Forbidden Worlds #29

When George vanishes during a surveying expedition near a haunted lake, his worried sister Marilyn and her husband Don discover something far worse than drowning—a grotesque creature called the Frogman that dwells in the depths, transforming its victims into hideous tadpole-like monsters. Don must plunge into the murky water to stop the thing before it claims Marilyn as its next victim, armed only with George's speargun and the desperate hope that the creature's evil can be destroyed in the very depths where it hunts.

When four test pilots die in the crash of Kent W. Sanders' experimental Strato-Streak aircraft, Sanders tells himself it was pilot error—nothing wrong with the plane. But that night, strange laughter echoes through his office, and torn papers swirl like a ghostly blizzard as the dead pilots' voices begin to haunt him, determined to reclaim the blueprints of his prized invention. Desperate to rebuild his design and silence the vengeful spirits, Sanders discovers that some debts cannot be paid back in this world.

In "Tour of Horror," Mildred Joyce joins the charming Leland Gaylord on a seemingly ordinary bus tour of Manhattan—only to find the city's streets revealing something far more sinister. As the bus passes scenes of murdered women, their spectral forms begin to appear, whispering warnings that Leland’s charm may be the deadliest trap of all.

Two criminals, Ed and Al, steal from a gold merchant in India during a firewalker ceremony, only to have the merchant's spiritual vengeance take terrifying form—a vengeful fire spirit bound to pursue them across the world. As the supernatural force grows stronger and more unstoppable, Detective Bradley and the authorities must grapple with a threat that defies ordinary law enforcement, leading to a desperate and fateful solution.

Two women vying for the same nobleman's affection push their rivalry to fatal extremes—when jealousy drives one of them to seek dark magic, the stakes become murder. But in this tale of love and vengeance set in 1954, nothing stays hidden forever, and both rivals may find themselves trapped by secrets darker than either bargained for.