The set-up is told through a grainy, black and white reel film: During a balmy summer in the 1940/30's, renowned psychic and medium Jacques Futrelle holds a dinner party at his 'haunted' mansion, Metropolis. As well as his own wife and child, guests include the who's who in modern politics and media, including genetecist and scientist Eli Mencken. Futrelle tells the tale of a m...