Operation Julie: The Rise and Fall of a Drug Empire : Episode 501
4/16/202628 min
In the late 1970's, LSD was big in Cambridge University's radical academic fringe, inspired by LSD pioneer Timothy Leary. He had a strong belief that the drug broadened the mind and could transform society and make it better for all of us. Henry Todd got very much into this scene and then started his own LSD lab, producing huge quantities of the stuff.
In the episode of the UK True Crime Podcast, I look at the undercover police operation 'Operation Julie' soon had Henry Todd and others making and selling LSD under surveillance, and how Todd later made the unusual move into high altitude mountaineering.
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Hello, and welcome to episode number 501 of the UK True Crime Podcast. I'm Adam, and a huge thank you for commenting on the podcast apps or contacting me about the last episode with Michael Ross. It sounds like you found him as inspirational as I did. And to win a signed copy of his book, Just Five More Minutes, please just join my community at patreon.com/uktruecrime. Today's story's a bit different as we go from LSD to the sport of high altitude mountaineering. Rather apt at this time, when the expeditions are arriving in Nepal ready for their summit attempt to Everest and the other big mountains in the next month or so. But before we begin, let's set some context with our guess the month and year game. You ready? We're going a bit further back than usual today, and at number two in the UK charts, it was Abba with Knowing Me, Knowing You. Aha. [laughs] In the US, the Eagles are in the top spot with New Kid in Town, and in Australia, the top selling single of the year was a classic. It was Julie Covington and Don't Cry For Me Argentina. In the news this month, 583 people died in aviation's