Are You Scared of the Russian Sleep Experiment?

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[@sarasthoughts]

This story is the best example of a creepypasta that starts almost believable and then goes absolutely out the rails to the point of not being scary anymore lmao

[@whovian108]

I remember my brother showing me this creepy pasta when I was like 14?? Or so? It wasn't on the creepypasta website, and he presented it to me like he was showing me an interesting news article. I believed the first few paragraphs completely, began to question it when shit got involved and soon after realised it was completely made up. There was a lot of "nooo this isn't true that's not a thing!!!" and him trying to convince me it was real lol. The prank was honestly too funny to be mad at tho 10/10 great shenanigans

[@julischrier]

Right lmao I remember reading it when I was younger and by the time the guy is saying “we are you” it’s like ok u had me and u lost me

[@TainaElisabeth]

i remember reading a shorter version of this story literally like 15 years ago where it was also presented as a real article

[@somerandomgoblin2583]

When I was younger, I never read the actual story because I hated the image of the dude, yeah? You know, the one? And I would keep getting nightmares about it because like, damn that picture was scary to an eleven year old me. Now that I've read and heard it read aloud it isn't.. that scary. Honestly it's kind of just like “yeah this is happening I guess. Cool.”

[@00muinamir]

Right!? Excellent premise, but the ending is just too extra. Would have been way more effective if they'd done more psychological/behavioral stuff and toned down the completely medically unrealistic body horror. Ah well, this one's one of the older classic creepypastas.

[@user-qr6mm7jc4v]

*people tearing up their own flesh and eating it* Shane: can’t be doing that.

[@luciusdomitiusaurelianus4676]

agnez No

[@justjosh999]

Shane always has solid advice. Thanks Shane!

[@Karin_Allen]

Stephen King: literally makes someone do this in his story "Survivor Type"

[@havi8-0-9]

“sponsored by hello fresh” 😂

[@kklondikke9019]

As a kid I was terrified of this story but all it took was reading one comment that said “uh, actually, if this was real it’d be called the Soviet sleep experiment because of the time it took place” and that immediately dispelled all of my fears I thought it sounded so fair lol

[@samanthageraldine7546]

i love how that's what soothed you out of all things

[@jevilcore]

@@samanthageraldine7546 Anything that helps a kid realize smth isn’t real helps

[@funforu8856]

I mean it could have taken place in Russia since it was just one of the countries United under the USSR sorta like the usa

[@LiterallyMe05]

@@funforu8856 Russia was known as the RFSR, Russian Federative Socialist Republic. And Soviet experiments aren't typically known by the SSR or ASSR ir happened in, as people from many SSRs would come and join. It's like calling an American experiment, the Texan Sleep Experiment because it happened in Texas

[@CatkingO4]

@@LiterallyMe05 calling an experiment that took place in Texas Texan doesn’t really sound that weird

[@phi7534]

the mental image of like, a room full of people driven to madness by sleep deprivation, eating each other and smearing shit on the walls, while ryan and shane are chilling in a corner surrounded by discarded kazoos and chatting about movies, is very good

[@susannahagnone9556]

Y

[@grebby101]

im drawing this

[@gretablackwell495]

I like that this series went from “is this spooky story real or not” to “look at this sick as hell old creepypasta”

[@luu853]

Yeah, I understand why they left behind that old real or not format, but I would like to see them explore scary stories that are not very known. A spooky story isn't scary bc it might be real, but creepypastas like this or the smile dog one just aren't that fun imo

[@Flanneryschickens]

@@luu853 idk, I think both those stories gave the opportunity for some sick art!

[@galacticbreadboi9796]

@@luu853 i think a creepypasta every once in a while is kinda fun though cuz nostalgia lol

[@luu853]

@@Flanneryschickens Definitely, the art has been incredible!

[@luu853]

@@galacticbreadboi9796 Yeah, I can see that. If they put creepypastas every once in a while I'd like that too. Tbh I just wanna see more spooky/scary stories, the latest (the social media expert one for the pharmaceutical thing, the ears one, the elevator one) they are more body horror/gore than anything else, idk

[@TheBlanketGhost]

The only thing I'm scared of is a scheming purple genie and a certain beef boy betraying a most beloved and handsome blue puppet. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about. RYAN.

[@fart5124]

YEP

[@mandalynn410]

Yes I thought something was up this whole season with puppet history. Left us hanging.

[@thetruemrf7481]

@@mandalynn410 he ain’t dead j bet, now Ryan’s gonna have to save him

[@tdsims1963]

😆😆😆😆😆😆!!

[@AceVillamin]

I bet that ryan is actually the professor and that this is all what happens in order for him to be the professor! And thats why the professor doesnt reveal his name

[@austereartist1781]

As a former child, I can confirm that I did believe this was real in middle school

[@iaminpainauchocolat9300]

Same

[@lilyb5935]

As a highschool freshman, I can confirm that I believed this a few months ago

[@xitzmikaax2098]

is it not real? i’m confused someone help

[@austereartist1781]

@@xitzmikaax2098 no it isn’t real, it’s a creepy pasta

[@lilyb5935]

@@xitzmikaax2098 Nope! Not real

[@altheaxyrrie]

Whenever i get slightly disturbed, Shane cracks out a joke and it’s honestly just fun and games

[@vincedhilandulay7798]

Ok racist

[@altheaxyrrie]

@@vincedhilandulay7798 what?

[@mename3189]

@@vincedhilandulay7798 ?

[@charlie3954]

@@vincedhilandulay7798 what? How is it racist?

