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Adventures into the Unknown #3 (1949)

American Comics Group · 1949 · 52 pages

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Contains 7 stories
The Witch-Cat of Salem
7 pp · horror-suspense
Black NaomiAdam AdamsMr. GatesBobAnn

In 1949 Salem, Massachusetts, a young couple named Bob and Ann move into a renovated house with a dark history—one cursed by the witch Black Naomi, whose dying spell created a monstrous, shape-shifting beast to haunt it forever. When a mysterious doctor named Adam Adams appears to help them, the couple must confront the supernatural terror that has claimed victims for centuries and decide whether to flee or stand their ground against an evil born from witchcraft itself. Written by the creative team behind this haunting tale, "The Witch-Cat of Salem" weaves colonial horror with 1949 domestic dread in a story that asks whether some curses can truly be broken.

The Vampire Prowls!
9 pp · horror-suspense
Junius B. JethroRuth MortonBill MortonLarry Roberts
Celtic Superstitions
1 pp

When a mysterious dollhouse materializes overnight in the village of Grayview, the townspeople's superstitious fears seem confirmed—until they discover it's simply a prefabricated cottage belonging to "Tiny Tim" Carver, a midget with a dark past. Ten years earlier, Carver had been tried for murdering the circus performer Diana Trapella after she spurned his romantic advances, and though acquitted due to lack of evidence, he harbored a murderous rage that cost him his life when Diana's true killer, the strongman De Scalo, tracked him down and shot him in the house before it burned. Now, with a new home built on the same cursed ground, a young woman named Alice begins experiencing strange supernatural terrors as the malevolent spirit of the dead midget returns to claim another victim.

The Specter of Little Dread House
9 pp · horror-suspense
Luke"Tiny Tim" CarverDe ScaloDiana TrapellaAliceJim

In "The Specter of Little Dread House," the ghost of "Tiny Tim" Carver and his miniature home rise from the past to haunt Alice and Jim, whose new house now stands on the spot where his once-dwelled. Written by an unknown author and illustrated by an unknown artist, this chilling 1949 tale from *Adventures into the Unknown* #3 unfolds with eerie quiet, as the past refuses to stay buried.

The Affair of the Ferrick Phantom
7 pp
Richard FerrickVardis NelsonDavid FerrickEmery KentHenry LoftusR. V. ClatonThomas R. Demby

Richard Ferrick brings his case before the Anti-Ghost Society: a phantom has saved his life multiple times since his father's mysterious death years ago, appearing after a rejected suitor named Vardis Nelson vowed vengeance on the Ferrick family. As the society's skeptical experts offer rational explanations for each supernatural encounter, Ferrick prepares to reveal what finally happened when he confronted Nelson himself. Will the evidence at last prove that his father's ghost walked among the living?

King Charles
2 pp
King CharlesKirkeSir Edmund VarneyLord Pembroke

King Charles commands Colonel Kirke to investigate a haunting at Edge Hill—the famous 1642 battlefield where Royalist and Rebel armies clashed to a stalemate—where locals whisper that the dead rise each night to continue their endless fight. As midnight falls and phantom armies materialize from the darkness, Kirke witnesses fallen soldiers like Sir Edmund Varney and Lord Pembroke reliving their fatal battle, led by a terrifying headless commander whose very appearance foretells doom. This chilling tale of spectral warfare weaves history and the supernatural into a story where ghostly omens herald real-world tragedy.

The Creekmore Curse
9 pp · horror-suspense
Dr. GauntDebbyRandMr. AndrewsRoger BarrowAlexander WatkinsGeorge Pryor

In "The Creekmore Curse," a 1949 horror-suspense tale from *Adventures into the Unknown #3*, a 1770 lightning strike ends Dr. Gaunt’s dark experiments—but not his legacy. Two centuries later, historian Rand and his assistant Betty move into the ruins of Gaunt’s burned estate, unaware they’ve awakened something ancient. As a black dog prowls the halls and the past begins to bleed into the present, the house itself seems to remember every sin.

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