#6

Synopsis

Howard was admitted to the castle by its owner, Mr. Weatherby, to make an offer on the castle: to dismantle it and re-assemble it back in the states. Unfortunately, he wouldn't sell and Martin left. But Weatherby's nephew Nathan saw a chance to get some money, so he murdered his uncle, carried him out to the family mausoleum and buried him, then notified the authorities that his uncle had stepped into a quicksand bog on the property and died. The death was ruled accidental and Nathan inherited the castle and all property. He then contacted Howard Martin and sold him the castle, warning him that it was haunted. Much later, the groundskeeper notifed Nathan that the mausoleun had disappeared from the estate. Meanwhile, the castle, having been rebuilt in America, hosted its new owner, Howard Martin, for his first night in the place....but he was awakened by sounds in the garden and looked out the window to see corpses re-building the mausoleum! He was overjoyed and wondered if they'd show up the next night, so he sat up to watch....and he saw Nathan Weatherby sneak onto the grounds and head for that mausoleum, where he was grabbed and taken inside by the corpses, who nailed him into a coffin. From that night on, Howard Martin entertained guests wanting to visit a "haunted castle", and they ate to the screams coming from the mausoleum.....Nathan's screams!

Reprinted from

• Tales from the Crypt #27
• Haunt of Fear #14
• Tales from the Crypt #31
• Tales from the Crypt #34
• Haunt of Fear #27
• Vault of Horror #29

Credits

Script

Johnny Craig, Al Feldstein, Jack Oleck, Carl Wessler

Pencils

Jack Davis, Johnny Craig, Graham Ingels, Reed Crandall

Inks

Jack Davis, Johnny Craig, Graham Ingels, Reed Crandall

Letters

Kari Sekkelsten

Editor

Michael G. Nielsen

Co-plot

Bill Gaines

Co-plot, script

Al Feldstein

Kiste-kari

Kari Sekkelsten

Maddike-michael

Michael G. Nielsen

Translator

Maja Gabelgaard Nielsen