In 1912, four-year-old Bobby Dunbar vanished while on a family trip in Louisiana, sparking one of the earliest missing-child cases to gain national attention. Eight months later, a boy was found traveling with a man named William Cantwell Walters, and the Dunbar family claimed the child as Bobby, bringing what appeared to be a happy ending. The story unraveled decades later. In 2004, DNA testing proved the boy raised as Bobby Dunbar was not biologically related to the Dunbar family. The real Bob

Before Stranger Things, Winona Ryder lived through a real-life tragedy that shaped her performance as Joyce Byers. A missing child case, public scrutiny, and a long road back to Hollywood explain why her role in Stranger Things feels so real as the show returns with new episodes and its finale. #StrangerThings #WinonaRyder #JoyceByers | Life Stories