Russian Sleep Experiment

The Russian sleep experiment or otherwise known as Orange Soda, was a sleep deprivation experiment that took place during World War 2.
Russian scientists performed a series of unethical, unmoral, and horrifying experiments on five political prisoners that can be compared to a modern-day horror story. Now of course people on the internet are claiming that the Russian Sleep experiment is merely just an urban legend, but is it?
According to the tale, the prisoners were locked in a gas chamber where a form of experimental gas was pushed through the vents in order to prevent them from sleeping. It was the goal of this experiment to observe all of their behaviors and conversations through one-way mirrors to see how sleep deprivation would affect humans. The intent was the keep them awake for a period of 30 days which is absolutely insane.
The long-term effects of sleep deprivation are quite severe. It drains your mental abilities and can definitely cause irreversible physical health risks.
According to one study, sleep deprivation can cause memory issues, trouble with concentration, mood changes, increased risk of accidents, weakened immunity, high blood pressure, the risk for diabetes, weight gain, low libido, risk of heart disease, and poor balance among many other health risks.
The five prisoners were kept locked inside of a sealed gas chamber that would continuously administer a stimulant gas that was designed to keep them awake, however, this gas was highly concentrated with a ton of toxins.
The experiment was conducted during the 1940s, so it was a time before we had circuit cameras.
The researchers only had microphones and 5-inch-thick glass porthole windows that they used to monitor the test subjects. The gas chamber was nothing like the Hilton. It was stocked with old books, and cots but no bedding, running water, and a toilet. They also had enough dried food to last all five of them for over a month.
Why would anyone agree to participate in this experiment? Well these five prisoners had a lengthy prison sentence and they were told that if they participated, they would be pardoned but we now know that this was a lie.
The test subjects managed to behave normally for the first couple of days. They could be seen talking and whispering to each other so the researchers had nothing to really worry about. Until one day, when a test subject began to scream uncontrollably and the other prisoners tried to prevent the researchers from looking inside the gas chamber. They started to paste torn book pages and feces on the windows and the one-way mirrors so that the researchers couldn’t study what was happening.
A few days passed without the researchers being able to see inside so they tried to use the intercom to see if the subjects were still alive. They managed to get a short response from one of the subjects who wanted to be obedient.
It was on the ninth day of the experiment when he started to repeatedly scream at the top of his lungs for three hours straight. He continued to attempt to scream but he would only let out little squeaks and that’s because the scientists believe that he had psychically torn his own vocal cords from screaming too much.
But the most surprising thing is what happened after he tore his vocal cords. The other test subjects continued whispering into the microphones and that’s when they started to cover up the windows. Once the researchers could no longer see inside the chamber, that’s when the screaming suddenly stopped.
On the 15th day of the experiment. This is the day when the researchers decided to turn off the stimulant gas and reopen the chamber.
When they looked inside the gas chamber, they discovered the four surviving subjects. Two of them had mutilated and removed some of their own organs. They even went as far as tearing off their flesh and muscles and eating it. So, keep in mind that this was only halfway through the experiment, they had another 15 days to go and at this rate, none of them were expected to survive the experiment.
When the researchers saw the state they were in, they had fully intended to give these prisoners some basic medical attention. But oddly enough, the test subjects violently refused to leave and they actually begged the scientists to continue administering the stimulant.
The researchers didn’t want to keep the prisoners in the cell anymore. But once soldiers came in to remove the subjects from the chamber, the remaining two survivors murdered one of the soldiers and severely injured another. The female test subject was accidentally killed by a soldier who attempted to restrain her. He lost his grip and her head bashed against the concrete wall.
As soon as the researchers flushed the stimulant gas and filled it with fresh air, the test subjects began to immediately beg for them to turn the gas back on. The contents of this stimulant gas had never been revealed for obvious reasons.
The surviving three test subjects were heavily restrained and moved to a private medical facility.
They kept begging for the gas and to be kept awake…The most injured test subject was taken to the operating room so that the surgeons could place his organs back inside of his body. But once they tried to administer the sedative they realized that he was immune to a lot of drugs. Eventually, they managed to put him under the anesthesia but as soon as he was sleeping, his heart stopped. He died on the operating table and during an autopsy, it was found that he had triple the normal levels of oxygen in his system. The other two subjects had surgery as well but with no anesthetic.
However, the surgeon found it impossible to operate on them because they were laughing hysterically throughout the procedure. As soon as they went to sleep, they died.
It seemed as though the remaining test subjects were no longer human. The gas stimulant changed them and there was no denying the fact that these test subjects could no longer live in society.
So, the researchers concluded that they should be sealed in the chamber again but this time, they would be connected to an EEG monitor and restrained. The subjects were monitored by three researchers and they noticed that as soon as their brainwaves changed to a deep sleep state, they would flatline and their hearts would immediately stop.
The commander gave orders to have the chamber sealed permanently with the last two subjects inside as well as the three researchers.
But one of the researchers drew his gun and shot the commander between the eyes, then
turned the gun on one of the test subjects and blew his brains out. He went to point the gun at the last surviving test subject who was still restrained to the bed.
Now, there was only 1 volunteer left.
But before he shot him, the researcher asked “What are you?! I need to know!” the subject smiled and said,
“We are you. We are the madness that lurks within you all, begging to be free at every moment in your deepest animal mind. We are what you hide from in your beds every night. We are what you sedate into silence and paralysis when you go to the nocturnal haven where we cannot tread.”