House of Secrets #131 is an issue of the series House of Secrets (Volume 1) with a cover date of May, 1975.
Synopsis for "The Island of Crawling Flesh!"
A scientist and his wife become victims of a tropical disease when they withhold knowledge of a possible cure from the natives in the interest of recording the disease's progress.
Appearing in "The Island of Crawling Flesh!"
Narrator:
- Abel (Host)
Featured Characters:
- Karl Lorenth (Single appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Edith Lorenth (Single appearance; dies)
- Kar-Lee (Single appearance; dies)
- Dr. Brangley (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- An-Lok (Single appearance; dies)
Locations:
Items:
- Sacred Fruit
Vehicles:
- Steamer ship
Synopsis for "The Girl in the Red Dress!"
A murderer has a recurring dream of a girl in a red dress telling him that she is going to avenge the death of his victim. As he walks into the street, he is so stunned at seeing the girl from his dream on a billboard warning pedestrians to be careful crossing the street that he doesn't get out of the way of the truck that plows right into him.
Appearing in "The Girl in the Red Dress!"
Narrator:
- Abel (Host)
Featured Characters:
- A killer (Unnamed) (Single appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Arthur Curry (Dies in flashback) (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- Girl in a red dress (Unnamed) (Single appearance)
Locations:
- An undisclosed city
Items:
- Billboard
Vehicles:
- Truck
Synopsis for "Point of No Return"
A bully wants to marry a girl whom he believes has money, but her father and brother won't hear of it. The bully contacts a witch about getting help but she tells him that he has to do something very evil, so he stabs the father and leaves him in the swamp for the alligators. The witch tells him that was an acceptable evil deed so she gives him a voodoo doll made up like the brother that he can torment until he's ready to stab it through the heart. The doll works, and eventually he's ready to polish off the brother after making him suffer, but he needs hair to add to the doll in order for the potent magic to work. As he makes his way through the swamp to where the brother sits immobile in a wheelchair on the porch, he stumbles into a patch of quicksand. After he dies, the brother recovers, and he tells his sister that it's like a miracle occurred.
Appearing in "Point of No Return"
Narrator:
- Abel (Host)
Featured Characters:
- Frank Mason (Single appearance; dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Betty Ann Porter (Single appearance)
- Maria, an old witch (Single appearance)
Antagonists:
- Andrew Porter (Single appearance; dies)
- Walt Porter (Single appearance)
Other Characters:
- John (Single appearance)
Locations:
- Creston, a small village
- Maria's swamp
Items:
- Voodoo doll
See Also