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5 Real-Life Events That Inspired Stranger Things

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VOICE OVER: Patrick Mealey WRITTEN BY: Joshua Garvin Truth is stranger than fiction... and sometimes it's the source! Join us as we explore the disturbing government experiments, conspiracy theories, and cultural phenomena that inspired the world of Hawkins Lab. Our countdown includes psychic spies, mind control programs, and mass hysteria that are even more chilling because they actually happened! From CIA's Project MKUltra and its horrifying mind control experiments to the military's Stargate Project that trained "psychic spies" to the Montauk conspiracy theories that originally inspired the Duffer Brothers. We'll also examine how Cold War paranoia and the Satanic Panic shaped the show's storytelling. Think we missed a story straight out of the Upside Down? Leave your strangest theories in the comments below! read more...

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