Dates
- Cover date
- October-November 1953
- On sale
- July 20, 1953
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Tryst! · A Crime SuspenStory · 8 pages
A man is so jealous of his wife that he murders a boy from the local orphanage that she has been spending time with in the woods.
- in gratitude... · 7 pages
A Korean war vet berates his hometown because his black friend, who threw himself on a grenade to save his life, wasn't good enough to be buried in the town cemetery.
- Deadbeat! · 1 pages
Dr. Clark was furious with his wife, because she allowed her worthless brother to stay at their home and sponge off of them. One night, Burt, hungry for a midnight snack, and wanting to avoid his sister's cheap husband, decides to forgo the kitchen and try to find something to eat in the greenhouse. He does.....with fatal results!
- Shock Talk · Shock Talk · 1 pages
- The Space Suitors · A Science-Fiction SuspenStory · 6 pages
A woman and her lover plan to murder her husband out in space, but he outsmarts them by giving a signal to the rocket to blast off when he shot so that his wife and her lover will suffocate on the barren planetoid.
- ...Three's A Crowd · 7 pages
A jealous husband sends his wife and his best friend to their deaths when their suspicious behavior makes him leap to the conclusion that they are having an affair, but they are, in reality, planning an anniversary surprise.
Reprinted in
Shock Suspenstories (1981), Shock Suspenstories (1994), The Fantagraphics EC Artists' Library (2012), The EC Archives: Shock Suspenstories (2021), Tales from the Crypt (1954)