The Inspiration for 'Stranger Things' Came from an Unsolved Government Conspiracy

Some Direct Inspiration

The creators of Stranger Things, Matt and Russ Duffer, used “The Montauk Project: Experiments in Time” as the basis for their show. They originally wanted to set the story to be set near Long Island, but they were threatened by a plagiarization lawsuit before they could even get the idea out of the boardroom. Instead, they decided to switch the location to Indiana...

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