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The team shares reporting-informed theories about who and what could be causing Havana syndrome. In the third segment, reporters Entous and Anderson head to Havana to visit the sites where people reported the onset of their symptoms, looking for answers. But during his first night on the island, the CIA doctor falls ill with the same syndrome he is there to investigate.

He’s sent to Havana to investigate the cause of the symptoms and whether they may be caused by a mysterious sound recorded by patient zero.

officials on the island are experiencing the same thing.Ī CIA doctor sees reports from the field about this strange condition happening in Cuba. When he reports the illness to his bosses at the CIA, he learns that other U.S. This “patient zero” explains the ways Cuban intelligence surveil and harass American spies working on the island and his own experience of suddenly being struck with a mysterious, painful condition. The reporters begin by tracking down one of the first people to report Havana syndrome symptoms, a CIA officer working in Cuba. This episode is built from reporting for an eight-part VICE World News podcast series by the same name.

Reporters Adam Entous and Jon Lee Anderson try to make sense of this confusing illness that has come to be called Havana syndrome. officials across the world – in Cuba, China and Russia – have reported experiencing the sudden onset of an array of eerie symptoms. Please reload the page and try again.Īpple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | S titcher | Pandora | Amazon MusicĪ sharp sound. Whoops! There was an error and we couldn't process your subscription.

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