Adrenochrome, a substance extracted from a living human body. But could such a drug be real? According to numerous, independent researchers, not only is it real, but many of the Illuminati elite are addicted to it, and will stop at nothing to satisfy their depraved demand. Join me, as we dive down the dark rabbit hole of adrenochrome.

Long before popular culture portrayed vampires as sexy heroes, stories of a monstrous nobility that craved human blood were very much real. Elizabeth Bathry, the infamous "blood countess", was a Hungarian noblewoman who systematically murdered numerous young servant girls, not only bathing in, but consuming their blood. Elizabeth would pierce the flesh of the victim, hoist her up to the rafters, and swallow the blood as it ran down.

Could their really be a sect, among society, that is actually addicted to blood? And, if so, why?

Deeper research shows that the answer might lie with a certain hormone that floods our bodies during moments of intense fear or excitement: Adrenalin.

@Jeff Wise

So Adrenalin is a substance that your body releases into your bloodstream when you're in a potentially dangerous situation.

It's responsible for the fight-or-flight response in mammals, heightening senses and increasing strength and energy.

@Jeff Wise

In some ways, the fear response gives us superhuman powers [transcriber note: the original video played the snippet where he said "superhuman powers" twice].

@Jeff Wise

You find that you're able to really concentrate. You're able to use muscle strength in ways that are otherwise impossible.

@Jeff Wise

Basically, these chemicals that cascade into our bloodstreams and flood into our brains, they change the way we think and they change the way our bodies function. We don't feel pain.

In the right conditions, it can be exhilerating and downright addicting [transcriber note: the video shows stock footage of a roller coaster], thus the term, "Adrenalin junkies."

@Jeff Wise

When we do a parachute jump, we're experiencing the same chemicals in our brain that a meth user experiences in their brain. So, you absolutely can become addicted to that sensation.

Whether human or animal, blood sacrifice has long been a part of the rituals of many cultures, and it was discovered that after consuming the fresh, Adrenalin-saturated blood of a terrified victim, participants would experience a type of high off of the Adrenalin, which could include increased senses, hallucinations, and a sense of euphoria. Sometimes, assigning a supernatural causality to the effects.

Eventually, the precise timing was worked out, so that the victim was killed at the precise moment when the maximum amount of Adrenalin had been pumped into the body. This knowledge was passed down through secret societies, mystery schools, and intergenerational satanic cults.

@Linda Wiegand

When they torture the children, it causes a physical reaction of the endomorphines in your body, to increase because of the terror and the pain. So when the Satanists drink the blood, they actually get a chemical reaction — like a drug high from the blood of the tortured victim.

@David Icke

These entities are feeding off human energy, and one of the things they do is, when they're sacrificing somebody, the people with invisible light, the Satanists and the bloodlines, they'll drink the blood because when the terror reaches a certain point in the ritual, a certain Adrenalin goes into the blood which gives these people a high. I mean, sick is not the word. But on another level — an energetic level — the entities are feeding off the energy coming off of terror and fear.

Most satanic sacrifices involve some consumption of the blood, possibly even body parts. More disturbingly, some of these groups make a point of preferring the blood of children, believing it to be more potent.

Another reason the elite drink children's blood is for its known rejuvenating effects.