The Day Stockholm Became a Syndrome

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  • Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
  • On August 23, 1973 a bank robbery at the Kreditbank in Stockholm went badly wrong. It turned into a hostage situation which lasted six days, and gave its name to a phenomenon.
    Stockholm Syndrome is a way of describing the emotional bonds which some people can form with a captor or abuser. And it all started in that bank in Stockholm.
    During the siege, despite being held against their will in a dangerous situation, the four hostages bonded with the bank robbers and turned against the police. They continued to defend their captors after their release and refused to testify against them. In fact, they even raised money for the bank robbers’ defence. This survival mechanism came to be known as “Stockholm Syndrome.”
    In this film, nearly fifty years after the events, we hear directly from the hostages, bank robbers and police and find out what happened during those six eventful days.
    Director: Olivier Pighetti

КОМЕНТАРІ • 562

  • @heathergrahame9647
    @heathergrahame9647 2 місяці тому +1115

    If the prime minister says to a hostage, "Well, you'd be prepared to die for your country, wouldn't you?" and, in stark contrast, the robbers have concern and care for your life and wellbeing, who are you going to trust?

    • @Ze_Moose
      @Ze_Moose 2 місяці тому +14

      Interesting question

    • @TitaniumTurbine
      @TitaniumTurbine 2 місяці тому +84

      No one. The answer is always no one. No one has your best interests in mind as much as you yourself do.

    • @heathergrahame9647
      @heathergrahame9647 2 місяці тому +11

      @@TitaniumTurbine That's very true

    • @mayareece318
      @mayareece318 2 місяці тому +6

      ​@@TitaniumTurbine and people say I'm cynical, lol ...but you're right.... ( except if it's your mom).

    • @skechers28227
      @skechers28227 2 місяці тому +10

      I trust my dog. 😂

  • @mts4611
    @mts4611 3 місяці тому +360

    I find it interesting, the robbers opposing versions of one another. Lol.

    • @moffat5914
      @moffat5914 3 місяці тому +1

      thats because ones a sociopath and the other is an idiot trying to impress a sociopath. clark is clearly delusional and still has a huge ego

    • @olivere5497
      @olivere5497 2 місяці тому +20

      Its because they are baby boomers at heart.
      Its in their blood to cause strife.

    • @Placeholderdo3
      @Placeholderdo3 2 місяці тому

      Two idiots calling each other idiots lol

    • @susankeith326
      @susankeith326 2 місяці тому +9

      ​@olivere5497 What are you on about?

    • @olivere5497
      @olivere5497 2 місяці тому

      @@susankeith326 the people involved are baby boomers and that generation is like that.

  • @MrSpaceMees
    @MrSpaceMees 2 місяці тому +36

    this is the most incomprehensive dialogue i have ever seen in a documentary

    • @smellylorenny
      @smellylorenny 2 місяці тому +7

      Literally. It’s so confusing lol 😅

  • @conradsieber7883
    @conradsieber7883 3 місяці тому +618

    This doesn't seem like a syndrome it seems like rationally assessing the situation and trying to survive.

    • @tomjones1424
      @tomjones1424 3 місяці тому +124

      I personally think it was a moment of clarity and not a syndrome. She realised the politician would rather she died than let the criminals escape.

    • @ec9833
      @ec9833 3 місяці тому +9

      Exactly

    • @dazingamaine4318
      @dazingamaine4318 3 місяці тому +1

      na this what happens when weak people try to survive but then again most people are weak.
      these people would also -
      follow almost any orders
      get vaccinated.
      we living in a weak age.
      you can not rob a bank if the bank is robbing us. period.

    • @Mark-gg6iy
      @Mark-gg6iy 3 місяці тому +45

      Syndrone has no negative connotations, it is simply a recipe designed to acquire a particular result. The result here is to live. The recipe is do what you have to do.

    • @carlsaganlives6086
      @carlsaganlives6086 3 місяці тому +5

      The beginning of psychobabble. Overanalyzing everything.

  • @HowardWimshurst
    @HowardWimshurst 2 місяці тому +60

    Kirstin was dropped into a situation she had no control over, she was fought over by two aggressive sides. She did what she had to do to survive, and now she is blamed for siding with the only man in the situation who comforted her and protected her through it. She deserves a sincere heartfelt apology from the police and authorities.. but she probably won't get it.

    • @philbert006
      @philbert006 Місяць тому +3

      How in the hell could she get a "heartfelt apology"? Certainly the authorities and PM did not care an iota for anyone's life or anything other than the future of their career. She should have been presented with the original documents detailing the failure of the authorities and their forced retirement and lifelong ban from working in the public sector, including everyone that had a decision making role, and the banning from medical practice of the idiot psychologist or whatever he was advising them and the assholes that tortured her afterwards. This is a wake up call for people. The syndrome aspect is unimportant, when you understand the value of yours and every other average person's life in the mind of a politician, that value being so little that to them it doesn't even warrant them wasting a thought for it.

    • @D4v4-y6o
      @D4v4-y6o 21 день тому

      There were 3 sides there.

    • @HansDester
      @HansDester 21 день тому

      ​@@philbert006 People want to believe they're so important that their lives mean much. We are not worth all that much. Once people realize that, we will all be much better off.

    • @majimas-simp-man
      @majimas-simp-man 9 днів тому

      @@HansDester Our lives don't mean much to history, to a state, or to a company. But I'm none of those things, and neither are my loved ones. All their lives matter to me, regardless of how meaningless they are to history, and in turn history means far less to me than making sure my loved ones are safe and have a good life. I don't think we should ignore what's important to us, disregard our own small human lives, just because they are also part of a bigger system. After all, I don't think there's any point in serving a system just for the system's sake.

