Ghoul Tales #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "Terror On TV," a live broadcast at a television studio takes a horrifying turn when vampiric monsters infiltrate the set, turning the production into a real-life nightmare. As the cast and crew are attacked, the audience at home remains unaware—believing every gruesome moment is just part of the show.
In "Destiny's Double Deal," a struggling writer named Greene is stunned when his latest story is rejected—only to discover another writer, Verde, has submitted the exact same manuscript. As Greene investigates, he uncovers a chilling parallel: Verde is writing the same stories, in the same words, as if they’re being pulled from the same mind. When Greene finally confronts the man, the truth erupts in a moment of violence that blurs the line between author and echo.
In "The Bogey Man," a young orphan is left in the care of his unsettling aunt and uncle, who grow increasingly uneasy as the boy claims to see a monstrous figure in the basement coal bin. As they manipulate his fears to drive him mad and secure his inheritance, they fail to notice the real horror lurking in the dark—something that has been waiting in the shadows, long before the boy arrived.
In "Voice of Doom," a troubled man’s fragile grip on reality unravels when his talking parrot whispers secrets that twist his mind—sparking a tragic chain of violence that ends in a murder suicide. The story’s chilling tension builds from the bird’s eerie influence, leaving the fate of a young woman hanging in the balance.
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↩ Reprints Weird Mysteries #9 (1954), Mister Mystery #16 (1954), Mister Mystery #17 (1954), Weird Chills #3 (1954)
Reprinted in Tales Too Terrible to Tell #3 (1991), Crypt of Horror #16 (2012)
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