Stranger
Things
Season
4's
finale
episode
has
fans
in
tears
when
Eddie
Munson
died
protecting
others
in
the
Upside
Down.
The
beloved
character
also
saw
an
emotional
arc
throughout
season
4
and
left
fans
stunned
by
shredding
Metallica's
Master
of
Puppets
right
in
Vecna's
backyard.
Now,
Netflix
has
revealed
that
the
character
has
a
special
connection
to
Hollywood
actor
Johnny
Depp.
According
to
reports,
the
character
Eddie
Munson
was
loosely
based
on
writer
and
artist
Damien
Echols.
Eddie's
story
was
based
on
the
West
Memphis
murder
case
in
which
Damien
Echols
was
one
of
the
accused
and
later
absolved.
Stranger
Things'
season
4
subplot
where
the
town
begins
to
hunt
down
members
of
Hellfire
Club,
was
based
on
the
documentary
series
Paradise
Lost.
For
the
unversed,
Damien
Echols,
Jessie
Misskelley
Jr
and
Jason
Baldwin
were
accused
of
the
murder
of
three
8-year-old
boys
in
West
Memphis
in
1993.
The
Paradise
Lost
documentary
revealed
that
the
three
were
wrongfully
convicted
in
the
case
that
caused
satanic
panic.
They
were
absolved
of
the
allegations
by
a
DNA
test
after
spending
18
years
behind
bars.
At
the
time,
the
documentary
caught
Johnny
Depp's
eye
and
he
became
one
of
the
celebs
who
stood
by
the
three
accused
teenagers.
Echols
talked
about
Depp's
involvement
and
told
E!
News,
"Johnny
has
been
with
us
every
single
step
of
the
way
since
I
got
out...
This
is
something
he
is
doing
entirely
to
help
me.
We've
grown
to
love
him
dearly.
He's
become
like
a
brother
to
me."
He
also
revealed
that
supporting
the
three
hadn't
helped
Depp's
career
however,
the
actor
helped
them
carry
out
DNA
testing
in
order
to
prove
their
innocence.