| Three Investigations into the Sinister and Macabre | |
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 Cover by Jody Lee | |
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| Publishers | Chaosium |
| Publication | 1990 |
| Genres | Horror |
| Systems | Basic Role-Playing |
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Fatal Experiments is an assortment of three adventures set in the 1920s: "Tatterdemallion", "The Songs of Fantari", and "The Lurker in the Crypt". [1] The scenarios are sequentially linked, and involve investigation of a dangerous research project. [2]
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