Why The Russian Sleep Experiment Failed

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  • Опубликовано: 3 май 2020
  • The Russian Sleep experiment was made famous when the covert operation tested the effects of sleep deprivation on a few brave men. This is why it failed, and why it was never replicated again.
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    Ever heard of the Russian Sleep Experiment? A scientific undertaking organized by the Soviet military in the late 1940s, this experiment attempted to test the effectiveness of a new chemical gas that could stop people from falling asleep. Tested on a group of 5 Russian political prisoners, the goal of the experiment was to keep the test subjects awake for a month straight. However, the experiment was aborted in a morbidly spectacular fashion after just 15 days. But why did the Russian Sleep Experiment fail?
    In this video, we’ll walk you through the story of the experiment, and exactly what caused things to fall apart. Then, we’ll discuss the origins of the story, and whether or not we can even be sure it’s true, before going on to discuss the findings of other well-documented sleep experiments, and the potentially debilitating effects a lack of sleep can have on your body and your brain. Hope you’re well-rested, because you might not be able to sleep after watching this!
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  • @Brainiacs
    @Brainiacs  4 года назад +330

    Would you have survived?

  • @edgelord8337
    @edgelord8337 4 года назад +440

    Russian sleep experiment failed
    Gamers who stayed up for months: *_pathetic absolutely pathetic_*

    • @BigBravesFan1331
      @BigBravesFan1331 4 года назад +11

      True. Very true.

    • @2213DJ
      @2213DJ 4 года назад +4

      😂

    • @fireproofpig
      @fireproofpig 4 года назад +4

      You know that is not funny

    • @2213DJ
      @2213DJ 4 года назад +6

      @@fireproofpig yea, but I agree with what their saying!🤔

    • @deadjoke9858
      @deadjoke9858 4 года назад +4

      PATHETIC

  • @beaunation
    @beaunation 4 года назад +141

    "Mystery meth." That. Is. The best phrase ive heard in a while..😂😂😂

  • @nowifigaming5422
    @nowifigaming5422 4 года назад +196

    *HE PROTTEC*
    *HE ATTACC*
    *BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY..*
    *HE WANTS THE GAS BACC*

  • @jennifercorbett8640
    @jennifercorbett8640 3 года назад +26

    I don't care if it's fictional, the Russian Sleep Experiment is one of the best creepypastas ever.

  • @vizardonator8571
    @vizardonator8571 4 года назад +56

    Brainiac:
    Talks about how sleep is essential
    Also brainiac:
    Says you won’t be able to sleep for a week after hearing the story
    Me: Wait, what?

  • @richlovesfnaf4736
    @richlovesfnaf4736 4 года назад +52

    “Ok, I will stay here. But, how can I see Brainiac here?”

  • @th3_corrupti0n62
    @th3_corrupti0n62 4 года назад +40

    "has never been duplicated since".
    Yeah, cause 0 x 2 is still 0.

    • @titanusghidrah6867
      @titanusghidrah6867 3 года назад

      Hmhm 0 is 0.0 so it has no value so it can add and subtract ( subtracting ends up with negative so like 0 - 1 = -1 yes middle school math ) but it cant ÷ or × because it will end up 0

    • @anthonygaiman4815
      @anthonygaiman4815 3 года назад +2

      Breh, there is no need in explaining something so simple

  • @comradekoala1245
    @comradekoala1245 4 года назад +230

    The Russian sleep experiment is an urban legend. Fun creepypasta, but not factual.

    • @ellas4859
      @ellas4859 4 года назад +7

      Lol baby Yoda it says in the vid

    • @kokujin8
      @kokujin8 4 года назад +6

      It's simple. We don't want you telling anyone about this and if you do we don't them believing you. Isn't that right Black Hitler?

