The question of the death instinct has been a controversial one since Freud first introduced the concept in 1920. Many analysts dispute the dual drive theory, finding the idea that there is an unconscious demand on the mind to destroy, undo connections and return the organism to an inanimate state to be depressing and unsavory. This paper presents a patient whose major focus in treatment was a fascination with death, and attempts to understand and explain some of the dynamics associated with this phenomenon.