Derren Brown - The Experiments: The Assassin (Full)

[EraiGhaell]

Wow... this was pretty shocking o_O

[he4rt5]

something of a blank slate about him... wonder what he means by that............

[rbneville]

@he4rt5 Notice how he barely says anything on his own. For example when he got asked how is arm felt in the water tank, he just agreed with the other guy. He basically doesn't show his opinion and is very impressionable and susceptible to suggestions.

[Ayahusca100]

this is bullshit for babies!

[derekxnl]

Only the gullible can be "hypnotized".

[SittingOnEdgeman]

@derekxnl Hypnosis is a very fluid term. It doesn't mean zombie-slavery; it's a sliding scale of suggestibility. It works on everyone, to varying degrees, but it requires implicit or explicit acceptance in every case. Everyone can be hypnotized; but no-one can be hypnotized against their will.

[atlantarock87]

@derekxnl wrong! In fact the gullible and idiotic are a lot harder to hypnotize just because they are usually ADD. However, very articulate people are easier to hypnotize just because of the fact that they spend most of their time in their heads analyzing things. There is a great book on this subject (forgot name and don't feel like googleing)

[misspettyflowers]

Why didn't he go into a trance when he saw the video of the assassination? The woman with the polka dot dress was in that clip.

[benjamiy831]

Every American child is issued with a lever-action rifle? WTF???? Why didn't I get the memo?!

[QJSparks]

Is it strange that I now want that ringtone? O_O

[e1000oak]

They did this in ST:TNG with the episode The Mind's Eye

[ThisSentenceIsFalse]

Somebody in the CIA recruit Chris fast before some other organization does. You can hypnotize him to be the ultimate agent. He can endure any physical hardship, be an expert marksman with little training, and will do whatever you say, and if he is ever captured, he won't remember any of it.

[LaPooh89]

HE HAS THE SMILE OF OWEN WILSON LOL CUTE

[UltraDeb]

I have a brilliant theory about why Sirhan Sirhan can't remember killing Bobby Kennedy:

He's LYING. He thinks his only hope for parole is to stick to his story. It's not actually a stretch for convicts to pretend not to remember what they did.

As far as his brother pointing out how kind he was to a FLY, plenty of killers regard the lives of insects or animals as being of far greater value than those of human beings.

Hitler loved nature and animals, but had no problem killing HUMAN BEINGS.

[ADAMSIXTIES]

@UltraDeb The point is that Derren just proved it's possible to brainwash someone to become an assassin and forget about it. It doesn't prove Sirhan was, but shows it's possible.

[Devoti]

at 17:25 and i have the feeling that Derren will prove the academics wrong.

[noname311298]

so...I don't remember anything weird now...but may be I killed someone

[simplerachel11]

master of manipulation : )

[RasAhmose]

CIA has been doing this to people for ages.

[GingerGringer11]

Even camera shots are so deceiving. Tsk. Power of manipulation.

[GingerGringer11]

What happens in future if that guy hears the ringtone, and he goes into marksmen mode again.

[thedrummerrr]

@GingerGringer11 if you would have watched all the way to the end, you would have seen the part where Derren hypnotises the guy again and erases all of the mind altering things he had previously done.

[GingerGringer11]

@thedrummerrr Yup. I've watched. But I mean, what if he didn't manage to remove everything? After all, they 'practised' to make sure he reacts when he sees the handkerchief and all, but how about erasing?

[thedrummerrr]

@GingerGringer11 its Derren Brown, he has done this thousands of times. And if you have any experience with hypnosis you would know that removing any sort of suggestion you have put on someone is harder than placing the suggestion on them.

[trancingandout]

@thedrummerrr Removing a suggestion is harder then installing one??? Whatever gives you that idea?

[DJDangerHouse01]

fuck you'd hate to inadvertently use a polka dot hanky in front of this dude ay

[elbruces]

What is it with Brits being unable to operate firearms? It's easy. When I was in Boy Scouts, I could hit a target within 2 consistently. This can't be some "American gene."

