Crime SuspenStories #20

In "Fire Trap!", Georgia schemes to eliminate her wealthy husband Martin, orchestrating a deadly plan with her lover Bill to trap Martin in a stable with a vicious new horse. But Martin, sharp and calculating, turns the tables—dispatching Bill and hiding the body before setting a final trap of his own. When the authorities uncover Bill’s corpse and find Georgia’s scarf around his neck, the evidence points squarely to her, though the truth of what really happened remains buried beneath the estate’s secrets.

In "The Welchers," two desperate cousins plot to kill their wealthy uncle to settle a debt to a gangster, but their plan backfires when they botch the attempt by tampering with his insulin. Now trapped by the very criminals they sought to outwit, they face a grim fate as the mob exacts brutal retribution—sentenced to cement shoes and a final drop into the harbor.

In "Double Jeopardy," a jealous Hollywood writer sets a trap to expose his sister Nan’s boyfriend Eddie as a fraud—only to witness a chilling act of violence that turns his plan into a nightmare. With Nan’s life now in danger, the truth about Eddie’s intentions unfolds in a moment of shocking betrayal.

In "Plane Murder," a gripping tale from Crime SuspenStories #20, aerial daredevil Phil faces a deadly game of revenge when his wife Milly, aware of his sabotage that caused Marty’s death, takes matters into her own hands—by tampering with the key he relies on to free himself mid-air.