The story follows a child bride turned widow, Dou E, who is wrongly convicted of crimes by a corrupt court official for actions perpetrated by a rejected suitor, Mule Zhang. After her execution, three prophesied phenomena occur to prove her innocence, including blood raining from the sky, snow in June and a three-year drought. After a visit from the ghost of Dou E, her father eventually brings the corrupt court official, a doctor and Mule Zhang to justice, thereby vindicating his daughter.

东海郡窦娥被冤杀之后，血溅白练、六月飞雪、大旱三年，而后怪事频发闹得民不聊生。皇帝命重臣周天章（邱心志 饰）赴东海郡调查缘由并查办此案，险象环生、蹊跷不断，众多离奇事件、怪异人物纷纷登场，随着窦娥案的层层剥开，幕后的真相让周天章目瞪口呆。