Robert Manning visits the remote country house where his brother Peter was last seen. While his host seems outwardly friendly and his niece more demonstrably so, Robert detects a feeling of menace in the air.

When his brother Peter disappears, Robert Manning pays a visit to the remote country house that he was last heard from. While his host seems outwardly friendly and his niece more demonstrably so, Manning detects a feeling of menace in the air with the legend of Lavinia Morley, the Black Witch of Greymarsh, hanging over everything.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Antique dealer Robert Manning receives a letter from his brother Peter that has traveled to Greymarsh to buy antiques for him, saying that he would soon be returning home. However, he disappears and Robert decides to seek him out at Greymarsh, where their ancestors lived. He finds a party at the Craxted Lodge given by Eve Morley (Virginia Wetherell)), and he asks to meet her uncle who owns the house. Robert shows the letter to Morley written on the paper of the Craxted Lodge, but Morley does not remember Peter. He also invites Robert to stay to look for his brother the next day. Durng the night, Robert has weird dreams involving the green-skinned witch Lavinia Morley and his brother in a strange ritual. Robert is also introduced to the creepy Professor John Marsh, who is an expert in the occult and witchcraft, and Robert suspects that Morley and Marsh are both hiding something. Eve helps Robert to investigate the disappearance of Peter and soon they learn secrets from the past.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil