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The Phantom Stranger #5 (of 6)

The Living Nightmare/Demon Count/The Unseen Familiar/People are People!/Time to Kill/Strange Secrets of the Ozarks/The Stars Screamed Danger/Hand of Glory/The Nameless Ones
April 1st, 1953

The Phantom Stranger #5 (of 6)

The Living Nightmare/Demon Count/The Unseen Familiar/People are People!/Time to Kill/Strange Secrets of the Ozarks/The Stars Screamed Danger/Hand of Glory/The Nameless Ones
April 1st, 1953

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5 (of 6)
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The Living Nightmare/Demon Count/The Unseen Familiar/People are People!/Time to Kill/Strange Secrets of the Ozarks/The Stars Screamed Danger/Hand of Glory/The Nameless Ones
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April 1st, 1953
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Time to Kill!

Jed Bruno is a bitter scientist who is tired of his rival Andrew Seldin being more successful then him at everything. Bruno thinks he'll finally get the recognition he deserves when he invents a time machine but at that moment a radio announcement says Seldin is unveiling his own time machine a month from now. Enraged, Bruno travels a month in the future and assassinates Seldin during the unveiling. On his return Bruno loses memory of the event and goes to Seldin's lab to steal his blueprints but is discovered by his rival and kills him. Bruno now has the only working time machine and a month later is unveiling his invention when he is shot. The dying scientist's memory returns and he realises this isn't murder but suicide as his past self has assassinated him!

The Stars Screamed Danger

Brothers Jerry and Jay Cahill are co-owners of a carnival amusement park. Their star attraction is Vasti, a fortune teller and mystic. One day, Vasti informs the carnival crowd that spirits are about to invade the Earth. As if on cue, carnival patrons begin seeing ghosts throughout the amusement park, as strange, inexplicable breakdowns begin to happen. The Phantom Stranger appears, and restores calm. Speaking with Jerry Cahill, the Phantom Stranger learns that Jay Cahill receives a bigger inheritance if the amusement park fails.

Vasti warns Jerry Cahill not to ride the roller coaster. Jerry Cahill, refusing to believe that his park is haunted, takes his wife on the roller coaster. The Phantom Stranger joins them. A portion of the track ahead of them explodes. The Phantom Stranger uses his coat to break the car. The Phantom Stranger reveals Vasti as the culprit behind the hauntings at the park. After explaining the tricks behind Vasti's hauntings, the Phantom Stranger disappears.

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