Father and son composers pass murder and insanity down through the generations to possess a mansion and control its deadly caretaker. Wealthy composer Daniel Ash shoots a sailor who cheated him out of the family estate in a poker game. He escapes the authorities to avoid being hanged then meets Ann Hackett. The escaped killer marries her and reclaims his father's haunted estate. A love triangle leads to serial murder when caretaker Abigail Hackett kills the new wife in a jealous rage. Daniel commits suicide over the loss of his spouse and their daughter SUSIE. He haunts the mansion, refusing to leave a secret music manuscript hidden in the mansion. Twenty years later third generation heir Denny Ash, a gifted composer, inherits a nearly destroyed Ash House. He moves in with new wife Molly and their daughter Ashley. Denny is accused of caretaker Abby's murder after he goes mad from public scrutiny and fan pressure to write the next 'hit'. He fights a losing battle with ghosts inside his head and home.