While Eddie Munson of “Stranger Things” may seem like a guy we all knew, he was actually based on a real person.
The Metallica-loving character of the Netflix series’ fourth season was based on writer Damien Echols.
Echols was part of the West Memphis Three, a group of teens convicted of murder in Arkansas in the ’90s.
“Stranger Things’s Eddie Munson, played by Joseph Quinn, became one of the breakout characters of the show’s most recent season,” reads an article from BuzzFeed. “His storyline, which involves him being accused of a murder he didn’t commit because of his love for playing Dungeons & Dragons with the Hellfire Club, was inspired by Damien Echols, who was similarly accused of murder in 1994 as part of the West Memphis Three.”
Damien Echols was released from prison in 2011. Does this information surprise you? What other characters from TV and movies have interesting backgrounds?
