På sin femårs-bryllupsdag melder Nick Dunne sin smukke kone savnet. Over for politiet tegner Nick et rosenrødt portræt af parrets ægteskab, men efterhånden begynder billedet at krakelere, og Nick havner i mediernes skånselsløse søgelys. Snart stiller alle sig selv det samme spørgsmål: Slog Nick Dunne sin kone ihjel?
En gruppe studerende bliver fanget inde i en mystisk hul, hvor de opdager, at tiden går anderledes under jorden end på overfladen.
USA, 1965. Den forældreløse, 12-årige Sam har tabt sit hjerte til Suzy, der bor med hele sin pukkelryggede familie i et fyrtårn på østkysten. Sam og Suzy beslutter at tage på en uges eventyr sammen for at udforske verden. Den sofistikerede Suzy pakker bøger, båndoptager og kæledyr til turen væk fra civilisationen, mens Sam forlader sig på sin overlevelseslærdom fra spejdertruppen.
Jed Cooper er uskyldig, da ni selvtægtsmænd vil lynche ham for kvægtyveri og mord. Men han overlever mirakuløst, og først da hans uskyld er slået fast, og han har loven på sin side, drager han ud for at tage en blodig hævn over kaptajn Wilson og hans otte hjælpere.
Seks mænd så den, og én af dem blev fanget af den. Men hvem ville tro dem? I 1975 så skovhugger Travis Walton og hans skovhugger-kolleger en ufo i luften. Waltons kammerater nåede at flygte, men Walton selv gjorde ikke. Han blev suget ombord på rumskibet og udsat for smertefulde, overjordiske undersøgelser.
Mærkelige hændelser plager en kriminalassistent og hans familie, da han undersøger en ung drengs forsvinden i en lille by.
Three bank robbers, Eijima, Nojiri, and Takasugi, flee the police and escape into the mountains. At an inn high in the Japanese Alps, Eijima and Nojiri encounter a young woman and her father, as well as Honda, a mountaineer. The inn folk do not realize their guests are wanted criminals and the visitors are treated with great kindness. Honda volunteers to lead them over the mountains, but Eijima's paranoia endangers all of them as they make the perilous trip.
Park ranger Angelica seeks the help of her dog handler ex-boyfriend, Viktor, to search for a missing woman in a dangerous nature reserve in Sweden. The search is complicated by a disturbing myth about the Cave Banshee, a vengeful spirit from the Nordic folklore that once lured miners to their deaths in the reserve's treacherous caves. As they delve deeper into the forest, Viktor starts to question his own sanity and whether the rumored Banshee is more than just a myth. To make matters worse, Angelica and Viktor share a painful history with the haunted place. Viktor must now confront his troubled past and work together with Angelica to survive the night and unravel the mystery behind the woman's disappearance.
A grad student breaks up with her boyfriend to focus on her thesis, not realizing something has infected him and that he's going to wreak havoc on her life.
A raffle ticket and a spur-of-the-moment decision contribute to two strangers going on a romantic weekend getaway to Bermuda.
Timmy gets a case of the itchy polka dots on the day of the Flossmore Valley Fair. It's up to Mr. Wisdom to read Timmy a medieval story about the origins of the childhood disease.
Esther van Neerbos searches for missing people with her dogs. Her dogs are specially trained to recognize the smell of death. Thanks to Esther's efforts, many bodies are recovered and she puts an end to the uncertainty in which those left behind live.