MK-Ultra: The History of Ravenscrag

From CIA mind control experiments to villainous barons of industry, the story of this mansion will leave you on the edge of your seat.
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[@kimemerson8728]

Having been a part of the MKUltra scene as a child I am grateful people like you are calmly shining a light on it. There are very few people who give the information without uncontrolled emotion and that makes it seem like a poorly written melodrama. It wasn't melodrama it was abuse and it's important for people to open their eyes. Thanks for this.

[@slicksnewonenow]

@Kim Emerson Hi Kim... Unfortunately, I kind of think WE'VE ALL been "ULTRA'd" over the last three years. Nobody seems to want to face the fact... You know as well as I do... The Creeps will stop at nothing and get away with whatever THEY want to.

[@kimemerson8728]

@@slicksnewonenow as a young woman I used to dream of the day when the real story was exposed to the masses and because there were so many of us standing together and exposing the truth the masses opened their eyes and stood up against the "elite." Then reality happened and no one stood with us. So, I just write books and hope they help a few people.

[@kitdriscoll1288]

@@kimemerson8728 I'd like to read your books. I also was born under MK Ultra and SRA (satanic ritual abuse) via multigenerational elite cult (illuminati, masonic, knights templar) bloodlines. My speaking out is in other ways, although I have considered books and other media. What frustrates me though, is when people hear the false information that the CIA ended MK Ultra in the 1970's and take it as truth. It has never been ended. Only given new titles with each new program or project.

[@Master_Caleb]

Was it like how stranger things made it seem

[@breakfastsurreal5650]

@@Master_Caleb of course not.

[@kellingtonlink956]

Even as a former Monréaler, I knew absolutely nothing about this Mansion’s history. My Wife even attended McGill. Thanks for another history lesson.

[@_Julie_Bee]

Me too!! 😅

[@moobrien1747]

Dirty Secrets In Plain Sight Demonic Masonics...

[@hollybrooke322]

Sounds like the son and his wife were good people. So sad they lost all of their kids but so lovely of them to focus on charity work.

[@GoldenLion8]

"... he went on to marry his good friend from childhood..." His birthyear: 1860 - her birthyear: 1873. He was already a teenager when she was born, I doubt they were "childhood friends" (unless he was her babysitter...).

[@kitdriscoll1288]

Whoa! Interesting. There always is more to these stories than meets the eye.

[@johngore7744]

As a Montrealer born in 1961 and still living not too far from the city I always knew about this and Dr Cameron’s experiment on people with electric shock and hallucinogens.

[@guymorris6596]

Not so much experiment as torture.

[@johngore7744]

@@guymorris6596 quite true. He was a sicko.

[@CLOUDKID11]

@@johngore7744 Scary how both the Nazi's and CIA performed horrific experiments. Yet only one is demonized. The saying that winners write history couldn't be any more truer.

[@kiralynnsands762]

How many years and or which years were they doing these experiments on people? Were they still doing it in the 80s? (I know it says the program ended in 1973, but I'm curious if it seemed like they continued it quietly)

[@johngore7744]

@@kiralynnsands762 if you go on you tube. CBC The Fifth Estate The Sleep Room ( 1998) is a short documentary about it.

[@sandyjakob6833]

MK Ultra is what poplar show ”Stranger Things” is actually based on. I doubt that anyone watching Stranger Things has any idea how far reaching even to this day that MK Ultra is… Search - Stranger Things MK Ultra. Anyway great videos! 👍

[@windmillrespector]

It wasn’t ever about psychic shit or astral projection. MKULTRA was about interrogation techniques. It’s about KUBARK.

[@libertyblueskyes2564]

Whoa! The Ghoulishness of the CIA My favorite room? How glib.

