As an old man, Ronald DeWitt returns to a small Southern town where he had lived as a young boy. Once there, he reflects upon events that happened many years earlier. At the beginning of the summer of 1946 Ronnie had been looking forward to three months of fun and excitement, but the carefree days ahead would turn into times of tragedy and horror. The joy of being young was interrupted by events which nearly cost him his life, as well as the occurrence of heinous murders. He could never have guessed that such evil could exist in his world. Devils were afoot in those days.