Dates
- Cover date
- March 1951
- Pages
- 36
Editions and covers
- Original editionSource ↗
Creators
Stories
- The Amulet of Terror · 7 pages
In Hungary, two treasure hunters steal a vampire's amulet out of its grave, thus releasing the beast. Following the men through half of Europe, the vampire finally retrieves his amulet and finds eternal rest in his grave again.
- True Tales of the Supernatural #5 · True Tales of The Supernatural · 1 pages
"In the year 1828, a young german lady of rank arrived in Paris..." The ghost of a french naval officer commits suicide in her hotel room at night. In the morning, she can identify an unclaimed body in the morgue as the officer's.
- Behind the Locked Door · 7 pages
Maxwell Geis is haunted by recurrent nightmares. The people he dreams about, die. On the brink of insanity, he falls in love with a girl. Visiting her parents, he relives his dreams again. Maxwell is brought into an insane asylum, but is stabbed to death by the people he used to dream about.
- True Tales of the Supernatural #6 · True Tales of the Supernatural · 1 pages
"One evening, in 1903, John Platt was walking through the woods in Erie, PA. ..." Seeking refuge from a storm, the man stays in a deserted house. There he witnesses a congregation of ghosts.
- The Keeper of the Flames · 7 pages
A man makes a pact with death, not the devil. The consequences are the same: wealth and power for a span of years. Then death claims him at the appointed time.
- Brew of Death · 2 pages
A madman plans to torture a young couple to death with sulphuric acid, but is overwhelmed at the last moment.
- The Legend of the Long 3rd Finger · 7 pages
The dying ex-wife of a rich man curses him and his family: her son is to become a werewolf (because he has a long third finger!) and kill him and his offspring. So it happens. Many years later the werewolf/son impersonates a music teacher and infiltrates the family. He can be exposed and killed before he can murder the lovely daughter of the house.
Reprinted in
Web of Mystery (1951), Baffling Mysteries (1951)