Dr. Watson and Sherlock Holmes stayed in London. When Lord Blackwood, a follower of black magic and serial killer, is about to kill his sixth victim, John Watson captures him. Blackwood has already killed five women. Blackwood is sentenced to be strung up and Dr. Watson attests his death. However, Blackwood mysteriously returns from the afterlife and Inspector Lestrade summons Sherlock Holmes to help the Scotland Yard in the investigation.