Stranger Things: Halloween

Stranger Things continue to impress, this time in the town of Hawkins, Indiana where the show is set.

Brenda Wood; the local newsreader, presented her live Minute by Minute TV show as usual on Halloween yesterday, until the end of the broadcast, which finished in an intriguing twist. Without any hint of a change, she finished with two news stories dealing directly with happenings in the hit-TV show Stranger Things.

First, she discussed a missing persons case; she reported that a girl named Barb (the fan-favourite, mum jean-wearing, geeky character from the series) had disappeared without a trace having last been seen by best friend Nancy. She requested that if anyone has any information, they needed to get in touch asap.

Second, Wood told viewers that local superstore Bradley’s Big Buy had been shoplifted by an unknown young girl before showing CCTV footage on air of supernatural character Eleven wandering past the shelves stealing an “unprecedented number of Eggo waffles” (her iconic favourite food).

She finalised the report by telling viewers to avoid Mirkwood this Halloween.

A nice stunt by Netflix, and one that simply whets the appetite of Stranger Things fans for the release of the next series. Watch it here.