Stanford Prison Experiment Turned Students Into Monsters

Added: 2026-05-24

[00:00:00]In 1971, a Stanford professor built a fake prison in the basement of the psychology building. He randomly [music] picked college students to be guards or prisoners. It was supposed to last 2 weeks. Within hours, the guards started stripping prisoners naked, [music] making them do push-ups, denying them food. By day two, prisoners were having mental breakdowns. The guards weren't acting anymore. [music] They were enjoying it. One prisoner had to be released after 36 hours of screaming. The experiment was shut down after just 6 days. It proved something terrifying about human nature. Give ordinary people power over others, and they become monsters.