Tuesday, September 29, 2026 · 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM
Imagination Station — 1455 N Main St., Palmer, MA
As a part of television's Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters International, and appearances on Destination Truth and Ghost Nation, Dustin Pari has traveled the world over looking for answers and expanding his understanding of the unseen realm. With 30 years of experience researching the unknown, Dustin Pari brings exciting and positive lectures about the paranormal all across the country. In this new engaging program, attendees will learn how the concept for the hit television series Stranger Things is rooted in the so-called “Montauk Project,” before the story was relocated to the fictional town of Hawkins, Indiana. Explore the enduring legend of the Montauk Project - an alleged series of secret Cold War–era experiments said to involve mind control, psychic research, and inter-dimensional phenomena - and examine how these claims influenced popular culture. Blending documented history, conspiracy lore, and television storytelling, the presentation invites participants to consider how government secrecy, 1980s nostalgia, and speculative science converge to create one of modern pop culture’s most compelling mythologies out of one of history’s greatest conspiracies. Bring your cork…