In this episode of Psycho Bob Says…, Shakin Shaner and Psycho Bob dive into one of the strangest and most unsettling gadgets of the Cold War: the CIA’s infamous “heart attack gun.”

 

Discover how this bizarre assassination device worked, why saxitoxin was involved, and how the weapon came to public attention during the 1975 Church Committee hearings. We also separate the documented history from the conspiracy theories surrounding the gun—and ask the big question: was it ever actually used? It’s a fascinating trip into the shadowy world of Cold War espionage, where sometimes the strangest stories are the ones that are actually true.