Barbara Everest

Beautiful and trusting, Paula Anton is slowly tormented by mysterioushappenings in her luxurious Victorian home. The suspect is her devotedhusband.

The son of a Victorian hangman is driven insane by thoughts of his father's profession. The young man emulates his father by strangling young women. He then meets and falls in love with a woman but can he suppress his urge to kill her?

Soon after moving into a house purchased at a suspiciously low price, Roderick Fitzgerald and his sister Pamela experience unusual occurrences: doors open and close by themselves and sobs are heard late into the night. The mysterious activities are heightened when the Fitzgeralds are visited by Stella Meredith, a beautiful young girl who is inexplicably linked to the house.

A young woman confounds her family with her decision to put off marriage. Little do they know that she has a long-term affair with a Frenchman.