    • @Crook.
      @Crook. 4 года назад +4

      So? Brainiac is the smartest

    • @Emperor-Sheev-Palpatine5746
      @Emperor-Sheev-Palpatine5746 4 года назад +4

      Baby Yoda the event is real but the creepy pasta part is not

    • @youtubesaidihadtomakeaname3667
      @youtubesaidihadtomakeaname3667 4 года назад +2

      Eh still good story,and I know that it is fake,but still good story.

  • @therealspeedwagon1451
    @therealspeedwagon1451 4 года назад +87

    I feel like this is some internet Creepypasta

    • @bread8926
      @bread8926 4 года назад +11

      it is

    • @Nix48409
      @Nix48409 4 года назад +6

      Toby-wan Speedwagon it is

    • @beinggod3229
      @beinggod3229 4 года назад +6

      It is

    • @faouri.
      @faouri. 4 года назад +7

      it isn’t it is completely real like there’s totally no fake evidence at all

    • @beinggod3229
      @beinggod3229 4 года назад +3

      @@faouri. stop spreading false information

  • @cornelisnord9642
    @cornelisnord9642 4 года назад +117

    And the legend says hes still trying to catch the microphone.
    Edit: thanks for the likes! I never got this many.

  • @dwthelegitlad8418
    @dwthelegitlad8418 4 года назад +5

    Amazing voice, narration, animation, and detail, too good for free.

  • @Zero-sp6lq
    @Zero-sp6lq 4 года назад +20

    Therapist: Russian sleep experiment brainard isn't real, he can't hurt you
    Russian sleep experiment

  • @DonutGamingRoblox
    @DonutGamingRoblox 4 года назад +6

    Great Vid Brainiac!

  • @foggyheight1170
    @foggyheight1170 Год назад +2

    I stayed up for 2 days and i noticed my anger getting worse and darker

  • @2tjanthony
    @2tjanthony 3 года назад +2

    3:31
    "The prisoners laughed! The scientists laughed!"

  • @basillolooo
    @basillolooo 4 года назад +6

    Okay, so I was watching this before bed and then when you said the stuff about the evil stuff I was shaking, like PHYSICALLY shaking. I’m still kinda shaking

  • @NomanplayzYT
    @NomanplayzYT 3 года назад

    I LOVE THIS KIND OF VIDEOS

  • @sadcatt1481
    @sadcatt1481 4 года назад +1

    love ur vids

  • @MCMikeProductionsYouTube17
    @MCMikeProductionsYouTube17 3 года назад +5

    "Just be warned, after hearing about this experiment,you might not be able to sleep for a week. Okay, let's cut to the chase."
    Thanks for cutting that out,if you didn't, that is a blasphemy.

  • @EverythingRandomYT
    @EverythingRandomYT 4 года назад +2

    He attacc,
    He protecc,
    But most importantly,
    He makes prisoners rip their spines out their backs
    - DanTDM and Le gas

  • @Popsicle15
    @Popsicle15 4 года назад +1

    Finally one of my well known loved youtuber known as brainiac finally made a video explaining this experiment

  • @Sven-eg8to
    @Sven-eg8to 4 года назад +8

    college students: pff only a month 🥴

  • @GuysOfFilm
    @GuysOfFilm 3 года назад +2

    Cabin fever plays a big part in this story as well. Staying with the same people in a confined space for an extended period of time is just asking for meltdown

  • @bellapoopoo
    @bellapoopoo 3 года назад +8

    Am I the only one who wants to do an experiment like this, and see what the actual results would be?-

  • @Kanding3000
    @Kanding3000 4 года назад +23

    russia: we have gas to stay us awake for many days
    also russia: We HaVe VODKA

  • @wafiakhattab8392
    @wafiakhattab8392 3 года назад

    I love you're videos

  • @rocketfuel7340
    @rocketfuel7340 4 года назад +3

    Ooooooo nice new animation!

