The Unexpected #125 is an issue of the series The Unexpected (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1971. It was published on April 22, 1971.
Synopsis for "Screech of Guilt"
A man commits a murder in the presence of a parrot who continually repeats the murdered man's last conversation with the killer. The gunman attempts to silence the bird, but it eludes him. He finally gets grabs the bird and attempts to drive it somewhere private where he can shoot it, but notices a cop tailing him and panics, releasing the bird from its cage. When the cop bypasses him, he realizes that he still has a chance to track the parrot on foot. The bird leads him into a parrot jungle where his buddies peck the man to death.
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Synopsis for "Escape Into the Unknown"
A fugitive from the law stumbles into a launch site where a rocket is being prepared for space travel. He makes his way inside the rocket that is full of food and water capsules. The door closes and the fugitive is trapped inside. He panics and screams to get out but the rocket is launched into space. The man inside sustains himself with the capsules located onboard and he even creates imaginary people to help his pass the time and keep his sanity. The rocket eventually returns to Earth and the scientists that greet him are shocked. The rocket had been launched in 1971 and it returned 48 years later in 2019. The man inside is a shadow of his former self. He avoided life in prison but eventually paid for his crime by being away isolated in space for so long.
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Synopsis for "Know No Evil"
A man named Ferghol offers his clients the unique opportunity to commit crimes without being caught by moving all the evil into a man named Amram. A man named Barnes undergoes the transfer process and proceeds to go on a crime spree. He steals the necklace off a woman, he smashes a plate glass window to steal valuable objects and carries off a sack of money from an armored car. All of this without being noticed. The evil deeds are transferred to Amrams body. His hand is distorted from the broken window, his shoulder is in pain from the heavy sack that Barnes carried away and his neck is deformed from the necklace that was stolen from the woman. All of these distortions were absorbed as a result of the evil deeds that were transferred to his body. Ferghol is unsympathetic. He threatens to withhold a valuable formula that keeps Amram alive unless he does his bidding. In the meantime, Barnes is elated that he has gotten away with all of his crimes without consequence. As he crosses the street he is hit by a truck and lays dying in the street. Right before he passes, he confesses to all of his crimes and it has an immediate effect on Amrams. All of a sudden the deformities he received previously have suddenly healed. Amrams surmises that the healing occurred when one of the evil doers confessed to their crimes. Amram has hope that if other criminals confess to their crimes then he can eventually return back to a normal appearance. His keeper Ferghol has no intention of giving up control of Amrams. As Amrams attempts to escape, they struggle and Ferghol is killed. Amrams is placed on trial and he sits in captivity awaiting the confession of evil deeds done by men. The question is posed at the end asking of you are one of the ones that he is waiting on for his salvation.
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