Dark Mysteries #14

In "Fingers of Doom," a man’s violent act of disposing of his nagging wife in a cement mixer backfires in the most chilling way—only her hands survive the machine’s grind. Now, severed and vengeful, they move with unnatural purpose, hunting the man who destroyed her.

A prospector's greed turns deadly when he murders his partner over a cave discovery, only to face an eerie reckoning twelve years later when the victim's daughter arrives in town. Jack Bell falls for Karen Correll, unaware of her connection to his dark past, but the underground lake where he committed his crime seems to hold secrets of its own. As Karen is drawn back to the cave's mysteries, Bell realizes that some debts cannot be buried forever.

When Emily Blanchard promises her devoted nurse Bessie that a treasured painting of her African village will be buried with her, she sets in motion a series of dark events that no one could have foreseen. Years later, when the ambitious Governor Steven Randall frames the innocent Roger Trenholme for a mysterious fire in the woods—the very woods where Bessie's grave lies—the supernatural forces guarding her tomb begin to stir. As the secrets of voodoo magic and vengeful spirits unravel, Emily discovers that some promises made in love cannot be broken, even beyond death.

In "Escape to Death!" from Dark Mysteries #14 (1953), a prison mortician hatches a desperate plan to flee his gilded cage, slipping into the coffin of a corpse bound for a cemetery—only to find his fate flipped when the name tags are switched and he's sent straight to the crematorium. The story unfolds with chilling precision, turning a moment of hope into a race against incineration.