Mark Gagnon

It was literal proof that the CIA had drugged Olson just days before he died.

But get this.

Even after the discovery, the family wasn't contacted by the CIA or one of Frank's previous colleagues.

The family found out from the news.

And this caused a ton of backlash and led to the president, literally President Ford, inviting the Olson family to the White House for a formal apology and a $750,000 settlement.

But there's a key detail in that apology.

It acknowledged that the CIA had improperly drugged Frank Olson.

However, it did not acknowledge that the CIA had anything to do with his death.

In other words, it was like, sorry, we spiked his drink, but, you know, he did have a mental break because of this and he jumped out the window.

But we didn't do anything about it.

We had no involvement.

So for Frank Olson's son, Eric Olson, the official apology didn't end the story.

If anything, it just caused more questions.

And he spent years digging through documents, talking to witnesses, and ultimately piecing together what had actually happened to his father.

And the more he learned...

the less that this story really held up.

And then in 1994, more than 40 years after Frank Olson's death, the family made a drastic decision.

They had Frank's body exhumed, literally taken out of his burial plot.

Forensic expert Dr. James Starrs led the examination.

And just a fun fact to show how famous this guy is in the forensic investigator world, he actually helped re-examine the Lizzie Borden axe murder case when it was reopened in 1992.