讲述1830年西点军校发生了一系列谋杀案，退休侦探Augustus Landor（克里斯蒂安·贝尔 饰）对此展开调查，而协助他那位注重细节的年轻学员，正是后来成为举世闻名作家的埃德加·爱伦·坡（哈利·米尔林 饰）。
At West Point Academy in 1830, the calm of an October evening is shattered by the discovery of a young cadet's body swinging from a rope just off the parade grounds. An apparent suicide is not unheard of in a harsh regimen like West Point's, but the next morning, an even greater horror comes to light. Someone has stolen into the room where the body lay and removed the heart.
