The Bystander Effect

Podcast: Disturbing History · Disturbing History-True Stories

Opublikowano: 2026-09-16

On March 27, 1964, The New York Times published a story that would become one of the most famous examples of human indifference ever told. According to the report, 38 people in Queens watched as 28-year-old Kitty Genovese was stalked and attacked for more than half an hour, and not one of them called police or came to help. The story spread across the country and eventually helped inspire decades of research into what became known as the bystander effect. But much of the story was wrong. In this episode of Disturbing History, Brian goes back to the night...