You've probably heard of the Bystander Effect or Stockholm Syndrome — cases that shaped psychology and shocked the world. But what if everything you thought you knew about them was wrong?
Part myth-busting. Part history. Part true crime. 100% unhinged.
What if the government built a gaydar machine. They claimed it could tell if you were gay just by looking into your eyes? During the Cold War, Canada did exactly that. They built a device that measured your pupils, your
Before Tarzan and Mowgli...there was Victor. In the winter of 1800, a boy emerged from the forests of southern France. He couldn’t speak. He couldn’t explain where he came from. But he would become the center of science’
This episode dives into the shaky foundations of the bystander effect: A theory born from a misreported tragedy and built on flawed experiments. We uncover what really happened the night Kitty was killed, how the myth of
They were tied up, threatened, and trapped in a vault for six days. So why did they defend their captors? This episode unravels the true story behind Stockholm Syndrome—and the uncomfortable truth that’s been buried for
Psych Unhinged dives into the twisted lies, the scandals, and the often controversial and forgotten origins of psychology's most infamous experiments and theories.
Every episode takes a "fact" you learned in Psych 101 and pulls the thread until the whole thing unravels — with the real archival story underneath.
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