A couple check into the Cross Keys, Peebles, for a Christmas break. Their happy interlude is shattered by the spectre of Meg Ritchie, who has haunted the hostelry for many years. The foetid, paranoid atmosphere of witch hunting Peebles in 1629 erupts into the present day, bringing the stench of scorched flesh with it.
When past and present collide, whom should you fear, whom should you trust…?