John Stockton arrives in the village of Lamberley and when bad things begin to happen, the local residents hold the newcomer responsible. Soon, the gossipy town folk find out that Stockton is a direct resident of the Sinclair family, burned as suspected vampyres 100 years before. After the mysterious death of Bob Ferguson's baby son, a killing that has all the hallmarks of a vampyre, Holmes and Watson are called in to investigate before the residents take matters into their own hands.