What's the strangest bit of character research you've ever done?

For a villain for one of my old Vampire: Dark Ages games, I researched the theory of contagion, along with real life methods of breeding plagues. I suffered from nightmares and an extreme aversion to contact with other people until that game was finished. My girlfriend found it a bit strange when I started sleeping on the couch after the first session.

Needless to say, my adherence to the realities of plagues and the "fermenting" of such left a bad taste in my players' mouths. They began to bring their own food and drink to the games because they thought I might be a bit too involved with my research.

And they still know better than to feed off a common beggar in the street when playing.
 

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