Topic: Black Box

Shirley Temple’s autobiography details a "black box" punishment used on the set of her films, where disobedient children were locked in a soundproof box containing a large block of ice. This technique, overseen by a director named Lamont, involved separating children from their mothers and using extreme temperature shifts to induce obedience. The guest suggests that modern child stars may face similar "chemical black boxes" through the use of pharmaceuticals and handlers.

Lexapro is identified as a commonly prescribed drug for children that showed a six-fold increase in suicide risk during trials, yet still received FDA approval. The 1998 murder-suicide involving comedian Phil Hartman and his wife Bryn is cited as a high-profile example of Zoloft-induced violence. The segment argues that pharmaceutical companies treat wrongful death lawsuits as a standard operating expense while ignoring the dramatic rise in suicides since the year 2000.

Despite modern Emergency Locator Transmitters (ELTs) designed to signal upon impact, none of the 120 missing crafts equipped with them in the Triangle have ever successfully transmitted a signal. Quasar also details a 90-mile-per-hour dive of a charter craft near Bimini that left no wreckage despite being witnessed by observers.