Adventures into the Unknown #28 (1952)

In the eerie hours before dawn, young reporter Bob Dexter investigates the bizarre murder of Dr. Vernon, whose office was sealed from within and whose missing formula points to a terrifying secret. As Bob and his partner Trudy uncover clues pointing to a bat-like creature and a mysterious substance called Corposene, they realize the killer isn’t human—and the true horror lies in what the vampire has turned the dead into.

When Warren Stryker deciphers an ancient Astyparean incantation, he unwittingly awakens a demon bound to feed on human minds—only he can see and feel it, while others dismiss his terror as madness. As the invisible entity grows stronger and forces him to approach brilliant minds to feed on, Warren spirals into guilt and despair, until his friend Ellen refuses to let him give up, urging him to uncover the truth behind the demon’s past.

In a small-town theater, a disillusioned magician named Zortan takes in a young orphan, Peter, who idolizes him and dreams of becoming a magician. When Zortan buys an ancient-looking sceptre to impress his new assistant, Peter’s innocent wish to have a puppy comes true—only to spark a series of increasingly bizarre events that challenge everything Zortan claims about magic.

When Jerry Halton dares his classmates to spend the night in the haunted house on the cemetery’s edge, his bravado quickly turns to terror as he encounters the ghost of his long-dead uncle John—whose vengeful spirit demands Jerry carry out a deadly plan. Though Jerry’s father dismisses the claims as delusion, the spectral presence grows stronger, binding Jerry to a sinister task that threatens to destroy the university and his own sanity.

In a haunting tale from *Adventures into the Unknown* #28, Gene Thomas recounts his tormented obsession with Andrea Lee, a woman whose cruel games and hypnotic allure reduced him to a trembling, subservient shadow. As his life unravels under the weight of her manipulation, he finds himself haunted by her ghost long after her death—chasing escape from a past that refuses to let him go.

In a remote excavation near ancient Argos, Professor Griffith becomes obsessed with a lifelike statue that seems to defy time—only to uncover a terrifying secret buried beneath the ruins. As he learns the cave may hold the remains of Medusa’s head, his fixation turns darker, leading him to devise a chilling plan using the legend to reshape the world around him. With the expedition’s geologist, Dr. Nancy Hopewell, now in his sights, the line between obsession and horror begins to blur.