[@frosty_teacup]

Homie just throwing out racism allegations from nowhere 😭😭

[@garuspiks]

im sorry but the last line said by that subject is so funny. imagine reading like, dracula, and theres a line like "actually, jonathan, i am a representation of how the aristocracy preys on poor people, literally sucking the life out of the less fortunate to keep itself alive. also the castle is a metaphor - rich people like to make themselves look high and mighty, even when they're falling apart." and then he dies

[@seanmacguire3324]

Well Batman, we live in the society and I am the man who laughs

[@nicki___]

fr i thought he was just gonna say "I am awake." or something 💀 would've fit more with what the others were saying before, too

[@hotpinkcrayolas]

I need you to now write the last line of all the heavily studied books in this style 😂 x

[@somerandomgoblin2583]

I want my last words to be some type of shit like that. I don't even want it to make sense in context, make the person hearing them really question whether or not I was on drugs or something

[@k80_]

hahahahaha this is perfect, it’s like in joker when he’s on the talk show and it’s just incredibly on the nose

[@Elusive_Chicken]

Someone else commented this a while ago: You could do a series where Ryan presents true crimes that have been solved with possible culprits and Shane needs to guess who did it

[@AviendhaR]

number one the zodiac killer /j

[@cronchybo]

@@AviendhaR gary

[@_-luke-_]

this is such a good idea!!

[@koolaidman_]

Its a little insensitive to make a game out of crimes that actually happened.

[@sofusselman]

@@koolaidman_ it’s not that much different than regular buzzfeed unsolved. those all actually happened

[@Evelyn_Okay]

I love how the dying madman went on a poetic monolog about people suppressing their inner evil. Very "im 14 and this is deep" energy

[@miche1df]

That's what makes this the most disappointing creepypasta ever. Starts off with an interesting premise, builds some decent suspense, then just completely falls on its face in the home stretch.

[@wumbothewombat1280]

I love how all 4 of those patients somehow had enough medical knowledge to remove their organs and blood vessels cleanly with no damage whatsoever

[@lizthedisjointedzebra692]

Lol, right? That was the point of the story when I originally heard it I was like "oh, this is totally fake" hahah

[@Dokataa]

They didn’t remove them cleanly, the point was that no one could survive that and yet they did

[@ethanweeter2732]

Why Infographics poked a bunch of holes in this story.

[@mummifiedgoose15]

There's is litterally nothing funnier than hearing Ryan describing some horrible gross body stuff followed by Shane being like "haha! Yeah :)"

[@GuessIllEatWorms]

"Its like a monkey :)"

[@thebig0opsyshow505]

@Mango Mango dude same kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHWUeZ-ZmrOCnqs

[@Emmett_Br0wn]

XD YEP-

[@adeer87]

Ryan: *body horror* Shane: “yeah :3”

[@autumn4191]

Ryan: "Lock your doors, turn off the lights" Me, on my break: *locks car doors*

[@broccoliagain6113]

Have a great break my friend 🙏🙏 I’m right there with you

[@itsapeanut7139]

Turns off the sun

[@SevenHunnid]

I get paid to smoke weed on my KZbin channel 😩

[@parahitha1412]

Be careful remember not to open your car doors to some random lady :)

[@rociomedina1577]

Literally me right now😂

[@EleanorR-jg8kq]

why was the ending literally just "we live in a society"

[@saraellwood630]

As an insomniac who, at their worst, didn't sleep for 5-7 days at a time on average, I was super spooked reading the beginning of the story back when it dropped. I was also like "wow, I'm doing pretty good"

[@Thor-Orion]

I had to be tested for Fatal Familial Insomnia because of how bad my insomnia is. Luckily I don’t have it, but it’s absolutely a real thing that people do die from. The “anecdotal” claim at 1:45 is BLATANTLY false.

[@itsaturtle1689]

Imagine the final words of the last subject were just, “We’ve been trying to reach to you about your car’s extended warranty-“ then he just flatlines

[@tenerife_sea]

so what about the warranty then?

[@blair6647]

"With Geico....you..can save....15% or more...on..car..insur-"

[@phillwe2214]

@@blair6647 s-s-s-how.... me... the c-carfax...

[@alaynavankatwyk6065]

😂😂😂

[@souravdatta9990]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@CapnCrimson]

The Russian Sleep Experiment is a classic example in a story that started out with a really cool concept, but quickly devolved into just gore and disgust to make it scary, not realising that it's not actually scary, it's just gross.

[@beardedfool5865]

Other than them being very zombie like, that pretty much captures how I feel perfectly

[@DanielleVlog365]

I agree. To me, and many I think, the scariest stories are the ones that are outlandish enough to make us uncomfortable or scared within the realms of reality without pushing it too far into the safety zone of "this could never happen."

[@maxe_mini]

@@DanielleVlog365 These kinds of stories, in my opinion, honestly mostly only ever work when FULLY illustrated. Example: Junji Ito manga. The concepts and plot points are so outlandish and out of this world but the art and the execution are just so well done you can't help but genuinely be terrified.

[@Whatlander]

I like to think of it like a "point of no return," but for creepypastas it's a "point of definitely should return." Like, dial it back, kiddo, you had a good thing going. It's like the writers assume every story needs to escalate, but they've already got a solid concept, so rather than finding a good stopping point, they shove in some Edgy™ nonsense.

[@Cove_Blue]

And completely impossible

[@catboyismisbased]

When Shane said the number one item he would bring into the chamber with him was a kazoo and the other four items allowed would also be kazoos so that Ryan couldn't take all his kazoos away... I don't know if I've ever resonated so strongly with something a person has said I felt that in my very bones

[@Chi_Me]

I can't believe I was actually one of the people who believed this was true. There are a lot of horrific experiments that happened during world war 2 both in Japan and Russia so I didn't even question this when I heard about it haha

[@mannytrimino2788]

Honestly so true….

[@Chi_Me]

@@kmarine8852 I suppose I was under the impression that those were already the most well known countries to perform experiments during that not just because of what's known in history but also from all the conspiracy theories. I was just stating it as a fact that Russia and Japan did that too because I honestly only found out they too conducted experiments when I was in my early 20s

[@pluto6383]

Here’s the thing, while this is an experiment it sounds like the Soviets would try, if it were real they would’ve all been dead by the time the door was opened given how multilated they were at that point. So that’s what gives it away as fake to me.

[@havi8-0-9]

same in the usa an canada

[@punkrckr6889]

The Russian Sleep Experiment is the _perfect_ example of the fact that most creepypastas should really quit while they're ahead.

[@2fortsmostwanted]

Yeah, I was like so certain I'd only heard the first half before the test subjects were removed. Everything after that destroys it.

[@charlief2085]

@@2fortsmostwanted Yeah I remember finding it more creepy than gory before so maybe I didn’t read the last half either 😂

[@Derlunia]

That's how I feel about a lot of these, lol... It's always great too when they use a non-american country so that American teens can be like "omg is this real"

[@3bugsinatrenchcoat]

@@Utonian21 "he was injected with 10 times the human dose of a morphine derivative and still fought like a frightened animal, breaking the ribs and arms of one doctor" yeah, no level of "insanity" can make a human body do that. they wouldn't even live past tearing their stomachs open, they'd probably go comatose from lack of food and water and bloodloss. the idea that they'd have super strength is frankly ridiculous.

[@3bugsinatrenchcoat]

@@Derlunia yeah lmao. istg creepypastas act like saying "this happened in asia" makes something both terrifying and completely true

[@ladiesngerms]

ryan sounding just absolutely soulless while talking about hello fresh is truly something

[@sidneyh970]

LMAO. That burger be looking good tho, ngl.

[@ainecoye8396]

It's still one of the best hello fresh ads I've seen

[@crazeddoodler9326]

“this 😶delicious🙄 delight 😐”

[@elizabethtonovic4678]

Hello Fresh...Hell.

[@abigailsalmanac]

Especially with the spooky music 😌👌

[@infin1te_]

is no one gonna talk about how ryan advertises hellofresh like he's documenting a murder?

[@thatlycantomboy]

god this creepypasta has a special place in my heart for how badly it misses the point of horror. “WHAT ARE YOU??” kills me forever

[@myettechase]

Ryan: [telling the most horrifying story the internet has to offer] Shane: *MY SECOND ITEM IS ALSO A KAZOO.*

[@somerandomgoblin2583]

Honestly, the little jokes and bits really help me calm down lol

[@Xx_Oleander_xX]

as someone who carries a kazoo around in their bag it would absolutely be the right thing to bring one into a twisted experiment

[@arnoarno1092]

Idk about horrifying maybe the most hammy and ridiculous story the internet has to offer

[@denji5426]

this is the most horrifying story? not by a long shot

[@myettechase]

@@denji5426 wow if only other people had differing tastes and opinions, what a magical world that would be

[@Slashycent]

I'm only scared of slimy little beef boys betraying precious, beloved blue puppets. 😡

[@dobbythefreeelf390]

Ikr 😠I can't look at Ryan the same

[@missewe]

Aaaaaaaawwwwww a(lovely) alliteration

[@Slashycent]

@@missewe If the professor was still alive he'd give me an alliteration-point 😭 I can't. I just can't.

[@missewe]

@@Slashycent understandable. Hope your day is as awesome as you 😎🤘💟

[@hexisarbiter2129]

AMEN!!!

[@krakenchar]

During the story what took me out of it was the remaining survivors. There were 5. 1 was eaten while still in the chamber. 1 died while being removed from the chamber. 1 died while being operated on, which is why they allowed the last two to be awake during the surgeries. So it should be two remaining prisoners by the end, not three.

[@VESPERS-LIGHT]

One didn’t die when being removed, he was the one the most injured. It never said he died it just said he bled out almost instantly but that doesn’t mean he died

[@BlizzardofDreams]

@@VESPERS-LIGHT “Bled out” is parlance for “bled to death”, which would imply that he died from the blood loss.

[@sumaiyasaleque]

didn't they say he bled out then was operated on?

[@poppymorley9838]

Shane’s Russian accent is oddly attractive

[@madhumoiselle]

so very attractive

[@dr.pepperqueen]

veryyyyy

[@GreyPajamas]

Second only to his Australian accent 😆

[@leeknow.c2119]

I was looking for this comment lol (I agree)

[@shadow_glitchy_cosplays]

True

[@anzuaoi9691]

Gotta say, a story of cannibalism isn’t the best episode for a HelloFresh sponsorship hdhfjjfk

[@mediocrio]

beef boy Do be eating beef 🤔

[@beckypratt8218]

@@mediocrio as long as it really is beef...

[@jakwolfe3025]

Wym? Obviously they were eating fresh too

[@abigailkaterbergcolibaba]

That content warning leading right into a hello fresh sponsorship killed me 😂😂😂

[@laura_paura2410]

pahahaha how did i miss that 😂

[@2001roserose]

the russian sleep experiment is probably the first creepypasta i EVER read when i was younger. its wild how prolific it is

[@woaddragon]

I know. It also my favorite

[@noabinnendijk361]

I read it because I was scared of the long term health effects of insomnia and I found it that way. It did not help

[@Tara-dz2zz]

I read it when I was 10. Big mistake.

