The following is a list documenting the deaths of characters throughout the four seasons of Stranger Things. As of "The Piggyback", 825+ characters have been captured dying throughout the show's run.
Season 1
1 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Scientist | Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers | Pulled into the ceiling and killed | The Demogorgon The Mind Flayer/Vecna (by proxy) |
2 | Sara Hopper | Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers (mentioned) Chapter Eight: The Upside Down (flashback) | Complications due to cancer | Natural Causes |
3 | Benny Hammond | Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers | Shot in the head | Connie Frazier Martin Brenner (by proxy) |
4-5 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Agents (2) | Chapter One: The Vanishing of Will Byers | Telekinetically attacked | Eleven |
6 | Unnamed Hawkins Resident | Chapter Two: The Weirdo on Maple Street (mentioned) | Suicide | Themself |
7 | Barbara Holland | Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly | Abducted and killed | The Demogorgon The Mind Flayer/Vecna (by proxy) |
8 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Orderly | Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly (flashback) | Back broken after being telekinetically thrown against a wall | Eleven |
9 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Orderly | Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly (flashback) | Neck snapped telekinetically | Eleven |
10-11 | Unnamed Project MKUltra Experiments (2+) | Chapter Three: Holly, Jolly (mentioned on newspaper clippings) | Accidentally killed during experimentation | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Experimenters Martin Brenner |
12 | Shepard | Chapter Four: The Body (remains seen) | Abducted and killed | The Demogorgon The Mind Flayer/Vecna (by proxy) |
13 | Dale | Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat (mentioned) | Abducted and killed | The Demogorgon The Mind Flayer/Vecna (by proxy) |
14 | Henry | Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat (mentioned) | Abducted and killed | The Demogorgon The Mind Flayer/Vecna (by proxy) |
15 | Rabbit | Chapter Five: The Flea and the Acrobat (mentioned) | Shot | Jonathan Byers Lonnie Byers (by proxy) |
16 | Deer | Chapter Six: The Monster | Abducted and eaten | The Demogorgon The Mind Flayer/Vecna (by proxy) |
17 | Upside Down Egg | Chapter Six: The Monster (flashback) | Eaten | The Demogorgon The Mind Flayer/Vecna (by proxy) |
18-19 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Agents (2) | Chapter Seven: The Bathtub | Injuries sustained after their van was telekinetically flipped | Eleven |
20-21 | Unnamed Hawkins Residents (2) | Chapter Eight: The Upside Down (mentioned) | Abducted and killed | The Demogorgon The Mind Flayer/Vecna (by proxy) |
22 | Connie Frazier | Chapter Eight: The Upside Down | Brain crushed telekinetically | Eleven |
23-26 | Unnamed Military Police Officers (4) | Chapter Eight: The Upside Down | Brains crushed telekinetically | Eleven |
27 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Employee | Chapter Eight: The Upside Down | Brain crushed telekinetically | Eleven |
28-31 | Unnamed Military Police Officers (4) | Chapter Eight: The Upside Down | Attacked and killed | The Demogorgon The Mind Flayer/Vecna (by proxy) |
32-33 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Employees (2) | Chapter Eight: The Upside Down | Attacked and killed | The Demogorgon The Mind Flayer/Vecna (by proxy) |
34 | The Upside Down's Hawkins Public Library Vine | Chapter Eight: The Upside Down | Shot multiple times | Jim Hopper |
35 | The Demogorgon | Chapter Eight: The Upside Down | Disintegrated telekinetically | Eleven |
- Hopper mentions in "The Weirdo on Maple Street" the last suicide in Hawkins prior to Benny Hammond was an unnamed person in 1961.
- Brenner tells Joyce that six people in total have been taken by The Demogorgon in "The Upside Down". Assuming that number contains Will Byers, Barbara Holland, Henry, and Dale, there were two other unnamed residents taken and killed.
