Dr Lucien Blake left Ballarat as a young man. But now he finds himself returning to take over not only his dead father's medical practice, but also his on-call role as the town's police surgeon, only to find change is afoot, nothing is sacred, and no one is safe.

Lusilla Helm has to marry Baron Ludwig Von Reder against her will. But her honeymoon does not last very long. The poor girl dies and is buried inside the family tomb. After a short while, another woman announces herself at the doors of the baron's mansion. Her looks recall Lusilla's but in a disturbing way. As soon as the mysterious woman sets foot in the rooms where the baron's former wife used to live, strange noises and happenings start to haunt the silent halls of the house.