    • @whataboutthis10
      @whataboutthis10 6 днів тому

      @@HansDester you realise siding with the soulless oppressive system like this you are under the Syndrome yourself

  • @cinnamongirl5410
    @cinnamongirl5410 2 місяці тому +192

    The hostage he spoke of who "cared about her meat in the fridge than her children". No jerk, it's just easier to think about that in a situation where you are in shock, than the possibility of never seeing your kids again, which could cause a complete break down. A person is in survival mode.

    • @HansDester
      @HansDester 21 день тому +1

      No, that woman was crazy. To think of your meat and not your kids in that situation is not sane mentality. Those hostages lost their damn minds.

    • @petrhorak3268
      @petrhorak3268 15 днів тому

      @@HansDester She wasn’t crazy. She did think clearly. The criminal was the crazy one.
      Boomer husbands were probably manchild often. Kids would die after a week because the husband only knew where he had his beer.

    • @whataboutthis10
      @whataboutthis10 6 днів тому

      ⁠​⁠​⁠@@HansDester you understand nothing.
      In particular she was passing the torch of caring how her loved ones would continue that day, and she referred to children directly even about getting them from daycare.
      People like you acting righteous and attacking victims are pure scums

  • @the-end-of-my-tether
    @the-end-of-my-tether 3 місяці тому +89

    Kristin Enmark survival instinct is mind blowing. All of their survival instincts are . I would love to sit down and have a conversation with this lady. Their Prime Minister sickened me. It's your duty as a Prime Minister to protect your citizens not ask them to die at their post. Kristin should've went into politics.

    • @newmannewmanz7110
      @newmannewmanz7110 2 місяці тому +2

      Crooks &creeps easily prey on women for a reason

    • @the-end-of-my-tether
      @the-end-of-my-tether 2 місяці тому +1

      @@newmannewmanz7110 I would say that had more to do with Jan Olsson threatening their lives than any preying techniques he may or may not have had

    • @keikosan1354
      @keikosan1354 2 місяці тому +2

      He was worried about the money not the people.

    • @whataboutthis10
      @whataboutthis10 6 днів тому

      what is this belief in fairytale politicians tho

  • @eb4661
    @eb4661 3 місяці тому +133

    “… or I saved him”. She was right though, understanding prime minister Palme was willing victims to die, confirming the monopoly of violence was ready to save none. It is truly astonishing a psychiatrist given task of negotiation was let loose crawling around speaking openly to anyone having an ear.
    This story makes sense, only if understood how a political leadership and its monopoly of violence is felt more dangerous then the threat they should seek to prevent.
    So, “Stockholm syndrome” may occur when authorities is felt more threatening.

    • @pinlight97
      @pinlight97 3 місяці тому +9

      Exactly…so, really, where many a U.S. citizen is at the moment, sad to say.

    • @michaelj.beglinjr.2804
      @michaelj.beglinjr.2804 3 місяці тому +1

      @@pinlight97 ---The only ones that are terrified in America are the wilfully ignorant MAGAts that believe Trump's lies and Fox "news'" fear-mongering. I am stunned at how many of my fellow citizens that claim to love freedom are so willing to give theirs away to a convicted rapist.

    • @Roox8115
      @Roox8115 2 місяці тому +4

      Very well put!💯💯💯👏👏👏And the victims are on their own to save their lives

    • @paracleteconsult8677
      @paracleteconsult8677 2 місяці тому +3

      I have never seen the statement ' monopoly of violence'. Apt.

    • @NerzJansch2
      @NerzJansch2 2 місяці тому +2

      @@paracleteconsult8677 Then you haven´t paid attention to the last 200 years of human development.

  • @veraaxoo
    @veraaxoo 2 місяці тому +16

    what a thought provoking doc. i am so glad she spoke her truth.

  • @devm.9189
    @devm.9189 3 місяці тому +28

    I can already see this documentary becoming viral!!

  • @berlinistrotweiss
    @berlinistrotweiss Місяць тому +4

    This poor woman. These devils destroyed her life and are enjoying it. And this film gives them their stage. Unbelievable.

  • @D4v4-y6o
    @D4v4-y6o 21 день тому +3

    This is exactly how codependency works with codependant people who were abused as children and their pyschopath partners, parents or bosses.

  • @boutek
    @boutek 22 дні тому +4

    Why on Earth wasn't the doc shot in Swedish and subtitled? I can't understand them almost at all.

  • @DoTricksOrDieTrying
    @DoTricksOrDieTrying 2 місяці тому +10

    This is like 80% of a documentary. It feels surreal. The lack of commentary suggests that it’s not finished or the only surviving cast is the editors.

    • @christianchristiansen99
      @christianchristiansen99 2 місяці тому +5

      Absolutely - where is the flashy visuals, dramatic music and narrations on repeat, telling me what to think?!
      This type of production requires the viewer to utilize their brain to form their own view of what happened.
      Truly outrageous! Content like this should be banned from the public domain!

    • @DoTricksOrDieTrying
      @DoTricksOrDieTrying 2 місяці тому +3

      @@christianchristiansen99 just meant some context and dates maybe would be nice? Glad you enjoyed it though, I’ll just find a different video

  • @bothewolf3466
    @bothewolf3466 3 місяці тому +5

    People do strange things under massive stress. You'll never know what you'll do until you face those circumstances. That being said, yea, its a BAD idea to actively participate in crimes once you are a hostage.

  • @deathwrenchcustom
    @deathwrenchcustom 2 місяці тому +11

    I really wish this was done better. I'm trying to understand, but I can't follow it.

    • @jackgammon4084
      @jackgammon4084 2 місяці тому +6

      It needs proper English subtitles and a narrator to tell the story. This was virtually unwatchable.

    • @deathwrenchcustom
      @deathwrenchcustom 2 місяці тому +6

      @@jackgammon4084 I just couldn't follow the timeliness or tell the people apart. They got a guy from prison for some reason, but the goal was unclear...

