Mister Mystery #1

In "Death a la Carte," a man's cold calculation to inherit his cousin's fortune takes a deadly turn when the cousin's ghost returns, haunting him with a vengeance he never expected. Written with chilling precision and illustrated in stark, atmospheric detail, this 1951 horror-suspense tale from Mister Mystery #1 unfolds a grim, unsettling revenge story rooted in guilt and the price of greed.

In "Television Ghost," Henry Meeks finds himself trapped in a chilling twist of fate after his wife’s violent act—only to return not as a man, but as something far more unsettling, bound to the very screen that once brought them together. The story unfolds with a slow, creeping dread as the line between life and haunting blurs, leaving both husband and wife entangled in a nightmare neither can escape.

In the logging town of Twin Trees, an innocent man is hanged for a murder he didn't commit—but not before he curses the very tree used for his execution, swearing vengeance on the real killer. When the body mysteriously vanishes and strange forces begin closing in on the actual murderer, the man's oath proves far more powerful than death itself.