Web of Evil #5

In "The Man Who Died Twice," Lester Paley is wrongfully executed for a murder he didn’t commit—only to awaken in a morgue, revived by the sinister undertaker Anson. Trapped in a twisted scheme where his survival depends on Anson’s drugs, Paley is forced to carry out deadly assignments, including targeting the very judge who sentenced him. As the line between life and manipulation blurs, he begins to unravel the truth behind his second chance.

In "Laughter from Hell," the wealthy and miserly John Grome finds himself at the center of a sinister scheme when his unfaithful wife Della teams up with family lawyer Loring. Using rubber masks and twisted party tricks, they attempt to break Grome’s mind—only for him to play along, feigning madness to lure them into a trap of his own design.

In "The Vengeful Curse," Andrew Craven betrays his friend Dave Burk, abandoning him to die in a buried shaft and mocking him with promises of marrying Dave’s fiancée, Elsa. Years later, as Andrew builds a new life above the very grave where Dave lies, the dark vow made in death begins to take hold—unfolding a slow, inevitable reckoning.

In "The Corpse That Wouldn't Hide," Walter Mains, trapped in a marriage defined by mutual resentment, reaches his breaking point and kills his wife Anna, the brilliant chemical inventor whose genius now stands in his way. When he tries to burn her body to cover up the murder, he’s stunned to find that nothing in the house will catch fire—thanks to Anna’s own fireproof formula, which now turns her corpse into an inescapable, unburnable secret.