[@k444ng]

I was obsessed with how gruesome and vile the concept of the whole story was

[@NaturalBornLoserrrr]

Yep! I remember this from sooo long ago in the prime of creepypastas/nosleep/sixpenceee ! I miss being young and reading spooky stuff online tbh :( nothing compares anymore

[@alex-fs9yt]

Episode: *discusses canibalism and bodily mutilation in detail* Hello Fresh: time to sponsor this video!

[@monroerobbins7551]

I remember reading about this, but the image they always use was the long faced, pitted eyed creature that looks almost skeletal, and I looked it up: it was actually just a sculpture/halloween prop. Well done piece, but not real. Wish more people knew about that. Edit; it’s called Spazm, made by Morbid Enterprises, and was sold at Spirit Halloween.

[@gravelrun4028]

I remember the sculpture, and I also remember the picture of it that the author used.

[@estherjewel5456]

"are you scared?" "of shane's hair? yes, terrified."

[@erika8349]

What?! I think it looks cool 😂 Very 80s vibe lol

[@lindsayschmidt2177]

I like it lol

[@rhododendroz6802]

Low key rude imo

[@iamb34]

Having Shane interrupt in one of the most terrifying parts of the story is just gold. It's like the relief my heart never gets in a horror movie.

[@Periwinkleaccount]

Are you trying to say terrific or terrifying?

[@emmaconder7854]

I think they're saying that it's gold when Shane interrupts the scariest parts of the story

[@natrym2627]

@@Periwinkleaccount he meant he interrupts the scariest part

[@Periwinkleaccount]

@@natrym2627 look at the "(edited)" on their comment.

[@sunsun5005]

Imagine if these two did a whole watchalong series just cracking jokes during horror movies

[@MxMcGeeky]

I remember thinking this was actually a thing that happened, but I didn’t know the details. The idea of Soviet Russians preforming an experiment on the effects of weeks with no sleep is believable, the events following is when the reality of it starts to fall apart

[@swiftlyaswiftie]

As an insomniac who's stayed up for 3 days and a few hours and the worst it got was me becoming terribly 'illiterate' misspelling words and being stupid rather than being crazy.

[@ambertregoning3821]

“We’re all bottles of Dr Pepper, waiting to be shook” -Shane Madej

[@gaygarbage2762]

I'm framing this quote in my house. It's beautiful.

[@aurialirez]

They should make a shirt

[@somerandomgoblin2583]

I want that to be my senior quote

[@thebig0opsyshow505]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHWUeZ-ZmrOCnqs

[@wackjack5667]

Just you wait they'll use this quote in the next Joker movie

[@buzzybeeboi]

"continued to talk about increasingly traumatic incidents in their past" uhhh, yeah. that's how friendship works man.

[@kaxida]

Damn, I’m low-key missing the old format of guessing if the story is real or not. Although I enjoy this creepypasta format, I do miss the shivers you attain after finding out this story is supposedly a real incident

[@regularjoe5517]

Yeah, I remember that story about the home invader when Ryan said it was real. I got shivers and couldn’t sleep that night at all

[@flimsyenthusiasm5769]

@@regularjoe5517 FYI they changed the format because they thought it was sort of messed up to be joking and laughing about real situations but I’m also certain that the story you guys are talking about was proven to be fake.

[@DeathnoteBB]

@@flimsyenthusiasm5769 Wait which one? Is it the one where the step-dad broke in and the guy hid in the attic? I really want that one to be fake

[@iaminpainauchocolat9300]

I just love how ryan seems to try and replicate Shane's Russian accent. It's so cute!

[@DeathnoteBB]

Sounds more Dracula

[@theprincess3872]

"So the idea is that our madness is quelled when we go to sleep" College students: (chuckles) I'm in danger

[@finpin2622]

Sleep is basically the bodies way of flushing ur brain of all the garbage that's built up in it during the day, sorting things out of short term memory into long term memory, and repairing the body. So you might not turn into a flesh eating monster but lack of sleep can definitely fuck your shit up.

[@CarlosRIOS777]

Best comment ever!

[@maxfitz8577]

This kinda adds up actually

[@preface6612]

It's crazy that now I can relate and confirm this is true

[@bellap0499]

the scariest thing about this video is shane and ryan’s Russian accent

[@vsratoslava]

It’s actually pretty good, I have to admit

[@hannahhannah7002]

I actually thought it was impressive

[@partlyironic]

Shane’s was decent… Ryan’s however

[@vsratoslava]

@@partlyironic agreed

[@dyeus4464]

@@partlyironic Ryan is Italian. 😂

[@artichokedip5761]

shoutout to the former kgb agent who quit the kgb before it was even formed (Story takes place in the 40s, the kgb wasn’t formed until 1954)

[@sapphael.]

I feel like having a knowledge of the human anatomy just puts this and quite a few other old creepypastas into eyeroll territory

[@dobbythefreeelf390]

The scariest thing is betrayal... Ryan you know exactly what I'm talking about

[@oliver_I_hardly_know_her]

Ryan knows ALLL about betrayal

[@dobbythefreeelf390]

@@oliver_I_hardly_know_her yeah...he really does

[@uhohspaghettios2391]

I don't know why, but your username somehow made this 1000 times better.

[@dobbythefreeelf390]

@@uhohspaghettios2391 Dobby would never betray anyone ✋unlike ryan

[@dobbythefreeelf390]

@guy dude have you watched the puppet history finale?

[@Jaime2830]

I wasn't so much scared as I was grossed out. That was a gory story.

