Haunt of Fear #5

In "Horror in the Freak Tent!" from Haunt of Fear #5 (1951), a vengeful carnival owner blinds his knife thrower in a fit of rage, only to find himself the target of a chilling retribution. Trapped and gagged, he’s forced to endure the freaks’ cold calculations as they guide the thrower’s next deadly toss—each word a step closer to a gruesome fate.

In "A Tasty Morsel!" from Haunt of Fear #5, Jo pulls into the End of the Road Inn and soon finds himself trapped in a nightmare that blurs the line between dream and reality—only to wake up bound on a slab, face to face with an innkeeper who insists he’s not a vampire, but a ghoul, and very much intends to make good on his claim.

In "Seeds of Death!" from Haunt of Fear #5 (1951), a farmer’s hidden rage erupts when he discovers his wife’s affair with the hired hand. After burying the man along with flower seeds in the field, he turns on his wife when she leaves for the city—only to be silenced in a violent twist. When she returns and finds the strange, sudden bloom of flowers in the field, the truth begins to take root.