Greetings, my anemically arsonic friends. Can you dig it--? A tale of ancient evil, a bloodcurdler to curlde your life-substance proud! Who am I? That's a bad scene, brats--why I'm your friendly fiendish caretaker...Cain! 
- — Cain
House of Mystery #196 is an issue of the series House of Mystery (Volume 1) with a cover date of November, 1971.
Contents
- 1 Synopsis for "A Girl and Her Dog"
- 2 Appearing in "A Girl and Her Dog"
- 3 Synopsis for "Child of the Dead"
- 4 Appearing in "Child of the Dead"
- 5 Synopsis for "The Little People"
- 6 Appearing in "The Little People"
- 7 Synopsis for "The Alien Within Me"
- 8 Appearing in "The Alien Within Me"
- 9 Synopsis for "Dark Journey"
- 10 Appearing in "Dark Journey"
- 11 See Also
- 12 Links and References
Synopsis for "A Girl and Her Dog"
In an orphanage run by Satanists a young boy befriends a newly arrived girl and presents her with a pet dog. The mistress seizes the dog for an animal sacrifice but when the children follow the cultists downstairs, the dog takes the opportunity to bite the mistress and jump off the platform. The girl calls to the dog but it whines in fear and cringes away from her. It turns out the girl is the vessel of an evil spirit.
Appearing in "A Girl and Her Dog"
Narrator:
- Cain (Host)
Characters:
- Lissa (Single appearance)
- Michael (Single appearance)
- Peter
Antagonists:
- Black Priests (Single appearance)
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Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Child of the Dead"
Appearing in "Child of the Dead"
Narrator:
- Cain (Host)
Characters:
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Little People"
A man is annoyed when his wife dies in childbirth producing a baby girl because he wanted a son to help him on the farm. He meets one of the little people out in the country who offers to swap a son for the baby girl he doesn't want. He agrees to the bargain. He wakes and thinks that his encounter must have been a dream but the midwife tells him that he has a son. The boy is mute and does the work of ten men, but has a freakish appearance. The years go by and the man's farm is financially successful but he is lonely, so he returns to where he made the initial bargain and purposes to get his daughter back. They agree to do so, but this is the last of their bargains. When the man's daughter returns to him after so many years underground she has a freakish appearance and she beats her father to death with a fire poker for amusement.
Appearing in "The Little People"
Narrator:
- Cain (Host)
Characters:
- Michael O'Bannion (First appearance) (Apparent Death)
- MacLeish
Locations:
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Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Alien Within Me"
reprinted from My Greatest Adventure Vol 1 60
Appearing in "The Alien Within Me"
- Appearances not yet listed
Synopsis for "Dark Journey"
reprinted from House of Mystery Vol 1 72
Appearing in "Dark Journey"
- Appearances not yet listed
See Also