  • @goodlife5382
    @goodlife5382 3 года назад +3

    The military have M4A1 but the real one they're holding PPSH-41

  • @gh6st_502
    @gh6st_502 3 года назад +1

    I've got sleep paralysis. *I FRICKIN CANT SLEEEEEEP*

  • @EverythingRandomYT
    @EverythingRandomYT 4 года назад +6

    Sleep experiment: I haven’t slept for 10 days
    24/7 gamers: ppfffttt what nerds, look I haven’t slept for 2 months *AND I WANT MY DONUTS!!!!*

  • @lombardo141
    @lombardo141 4 года назад +9

    When I had a case of severe depression the longest I went without sleep was 2 1/2 months. I don’t wish that on my worst enemy. 😔.FYI I did have several moments when I blacked out and don’t remember vast moments in time. So if is possible that no matter how much you try your body will sneak in some sleep once in awhile. 👀

    • @annatutai1307
      @annatutai1307 2 года назад +2

      Kinda sounds cap cause a human can't stay up for that long and be alive

    • @lombardo141
      @lombardo141 2 года назад

      @@annatutai1307 Sounds like you have never been depressed. You obviously did not bother to read my entire comment.

    • @annatutai1307
      @annatutai1307 2 года назад +1

      @@lombardo141 mate I did

    • @michyitsreal
      @michyitsreal 2 года назад +1

      @@lombardo141 thats not possible the longest a human has ever gone without sleep is 11 days either.

    • @lombardo141
      @lombardo141 2 года назад

      @@michyitsreal sigh!!! After replying you am gonna mute this thread cause you all are triggering me. I said I had moments I blacked out and did not remember vast amount of time which implied I slept. I just did not feel I slept at all. i know what happen to me..i almost died FFS

  • @cringegachakid7220
    @cringegachakid7220 3 года назад +3

    Me: Has trouble sleeping*
    Also me in the weekends: Sleeps at whatever time I want like at 9:00 P.M*

  • @chriswilson5375
    @chriswilson5375 4 года назад

    Thanks I love learning

  • @johnevan8282
    @johnevan8282 4 года назад +4

    I never miss a day of sleep also that dude can walk perfect with one leg

  • @adorableadory9645
    @adorableadory9645 4 года назад +13

    Yea I’m definitely not sleeping today:D
    Btw where you said that the ending was that they danced I got all happy for a moment but I ended up realizing it after:(

  • @syrusfinney720
    @syrusfinney720 4 года назад +2

    Imagine watching this at night like i did

  • @hossammoah
    @hossammoah 3 года назад +2

    This made me not even sleep for a week

  • @ruthkalabameki7454
    @ruthkalabameki7454 4 года назад +4

    Please do how much sleep is dangerous

  • @ProfessorCreepyPasta
    @ProfessorCreepyPasta 3 года назад

    I never thought I'd see a video about a Creepypasta on this channel.

  • @dadjokes63
    @dadjokes63 3 года назад +3

    When you said they were dancing toosie slide I'm like toosie slide was made in 2020 '-'

  • @Jamina11462
    @Jamina11462 3 года назад +1

    everybody gangsta until it's bedtime.

  • @skuoppy
    @skuoppy 2 года назад

    How am I not traumatized by this?

  • @ayato3555
    @ayato3555 3 года назад +1

    Him: You need 8 hours of sleep to have alot of energy
    Schools: 6-5 hours take it or leave it

  • @sergio-pp8qc
    @sergio-pp8qc 4 года назад +1

    Your not supposed to sleep
    Me: then why is there beds

  • @zeusery9559
    @zeusery9559 4 года назад

    imagine if the dude that was reading the books made a speaker that can get any song on it and they actually did the toosie slide now that kinda cracks me up

  • @jenniferdillon2154
    @jenniferdillon2154 4 года назад +6

    I was freaked out and laughing about the sleep experiment

  • @maxthebabe
    @maxthebabe 3 года назад

    The amount of people that don't know you literally go crazy if you don't go to sleep for days, even just from staying up more than 1 day you can already start getting the strange feelings

  • @car.on.the.powerline
    @car.on.the.powerline 4 года назад +1

    Bariniac: you won't be able to sleep after this for a week
    Me: *watching at 4:22Am*

  • @ellas4859
    @ellas4859 4 года назад +2

    "Attacking the soldiers with great strength" You mean one of them ripped a solders balls clean off?

