Tecknade klassiker #3

In the isolated village of Dunwich, whispers swirl around the reclusive Whateley family—especially after the mysterious death of Wilbur Whateley, a young man whose search for the forbidden Necronomicon ends in tragedy. As Professor Armitage and his assistant uncover the truth behind Wilbur’s final entries, they realize the boy was only half-human, and that his family’s dark rituals may still be unfolding. With the help of Lavinia Whateley and the enigmatic Herr Whateley, the professor races to halt an ancient, unspeakable force before it awakens.

In "Råttorna i muren," Herr de la Poer returns to his family’s decaying estate, Exham Priory, eager to restore its glory—though the townsfolk whisper of dark pasts, human sacrifices, and buried pagan rites. As unsettling dreams and strange scratching in the walls grow worse, he summons archeologists to uncover the ruins beneath, only to find a hidden chamber filled with skeletal remains, each bearing unmistakable gnaw marks. The truth buried in the walls begins to unravel him, and when violence erupts, he claims the blame lies with something far more primal than he ever imagined.

In "Skuggan över Innsmouth," a young man visiting the eerie coastal town of Innsmouth encounters the reclusive Zadok, who recounts the dark legacy of Captain Obed Marsh and the strange, unsettling rise of the town’s prosperity. As he learns of Marsh’s voyages to the southern seas and the ancient gods he worshiped, the young man begins to uncover unsettling truths about his own bloodline—especially after returning home, where the first signs of a terrible transformation begin to show.