Baffling Mysteries #20

In the shadow of the 19th century’s mechanical age, the Paris Exposition draws crowds to a newly built horror amusement ride—its design said to channel the very realm of Hades. As park directors test the ride, their minds unravel, plunging into madness before the gates even close.

When fading performers Ferdie and Doris seize control of a stage act from a real voodoo queen in New Orleans, they trade their fame for a chilling new life—only to find their success comes with a terrible, unspoken cost. The eerie allure of the city’s shadows and a haunting melody set the stage for a transformation neither expected.

In the chilling tale from *Baffling Mysteries #34*, a skeptical London police inspector dismisses the eerie warnings of a werewolf terrorizing the Scottish moors—only to find himself caught in the beast’s deadly path. With eerie atmosphere and a creeping dread, this 1954 horror-suspense story delivers a classic tale of disbelief and the monstrous unknown, lettered in sharp, typeset style by Leroy.

In "Hostage of the Unearthly," a series of radiation experiments accidentally tear open a rift between our world and the half-world, unleashing demons who find themselves stranded on Earth—trapped by their inability to cross water. As the creatures struggle to survive in a realm foreign to them, their desperation begins to blur the line between predator and prey.

In "When Voodoo Drums Rumble," plantation owner Stefan Hootner's cruelty awakens the wrath of the voodoo queen Veldamma, who takes the form of the alluring Velda to ensnare him. As their marriage begins, the drums of voodoo echo through the night, signaling a reckoning neither can escape.