Season 2
1 | Squirrel | Chapter Two: Trick or Treat, Freak (flashback) | Telekinetically thrown against a tree | Eleven |
2 | Mews | Chapter Four: Will the Wise (body seen) | Eaten | D'Artagnan |
3 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Guard | Chapter Five: Dig Dug (flashback) | Shot | Terry Ives |
4-10 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Scientists (7) | Chapter Six: The Spy | Ambushed and Killed | Demodogs The Mind Flayer/Vecna (by proxy) Will Byers (indirectly) |
11 | Unnamed Former Hawkins National Laboratory Employee | Chapter Seven: The Lost Sister (flashback) | Shot | Kali Prasad |
12 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Technician | Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer | Ambushed and Killed | Demodogs The Mind Flayer/Vecna (by proxy) Will Byers (indirectly) |
13-17 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Technicians (5) | Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer | Ambushed and Killed | Demodogs The Mind Flayer/Vecna (by proxy) Will Byers (indirectly) |
18 | Unnamed MP Officer | Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer | Ambushed and Killed | Demodogs The Mind Flayer/Vecna (by proxy) Will Byers (indirectly) |
19-51 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Employees (33) | Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer (bodies seen) | Ambushed and Killed | Demodogs The Mind Flayer/Vecna (by proxy) Will Byers (indirectly) |
52 | Bob Newby | Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer | Ambushed, Mauled and Devoured | Demodogs The Mind Flayer/Vecna (by proxy) Will Byers (indirectly) |
53 | Demodog | Chapter Eight: The Mind Flayer (body seen) | Telekinetically attacked | Eleven |
54-65 | Demodogs (12+) | Chapter Nine: The Gate | Shot multiple times | Jim Hopper |
66 | D'Artagnan | Chapter Nine: The Gate | Brain death after closing The Gate | Eleven |
67-94 | Demodogs (28+) | Chapter Nine: The Gate (bodies seen) | Brain death after closing The Gate | Eleven |
- The 33 Unnamed Hawkins Lab Employees are seen through the lab's security cameras and throughout the hallways.
- The 28+ Demodogs are seen falling after Eleven closes the gate.
Season 3
1-7 | Unnamed Russian Scientists (7) | Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy? | Disintegrated by the Prototype Gate Explosion. | Alexei & Russian Scientist (turned on the prototype gate) |
8 | Russian Scientist | Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy? | Choked to death | Grigori |
9-401 | Rats (393+) | Chapter One: Suzie, Do You Copy? | Exploded | The Mind Flayer Vecna (by proxy) |
402 | Jack Driscoll | Chapter Two: The Mall Rats (mentioned) | Unknown | Natural Causes |
403 | Doris Driscoll's Rat | Chapter Two: The Mall Rats | Exploded | The Mind Flayer Vecna (by proxy) |
404 | Unnamed Hospital Nurse | Chapter Five: The Flayed (body seen) | Murdered | Bruce Lowe Tom Holloway The Mind Flayer/Vecna (by proxy) |
405 | Unnamed Hospital Visitor | Chapter Five: The Flayed (body seen) | Murdered | Bruce Lowe Tom Holloway The Mind Flayer/Vecna (by proxy) |
406 | Unnamed Hospital Patient | Chapter Five: The Flayed (body seen) | Murdered | Bruce Lowe Tom Holloway The Mind Flayer/Vecna (by proxy) |
407 | Bruce Lowe | Chapter Five: The Flayed | Face bashed in (body melted to create The Mind Flayer's physical form) | Nancy Wheeler |
408 | Tom Holloway | Chapter Five: The Flayed | Stabbed in the neck (body melted to create The Mind Flayer's physical form) | Jonathan Byers |
409 | Dr. Zharkov | Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum | Tased | Dustin Henderson |
412 | Heather Holloway | Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum | Melted to create The Mind Flayer's physical form | The Mind Flayer Vecna (by proxy) |
413 | Janet Holloway | Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum | Melted to create The Mind Flayer's physical form | The Mind Flayer Vecna (by proxy) |
414 | Doris Driscoll | Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum | Melted to create The Mind Flayer's physical form | The Mind Flayer Vecna (by proxy) |
410 | David | Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum | Melted to create The Mind Flayer's physical form | The Mind Flayer Vecna (by proxy) |
