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* [[https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/08/vlad-the-impaler-may-have-shed-tears-of-blood-study-finds/ An analysis of letters]] written by UsefulNotes/VladTheImpaler shows that it's possible that he cried TearsOfBlood.
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* The entirety of the narration of ''ComicBook/InnocenceLost'' is in the form of a letter from Sarah Kinney wrote to her daughter and creation, X-23, in the event she was unable to tell her about her origins herself. Unfortunately, that's exactly what ended up happening. Even worse, because the letter was so badly fouled by Sarah's blood, Laura was never able to read it herself until she was given the copy Sarah had the foresight to also send to Wolverine just in case.

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* The entirety of the narration of ''ComicBook/InnocenceLost'' ''ComicBook/X23InnocenceLost'' is in the form of a letter from Sarah Kinney wrote to her daughter and creation, X-23, in the event she was unable to tell her about her origins herself. Unfortunately, that's exactly what ended up happening. Even worse, because the letter was so badly fouled by Sarah's blood, Laura was never able to read it herself until she was given the copy Sarah had the foresight to also send to Wolverine just in case.



* ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': After [[spoiler: Coulson]] is killed, Nick Fury presents his beloved collection of Captain America collector's cards to the team, still wet with his blood. After the team has gone to face Loki, Agent Hill says the cards were in his locker, at which point Fury admits he needed something to motivate them.

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* ''Film/{{The Avengers|2012}}'': ''Film/TheAvengers2012'': After [[spoiler: Coulson]] [[spoiler:Coulson]] is killed, Nick Fury presents his beloved collection of Captain America collector's cards to the team, still wet with his blood. After the team has gone to face Loki, Agent Hill says the cards were in his locker, at which point Fury admits he needed something to motivate them.



* ''Film/TheMonumentsMen''. Stoltz looking at the blood-splattered letter Jeffries is [[VoiceoverLetter narrating in voiceover]] cues the audience to his death just before we see it happen.

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* ''Film/TheMonumentsMen''. ''Film/TheMonumentsMen'': Stoltz looking at the blood-splattered letter Jeffries is [[VoiceoverLetter narrating in voiceover]] cues the audience to his death just before we see it happen.
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* Variation in ''Film/InTheCut'': Cornelius, one of Frannie’s students, turns in a paper on [[SerialKiller John Wayne Gacy]] that has blood stains on it.
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In {{mystery}} settings, these often become clues, sometimes a DyingClue, for the GreatDetective who finds them. Journals and books can also count, as well as newspapers and documents. In some cases, the blood makes it difficult or impossible to make out what the letter actually says. In tales centering on espionage, captured documents being stained with blood presents the audience with a grisly clue as to [[CloakAndDagger how the documents were acquired.]]

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In {{mystery}} MysteryFiction settings, these often become clues, sometimes a DyingClue, for the GreatDetective who finds them. Journals and books can also count, as well as newspapers and documents. In some cases, the blood makes it difficult or impossible to make out what the letter actually says. In tales centering on espionage, captured documents being stained with blood presents the audience with a grisly clue as to [[CloakAndDagger how the documents were acquired.]]
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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin'' had a dying man highlight letters on a newspaper using his bloody fingerprints to spell out a ship's name.

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* ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin'' ''WesternAnimation/TheAdventuresOfTintin2011'' had a dying man highlight letters on a newspaper using his bloody fingerprints to spell out a ship's name.
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* ''Webcomic/{{Unsounded}}'': When Elka writes the capitol for reinforcements the message responding to her gets cut off with a splatter, when the woman responding gets killed. Then her killer claims it was an ink spill and tells Elka to retreat.
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* In the second book of the ''Literature/OlogySeries'', Emily Sands has just discovered the tomb of Osiris when she is approached by a priestess of Isis who warns her not to enter the tomb. She does not heed the priestess' warning, and this is the last entry in ''Egyptology'' written by Sands. The publisher's note states that the remaining pages were covered in weird stains, which were not included in the published facsimile.

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* In the second book of the ''Literature/OlogySeries'', Emily Sands has just discovered the tomb of Osiris when she is approached by a priestess of Isis who warns her not to enter the tomb. She does not heed the priestess' warning, and this is the last entry in ''Egyptology'' written by Sands. The publisher's note at the end states that the remaining pages were covered in weird stains, which were not included in the published facsimile.stains.
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* In the second book of the ''Literature/OlogySeries'', Emily Sands has just discovered the tomb of Osiris when she is approached by a priestess of Isis who warns her not to enter the tomb. This is the last entry in ''Egyptology'' written by Sands, and the publisher's note states that the remaining pages were covered in weird stains. They may have been coffee stains, but they most likely were not.

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* In the second book of the ''Literature/OlogySeries'', Emily Sands has just discovered the tomb of Osiris when she is approached by a priestess of Isis who warns her not to enter the tomb. This She does not heed the priestess' warning, and this is the last entry in ''Egyptology'' written by Sands, and the Sands. The publisher's note states that the remaining pages were covered in weird stains. They may have been coffee stains, but they most likely which were not.not included in the published facsimile.
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* In the second book of the ''Literature/OlogySeries'', Emily Sands has just discovered the tomb of Osiris when she is approached by a priestess of Isis who warns her not to enter the tomb. This is the last entry in ''Egyptology'' written by Sands, and the publisher's note states that the remaining pages were covered in weird stains. They may have been coffee stains, but they most likely were not.

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