A botanist invents a serum to magnify the latent intelligence of plants. He tested it on a remote island, but the plant was evil and wanted to conquer the world. The scientist ran from the plant and used the serum on a more advanced plant, which was benevolent and stopped the evil plant.; A criminal skips town and sets up a newspaper as a front. The paper's typesetter writes headlines that seem to predict the future but it's a scam to convince the criminal to turn himself in.; A mercenary hears of a tribe that hoards gold while waiting for the return of a legendary alien. The mercenary poses as the alien and steals the gold, but he is abducted by the real alien.