Hugo the monk

There are online tutorials for such things, especially on YouTube - search for "synth for beginners" and like terms. Are there any synths in particular that you're looking into getting? If so, look up video tutorials that will give you a basic rundown on features and what all you can do with them. If you're not sure what you want, just keep it broad in terminology as mentioned before - "synth tutorial" or "how to play synthesizer" - I'm sure there will be good results.

Also, you can just do what I did and be purely experimental with little tutorial input. For instance, I have a Korg MS-20 Mini, which is a semi-modular synth, meaning it has modular capabilities and a full keyboard, plus it's fully analog. Take some patch cables and put them in random modules just to see what comes out, and hit keys on the keyboard to see how that further modulates the sounds as well. You'll be surprised at just how complex the sounds are that you can get!

If you have something digital and/or purely modular, the capabilities are truly endless. There's so much to play around with that I can't fully cover it all in this message, but I would suggest taking a similar "Ooh, what does THIS button do???" approach. Bang around on things and patch modules together until you find something truly sinister that you want to unleash onto the world. Digital software can further amplify whatever sounds you come up with; dive into it as well.

I know this isn't the most helpful message, but I hope at least that I pointed you in the right direction. Let me know what you decide on and what you eventually come up with!

In case anyone is wondering what real-world train drama is going on, there’s this.

The tl;dr is that Amtrak wants to run two passenger trains per day round-trip (4 runs total) between Mobile, Alabama and New Orleans, Louisiana, restoring a service that hasn’t been there since Hurricane Katrina in 2005. CSX and Norfolk Southern, two major freight train companies, have resisted this idea, saying it would mess up their traffic, especially since Amtrak’s passenger trains would get priority (by government decree, believe it or not).

So now Amtrak is on Twitch streaming the line to prove the line isn’t too busy for them to run passenger trains.