Secrets of the Unknown #4

In "The Middle of the Night!", a quiet watch repairman is handed a strange timepiece by a shadowy stranger. When he fixes it, he discovers the hands can shift him through time—leading him to 1575, where he attempts to steal the French king’s jewels. But when he’s caught by guards, he realizes too late that his watch has vanished—because it never existed in that era.

In "Voodoo," two detectives with clashing views on the supernatural chase a blackmailer who claims to wield voodoo. When the younger detective tests the shaman’s power by secretly swapping a lock of hair on a doll, the shaman’s threat from the window sends a shock through the room—only for the younger man to fall, leaving his partner to reveal the truth behind the trick.

In "Nightmare!", three individuals in a quiet town are haunted by a surreal vision: as they face the consequences of their unkind or selfish deeds, the entire town seems to lift into the sky, drifting among the stars. The story unfolds as each grapples with their actions, caught in a dreamlike dread that blurs reality and remorse.

In "Skull-Face," a scientist’s ill-fated experiment to animate a skeleton for a horror movie promotion goes horrifyingly wrong—bringing the corpse to life with deadly intent. When the reanimated figure begins killing those involved, the truth is dismissed as a publicity stunt, leaving the victims' deaths unbelieved and the killer still at large.

In "The Voices!", three men set out to prank an old man by feeding him fake radio signals they claim are from aliens. When their next transmission fails and the old man vanishes without a trace, leaving only a chilling note behind, their joke takes a sudden, unsettling turn.

In "They Melt at Night!", a disillusioned scientist, haunted by past rejections, unleashes a terrifying corrosive capable of dissolving cars—only to face a moral reckoning when he witnesses a dollar bill dissolve into ash. Horrified by the implications of his creation in the wrong hands, he confronts the danger of his own ambition and chooses to destroy his work, vowing instead to use his genius for the greater good.