House of Mystery #35

In "The Fatal Superstition," a chilling tale from House of Mystery #35 (1955), a deadly lie spreads through a partnership built on greed and deceit. When one man kills his partner and pins the crime on a fabricated curse tied to polka-dot kerchiefs, the truth becomes a far more dangerous trap than any superstition.

In "The Golden Man!", Ray James becomes obsessed with his reclusive neighbor Meeker’s mysterious machine, convinced it can turn metal into gold overnight. When James kills Meeker in a desperate bid for wealth, he discovers too late that the machine was nothing more than a failed invention — and the real gold was never there to begin with.

In "The Island of No Return!" from House of Mystery #35 (1955), adventurer Bart Madden follows a deadly trail of bodies in pursuit of a fabled pirate treasure—only to find the island’s natives are far less welcoming than he expected.

In "The Man Who Haunted a Ghost!" from House of Mystery #35, the murder of wealthy Scottish millionaire McNally sets off a chilling web of deception, as his friend Duncan manipulates the castle’s eerie reputation to pin the crime on McNally’s cousin. With the ghost of the estate serving as a spectral witness, the truth behind the murder lies not in the supernatural, but in a carefully crafted lie.