The peacefulness of a small, post-World War II town in New York is shattered when Larry McConnell drowns mysteriously in a local lake. When a kind boarder joins Larry's widow, Margaret, and her young son Davey, she begins to think her house may be haunted. The sheriff believes a rogue deputy is responsible for Larry's death while Margaret reluctantly seeks the help of a palm reader. The psychic identifies a dresser in Davey's room as the source of...