Chamber of Chills Magazine #7
"Pit of the Damned!" is a chilling tale from Chamber of Chills Magazine #7 (1952), where a man’s obsession with a cursed vase spirals into a nightmarish garden of death. Drawn by Joe Certa with inks by Vic Donahue, the story unfolds with a creeping dread as the man’s twisted sanctuary consumes all who enter. The haunting cover by Al Avison captures the eerie tone, setting the stage for a classic horror tale rooted in the macabre.
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A man buys a cursed vase that will cause anything he puts into it to die. When he destroys the vase and the dead plants, they begin to grow into a huge garden on his estate. Anyone that comes into contact with the garden will die instantly. He goes mad and lures numerous people into his garden where they die horrible deaths. Eventually the dead come back to life and force him into the garden.
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