EC Classics #8

In "Touch and Go!", William Acton’s desperate attempt to erase every trace of his crime at Arthur Huxley’s mansion spirals into a chilling obsession. As he scrubs away evidence with increasing frenzy, his mind fractures under the weight of his own guilt, leaving him trapped in a relentless ritual long after the police arrive.

In "One for the Money...", Jo finds herself adrift after a devastating betrayal, only to be drawn back into a world where past wounds and new desires collide. After a painful farewell, she takes a chance on a strange offer from an elderly woman, leading her to a house where a simmering tension between past regrets and present temptations begins to unfold.

In "Fired!", Patricia, the lonely owner of the Circle-Diamond cattle ranch, finds herself drawn to Roy Willis, a ranch hand she promotes to foreman. When Roy grows restless and abandons her for a woman in town, Patricia makes a shocking decision—one that will leave a permanent mark.

In "...Two for the Show!", a meticulously planned murder unravels when a sharp-eyed detective senses something off about Harry’s alibi. With a body hidden in a trunk and a train ride to cover his tracks, Harry’s confidence begins to crack when he swaps trunks at the station—only to find a second corpse inside the one he took.

In "Fall Guy for Murder," private-eye Gregg Saunders is called in by his friend Harry to track down Harry’s missing wife, Edith. When Gregg uncovers a clue tied to a mysterious murder mystery novel of the same name, he begins to suspect a sinister game is afoot—only to realize too late that he’s become the story’s final, unsuspecting victim.

In "Juice for the Record!", old Pop Martin, a lonely hospital electrician, finds himself caught between his love for his son Richie and the dangerous world Richie’s tangled up in. When Richie is shot in a violent clash with a crook he’d double-crossed, Pop tries to protect him by recording a confession that would pin the murder on himself—only to have the hospital’s power cut out at the crucial moment, leaving the truth suspended in silence.

In "Frozen Assets!", Mort and Helen plot a cold-blooded scheme to secure a $200,000 inheritance by faking the death of Helen’s husband, hiding him in a freezer until the aunt passes away. When the body is finally thawed and reported dead, the coroner’s autopsy reveals a chilling clue: the man’s stomach holds oysters out of season—proof he was already dead before being frozen.

In "From Here to Insanity," a desperate killer hiding in an old woman’s apartment thinks he’s safe—until he realizes she’s been silently watching him all along. The deaf tenant, a master of lip reading, knows more than she lets on, and the police are already closing in. With tension simmering in the quiet apartment, the maniac’s grip on control begins to slip in ways he never saw coming.