Haunt of Fear #8

In "Hounded to Death!" from Haunt of Fear #8 (1951), a man whose cruelty to his hounds mirrors his treatment of others finds himself outmaneuvered when his wife’s lover is discovered. When the husband’s plan to dispose of the intruder backfires, the dead man’s return brings a vengeance as relentless as the hounds he once starved.

In "Diminishing Returns!" from Haunt of Fear #8 (1951), a man’s macabre bargain with the Jivaro head-hunter tribe takes a horrifying turn when a mysterious package arrives at his doorstep. Inside, he finds the shrunken head of his latest victim—its eyes snapping open to lock onto him. The head lunges, biting his ankles and dragging him down before delivering a final, gruesome end.

In "The Irony of Death!" from Haunt of Fear #8, a man’s ambition leads him to a shocking twist of fate after marrying his steel mill boss’s daughter and taking over the business. When two of the mill’s ingots are forged into an iron maiden for a museum, he finds himself testing the exhibit—only to be trapped in the very device meant to preserve history.