Fallout 3: How Vault 92's Experiment on Subliminal Messaging Went Horribly Wrong

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Vault 92 of Fallout 3 is one of the explorable vaults in the Capital Wasteland. For those interested in seeing it themselves, it is located northwest of Old Olney and burrowed into a subterranean cavern.

Should the player wander into this vault in Fallout 3, they’ll learn of the deceptive experiments that ultimately led to the vault residents’ end. It’s also where the Lone Wanderer can find the Soil Stradivarius violin for the quest “Agatha’s Song.”

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Vault 92 finished construction in 2068. It was built to house 245 people for a duration of 100 years. By the time the bombs fell in 2077, Vault-Tec already had a considerable lineup of individuals, ready to begin their new lives underground. However, what sets this group of people apart from residents from vaults is the fact that they’re all musicians. All of them had been chosen specifically so that they could preserve classical music from the time before the Great War in Fallout 3. To assist them in doing this, Vault-Tec provided their new home with musical instruments, sound equipment, and recording facilities.

That said, musical preservation wasn’t Vault-Tec’s only planned experiment for Vault 92 in Fallout 3. They also wanted to test the effectiveness of white noise as a means of subliminal messaging and suggestion. The residents were not aware of this and would be exposed to a low-frequency white noise anytime they entered a sound booth. Vault staff who knew about the white noise experiment even prevented the vault residents from getting personal audio listening equipment to ensure that they went to the sound booths to listen to music.

Professor Malleus, a vault scientist in Fallout 3, was pleased with the initial