Set in the present in a Midwestern small town, Nightcry is about Grant Sykes who has returned to his hometown of Ilton to run the local paper. Soon, people start to die and fingers start pointing to him-it doesn't help the evidence continues to pile up against Grant. He thinks it may have something to do with the supernatural being that killed his parents years ago, but the local Police Chief has other theories. Grant recruits the help of a ghosthunter to investigate the banshee while Grant figures out means to prove his innocence.