric drew was that someone had knocked Olson out, either while he slept or after a struggle, and then thrown him out the window.

... "just one of the risks running with scientific experimentation."-- Sydney Gottlieb

More:
http://www.frankolsonproject.org/Contents.html

Related:
The DEFENESTRATION TRILOGY

The Defenestration Trilogy is comprised of three chamber operas. These operas are also of a genre that the creators believe they have invented: "Conspiracy Theory Opera." The operas are:

#1 The Birth and Theft of Television (2000-01)
Main characters: Edwin H. Armstrong, David Sarnoff, Philo T. Farnsworth
Produced at Theater for the New City, March 26 & 27, 2001 (CD available)

#2 Nightingale: The Last Days of James Forrestal (2001-02)
Produced at Present Company Theatorium, May 19 - June 4, 2002 (DVD available)

#3 Man: Biology of a Fall (2003-2007) Production forthcoming at Kumble Theater, Brooklyn, NY, Oct. 4-7, 2007
YouTube clips

YouTube - Broadcast Yourself.

Posted: Fri - December 14, 2007 at 10:50 PM            

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