    • @temdasarah
      @temdasarah 2 місяці тому +1

      @@deathwrenchcustomso the prison guy was going to escape but for some reason the cops thought he would be able to negotiate with the current robber so they let him out of prison? to be their hostage negotiator?? not sure why’d they’d do that, but yes very confusing doc!

  • @amac6483
    @amac6483 3 місяці тому +9

    Does any one else find the whole situation surreal ?
    I know ow it was 1973 but the way the hostage takers and the hostages talk is, unreal.
    Can none of them work out what the repercussions of their actions were/ are ?

    • @omarfejzic2981
      @omarfejzic2981 2 місяці тому +1

      lead poisoning

    • @jethro1044
      @jethro1044 2 місяці тому

      Could be a number of things that clouded their judgment. The world really was a lot different 50+ years ago. We are in an Information Age where repercussions for actions like this or other crimes can be viewed daily, just a Google search away now.

  • @Latabrine
    @Latabrine 3 місяці тому +4

    Great documentary!

  • @darkcult99
    @darkcult99 2 місяці тому +3

    Excellent documentary 👍

  • @jodrizzly1766
    @jodrizzly1766 2 місяці тому +2

    This was so hard to follow between them jumping around between two guys who make no sense and stories or news in different languages. And they never just flat out tell the story.

  • @oldspecviews
    @oldspecviews 3 місяці тому +20

    Sad it took this to become a phenomenon it's written in stone now Stockholm syndrome.

    • @goat-eyes
      @goat-eyes 3 місяці тому +2

      Thank everything that you were here to provide such profundity and an absolutely necessary comment...
      🤦

    • @lovingmayberry307
      @lovingmayberry307 3 місяці тому +9

      ​@@goat-eyes
      Do you feel better about yourself now little man?

    • @TrggrWarning
      @TrggrWarning 3 місяці тому +1

      Really is always better than “history”

    • @TrggrWarning
      @TrggrWarning 3 місяці тому +1

      @@lovingmayberry307incels always jaded

    • @oldspecviews
      @oldspecviews 3 місяці тому

      @@TrggrWarning 🤔🤔🤔

  • @Bounty2223
    @Bounty2223 2 місяці тому

    The Netflix show about that man was insane

  • @PA_Cheddar
    @PA_Cheddar 3 місяці тому +9

    i’m confused, they were in prison together, attempted to use dynamite to escape, failed and ran into a bank and tried to rob it? and where did he get the gun?

    • @virginphoenician
      @virginphoenician 3 місяці тому +6

      Then after everything including all that only gets 10 years... wild

    • @Ashley_Marie23
      @Ashley_Marie23 2 місяці тому +2

      I'm confused about the dynamite 🧨 and the prison part too ...

    • @pippip9481
      @pippip9481 2 місяці тому +9

      Jan attempted the bank robbery on his own. Clark was bought in by the minister of justice with the promise of early release if he could help take Jan out.
      No clue why Clark didn’t follow through, but that is why he was acquitted, because the state had implicated him in the crime.

    • @whataboutthis10
      @whataboutthis10 6 днів тому

      Smh you guys need backstory for every detail. Did you get the point tho

  • @thomasb.smithjr.8401
    @thomasb.smithjr.8401 2 місяці тому +6

    Olaffson looks like a young Barry Gibb. Maybe if he had started singing, dunno, 'How Do You Mend A Broken Heart', he might've walked away ! He already had all those bank employee groupee fans ! LOL 😆

    • @leoniemary3850
      @leoniemary3850 2 місяці тому +2

      Well idk but older he looks like older Bjorn from ABBA imo

    • @thomasb.smithjr.8401
      @thomasb.smithjr.8401 2 місяці тому +2

      @@leoniemary3850 😊🤣!!!

    • @friend7897
      @friend7897 2 місяці тому

      ​@leoniemary3850 Maybe they are related. 😊

  • @josegers5989
    @josegers5989 3 місяці тому +13

    I can't understand the question Olof Palme asked the hostage: "Wouldn't it be nice for you to die .............???" 25:10

    • @myopinion378
      @myopinion378 3 місяці тому +9

      I think she says “on your post” … I guess trying to make her think it would be heroic to sacrifice their lives to put a stop to the robbers

    • @festungkurland9804
      @festungkurland9804 3 місяці тому +1

      @@myopinion378 Thank you that makes sense.

    • @TrggrWarning
      @TrggrWarning 3 місяці тому

      @@myopinion378he said

    • @TrggrWarning
      @TrggrWarning 3 місяці тому

      @@myopinion378otherwise yes.. heroic.

    • @myopinion378
      @myopinion378 3 місяці тому

      @@TrggrWarning technically it’s ’she said he said…’ 😝😁

  • @tdurb0
    @tdurb0 2 місяці тому +1

    I always wondered what Benny from ABBA did before the Eurovision Win…

  • @lapetitefleur3482
    @lapetitefleur3482 17 днів тому

    I didn't know how recent the origin of the phrase stolkholm syndrome was I thought the origins wouldv'e been like 1890s or 1910s

  • @RoboArc
    @RoboArc 2 місяці тому

    What did we learn? Anyone ?
    * ps the ending was super cute 🥰 they all saved each other tbh.

  • @qa1e2r4
    @qa1e2r4 21 день тому

    "Aren't you willing to die on your post?
    Come and die instead of me. I am a bank teller you are the prime minister...
    Time to serve your country!" rofl...

  • @enitachipoyi1377
    @enitachipoyi1377 2 місяці тому +3

    Both of them were narcissistic

    • @whataboutthis10
      @whataboutthis10 6 днів тому

      When you've only heard of 1 personality disorder:

  • @LilShrooms
    @LilShrooms Місяць тому

    why is there no subtitles for this for the life of me i can barely understand them… what is said at 26:57?

