The Dark Side of Science: The Robbers Cave Experiment 1954 (Short Documentary)

The real-life Lord of the Flies or the Robbers Cave experiment took place in 1954 in Robbers Cave State Park, Oklahoma, with 22 children.

The experiment conducted by Muzafer Sherif and Carolyn Wood Sherif sought to see what would happen if two groups kept separate from one another would produce friction.

It is the first example of a study focusing on intergroup behavior, but the results showed that the two groups of children were fighting, stealing, and burning flags.