Especially if you haven't been getting a lot of sleep lately, you might wonder just how long you can go on like that. Exactly how long could you stay awake without cracking as a result of sleep ...

What he really wanted was to spend Thanksgiving with his family. What he got was three days with the turkey.

Russian researchers funded by the Soviet Union during WWII are testing an expirimental gas on subjects deemed enemies of the state. The experimental gas is meant to eliminate the need for sleep, but ...

In the late 1940s, Russian researchers kept four test patients awake for thirty days using an experimental gas-based stimulant. The researchers were cut off from the world and asked to do a series of ...

Jul. 28, 2023 – 00:00 – This week on Dread: The Unsolved, we look into the popular internet myth of the Russian Sleep Experiment. Did 5 political prisoners go mad in sleepless isolation? Or is it just ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

It's the most shocking story you may have never heard: a group of five men deemed enemies of the state are imprisoned in a secret Soviet military research facility in 1947, where they are exposed to a ...

The Russian Sleep Experiment is one of the most famous and horrific experiments gone wrong, but some people claim the experiment never happened! Today we're going to find out. In the 40's Russian ...