Warning, spoilers! This article will reveal the key elements of Stranger Things Season 4. If you have not seen the 1st part of the 4th season and you do not want to spoil it, do not read it!
Eddie Manson (played by British actor Joseph Quinn), with his metallic look and passion for Dungeons & Dragons, only came in the 4th season of Stranger Things and he has already managed to take his place among the fans’s favorite characters.
At the helm of the Hellfire Club, where the group plays Dungeons & Dragons, the teenager is often misunderstood by his peers in Hawkins, especially athletes who call him a “monster.” Unfortunately for him, he runs away when a fan, Chris Cunningham, with whom he befriended while buying drugs to alleviate nightmares, kills Vekna in his caravan at the end of the first episode.
In addition to having to face upside down, Eddie is a wanted man. He has a target placed on his back by basketball team captain Jason, who is convinced he is the leader of a satanic cult responsible for Chris’s death.
While waiting to find out what will happen to him in Volume 2, which will be released on July 1, the most surprising thing is that his story is based on real events and the sky-fever that has invaded the biblical belt (or the Bible belt in the southern region. Christian fundamentalism is very much represented) in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
More specifically, Eddie Manson is based on the experience of a certain Damien Ecole, the experience of one of the members of the “West Memphis Trinity” (“Three Memphis West”), whose work has been going on for almost 30 years. Netflix confirmed during Geeked Week ’22 that Eddie’s story is based on this drama, which was already the theme of the documentary: Paradise Lost.
Here’s what happened and why Damien Eccles, Jesse Miskel and Charles Jason Baldwin continue to fight for justice.
On May 5, 1993, three close friends – Stephen Branch, Michael Moore and Christopher Byers (all eight years old) – disappeared from their home in western Memphis, Arkansas. Their bodies were found the next day in a nearby forest. The victims were stripped naked and tied up in a stream before being dumped.
Due to the violent and brutal nature of the killings, suspicion quickly fell on Damien Echols (born Michael Wayne Hutchison), an 18-year-old Gothic teenager who lived nearby. There was a growing panic of Satanism at that time, especially around the biblical belt. Damien did not hide his love for metal performers, wore his hair long and showed an interest in the art of magic.
He was also known to police, had been arrested in the past for shoplifting and burglary, and had a medical history of treating mental health problems. Charles Jason Baldwin (aka Jason) was his friend, but unlike Damien, the 17-year-old had a good education and was known for his love of art.
Joseph Quinn as Eddie Manson
Jason and Damien were arrested when police received a confession from a distant acquaintance, 16-year-old Jesse Miskel, who was questioned for 12 hours without supervision. Jesse, who had an IQ of 72, said he was with the boys when they committed the crime and prevented one of the boys from escaping, although he did not even take part in the murder.
Some of his statements were leaked to the press before the trial. And while there is no DNA evidence, no connection to the boys, Jesse’s ever-changing story, and even an alibi in support of teen innocence, which later became known in the media at trial, the story was presented as a ritual murder of a satanic cult. .
All this time, Damien, Jason, and Jesse continued to maintain their innocence. Some of the parents of the victims even came out to protect the boys. Finally, in 2011, the trio agreed to a controversial scheme known as the Alford Trial, which allows anyone to maintain innocence but agree to plead guilty, effectively closing the case before the court. Apply, but opening up opportunities such as parole. .
In return, their sentence was reduced to life imprisonment and they were eventually released after 18 years with a 10-year suspended sentence.
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