[@anonymoussoul2563]

Agreed

[@Flanneryschickens]

This and the one about the guy who grew ears everywhere.....ewwwwwww

[@popsicIes]

@@Flanneryschickens That story still fucks with me and it's been MONTHS

[@komomn]

yeah period

[@imdezembervorjahren]

Once again props to Mollie Ong for the fantastically creepy illustrations, they really made the story

[@MissGirlie420]

I remember in a neuro class hearing about some teen who decided for his science fair project he would stay up as long as he could. with the help of energy drinks and friends i'm pretty sure he only lasted 11 days. a bunch of scientists got in touch with him because there isn't much sleep related research out there. tho I will say we didn't hear about any hallucinating or cannibalistic urges

[@aviezer_who_drinks_seltzer371]

Oh, there were hallucinations and micronaps No cannibalistic stuff though

[@gravelrun4028]

A radio host decided to stay up for 11 days. He needed people around him at all times so he could stay awake.

[@lydiaboll2872]

Isn’t this the shit that nearly Charles Lindbergh? (The whole staying up thing).

[@a-tender8020]

Can we appreciate the illustrations for a sec? It is stunning and so on point. It makes these series so much better :D

[@wangkong905]

Yes! and they are actually creepy (at least to me haha)

[@crystallinecrow3365]

I LOVE the art for this series. Big Stephen Gammell vibes. Which I mean as the highest of praise.

[@kennysmith1925]

Haven't we all from the very beginning. Gives scary stories to tell in the dark vibes that other horror books have used

[@SuperPenguinlover100]

Who does these illustrations?

[@leee1260]

@@SuperPenguinlover100 I’ve been trying to figure that out since they started making this series! Its Mollie Ong

[@quinnabee97]

How can he even utter the words "Beef Boy" knowing that he decieved and betrayed the one who bestowed him that name, the one who only sought to bring him knowledge and happiness

[@ilovemyhomefries]

I really hope they find a story line to bring back the professor

[@calamitycasey8159]

😭 I'm still trying to put my heart back together

[@83gemm]

@@ilovemyhomefries They will. There’s no way that’s the end

[@Sassypreminger]

I love your pfp😂

[@Heyitsmaria24]

Longest I’ve gone without sleep is 3 days because of a constant panic attack. Ended up going to the hospital and they gave me a pill to calm down. It helped a lot and now I’m okay. Still, worst 3 days of my life

[@PatAndCamProductions]

I remember reading this creepy pasta when I was younger and being absolutely terrified by it. I'm glad to see it finding a new life through the show.

[@kayan5754]

How young?

[@almondtofuchan3157]

Dear god I’m glad they had a viewer discretion notice at the beginning of the video! Those burgers were absolutely HORRIFYING! I’m never sleeping again!

[@caiucciardello9708]

"this episode is sponsored by hello fresh! 😄" the episode: *heavily describes self-cannibalism*

[@Flanneryschickens]

I KNOW lmao I noticed that too

[@ayellowllama9602]

Okay how is no one talking about, "One of the researchers immediately drew his gun and shot the commander point blank between the eyes."

[@boopboop9313]

What is there to talk about?

[@urmumhuge5556]

@@boopboop9313 death

[@funforu8856]

@@boopboop9313 random as balls

[@PoochieCollins]

The commander was trying to lock several researchers in the chamber, the scientist shot him in response. At least that's how I understood it.

[@Bettersucksaul]

@@boopboop9313 bad writing

[@gamesandstuff7966]

I remember I had friends who believed this and for some reason the thing that got them to stop was when I told them the KGB didn't exist in the 40s. Of all the crazy things in this story that was the thing that made them stop and think

[@KawaiiCornz]

shane's hair really went 🌊in this episode

[@reannetidmarsh7555]

Ryan's serious narrator voice and Shane's anime protagonist hair, reading a scary story? My day has been made

[@DanielleVlog365]

The best scary stories are the ones that are not too outlandish to assure ourselves that it's fake. The chance of something spooky being a possibility in our realm of reality is the scary part. Once you push it to far, like this Creepy Pasta ends up doing, you know it's fake and are therefore lulled back into security. Still, it's a classic CP.

[@Raktoner]

It was pretty spooky through most of it, but the "we are what you sedate into silence and paralysis" bit just made me laugh lol

[@raven.rosa.]

The scariest thing about this video is Ryan saying “Let’s see if we can make it to the end of the night” & not “Let’s see if we can make until the end.”

[@Nightbird8272]

Want to like but it’s at 666, can’t disturb it

[@john_your_drug_dealer]

fnaf be like

[@TheWholeEntireCake]

@@Nightbird8272 the fact that it was at 666 only 16 hours ago and is now at 1.2k has me awed.

[@hallebaldwin36]

The saddest thing about this is that Shane has no idea what Ryan did to the professor

[@dlr_rosa254]

How dare he call himself Beef boy...

[@Kiley713]

@@dlr_rosa254 the name beef boy was bestowed upon him by the beloved professor and he has the GALL to use it! As if the betrayal could go any deeper!! Shame

[@chelseabayn]

shanes russian accent is actually really good

[@vintage_cookieakaregan3570]

When I first came across this story I was in middle school and had just started looking up what we have do in the name of advancement and war. What I had learned made me think that this was a real thing. I was so relieved to find out that it wasn’t.

[@joey5893]

“Lock your doors” As if I would ever leave them unlocked.

[@hoji9082]

@@agnez112 that desperate huh?

[@sparetime6827]

unlocked doors are for dead people

[@leigh3659]

For some reason, when I’m reading stuff like this alone, it creeps me out. When I’m watching Shane and Ryan read about it, though, I don’t feel as scared, if at all. (That doesn’t mean I don’t feel disturbed, though.)