  • @hhdbhn302
    @hhdbhn302 2 місяці тому

    Ohhhh okay.... it's all that and the fact that Kirstin, Clark and Olaf were young and handsome. People who find each other attractive go easier on each other

    • @whataboutthis10
      @whataboutthis10 6 днів тому

      Dear this was heavy life, not a romance novel

  • @ConcreteAngelx3
    @ConcreteAngelx3 2 місяці тому

    Wait so Clark wasn’t actually the robber? They got him from jail because the robber requested it? I’m so confused. And then they are calling each other idiots, so were they friends or what?

  • @vanjamatic3972
    @vanjamatic3972 3 місяці тому +6

    ... "women, menstruation." Stockholm Syndrome 💖❤

  • @cea90
    @cea90 2 місяці тому

    Despicable Me: Rise of Gru vibes

  • @jessicajae7777
    @jessicajae7777 23 дні тому +3

    "He saved me, perhaps I saved him a bit too." That's a beautiful universe connection. People are not allowed to judge what they haven't been through. The universe and human connection, the electrical and magnetic and light/sound frequency all together make perception of energy created situations unique to those that experience it, to be the only experts. Do you understand what that implies? So no you're not entitled to judge any of these 6 people.

    • @nobodythatyouknow305
      @nobodythatyouknow305 17 днів тому

      That was a lot of BS im judging them all the way it is insane and unacceptable what they all did and planned to do. This woman who testifies in the video today is a real villian in disguise not everyone is as innocent as they seem. she is attracted to bad types of men to this day even.

  • @maryannallen9885
    @maryannallen9885 2 місяці тому

    I can’t believe this siege lasted for six days. Maybe it’s a European thing. And as far as the hostage takers go, when you’re caught you’re caught, give up! Smh

  • @MississippiREDstar
    @MississippiREDstar 2 місяці тому

    I smuggled in dynamite 😅

  • @bruce8554
    @bruce8554 3 місяці тому +3

    Well worth watching, thanks. Gotta love the Swedes.

    • @jaysonquinlan8406
      @jaysonquinlan8406 3 місяці тому

      He'll yeah! They're "Sweeeeeeeee-tde!"🫤😕
      Have a "Brit-chin" day!😖🙁
      😂

  • @garyc39
    @garyc39 3 місяці тому +1

    James Bond The World is not enough. Electra King(Sophie Marceau} falls in love with her kidnapper.Stockholm Syndrome.I thought she was Gorgeous.

  • @persia888
    @persia888 2 місяці тому

    Wow.

  • @chrisjeanneret5091
    @chrisjeanneret5091 3 місяці тому +4

    Similarities to the Patty Hearst case, she formed a relationship with her captors but went a step further and joined their cause.

    • @awesomebeautiful8782
      @awesomebeautiful8782 2 місяці тому

      Patty Hearst was a sheltered young woman who was raped by her kidnappers. Shame on you.

  • @leoniemary3850
    @leoniemary3850 2 місяці тому

    Weird story

  • @minenotyours212
    @minenotyours212 3 місяці тому

    Is Havana next?!

  • @mikecook7334
    @mikecook7334 3 місяці тому +7

    The passivity of these people is astounding… I mean everybody in this absurd story.

    • @lmm8960
      @lmm8960 2 місяці тому +3

      It’s insane when you consider their ancestors. Pathetic!

  • @billmcg1676
    @billmcg1676 3 місяці тому +3

    Good to know the robbery started on August 23th. I though for sure it was the 22th or 21th...

  • @HansDester
    @HansDester 21 день тому +1

    So many people in these comments have Stockholm Syndrome. Imagine defending the hostages for doing what they did. You are, in turn, defending the criminals. These weren't hostages struggling to survive, their weak mindset broke down and they gave up. That's what happened here.

    • @whataboutthis10
      @whataboutthis10 6 днів тому

      Nope, you're the one victim blaming and siding with oppression to feel stronger, you're the one with this Syndrome

  • @aracoixo3288
    @aracoixo3288 2 місяці тому +1

    🪙

  • @everalextx
    @everalextx 9 днів тому

    "'Savior' is too much...... 'Messiah' is better!" 😅😂🤣😭

  • @aracoixo3288
    @aracoixo3288 2 місяці тому +1

    ❤🎉😮

  • @yasinsharb9453
    @yasinsharb9453 2 місяці тому +1

    Swedish sounds like a language monty python would come up with.

  • @thenyloncurtain
    @thenyloncurtain 2 місяці тому

    ❤❤❤

  • @bryanbrewer4272
    @bryanbrewer4272 2 місяці тому

    fairly moist......

  • @daniellescrochet
    @daniellescrochet 2 місяці тому +197

    If a gunman takes you hostage and holds you prisoner for days and then propositions you for sex and you agree it's r@pe. Under those conditions consent is impossible. My heart breaks that she was blamed for what happened. She was just trying to survive and be able to get home to her kids.

  • @ooXChrissieXoo
    @ooXChrissieXoo 2 місяці тому +335

    Best part is Clark and Jan commenting on each other 😂 and also just their look you can clearly see who’s slightly more sane.

    • @ian.mikyska.94
      @ian.mikyska.94 2 місяці тому +7

      Really? Who's the sane one? :D

    • @ooXChrissieXoo
      @ooXChrissieXoo 2 місяці тому +11

      @@ian.mikyska.94 the one that remembered to comb his hair.

    • @D4v4-y6o
      @D4v4-y6o 21 день тому +8

      They're both psychopaths. Just different ways.

    • @JacobCross-js4uw
      @JacobCross-js4uw 21 день тому +6

      @@ooXChrissieXoo imagine actually thinking this......

