Selección Terror: El Diabólico Doctor Kell

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This Spanish-language pulp magazine issue presents "El Diabólico Doctor Kell" by Clark Carrados, a thriller combining crime and horror elements. The narrative opens with thieves Happ Wolley and Daisy Tynn trespassing in the grounds of an estate owned by the mysterious Doctor Kell. After an encounter in the darkened park, Wolley witnesses what he believes is a giant gorilla attacking and devouring his companion. When police sergeant Bothwell investigates, Kell calmly denies the accusation; finding no evidence at the scene, Bothwell dismisses Wolley's account as alcohol-induced delusion. The doctor is revealed to employ a woman named Olga who assists him, and he arranges for a new assistant, Leonora Halvert, to arrive shortly. A separate scene introduces reporter Henry Flash Digby meeting with June Peel at a pub, where conversation turns mysteriously toward primates. The narrative suggests darker secrets surrounding Doctor Kell's household.