The Crazy Rulers of the World

S1 E1

The Crazy Rulers of the World — Season 1, Episode 1: The Men Who Stare at Goats

Documentary50 min1 season, 3 episodes

Episode synopsis

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.

About The Crazy Rulers of the World

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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