Tales from the Crypt #32
In "‘Taint the Meat...It's the Humanity!", a twisted tale from the classic EC horror anthology *Tales from the Crypt* #32, a circus elephant trainer’s dark secret unravels when his lover manipulates him into orchestrating a fatal accident during a performance—blaming the beast for his wife’s death. A year later, returning to the same town with his new bride and a fresh elephant, he’s haunted by a chilling truth: the past doesn’t stay buried. Written by Bill Gaines and Albert B. Feldstein, with haunting art by Graham Ingels and vibrant coloring by Marie Severin, this 1952 story pulses with dread and moral decay. The cover, a chillingly vivid illustration by Jack Davis, captures the moment of betrayal in stark, unforgettable detail.
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An elephant trainer whose performance entails having the animal raise its foot an inch above his beautiful wife-assistant's face is having an affair with a woman who convinces him to have the elephant crush the wife and have the elephant shot blaming the death on the elephant. He does so, and marries the lover and trains a new elephant. A year later they return to the same town where the murder was conducted and the dead woman and beast rise from the grave to seek their revenge.
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