Otto racconti del terrore i cui protagonisti trovano una fine più o meno tragica, misteriosa o catastrofica. La piccola Brooke e i suoi genitori sono appena arrivati nella sontuosa Hawksmoor Hall, dove incontrano il fantasma del piccolo Nym, che può avere un effetto terribile sui bambini. E questo è solo il primo mistero...
"I will buy your castle," declared Hiram C. Hopgood. "But only if there are no ghosts!" Alex MacBuff can't afford to keep his beloved Castle Carra, and an American millionaire has made him an offer he can't refuse. The castle is shipped all the way to Texas, but its ghostly inhabitants, including Krok the Viking warrior and a hell-hound called Cyril, follow their home across the Atlantic. How can Alex stop the haunting Hiram and also save the millionaire's daughter from an evil ransom plot?