Get full access to The Daily Beast for $1 Author Joel E. Dimsdale unravels the elusive concepts of mind-control behind brainwashing. Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Getty ...

Men have always fought for control over the minds of their fellows, but it is only recently—largely because of the furor over brainwashing—that the methods of gaining such control have been openly and ...

Recent calls to deprogram QAnon conspiracy followers are steeped in discredited notions about brainwashing. As popularly imagined, brainwashing is a coercive procedure that programs new long-term ...

Brainwashing is often viewed as a Cold War relic — think ’60s films like “The Manchurian Candidate” and “The IPCRESS File.” But Rebecca Lemov, professor of the history of science, argues in her ...

The term “Stockholm syndrome” comes from a 1973 bank heist that started out perfectly normally. An experienced robber named Jan-Erik Olsson entered Kreditbanken in Norrmalmstorg square, Stockholm, ...