Near the turn of 20th century, a Prussian gambler learns from his father that the family has a 200-year-old secret, and that he will be the end of the family line.

An aspiring poet staying with his rustic relatives in the rural south happens upon a house where it is still 1921.

An alcoholic is agitated when he runs into his former mentor, whom he blames for leading him badly astray.

A young husband and wife inherit a huge brownstone, which has a locked room containing a disconnected 19th century telephone. When the husband jokingly orders a hansom cab on it, they are surprised when one shows up.

An inquest into the death of a scientist reveals many ugly truths, but the cause of his death remains elusive — his friend blames “the Damned Thing.”

A man loses his wife after a short but happy marriage, and can’t seem to let her go.

A woman returns to New York when her husband’s job transfers him there. Although strained from their frequent moves, she is calmed when she visits her childhood home, and is allowed by the current owners, a childless older couple, to see her old room.

An accidental explosion rocks a department store. An older woman, who had just reunited with her adult granddaughter, is blinded and suffers critical injuries — and her granddaughter can’t be found. But another victim is a young woman with amnesia, who could well be her.

A married couple moves into an old New Orleans house they’ve unexpectedly inherited, only to find it so haunted that it’s uninhabitable. The only person interested in buying it is a lovely young woman who will only offer them a tiny sum of money.

A self-absorbed ballerina seeks a way to restore her youth and fame.