[@baffledanderanged2101]

Heard about MK Ultra years ago and that part was very disturbing. Thanks for the tour. 👍

[@_Julie_Bee]

I did too but I never thought they were in my town!? 😂

[@slicksnewonenow]

@@_Julie_Bee don't think that da Gubmint doesn't STILL use it... Those S.O.B.s do it to us every day, subliminally. You might be interested in seeing the work of Zachary K Hubbard... He has a channel here on the Toob called Gematria Effect News. Cheers- Stay VIGILANT.

[@_Julie_Bee]

@@slicksnewonenow whoah 😳

[@katherinechase3674]

@@_Julie_Bee the truth needs to be put out there / here-

[@jimwiskus8862]

I agree with KenJ, losing your children would be devastating.

[@FrancoisBert]

Very interesting Ken. I am a Montrealer and I’m very familiar with the Golden Square Mile mansions that were built by the wealthiest people in Canada between 1850 and 1930. There are many more standing … most belonging to McGill University or consulates. I never realized that Hugh Allan was such a tyrant.

[@IntrepidMilo]

A fascinating look into one of Montreal's most famous landmarks.

[@_Julie_Bee]

Whoah!! As a Montréaler living close to there, I'm shocked and fascinated!! Thank you!!

[@kindaclassykindachola]

If these walls could talk, I wonder what secrets they’d tell.

[@deeceepnw]

Thank you for the tour. Love the window overlooking the garden. I’m not surprised about the CIA, but I do believe the overall family legacy, as well as that of Ravenscrag is one of redemption. Even though the father was evil, the son was good and used his education to give back. He was smart enough to know that sometimes bad things happen to good people and it isn’t worth letting bitterness take root inside you.

[@francoisedunne223]

This story sounds like it would be a great television mini series. I am all for hearing the details of the nasty father that built the mansion.

[@bigredc222]

It seems like someone put a curse on him and his family if it's possible.

[@missylearned9821]

@@bigredc222 The Bible says in the old rearmament “unto the 3rd and 4th generation” God will curse your descendants for the evil you do. But, that curse can be broken by a descendant (a son or daughter) confessing his/her own personal sins (no matter how big or small), and asking Christ for redemption and giving his/her life to Christ. It will break that curse if the confession and giving your life to Christ is real. Yes, the original builder was a pretty horrible human being…never good for the seed that come afterwards. I’ve often wondered if the reason most wealth created by the 1st generation is gone by the end of the 3rd generation is because of that.

[@bigredc222]

@@missylearned9821 I think it has more to do with the second generation spoiling their kids, so they don't respect money.

[@kevinw1090]

Whatever Sir Allan took from Canada, his family gave everything back, a full circle.

[@themanofsand1]

thanks for the Canadian content! :)

[@andrewbrendan1579]

Ken, I'm reeling from this one. What an extraordinary history of the house and of the family. Some of the interiors remind me of those in the A.T. Stewart mansion in Manhattan. (Maybe you could make a video of that house also.) I'm an ocean liner enthusiast and I have a book called "Ravenscrag" which has some information about the Allan steamship line. I haven't read the book yet but after seeing your video I can tell I'm in for quite a real-life story. The Allan Line may not have been as big as Cunard or White Star or Canadian-Pacific but they had a pair of beautiful liners called the Alsatian and the Calgarian. The Calgarian was lost in World War I and the Alsatian later went to the Canadian-Pacific Line to become the Empress of France.

[@cassandraralph5906]

Hideous house with a tragic history. 😥

[@amor797]

Every time i watch your videos i want to comment about tartaria, mud flood, the old world, truth on orphans trains, history reset, entire towns with no habitants, manors with no owners turned into horrific asylums etc id love you dig on those topics to have your insight. Tartaria is a censored subject, lot of content "disappear" but you can find great videos/pictures people around the world search and share.

[@ClearConscience.]

The ‘ summer covers’ on the fireplaces is funny 🤣 here for Tartarian fireplaces👍🏻🙋🏼‍♀️

[@BennieWilll]

You'll notice that the balconies have been removed. Modern code mandates that any railings must be at least three feet tall. I bet they were deemed unsafe and gutted at one point during renovation. Shame because they add a lot to the look of the exterior.