[@sethescope]

they help break the immersion! they interrupt the flow of the story and give us a breather for a moment from the scares. it prevents you (I'm using the general you, I don't mean you specifically here) from getting as scared as quickly as you would on your own. they're distracting, essentially lol but in a good way

[@Spiderishness]

i love how Ryan always voices the ads in the same voice he uses for the stories, accompanied by the music, the ads feel very ominous

[@Kim-en9gp]

Viewer discretion is advised...... THIS EPISODE IS SPONSORED BY HELLOFRESH :D

[@SmudgeThePro]

Shane has the fake Russian accent we all wish we could do. Ryan's is the one we can actually do 😔

[@moikoii329]

AHAHA

[@tonym3659]

I love that Russian accent!

[@NaNaNatalii]

As russian, even i cant do the accent.

[@js6964]

@@NaNaNatalii cd

[@fubytv731]

Slava Ukraine

[@hijibaka]

love how the dude who wrote this was like "how do i make this even creepier.. i know, I'll set it in russia!" as if the cia and mk ultra arent the creepiest shit any government has ever done irl

[@lordskeletor481]

Yeah, don't forget Operation Condor and COINTELPRO

[@hijibaka]

@@lordskeletor481 right, like the entire history of the cia is way worse than this creepypasta lmao

[@Kaiserin]

@@hijibaka I don’t think this is the original version of the story. I think the original author set it in Russia because it’s set during WW2, and honestly this is something the Soviet Union would do if they thought about it.

[@hijibaka]

@@Kaiserin it's really not. but if this did take place during ww2 then the ppl theyd be doing this to would be literal nazis (bc the red army, not america, is who beat them) so who cares lol

[@stargirl32102]

what was the tweet like “nothing will make u sound more insane in your real life than knowing like 5 things the cia has done and fully admitted to”

[@rachelsawyer4309]

My daughter and I agree. You need to bring 4 kazoos and a harmonica. You need to switch it up

[@moopiemilk-1]

The art in this series is always so pretty and terrifying I love it sm

[@Pamela-yx9os]

I took a psychology class when I was in my sophomore year of high school and we had to pick a topic to do a project on. Two girls in the class picked sleep and for their project they did it on the Russian sleep experiment thinking it was true

[@funforu8856]

You could definitely say the professor was . . . Intrigued to some degree

[@rubeuspotter719]

I took psychology too my senior year of high school and I didn't necessarily do a project on the Russian sleep experiment, but my project had pictures as the background that gradually got worse and the last slide had the picture that is well known for the Russian sleep experiment and when I was finished my teacher said "Thanks for giving me nightmares with that last picture"

[@bunniboiler1458]

@@rubeuspotter719 btw the famous russian sleep experiment photo is actually a halloween statue

[@sofiagladun6283]

The Russian Sleep Experiment creepy pasta picture always freaked me out when I was younger. I have that image burned into my mind

[@ericakrepp9280]

Same! It was one of the very first creepypasta I ever read!

[@35thrat]

one of my first creepypastas! my world wouldnt have ever been the same without it tbh

[@mcost4098]

same! I had nightmares about that thing in middle school

[@maca76]

@@35thrat that image made me read which started my love for creepy stories which made me read more which let me learn english by myself and made me study my career in literature

[@vivianeallen3334]

Fun fact: The image most commonly associated with the Russian sleep experiment was taken at my house! No Joke!

[@hannahyamauchi839]

Plato after releasing his subjects from the cave: Haha oh wow

[@izzycamoc1289]

i swear i believed it was true right before the moment the insane guy flailing, with his guts out, and almost dying made a villain’s monologue before dying and then I said to myself “there is no way this is true”. and thank god it wasn’t

[@ewanball]

This isn't scary, primarily because we know quite well what happens when you are deprived of sleep for days on end, as the person who set the record was monitored at all times by the record keeping authorities. Basically, you just become extremely irritable and paranoid, and get angry at anyone for doing anything.

[@DpDepresso]

The world record was set and documented, but there have been studies keeping mice up for longer killing them for inexplicable reasons. The persons brain was functioning as if asleep, hallucinated with all of his senses and experienced paranoia that lead to his irritability. The experiment was meant to keep them up far longer than the world record and thought to be humanly possible, probably trying to create sleepless soilders as the US tried to make soilders who could communicate with computers. It's intresting

[@ewanball]

@@DpDepresso it was meant to keep them awake for a month or whatever, right, but in the story, it didn't. The crazy shit in the story started happening well before the world record was hit. World record is something like eleven days.

[@DpDepresso]

@@ewanball The story has many plot holes this happens to be one of them. You also have to consider the record holder didn't use stimulant gas to stay up. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ You know it's a story

[@Bettersucksaul]

This isn’t scary bc of the absurd gore/violence and superhuman abilities that the patients somehow live through. They should’ve quit while aheas

[@monroerobbins7551]

And hallucinate. They also hallucinate a lot. This story just… I’m sorry, when I first heard it (it was framed as real, turns out it’s actually just an old creepypasta), I figured it wasn’t real. Not cause I was smart, I was and still am a dumbass, but I figured it was for one reason: if there was a gaseous stimulant that can keep you awake for days, wouldn’t more people be using it? In colleges, in workplaces, in more experiments, even in torture? It just feels too obvious.

