Scientific Journal of Hans Von Ludvig

By Nick Jackson (with permission)

The following journal entries were originally written in German and translated to English. The journals were found in an underground secret laboratory in Germany. The laboratory appeared to have been built around the time of World War II. The journals are Hans von Ludvig’s, who was one of the leading members of the secret experiments that the Nazis were doing during the 1940’s. Only some of the journals were found. Some of the more important details were removed to protect the dead and living.

April 22nd 1942

It appears that the experiment on dead humans and revivification of their corpses has come to a stand- still. The humans that were successfully brought back to life were mindless, killing machines that rambled on towards the nearest creature, and devoured its flesh. Fuhrer Hitler does not desire mindless killing machines with only animal instincts. The anticipated goal of these experiments with Chemical X is to make intelligent predators with a predisposition to killing. Hopefully the next experiment will be more successful.

May 30th 1942

The revivification process is once again at a stand -still, with lack of fresh corpses to experiment on, the research that Fuhrer Hitler requests is still being worked on. I have made slight advances in the solution, however. When injected with the solution, cadavers spring back to life, and grow long fangs and claw-like fingernails. They are still very much instinct-driven animals, with a thirst for flesh. The subjects must be strapped down to the gurneys when they are injected, less they attack someone. Just last week, Dr. Gustavo was attacked by a creature, and his throat was ripped open by the creature’s fangs. Dr. Gustavo’s body was buried above ground near the entrance of the laboratory, and a funeral is being held today. I am much too caught up in research to attend, for I am certain that the answer to this research is very near.

September 18, 1942

A secret combination of Chemical X and Chemical Z has been given to the corpses with very peculiar results. The subjects seemed to have gained a small bit of intelligence, and they are not acting feral. When they are observed, they seem to be able to move and communicate with each other fluently, but as unfortunate Dr. Frankfurt found out, when anyone else enters the room; they immediately turn to their feral nature and feast on the flesh, devouring everything in sight within minutes, like piranhas. Another peculiar thing is this; they seem to gain strength from drinking the blood of their victim. The only thing that remained of Dr. Frankfurt when the subjects were done with him was a pile of bones, with his eyes and tongue lying neatly on top of the pile. It was such a gruesome death for a man with great potential. Luckily, the room where the subjects are held is a gas chamber, which when activated, exterminates the subjects and then cremates the bodies for disposal. I have been observing that as they get stronger from the blood of their victim. The only thing that remained of Dr. Frankfurt when the subjects were done with him was a pile of bones, with his eyes and tongue lying neatly on top of the pile. It was such a gruesome death for a man with great potential. Luckily, the room where the subjects are held is a gas chamber, which when activated, exterminates the subjects and then cremates the bodies for disposal. I have been observing that as they get stronger from the blood of their victims, the gas seems to have less and less of an effect on them. This is very troubling, because we have no other means of extermination of the subjects.

February 1943

It seems as though I have discovered the correct amount of each chemical to inject into the cadavers to turn them into revivified corpses, which can communicate, and also think intelligently. It turns out that along with Chemical X and Chemical Z, adding blood into the solution gives them a great amount of humanity! Who would have thought? Now I will go and give Fuhrer Hitler the great news!

April?

The subjects I created looked to be civilized, but upon escape, they feasted on the entire laboratory staff, save me. I have barricaded myself in a supply closet with a few cases of food and supplies. I might be able to stay in here, but they can smell me. I can hear them outside the closet speaking in their own language, and smelling around for me. I have been in this supply closet for four days now. It is only a matter of time before I eat the last food ration. I have been looking around in the closet for a weapon, with no luck. The light switch to the supply closet is on the outside of the door, and I didn’t think to turn it on before I ran in here. I have found what appears to be a long beaker, and I have broken it to make a sort of stabbing or slicing implement.

No date

I suppose I should explain how these creatures, what I have come to know as vampires, escaped the experimentation area. When the gas started to fill the room, it had absolutely no effect on them. The cremation immediately started, searing the flesh from their bodies and leaving them in burning piles on the floor. When the cleaning crew entered the room to dispose of the bodies, they somehow sprang to life and sank their fangs into the crewmember’s throats, ripping the jugular veins and spilling blood everywhere. I witnessed all of this, and was in too much shock to shut the experimentation door, and they bolted from that room quicker than I could even see and they were already into the other areas of the laboratory leaving a trail of blood, eyes and tongues behind them. They were quite fond of the human heart, taking time to lick all of the blood off the heart before slowly pulling it apart into small pieces, and devouring it. It was almost as if it were a delicacy to them.

No date

They know I am in here, and they are sitting right outside the door, waiting for me to come out. I can hear their language, and laughter. They must be laughing at me, trying to stay in this storage closet. I ran out of food three days ago, and I just drank the last of my water supply, so I decided either I try to make a run for daylight, or I can starve to death like a coward in a supply closet. Fuhrer Hitler would not be proud if I did that, right? Well, in hopes that someone will find these journals, I have hidden them in a stainless steel tray. Auf wiedersehen.

This was the last entry in the journal. No one knows what happened to Dr. von Ludvig, and the German government denies his existence. Did Nazi Germany develop some sort of vampire-like creature to try and make a super-army? We may never know the truth, but hopefully this may shed some light on the subject.

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