Ep. #52 - What If "Stranger Things" Really Happened? Pt. 2 - [MK Ultra]

The What If? Podcast

Spencer Wirth-Davis & Ryan Kopperud

Society & Culture

4.6 • 668 Ratings

🗓️ 27 October 2017

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

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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0:00.0	Welcome to the What If Podcast with your host, Spencer, with Davis and Ryan Copperood.
0:06.9	And we back, and we back, and we back, and we back.
0:10.5	We're recording this on Wednesday, but it's coming out on Friday, so hopefully you're watching
0:14.5	Stranger Things, and it's the best thing ever.
0:16.5	Hopefully, hopefully you watch Stranger Things first before you listen to us.
0:23.9	No, it's like a fun little preview because we haven't seen it yet either.
0:27.1	That's true.
0:28.0	And I guess it's going to come out on Friday morning.
0:30.0	And I bet like a lot of people are going to have to go to work on Friday.
0:32.8	And then as soon as they get done from work, they're going to lock all their doors and drop all their shades,
0:37.9	and they're going to watch.
0:39.1	Quit your jobs and watch Netflix and make podcasts.
0:44.2	That's going to be their next brand, like, tagline,
0:47.0	quit your job for Netflix.
0:49.0	You're just going to start their own cult.
0:50.5	You're not Netflixing hard enough if you have a job.
0:54.5	What?
0:56.0	You know, speaking of joining cults, did you listen to that episode of Heaven's Gate yet?
1:03.2	I have not heard it yet.
1:04.4	Did you do any more digging?
1:06.9	Well, there's only one episode, but that one episode is phenomenal.
1:10.9	Okay.
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