A chain gang fugitive attempts to murder an old woman in the swamp for her cauldron of stew. Before the Swamp Thing can intervene though, the convict dies from sustained bullet wounds. The woman, Auntie De Luvian is not scared of Swamp Thing, and tells him a story of the plantation that used to be on the site, and the cruel slave master that owned it. As soon as she finishes the tale, she tells the Swamp Thing that they are being watched by "unholy things"...