The work of Doc Hemlok took an unexpected turn when he inadvertently merged his consciousness with a patient under his supervision at a high security psychiatric ward. This came about when conducting experiments to control forms of schizophrenia with sonic frequencies and the lab technician (PanAssassin) unlocked a series of tones that put the facility's most dangerous inhabitants into a trance-like state that allowed them to absorb each other's brainwaves. The most receptive conduit throughout the testing phase was an activist (known here as "The Vanguard") who was deemed an enemy of the state by the US government for his efforts to promote dissent.
Originally this "mind meld" was intended to be like a one way mirror, wherein the proctor could monitor, and ostensibly control, the consciousness of the subject but not the other way around.
This was not to be.
As the two continued their sessions under the guidance of PanAssassin many things became abundantly clear. Chief among them is that the patients weren't as crazy as they seemed. They were actually onto something, and that's why the government had put them there. Away from the media. Away from influencing others who might begin to see the truth. Pandora's Box had been opened, and together all of these lunatics, miscreants and criminals could unlock some of the secrets of the universe, under the care of the good doctor that is.
They became HEMLOK SOCIETY.
Once the government agencies who oversaw the operation now known as "Krampusnacht" took notice, they took action to shut down the facility and destroy all of Hemlok's research, findings, and even his patients. However, through the window of their expanded consciousness Hemlok Society knew they were coming, fought off their unsuspecting handlers and escaped into the night where they now roam through the place they call Nightmerica, meeting in secret with their identities concealed and recording their experiences in the sinister subtext of musical offerings.
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