Madeline Kennon, a young widow, along with her two children, Norman and Wendy, move into an old Victorian house in Ojai, California in an effort to begin life anew. The house is haunted by several ghosts. Norman, the collector of all things horrible, is delighted. The ghost of a Chumash Native American woman disturbs Madeline"s dreams. As she tries to solve the mysteries of their new home, she becomes involved with an intriguing stranger. But it is Norman"s policeman friend who saves her from the fate that befell the Indian maiden years before.