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The real-life military experiment that inspired 'Stranger Things'

Among others, “Stranger Things” most prominently draws from Project MKUltra and the unconfirmed Montauk Project, combining documented history with conspiracy-laden folklore to create something that ...
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Is Stranger Things based on true stories? Secret CIA experiments and real-life horrors that inspired Hawkins

Is Stranger Things based on a true story? For those who have followed the series through the streets of Hawkins, Indiana, the answer is darker and more unsettling than fiction. The Duffer Brothers’ ...