He is raising the poker again & Anna bites her lower lip so hard she chokes a little in the blood that runs down her throat... On a cold wet night recently widowed psychology lecturer John Pritchard visits spiritualist Aida Golding with his son. Although wary something has driven him here. & he is drawn to a troubled young woman who is trying to contact her child. Something about her intrigues him & despite his doubts he continues to attend meetings. One night at an intimate seance in Aidas house the lights go out & one of the group is brutally murdered. John has his suspicions but he cant prove anything. He senses that Aida has some hold over the girl & he offers her a place of refuge in his home. But the past haunts Anna in the most chilling of ways. & all too soon John realises hes made a terrible mistake...