411 | Adam | Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum | Melted to create The Mind Flayer's physical form | The Mind Flayer Vecna (by proxy) |
415 | Jack | Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum Chapter One: The Hellfire Club (first mentioned) | Melted to create The Mind Flayer's physical form | The Mind Flayer Vecna (by proxy) |
416 | Melissa | Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum Chapter One: The Hellfire Club (first mentioned) | Melted to create The Mind Flayer's physical form | The Mind Flayer Vecna (by proxy) |
417-435 | Unnamed Hawkins Residents (19) | Chapter Six: E Pluribus Unum (mentioned) | Melted to create The Mind Flayer's physical form | The Mind Flayer Vecna (by proxy) |
436 | Alexei | Chapter Seven: The Bite | Shot | Grigori |
437-440 | Unnamed Russian Soldiers (4) | Chapter Seven: The Bite | Injuries sustained from the impact of a telekinetically thrown car | Eleven |
441-444 | Unnamed Russian Guards (4) | Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt | Shot | Jim Hopper |
445 | Grigori | Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt | Thrown into the gears of the Starcourt Key and ripped apart | Jim Hopper |
446 | Billy Hargrove | Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt | Stabbed by The Mind Flayer's tentacles in the sides and chest, and dies from his injuries | The Mind Flayer |
447-451 | Unnamed Russian Scientists (5) | Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt | Disintegrated from the Starcourt Key's explosion | Joyce Byers (indirectly) |
452 | The Spider Monster | Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt | Closure of the Starcourt Gate | Joyce Byers |
453 | Unnamed Kamchatka Prisoner | Chapter Eight: The Battle of Starcourt | Killed | Russian Demogorgon |
- The 19 Unnamed Hawkins Residents melted by the Mind Flayer stems from the newspaper article about the Starcourt Mall's fire seen in "The Battle of Starcourt". The headline reads "Thirty Dead". Assuming the number includes Jim Hopper (who was
transported to Russia and actually alive), Billy Hargrove, Doris Driscoll, Bruce Lowe, The Holloway Family,
Adam, David, Jack, and
Melissa, the math shows that 19 other Hawkins residents fell victim to the Mind Flayer.
Season 4
1 | Six | Chapter One: The Hellfire Club (flashback) | Telekinetically attacked | One |
2 | Dr. Ellis | Chapter One: The Hellfire Club (flashback) | Telekinetically attacked | One |
3 | Alec | Chapter One: The Hellfire Club (flashback) | Telekinetically attacked | One |
4 | Ten | Chapter One: The Hellfire Club (flashback) | Crushed by a telekinetically thrown metal door | One |
5 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Guard | Chapter One: The Hellfire Club (flashback) | Telekinetically attacked | One |
6 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Orderly | Chapter One: The Hellfire Club (flashback) | Telekinetically attacked | One |
7-9 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Test Subjects (3) | Chapter One: The Hellfire Club (flashback) | Bones snapped and eyes gouged out | One |
10 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Guard | Chapter One: The Hellfire Club (flashback) | Telekinetically attacked | One |
11 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Orderly | Chapter One: The Hellfire Club (flashback) | Telekinetically attacked | One |
12 | Three | Chapter One: The Hellfire Club (flashback) | Bones snapped and eyes gouged out | One |
13-14 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Test Subjects (2) | Chapter One: The Hellfire Club (flashback) | Bones snapped and eyes gouged out | One |
15 | Seven | Chapter One: The Hellfire Club (flashback) | Bones snapped and eyes gouged out | One |
16 | Five | Chapter One: The Hellfire Club (flashback) | Bones snapped and eyes gouged out | One |
17-19 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Test Subjects (3) | Chapter One: The Hellfire Club (flashback) | Bones snapped and eyes gouged out | One |
20 | Two | Chapter One: The Hellfire Club (flashback; body seen) Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab (flashback) | Bones snapped and eyes gouged out | One |
