A young novice is sent by her convent in 1930s Austria to become a governess to the seven children of a widowed naval officer.

Hill House has stood for about 90 years and appears haunted: its inhabitants have always met strange, tragic ends. Now Dr. John Markway has assembled a team of people who he thinks will prove whether or not the house is haunted.

In 1926, a U.S. Naval engineer gets assigned to a gunboat on a rescue mission in war-torn China.