Here is a truly terrifying story, though the title calls it “terrific.” An experiment gone wrong. A murderer escapee. And an innocent man left in his place to face the judgement meant for the murderer. But how does such a horrifying thing occur? You must read for yourself and find out!
editorial note
This story was transcribed from its original material. It was originally published in Weird Tales magazine in 1925, and the scans available are legible, but are often distributed as images and not text-based documents. The Internet Archive managed to create a text version of the document, and while mostly complete, is rather rough shod and ill-formatted. We here at the Calamity took painstaking effort to bring the text as close to its original as possible. Spelling errors and typos in the original are maintained in this version; punctuation is corrected in some places to ensure a clear understanding of who is speaking, and provide a more fluid reading experience. Special thanks go to the fine folk at the Internet Archive for providing the raw material to make this republishing effort possible.
