Web of Mystery #16 (1952)

In "Today You Die!", petty thief Joe Billings stumbles upon a hidden 13th floor—beyond the ordinary, deep in the afterworld’s offices—only to be told his time hasn’t come yet. Fleeing the building, he’s struck by a truck, and now, with no escape, his time has finally arrived.

In a quiet street of old Shanghai, a stolen jade dragon stirs to life—its ancient eyes gleaming under the lantern light. When the thief flees with the cursed artifact, the statue moves on its own, its silent wrath a whisper in the night.

In the damp silence of a forgotten German castle, Ulrik the hangman stirs after three centuries of sleep, awakened by grave robbers who soon meet his grim fate. Bound by a cursed vow to hang two hundred souls, he now stands one short—until a final, fatal fall from a tower ends his torment.

In the frozen forests of Siberia, lumberjack Igor Gola meets a sudden end when a tree crashes down on him—only to return as a ghost, silently cheering on his comrades from beyond. This eerie tale from *Web of Mystery #16* blends folklore and the supernatural with a quiet, haunting presence that lingers long after the axe falls.

In the thick, moon-drenched swamps of the South, a creeping dread stirs beneath the cypress trees. When Professor Bates arrives to uncover the truth behind the local terror, he finds himself drawn into a chilling mystery that leads straight to Mrs. Corneley—known to the superstitious as "Wanda the swamp witch"—and her eerie, unliving servant.