[elbruces]

"Dear diary: Derren Brown had me come to a firing range today to shoot guns at targets. I didn't think this might in any way become a problem..."

[Wyrmwould]

I guess Stephen Fry needs to keep an eye on Chris from now on.

[TheLonelysun22]

I wanna do this to a girl.

[lekoman]

Stephen Fry played those gunshots beautifully.

[Alexiaden93]

Has anyone noticed the hypnosis/enlightenment soundtrack that plays around 43:50 ? It's almost identical in form to the main theme of Inception. I am in no way accusing Derren of copyright infringement, because there is none. All I'm saying is that it's a brilliant song structure, and it really adds a lot to dramatic or emotional scenes.

[kamy2425]

The first thing that came to mind aswell.

[salmanmohiuddinkhan]

Hey!!! Did u guys notice the same ringtone being played at 24:29. for the viewers..???.The same ringtone to get chris in that marksman state....It was so subtle...Derren is dangerous..!!!

[squeeeeeeenis]

17:55 Chris's "Mum."

[wiseone541]

I think its fitting that the host looks like a super villain.

[2lasiiJAkuppi]

Fascinating Scary Skeptical

[thahelp]

Maybe we were the experiment? We were being hypnotized into believing this was real. We are at our most trance like state while we are watching Television. Why not take advantage of that?

[KudzaiS]

@thahelp

The thing about hypnotism is that not everyone can get hypnotized. Not everyone falls under the same category, on top of that you need to be paying full attention at all times, and you have to be in the right mood for it to work. That being said, we were not being hypnotized.

[theheart7]

I don't get why he didn't forget about the debriefing at 45:19 when he saw that poke dot dress again on tv.

[southstar66]

suddenly, Assassins Creed

[tomtumboy]

This video shows an excellent way to create amnesia.

[dragnfr39]

so he finds his test subject by the level of gullibility?

[paulb511]

Derren said "the audience had absolutely no idea of what could happen" not that they didn't know something would happen. Just like in the restaurant, it's likely they were warned something would happen and not to panic even though they could have had no idea what that something was. Derren was literally telling the truth but misdirecting as he so often does.

[newworldodour]

@paulb511 Agreed, he is an amazing character but not to be trusted in any way, just watch Stephen Merchant takes on Derren Brown and check out the masonic handshake at 0:48, never trust a mason!

[crapatev]

Firing-range curiosities:

1. Strange that a firearms expert would teach him to fire a rifle with his stance almost square on, not at an angle.

2. What is that silver thing he puts into the breech of the pistol prior to the first shot?

3. Note total lack of recoil in first pistol shot.

I'm no expert on guns, but even the above points were obvious to me.

The fact that they were included in the edit suggest that they're giving viewers a deliberate hint that something isn't quite right?

[brwi1]

@crapatev The pistol at first was not a real firearm, notice they aren't wearing ear protection and the gun makes almost no sound. The second time he shoots it is real. Not sure what the point of that is. Perhaps a training gun before the real one?

[skralogy]

@crapatev the pistol he shoots in the range im pretty sure was a pellet pistol judging by the magazine they loaded into the top @ 23:12, but it is weird how during the playback they showed a real pistol. I wouldn't discredit the whole experiment based off these discrepancies, as it is possible to put someone in such a deep trance. Though it is curious they would edit the show in such a way

[crapatev]

@skralogy Pellet magazine ... I see what you mean.

I guess the important thing to remember with Derren Brown's own shows (tho not his debunking ones) is that he is a showman, not a purely experimental psychologist like Richard Wiseman. Pinch of salt needed at all times!

[czechreck]

@crapatev It was a CO2 pellet gun. I had one myself (A bereta 92F) and it held an 8 shot revolving drum.

Google *Beretta CO2 92FS accessories.*

It's .177, but could cause some damage at very close range, just don't use it for hunting anything bigger than rats.

