Sweden 1889. A young man named Per Nilsson collaborated with his domineering mother in the gruesome murder of his young wife. His mother was found guilty of the murder and beheaded. Per was declared insane and institutionalized at The Konradsberg Lunatic Asylum in Stockholm. Now Per must struggle with the ghosts that torment him every night in his cell as he attempts by day to convince the psychiatrist and the staff that he is sane and should be released. Will Per return to a normal life, or will he succumb to the ghosts keeping him at the asylum?