After "Trio of Terror," and before "The Lethal Ladies," this would be the second of three multi-story episodes, with your host Boris Karloff starring in both, as does the busy Ed Nelson, previously seen in "The Fatal Impulse," "The Cheaters," and "A Good Imagination." In "Friend of the Dead," Karloff plays morgue attendant Pop Jenkins, who carries on conversations with his deceased charges, in a sense providing comfort for those in the after-life. Reporter Tom Ellison (Nelson) sees a big story when a recent murder victim reveals the identity of his killer, foolishly confronting the suspect to his everlasting regret, an intriguing premise with a predictable conclusion. In "Welcome Home," Nelson plays Daniel Lejean, a murderer on the run, figuring he can hide from the authorities at the decaying Southern plantation owned by his uncle, Colonel Jackson Beauregard Finchess (Karloff), who lives there alone with his sister Emily (Estelle Winwood). Daniel and his wife Nell (Norma Crane) also returned for another reason: the money his late father left behind. The Colonel states that Daniel's father suffered from catalepsy, installing a telephone in the family crypt in case he was buried alive. Believing that both his nephew and wife were reported dead, the Colonel made certain to bury Daniel's coffin with his inheritance down in the dank vault as well (another shock ending, but an improvement on the first). Pop Jenkins remains a sympathetic character, while the Colonel reminds us of Karloff's scenery chewing role in "The Boogie Man Will Get You." Estelle Winwood works with Boris nearly 40 years after starring on Broadway with Bela Lugosi in 1922's "The Red Poppy" (she died in 1984 at the age of 101). One of Ed Nelson's later villains came opposite Olivia de Havilland in the 1971 TV movie "The Screaming Woman," for which the actor himself provided his own comment on IMDb.