A Living Corpse

Dr. Craig Nugent studies the secrets of death and life, but gets pulled into the dark world of Professor Amadeus Valdemar, a master hypnotist, as science battles against supernatural forces in their final showdown.

The final conflict between science and the supernatural is dramatized in the story of Dr. Craig Nugent, who, while investigating the mysteries of death and life, becomes embroiled in the shadowy world of Professor Amadeus Valdemar, a master of mesmerism.

Professor Amadeus Valdemar, an unscrupulous hypnotist who is dying of consumption, learns that his wife is having an affair and makes a deal with her lover, Dr. Craig Nugent. He promises to give the young doctor his secret theory on mind control if Nugent, in return, puts him in a trance just before he dies. What Nugent doesn’t realize is that Valdemar’s real purpose is the ultimate destruction of his wife.