Kidnapped Heiress Joined Her Captors Army

Hinzugefügt: 2026-05-27

[00:00:00]In 1974, 19-year-old Patty Hearst was America's princess, granddaughter of a media empire, Berkeley student, perfect life. Then the SLA kicked down her door.

[00:00:11]The Symbionese Liberation Army dragged her from her apartment, threw her in a closet. For 57 days, they broke her mind piece by piece, blindfolded, sexually assaulted, told her family had abandoned her. They recorded her screams, sent the tapes to her parents, but then something horrifying happened. Patty stopped screaming. She took the name Tania, picked up an assault rifle, robbed banks alongside her captors.

[00:00:36]>> [music] >> Security cameras caught it all.

[00:00:38]America's sweetheart, gun in hand, shouting revolutionary slogans. The FBI couldn't believe it. Her own family couldn't believe it. But Patty Hearst had become a true believer. When they finally caught her, she gave her occupation as urban guerrilla. The SLA had done the impossible. They'd erased the person and built someone new. If it could happen to her, it could happen to anyone. Your mind isn't as strong as you think.