[@Donald_Shaw]

Wow, what an interesting legacy of a beautiful mansion. Thanks Ken for the tour and history lesson. Great channel, great host. Thank you.

[@kitdriscoll1288]

Although not a mansion, it would be interesting if you could dig up some history and current information on an estate called "Morris School for Boys" in north central Arkansas. I think it has a history or being a hospital and some other things like a resort.

[@Seabrook1982]

I've been a fan of your channel since I first encountered it and the content keeps getting better. Thank you, keep up the good work.

[@garth8602]

My grandmother was tortured there. Shock experiments and more. My grandfather said she was never the same since. We don’t know that much about it since my grandmother never liked talking about it. Doesn’t help that the Canadian government destroyed most of the files of people who attended it.

[@Sarah-psalm127]

That's horrible.

[@thatmtlgirl6351]

I was treated there for a year... There is an atmosphere there.

[@aurorajones8481]

Dear god the secrets uttered in that house. Talk about mind blowing. If we only knew.

[@St.Linguini_of_Pesto]

Everytime I read or hear "MK Ultra", I think of Wormwood.

[@robertmoore2049]

I’m glad the house is still there. Excellent work…

[@slicksnewonenow]

Yeah... It'd make great apartments for all of the Homeless that da Gubmint is creating.

[@Mindocracy]

I'm from Providence. Very historic with beautiful buildings often by the ocean.

[@DChristina]

I’ve read about this years ago- glad this story is getting more exposure!

[@lp8380]

Love this channel and series, thanks for making these!

[@millardfillmore241]

An excellent episode, very informative!

[@dojocho1894]

My Father was OSS in WW2 And then worked in the MK Ultra Program. He left me huge amounts of documents which I still have and have given off to various friends for safety. People are so shocked when they see who was involved in with the program from Hollywood and the music Industry.

[@nancyjohnston5985]

Please publish!!!

[@loislali275]

@@nancyjohnston5985 und dann. Die haben schon längst die Kontrolle über dieses Programm verloren, die Menschen würden die Wahrheit nicht verkraften und dann würde es wahrscheinlich zur Apokalypse kommen. Die Bibel ist nicht umsonst überliefert worden. Einhardcore mkultra Experiment Genieße dein Leben und die Momente die dich zum Lachen bringen ✌️🖖

[@Tea_in_the_Sahara_with_you]

As a downtown Montrealer I have walked by this mansion many times, and was aware of the MK Ultra history, but not the Allan family history! There is a still a mental ward there, called the Allan, I believe for day patients only now. In-patients go to the Douglas Hospital.

[@bschuff]

Great job Ken! Love the video.

[@honestmom1958]

what a interesting and creepy history! Thank you for enlightening me. And thank you for the many episodes that I enjoy of This House!

[@timothyhopkins6960]

I am glad it at least is still standing .

[@arlieberry]

I watched a story on the MK ultra experiments i didnt realize the connection with this house like histories mysteries

[@kitdriscoll1288]

I hope you have found the truth. Governmental trauma based mind control is still ongoing to this day.

[@diannataylor2192]

THEY COMMITTED CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY HERE. THAT IS WHAT THE RECENT NEWS CAST SAID

[@drealake3281]

Thank you for sharing this! I have heard references to MK- Ultra but i dont recall ever seeing this place. Sad about them losing all their children. Too bad they didn't turn it into a school. Hope all is well with you & yours.

[@218philip]

That’s called karma.

[@sarahb4394]

Very interesting! I knew nothing of any of this! I don’t know how you find these mansions but I’m glad you do!

[@biggerock]

Have you done a video on the Morse-Libby mansion in Portland, Maine? If not, you should look into it. It would fit right in with your work here.

