Ghostly Weird Stories #121

In "Terrible Encounter," Jim Sanford—newly arrived at the ancestral Kougar Estate—faces the chilling reality of his inheritance: a castle haunted by a spectral presence. When the ghost finally reveals itself to Jim and his wife, the couple must confront the past in a tense, unseen battle for survival.

In "The Case of the Shrunken Heads," a jungle-bound betrayal unfolds when Von Crump's greed leads to murder, only to turn on him when his bride Leona defends herself—leaving her to face the ancient, unforgiving justice of her own tribe.

Joe Kerr can't stand people—the noise, the demands, the endless crowd—so he wishes they'd all just disappear. When he wakes one morning to find his wish has come horrifyingly true, he discovers he's alone in a dead city, free to take what he wants and rule as he pleases. But as Joe searches for even a single other living soul, the weight of his solitude begins to close in on him.

When a stranger named Roberts calls on Jo-Jo for urgent help, the jungle king finds himself drawn into a mystery involving exotic animal training and a growing snake menace that's terrorizing nearby villages. Roberts's wife Janeece demonstrates her remarkable skill with cobras, but the real danger lies in an unexplained invasion of serpents that threatens the survival of the natives—a puzzle that even she cannot solve. Jo-Jo must uncover the source of this deadly plague and decide what role he'll play in stopping it.