    • @itzowenzxzx3945
      @itzowenzxzx3945 2 дні тому +2

      Just come to comment this myself the constant back and forth is hilarious

  • @michaelj.beglinjr.2804
    @michaelj.beglinjr.2804 3 місяці тому +806

    Those two guys certainly hate each other. Wow.

    • @Ze_Moose
      @Ze_Moose 2 місяці тому +13

      I don't know. It's really not that obvious

    • @sammyblaze4234
      @sammyblaze4234 2 місяці тому

      Both assholes in their own way

    • @adog3129
      @adog3129 Місяць тому +6

      @@Ze_Moose he called him stupid like 20 times for no reason

    • @averagejellybean7985
      @averagejellybean7985 Місяць тому +2

      @@adog3129Wooooosh

    • @mmdirtyworkz
      @mmdirtyworkz Місяць тому

      @@Ze_Moose wow, you're slow...

  • @amydavis4945
    @amydavis4945 2 місяці тому +432

    This was an incredible story. I hope Kirstin has come to understand she has nothing to apologize for, or to feel bad about. It was all about survival, and even after everything she still saw him as the one that protected her during the most terrifying time of her life. I had heard of the Stockholm Syndrome during the trial of Patty Hurst, and I knew then that it came from something else... but this is the first time I'd actually heard the story that was behind it. This was so well done, very candid, and I especially appreciated that the producer of this documentary let THEM tell their story. Thank you so much for uploading this!

    • @wavydavy9816
      @wavydavy9816 2 місяці тому +8

      It was really well put together wasn't it?
      What a great watch 🤗🏆

    • @RoboArc
      @RoboArc 2 місяці тому +1

      Survival and caught up in the moment. Yeah it happens. Especially in your early 20s 😂 I've been in a riot before lololol

    • @fj81191
      @fj81191 2 місяці тому +1

      She's too old to be feeling bad about this now.
      The police are not your friend, the state is not your friend.
      But it's really taking it too far to help the robbers or fall in love with them. You wouldn't be in this mess if not for them!

    • @A1readyDead
      @A1readyDead 2 місяці тому

      lol hell no.

    • @1a_Teko
      @1a_Teko 22 дні тому

      its wrong its not ok to fucking do that

  • @bnhietala
    @bnhietala 2 місяці тому +262

    This was fascinating! Kirstin says no one would understand her feelings for Clark because they weren't in that bank with they. From the sound of it, he helped her stay sane in a terrifying situation that he hadn't instigated, but was able to take control of with his experience. Especially when Jan is going off saying he's gonna kill the hostages if 'x,y,z' happens, and Clark is going, "Nevermind that idiot. Just sit here and you'll be fine." I've gotta say, it makes perfect sense to me.

    • @WR3ND
      @WR3ND 2 місяці тому +15

      🤔 It's like the reverse of the good cop, bad cop scenario.

    • @AA-hi8yx
      @AA-hi8yx 9 днів тому +1

      Huh?? She wasn't saved by him, she was in that situation BECAUSE of him.

    • @bnhietala
      @bnhietala 9 днів тому +2

      @@AA-hi8yx she was in that situation because of Jan, who demanded that Clark be brought to him to help after the fact.

    • @AA-hi8yx
      @AA-hi8yx 8 днів тому

      @@bnhietala Maybe I missed this because of their accents, but you're saying they didn't go into rob the bank together?

    • @alicia7053
      @alicia7053 8 днів тому +1

      ​@AA-hi8yx yeah, jan started robbing the bank and taking hostages by himself and one of his demands to the police was that he wanted Clark, whom he met in prison, to be brought to the bank from prison to assist him.
      It's still a little crazy to me that the authorities actually just brought a convict to an active robbery lmao, but my understanding is that they originally wanted to make a deal with Clark so that he stabs Jan to end the robbery or something. Clark didn't comply with that tho and ended up just being some kind of middleman that kept the communication up I believe

  • @vanjamatic3972
    @vanjamatic3972 3 місяці тому +267

    ... "I am stuck in the bank, I don't know when will I be home. You have to pick up the children from daycare, and there is food in the fridge."...

    • @veraaxoo
      @veraaxoo 2 місяці тому +37

      the absolute selflessness of that woman.

    • @janemiettinen5176
      @janemiettinen5176 2 місяці тому +28

      Thats Nordic practicality at work, we either get it from mother’s milk or learn it very young. If the sky falls, better find a way to live with it, as my grandmother used to say.

    • @ramluma
      @ramluma 2 місяці тому +2

      Talk about multi-tasking.

    • @NeuDiv-n1i
      @NeuDiv-n1i 2 місяці тому

      ​@@janemiettinen5176 bruh Nordic practically,,, so big headed, you're not the supreme race bruh every human mom had motherly instincts like stfu

    • @petrhorak3268
      @petrhorak3268 15 днів тому +2

      She knew her husband and he would probably forget to eat without her and that he has kids. She knew how men child think because she had one at home.

  • @liad0x
    @liad0x 2 місяці тому +19

    The first 2 minutes already disgust me. The victim is still traumatised, even 50 years later shes shaking, she says. One of the bank robber describes it as "a party starting", how he wanted the police to think hes super dangerous, how he shot up into the ceiling. Sick person. I wish him all the worst.

  • @iricandescence
    @iricandescence 2 місяці тому +100

    Subtitles would have been nice, but great upload, thanks!

    • @lvseka
      @lvseka 2 місяці тому +8

      You have the subs when they are talking in Swedish.

    • @DigitalReplicant
      @DigitalReplicant 2 місяці тому +28

      @@lvseka I think they mean closed caption. It would be nice for when the speak in English because their accents are very thick and hard to understand sometimes.

