10 Heinous Projects That Remained Hidden In Classified Documents

The Tuskegee experiment was a clinical trial conducted between 1932 and 1972 in the city of Tuskegee, Alabama.

In the 1930s, known ways of treating syphilis were very painful and involved a lot of side effects, so many scientists began to search for new alternatives.

To test their innovations, they resorted to a group of 600 African-American sharecroppers. Most of them were illiterate, so it was not difficult to deceive them; they were told that they would be part of a free experimental treatment that could end the symptoms of syphilis.

In addition, they promised to pay for food, travel to the hospital and burial, if needed. The experiment ended in 1972, after the case leaked to the press, arousing a stir that resulted in its completion.

At that time, of the 399 patients who started the study, 28 had died from syphilis and another 100 had died due to medical complications related to the procedures performed by the researchers.