[@parisgaalaas7541]

This story is anonymous? That’s so wild, seeing how popular it is online. Surprised they wouldn’t come forward to get writers credit

[@k80_]

Lots of creepypastas originate from the somethingawful forums in the early-mid 2000s when online anonymity was a lot more achievable. I think this one is from that time period? Plus it’s not really about the author and more about the story. I think it would immediately break any possible suspension of disbelief if you knew where a ghost story came from. The secondhand/ oral tradition nature of it makes it harder to prove or disprove

[@bingbingbongbung]

If they cant prove it no one will believe them anyway

[@yupitsjessbbyx3]

@@bingbingbongbung oh how I wish that were true

[@jijitters]

I have wondered that too. CallMeKevin is responsible for a well-known creepypasta that got popular for being so bad it made people laugh instead of being scared but then again he was able to reasonably show that it was indeed him who wrote it, maybe the person who wrote this just has no way of proving it, or just isn't "online" enough to care lol

[@Finn-wm2no]

Wikipedia says that snopes traced the story's origin to a creepypasta website and the exact user that created it, who did it in response to a post that challenged users to create the "scariest urban legend". Its not a real story. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Sleep_Experiment

[@Emphoise]

The illustrator really outdid themselves this time, creepy!

[@robinpark4750]

**chaos in the background** Shane: oh no! Anyway- One of my first creepypastas! (The ending is admittedly a bit disappointing, like the sudden exposition about "being the madness that lives in everyone" and all.)

[@indyatomlin7406]

“Are you scared?” Yes yes yes yes thank you thank you

[@marsmurderer9868]

Thank you, thank you, thank you You're far too kind Woo Yeah, woo, woo, uh-huh Can I get an encore, do you want more? Cookin' raw with the Brooklyn boy So for one last time I need y'all to roar Now what the hell are you waitin for After me, there shall be no more So for one last time, nigga make some noise Who you know fresher than Hov'? Riddle me that The rest of y'all know where I'm lyrically at Can't none of y'all mirror me back Yeah, hearin' me rap is like hearin' G Rap in his prime I'm, young H-O, rap's Grateful Dead Back to take over the globe, now break bread I'm in, Boeing jets, Global Express Out the country but the blueberry still connect On the low but the yacht got a triple deck But when you Young, what the fuck you expect? Yep, yep Grand openin', grand closin' God your man Hov' cracked the can open again Who you gon' find doper than him With no pen just draw off inspiration Soon you gon' see you can't replace him With cheap imitations for these generations Can I get an encore, do you want more? Cookin' raw with the Brooklyn boy So for one last time I need y'all to roar What the hell are you waitin for Look what you made me do, look what I made for you Knew if I paid my dues, how will they pay you When you first come in the game, they try to play you Then you drop a couple of hits, look how they wave to you From Marcy to Madison Square To the only thing that matters in just a matter of years (yeah) As fate would have it, Jay's status appears To be at an all-time high Perfect time to say goodbye When I come back like Jordan, wearin' the 4-5 It ain't to play games with you It's to aim at you, probably maim you If I owe you I'm blowin' you to smithereens Cocksucker take one for your team And I need you to remember one thing (one thing) I came, I saw, I conquered From record sales, to sold out concerts So motherfucker if you want this encore I need you to scream, 'til your lungs get sore Oww, it's star time This man is mean, he's killin' all y'all jive turkeys Do y'all want more of the Jigga man? Well, if y'all want more of the Jigga man Then I need y'all to help me bring him back to stage Say "HOVA", come on, say it HOVA, HOVA, HOVA Are y'all out there? Are y'all out there? C'mon, louder Yeah, now see that's what I'm talking about They love you, Jigga! They love you, Jigga! I like the way this one feel It's so motherfuckin' soulful, man Yeah, okay So this here is the victory lap Then I'm leavin', that's how you get me back After a year of them 16's, it's one point two And that's two point four, and I'm only doin' two You wanted to gain attention new dudes I can get you BET and TRL too You wanna be in the public, send your budget Well, fuck it, I ain't budgin' Young did it to death, you gotta love it Record companies told me I couldn't cut it Now look at me, all star-studded Golfer above par like I putted All 'cause the shit I uttered, was utterly ridiculous How sick is this? You want to bang, send Kanye change, send Just some ducks Send Hip a grip, then you got' spit A little somethin like this (woo, woo)

[@tadaa984]

Not even scary

[@indyatomlin7406]

@@tadaa984 I’m saying yes and thank you to the fact the series is back

[@heiteru]

“are you scared?” *me, a russian* : I… I don’t know. should I? sounds like a normal day in Мухосранск.

[@vsratoslava]

Same

[@heiteru]

@@vsratoslava русские вперёд! :’D

[@vsratoslava]

@@heiteru ахах, ага

[@user-sl3po6tk4w]

why did my dumb little brain read Мухосранск as Mexico

[@COWMAN0412]

Love that he opens a story about entrails and body horror with "look at my burger!"

[@itsyaboykam]

I think they'd do nicely with a read of "The Expressionless". I always thought the associated image was absolutely horrifying lol This reading took me for a nice trip :) the illustrations are absolutely phenomenal!

[@KitKat_630]

I took a psychology class in high school and when we got to the sleep chapter, someone asked about the Russian Sleep Experiment and whether it was real or not. It’s crazy how many people think creepypastas are real. The writers are phenomenal

[@KitKat_630]

To add onto that, it’s also crazy that we live in a world where we’ve conducting horribly unethical experiments on others enough that people genuinely question if something this horrific was actually done.

[@Naharu.]

@@KitKat_630 I mean, we live in a world where ww2 and the cold war happened - and all its inhumane experiments - after hearing about what they used to do, l would be surprised if a "how long can humans stay sane without sleeping" experiment wasnt made.

