Prize Mystery #1
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeAn anthology of mystery stories featuring "Lie Detector," in which a newspaper reporter's claim to have witnessed a monster emerging from the ocean is investigated using a lie detector machine to verify his truthfulness; and a science fiction tale involving military generals and a time machine that allows them to observe and potentially alter past events, culminating in a courtroom drama where a man is found guilty of a crime but later pardoned after public outcry and evidence suggesting his innocence. The issue promises $100 in prizes for readers who solve the mysteries presented.
Three convicts on a brutal island prison make a desperate bid for freedom, pursued by guards with dogs and the island's treacherous jungle—but as they push toward the shore and a waiting boat, they discover that escape means running a gauntlet far deadlier than any posse. In "Escape," the real obstacles aren't the ones they prepared for, and one man's eight-year dream of freedom collides with the island's darkest secrets in this raw 1955 crime tale.
Leo Grissom, a lion tamer at the circus, finally gets his chance at a date with the beautiful Liza Ferril after weeks of rejection—but their romantic evening ends in murder when a shot rings out during their photograph session. Now a police detective must unravel what really happened that night, and the clues point to a shocking truth about who pulled the trigger.
Emma, a wealthy widow grieving her late husband Tim, finds herself drawn to a charming young stranger named Phil who showers her with attention and affection—but his sweet words mask a sinister scheme to steal her fortune. When a knock at the door heralds an unexpected visitor, Phil's carefully laid trap springs shut in a way neither he nor Emma could have anticipated, leaving the mystery of his fate for the authorities to unravel.
When Prof. Murray demonstrates his extraordinary chair—a machine capable of transporting him through time itself—military leaders are initially skeptical, until he returns with physical proof from ancient Rome. Now, as the professor prepares for his most ambitious journey into the future, the assembled generals hope his discoveries will give them a decisive advantage over their Cold War adversaries. But when he returns from just hours ahead, his shattered expression and cryptic warnings suggest he's witnessed something far more terrifying than anyone anticipated.
A young man convicted of murder faces execution, but the Governor—convinced of his innocence despite the court's verdict—offers him an extraordinary choice: drink an untested formula that could either save his life or kill him, and in exchange his sentence will be commuted. As the experimental compound courses through his veins, the truth emerges in ways no one quite expected.
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