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ISSUE SUMMARY

Publisher: Ace Magazines
Title: Baffling Mysteries
Page Count: 36
Genre: Horror-suspense
Era: Golden
Cover Price: 0.10 USD
Cover Date: July 1954
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Country: United States
The Hillorys seem to be a nice family - father, son and a mother confined to a wheelchair. But when night settles, people from the village die under gruesome circumstances. Because the Hillorys are a family of monsters.; The ballerina Maria Sandow comes into possession of magic ballet shoes. She becomes the most famous dancer in the world, but has to dance for the cult of the horned Walpurgis goat men as well. Maria dies in a final dancing frenzy.; Brutal and bitter hunter and safari tour guide Frank Meliss loses his right arm in a crocodile attack. Native wizard Lashim endows him with the arm of a gorilla. Meliss sinks down to a life of crime until he is caught and executed.; Benedict tries to get rid of Bill, who has won the heart of the girl they both love. He shouldn't have chosen a mysterious valley in the Guatemalan jungle for his assault. The goddess of vengeance residing there sentences him to lose his mind, while Bill gets the girl anyway.; "In the realm of the supernatural, no stranger tale of horror exists than that of Martin Londos, owner of a famous carnival that toured Europe in the early part of the century..." Londos, cruel to his collection of animal freaks, is attacked by his creatures and transformed into a freak as well.; "From the area around the Gulf of Mexico came a weird tale of two fishermen unequaled in the annals of the supernatural..." One kills the other to get the boat for himself, but suffers a visit from his dead partner and goes overboard.