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Shocking Mystery Cases #51 (1952)

Star Publications [1949-1954] · 1952 · 36 pages

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Contains 4 stories
A Murderer's Reward
6 pp · horror-suspense

When his dying brother names the man who shot him, small-time hood Nat Garton swears vengeance—and makes good on his promise with a bullet in the night. But as guilt gnaws at his conscience, the line between nightmare and reality begins to blur, and the ghost of his victim seems determined to drag him down into darkness. Garton's own crime becomes his unrelenting torment in this tale of a killer hunted not by the law, but by his own shattered mind.

Bloody Hands of Vengeance
8 pp · horror-suspense
Joe CatalinoMary DavitoMuscles MorganMikeNico VaccoEdward BurkeFred RyanJohn StraubBill LyonsElia CorboPagano

Joe Catalino escapes an Italian prison in the early 1930s and builds a criminal empire in New York through bootlegging and loan-sharking, carefully keeping his name out of the racket—until those he's wronged begin circling back. When violence erupts and Mary Davito, his bookkeeper, becomes entangled in the bloodshed, Detective Captain Edward Burke and his team must untangle a web of underworld vengeance and double-dealing to find the truth. A hard-boiled true crime tale about how the past refuses to stay buried, no matter how much money or legitimate business covers it up.

Weird Operation!!
2 pp · horror-suspense
Nurse MannesJudge Perry

At Hilton General Hospital, six medical staff members fight to save a patient's life during an emergency operation—but a seventh has murder in mind. When a violent thunderstorm knocks out the lights, a scalpel flashes through the darkness, and the patient is found dead; now the sheriff must untangle which of the seven suspects is the killer among them.

The Shocking Tunnel Murders
9 pp · horror-suspense
Roy D'AutremontHugh D'AutremontRay D'AutremontProfessor Heinrich

When three desperate brothers—Roy, Hugh, and Ray D'Autremont—attempt to rob a mail train on the Klamath Range in December 1923, their botched heist turns into a bloodbath that kills four men and sets off one of the greatest manhunts in criminal history. With a massive reward and nationwide manhunt underway, the brothers scatter and go underground, but their luck eventually runs out as determined investigators close in. This gripping true-crime account from the Department of Justice files follows the relentless pursuit that would finally bring the killers to justice.

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