The X-Files Season 2 episode “Duane Barry” was based on the true story of Phineas Gage. Gage was a 19th-century railway worker who had a metal rod driven through his brain. He somehow survived, but it ...

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Some of the best fiction is based in reality, and these are excellent examples of compelling scripted television inspired by actual events.

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’ ...