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Label. Shame. Break. Science. The Monster Study Tragedy

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Label. Shame. Break. Science. The Monster Study Tragedy

Fringe Beyond Limits

2025/10/13
Fringe Beyond Limits

Fringe Beyond Limits

2025/10/13
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In this chilling episode, we unravel the truth behind one of psychology’s darkest and most disturbing experiments—The Monster Study. Conducted in 1939 on unsuspecting orphans, this study set out to determine whether stuttering could be artificially induced...

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This episode delves into the dark history of the 1939 'Monster Study,' a psychological experiment that deliberately induced stuttering in orphans. The hosts explore the profound ethical violations, the lifelong trauma inflicted on the child subjects, and the study's lasting impact on research standards and our understanding of the power of labels.
06:50
The study aimed to prove stuttering is caused by adult reactions to normal speech disfluencies.
22:07
The study failed to induce stuttering but created social anxiety
32:48
Science must not lose sight of humanity.
49:09
Psychological wounds are as deep as physical ones.
57:01
Labels can become a self-fulfilling prophecy

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A Singing Frog, a Bird Conspiracy, and the Birth of the Monster Study
00:00
The Unseen Scars: How a Flawed Experiment Silenced Orphans for Life
14:31
Who Was to Blame? The Ethical Cover-Up and the Survivors' Fight for Justice
32:48
The Real Horror: How Unchecked Ambition Created a Cautionary Tale for Science
42:54
The Power of a Label: From Self-Fulfilling Prophecies to the Need for Compassion
57:01

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Frank: Every team, every topic, everywhere. Breanna: This is Belief. Frank: To another episode of Fringe. Beyond. Breanna: Limits. Frank: What was that? Breanna: I was trying to be a robot. It sounded like you were going, ribbit. Frank: Yeah.