Haunt of Fear #6

In "A Strange Undertaking..." from Haunt of Fear #6 (1951), undertaker Ezra Deepley, wronged by the town’s elite, sees his chance for retribution when they fall ill during a deadly epidemic. As he manipulates their final rites, he doesn’t count on the dead rising to claim their own justice.

In "So They Finally Pinned You Down!", a nameless drifter wakes to a hunger he can't name, drawn by a mysterious woman whose scent haunts his dreams. As he stumbles through the countryside, each desperate pursuit ends in bloodshed—only to reveal the cruel truth that every victim was not her. The story unfolds with quiet dread, tracing his slow unraveling as the townsfolk close in, unaware of the monstrous transformation he never understood.

In "A Grave Gag!!" from Haunt of Fear #6 (1951), Jo, a family member known more for his pranks than his presence, pushes his dark humor too far—taking the place of his brother’s deceased wife in the coffin, only to find the family won’t believe his screams are real. Written by a master of macabre wit and illustrated with chilling precision, the story turns a funeral into a deadly game of who’s really playing the fool.

In "Cheese, That's Horrible!", the owner of a cheese factory kills his partner, Hendrick Villhem, by shoving him into a vat, only to be haunted by visions of glowing cat's eyes and a mouse trap baited with cheese—its dangling hands a gruesome echo of his crime. The story unfolds with a chilling, surreal dread, as guilt takes on a monstrous, visceral form.