Haunted Horror #20

In "The Horror of Van Mort," John Harvin waits alone in a haunted house, drawn by the promise of a ghostly encounter. When three city friends arrive for a prank, their laughter turns to dread as the house itself seems to awaken—something ancient stirring in the dark.

In "Cry from the Coffin," a man lies trapped in his own body after a brutal accident, fully aware as his unfaithful wife identifies his corpse, his heart is removed in an autopsy, and his funeral is held—all while he remains unable to move or speak. The story unfolds with chilling intimacy, exploring terror not through monsters, but through the unbearable helplessness of a mind trapped in a dead man’s skin.

In "Death Song," violinist Marleau, driven by envy and ambition, eliminates his rival Ricco in a desperate bid for fame and fortune—only to find that success comes at a terrible price. As the lines between memory and nightmare blur, Marleau is tormented by the lingering presence of the man he killed, trapped in a haunting that blurs the edge between the living and the dead.

In "The Doom of the Lucky Devil," gangster Lucky Daniels is given a chance to turn his life around—when Fate himself intervenes. Refusing redemption, he’s lured into a forgotten mining ghost town, where gold awaits… and the dead miners are still guarding their secrets. The air grows thick with dread as Daniels descends into a pit he can’t escape, the weight of his choices closing in.

In "The Witch of Death," newspaperman Dick Groom arrives in the isolated Misty Moors to report on Witchery Week, only to find the Duncan family falling victim to a chilling curse tied to the long-dead moor witch. As each member disappears under eerie circumstances, the last survivor, the enigmatic Dora, remains—her fate hanging in the balance, her survival far from a mercy.