[@danpole1]

Agree, I visited Morse-Libby 3 years ago which is in top condition as a house museum of the same style, versus Ravenscrag which is gutted inside and exterior falling apart, under threat of demolition per latest news (along with the neighbouring former Royal Victoria hospital).

[@ThisHouse]

Thank you for the suggestion, cheers!

[@bigredc222]

Some put a curse on him and his family. It sounds silly but it sure does fit.

[@TheSycaman]

That son was awesome. He was an example of what a good person can do with money. Great story. Beautiful home.

[@eastmanwebb5477]

Fascinating story. Thanks for sharing.

[@brucebeamon5460]

Interesting thanks for giving us this story !

[@jamesholt7612]

Awesome video as well as the history.

[@time_machine7013]

😮 I lived in the McGill ghetto just down the hill from mansion

[@lila6117]

As a Canadian I was not aware of this very distressing history, Thank you Ken

[@kitdriscoll1288]

MK Ultra never actually ended. It still goes on to this day under different titles. I am a survivor and many others have spoken out.

[@user-pl9yq3fc8u]

@@kitdriscoll1288 oh im so sorry for you i think they're going to try control everyone's minds eventually, they've alrdy almost done that with social media

[@taekwondogurusquadtagbni-t2719]

Hi! I love your channel and recommend it regularly! Can i ask.. Would be interesting to note or compile a play- list of all mansions that are/have been lost, burnt down or demolished! as it seems to be a VERY common theme in your past videos! And it's very interesting how common it is that these rich people end up losing everything! Waste of a life pursuing "things!?!" and a real life lesson to those who try to have SO much end up with nothing again! Playlist PLEASE!! 😌😎👍👍👍👍

[@ThisHouse]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll run it by Dalton and see what he thinks. Cheers! -Ken

[@taekwondogurusquadtagbni-t2719]

@@ThisHouse I re- wrote my message! It made sense in my head. I suffer from dyslexia so it made senses in my head but whenever I read it again a few hours later I realise the terrible mistakes I made! 🙈🫣😔😫 Sorry! Please read again 🙏

[@kathyrickey1181]

Another fascinating story. And what a mansion. I was wondering,did I miss this info, but is it still being used?

[@BigBirdy100]

At least it wasn't torn down. There's always a good use for a building if people put their minds to it. But really, WTH were they thinking adding on to it. 🙄

[@_Julie_Bee]

It's abandonned now and you can find videos on it.

[@marshawargo7238]

No good deed, goes unpunished!

[@thedawneffect]

wow. that's quite a history...

[@virginiaeckley3047]

Stunningly beautiful

[@meredithdarling]

So grateful for the pandemic that I don’t have to go there all the time anymore. I say I’m in Montreal but try and find me MUHC

[@st.patty1416]

Wow. There are definitely some institutions that need to be dismantled. Thank you for the lesson.

[@picasso7721]

I thought the most despised man in Canada was trudeau. 😒

[@johnchristopher20]

MK Ultra never ended. Witness “Mass Shooters” and the push to disarm the peasantry.

[@kenj.8897]

I couldn't have dealt with loosing all my children. Poor man

[@francoisedunne223]

Poor man? I think a woman is more devastated by a lost child than a man is.!

[@kenj.8897]

@@francoisedunne223 and why is that ?

[@kenj.8897]

@@francoisedunne223 👎

[@kitdriscoll1288]

Perhaps Francoise lost a child. Idk. My youngest son passed over 2 years ago at age 17 and I still grieve ...sometimes violently. I don't see my husband grieve as much, although I find myself protecting him from what I go through. I do well most days and then crash every couple weeks. But it's always on my mind. I have told God that, "Idk how to do this. How do I live without my son? It's like a part of me died. I know You know the end from the beginning and You work all things for our good. Please strengthen me. I trust You even though I don't understand Your plans. I await the good You will bring from this." Anyway ...sometimes I marvel when I mention to my husband I had a rough day and he says something like, "Yeah, I was thinking about Matthew a few days ago." How do you not think about him every day?? I don't want to go a day without thinking of my son ...he is too precious to me. But I do want to learn to live again. Don't get me wrong. I function well. And I reach out to others in need. It's what I've always done (as did my son). But it hurts still ...more than words can describe.