[kanyeezy24]

@skralogy maybe they had him shoot a real gun after, and they just used the footage. He was shooting a pellet gun when he was aiming down range during the live shot however. (no recoil, and no shell casing expended)

[C4Vendetta]

@crapatev I highly doubt it. The "firearms expert" probably is just a bit clueless and unsure as to how much she should teach Chris at first, since he will have to improve under hypnosis. The silver thing is probably just ammunition of some sort. The lack of recoil could be explained by the not-so-strong weapons. The first is basically a toy, the second is a very weak handgun which, especially when under hypnosis and extremely concentrate, has very controllable recoil.

[AlienScientist]

This shows how Manchurian candidates like Sirhan Sirhan can be programmed to carry out assassinations while under hypnosis and then forget all about the event and how they were programmed. Great job Derren! I am glad you are exposing the truth and not just towing the establishment line like most others in the media.

[afghangorilla]

fake and gayyyyyyyy !!

[kerlylo]

@afghangorilla fck off

[Neal225475]

mysterious polka dot pink dress?...DELORES UMBRAGE!



[jiveturkeyusa]

People are stupid if they think the CIA was not involved in the JFK murder. Just look at the Bush family rise to power. Did the Bush family rise to power based on their charisma? As if people had a choice.

[blaze7810]

honestly im skeptical is it truly possible and this show is not staged?

[thatswassupone]

hmm

[HorusOsirisRa]

At 43:40 I would have thrown both my shoes not clap like a dumbshit.

[summa2201]

this episode leaves me with more questions then answers.

[SpiderFan23]

nice touch at the end of the credits with the ringtone and polka dots

[Soccerboy2q]

He's fucked if he sees a girl wit a ribbon and that ringtone sooner or later in his future lol!

[StandUpForLiberty]

Wait a minute. Brown says that besides the people immediately near the "assassin" Chris, the rest of the audience "has absolutely no idea of what could happen". 40:01

But immediately after Chris"shoots" Fry, you can see many members of the audience with big smiles. Pause at 43:05 and especially 43:14. (Some do look horrified, but not all or even most.)

Is this Brown episode a hoax meant to discredit real RFK conspiracy evidence? (See "Evidence of Revision" Part 4 and "The Second Dallas").

[TokyoZeplin]

@StandUpForLiberty obviously people thought it was part of the show. If that happened, I would have thought it was part of the show too. I would probably wait like 5 minutes just going "man, this joke isn't funny for this long o0"

[HarryHook]

Well... conspiracy theorists proved right again Mr Brown... mind you... I challenge your proposition that people need to be hypnotised to consider assassinating SF.

[zapthegreatest]

66 likes, add my 1. Great!.

"As Seen On:

Ummah.com - Muslim Forum" ..... LOL.

[ZeonGenesis]

I wish that the real assassin would have a lie detector done, then meet with Derren Brown, have his memory back and take the test again. A bit of revolutionary research perhaps. Or check if he still reacts to the polka dots. Have Derren erase that from memory.

[TheElderRat]

@ZeonGenesis Facepalm. Come on man.

[ZeonGenesis]

@TheElderRat Yes, cause obviously Derren's just too incompetent. Wishes in the trash then.

[321tomm]

at 23mins15seconds the magazine is clearly loaded into the air pistol backwards, the gun can NOT work like this, it could fire once but would be entirely innaccurate....undeniable balls up lol

[TokyoZeplin]

@321tomm when I got gun practice the first time, they did the same thing. Ask if I would start with rifles, I said no since I had no interest in riffles, then gave me an air pellet gun to practice with at first. Pretty standard.

[ColdDadaNothing]

Chris looks like Val Kilmer

[SittingOnEdgeman]

this.... this.... this.... is the.... the... most. disturbing. thing. I have ever seen. Creepy. Scary. Horrifying. Obviously it'd be insanely difficult and implausible to try to pull this off in real life, but just the fact that it might at all be possible.... is scary. I'd always dismissed it as entirely impossible...

[jiveturkeyusa]

@SittingOnEdgeman Difficult? Imagine these techniques used in combination with psychotropic drugs.

[benthejrporter]

I'd actually be scared to let that bloke near me! What would he turn me into!?

