It's Halloween in Styria. While the student Resi Fuchs tries out occult rituals with friends, her mother Sabine meets with the professional medium Vera, through whom a helpful control spirit named Kornelius speaks. In the middle of the evening session, a shot suddenly rang through the window, killing the winemaker on the spot. LKA Commissioner Sascha Bergmann and his new colleague Anni Sulmtaler are taking on the case. Sabine's husband Pepi, who is not only an experienced shooter, but also misses his hunting rifle, comes under suspicion. The course of events is not that easy to reconstruct, however, because Vera had fainted and her partner Richie in the next room. Unfortunately, the omniscient control spirit also eludes any questioning by the investigators. However, his medium Vera seems to warn Cornelius more and more urgently of an immanent danger. Did the strange Dr. Stelzhammer had something to do with the murder? He stalks Vera and would like to drive her out of the dark forces with whom he believes she is making pacts. Maybe with a failed killing shot? When Bergmann and Anni finally find out the truth, they are almost too late .
—ARD Das Erste