Edward's car overheats and is forced to stop and seek out help. He spots a stately mansion is the bayous, and enters, finding it burnt out inside. A lass named Eloise welcomes him and begins telling him of the home's history, and said her entire family had died in the fire, then shows him around. Edward encounters several near-fatal accidents while on this journey, then comes under her spell and discovers that she wants him dead in order to join her, since she was already dead. He flees the home....but the longing becomes too great and he heads back to the mansion, where she awaits him!; Three actors find themselves at the stage entrance of mysterious Woltam Theatre. A rehearsal of Hamlet stops when a vital prop turns up missing. Winton offers his acting services and is accepted, leaving the other two jealous. Blye kills both of his partners, and the director has no choice but to give Blye the role. But while preparing for the role, Blye discovers that the skulls used for the Yorick scene end up disappearing.; Millie is drinking herself into a stupor, lamenting that her previous four husbands had not left her the funds she craved, but to find another husband would be difficult considering her looks and weight. Spotting an ad in the lonely hearts magazine from an elderly gentleman wanting a woman who would learn to love him, she goes to his home and learns the old geezer is worth $400,000, but his house is overruns with rats. Swallowing her pride, she returns from a local bar.....maybe she shouldn't have!; King Horace is called to the cell of a lovely lady and he asks her why she wants to see him. Alicia tells him that she was controlled by the devil and wanted to be purged of him. So the King goes to see his court wizard who says he can do the difficult task, but he has much difficulty, and is given seven days to succeed or lose his head.