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Cheryl Hersha

Secret Weapons : Two Sisters' Terrifying True Story of Sex, Spies and Sabotage Hardcover – February 15, 2001

by Cheryl Hersha (Author), Lynn Hersha (Author), Dale Griffis (Author),

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For the first time publicly, two sisters tell their incredible true story of a childhood filled with torture, rape and brainwashing at the hands of the intelligence community to turn them into the perfect spy/soldiers.

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434 pages
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English
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New Horizon Press
Publication date

February 15, 2001
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6.6 x 1.53 x 9.28 inches
ISBN-10

0882821962
ISBN-13

978-0882821962
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Now in their late 30s, the Hersha sisters claim to have experienced chilling childhoods, recounted here by two Ohio-based investigators Schwarz (The Hillside Strangler) and former police captain and "ritual abuse expert" Griffis who say they have studied declassified CIA files and interviewed military personnel in an effort to bolster the Hersha memories. Before the age of seven, the sisters say, they were inducted into a covert, government-authorized, mind-control program designed to spawn spies and assassins. During weekends and summers, they were subjected to traumatizing experiments. Cheryl tells of her days as a caged "lab rat," released to navigate electrified mazes. The two became "psychological captives," programmed to respond to code words. Following practice in weaponry, martial arts and flight training, altered identities were purportedly introduced. At 15, Lynn "was made part of a unit that experienced murder," and she assumed the identity of team leader "Lt. Rick Shaw." As the seductive "Samantha Gooding," Cheryl would paralyze her victims, and she later became the cocky chopper pilot "Sgt. Thomas O'Neil." Naturally, these two "men," long separated, were destined to meet: "Cheryl Hersha! It's me, Lynn, your sister. You've got to let me go. You can't shoot me." Credibility collapses, as improbabilities are piled on inconsistencies, and the truth is buried beneath simplistic, pulp-adventure prose. In closing, the authors claim that "Their story is true," following with an admission that they found no government documents about the program or the sisters. An elaborate disclaimer about the "presumed thoughts and imagined words of the participants" will lead many readers to ponder just how much real events have been fictionalized.

From the Publisher

All research materials obtained by author Ted Schwarz, including declassified documents about these programs, will be made public through his archives at Hayden Library, Special Collections Division, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

Product details

Publisher : New Horizon Press; First Edition, First Printing (February 15, 2001)
Language : English
Hardcover : 434 pages
ISBN-10 : 0882821962
ISBN-13 : 978-0882821962
Dimensions : 6.6 x 1.53 x 9.28 inches

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Sex trafficking this is a hard read but helps you to understand what is going on in high places

Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2018

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This was a very fascinating book easy to read, hard to put down and even more hard to believe this is going on and has been going on for a very long time! The light is shining on the darkness- these stories need to be told.

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Mikhayla

Insight Into How It Works and Why

Reviewed in the United States on January 1, 2014

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I have been researching the claims of ritual abuse and mind control claims of survivors. The accounts are consistent. Secret Weapons provides an excellent insight into how it works and why it is being done. MKULTRA is well documented and notably avoided or mocked as a silly mistake. Secret Weapons provides an understanding of the program written and researched by a credible law enforcement investigator. I was only disappointed that the opportunity to stand by facts gave way to a fictional narrative with assurance that it was based in fact. This deters from the opportunity they had to expose facts as they are. The facts of the investigation are made clear in the last few chapters, but it would have been a more powerful use of documented, quotable, facts if we could be reassured it was all fact. I understand the reason the use of writing the book as fiction based in fact was used as a means to fill in details where gaps in the account were present due to the blocked memories of the sisters, it does make it flow in such a way that makes the program understandable. Still a strictly factual claim would be appreciated. I highly recommend this book. The source is most credible and the insight into the how and why of the subproject of MKULTRA survivors are exposing is very well presented.

16 people found this helpful

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A. Dudley

Alarmingly riveting

Reviewed in the United States on August 26, 2018

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More and more survivors are remembering the atrocities done to them and speaking out. It's time that the perpetrators of these horrific atrocities are brought to light and held accountable for the choices that they have made.
In the end, Light always exposes darkness. Keep bringing the Light.

6 people found this helpful

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Chelsea Uhrig

Eye opening

Reviewed in the United States on February 4, 2018

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Absolutely heartbreaking to hear the story of these sisters and the abuse and torture they endured at the hands of people we as a nation were supposed to trust. This book was recommended to me by one of the co-authors, Dale Griffis, and I'm glad I read it. I'm just dumbfounded.

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VetteBNA

Frightening

Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2018

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CIA has an evil side and I'm afraid it may still be virile.

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Diana

Very informative!

Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2019

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If you are curious about MKUltra, mind control and the government involvement, this is an eye opening book you will want to explore.

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Agelesslove

wow...Gotta read this book!

Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2014

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I have researched the topic covered within the book for years, but never knew this book existed till I found it listed on a news site. I really recommend readers to get a hold of a used copy of this book before it can't be found. The contents within the book will cause you to really see things as they are within the gov't. and beyond.

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nancy F

Extremely candid and educational

Reviewed in the United States on November 30, 2019

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Very informative

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lmailletlynn

Powerful true story

Reviewed in Canada on October 12, 2018

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This is story is for people who are open to understanding that the world is not as it seems. Cheryl and Lynn were used horrifically by both people in their family and by CIA. I would really like to read a second book updating what has happened since.

clare fisher

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Reviewed in Australia on May 18, 2016

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True story. Poor little kids. This is a must read you won't be able to put it down.

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