Havana Helmet Club

When CIA agents and US diplomats working in Cuba report experiencing an overwhelming pressure and a deafening noise, there are concerns they're being attacked by a top-secret sonic weapon. But medical experts can't agree on what victims of Havana Syndrome are really being afflicted by. Is it real or the result of paranoia?

Jennifer Forde and Sam Bungey explore the phenomenon which started in 2016, just as relations between the US and Cuba were easing up. Through access to the man known as Patient Zero, dozens of other victims, doctors and politicians, they tell the story of a still-unexplained illness which left patients with terrifying effects, but no known cause.

Presented and produced by Jennifer Forde and Sam Bungey