Dark Mysteries #1

When shipping magnate Caleb Dodge constructs a new yacht from the timbers of the cursed *Sea Witch*, he believes he’s outrun the past—until his son, Dodge Junior, begins to hear whispers from the deep. The legacy of a long-ago murder stirs aboard the vessel, and the sea itself seems to remember what the living have tried to forget.

In "The Corpse's Embrace!" from Dark Mysteries #1 (1951), the greedy wife Vania murders her wealthy husband, composer Leopold Zadek, only to flee into his coffin to escape the police. Trapped in the tomb, she falls victim to a mysterious illness—and the vengeful presence of the dead man begins to stir.

In "The Ghoul Of Death," surgeon Barton Hastings attempts a radical procedure to cure a murderer by removing the part of his brain he believes houses evil. Though the operation seems to work, the malevolent spirit escapes into a new body—and begins a fresh cycle of violence.

In the quiet town of Twin Dunes, a wave of fear sweeps through the streets as locals whisper of a vampire stalking the night. When Professor Conlan uncovers the truth behind the terror, he must confront the source of the haunting before the town falls deeper into dread.