The Unexpected #142 is an issue of the series The Unexpected (Volume 1) with a cover date of December, 1972.
Synopsis for "Let The Dead Sleep"
A scientist finds a caveboy frozen in a block of ice and accelerates his development into a modern child. He names the boy Alfred who grows up normally and goes to college. He falls in love with a girl named Giselle but unfortunately, Giselle is already in love with his roommate George. When Alfred learns of the romance, he goes beserk and crashes the wedding their wedding ceremony. As he abducts the bride, Alfred reverts back to his original caveman form and runs off into the hills with the bride in tow. George and the scientist give chase and follow Alfred into the cave where he was found. The groom uses a gun to free the bride and Alfred accidentally falls into a sinkhole full of ice. The scientist that found him concludes that Alfred had adjusted to modern society in many ways but not emotionally. Now he will be forever entrapped in ice once more until the day another scientist finds him.
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Synopsis for "Now I Lay Down To Die"
An elderly woman named Nora Gibbs finds herself fighting with the city. They are attempting to confiscate her property to build an interstate through it and they are at the point of evicting Gibbs from her own home. Mrs Gibbs states that her family has lived on the land for 200 years and she is not willing to give it up. She chases away construction workers with her shotgun and her situation turns into a media circus. It isn't long before the state police are called out but Gibbs refuses to vacate her home. At one point a city planner suggests that they could build the highway so that it curves around her property but Gibbs refuses to meet with officials. The standoff continues day after day until officials decide to enter the home on their own. They enter the cellar and find that Nora Gibbs had dug her own grave, laid down in her coffin and waited for death to take her.
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Synopsis for "Kill Me If You Dare"
A pair of identical twins Fritz and Konrad Morgan share a strange bond. Whenever one feels pain the other twin feels it as well. Konrad is frequently in trouble with the law and faces a lengthy jail sentence. An attorney argues with a judge that sentencing Konrad to prison would also punish his twin brother Fritz. They demonstrate their bond by having the judge cut Fritz on the face with a small knife. The judge then confirms with the warden that Konrad has experienced the same sharp pain on the correct side of his face. The judge feels he has no choice but to spare Fritz by setting Konrad free. Konrad wastes no time in resuming his criminal habits. He forces his brother to accompany him as he steals coffins from a cemetery. He then decides to break into the home of judge Otto Reisling, the judge who set him free. They are on the verge of stealing cash from his home when the judge suddenly comes downstairs with a gun. Fritz pulls out a gun and fires at the judge but deliberately misses. The judge then fires his own pistol and strikes Fritz in the chest. The bullet strikes Fritz in the heart but Fritz survives. The other twin Konrad suddenly falls dead. It is then revealed that Fritz was born with his heart on the right side so the bullet did not harm him. Konrad had his heart in the correct place so when the bullet struck his brother, it proved to be fatal for him because of their strange bond.
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