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* In Creator/EmmaBull's ''[[{{Bordertown}} Finder]]'', psychically gifted Orient discovers that laying hands on a murder victim's body enables him to dream their deaths.

* In Emma Bull's ''[[{{Bordertown}} Finder]]'', psychically gifted Orient discovers that laying hands on a murder victim's body enables him to dream their deaths.

* The Dark Eye (not to be confused with DrakensangTheDarkEye) is an obscure horror game based on the works of EdgarAllenPoe. In it, you not only are living through a tale worthy of Poe - you're also subject to experiencing three Poe tales (The Tell-Tale Heart, Berenice, and The Cask of Amontillado) through both the eyes of the killer... and their unlucky victim. So enjoy watching yourself [spoiler]get smothered and chopped up by someone who is driven mad by your eye, getting buried alive and then having your fiancee pull all your teeth out, and getting slowly bricked into a grotto while you're forced to watch.[/spoiler]

* In ''DragonAge'', this comes up a few times. In one sidequest, you come across two corpses and one scared Adventurer who all have notes speaking of the same fabled treasure. Obviously, all except the extremely freaked survivor met with gruesome ends. You can finish the quest by confronting the author of the notes...who turns out to be an {{expy}} of the lich Kanggaxx from ''BaldursGate''. His name? Gaxkang.

* Alex Mercer of ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' is a [[HumanoidAbomination horrific]] AntiHero who [[BrainFood gains the memories]] of the people he [[IAmAHumanitarian consumes]]. He comments on this now and then (apparently not finding it pleasant) and in the ending narration, he describes seeing the dying moments of his thousands of victims every time he closes his eyes.

* The entire point of ''FinalFantasyXIII'''s Missions. The party has the option of completing the [[MissionFromGod Focuses]] of other, failed [[TheChosenOne l'Cie]], who have been transformed into [[AndIMustScream Cie'th Stones]], doomed to eternal suffering and pleading for someone to help them, to kill the demons they were tasked with destroying yet could not. ([[BlessedWithSuck Being a l'Cie really sucks]]).

* A very similar episode occurs on ''{{Stargate SG-1}}'', when Colonel Mitchell has drugged, has false memories of committing the murder placed in his head, and left at the scene of the crime.

* In ''TheLordOfTheRings, Book II'' the Fellowship finds a journal in Moria chronicling how Balin and the other dwarves were besieged by Orcs and could not escape. The last entry says "They are coming." The Fellowship is ambushed by Orcs shortly afterwards.

* ''TheDresdenFiles'' book ''White Night'' plays with this: When Harry gets someone to magically witness a murder victim's last moments, it turns out she was killed by [[HornyDevils a White Court vampire]], and the viewer got [[OutWithABang a rather different impression from "terror."]] Dresden, considering the kind of things ''he'' tends to see, considers this terribly unfair.

* In ''[[{{Chalion}} The Curse of Chalion]]'', Cazaril prays for a death [[strike:magic]] miracle. If it succeeds, it will kill [[CastFromLifespan both himself and his target]]. After he completes the ritual, he hallucinates that he is his victim, who chokes to death on his own tongue. The next morning Cazaril is disappointed to wake up, until he learns that Dondo did indeed miraculously die at that moment, in the way Cazaril dreamed. [[spoiler: However, every night thereafter he is haunted by Dondo's ghost, as a second miracle has kept both Cazaril and Dondo in this world.]]

* ''GeistTheSinEaters'': What happens to a Sin-Eater when they are resurrected (the second time and after) by their geist: somebody else die in their stead, they experience the unfortunate person's demise, and then the Sin-Eater find themself alive once more, having shoved their death on someone else. [[CaptainObvious This is a traumatic experience]] that hits the KarmaMeter hard, and if happen too often, the Sin-Eater will find themself a total bonker.

* Cassandra Cain, the second Batgirl, was raised to be the [[CharlesAtlasSuperpower perfect]] killing machine. As a child, she never realised what it meant or what death even was - until the first time she kills and her ability to read people's body language means that she experiences the man's death as if it were her own. She then proceeds to become a PhlebotinumRebel, finally becoming [[TheAtoner Batgirl]].

* Hidan in ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' is an immortal who uses a technique that causes a target to suffer any wounds inflicted upon Hidan. He usually tortures them by slowly hurting himself before delivering a fatal blow which he, being immortal, survives. The link causes him to experience the full pain and terror of their final moments. Though it should be noted that [[CombatSadomasochist he actually enjoys the experience]]

* In ''[[{{Chalion}} The Curse of Chalion]]'', Cazaril prays for a death [[strike:magic]] miracle. If it succeeds, it will kill [[CastFromLifespan both himself and his target]]. After he completes the ritual, he hallucinates that he is [[CompleteMonster his victim]], who chokes to death on his own tongue. The next morning Cazaril is disappointed to wake up, until he learns that Dondo did indeed miraculously die at that moment, in the way Cazaril dreamed. [[spoiler: However, every night thereafter he is haunted by Dondo's ghost, as a second miracle has kept both Cazaril and Dondo in this world.]]

