“The Fiend of Changsha!”
In 1823, Dracula arrives in China where no vampires exist. He attacks a peasant thief turning him into the first Chinese vampire. The peasant doesn't understand what is happening to him but he realizes he is supernatural when, fighting imperial soldiers, he cannot be killed. To show off his immortality to his peers, he shoves a knife into his heart not realizing that is what kills vampires and thus accidently destroys himself.
“The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar”
In 1839, a mesmerist communicates with a dying man named M. Earnest Valdemar. By using hynoptism he is able to keep Valdemar alive past death for months. Eventually the hypnotism wears off and Valdemar melts into liquid putrescence.
“The Gloom Bomb”
The crew onboard a ship from a dead world spend their days going from planet to planet mining Coulp ore to power their ship. It's explained that their ancestors were so scientifically advanced that they built an artificial sun. The sun exploded decimating not only their world, but countless others. Meanwhile the crew comes to a planet full of similar looking beings. One of the crew members beams down to the planet and chooses to stay becoming the leader of the primitive people there. That planet is called Earth and he is called Noah.
“The Ghost of the Corpse”
A policeman photographs a dying man in an accident. He sees an image of a ghost coming out of the corpse when he develops the photo. Wanting to research this some more, he convinces a drug dealer to flee the police so that he will be shot. This will allow him to photograph him at his moment of death. After being charged for what he did, the policeman flees. He crashes his car into a wall and dies. The apparition appears. It wasn't a ghost, but a demon come to take souls to hell.
