Factual error: During the police pursuit in Pittsburgh, the officers are wearing shoulder speaker/microphone handsets. The models are the Motorola Saber radio, which wasn't introduced until 1989, while the season takes place in 1984.
Stranger Things (2016)
1 factual error in Chapter One: MADMAX
Starring: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard, Dacre Montgomery
Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street - S1-E2
Factual error: When Steve and Nancy are making out, the intro to "A Hazy Shade of Winter" by The Bangles plays. While the original version of the song was released by folk-pop duo Simon and Garfunkel was released in 1968, the version heard here was released in 1986, 3 years after the scene takes place. (00:52:30 - 00:55:40)
Mike Wheeler: Mom, if anyone asks where I am, I've left the country.
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Chapter Four: The Body - S1-E4
Question: Where did the body of Will come from? And why was it stuffed full of cotton?
Answer: The body was fake, made by the scientists at Hawkins Lab in an attempt to cover up his disappearance and the existence of the Upside Down.