[@proxbimcginley5085]

I think about it all the time. His two daughters one 15 the other 17 died when the Andria Doria was sunk by a u boat. This is my families history. It’s upsetting still.

[@davidmcnicol5322]

Wonderful to finally see a how that has not been demolished ….

[@darealberrygarcia]

Please do more videos on houses in Webster Groves. I'm sure people will allow you to tour

[@ThisHouse]

We have some great, local, house tours lined up for this summer, stay tuned!

[@grandmakellymcdonald]

Very cool! Very interesting! 💕❤️👵🌺

[@taylorrice8612]

Shocked that they couldn’t give it away!

[@darnagutter863]

Sounds like this family and the house was cursed from the evil deeds of the old man.

[@MorgueVOID]

I cant believe you talked about mk ultra. Unbelievable.

[@ThisHouse]

We won't dive down any "rabbit holes," but we will occasionally bring up unconventional history so long as there are academic sources to back up the history.

[@Meradith7777]

That's how children were abused and how mf happened..everyone focus on academia. Stranger Things is busting it out into the open. But sure kids are still being traumatized just watching Stranger Things

[@FiveDrexler]

When I hear stories like these I feel like they tie into the orphan trains, repopulating, repurposing old world buildings. etc.

[@Gizathecat2]

Well the only thing shocking about Ravenscrag is that it is still standing! 😉😳😉 The father was a cruel and corrupt tycoon and his son atoned for his sins.

[@_Julie_Bee]

Our city very seldom demolishes these houses. If at all

[@FrancoisBert]

That house has a heritage classification to it but I saw it two weeks ago and it could use some upkeep. Since 1973, Montreal and the Quebec government have done a wonderful job of preserving it’s heritage buildings. It took the demolition of the Van Horne building to turn the tide.

[@judyimel5697]

Wow love

[@StamperWendy]

Now that is sad, it's hard to be happy about this story...

[@windmillrespector]

Finally someone else sees it, this is fucking KUBARK!

[@slicksnewonenow]

That's a great little documentary, but it's funny how the Narrator speaks like it's a big surprise about the See Eye Ayy from the 5:38 mark... It's not like "THEY" haven't been working together since Dirt N Rocks DAY ONE, and it should be no surprise to anyone with 2 brain cells left to rub together that THEY still do creepy things to us Sleeping Sheep. Something that everyone should realize, is that we're about as stupid as a box of hammers if we think that there really isn't a Powers That Be, and that THEY don't work together at keeping us half dead, only using us as Tax Cattle. On a less serious note, earlier in the video when the narrator mentioned that taxes on the joint became extremely high for old Monty, I quietly thought to myself, "jeez... TrueDon't and his Gang have been at it THAT long?"...😁

[@deborahlinton9635]

Been there as a Montrealer (born and raised).🇨🇦

[@kirbywaite1586]

This contained almost no information about MK Ultra.

[@veronicaroach3667]

This 'house' like so many others built by the newly rich of this era, are all monstrosities of disgusting over-the-top decor. This place to me screams to be got rid of ... can't see anything beautiful about it. Unlike Georgian houses which generally have an understated elegance, this was a product of the Victorian elite - suddenly wealthy people with zero classical understanding or feelings. I know some Georgian places are also huge, but they mostly stayed within levels of decency - it's still obvious these days when the clumsy & ignorant become suddenly wealthy - gold toilets anyone ?

[@jgianola77]

$19,000 per month ? To be a live in servant at a huge mansion . Sign me up

[@lisakilmer2667]

Interesting. Just a tip: one doesn't say "Sir Surname" but "Sir First Name". Thus, Sir Hugh or Sir Montagu, not Sir Allan. Another one of those UK etiquette details designed to plague everyone.