  • @rednaxcuber4142
    @rednaxcuber4142 3 года назад

    i watched a video about the experiment and saw the pictures
    I couldn't sleep

  • @George_Harris_SR25
    @George_Harris_SR25 4 года назад +1

    So kids we learned a lesson today!
    Do not stay awake at night like me

  • @grapaliciousneedshelp
    @grapaliciousneedshelp 4 года назад +1

    If I had to go inside it, I would legit just curl in a ball inside a corner and cry until it would be ended. Not gonna lie that actually sounds cool.

  • @Rigel116
    @Rigel116 4 года назад +4

    I Feel bad for the guy who suffers from evreything on the thumbnails.

  • @frav3n
    @frav3n 4 года назад +1

    3:36 Jigsaw: want to play a game?

  • @imusingaschoolmacbook8232
    @imusingaschoolmacbook8232 4 года назад +1

    what will happen if you stay upside down for months?

  • @thewonderyears-diyadey3529
    @thewonderyears-diyadey3529 4 года назад

    Hey brainiac,is editing videos getting easier if you have more time at home (lockdown)
    At my place (India) they we’re just about to relax lockdown but they decided to increase it by 2 weeks🙄

  • @arkenyle
    @arkenyle 4 года назад

    that one popular image of that photoshopped halloween costume freaked me out when i first saw it

  • @thedukesrule
    @thedukesrule 4 года назад

    I’m sure this is a re upload I seen this several times in different channels

  • @chebachanohernandez804
    @chebachanohernandez804 Год назад

    The real torture is putting beds in a no sleep experiment

  • @heavystarch100
    @heavystarch100 3 года назад

    The longest I've gone without sleep is 4 days...but pain from chemo was involved.

  • @UpsTubeTheYouTuber
    @UpsTubeTheYouTuber 4 года назад +2

    Thumbnail: Brainiard As That Creepypasta

  • @juliemulenex
    @juliemulenex 4 года назад

    Where did brainiard go😭

  • @protillman4174
    @protillman4174 4 года назад +2

    I wouldn't survive for 3 days 💤

  • @unsettledsoldier5895
    @unsettledsoldier5895 3 года назад

    Bruh 2009?? No my mom learned about the sleep experiment when she was a kid in school. So that's just the earliest time of the story online

  • @rodent-creature
    @rodent-creature 4 года назад

    Brainiac: *get eight hours of sleep*
    Me: *gets three hours of sleep*

  • @Victoria_ii
    @Victoria_ii 4 года назад +3

    I'm scared cause I can't sleep St all I stayed up

  • @bfbfour5012
    @bfbfour5012 3 года назад

    Brainiac:Why the Russian Sleep Experiment failed
    Me:Why the Russian Sleep Experiment WHAT

  • @rosar1314
    @rosar1314 4 года назад +3

    You dont have to be outside to learn

  • @richmonki
    @richmonki 3 года назад

    Shy guy:AYO I GOT TWINS?
    The five people:WHAT UPP
    Then they lived happily ever after

  • @emanueldargan
    @emanueldargan 4 года назад +1

    If you wanna stay up watch a scary movie at night and you won't sleepy

  • @someoneidkyeahok
    @someoneidkyeahok 3 года назад

    I’m watching this at 10:40 pm and I have school tomorrow

  • @damdaniel-fo5zd
    @damdaniel-fo5zd 4 года назад +1

    When I first heard about the creepypasta, I actually couldn't sleep for a week. Listen to the warning, or else no good night sleep for you.

  • @pincode5545
    @pincode5545 3 года назад +1

    Wait was that a soviet soldier with a m4a1?

