Baffling Mysteries #13 (1953)

In "Dr. Gueux's Nightmare Monsters," a mad scientist uses the terrifying creations of a haunted writer’s dreams to conquer the city, turning sleep into a weapon. As the writer’s imagination spirals into something unstoppable, he must face the monstrous results of his own mind—before the nightmare consumes everything.

In "Baffling Mysteries #17," the line between illusion and truth blurs when a man is arrested for murdering a gypsy fortune teller—his crime revealed not by evidence, but by the crystal ball that showed his hanging. The story unfolds with eerie precision, leaving readers to wonder how far the supernatural can reach into the real world.

In "Greed's Grisly Treasure," a desperate adventurer answers a devil's call, venturing into a cursed tavern where spectral pirates guard a fabled hoard. As shadows stir and the air grows thick with dread, he must confront the dead to claim the treasure—only to realize too late that the real prize was never gold.

In the misty highlands of Southern Italy, the ruins of an ancient castle stand as a silent witness to a crime long buried—when a nephew’s greed leads him to murder his uncle, the past refuses to stay dead. The ghost of the slain man returns in flames, turning inheritance into ruin.

In "Role of the Footlight Werewolf," an ambitious actor pushes his craft to terrifying limits, immersing himself in the role of a werewolf so completely that the line between performance and reality begins to blur. As he infiltrates a secret coven, learning their rituals and feeding their hunger, his transformation becomes inevitable—until the final curtain falls.

In the misty hills of Wales, a group of American tourists stumbles upon an ancient druidic site, only to find its rituals still very much alive. When the survivors are claimed by the past, one man—Jo—embraces the dark legacy, returning to the States to lure new victims to the same cursed glen.