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

In August 1971, at the tail end of summer break, the Stanford psychology professor Philip Zimbardo recruited two dozen male college students for what was advertised as “a psychological study of prison life.” The basement of a university building was ...

Through unparalleled access, National Geographic's latest docuseries embarks on a gripping journey through the six-day Stanford Prison Experiment with a deluge of reveals, new subjects and a smoking-gun archive.

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.