  • @bevmorris8608
    @bevmorris8608 6 месяцев назад

    Coooooool video

  • @whoisAPT38
    @whoisAPT38 2 года назад

    7:36 ohhhhh so thats where tokeyo ghoul got that idea from

  • @coolcavies2656
    @coolcavies2656 4 года назад

    They unlived themselves

  • @shamailaafzalafzalmahmood3369
    @shamailaafzalafzalmahmood3369 3 года назад

    Scary

  • @lucianalecu8514
    @lucianalecu8514 3 года назад

    SCARY BANDAGE MAN

  • @fidgetluv1147
    @fidgetluv1147 3 года назад

    I watched this one because I’m to wimpy for other ones. And I’m still kinda scared

  • @alfredwhatsup1aw124
    @alfredwhatsup1aw124 4 года назад +3

    Hi brainiac i not sleep in 1 day only i cannot handle a lot days

  • @leticiacluck4430
    @leticiacluck4430 3 года назад +1

    My dad said we have a lot of cousins and 1 does not sleep

  • @not.mya.official
    @not.mya.official 3 года назад

    The man was talking to thine mic was DEAD

  • @NourMostafa_Productions
    @NourMostafa_Productions 3 года назад

    i think 24 hours is gonna be my maximum awake time

  • @maiapayne4203
    @maiapayne4203 3 года назад

    Me watching the video: Ok, ok, this is horrifying but ok,
    Also me watching 3:15: wut the-

  • @cheesytoad7023
    @cheesytoad7023 4 года назад

    My anxiety is coming back
    The last picture I saw in the original video
    The animated version thumbnail
    Bonfire meme with creepy pictures
    And now this?
    End my suffering

  • @tyronesmithjr5533
    @tyronesmithjr5533 2 года назад

    But the difference between that and Russian experiment is the fact that they were using a toxic gas to keep their subjects awake so I'm sure the effects would be alot different from someone who stays awake on their own volition

  • @randompersonnamedhusayn9981
    @randompersonnamedhusayn9981 4 года назад +1

    HE PROTEC
    HE ATTAC
    BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY
    HE WANTS HIS GASS BACC

  • @whitecircularbro9973
    @whitecircularbro9973 3 года назад

    Brainiac:U will not sleep for a week
    Me:Oof

  • @TzK666
    @TzK666 4 года назад

    Just knowing this is creepypasta makes me not want to watch this lol, either way keep up the content.

  • @jaxonchapman6495
    @jaxonchapman6495 4 года назад +1

    One of the prisoners was dempsy from call of duty

  • @jelly-average-gatcha2183
    @jelly-average-gatcha2183 3 года назад

    I had half of that time of sleep last night

  • @jacklarkson4505
    @jacklarkson4505 4 года назад

    5:10 soviet and german soldier with a M-16 ...yeah right lol.

  • @kanuni1979
    @kanuni1979 2 года назад

    even if its only fiction and partly overexegeratted, it still is realistic.
    If a person is prevented from sleeping, he will have extremly heavy hallucinations and eventually turn violent. someone i know was high on coke for almost 5 days continously without sleeping. he had very vivid hallucinations and acted extremly irrational. he even tried to stab a demon he was hallucinating. i also like the assumption, that humans prevent themselves from turning into monsters by their ability to sleep, which is literally the truth.

  • @skullzz1968
    @skullzz1968 4 года назад

    One guy laid his organs on the floor and made it into art 😧😳😧😳

  • @sahibbolina4338
    @sahibbolina4338 4 года назад +1

    Anybody realise that there are 5 people and 4 beds 🧐

  • @monkeb0i481
    @monkeb0i481 2 года назад

    5:23 also the japan with the enemy's rifle

  • @Leo-cg9fv
    @Leo-cg9fv 4 года назад

    I once skipped a night of sleep and I hallucinated the voice of my friend

  • @dilloncarr9024
    @dilloncarr9024 4 года назад

    0:43 not good,not good,you're fine

  • @katylepetsos7512
    @katylepetsos7512 4 года назад

    The animation doesn’t bring up the fear factor