Don't try to escape, me hearties! you are caught on the House of Mystery! And you are going to hear a tale of murder in the deep blue seas that will turn your dreams into a shreikin' nightmare! Ha -- Ha -- Ha! 
- — Cain
House of Mystery #183 is an issue of the series House of Mystery (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1969.
Synopsis for "The Haunting!"
Two ghosts don't know that they are dead and they perceive the two living people in their house to be ghosts until the man says to his wife that the previous owners died from a gas leak and the ghosts realize that they are dead.
Appearing in "The Haunting!"
Narrator:
- Cain (Host)
Featured Characters:
- Frank Abel (As a spirit) (Single appearance)
- Peggy Abel (As a spirit) (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- Paul (Single appearance)
- Joyce (Single appearance)
Locations:
- House of Mystery
- An old Victorian home
- A cemetery
Synopsis for "The Dead Can Kill!"
Appearing in "The Dead Can Kill!"
Narrator:
- Cain (Host)
Featured Characters:
- Charles Power (Single appearance)
Supporting Characters:
- William Rawley (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- George Woodfall (Appears only as a corpse)
Locations:
Synopsis for "Secret of the Whale's Vengeance"
Two whaler brothers suffer the whale's vengeance when one of the brothers is stuck to a dying whale and the whale takes him to a mystic place under the sea where the brother is transformed into a great white whale. The surviving brother hunts the white whale to gain revenge for the brother he assumes is dead, and when he succeeds in harpooning the white whale to death and hauling its body up from under the waves, he finds his brother's corpse impaled upon his harpoons.
Appearing in "Secret of the Whale's Vengeance"
Narrator:
- Cain (Host)
Featured Characters:
- Jeremy Bridges (Single appearance; dies)
- Austin Bridges (Single appearance)
Animals:
- Whales
Other Characters:
- Whaling crew (Single appearance)
Locations:
- House of Mystery
- Massachusetts
- Nantucket
- Atlantic Ocean
Items:
- Harpoons
Vehicles:
- "The Hunter", a whaling ship
- Whaleboat
Notes
- The stories in this issue are reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery Vol. 1.
- "The Dead Can Kill!" is additionally reprinted in House of Mystery #229 and DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #17.
- Each story is prefaced by Cain talking to the reader. These segments were done by Joe Orlando.
- Both Odds and Ends from Cain's Cellar features are reprints:
- "Curse of the Blankenships", was reprinted from House of Mystery #35.
- "Superstitions about Spiders" originally appeared in Sensation Comics #109, which was then reprinted in My Greatest Adventure #64.
- "Cain's Game Room", a cartoon strip by John Albano, appears in this issue. Reprinted in Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery Vol. 1.
- This issue's "Page 13" was scripted by Joe Orlando and drawn by Sergio Aragonés. It is reprinted in House of Mystery #227 and Showcase Presents: The House of Mystery Vol. 1.
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