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In a small New England town during the 1800s, where medical understanding is limited and superstition persists, locals believe that to stop the spread of consumption, they must be absolutely certain that the dead remain dead.

Dr. Walter Freeman pioneers the icepick lobotomy, convinced that the quick procedure will revolutionize mental health treatment and reduce reliance on asylums. While motivated by a desire to help patients, his work leads to unintended and disturbing consequences.

In 19th-century Ireland, Michael Cleary becomes convinced that his wife, Bridget, has been replaced by a fairy changeling, leading him to take drastic and disturbing action.

Set in 19th-century America during the peak of the Spiritualist Movement, the episode explores how the belief in communicating with the dead transforms a reportedly haunted house into a site of both fascination and fear, as the boundary between the living and the dead becomes increasingly blurred.

In 1589, the village of Bedburg in Germany is gripped by fear as residents believe a werewolf is responsible for a series of murders targeting women and children, only to learn that the true perpetrator is a member of their own community.

Robert Gene Otto, a lonely child, forms a close bond with a doll he names Robert after receiving it as a gift, believing it to be alive. However, those around him begin to suspect that the doll brings misfortune.

Two Irish immigrants, ostracized in 19th-century Scotland, initially rob graves to supply medical schools with corpses, but eventually resort to murder to meet demand, becoming infamous for their large-scale killings.

The aging Countess of Blood, unable to find enough virginal peasants to sustain her youth, turns to a young noble to initiate a fresh cycle of torment and death.

Set in rural Germany between the World Wars, a family unknowingly shares their home with a hidden stalker who has been lurking in the walls and attics, observing and waiting for the moment to attack, in a case that remains one of history's most notorious unsolved mysteries.

Two brothers, skilled clockmakers, compete to harness the power of the Orloj as they navigate the chaos of the Black Plague in Prague, uncovering the consequences of interfering with the past.

A young woman from a town ruled by a fanatical preacher races to undo a deadly error before a violent crowd executes the accused Old Witch, Mary Webster, in a tale unfolding 11 years before the Salem witch trials.

In 1922, Jack Parsons was the only one who believed it was possible to launch a rocket into space and summon a demon; by 1952, he had achieved both. His obsession, however, remained with Marjorie Cameron, the woman he had both summoned and lost, known as the Scarlet Woman.