Behind Our Eyes
Summary
This episode features a chilling letter from Dimitri to Dr. Pavlov, recounting a 1949 Soviet experiment where prisoners inhaled a gas to stay awake, leading to horrific mutilation and the belief that entities wait in sleep. Dimitri reveals he smuggled a vial of this gas to America, where his wife Anna accidentally inhaled it to cure her insomnia. Now, she exhibits the same terrifying symptoms as the original subjects, convinced that malevolent forces are watching from behind her eyes, leaving Dimitri desperate for a cure.
Topics discussed
Dimitri's desperate letter to Dr. Pavlov
The secret Sleep Project in 1949 Russia
Description of the laboratory and prisoners
Guard dynamics and Yuri Ivanov
Early effects: agitation and suspicion
Horror escalates: screaming and self-mutilation
Experiment ends and Dimitri's escape with the gas
Anna discovers and inhales the hidden vial
Anna's rapid physical and mental decline
Anna's final transformation and Dimitri's plea
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