Archive - The Psychonaut Files

Passport to Interzone

Documents buried in Skinner's archives reveal hints of his hidden life in Heidelberg

Jun 26

Solar Eclipses & Woodrose Wine

A drug-world courtship that spans DEA stings, peyote visions, and a $600K wedding meltdown.

Jun 21

Way of the Chili Pepper

Quantum tripping in Taos with Alfred Savinelli and Todd Skinner

Jun 16

May 2025

A powerful peyote trip catapulted Gordon Todd Skinner into a life of psychedelics

May 31

Smurfing through the Psychedelic Underworld

In the 1990s, setting up an international money laundering operation for a drug empire required teamwork and cunning

May 20

We Are All Mad Here

Romancing the Treasury turned into a history-altering move for Katherine Magrini and her son Gordon Todd Skinner

May 10

Birth of an Operative

A coincidence catapulted Gordon Todd Skinner into the center of an international drug ring

May 2

April 2025

Every Trip You Take

Sting's epic multi-day psychedelic journey with Gordon Todd Skinner

Apr 23

The Captain, the Storm, and the Stash

Posing as a fuel-hauling captain, Skinner smuggled drugs through Caribbean waters. One fateful voyage during a tropical storm nearly ended it all.

Apr 12

March 2025

Something Cosmic Is Going to Happen to You

Televangelist Oral Roberts paved the path for a pioneering psychedelic laboratory

Mar 29

Meltdown at the Mandarin

Skinner's Epic Psychedelic Overdose in San Francisco

Mar 18

Twisting Time with Light

A Mushroom Lab Staffed by University of Tulsa Students Turned Tulsa On

Mar 15

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