Mysterious Adventures #5

A young man's father becomes the prime suspect when graves are desecrated in the mountain village of Blacktor, and his son Otto must grapple with mounting suspicion and fear as he searches for the truth about the so-called ghoul stalking the cemetery. When an escaped lunatic is finally captured, the village believes the mystery is solved—but Otto's father has a far darker revelation waiting, one that will bind Otto to a generations-old family curse. "Ghouls Feast at Midnight" is a twisted tale of inherited evil and the moment an ordinary boy learns what he truly is.

In "The Pool of Eternity," adventurer David Murstone survives a jungle crash only to be saved by the Jivaro goddess Konocry, who grants him immortality by letting him drink from her sacred pool. When the tribe condemns their bond, the two are cursed to endure endless torment—frozen in time as shrunken heads, bound together across eternity.

In "Terror of the Sleeping Monster!" from Mysterious Adventures #5 (1951), sculptor Lawrence Matthews finds himself haunted by a mysterious figure named Maroff, who appears in his dreams commanding him to carve his likeness. As the chisel brings Maroff’s image to life, Matthews must decide whether to destroy the sculpture and end the vampire’s reign—or risk unleashing something far worse.

In the eerie quiet of a lonely house, young Kathy clings to memories of her mother, whispering prayers to a grave that won’t answer—until the stepmother Rosamund is found dead, a single gunshot wound to her head. With the past rising in unsettling ways, Kathy must face a haunting truth that blurs the line between grief and something far more dangerous.