Ghostly Tales #64

When young architect Henry Bauer approaches Chester Dearborn and Karl Kling with his brilliant designs, the two rising stars see an opportunity—they hire him to work for them, but keep his genius hidden while claiming credit for his visionary work themselves. As Bauer's creations win them fame and fortune, Dearborn and Kling grow desperate to protect their secret, leading them to a dark solution that will haunt the very buildings they've constructed. What emerges from the International Trade Center's construction site is far more than steel and glass.

Randolph Blake's car breaks down near a town that bears his own name—a place that shouldn't exist on any map—and he's quickly swept up by its peculiar residents who seem to know exactly who he is. As Blake struggles to understand how these people recognize him and why they insist he's finally come home, Aunt Jane reveals the town's horrifying past: a curse born from tragedy that has trapped Blakesville and its people outside the normal world for decades. Now Blake must confront the impossible truth about his connection to this ghostly place and whether he can escape its grip.

Dr. M.T. Graves, a supernaturalist, races against time to stop a mysterious South American artifact from awakening something far more sinister than anyone bargained for. When a cursed statue begins to stir to life in pursuit of human sacrifice, only Graves stands between the city and a bloodthirsty supernatural force. This tense 1967 tale from *Ghostly Tales* #64 builds from an innocent antique shop discovery to a desperate struggle for survival.

In sunny Italy, a desperate father cuts off his ailing wife's beautiful hair to sell and feed their hungry children—but the transaction sets off a chain of dark consequences that follows the stolen locks through the hands of a wealthy English woman, then a newlywed, and finally a teenage girl, each one transformed by it into something cruel and destructive. As the cursed hair passes from owner to owner, those around them suffer the price of its power, and the cycle shows no sign of breaking.