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== Fan Works ==
* ''[http://meganphntmgrl.livejournal.com/80785.html A Statement in the Ice]{{Dead link}}'', a one-shot [[Watchmen (comics)|Watchmen]]/CthulhuMythos crossover which uses the concept that {{spoiler|Adrian}} called down a ''real'' [[Eldritch Abomination]] rather than had one customized.
* ''[http://featherfish.livejournal.com/196763.html#cutid1 The Baker Street Record]'', an epic [[Sherlock Holmes]] / ''[[House of Leaves]]'' crossover, is one giant Apocalyptic Log, much like ''[[House of Leaves]]'' itself.
* In ''[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6562450/1/Subject_014 Subject 014]'', a Naruto Fanfiction, Anko is in an [[Abandoned Base]] and is reading one of these and the last entry sudden trails off the clipboard. Anko then checks the date. [[Oh Crap|the last entry was written seventeen minutes ago]]
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== [[Video Games]] ==
* A staple in the ''[[System Shock]]'' series; logs from personnel can be found scattered everywhere and frequently out of order. ''[[System Shock]] 2'' in particular, contains an audio log which follows this trope word-for-word, where a scientist tries to focus on conveying useful information about [[Big Bad|The Many]], even as he is being devoured.
** In ''[[System Shock]] 2'', the logs each come with a little icon of the speaker's head and face, not moving, probably just there to show players what they looked like. One, Anatoli Korenchkin, is infected by the Many early on, as the logs show. At one point he leaves a log full of him speaking in a warped voice about the glory of the Many; the icon, rather than his face, shows a mass of unfacelike tissue, vaguely like a jellyfish. At a later date he sends the player character an e-mail which contains the same icon; it can be seen a few minutes into [https://web.archive.org/web/20120116202243/http://www.viddler.com/explore/Raar/videos/19
* You find quite a few of these through the course of ''[[System Shock]]'''s [[Spiritual Successor]] ''[[BioShock (series)]]''. For example, Dr. Steinman's logs detail how, thanks to [[Psycho Serum|ADAM]] abuse, he went from an ambitious plastic surgeon to a deranged, self-proclaimed "[[Mad Artist|Surgery's Picasso]]" whose motto was "Aesthetics are a moral imperative."
** And it gets the bonus points too. In one log, Dr. Suchong is reporting that the plasmid he designed intended to force the Big Daddies to bond with Little Sisters and protect them, violently for preference, is more or less a failure. At the same time, a Little Sister can be heard in the background, trying to get his attention. Fed up with her bugging him, Suchong slaps her, and then a Big Daddy's whalecry can be heard. Guess what happens next.
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* Several notes in ''[[Ruby Quest]]'', particularly {{spoiler|Filbert}}'s journal, detailing his... [[Complete Monster|tests]]... of the limits of the treatment. It's a [[Cosmic Horror Story]] where everyone has recurring amnesia, so what else would you expect?
* The Alternate Reality Game "[[Ben Drowned]]" is an account of what happened to one person who picked up a haunted ''[[Majoras Mask]]'' cartridge, and what happened to the people who interacted with it.
* The [http://www.somethingawful.com/d/news/that-insidious-letter.php "Active Area"] entry in the [https://web.archive.org/web/20130618033430/http://www.somethingawful.com/series/30.php "That Insidious Beast"] series from Something Awful. It's written by an everyman rather than a scientist, but it does describe unspeakable horrors and it also ends {{spoiler|with his suicide}}.
* [http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=12960482800A04322800&page=2#28 This forum game] especially creepy due to the fact that it's never implied what's really going on
* "[[Zalgo]]": H̬̬̯̺̠͈̥͎̓̾̇ͦ͑ͣ́̚͢e̛͉̺͂ͦ̋ͬ͂̕ ̛̥͎̮̤͓̭͍̂͡ͅc̴̰͎͖ͮ͊́o̴͈͕̙̬̟͔̣̤̤͑͌̂͐̈̍̉ͩm̝͔̗̖̥͎͇͗̽ͪ͢͠e̝̩ͦ͆́̂͆͐̉͠͝͝s͎̮̈́̿̓͑́́͒͊͢͝
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* Christopher [[Mc Candless]] kept a diary of his time in the Alaskan wilderness, which documented his eventual death by starvation in Alaska on the 112th day of his excursion. Notably, this also appears in literature and film as ''Into the Wild''.
* The last speech that Jim Jones gave to the residents of Jonestown was recorded for posterity. In it, you can hear him direct the older members of the community to help the younger children, and for them to "not worry about the children's crying; [the punch] is just a little bitter. It's not painful." Makes for some [http://www.archive.org/details/ptc1978-11-18.flac16 chilling night time listening.]
** [https://web.archive.org/web/20120708232603/http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/AboutJonestown/JTResearch/eRollerJournals/ The Edith Roller journals.] A former college professor, she kept a detailed log of her daily life in America and Jonestown. She never came home.
* After the Boxing Day Tsunami of 2004, a tourist victim's camera was recovered with the memory card still readable. Photos of the wave were published, one of them shot just a few seconds before the guy was pulled under.
* Even the "scientist records his last thoughts, scientifically" variant has occurred; Allan Blair, the scientist credited with proving black widow spider bites are dangerous to humans, took a rather direct route, as recounted in Gordon Grice's "The Red Hourglass." The guy continued writing notes until the pain proved too much; then he had an assistant continue taking notes. Fortunately, though he proved spiders can be dangerous, he did manage to survive the bite.
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