The Mystery of the 13th Guest. Poster of the 1943 movie and cover of the 1929 book, The 13th Guest
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The 13th Guest
Armitage Trail, 1929
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William Beaudine, 1943

When Marie Morgan was eight years old, she attended a banquet held by her dying grandfather, who disliked everyone in his family except her. That day he instructed her to return to his house upon her twenty-first birthday to read his will alone. Marie arrives at the house, and although it has been vacant for 13 years, the lights and telephone both appear to be working.


Bwana Devil. Poster of the 1952 movie and cover of the 1907 book, The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
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The Man-Eaters of Tsavo
John Henry Patterson, 1907
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Arch Oboler, 1952

In the early 20th century, thousands of workers are building the Uganda Railway, Africa’s first railroad, and intense heat and sickness make it a formidable task. A pair of man-eating lions are on the loose and completely disrupt the undertaking. Two men in charge of the mission desperately attempts to overcome the situation, but the slaughter continues.