A kindly but desperate Alsatian innkeeper named Mathias murders and robs a rich Jewish merchant staying at his inn, but the ghost of his victim will not let him rest. Meanwhile, a mysterious Mesmerist has come to town, claiming he has made many criminals confess their crimes...

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Lionel Barrymore

Caroline Frances Cooke

Gustav von Seyffertitz

Lorimer Johnston

Boris Karloff