Held Hostage in Stockholm: The Bank Robbery That Changed Psychology Forever
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Four hostages. One armed robber. Six days inside a Stockholm bank vault.
What unfolded in Sweden in 1973 wasn’t just a crime. It was a psychological phenomenon the world had never seen before.
As police surrounded the bank and negotiations dragged on, the hostages began to fear law enforcement more than the man holding them captive. They refused to testify against him. They defended his actions. They even raised money for his legal defence.
This baffling response would later be labelled Stockholm Syndrome.
In this Crime at Bedtime episode, we reconstruct the infamous Stockholm bank robbery step by step. The robber’s plan, the police missteps, the emotional pressure inside the vault, and the aftermath that reshaped psychology, hostage negotiation, and criminal profiling forever.
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