Under therapeutic hypnotherapy, an apparently well-adjusted young woman informs a fantastic tale, confirmed by lie detector, of her neglected marriage to a guy who went away on the day of their honeymoon, and of her look for him which takes her to a lonesome estate in a remote area of swampland tenanted by serpents, alligators, an intoxicated one-armed lout, a strange medical professional, and a cold-hearted elderly female who lives alone in a brooding manse.