An innocent-looking doll is inhabited by the soul of a serial killer who refuses to die.

Frank Dowling has to solve the mystery of a young man who is obsessed with finding his natural parents.

Newly-widowed Mabel Lederer, who has psychic and mediumistic abilities, sells her house and belongings, changes her name, and moves to a new town. There she rents a room in a boarding house and holds a seance with the other tenants, with comical results.

A dramatization of the controversial trial concerning the right for Neo-Nazis to march in the predominantly Jewish community of Skokie, Illinois.