十八世纪末期的纽约，警察们还延用古老的办案方式，对罪犯刑讯逼供，年轻的警察伊卡布·克瑞恩笃信科学的办案方式，因此受到市内同行的排挤，被派到一个名叫睡谷，也称作断头谷的小镇办理一起连环凶杀案。断头谷一直流传着关于“无头骑士”的传说，据说，他是一位嗜血而战的黑森林雇佣军，被敌人割去头颅后，他的孤魂一直在断头谷游荡，在月黑风高之夜，他会骑着快马、 拿着大剑将经过此地的行人的头颅割下

Some fish are impossible to catch, not because they are strong or fast swimmers, but because they are unique. If you believe in such fish, then you might believe in the witch with a false eye that can see the future, the lonely giant, the sunny ghost town, the conjoined twin singers, and love at first sight.