The Russian Sleep Experiment aka The Most Horrifying Human Experiment In History

Summary by Krater

The video recounts the urban legend of the Russian Sleep Experiment, detailing how five political prisoners were subjected to extreme sleep deprivation using a stimulant gas, leading to horrific psychological and physical deterioration over fifteen days.

From the video

Answers: What is the story of the Russian Sleep Experiment?

• The Russian Sleep Experiment
• Sleep deprivation
• Creepypasta
• Human experimentation
• Historical urban legends

What it concludes

• Russian scientists conducted an experiment on five political prisoners in World War II to test the effects of extreme sleep deprivation using a stimulant gas.
• After days of exposure, the subjects suffered extreme psychological deterioration, paranoia, and hallucinations.
• By the fifteenth day, when the chamber was opened, most of the subjects had inflicted severe self-harm and cannibalism on themselves, and eventually all died despite medical intervention.