At a late-night seance, attended by twelve people, the medium announces that five secrets will be revealed before midnight. There might, however, be one more - the darkest of them all.
An anthology of bizarre, fantastic and spooky tales from the past, present and future, dealing with curses, witches, perfect crime and science experiments.
A couple - the lord and his wife - have successfully committed a murder and are too excited not to discuss the details at the dinner table. But changing the languages doesn't seem to help - the butler appears to be able to join in, whatever language is spoken. Will he be able to solve the crime before the dinner is over?