Arthur Kipps, un joven abogado, viaja a un pueblo remoto para asistir al funeral de una anciana. Sin imaginar lo que le espera, ve en esta misión una oportunidad de ascenso profesional que podría acercarlo a su sueño de casarse.
Few attend Mrs Alice Drablow’s funeral just the undertakers with shovels and one Mr Arthur Kipps, solicitor from London. He is to spend the night in Eel Marsh House, the place where the old recluse died amidst a sinking swamp, a blinding fog and a baleful mystery about which the townsfolk refuse to speak. In the 'Backstory' discover more classic ghost stories and some real-life ones too.