  • @tantoquejodeoiga1197
    @tantoquejodeoiga1197 3 місяці тому +124

    Clark is a sociopath in denial

    • @msannthrope1863
      @msannthrope1863 3 місяці тому +7

      Agreed

    • @QPRTokyo
      @QPRTokyo 3 місяці тому +5

      Definitely

    • @QPRTokyo
      @QPRTokyo 3 місяці тому +2

      Looks like Clark lives in an attic. 😂

    • @TrggrWarning
      @TrggrWarning 3 місяці тому +11

      Clark was the reason everyone survived.

    • @TrggrWarning
      @TrggrWarning 3 місяці тому +2

      @@QPRTokyoBetter than your mom’s basement

  • @enragedfurbie128
    @enragedfurbie128 3 місяці тому +158

    Finally, some context in a quality documentary 👌

  • @TreasureHuntingNana
    @TreasureHuntingNana 3 місяці тому +208

    I think it is an extreme case of " keeping your friends close, and your enemies even closer" Make friends with the robbers so they see you as humans and they are less likely to want to harm you.

    • @tightcamper
      @tightcamper 3 місяці тому

      Keep them close, yes, but don't fall in love with them and start having sex!!

    • @camillawiking
      @camillawiking 3 місяці тому +9

      I wish you were right because that perspective would mean these people were smart; but they were only emotional an naive.

    • @clare9637
      @clare9637 3 місяці тому +2

      How wrong can you be!!!

    • @TreasureHuntingNana
      @TreasureHuntingNana 2 місяці тому +8

      @@clare9637 I don't know but I'm sure you can tell me.

    • @Whosaids0
      @Whosaids0 2 місяці тому

      It's easy to waste your life in a hurry.

  • @brIceni-x4w
    @brIceni-x4w 3 місяці тому +81

    Having watched and enjoyed the Netflix series 'Clark' based on Olofssons' life, it's very interesting to see the real people and how accurately the movie matches the first hand recollections here. This documentary makes me want to recommend the series even more.

    • @isaacshaver6218
      @isaacshaver6218 3 місяці тому +3

      Thank u

    • @mrvelleful
      @mrvelleful 3 місяці тому +5

      I dont know how trustworthy this documentary is. Im not saying that its deliberately misleading or manipulating, but there are several things that dont match what I heard/read in other places. Eg every other source I have read says that the police simply used tear gas. Sincerely.

    • @VensVibrantNailsandBeauty
      @VensVibrantNailsandBeauty 2 місяці тому +8

      ​@@mrvellefulAnother case of a person not believing the firsthand accounting of people's lived experience. 🙄

    • @mrvelleful
      @mrvelleful 2 місяці тому +10

      @@VensVibrantNailsandBeautyEven WITHIN THIS DOCUMENTARY, they cant agree what the truth is. So yes, of course Im critical about their accounts. You should be too :)

    • @LiquidShivaz
      @LiquidShivaz 2 місяці тому +4

      Thank you for the heads up. I’ve found this documentary absolutely fascinating, gonna check the nf series out

  • @SanGreal-Hanna
    @SanGreal-Hanna 3 місяці тому +97

    First time I heard of this was when Patty Hearst was kidnapped.
    I never knew where the term came from. Thanks for the video.

    • @mynameiseve.1
      @mynameiseve.1 2 місяці тому +3

      Check out the documentary of the hostage situation of gladbeck (germany). absolutely heartbreaking, WILD thing that happened there!

    • @Juggernaut365
      @Juggernaut365 25 днів тому +1

      @@mynameiseve.1i’ll look it up now! Thanks for the suggestion!

    • @mynameiseve.1
      @mynameiseve.1 25 днів тому

      ​@@Juggernaut365yes!!! Its crazy and interesting and devastating and shocking. Pls let me know what you thought of it!!

    • @cddkerh4849
      @cddkerh4849 20 днів тому

      She was a rich girl that played her cards right

  • @myopinion378
    @myopinion378 3 місяці тому +95

    This was fascinating! I never knew the history behind the term Stockholm syndrome…very interesting

    • @TrggrWarning
      @TrggrWarning 3 місяці тому +2

      Reality sure is better.

    • @LeifEriccson43
      @LeifEriccson43 2 місяці тому

      What's even more interesting is "Stockholm Syndrome" isn't even real.

  • @bro5800
    @bro5800 2 місяці тому +28

    In Sweden I did not know why Clark Olofsson was hated by many and loved by others.I think I can understand now.

  • @oluchukwuobi-njoku2204
    @oluchukwuobi-njoku2204 2 місяці тому +13

    I wish this had subtitles, because i miss some words, and I can't continue replaying the same shot to understand what was said.

  • @thomaskifleiesus7340
    @thomaskifleiesus7340 3 місяці тому +35

    What a story ..1973 , different times yet not so different from today

    • @PoolsideData
      @PoolsideData 2 місяці тому

      true -- the horrible liberal governments allowed these monsters out to walk the streets.

  • @kittygoesWOOF
    @kittygoesWOOF 3 місяці тому +43

    Add captions. You just need to allow auto-generated CC.

    • @sammyblaze4234
      @sammyblaze4234 2 місяці тому

      I think that's on youtube because two different languages are spoken

  • @nobodythatyouknow305
    @nobodythatyouknow305 17 днів тому +3

    This is so wild that they're all out roaming free too

  • @wolf73371
    @wolf73371 2 місяці тому +12

    It's intersting to see how these two guys hate each other. Just bad mouthing the other when they can. And I'm surprised it happened relatively recently. I thought it would have been around much longer than it has. At least a known name for it,

  • @Insomniac_tv
    @Insomniac_tv 3 місяці тому +14

    I thought this was gonna be another copy paste documentary but realizing the bank robber is in it changed my mind

  • @olivegrove2615
    @olivegrove2615 3 місяці тому +21

    The one thing I have never been able to do is talk about the night terrors, "left-overs"of my traumatic experiences.

