Part two of our series on the myths, legends, and stories that influenced Netflix's hit show Stranger Things. MK Ultra is referenced in Stranger Things season 1, and it is implied that Eleven’s superpowers are the result of MK Ultra experiments on her mother, Terry Ives. MK Ultra was a very real CIA program that ran from 1953–1973. The program involved more than 150 human experiments involving psychedelic drugs, paralytics and electroshock therapy.

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