The film opens with a narrated disclaimer over footage of an opening coffin. The narrator explains that the film's climax is so terrifying that it may kill the viewer, and reassures the audience that if they die of fright while watching the film, they will receive a free burial service, and it closes on the casket which has a card inside reading Reserved for You.[1] Newlyweds Jenni (Peggy Webber) and Eric (John Hudson) move into Eric's palatial country home. Jenni is Eric's second wife; his first wife Marion died when she accidentally slipped and hit her head on the edge of a decorative pond on the estate. At the home they meet Eric's friends, the Reverend Snow (Russ Conway) and his wife (Toni Johnson), as well as Mickey (Alex Nicol), the developmentally disabled gardener. Eric privately mentions to the Snows that Jenni spent time in an asylum following the sudden death of both her parents, and Mrs. Snow reveals that Jenni is very wealthy. Jenni is disturbed both by Mickey's belief that Marion's ghost wanders the estate and by Marion's self-portrait inside the house, which Jenni believes resembles her mother. When she begins to hear unexplained screaming noises and see skulls around her house, she believes that Marion is haunting her. Though Eric speculates to Jenni that Mickey, who was a childhood friend of Marion and thus dislikes Jenni, may be behind the trickery, Jenni worries that she is going insane. Eric then suggests to remove Marion's self-portrait from the home. Eric and Jenni take the painting outside and burn it. While they clean up the remains of the painting, a skull emerges from the ashes. While Jenni panics at the sight of the skull, Eric denies that the skull is there. Jenni faints and Eric withdraws the skull and hides it, revealing that he was responsible for the trickery all along in an effort to get hold of her wealth. Believing she has finally lost her sanity, Jenni resolves to be committed. She tells Eric that the entire property will be meticulously searched for the skull as a last resort. Before Eric can retrieve it, Mickey secretly steals the skull and brings it to the Reverend, revealing Eric's plans. That night, Eric prepares to murder Jenni and stage it as a suicide. Jenni sees Marion's ghost in Mickey's greenhouse and flees back to the house. When she enters, Eric begins throttling her. The ghost then appears and chases Eric outside and about the property; it finally corners and attacks him, drowning him in the decorative pond. After Jenni regains consciousness, the Snows arrive. Mrs. Snow comforts a hysterical Jenni and the Reverend discovers Eric's body in the pond. Some undisclosed time later, Jenni and the Snows depart from the house. Reverend Snow declares whether or not Marion's death was an accident will remain a mystery.
1958年,水晶湖营地发生一起两人死亡的命案,而这只是陆续发生在水晶湖旁的一系列凶案和怪事之一,多年以来,附近居民视营地为不祥之地,有意无意敬而远之。水晶湖营地的老板史蒂夫为重整营地,雇佣六名辅导员一起将营地翻新,爱丽丝、杰克(凯文•贝肯 Kevin Bacon 饰)等六人性格活跃,不时用恶作剧缓解无聊的营地生活。另一方面,厨师安妮奔赴营地而来,却在临近村落受到了“疯子”劳夫的警告,结果安妮未到营地,便被害死在路上。水晶湖营地的怪事频现,蛇和劳夫先后拜访辅导员们,为当地的传言更增添了注脚。当夜大雨倾盆,各行其是的辅导员们先后被杀害,而凶手,就潜藏在他们的周围。
演员Ben Glenroy(保罗·路德 Paul Rudd 饰)在第二季结局中令人震惊地去世后,Charles(史蒂夫·马丁 Steve Martin 饰)、Oliver(马丁·肖特 Martin Short 饰)和Mabel(赛琳娜·戈麦斯 Selena Gomez 饰)开始调查这起发生在Oliver负责的百老汇节目幕后的悲剧。 在节目联合主演Loretta Durkin(梅丽尔·斯特里普 Meryl Streep 饰)的帮助下,三人组发现这起案件比Arconia的谋杀案更难侦破,但仍然乐观地认为,他们会找到谁杀死了Oliver的男主角,而Oliver也试图将自己的节目重新运作起来。
由于剧院里的每个人都可能成为嫌疑人,三人组的破案工作十分艰巨。至少他们的粉丝们会得到全新的一季播客。