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William J. Bryan
William Joseph Bryan, Jr. (1926-1977) was an American physician and a pioneering hypnotist. One of the founders of modern hypnotherapy, his work notably found use in psychological warfare during th...view moreWilliam Joseph Bryan, Jr. (1926-1977) was an American physician and a pioneering hypnotist. One of the founders of modern hypnotherapy, his work notably found use in psychological warfare during the Cold War. A great grandson of United States Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan, he is famous for inducing Albert DeSalvo’s confession to multiple homicide under hypnosis.
Bryan, who held an MD, JD, and PhD, started his career as a military psychiatrist. He was involved in research for the CIA, including the Project ARTICHOKE and its successor, the Project MKUltra (popularly known as the CIA’s mind control program), a research project into behavioral engineering of humans. As part of his work for the CIA, Bryan developed techniques of what he called “hypno-conditioning.” His published research from the era focused on the forensic and military range of psychological research. He would later focus on legal hypnosis.
On May 4 of 1955, William J. Bryan founded the American Institute of Hypnosis, and he then edited the institute’s Journal of the American Institute of Hypnosis.
Bryan was reportedly found dead in a Las Vegas hotel room on March 4, 1977 of a suspected heart attack, and buried in Hollywood.view less