La jaula de la bestia (Clark Carrados)

# Museum Catalog Note

"The Beast's Cage" by Clark Carrados presents a horror narrative centered on traveling salesman Eddie Salton, who becomes trapped on a New England country road by inexplicably fast-growing boxwood hedges. Seeking help at a nearby mansion, he is welcomed by the courteous Mrs. Hampsbury and her household of beautiful young women. At dinner, the horrifying truth emerges: the residents are cannibals who serve human flesh, including that of infants. After consuming part of the meal unknowingly, Salton flees in terror through the night. Chapter Two reveals him hospitalized and delirious, recounting his experiences to his friend Chester Franks, while a police inspector questions the account. The narrative combines Gothic thriller elements with body horror and psychological breakdown, leaving ambiguous whether Salton's ordeal was real or hallucination induced by alcohol and exhaustion.