The Heist - Derren Brown

In the show Derren Brown used his skills on selected participants who answered an ad. Under the guise of a motivational seminar Brown eventually got participants to rob a security van - in what was ultimately an elaborate set up. The robbery involved holding up a security van and guard played by an actor with a realistic-looking toy pistol that Brown had given them earlier and taking a case filled with real money from him. Four people were selected to carry out the robbery from an initial field of thirteen with three of them actually carrying out the robbery . The idea was that after the conditioning they received they would voluntarily rob the van of their own accord. There was no mention of the crime to the participants and they were not directly instructed to do it. The three that did it did so as a result of the conditioning and their own choice not instructions from any third party including Brown.

Veoh | January 22, 2008

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