Crime Mysteries #15

In "Feast of the Dead!" from Crime Mysteries #15 (1954), two detectives unravel a macabre mystery when a wealthy man’s corpse is found horribly violated—stripped of valuables and gnawed beyond recognition. As they close in on a pair of masked figures dressed in ghoul costumes, the case takes a chilling turn that blurs the line between murder and something far more unnatural.

In "Skin Deep," plastic surgeon Dr. Trent Miller takes on a dangerous assignment: altering the faces of escaped convict Martin Marly and his wife to hide them from the law. When Marly rejects the new look he’s given—especially the grotesque transformation of his wife—he turns on the doctor, sparking a violent confrontation that ends with both men scarred, one by the dogs, the other by the very surgery he once controlled.

In "Death in Room 13," hospital nurse Alice Lake finds herself trapped in a high-stakes standoff with a wounded gangster, the only witness to a murder that draws the syndicate’s deadly attention. As the tension mounts in the isolated room, Detective Graw races against time to unravel the truth before the killer strikes again.

In "Death Stars on T.V.", police lieutenant O'Shea and private investigator Don Grady each pursue the strange death of a plaster man in a TV studio, where the line between performance and peril blurs. With sharp instincts and a knack for the unexpected, Don Grady outpaces the law to uncover the truth behind the mystery.