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"The Devil Strikes at My Old Kentucky Home!": Cain tells a construction worker the story about the time two men bought the House of Mystery in order to convert it into a haunted amusement attraction and one of the men fell through a window to his death.

House of Mystery #252 is an issue of the series House of Mystery (Volume 1) with a cover date of June, 1977. It was published on February 17, 1977.

Synopsis for "The Devil Strikes at My Old Kentucky Home!"

Cain tells a construction worker the story about the time two men bought the House of Mystery in order to convert it into a haunted amusement attraction and one of the men fell through a window to his death.

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Synopsis for "The House Called Blefestry"

A man who experiences a frightening encounter as a child goes to a psychologist for help who is revealed at the end of the story to be the frightening figure in the man's past encounter.

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Synopsis for "The Man Who Saw Tomorrow!"

A baron has heard tales of an alchemist who can foretell the future so he tortures him until he reveals his secret is a large crystal eye which reveals the future. The alchemist warns the baron that he must not take the eye for it was only loaned to him but the baron disregards the warning and slays the alchemist. Later that evening approaching midnight the baron gazes into the eye and demands to see tomorrow's events. He is shocked when the hideous face of a demon appears. The baron thinks the alchemist placed an evil spell upon the eye but the demon appears and informs the baron that the eye does indeed show the future. The demon reclaims his eye and informs the baron the alchemist had traded for his soul for it while he lived. The demon is amused to show the baron what tomorrow holds for him, namely the demon consuming him, which the creature promptly does as midnight arrives.

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Synopsis for "Markham's Masterpiece"


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Synopsis for "Grim Choice!"


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Synopsis for "Man Killers"


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Synopsis for "From Beyond the Grave!"


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