When Nellie's (Emma Leigh Smith) entire family is found dead, she is taken to Gore Orphanage, run by the neurotic Mrs. Pryor (Maria Olsen-Percy Jackson). While Nellie makes friends with Esther (Nora Hoyle) and Buddy (Brandon Mangin Jr.), she quickly learns that some things are worse than losing your entire family. Based on the most popular of Ohio's urban legends.