Dr. David McCall (David Hayward, The Curious Case of the Campus Corpse) is a total slimeball. He’s stepping out on his wife, Emily (Pittsburgh royalty Lori Cardille), who is already mentally dangling by a thread. They buy a house from a perky real estate agent, Julianne (Carol Levy). It’s a real fixer-upper, mainly because it comes with a resident phantom: the spirit of a woman who spent her time needlepointing in a rocker while her husband bled out downstairs.

That woman, Florence Bravo (Lauren Klein), starts whispering in Emily’s ear, guiding her toward a hidden antique pistol and encouraging her to handle her husband’s infidelity with a little lead poisoning. The tension boils over when Emily overhears David talking to the real estate agent, Julianne. In a classic misunderstanding, Emily thinks it’s a tryst. It turns out David was just trying to move them closer to the university to save their marriage, but it’s too late.

If you know your Victorian true crime, you know the name: Florence was a real-life figure who allegedly poisoned her husband after discovering his infidelities.

This is one of three episodes directed by John Lewis, the only other work he’s done as a director. It was written by Edithe Swensen, who wrote ten episodes of the show (and also six of Monsters).