The Scariest Part of Netflix’s Wayward Never Appears On-Screen

The series takes place in 2003 and centers on Alex Dempsey (Martin), a police officer who relocates to the peaceful town of Tall Pines with his wife, Laura (Gadon). Tall Pines is the location of Tall Pines Academy, a school for struggling teenagers overseen by Evelyn Wade (Collette). Alex quickly becomes suspicious that the academy is concealing disturbing truths and starts collaborating with two teens from Toronto who are stranded there with no means of escape. It’s a creepy and disturbing narrative that rightly draws comparisons to Twin Peaks and Stranger Things, but many viewers are unaware that the most frightening aspect of Wayward is its basis in a real-life event.







