Vault of Horror #24

In "A Bloody Undertaking!" from Vault of Horror #24, the Vault-Keeper introduces a chilling tale of deception and dread: mortician Gilbert Podges, newly married to a mysterious young woman, finds his quiet life unraveling when blood begins vanishing from corpses in his care. With townsfolk blaming his new assistant, Charlie Drayne, and the whispers of a vampire spreading, the line between truth and fear blurs—especially as Wilma Podges, his wife, watches from the shadows.

In a snow-laden town where winter’s chill lingers long, Pierre, haunted by the thought of being left to rot, vows to protect Maria from such a fate. After her sudden death, he turns to the ice house to preserve her, hoping to afford a metal vault before spring. But when he finally retrieves her body, the ice house holds a terrible secret — a lynx has stripped her bare, leaving only bones behind. The Old Witch watches from the shadows, her voice a whisper in the cold: “Some things are best left buried.”

Emma Dworkin wakes from a series of increasingly vivid nightmares—each one eerily mirroring real events—and begins to fear that her dreams are foretelling her family’s fate. As her husband Fred tries to dismiss her growing dread, the line between dream and reality blurs when her visions start coming true with chilling precision. The Vault-Keeper warns that some minds are haunted not by ghosts, but by the future itself.

In "The Death Wagon!", the Crypt-Keeper introduces a chilling tale of greed and retribution, where two unscrupulous used car dealers, Herman Kitch and Amos Sink, find their shady business coming back to haunt them in the most gruesome way. When their rigged vehicles lead to fatal accidents, a Police Inspector arrives with a warrant—only to discover that the dead aren't done with them yet.