21 | Chrissy Cunningham | Chapter One: The Hellfire Club | Bones snapped and eyes gouged out | Vecna |
22 | Unnamed Male Teenager | Chapter Two: Vecna's Curse (flashback) | Car accident and then left for dead | Fred Benson |
23 | Fred Benson | Chapter Two: Vecna's Curse | Bones snapped and eyes gouged out | Vecna |
24 | Unnamed Kamchatka Guard | Chapter Four: Dear Billy | Choked with ankle cuffs | Jim Hopper |
25-29 | Unnamed Kamchatka Guards (5) | Chapter Four: Dear Billy | Blown up | Jim Hopper |
30-33 | Unnamed Military Agents (4) | Chapter Four: Dear Billy | Succumb or die instantly to gunshot wounds | Agent Harmon |
34 | Virginia Creel's Great-Uncle | Chapter Four:Dear Billy (mentioned) | Unknown | Unknown |
35 | Rabbit | Chapter Four: Dear Billy (flashback) | Telekinetically attacked | Henry Creel |
36-43 | Rabbits, Squirrels, Chickens & Dogs (8+) | Chapter Four: Dear Billy (mentioned) | Telekinetically attacked | Henry Creel |
44 | Unnamed Baby | Chapter Four: Dear Billy (flashback) | Burned in their crib after a shelling was ordered on their home | Unnamed Soldiers Victor Creel (by proxy) |
45 | Virginia Creel | Chapter Four: Dear Billy (flashback) | Bones snapped and eyes gouged out | Henry Creel |
46 | Unnamed Man | Chapter Four: Dear Billy (flashback) | Injuries sustained after a shelling was ordered on their home | Unnamed Soldiers Victor Creel (by proxy) |
47 | Alice Creel | Chapter Four: Dear Billy (flashback) | Bones snapped and eyes gouged out | Henry Creel |
48 | Agent Harmon | Chapter Five: The Nina Project | Succumbs to gunshot wounds | Unnamed Military Agent |
49 | Unnamed Kamchatka Prisoner | Chapter Five: The Nina Project (remains seen) | Killed | Russian Demogorgon |
50 | Patrick McKinney | Chapter Five: The Nina Project | Bones snapped and eyes gouged out | Vecna |
51-53 | Unnamed Nina Project Guards (3) | Chapter Five: The Nina Project | Telekinetically slammed against a roof | Eleven |
54 | Fish | Chapter Six: The Dive | Stabbed | Vines Vecna (by proxy) |
55-60 | Unnamed Kamchatka Prisoners (6) | Chapter Six: The Dive (mentioned) | Killed | Russian Demogorgon |
61 | Demobat | Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab | Beaten and stabbed with a boat oar | Nancy Wheeler Robin Buckley (assisted) |
62 | Demobat | Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab | Stabbed with a boat oar | Eddie Munson |
63 | Demobat | Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab | Repeatedly smashed against the ground and ripped in half | Steve Harrington |
64 | Oleg | Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab | Attacked and killed | Russian Demogorgon |
65-69 | Unnamed Kamchatka Prisoners (5) | Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab | Attacked and killed | Russian Demogorgon |
70 | Blackmon | Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab (flashback) | Telekinetically thrown against a wall | One |
71 | Thacher | Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab (flashback) | Telekinetically thrown against a wall | One |
72 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Guard | Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab (flashback) | Telekinetically thrown against a ceiling | One |
73 | Selee | Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab (flashback) | Telekinetically thrown against a wall | One |
74 | Miller | Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab (flashback) | Neck snapped telekinetically | One |
75 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Test Subject | Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab (flashback) | Bones snapped and eyes gouged out | One |
76-77 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Guards (2) | Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab (flashback) | Telekinetically attacked | One |
78 | Four | Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab (flashback) | Bones snapped and eyes gouged out | One |
79-80 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Test Subjects (2) | Chapter Seven: The Massacre at Hawkins Lab (flashback) | Bones snapped and eyes gouged out | One |
