Out of the Night #7 (1953)

In the Michigan woods, newlyweds Linda and Paul Garrison are drawn into a chilling legend when a match ignites a strange moss known as witch-meal, awakening an ancient curse tied to the belief that destroying a witch’s food dooms one to crave killing a loved one. As Linda begins to experience terrifying compulsions she can’t control, she fights to keep her husband safe—only to vanish, leaving Paul to search for her amid escalating mysteries.

Gail Fleming is reeling from her father’s sudden death when her fiancé Mark urges her to marry him soon, unsettling her already fragile state. Late one night, she’s terrified by a spectral vision claiming to be her father, warning her that Mark only wants her inheritance—and the ghost’s sudden appearance sets off a chain of events that forces her to question everything.

When a desperate man named Willie Barnes inherits a mysterious lamp from his uncle, he discovers it grants his deepest desires—wealth, power, and unimaginable riches—through a supernatural being named Bokor. As Willie’s fortunes soar, he begins to unravel the lamp’s true purpose, facing a haunting reckoning from beyond the grave.

In the wake of a decades-old feud sparked by a stolen Spanish treasure, Bill Haver returns home to end the bloodshed—only to find himself caught between a forbidden love and a vengeful spirit. When the ghost of Silas Haver rises from his tomb, declaring that all Talbots must die, Bill must race against time to save Grace, the last living Talbot, using cunning and unlikely allies. The dead have risen, but the living still hold the power to change fate.

In a secluded laboratory, Dr. Stan Benson revives his brother Gat, a man executed for murder, using unorthodox science—only to discover that while the body has returned to life, the soul has not. As Gat begins a brutal killing spree, Stan realizes he must confront the supernatural consequences of his experiment, leading to a desperate plan involving a mysterious voodoo halter to bind the soul and end the horror.