In 1917, on this day in Eastern Prussia officers of the Imperial German Government discovered a macabre scene onboard the abandoned Locomotive #293.

Red ScareTo eliminate any chance of the evil seed of revolution being formented in Germany, Quartermarter General Erich Von Ludendorff had given precise instructions for the train to be sealed. Yet Ludendorff would later receive a written report which was accompanied by a note stating "Its as old as Macedonia, hanging the body of your enemy or betrayer upside down so his head faces earth instead of heaven" (© Stephen King, 1976). And of the vampire Lenin, and the 5m gold deutsch marks drawn from the Reich Treasury, there was no sign. Absolutely no sign at all.