81 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Orderly | Chapter Eight: Papa (flashback) | Telekinetically attacked | One |
82 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Guard | Chapter Eight: Papa (flashback) | Telekinetically attacked | One |
83 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Orderly | Chapter Eight: Papa (flashback) | Telekinetically attacked | One |
84-85 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Guards (2) | Chapter Eight: Papa (flashback) | Telekinetically attacked | One |
86 | Unnamed Hawkins National Laboratory Orderly | Chapter Eight: Papa (flashback) | Telekinetically attacked | One |
87 | Ivan | Chapter Eight: Papa (off-screen) | Attacked and killed | Russian Demogorgon |
88-91 | Unnamed Kamchatka Guards (4) | Chapter Eight: Papa (off-screen) | Attacked and killed | Russian Demogorgon |
92 | Demogorgon | Chapter Eight: Papa | Shot in the head | Jim Hopper |
93-101 | Demogorgons (9+) | Chapter Eight: Papa (bodies seen) | Unknown | Unnamed Kamchatka Guards (presumably; resurrected by The Mind Flayer) |
102 | Unnamed Nina Project Guard | Chapter Eight: Papa | Shot | Unnamed Military Soldiers Jack Sullivan (by proxy) |
103 | Unnamed Military Agent | Chapter Eight: Papa | Shot | Unnamed Nina Project Guards Martin Brenner (by proxy) |
104-109 | Unnamed Nina Project Guards (6) | Chapter Eight: Papa | Shot | Unnamed Military Soldiers Jack Sullivan (by proxy) |
110-120 | Unnamed Nina Project Scientists (11) | Chapter Eight: Papa (bodies seen) | Shot | Unnamed Military Soldiers Jack Sullivan (by proxy) |
121-122 | Unnamed Military Soldiers (2) | Chapter Eight: Papa | Helicopter crash | Eleven |
123 | Martin Brenner | Chapter Eight: Papa | Shot multiple times | Unnamed Military Soldier Jack Sullivan (by proxy) |
124 | Unnamed Kamchatka Scientist | Chapter Nine: The Piggyback (body seen) | Attacked and killed | Russian Demogorgon and/or Russian Demodogs The Mind Flayer (by proxy) |
125 | Unnamed Kamchatka Guard | Chapter Nine: The Piggyback (body seen) | Attacked and killed | Russian Demogorgon and/or Russian Demodogs The Mind Flayer (by proxy) |
126 | Warden Melnikov | Chapter Nine: The Piggyback | Attacked | Russian Demogorgon and/or Russian Demodogs The Mind Flayer (by proxy) |
127-154 | Unnamed Kamchatka Guards, Prisoners, and Scientists (28+) | Chapter Nine: The Piggyback (bodies seen) | Attacked and killed | Russian Demogorgon and/or Russian Demodogs The Mind Flayer (by proxy) |
155-163 | Demobats (9+) | Chapter Nine: The Piggyback | Stabbed with a spiked shield | Eddie Munson |
164 | Russian Demodog | Chapter Nine: The Piggyback | Tased | Joyce Byers |
165-169 | Russian Demodogs (5) | Chapter Nine: The Piggyback | Burned | Murray Bauman |
170-217 | Demobats (48+) | Chapter Nine: The Piggyback | Killed due to their hive mind connection to the demodogs | Murray Bauman (indirectly) |
218 | Russian Demogorgon | Chapter Nine: The Piggyback | Decapitated with a sword | Jim Hopper/Murray Bauman |
219 | Eddie Munson | Chapter Nine: The Piggyback | Attacked and bitten | Demobats Vecna (by proxy) |
220 | Max Mayfield | Chapter Nine: The Piggyback | Bones snapped and blinded | Vecna (resurrected by Eleven) |
221 | Jason Carver | Chapter Nine: The Piggyback | Torn in half by Creel House gate opening | Vecna |
222-243 | Unnamed Hawkins Residents (21) | Chapter Nine: The Piggyback (mentioned) | Injuries sustained after the Curse gates opened causing a 7.4 magnitude earthquake | Vecna |
- It is stated in "The Piggyback" on the radio as the California group, in Argyle's van to get back into Hawkins, that 22 people died during the earthquake. Seeing as Jason Carver was one of these people, there were 21 unnamed deaths.
Gallery
Barb being dragged into Steve's pool by The Demogorgon.
Benny Hammond after being shot by Connie Frazier.
Bob being slaughtered by Demodogs.
Tom Holloway being stabbed in the neck by Jonathan Byers.
Alexei after being shot by Grigori.
Spider Monster's departure.
Dr. Zharkov getting electrocuted by Dustin Henderson.
Billy screaming in pain.
Heather melting.
Nine's corpse.
Seven's corpse.
Dr. Brenner after being shot multiple times by a military soldier.
Eddie after being attacked by Demobats.