Pioneering engineer Alfred Jarvis builds a machine with which he can hear the sounds plants make. Their cries, their sobs, their dying sighs. He goes on a rampage to stop people from cutting flowers, but is suspected to be a madman.; A “spectral ship” pursues a modern freighter. It’s all a ruse, though, for a wanted criminal uses this set-up to flee the country.; The bride is wearing a supposedly cursed wedding dress.; A knife-thrower’s unrequited love for his assistent ends in jealousy and death.