[moniapadme]

I think that's it's amusing and interesting that everyone expected Chris to not do it and audience to do react when it turned out otherwise. That's just proves Derren's experiment - we are unpredictable but we can be influenced and controled.

[Aspieborn]

He should have use prince Albert to make it more convincing.

[411smiths]

?? crowd reaction is weird. I would of yelled and then went on stage straight away.

[MattMzansi]

SOMEONE answer this. I can believe most of the show but WHY THE FUCK did no one in the audience scream in horror or run like fucking mad when mr Fry got shot?!!! they stated some people were in it but the ENTIRE audience below just reacted pretty calmly albeit a few gasps. In REAL FUCKING life people would be ducking and diving or screaming and running for the exit. come on now...seriously. someone has to answer that?!! and they say the audience have ABSOLUTELY no idea what could happen.WTF!

[Nemesis000000]

@MattMzansi When half the audience doesn't react, the other half who did freak out for a second got the impression it was a set up from the lack of reaction from everyone else - or at least not sure what's going on and no one wants to be that one guy to jump up screaming. Not that hard to imagine using basic psychological analysis.

[notme222]

You can tell this is uploaded by ScepticaTV. Check out the comments on someone else's upload to see how the "broader public" responds. :)

[lamuella]

annoyed that this used the ridiculous magic 8 ball that is the polygraph test.

[saxojon]

Steven French Fries

[Queequel]

I always wonder... how much of this is true?

[Nemesis000000]

man this is crazy seems like sci-fi

[Evayrr]

It's amazing.. yet horrifying.

[myjizzureye]

Wow Mr Fry has packed on a fuckload of weight.

[wybo2]

I know a few nutjobs who will be very happy with this.

[krochashuffler123]

thank you!!

[BassmrDK]

Thank you so much!

[burpwind]

Thanks



[ClumsyDood]

Thank you for posting...

[1nspirator]

He's in a TV show, it's different than the real life like those 2 guys said earlier in the vid. But still, what if one was hypnotized to believe he's in a TV show when he's actually not, and then hypnotized again? Anyone any thoughts on this?

[TheAstonMartian]

They should totally get a hypnotist to check Sirhan out. Seems like the guy is innocent.

[jorritschulte]

@TheAstonMartian he's obviously guilty. even though hypnosis is a wonderful and beautiful thing, sirhan used it as a cheap excuse.

[TheAstonMartian]

@jorritschulte I realized that when I was reading his wikipedia entry. It was personal. But does make you wonder though, if you can train someone to kill, how far can you go with that?

[mroldschoolhiphop1]

@jorritschulte they could've used a lie detector.

[jorritschulte]

@mroldschoolhiphop1 exept lie detecors are pretty mutch shit... they just messure signals might mean the person is lying (among a wide range of other stuff, or nothing at all). it is more an art than a sience.

spend a little time researching the guy,.

[kedharf1]

theres something of a blank slate about him .. HAHAHAHAHA

[Jayoung1000]

Thank you for posting!

[biologyprodigy]

Someone starts shooting in a auditorium, Stephen Fry gets shot on stage and everyone just sits there?

[eliash1988]

@biologyprodigy plus...some r smiling

[Erbgrinder]

@biologyprodigy In the UK, if you're going to have some discharge a firearm from the audience, the people who made the program would have had to tell the police that's what they were going to do, so the police would have advised a warning issued. The last thing you want is someone in the audience getting crushed to death in a stampede for the door.

Its easy enough to not give the "assassin" the warning by giving him a different programme.

[superdiza]

@biologyprodigy It's very difficult to keep a secret in this grant conspiracy. they might have suspected something is up. that it's part of the show. nobody believed it, truly. somehow the crowd knew.

[br0dskalk]

@superdiza my grandfather died keeping nato secrets for over 50 years. he never once talked about what he was working on. he frawned upon people he worked with that did drop some info when they were drunk.

All I have found out is that a spanish general was a member of the same group and that it has existed since ww2. yet its impossible to find info on it on the internet.

its a non-existing argument to claim that "people would talk". it is not based on reality, but fantasy.