Adventures into the Unknown #27 (1952)

In the wake of a near-fatal accident, Laura Hastings begins experiencing vivid, lifelike visions of past lives—first as a woman in ancient Egypt, saved from a murderous necromancer, and later recalling a strange connection to the surgeon who treated her. Though Dr. Neil Travers dismisses her memories as delusions from anesthesia, Laura becomes convinced of a deeper truth when historical records eerily confirm the existence of Princess Sakkara, the very woman she claims to have been. As their bond deepens, the line between memory, coincidence, and something more begins to blur.

In the swamps of Louisiana’s bayou, Floyd Sartoris returns to the isolated hovel of the aged voodoo witch Zambarta, seeking her dark magic to claim his family’s plantation. After securing a single doll for his sinister plan, he flees—but soon after, a terrifying monster appears, killing his brother and wife, leaving the family reeling and the truth buried in fear.

In this eerie non-fiction piece from *Adventures into the Unknown #27*, readers are warned about the lingering threat of witches through a collection of old-world superstitions and protective charms. From carrying wooden keys and ader stones to hanging pin-studded bull’s hearts and using rowan wood in bonfires, the story lays out a chilling array of rituals believed to repel witchcraft. It concludes with a bizarre, ancient formula involving greases and mistletoe—just in case you ever find yourself under a spell.

In the shadowed world of the Cummings Colossal Circus, the mysterious death of the fortune-teller Swami Seeruti leaves behind a chilling prophecy: the shape of evil is real, and it hides in plain sight. When a new performer known only as Monstro—billed as the Ugllest Man Alive—arrives just before opening night, his unsettling presence stirs unease in trapeze artist Arlene and her manager Don, who must decide whether to trust the swami’s dying warning or risk the circus’s fate.

In the haunted halls of Hagg House, the ghostly echoes of a brutal sisterly feud persist: Isabeau and Margot de Frescheville, known as the "Frenzied Sisters," are said to reenact their violent final battle each time the house is occupied. Their ghostly shrieks and phantom struggle down the stone stairs continue to terrify those who dwell within, as if death itself cannot end their rage.

In the eerie aftermath of Dr. Dundea’s death, his former friend Dr. Ames becomes increasingly erratic, haunted by the secret will that demands the doctor’s brain be buried—despite its cremation. When his daughter Patsy and her friend Fred witness a ghostly apparition and discover the brain missing, they race to uncover the truth behind the cryptic will and the chilling message spelled out in Dundea’s name. As they follow the phantom into a graveyard, they realize the buried brain may not be dead at all—and something far more sinister is stirring beneath the soil.

Jo and Ellen, after a rocket crash lands them deep beneath the Earth, stumble upon the hidden Citadel of Evil—a subterranean city ruled by the terrifying priestess Klathia, whose face shifts between horror and beauty. As they uncover the dark secret of how the citadel sustains itself on the souls of the damned, Jo must confront a twisted fate when Klathia offers to transform him into the man he desires, at a terrible cost.