Age of Aces » Adventures Into The Unknown http://www.ageofaces.net The Best in Air-War Fiction Fri, 04 Sep 2026 10:00:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.1 en hourly 1 “Adventures Into The Unknown: A Ghost Gets Revenge” by Frederick Blakeslee http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-a-ghost-gets-revenge-by-frederick-blakeslee/ http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-a-ghost-gets-revenge-by-frederick-blakeslee/#comments Wed, 31 Oct 2018 10:00:14 +0000 David http://www.ageofaces.net/?p=7844 BACK with another of Frederick Blakeslee’s “Adventures Into The Unknown!” Blakeslee published fourteen installments of his two-page illustrated looks into the Unknown between March 1948 and October 1950.

In the final installment of his explorations into the Unkown, Mr. Blakeslee relates the story of Amy Robsart, the ill-fated wife of Robert Dudley, a favorite suitor of Queen Elizabeth I, whose ghost was said to haunt Cumnor Hall until it was demolished in 1810. Now it prowls Cornbury Park, and it is said that those who encounter her ghost are doomed to die within ten days! From the October 1950 issue of 15 Mystery Stories it’s “Adventures Into The Unknown: A Ghost Gets Revenge!”


ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN: A Ghost Gets Revenge
by Frederick Blakeslee (15 Mystery Stories, October 1950)

]]> http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-a-ghost-gets-revenge-by-frederick-blakeslee/feed/ 0 “Adventures Into The Unknown: The House of the Screaming Skull” by Frederick Blakeslee http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-house-of-the-screaming-skull-by-frederick-blakeslee/ http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-house-of-the-screaming-skull-by-frederick-blakeslee/#comments Mon, 29 Oct 2018 10:00:02 +0000 David http://www.ageofaces.net/?p=7839 BACK with another of Frederick Blakeslee’s “Adventures Into The Unknown!” Blakeslee published fourteen installments of his two-page illustrated looks into the Unknown between March 1948 and October 1950. This time around Mr. Blakeslee relates the story of Burton Agnes Hall, built by Sir Henry Griffith during the first decade of the 1600’s. When his youngest daughter lay near death, she requested that her head be preserved in the walls of Burton Agnes Hall and if it were to ever be removed she would unleash unholy hell upon the manor until it was returned!

From the August 1950 issue of 15 Mystery Stories it’s “Adventures Into The Unknown: The House of the Screaming Skull!”


ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN: The House of the Screaming Skull
by Frederick Blakeslee (15 Mystery Stories, August 1950)

]]> http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-house-of-the-screaming-skull-by-frederick-blakeslee/feed/ 0 “Adventures Into The Unknown: The Corpus Delecti” by Frederick Blakeslee http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-corpus-delecti-by-frederick-blakeslee/ http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-corpus-delecti-by-frederick-blakeslee/#comments Mon, 22 Oct 2018 10:00:13 +0000 David http://www.ageofaces.net/?p=7827 BACK with another of Frederick Blakeslee’s “Adventures Into The Unknown!” Blakeslee published fourteen installments of his two-page illustrated looks into the Unknown between March 1948 and October 1950. This time around Mr. Blakeslee covers the Foxes and the “haunting” of their house in Hydesville, NY—an event which led to the rise of the spiritualist movement in America.

From the June 1950 issue of 15 Mystery Stories it’s “Adventures Into The Unknown: The Corpus Delecti!”


ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN: The Corpus Delecti
by Frederick Blakeslee (15 Mystery Stories, June 1950)

]]> http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-corpus-delecti-by-frederick-blakeslee/feed/ 0 “Adventures Into The Unknown: The Ghost of the Burning Baby” by Frederick Blakeslee http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-ghost-of-the-burning-baby-by-frederick-blakeslee/ http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-ghost-of-the-burning-baby-by-frederick-blakeslee/#comments Wed, 17 Oct 2018 10:00:52 +0000 David http://www.ageofaces.net/?p=7817 BACK with another of Frederick Blakeslee’s “Adventures Into The Unknown!” Blakeslee published fourteen installments of his two-page illustrated looks into the Unknown between March 1948 and October 1950. This time around Mr. Blakeslee tells us about the grizzly murder of a newborn baby in 1577 and it’s spirit’s spectral revenge that results in the creation of another ghosts which has continued to haunt the area to this day.

From the April 1950 issue of 15 Mystery Stories it’s “Adventures Into The Unknown: The Ghost of the Burning Baby!”


ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN: The Ghost of the Burning Baby
by Frederick Blakeslee (15 Mystery Stories, April 1950)

]]> http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-ghost-of-the-burning-baby-by-frederick-blakeslee/feed/ 0 “Adventures Into The Unknown: The Phantom Battle of Edgehill” by Frederick Blakeslee http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-phantom-battle-of-edgehill-by-frederick-blakeslee/ http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-phantom-battle-of-edgehill-by-frederick-blakeslee/#comments Mon, 15 Oct 2018 10:00:38 +0000 David http://www.ageofaces.net/?p=7812 BACK with another of Frederick Blakeslee’s “Adventures Into The Unknown!” Blakeslee published fourteen installments of his two-page illustrated looks into the Unknown between March 1948 and October 1950. This time around Mr. Blakeslee tells us about the ghostly echoes of the bloody first battle of the English Civil War that continue to play out over the Edgehill fields! From the February 1950 issue of 15 Mystery Stories it’s “Adventures Into The Unknown: The Phantom Battle of Edgehill!”


ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN: The Phantom Battle of Edgehill
by Frederick Blakeslee (15 Mystery Stories, February 1950)

]]> http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-phantom-battle-of-edgehill-by-frederick-blakeslee/feed/ 0 “Adventures Into The Unknown: The Haunted Tanker” by Frederick Blakeslee http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-haunted-tanker-by-frederick-blakeslee/ http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-haunted-tanker-by-frederick-blakeslee/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2018 10:00:55 +0000 David http://www.ageofaces.net/?p=7793 BACK with another of Frederick Blakeslee’s “Adventures Into The Unknown!” Blakeslee published fourteen installments of his two-page illustrated looks into the Unknown between March 1948 and October 1950. This time around Mr. Blakeslee tells us about the SS Watertown, a gasoline tanker, that was haunted by two crewmen who perished on board in 1925 and were buried at sea. Their heads were clearly visible just off the bow, following the ship as it continued on it’s course! From the December 1949 issue of Dime Mystery Magazine it’s “Adventures Into The Unknown: The Haunted Tank!”


ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN: The Haunted Tanker
by Frederick Blakeslee (Dime Mystery Magazine, December 1949)

]]> http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-haunted-tanker-by-frederick-blakeslee/feed/ 0 “Adventures Into The Unknown: Death Above and Below” by Frederick Blakeslee http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-death-above-and-below-by-frederick-blakeslee/ http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-death-above-and-below-by-frederick-blakeslee/#comments Mon, 01 Oct 2018 10:00:17 +0000 David http://www.ageofaces.net/?p=7787 IT’S no secret that we’re big fans of the work of Frederick Blakeslee here at Age of Aces Books. He did the covers for all of Popular Publications’ big Air titles—Dare-Devil Aces, Battle Aces, Battle Birds, Fighting Aces, Dusty Ayres and his Battle Aces, and, of course, G-8 and his Battle Aces. In addition he did the interior art for Dare-Devil Aces, Battle Birds and Fighting Aces. But Blakeslee did art for other titles as well.

Last year we featured the first seven installments of Blakeslee’s Adventures Into The Unknown. That was just the first half of the series. This October we’ll be presenting the remaining seven installments. First up, Mr. Blakeslee relates a story of an innocent man cursing the very ground over his grave—stating before being hung, that in proof of his innocence no grass would grow on his grave for a generation! And sure enough, no grass would grow over his grave for one hundred and twenty years! From the October 1949 issue of Dime Mystery Magazine it’s “Adventures Into The Unknown: Death Above and Below!”


ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN: Death Above and Below
by Frederick Blakeslee (Dime Mystery Magazine, October 1949)

]]> http://www.ageofaces.net/2018/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-death-above-and-below-by-frederick-blakeslee/feed/ 0 “Adventures Into The Unknown: The Talking Men” by Frederick Blakeslee http://www.ageofaces.net/2017/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-talking-men-by-frederick-blakeslee/ http://www.ageofaces.net/2017/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-talking-men-by-frederick-blakeslee/#comments Mon, 30 Oct 2017 10:00:49 +0000 David http://www.ageofaces.net/?p=6760 Dime Mystery Magazine it's "Adventures Into The Unknown: The Talking Men!"]]> BACK with another of Frederick Blakeslee’s “Adventures Into The Unknown!” Blakeslee published fourteen installments of his two-page illustrated looks into the Unknown between March 1948 and October 1950. This time around Mr. Blakeslee examines the phenomenon known as ‘Orang Bunian’—or ‘the Talking Men.’ It is the hearing of the voices of the dead in broad daylight—usually over the site where there had once been a village! From the August 1949 issue of Dime Mystery Magazine it’s “Adventures Into The Unknown: The Talking Men!”


ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN: The Talking Men
by Frederick Blakeslee (Dime Mystery Magazine, August 1949)

]]> http://www.ageofaces.net/2017/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-talking-men-by-frederick-blakeslee/feed/ 0 “Adventures Into The Unknown: The Haunted Trianon” by Frederick Blakeslee http://www.ageofaces.net/2017/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-haunted-trianon-by-frederick-blakeslee/ http://www.ageofaces.net/2017/10/adventures-into-the-unknown-the-haunted-trianon-by-frederick-blakeslee/#comments Wed, 25 Oct 2017 10:00:16 +0000 David http://www.ageofaces.net/?p=6757 Dime Mystery Magazine it's "Adventures Into The Unknown: The Haunted Trianon!"]]> BACK with another of Frederick Blakeslee’s “Adventures Into The Unknown!” Blakeslee published fourteen installments of his two-page illustrated looks into the Unknown between March 1948 and October 1950. This time around Mr. Blakeslee delves into one of the most famous and most controversial incidents in the history of the occult. It’s the story of two English school teachers and what happened to them on a trip to Versailles in August 1901. Is what they experienced a paranormal encounter or possibly some sort of time slip? You be the judge—from the June 1949 issue of Dime Mystery Magazine it’s “Adventures Into The Unknown: The Haunted Trianon!”


ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN: The Haunted Trianon
by Frederick Blakeslee (Dime Mystery Magazine, June 1949)

You can read more about The Haunted Trianon at PhantomsandMonsters.com, and come back Monday when Blakeslee will focus on mystery of the disembodied voices known as “The Talking Men!”

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ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN: The Devil Walks at Night
by Frederick Blakeslee (Dime Mystery Magazine, April 1949)

Come back Wednesday when Blakeslee will focus on The Haunted Trianon!

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