Buried in History #007.1: Stanford Prison Experiment Pt. 1

Coffins & Confessions · Sep 21, 2026 · 29m

In 1971, a psychology experiment at Stanford University set out to explore a simple but unsettling question: what happens when ordinary people are placed into the roles of prisoners and guards? What followed would become one of the most famous, and controversial, psychological experiments in history. The Stanford Prison Experiment was designed by psychologist Philip Zimbardo and his team to simulate life inside a prison. The experiment became famous for appearing to demonstrate how quickly people could adopt abusive behavior when placed in positions of authority. But decades later…