<P> Stranger Things is set in the fictional rural town of Hawkins , Indiana , during the early 1980s . The nearby Hawkins National Laboratory ostensibly performs scientific research for the United States Department of Energy , but secretly does experiments into the paranormal and supernatural , including those that involve human test subjects . These start to affect the unknowing residents of Hawkins in calamitous ways . </P>
<P> Stranger Things is set in the fictional rural town of Hawkins , Indiana , during the early 1980s . The nearby Hawkins National Laboratory ostensibly performs scientific research for the United States Department of Energy , but secretly does experiments into the paranormal and supernatural , including those that involve human test subjects . These start to affect the unknowing residents of Hawkins in calamitous ways . </P>
when does stranger things season 1 take place
when does stranger things season 1 take place
early 1980s
early 1980s