[@ThisHouse]

Thank you for the clarification, I will remember that going forward. Cheers!

[@2ndRatePetronius]

When referring to a knight, it's Sir First Name, NOT Sir Last Name, i.e. Sir Hugh, NOT Sir Allan.

[@Linda-pw8gx]

That is so Tragic that they lost all their children

[@thunderpants007]

Isn’t it ironic that the “land of the free under God” thinks it good to use mind control. Guantanamo is still operational, and I would shiver to think what goes on there.

[@kitdriscoll1288]

Trauma based mind control is still ongoing to this day under different names. The CIA is all over it and always has been. I was born into their program (via multigenerational illuminati, masonic, knights templar bloodlines). I was born into SRA (satanic ritual abuse and MK) due to my bloodlines.

[@rick0e295]

Another great post! History is unfortunately disturbing! As usual am so impressed with the OTT grandeur Impossible to recreate. Contemporary wealth seems oblivious to traditional elegance and opulence. Thankfully this gem has been saved 🙌 . 🏆

[@johnscaife2725]

The government is pretty good at burying it’s dark misdeeds.

[@keelay1977]

Had to rewind half a dozen times at the “died while riding a ladder” part to figure out what you were saying.

[@kitdriscoll1288]

"writing a letter" ....lol 😂

[@juant3969]

Wow im shocked about the history. The original owner was indeed a monster and unethical.

[@SpanishEclectic]

Interesting and sad. The worst and best of a family, then gone within three generations. So many lives were lost in the two World Wars, we can't even imagine. Ravenscrag had to have something to do with Scotland. I like the rough/smooth stone detail on the exterior, and the castle-like towers. Mind control experiments are scary, especially when we learn that these things went on up until the 1970s. At least part of the building has survived and is being used.

[@kenj.8897]

Socialism has destroyed tens of millions of lives through the decades, with tens of millions more going to be destroyed now

[@ThisHouse]

Interesting that you would mention Scotland. Ravenscrag was named after this castle, with a variation in spelling. Sir Hugh Allan spent some time there as a young boy. Here is the Wiki link to the namesake: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenscraig_Castle

[@proxbimcginley5085]

Part of my family was from Glasgow. The Mackintosh side. Read Ravencrag the book.

[@wumao_gang1020]

4:08 wow see the son and wife cared about the people who worked and helped take care of there house paying them so much money and not being greedy people underpaying their staff

[@jodirauth8847]

Loosing all of your children would have ruined them. With all that money you would have thought they could have been protected

[@pattiearehart118]

He didn’t use bank money…he embezzled peoples money! What a terrible person. Abusive to children to further his wealth!

[@honorladone8682]

Wish the CIA didn't do that.

[@avengerscap]

It's not "mischievious"--it's "mischievous."

[@jamz2022]

It didn't stop. It went on throgh the 80s too

[@pamelas1002]

CIA? Covert activities? Nothing shocking there. Love getting the history though! Thank you!

[@keithallen5795]

"RAVENSCRAGS??? Were created on Halloween?just the name.You gotta be kidding.

[@k_a_y_l_e_e]

good god, the house staff were paid the equivalent of $19k _a month_

[@windmillrespector]

So question do you think MKULTRA is being used as the “Program blueprint” at the Troubled teen camps and schools?

[@vickilindberg6336]

Great script.

[@avengerscap]

Child-labor laws were different back then; remember that $1 a day was much more buying power than it is now and could mean the difference between eating one day or not for the family as well as the individual child (who very well could have been living on his own).

[@kitdriscoll1288]

Except that he often withheld pay for silly (or bogus) infractions. So they may have only gotten $3 or $4 a week when all was said and done.

[@terrymurphy7790]

Remake of Hill House and Fire Starter 🔥 comes to mind. Anyone else ?

[@donnyzavicci8121]

Believe it or not. That house was here before the nation was even discovered. Tartarian.