On this day in conspiracies

Shortly after 1 a.m. Jennie wakes to smoke; George's ground-floor office is on fire. George and Jennie and four children escape. Attempting to reach the five children upstairs, George finds the interior stairway ablaze, the ladder that normally leans against the house gone, and both of his trucks unwilling to start. The house is consumed within roughly 45 minutes.

CBC News reports the phenomenon and adds the finding that undercuts the headline version: according to the New York Times, the failed redactions had not so far produced further detail about ties between Epstein and President Trump. The Times did report that some recoverable passages showed more about how Epstein carried out abuse and moved money through corporate structures, and the Guardian reported on an exhibit from a Virgin Islands civil case against Darren Indyke and Richard Kahn, executors of Epstein's estate.

The second batch of three episodes is released, setting up the finale and raising expectations for how the Duffer Brothers will close the story.