A new docuseries challenges half a century's worth of received wisdom about the influential social psychology study

We’re talking about a social-science experiment called “the Stanford Prison Experiment” that, for decades, has been used by nihilists as concrete evidence that all humans are secretly sadistic beasts. A new three-part Nat Geo series, The Stanford ...

The Stanford Prison Experiment remains one of psychology’s most controversial studies, exploring how ordinary people might adopt cruel behaviors when placed in positions of authority. But was it really just that,

A new National Geographic series will feature interviews with former prisoners and guards from the infamous Stanford Prison Experiment that took place in 1971.

The production embarks on a gripping, ticking-clock journey through the six-day Stanford Prison Experiment with incredible reveals, new subjects and a smoking-gun archive.