Weird Mysteries #11
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Voodoo Dolls," a cunning old man, aware his nephew is plotting to steal his fortune, sets a chilling trap using his own gold and a hidden radioactive solution. After his death, his servant follows his final wishes—imbaling the body with the molten gold, cremating it, and placing the ashes in a golden urn. When the nephew, unaware of the truth, runs his fingers through the ashes, he begins to realize the horrifying legacy he’s inherited. The story, illustrated with sharp, moody detail by Eugene Hughes, unfolds with a slow-burning dread, all contained within a single, unsettling premise. The cover, by Bernard Baily, captures the eerie atmosphere with a stark, unsettling image that perfectly sets the tone for this 1954 tale.
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An old man realizes his nephew is poisoning him for his gold. He has his servant melt his gold down. He mixes a radioactive solution into the liquid gold. After he dies, per his instructions, the servant imbalms his corpse with the radioactive liquid gold and then cremates his corpse. The ashes are put into a gold urn and given to the nephew. The nephew was instructed to run his fingers through the ashes. Afterwards the nephew throws the ashes away and then not only realizes that those ashes was his uncle's gold, but the radiation in the ashes was going to kill him.
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