Test Subjects

Test subjects
Members	MKUltra:Terry Ives Alice Johnson Gloria Flowers Ken Saint John "Indigo"/Child subjects:One/Henry Creel Two, Three, Four, Five, Six and Seven † Eight/Kali Prasad Nine and Ten † Eleven/Jane Ives Twelve, Thirteen, Fourteen, Fifteen, Sixteen, Seventeen and Eighteen † Ricky Francine † Jamie Marcy
Situated at	Hawkins National Laboratory

An unknown number of test subjects were subject to experimentation at Hawkins National Laboratory and other secretive government facilities throughout the mid and late twentieth century. Some of these test subjects, such as Terry Ives, were volunteers for Project MKUltra, taking part in experiments intended to expand the limits of the human mind.

After Dr. Martin Brenner discovered the existence of Henry Creel and his unusual abilities, Brenner took Henry to Hawkins Lab, where he attempted to study and control him. Brenner implanted a power suppressant chip in Henry's neck, while designating him "001", the first of a group of child test subjects to be raised at Hawkins Lab.

Hoping to recreate Henry's powers in other individuals, Brenner began a new MKUltra subprogram - codenamed "Indigo" - in which volunteer test subjects took experimental drugs while placed inside sensory deprivation tanks. Brenner secretly hoped to abduct the unborn children of the pregnant test subjects, as he believed the experimentations would make them develop similar psychokinetic abilities to Henry.

List of MKUltra test subjects

See also: Project MKUltra

#	Name	Status	Duration
0	Saint John	Deceased	Unknown
1	Terry Ives	Alive	1969 - 1971
2	Alice Johnson	Alive	1969 - 1971
3	Gloria Flowers	Alive	1969 - 1971
4	Ken	Alive	1969 - 1971
5-6	Unnamed Test Subjects in Photo (2)	Alive	1969 - in or before 1973
7-8	Unnamed Test Subjects (2+)	Deceased	1969 - in or before 1973

List of HNL child test subjects

#	Birth name	Other aliases	Status
001 "One"	Henry Creel	Vecna (nickname)	Alive
	Hawkins Lab's original psychokinetic test subject. Born to Victor and Virginia Creel. Responsible for the September 8, 1979 massacre of his fellow test subjects. Associated with the Mind Flayer and the Upside Down.
002 "Two"	Unknown		Deceased
	A friend to Three, Four and Five, and a bully to Eleven. Killed by Henry Creel as part of the September 8, 1979 massacre.
003 "Three"	Unknown		Deceased
	A friend to Two, Four and Five, and a bully to Eleven. Killed by Henry Creel as part of the September 8, 1979 massacre. A wholly different character to the comic book incarnation of Three.
004 "Four"	Unknown		Deceased
	A friend to Two, Three and Five, and a bully to Eleven. Killed by Henry Creel as part of the September 8, 1979 massacre.
005 "Five"	Unknown		Deceased
	A friend to Two, Three and Four, and a bully to Eleven. Killed by Henry Creel as part of the September 8, 1979 massacre.
006 "Six"	Unknown		Deceased
	Killed by Henry Creel as part of the September 8, 1979 massacre. A wholly different character to the comic book incarnation of Six.
007 "Seven"	Unknown		Deceased
	Killed by Henry Creel as part of the September 8, 1979 massacre.
008 "Eight"	Kali Prasad		Unknown
	Originally from London. An early friend to Eleven. Did not possess psychokinetic abilities, but rather had the unique ability to make other conscious beings hallucinate. Henry Creel was the only other test subject known to wield this power. Escaped from the lab sometime prior to September 8, 1979.
009 "Nine"	Unknown		Deceased
	Killed by Henry Creel as part of the September 8, 1979 massacre. A wholly different character to the comic book incarnation of Nine.
010 "Ten"	Unknown		Deceased
	Killed by Henry Creel as part of the September 8, 1979 massacre. Features prominently in the opening sequence of "The Hellfire Club".
011 "Eleven"	Jane Ives	Jane Hopper (adoptee name)	Alive
	Taken from Terry Ives. An early friend to Eight. Unknowingly helped Henry Creel restore his powers, and was the only test subject spared from the September 8, 1979 massacre. Banished Henry to the Upside Down, before accidentally opening a Gate to the alternate dimension four years later. Lab escapee, following in the footsteps of Eight before her.
012 "Twelve"	Unknown		Deceased
	Killed by Henry Creel as part of the September 8, 1979 massacre.
013 "Thirteen"	Unknown		Deceased
	Killed by Henry Creel as part of the September 8, 1979 massacre.
014 "Fourteen"	Unknown		Deceased
	Killed by Henry Creel as part of the September 8, 1979 massacre.
015 "Fifteen"	Unknown		Deceased
	Killed by Henry Creel as part of the September 8, 1979 massacre.
016 + 017 "Sixteen" "Seventeen"	Unknown		Deceased
	Sixteen and Seventeen appear to be identical twins. Killed by Henry Creel as part of the September 8, 1979 massacre.
018 "Eighteen"	Unknown		Deceased
	Killed by Henry Creel as part of the September 8, 1979 massacre.
The following characters only appear in the comics, and are of questionable canonicity.
003 "Three"	Ricky		Alive
	Possessed the ability to manipulate other people's emotions.
006 "Six"	Francine		Deceased
	Possessed the precognitive ability to see glimpses of possible futures.
009 "Nine"	Jamie		Alive
	Possessed the ability to generate heat. The twin sister of Marcy.
009.5 "Nine Point Five"	Marcy		Alive
	Did not possess any special abilities, the only test subject of her kind not to do so. The twin sister of Jamie.

Trivia

• The Duffer Brothers proposed various titles for Stranger Things, including "INDIGO", which "was gonna be" the name of the government program at Hawkins Lab.
  • The 'Indigo' title is not seen or heard in the actual show, though it did appear in the novel Suspicious Minds.

• The test subjects introduced in the comic miniseries Stranger Things: SIX and Stranger Things: Into the Fire had their canonicity thrown into doubt when the Hawkins Lab segments of Stranger Things 4 declined to acknowledge them. This speaks to a general failure of communication and co-ordination between Netflix, the Duffer Brothers and Dark Horse Comics when it comes to keeping the Stranger Things universe consistent.

• While filming the fourth season, the actors for the child test subjects were told the children all had "some form of telekinesis", but also possessed an "extra" unique power. This generally lines up with what is presented in the show.
  • Ten and Eleven both possess remote viewing abilities.
  • Eight can give people hallucinations, though she does not appear to be telekinetic.
  • Sparrow Nicole says she asked the Duffer Brothers if Four could have a mind reading power, and the Duffers agreed that it could be canon.
  • Vecna, the first of the test subjects, possesses all the abilities listed above.

• Saint John from Darkness on the Edge of Town was experimented upon at the mysterious Rookwood Institute in New York, unlike all the other known test subjects.

• Another psychic test subject appears in a non-canon crossover with Far Cry 6: a Russian woman codenamed Shest'/Six, affiliated with the "Lock Project".

• The Soviet scientists in the Stranger Things: Kamchatka comics take a different approach to their American counterparts, instead focusing on psychically-controlled machinery.