在这部马斯顿庄园的悲剧犯罪/悬疑片中,对波罗理性的头脑而言，“幽灵”一说是经不住任何考验的，但这回他将不得不面对一桩幽灵谋杀案。 偏辟小镇的清晨，盛传闹鬼的玛斯登陆庄园发生命案——庄园主人马特沃尔斯的尸体在离家不远的橡树下被发现。50年前，一个年轻的女孩在这棵橡树下自杀，据称自此以后，便时有邪恶的幽灵出没。 年轻的妻子深信是那个女孩的幽灵杀死了她的丈夫，她曾在一个深夜亲眼看见化妆台的镜子涌出鲜血，也曾亲耳听见橡树发出恐怖的笑声……波罗根本不相信任何超自然因素的死亡，然而他又断言马特沃斯亦非死于自然因素…… 无论如何，这都是一个令人心生寒意的诡异而恐怖的死亡事件…
Having been lured to the village of Marsdon Leigh under false pretenses - the local hotel owner is unable to solve the crime in his own manuscript and so invites the detective to solve a "murder" - Poirot and Hastings are asked to look into the death of Mr. Maltravers, owner of the local manor house. The local rumor mill has it that the Marsdon Manor is haunted by several ghosts and Maltravers' wife is convinced that her husband was frightened to death. In the end, Poirot initiates a clever ruse to obtain a confession from the murderer.
