Secrets of the Unknown #218

In "I Wake Up Screaming," a desperate criminal tries to vanish by faking amnesia, altering his appearance, and erasing his past with hypnosis—only to be undone when doctors craft a twisted fantasy where he must rescue the one person he truly cares about, screaming his real name in terror.

In "I Am the Menace from the Purple Planet!", a peace-seeking alien arrives on Earth with a simple mission—yet the humans, wary and quick to fear, attempt to hold him captive. What they don’t realize is that the being they’ve captured is just a robot, leaving the real alien to quietly return home, his hopes unfulfilled.

When the ten-year anniversary of a brutal pirate raid arrives, the crew of the Black Maw finds their past catching up in the most haunting way—ghosts from a forgotten victim rise at seven o’clock, and the sea itself seems to remember what they’ve tried to forget.

In a quiet corner of wartime France, a man whose fascination with gargoyles runs deeper than stone and shadow finds himself caught in the crossfire of resistance and danger. When a mysterious beast rescues him from captivity, he carries the memory like a secret—until years later, he notices the same marks on the very statues he once admired.

In "I Unleashed Monstro on the World!" from *Secrets of the Unknown* #218, a traveling hypnotist’s attempt to control a giant albino gorilla backfires spectacularly when the creature’s blindness renders it immune to his powers—setting off a tense, unpredictable chain of events in a story that’s equal parts suspense and eerie wonder.

Jo, a traveler passing through a quiet coastal town, takes shelter in a crumbling lighthouse during a sudden storm—only to witness a spectral ship and ghostly pirates materialize on the fog-drenched shore. When dawn breaks, he discovers a weathered life preserver bearing the name of the legendary Flying Dutchman.

In "The Man Who Lived Twice!" from *Secrets of the Unknown* #218, a scientist’s teleportation device offers a convict a two-week escape from prison—on the condition he returns with no memory of the time spent outside. The con, determined to reclaim his share of stolen money from his partner Jo, finds himself unexpectedly drawn into a strange, amnesiac bond with the very man he’s meant to outwit. As the clock ticks down and fate takes a twist through space, the line between thief and victim blurs—leaving one man to wonder if he ever truly escaped at all.