The Crazy Rulers of the World

2004•50m

Documentary

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.

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Ended

First Aired

November 7, 2004

Last Aired

November 21, 2004

Networks

Channel 4

Created By

Jon Ronson

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Region US · Lang EN

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Seasons & Episodes

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Season

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Air date: 2004-11-07

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.

Funny Torture

Air date: 2004-11-14

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

Psychic Foot-Soldiers

Air date: 2004-11-21

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