Directed and written by W. Peter Iliff (Point Break, Varsity Blues), this episode stars John Stamos as Johnny Canaparo, a kept man in the employ of Ruth Rossi (Eileen Brennan), the widow of a powerful mob boss who killed her husband and took over his mob outfit. He never learns, as any woman he sleeps with gets killed, and now he’s couch dancing with Lucy Chadwick (Kate Vernon), a waitress at a club that Ruth owns.

“Welcome back, spurts fans, to game seven of the World Scaries. It’s the Fright Sox versus the Boo Jays. I’m your announcer, Vin Skull-y. Can the Sox keep their winning shriek alive? That’s the big question today. Wait a minute! (glancing at his TV set with the binoculars) Looks like there’s going to be a pitching change. The Jays are bringing in their rot hander, and while they do that, we’ll take another look at the defense. We have Ooze on first, Guts on second, and tonight’s “Terror” tale on third. It concerns a young lady who’s pretty fond of die-amonds herself. And doesn’t mind a little squeeze play to get ’em. I call it: “Till Death Do We Part.””

As a baseball game plays on the radio, Johnny and Lucy get caught cleaning out the safe. This gives our loverboy a choice: either shoot new girl in the head or get killed by his old lady’s men. Maybe a dream sequence will help him figure it out.

This is based on the story of the same name in The Haunt of Fear #12.  Written by Al Feldstein and William Gaines — whose names show up on a tombstone in the Crypt Keeper’s opening — and drawn by Joe Orlando, it’s a totally different story with a criminal not realizing that he’s already a ghost.