Dr. Markway, a trained anthropologist with a special interest in psychic research, wants to try what he hopes will be a true exercise in terror. He's heard about the reputation of Hill House, which claimed the lives of several of its young inhabitants, and wishes to explore the horrors of the unseen and the unexplained.

A recently divorced South London man struggles to find meaning in his life.

A disillusioned 60-year-old historian is determined to make peace with his past after an archaeological dig as a young student led to an affair with his best friend's fiancee.

Pirate Captain Billy Bones leaves a young innkeeper's son, Jim Hawkins, a map indicating the location of a priceless treasure. Jim sets sail for the Caribbean in search of the treasure. But they do not realize that the ship's crew has been replaced by a band of cutthroats under the leadership of the infamous pirate Long John Silver.

Disc 1. Last of the belles: The romantic story of how F. Scott Fitzgerald met his wife Zelda while in the Army. Lady Hamilton: Lady Emma Hamilton is in love with Lord Horatio Nelson. Based on a novel by Alexandre Dumas. Arch of triumph: A man's romance is endangered by his obsession with revenge against a German SS officer. Disc 2. Promise of love: A bride quickly becomes a widow when her Marine husband is killed in Vietnam. Jane Eyre: An orphan...

Some war violence. A fearsome rumor reaches Britain's World War II command. The Nazis are developing rocket technology that could rain death on London and, then, New York. Quickly, England develops a plan to send saboteurs into the sites manufacturing the rockets. Just moments after the carefully chosen commandos parachute into the drop zone, their pilot receives an urgent message: The mission may be compromised. Abort.