* ''GeistTheSinEaters'': What happens to a Sin-Eater when they are resurrected (the second time and after) by their geist: somebody else die in their stead, they experience the unfortunate person's demise, and then the Sin-Eater find themself alive once more, having shoved their death on someone else. [[CaptainObvious This is a traumatic experience]] that hits the KarmaMeter hard, and if happen too often, the Sin-Eater will find themself [[CompleteMonster a total bonker]].

* ''{{Fallout 3}}'' has Vault 106, where the lone wanderer has hallucinations throughout the level.
** There's a lot of this in ''{{Fallout 3}}''. Most of the vaults have logs and computers which tell you you're going through the same thing the occupants experienced, as well as the Dunwich Building, which has logs scattered throughout chronicling one man's descent into madness as he encounters exactly what you encounter.

* Reliving the memories of the recently dead is a primary mechanic of ''{{Cryostasis}}'', though there's a twist involved--[[SetRightWhatOnceWentWrong you can change what they did before they died]], often delaying their deaths.

* In one episode of ''StarTrekVoyager'', the crew encounters a race that punishes murderers by implanting the final memories of the victim (which they also use as evidence) into the convict for him to experience at regular intervals. Then Tom Paris gets framed for murder.

* In ''Discworld/UnseenAcademicals'', Glenda Sugarbean is shown a vision of the last moments of a soldier who was slain in battle by an orc.

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* Used [[NightmareFuel to grim and varied effect]] in the story-within-a-story in ThomasLigotti's "Notes On The Writing Of Horror: A Story".

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** The earlier film ''Brainstorm'' ends with the protagonist viewing a similar recording of a woman's natural death, and nearly gets dragged down into the afterlife himself.

* In ''DeadSpace'', you encounter a dying man who fought his way through the ship. He gives you a note and then dies. You have to finish what he started, scary beasts chasing you and all.

* Used [[NightmareFuelUnleaded to grim and varied effect]] in the story-within-a-story in ThomasLigotti's "Notes On The Writing Of Horror: A Story".

* ''TheDresdenFiles'' book ''White Night'' plays with this: When Harry gets someone to magically witness a murder victim's last moments, it turns out she was killed by [[HornyDevils a White Court vampire]], and the viewer got a rather different impression from "terror." Dresden, considering the kind of things ''he'' tends to see, considers this terribly unfair.

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This trope takes place where one character is thrown into the shoes of a dead man to experience his final moments. Either the player reads a pamphlet in Timmy's brutal demise before the monster which comes to try to kill the player, or he has to complete a dead man's task, witnessing and experiencing what killed the person before you.

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* In ''TheLordOfTheRings, Book II'' the Fellowship finds a journal in Moria chronicling how Balin and the other dwarves were besieged by Orcs and could not escape. The last entry says "They are coming." The Fellowship is ambushed by Orcs shortly afterwards.
** In ''The Return Of The King'', the [[PalantirPloy Palantir]] of Minas Tirith will only ever show the last image seen by Denethor -- [[{{Squick}} two burning hands]].
* ''TheDresdenFiles'' book ''White Night'' plays with this: When Harry gets someone to magically witness a murder victim's last moments, it turns out she was killed by [[HornyDevils a White Court vampire]], and the viewer got a [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean rather different impression from "terror."]]
* In ''[[{{Chalion}} The Curse of Chalion]]'', Cazaril prays for a death [[strike:magic]] miracle. If it succeeds, it will kill [[CastFromLifespan both himself and his target]]. After he completes the ritual, he hallucinates that he is [[CompleteMonster his victim]], who chokes to death on his own tongue. The next morning Cazaril is disappointed to wake up, until he learns that Dondo did indeed miraculously die at that moment, in the way Cazaril dreamed. [[spoiler: However, every night thereafter he is haunted by Dondo's ghost, as a second miracle has kept both Cazaril and Dondo in this world.]]

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* Johnathon Coulter's "Creepy Doll" song has the main character swap places with the doll just as it is being burned in a fire.

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* ''{{Fallout}} 3'' has Vault 106, where the lone wanderer has hallucinations throughout the level.
* In ''DeadSpace'', you encounter a dying man who fought his way through the ship. He gives you a note and then dies. You have to finish what he started, scary beasts chasing you and all.
* In ''DragonAge'', this comes up a few times. In one sidequest, you come across two corpses and one scared Adventurer who all have notes speaking of the same fabled treasure. Obviously, all except the extremely freaked survivor met with gruesome ends. You can finish the quest by confronting the author of the notes...who turns out to be an {{expy}} of the lich Kanggaxx from ''BaldursGate''. His name? Gaxkang.
** In another sidequest, the PlayerCharacter can stumble upon a corpse in Denerim's back streets. The man was a templar who stumbled upon a cabal of bloodmages. You can then clear out the warehouse and finish what he started.
** Yet another example occurs in a quest for the Mage's collective. One man sets out to find his wayward apprentice, but finds that the apprentice has turned into a horrifying abomination. The player character finds his corpse, then is attacked by the same abomination and must defeat it lest they end up the same way.

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