Out of the Night #16 (1954)

In the frozen Arctic, Professor Callen and his skeptical assistant Milo uncover a colossal, frozen giant buried in the ice—only to awaken it in a grotesque, head-mounted form after a failed attempt to preserve it. As the creature, now calling himself Toor, regains consciousness, he reveals himself as the last of a lost race, hinting at buried treasures and a dark past, while the scientists grapple with the terrifying implications of their discovery.

In the fog-drenched stillness of a railway switch house, Slim Warren watches the tunnel that has haunted him for fifteen years, now a grim witness to his growing resentment and a fatal decision. When his rival Bailey asks him to cover his shift so he can celebrate his promotion, Slim agrees—only to realize too late that his own jealousy may have set a deadly train in motion. As the wreckage of the 5:06 Express lies in the tunnel, Slim scrambles to cover his tracks, but the silence of the rails begins to whisper with something far older and darker than guilt.

In the eerie aftermath of her brother Silas’s sudden death, Hilda Scott receives a cryptic telegram summoning her to his New York mansion to hear his will—revealing a bizarre condition that only someone who truly loved him could inherit his fortune. When Hilda recalls a vision of Silas’s spirit whispering a safe combination, she proves her connection to him in a way that baffles the other heirs and ultimately wins her the inheritance in court.

In the isolated mountains of the Great Smokies, newlyweds John Hale and Maria find their honeymoon turned sinister when a local guide’s eerie warnings and a strange cat’s leap over a corpse set off a chain of terrifying events. As Maria becomes increasingly haunted by unnatural forces and a deadly obsession, she must confront a monstrous presence born from superstition—before it claims John forever.

In "The Cat Jumped Over the Corpse," Katie’s obsession with John Hale ends in tragedy when her murderous attempt against his wife Maria goes wrong. After a black cat leaps over her corpse, she awakens—changed, hungry, and bound to a new, unnatural existence.

In the quiet of Northern Wyoming, three fugitive outlaws find shelter with a Native American tribe, where the young chief, Little Cloud, earns their wary respect by summoning rain through ancient rituals. As the men grow complacent, their greed awakens, and they plot to massacre the tribe for their hidden gold—unaware that Little Cloud’s spiritual power may be the key to a vengeance far beyond the grave.