Archive - The Psychonaut Files

Pausing for August

The Psychonaut Files will resume after Labor Day

Aug 2

July 2025

Dollar-a-Year Man

The story behind a controversial release of classified documents involving Skinner's undercover work

Jul 25

Death of a Pharmacopolitical Refugee

In Memoriam Jonathon Ott, writer, chemist, and pillar of 20th century psychedelics

Jul 11

Act Naïve and Remember Everything

Photos and a cryptic postcard contain clues to Skinner's clandestine activities in Europe

Jul 5

June 2025

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

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