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Web of Evil #15 (1954)
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Rich Uncle Cyrus gathers his four heirs at his marshland mansion, setting a deadly test: survive a single night in rooms rigged with terror. With shadows stretching and dread thick in the air, each heir must face their deepest fears—only one can claim the fortune.
In "The Haunted Forest," professional skeptics Yates and Manning venture into a cursed woodland where every previous explorer has returned insane. Armed with logic and courage, they face terrifying manifestations—trees that move and spiders of monstrous size—before one emerges, broken and shattered, from the woods.
In "The Demon Coat," millionaire collector John Masterson acquires an eerie relic from ancient Egypt—a jacket said to drive anyone who wears it to madness with terrifying visions. As the cursed coat passes from one owner to the next, each succumbs to a terror they can’t escape, until only one fate remains.
When a road crew digs up the long-buried remains of the malevolent Silas Dunster, the night brings more than just shadows—it brings a corpse with a hunger for vengeance. As the workers fall one by one, the line between the dead and the living blurs, and the truth behind the killings begins to creep through the dark.