    • @OrangeDurito
      @OrangeDurito 2 місяці тому +3

      I can relate to this a lot. The left-overs are more severe than actually going through a traumatic experience in the moment.

  • @paracleteconsult8677
    @paracleteconsult8677 2 місяці тому +5

    I wiash Clark Oloffson would really tell us how he felt about Jan Olson,

  • @Stuff_I_Watch
    @Stuff_I_Watch 2 місяці тому +11

    Well Clark Olofsson certainly loves the sound of his own voice. He is a sociopath & narcissist. (Forgive the outdated terminology, but it was still in use at the time).
    This was a very well written & directed documentary.
    Kirstin - flight, fight, freeze…. You FOUGHT for your own survival. You were gaslit by both sides. Even the Prime Minister expected you to give up your life willingly!! You hadn’t entered the military, or the police. This wasn’t war. You worked as a BANK CASHIER!! That decision should never have been yours to make.
    Please forgive yourself, nobody thinks badly of you. 🕊️

  • @AmbiCahira
    @AmbiCahira 2 місяці тому +22

    I want to leave a comment for the none Swedish comment section lurkers. Sweden especially back then was very community minded where you don't just work on every man for themselves but for everyone which is why the promise to return weighed so heavily. You have a lot of collab and teamwork in schools so you are from a young age in it together so when you are in it together you get out of it together. As messed up as this might sound the robbers are human too with the same childhood experiences and they too have parents that want them home safe so wishing no bloodspill on the already traumatic day makes sense to me. The robbers can face justice in jail without dying, the event is stressful and traumatic enough already and wishing people to die in front of me would just bring sorrow upon their family, solving it peacefully was the right battle to take imo. Kicki was very brave through it all.

  • @Sal-dj7gf
    @Sal-dj7gf 2 місяці тому +10

    These ladies are amazing. And their behaviour is totally not what i was expecting under stockholm syndrom.

  • @PattMcCrotch
    @PattMcCrotch 3 місяці тому +14

    I’m having trouble understanding most of them. Some English subtitles would help even though they are speaking English! 😅

  • @leinonibishop9480
    @leinonibishop9480 25 днів тому +2

    the amount of ppl in the comments that got stockholm syndrom just from watching this video and think the robbers did nothing wrong and the police were the bad guys is mind boggling.

    • @CheekieCharlie
      @CheekieCharlie 23 дні тому +2

      To be fair; Clark thought Jan was being reckless and that no one needed to die who was innocent, so he's at least got some sort of heart in there

    • @AA-hi8yx
      @AA-hi8yx 9 днів тому +1

      ​@@CheekieCharlieHow does it feel to get Stockholm Syndrome from a youtube documentary?

    • @couldntbeme7385
      @couldntbeme7385 6 днів тому +1

      @@AA-hi8yxempathy isn’t Stockholm syndrome, lack of empathy however is psychopathic behavior so maybe get checked out.

    • @AA-hi8yx
      @AA-hi8yx 2 дні тому +1

      @@couldntbeme7385 Not sure where you got the idea that I was conflating empathy and Stockholm Syndrome. Maybe get that checked out

    • @couldntbeme7385
      @couldntbeme7385 2 дні тому

      @@AA-hi8yx “How does it feel to get Stockholm syndrome from a UA-cam comment documentary” That is your own comment.
      I was saying in response to your comment that he is not experiencing Stockholm syndrome he was experiencing empathy.
      Based upon your lack of understanding for empathy, ( my evidence being clearly you confuse it with syndromes ) you are either A, a psychopath, or B, a child.

  • @garyc39
    @garyc39 3 місяці тому +42

    Pretty sad when your more afraid of the police than the robbers.

    • @petrhorak3268
      @petrhorak3268 15 днів тому +1

      I think you didn’t quite understand the documentary. They were still afraid of the robber in the first place. It was the unstable-psychopath with his hand on the gun who decided to kill or not. Hostages just tried to survive in a fear for their lives.

  • @anthonydepontes2295
    @anthonydepontes2295 3 місяці тому +35

    This was one of the best documentaries I had watched thanks for the upload😉 much love from South Africa 💯

  • @kateackerman4003
    @kateackerman4003 3 місяці тому +59

    Kristen, dear, you have nothing at all to apologize for. You were working. ...all in a days work, babe.
    Seriously, all you did was do what you needed to do to survive, (you big smartie pants!)!! Much love and compassion from an American friend!!

    • @newmannewmanz7110
      @newmannewmanz7110 2 місяці тому

      Cults have women for a reason, they are easy for crooks &creeps

    • @creon3866
      @creon3866 19 днів тому +2

      She can’t see this you know. She’s also not a kid so don’t talk to her like she is it’s incredibly cringey and disrespectful.

    • @tisen.
      @tisen. 19 днів тому

      "big smartie pants" she is an adult

    • @whataboutthis10
      @whataboutthis10 6 днів тому +1

      This person needs more therapy than Kristin did

  • @ctlo4403
    @ctlo4403 2 місяці тому +12

    This is an awesome documentary. Thank you.

  • @baker3794
    @baker3794 2 місяці тому +8

    The offers on guy calling everyone an idiot is great😅

  • @ec9833
    @ec9833 3 місяці тому +6

    The syndrome, today, the criteria for it, it’s just not what had occurred on that day. That day…was a revealing day where, just like today and eons before that day, the systems of power over were seen for the heartless, careless systems they are. These systems can never be anything else. That’s not their design, by design. You know who did and still to this day does fit the criteria FAR more if not exact…are those that work for, within those systems, below those that control them. They align with their captor…these real criminals & liars & manipulators that have captured all of us, their minions being some of us. They decide that these captors are the good guy when they commit crimes against all of us, all of them, their families and communities everyday. That’s who fits the description of the syndrome…not ppl who come to a rational understanding that those that are there to protect them, are not going to protect them. They’re going to endanger them. And the bank robbers were literally safer, more caring, more attentive, listening and affected by their words and emotions, than those in uniform, conditioned and controlled by the real enemy.