[@hacktplanet450]

@@Naharu. I think it was, like obviously none of them got super strength and they probably died but I think that’s already been tested a few times

[@Felsenkeks]

@@hacktplanet450 that's what I thought, hence I was very surprised by the turn this took

[@DpDepresso]

@@Naharu. I'm pretty sure it never made it to human phase. They did it with lab mice, most died sadly. The was a world record and the person who completed it showed his brain was actually shutting down in places as if sleeping. It was pretty cool. Also from experience the paranoia stage is the worst and you NEED to sleep after 💀

[@LilBabyAlien]

Look at these two, just carrying on and making jokes as if the professor isn’t dead. I guess Shane didn’t know the professor so he gets a pass, but Ryan? Excuse me? How DARE you

[@t3slakitty]

Im sure he has to at least know of him, i cant imagine Ryan wouldn't have complained a time or two about our fluffy jelly meister.

[@noahsark.cosplay]

This is not how I wanted to learn that professor Mcnasty had passed :(

[@charlieburton4701]

He’s dead?!

[@addiemiller8860]

@@charlieburton4701 Watch the latest episode in its entireity. I cried in public

[@M2ofEMMM]

So. Even though this is a work of fiction, it holds a grain of truth to it that makes it very dear to me. I have a disorder called dermatillomania that causes me to obsessively pick at my skin when I'm stressed or - what else? - sleep-deprived. And some of the scariest, most out-of-control moments I have had in my life came when I was very, very sleep deprived and found myself doing serious damage to my own body. The little voice in my head that was still me would plead for me to stop while my brain just kept piloting my fingers until the moment I was finally able to snap myself out of it. I don't know that most people understand the fear I try to convey when I describe those moments. So in a way, this story makes me feel seen.

[@parapluie00]

Oh hi im so sorry this happens to you. I also have massive issues with skin picking but not as severe as yours. It's been 6 years that ive been trying to quit and its scary because it sounds so simple not to do that but then why havent i ?? Just ?? Stopped?? Its so frustrating and i dont want it and a lot of times i do it thinking "please dont do this, i dont want to" like someone else was doing it to me thats how hard it is to control:((( I hope you're getting better

[@M2ofEMMM]

@@parapluie00 Thank you for the well wishes. I haven't had an episode like that in years thankfully. Idk if you're interested in advice but I can tell you what helped me was identifying potential triggers (lack of sleep, high stress) and then doing what I can to mitigate those triggers. A fidget cube to keep my hands busy has also been a big help.

[@SachiLaSenya]

“no demon no ghost no spirit that can be scary as human doing cruel experiment”

[@samcatart5670]

The original picture that always goes along with this story was the source of so many nightmares and (appropriately) sleepless nights for me when I was younger

[@charlief2085]

Oh no same! The photo was more scary than the story ever was I think. I haven’t seen it in ages but I can still picture it 😂. I was too young to read it probably!

[@raveng8217]

That picture freaked me out too! I felt quite silly when I later learned that it was just a pic of a cheap rubber Halloween decoration with a spooky filter on it 😅

[@charlief2085]

@@raveng8217 Oh no I didn’t know that 😂🤦‍♀️

[@heatweve]

@@raveng8217 wait what i didnt know about that part

[@raveng8217]

@@heatweve Yup! It's a rubber animatronic doll named Spazm, created by Morbid Enterprises I believe

[@dawesreads1263]

This creepypasta has been around for years and I discovered it fairly early in my life. The description of prisoner becoming slowly and slowly more deranged as the experiment goes on, to the extent that they receive information from/become these ancient demonic creatures that articulate their situation in such a terrifying way has scared the shit out of me since I first came across this story. The idea of Shane bringing 5 kazoos to this experiment has removed any sense of terror that I might have felt while watching this story and all I can think to do is thank you

[@thejayst3r]

One of my psychology teachers brought up this “experiment” whilst we were doing the sleep unit. At least four of us had to let him know it wasn’t real which was a shame because he was an excellent teacher otherwise. RIP Mr. Brown

[@hannahluke9381]

I will admit, I was pretty young when this was floating around and I think it was presented to me as a Real Thing That Happened, possibly with the violence toned down a little but it was so long ago I can’t remember, and I definitely did believe it at the time and now looking at it with adult eyes I’m like wow yeah this is fun but super fake

[@incogtiino]

Once again, the artist absolutely nailed this.

[@w4ggonwh33ls3]

Ryan: serious story telling. Shane: KAZOO!

[@catwitch2479]

Ironically it's Shane's hot Russian accent (7:56) and Ryan's cute/creepy little giggle (10:31) that distracts me from the horror of this

[@TheFinalUncannyGirl]

I think the reason why I feel more calm while hearing Shane and Ryan talk about it I think it’s cause I feel like there’s other people listening with me

[@QueenNemesis327]

Ryan don't ever be ashamed of being able to eat out of a trash can. We call that being a survivor.

[@irinaklimova5863]

as a russian, it was very entertaining to hear shane and ryan’s “russian” accents lmao, i love them for trying tho

[@scarletamazon3455]

Shane's seemed to be better, right? Please confirm or let me know otherwise!

[@irinaklimova5863]

@@scarletamazon3455 yeah, i think so! he seemed to have more of a clear idea of what the accent would be too, although by the end of that bit both of their accents had evolved into borat somehow lmao

[@scarletamazon3455]

@@irinaklimova5863 Haha! That last sentence from Ryan sounded like no accent I'd ever heard before, not surprised they stopped the bit there! lol

[@halaman9500]

Lol

[@asenetaoliver]

@@irinaklimova5863 it sounded very Transylvania-vampire-esque

[@casanova1838]

I’m so glad you guys are making content over here on Watcher. Loved your buzzfeed videos.

[@Werewulfbabymia]

Why does Shane look like a disheveled British rock star who just came back from an awards show afterparty to do an interview with Ryan

[@NoukSilver]

Hahaha, this description is on point. 😆