About this episode

A man suffering from leprosy seeks help from a mysterious surgeon in a quest for a cure.

THE DISINTERMENT is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft and Duane W. Rimel, first published in the January 1937 edition of Weird Tales. Stricken with a devastating case of leprosy, a man turns to his only friend—an enigmatic surgeon captivated by unorthodox science—in a desperate search for a cure.

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