The following is a comprehensive list of articles and news outlets featured within the world of Stranger Things.
List of articles
- "Elvis Cloned By Aliens" - from 19??
- "3 Dead as Police Probe Grisly Scene" - March 18, 1959
- "Victor Creel Claims: Ancient Demon Killed Family" - March 26, 1959
- "Creel Found Guilty" - from March 1959
- "The Boy Who Came Back to Life" - from November(?) 1983
- "Scandal Rocks Small Town" - July 11, 1985
- "Mayor Under Fire! - Hawkins makes headlines across the nation" - July 12, 1985
- "Thirty Dead" - July 15, 1985
- "Citizens Demand Justice" - from July 1985
- "Government Corruption: Citizens Reeling After Alleged Cover Up" - from July 1985
Print publications
Chicago Sun-Times
A Chicago-based paper that once employed Murray Bauman as a journalist.
Indiana Chronicle
A paper discussing the hot-button issues affecting Indiana citizens.
Issues
- "Citizens Demand Justice" - from July 1985.
- "Government Corruption: Citizens Reeling After Alleged Cover Up" - from July 1985.
Indianapolis Gazette
An Indianapolis-based publication established in the 1950s, which later reported on the Starcourt Mall fire in July 1985.
Issues
- "3 Dead as Police Probe Grisly Scene" - from March 18, 1959
- "Thirty Dead" - from July 15, 1985
The Hawkins Post
A established and renown local paper. Tom Holloway, Bruce Lowe, Chuck Bailey, Nancy Wheeler and Jonathan Byers were all among the staff, at various points.
Journal Tribune
"The Paper for the People".
Issues
- "Scandal Rocks Small Town" - from July 11, 1985
- "Mayor Under Fire! - Hawkins makes headlines across the nation" - from July 12, 1985
Roane Daily Citizen
A daily newspaper discussing news in Roane County.
Issues
- "Creel Found Guilty" - from March 1959
The Weekly Streak
The Weekly Streak was a student-run newspaper based at Hawkins High School. The Streak's contributors included Nancy Wheeler and Fred Benson.
The Weekly Watcher
The Weekly Watcher was a fringe newspaper notorious for peddling conspiracy theories.
Issues
- "Elvis Cloned By Aliens"
- "Victor Creel Claims: Ancient Demon Killed Family" - from March 26, 1959
Television broadcasts and stations
CBS News
A CBS News van was parked at the Hawkins town square following the disastrous "earthquake" of March 27, 1986.
WCPK-TV
Local Indiana station 4-WCPK ran a promo for "Horror in the Heartland", an investigative "Cutting Edge" report diving into various controversies plaguing Hawkins. "Horror in the Heartland" was set to broadcast at 8pm, on an unspecified date in October 1985.
Cutting Edge
The promo for Cutting Edge promised "Horror in the Heartland" would explore the following:
- The Starcourt "mall-fire".
- The corruption scandal involving Mayor Kline.
- Mysterious deaths of Hawkins residents.
- Conspiracies involving government cover-ups, a bizarre chemical leak, and the mysterious Hawkins Lab.
- "Some believe a rise in Satanism is to blame." - the Satanic panic/Dungeons & Dragons conspiracy.
5-WIYZ
5-WIYZ was a local Indiana channel that ran low-key news and weather programming.