Secrets of the Unknown #14

A wealthy man discovers a mysterious beam of light on his land with miraculous healing powers, quickly fencing it off and charging a fortune for access. But when the beam’s true nature is revealed, its escalating power brings sudden and devastating consequences to his estate.

In "He Changed at Midnight," a mysterious stranger with a hidden identity must reset his clock each night to avoid exposure, as his true form emerges at midnight. When a greedy man uncovers his secret and tries to turn him in for a reward, the Mercurian takes swift, unexpected action—returning his accuser to Mercury to learn a lesson in greed.

In "It Waits in the Tank!", a man’s curiosity about a peculiar sea creature leads to a terrifying transformation—his mind trapped inside a glass tank, watching as the alien being he once kept takes over his body, leaving him staring out at the world from within the tank.

In "Only One Returned!", two men descend into a cave shaft, their journey quickly turning treacherous when one betrays the other in a desperate bid to claim his girlfriend. As the rope is cut and one man plummets into the river, the survivor’s victory is short-lived—fate has a twist in store, and the cave’s hidden dangers may not be the only thing that traps him.

In "The Swami's Secret!", a mind-reading spiritualist is thrown into turmoil when he detects what he believes is an alien preparing to invade Earth. Convinced the stakes are too high to keep his powers hidden, he confesses to years of fraud against wealthy clients—only to have the police uncover that the "alien" was just an actor in costume, rehearsing a role.

In "The Second-Hand Man!", a quiet, law-abiding man inherits more than just a used car when he buys one previously owned by an executed gangster—suddenly, his actions grow bold, unpredictable, and dangerously out of character. The car seems to carry a restless spirit, and the man begins to wonder if the vehicle’s past is rewriting his own.

In "The Little Things!", a man grows increasingly unsettled by the strange, life-like oriental figurines his wife brings home—especially after he discovers they come to life when broken. When he tries to rid himself of one by smashing a rattlesnake figurine against the wall, his wife’s calm voice from the kitchen reveals a chilling exchange: the snake was traded for a figurine of an atomic bomb.

In "Bewitched!", a quiet town falls under the spell of an ancient book wielded by the fanatical yogi Genda, leaving its people frozen in place. When a passing man’s glasses slip from his face, a sudden burst of light through one lens sets off a chain of events that may break the curse—or unleash something far worse.