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- Two journalists from the newspaper "Grim Tales from Russia", Lev Venediktov and Masha Palkina, are sent to investigate various paranormal stories. The general plot is organized similarly to the American TV series "The X-Files", with two major differences: the two leading characters are not FBI agents, but journalists and the series is a comedy. In order to come up with their stories, the series' writers relied on facts taken from press reports, eyewitness accounts and their own observations. Upon transformation in the writers' imaginations, these facts were turned into fantastic tales dedicated to real problems associated with the people's barbaric attitude towards nature, ecological crimes, mismanagement, irresponsibility and impunity.
- The parody series "Sancho from the Ranch" was part of the St. Petersburg television program "Chameleon", supervised by the famous director Yuri Mamin. The idea of this parody was that the supposedly Mexican TV series "Sancho from the Ranch" was seen by viewers in two forms at once: on the screen and behind the screen. On the screen there are heartbreaking incidents in sunny Mexico, and off the screen they are watched with excitement by an ordinary Russian family - grandparents, father and mother, daughter and son. The trick is that they also appear in exotic Mexican roles, and seem to be looking after themselves.
- An unusual household goblin lives in a Saint Petersburg apartment. He drinks all alcoholic beverages in the house, wherever the dwellers would hide the bottles. Lev Venedictov and Masha Palkina organize a ghost hunt. At the same time, the newspaper "Grim Tales from Russia" starts a city parliament membership campaign for its editor-in-chief, Pyotr Smelov.
- An old teacher, who lives in a small village, experiences frequent close encounters with extraterrestrials. They communicate with the teacher in disguise of various famous historical figures. Quite astonishingly, Lev Venedictov and Masha Palkina verify the existence of the aliens. Later, however, they discover the true nature of this phenomenon.
- Masha Palkina dreams to turn her beloved centaur Yura Gorbunov, who lives in the anomalous village of Zagibalovo, into an ordinary man. She finds scientists who plan to clone the human part of Yura's body in order to use the organs of the clone for a surgery. Meanwhile, Yura becomes friends with his clone brother and saves him from the cruel medical "utilization".
- Incidentally, Lev Venedictov and Masha Palkina come into possession of a metal trunk which contained human bones, as well as an antique miniature portrait of Peter the Great. The tall size of the reconstructed skeleton matches the description of the Russian king. Is it really his skeleton? The search for the truth brings the journalists back to the history of the October Revolution.
- Patients keep dying for no apparent reason in a city hospital. The inexplicable deaths occur in the intensive care unit #13. Since the police is unable to handle this case, Lev Venedictov an Masha Palkina come to rescue. While they manage to find a bomb in the hospital's basement, the case remains unsolved - not for the series viewers, though.
- Miracles are occurring in the regional art museum housing a collection of original paintings by famous Russian artists. Some parts of the paintings disappear and seem to miraculously materialize in the town. Lev Venedictov and Masha Palkina solve the real secret of the mysterious phenomena, which involves organized crime and corrupted authorities.
- A Russian family decided to get rid of their elderly neighbor. They entered her room while she was asleep and drove a nail into her head. Instead of dying, the neighbor woke up because of the loud noise in her head. Soon she discovered that she is able to receive radio signals. Scientists, television and the state security became interested in this phenomenon.
- Whenever a thunderstorm breaks out in the vicinity of the town of Suisk, one or several houses burn to ashes. The most striking fact is that the these houses form an oval, if one draws a line between then on the map. Lev Venediktov and Masha Palkina investigate the anomaly, but are being confronted by the local mafia. An unexpected rescue comes at the very last moment.
- Masha Palkina and Lev Venedictov learn that the residents of Blerova, a small village near deep forests, are being disturbed by a scary witch, who possesses a walking hut on hen's legs, like the legendary Baba Yaga. The journalist trace the witch, who takes them prisoner and proves to be rather a warlock.
- A huge tanker with waste from Mexico is trying to enter the village of Zagibalovo. The regional authorities, conspiring with mafia, are planning to bury the poisonous waste in the anomalous zone, known from the previous episodes of the series. The journalists from the "Grim Tales" attempt to stop the evil plan, but not entirely successfully.
- There are terrible rumors in the city about a shape-shifting man-pig, who attacks people on the dark night streets, devours the voting ballots and devastates the food storage. Masha Palkina and Lev Venedictov undertake a journalist investigation and solve the secret of this mysterious phenomenon.
- Pyotr Nikitich Smelov, the editor-in chief, sends Lev Venedictov and Mash Palkina to investigate the story about a giant mushroom found in the vicinity of the town of Ugrumovsk. The journalists could not have expected this trip to become just the beginning of an amazing journey into a wondrous anomalous Zone.
- This episode is a sequel to the previous episode, "Wonders behind the Fence". When Lev Venedictov and Masha Palkina find themselves in the anomalous zone, they have to escape from armed persecutors. Finally, they find discover the village of Zagibalovo, where they encounter the weird inhabitants of the zone and their extraordinary environment. Here, Masha meets her first love: the local shop assistant, who turns out to be a young centaur. The name of the village may be roughly translated as "Kickbucketry".
