Adventures into Terror #12

In "The Hangman's Noose," a desperate rope seller tries to cover up a murder by staging a suicide with a flimsy noose, only to find his victim very much alive—and waiting. The tension builds as he tries to convince a police officer of his innocence, but the truth of the broken rope and the man’s sudden return hangs heavy in the air.

In "The Little Pests," a man’s secret grows heavier with every passing day after he hides his wife’s body in the nearby pond. When his new girlfriend can’t stand the mosquitoes, her complaints lead the county to drain the pond—unearthing far more than just stagnant water.

In "The 13th Floor," a desperate building manager is confronted by a ghoul seeking to rent a floor that doesn’t exist—until the creature insists, threatening his life if he refuses. The manager, intrigued by the promise of unseen space, agrees to lease the 13th floor, only to find himself trapped in a liminal space between floors when the elevator doors close. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, this chilling tale from *Adventures into Terror* #12 (1952) lingers in the unsettling gap between reality and the unseen.