A mother and her children lived a quiet life on a farm located in Southwest Missouri. After surviving the Civil War, losing her husband and their father, they were trying to rebuild their lives. They were unaware that they were on a collision course with the underbelly element of the human race that would forever change their lives. Something so wicked came their way that it took her, her family and a whole town by surprise. Because they were caught unaware of the evilness headed their way, they were unable to stop it. This is a mystery that has never been solved and has affected generations since that terrible tragedy.