Hawkins is a small midwestern town located in Roane County in the US state of Indiana, positioned about 80 miles outside of Indianapolis. It has an estimated population of 10,000 to 15,000. Hawkins is a largely quiet and uneventful town with the last major incident being a triple homicide in 1959. The greatest point of interest was the secretive Hawkins National Laboratory, one of several national laboratories which grew out of the scientific endeavors of the Second World War. Unbeknownst to the residents of the town, the lab hosted experiments for the controversial government program known as "MKUltra". These experiments yielded the births of a number of children with inherited psychokinetic abilities, who were in turn abducted and experimented on. These child test subjects were strictly confined to the lab's premises, their existence kept top secret by the authorities. These child test subjects were strictly confined to the lab's premises, their existence kept top secret by the authorities. Even though these powerful psychokinetic children exist, there is one that was confined in a different premises who eclipses the might of all of them combined. His power surpasses common sense and his power's destructive nature breaks logic.