Secrets of Haunted House #40 is an issue of the series Secrets of Haunted House (Volume 1) with a cover date of September, 1981.
Synopsis for "Something Strange about Charlotte"
A hag leaves her baby on a doorstep as she is too poor to support herself, the baby and her brother. Eventually she returns for the child, but the elderly woman doesn't want to give her up so she offers to let the other family stay in the house. They soon begin lording it over the man and woman who own the house and the man demands that they leave. The hag retaliates by threatening to tell the police that they had kidnapped her baby. The house owners back down and are made miserable by the wretches.
Appearing in "Something Strange about Charlotte"
Narrator:
- Abel (Host)
Characters:
- Caleb
- Norma
- Ursa Graatz
- Ptah
- Charlotte/Malorna
- Three Witches (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- House of Secrets (Mentioned only)
Synopsis for "Abel's Fables"
Appearing in "Abel's Fables"
Characters:
Locations:
Synopsis for Mister E: "The Were-Witch of Boston"
Appearing in Mister E: "The Were-Witch of Boston"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Kelly O'Toole
Antagonists:
- Witch-hound
Other Characters:
- David Neu
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Crystal Crack'd"
Appearing in "The Crystal Crack'd"
Narrator:
- Abel (Host)
Characters:
Locations:
Notes
- Hostess ad page starring Wonder Woman
- In the first and last page Abel talks to "Goldie" which seems his imaginary friend, although he admits it as real. Years after this story, Cain brought his brother Abel a gift, a gargoyle egg, which soon hatched, and a baby gargoyle spilled forth. Abel wanted to name it Irving, but Cain wouldn't hear of it. Cain said that gargoyle names must always begin with the letter G, and killed Abel. After reconstituting himself, Abel relented, and named the gargoyle Goldie instead of Irving. He kept him as a pet inside the House of Secrets.
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