Stranger Things season 5, which heavily features Bower's Henry, touches on moments from The First Shadow. In an episode 4 scene, Sadie Sink's Max peruses through Vecna's memories, seeing a younger Joyce passing out flyers for the school play Oklahoma, which is a big plot point in the ST stage play.

A 19-year-old woman fell to her death from an abandoned hospital building in Atlanta, Georgia, on Dec. 19, according to the Emery Police Department. The vacant structure is featured in Netflix’s ‘Stranger Things’ series as the Hawkins National Laboratory.