    • @ctrotter5447
      @ctrotter5447 2 місяці тому

      That's what I've been recently concluding. It seems the world is experiencing a form of "Mass Stockholm Syndrome," being overwhelmed by current events. The financial assaults and power grabs and feeling powerless to change it, many are embracing the enemy's goals at their own peril.

  • @mileshewitt7515
    @mileshewitt7515 Місяць тому +9

    The doctors description of it at 30:00 really puts it all together for me. Imagine being stuck in a room with a single window and with someone whos holding you at gunpoint. You'd initially be in a state of severe stress and trauma and as this persists your mind needs to find some sort of solace, so when the gunman eventually stops holding you at gunpoint and now only threatens you when a policeman is in the window you would begin attributing your stress towards the police and find security in your captor. Add on the hundreds of police outside, it would be easy to see how they could have they could see the police as the enemy.

  • @demar1496
    @demar1496 2 місяці тому +10

    I never knew before the dynamics of the standoff. This wasn't just cops vs robbers. It was 2 robbers, one roped into the deal, with different agendas and expectations. And cops and politicians also with disparate goals. In this 4 way power struggle, hostage alignment sided with what may have been the sanest voice, even if it was telling manipulative lies. What a story.

  • @Dave-id6sj
    @Dave-id6sj 2 місяці тому +5

    This certainly gave some insight into the nitty gritty of the situation, and how the hostages made sure that they would survive by ensuring they were showing their humanity and how difficult it would be too unalive them if it got nasty, this situation would never arise in a situation with certain religiously motivated terrorists who are all about the fear and carnage and who would never act the way these two offenders did. I think there was also a bit of "reverse" syndrome here, the offenders were also empathetic to the hostages as well as the vice versa. I dare to say it, but these were civilised offenders in a civilised country, had it been other places it would have turned out differently.

    • @whataboutthis10
      @whataboutthis10 6 днів тому

      As long as he's white speaking the great English whispering "all gonna be good y'know" softly in your ear, you'll be glad he chose you

  • @alanfaulkner6329
    @alanfaulkner6329 2 місяці тому +2

    And now the whole country has Stockholm syndrome.

  • @GorVala
    @GorVala Місяць тому +1

    This for sure would not work out in Texas😂

  • @Sammasambuddha
    @Sammasambuddha 3 місяці тому +25

    Needs subtitles.

    • @dkkuhn87
      @dkkuhn87 3 місяці тому +2

      Complain more

    • @Sammasambuddha
      @Sammasambuddha 3 місяці тому +9

      @dkkuhn87
      What you see in others you've failed to see in yourself. Red pill bro.

    • @moffat5914
      @moffat5914 3 місяці тому

      @@Sammasambuddha do you some crack or something?

  • @jaberhassan7916
    @jaberhassan7916 3 місяці тому +23

    Minute 26: and this is what is Stockholm syndrome ,show them how the police didn’t care.

    • @PsalmCourier
      @PsalmCourier 2 місяці тому

      And the culminating half of the story where the abused start to fall in love with their abusers.

  • @NGabunchanumbers
    @NGabunchanumbers 2 місяці тому +3

    That's a fucking crazy title man, nice.

  • @masonlittle2089
    @masonlittle2089 25 днів тому +1

    “There was 50 police!!”
    *had a ‘machine’ gun, pistol, dynamite, hostages*

  • @JillHamilton-Brice
    @JillHamilton-Brice 2 місяці тому +3

    Gosh, the perpetrators positioning themselves as the heroes in this story, in a drama of their own making, with absolute zero insight.

    • @CheekieCharlie
      @CheekieCharlie 23 дні тому

      To be fair the police sent Clark in there to diffuse the situation and save some people

    • @whataboutthis10
      @whataboutthis10 6 днів тому

      @@CheekieCharlie also he actually had insight. Remember he engineered the meet-up with police in a way that she felt abandoned.
      He might had been surprised, but he saw what and how it was happening

  • @InkiWinki
    @InkiWinki 3 місяці тому +3

    good research ! good Interviews get the Predators talking. must know all Generations. is human. can Happen anywhere anstimme

  • @ray32245mv
    @ray32245mv Місяць тому +3

    Ok, I have to comment on this after being given the actual situation.
    Clark did not take those women hostage. He was sent IN by the State after the situation had already began, and by all accounts he brought the temp down and contributed to a successful resolution. So for a woman to take to him in there, well, I'm sorry, I don't find that to be some kind of syndrome. She took to a man who did the job he was sent in by the state to do, whether the state continued to approve of his work or not, that is how he came to be there. Also, basically every hostage/prisoner in every situation cooperates to some degree, or they just get killed. So far as the woman who willingly went for Jan, well if that is true, that could be something.

    • @petrhorak3268
      @petrhorak3268 15 днів тому +1

      Women who went to Jan tried to save their lives and played their role to remain alive.

    • @whataboutthis10
      @whataboutthis10 6 днів тому

      As has been pointed out in other comments, her action was far from free.
      And no, this is a next level of 'collaboration', they got attached. If it was an act, they would turn the moment they were rescued

    • @ray32245mv
      @ray32245mv 6 днів тому

      @@whataboutthis10"stockholm syndrome" describes a hostage becoming romantically involved with their captor. but Clark did not capture anyone. therefore any of the women developing feelings for him does not fit the definition of Stockholm. any developing for Jan would, however. just not clark.

  • @CheekieCharlie
    @CheekieCharlie 23 дні тому +1

    This is the fawn of fight, flight, freeze, or fawn