Woman Who Came Back

Lorna Webster is the last descendant of witch-hunter Elijah Webster, who burned fifteen women at the stake for witchcraft. After abandoning her fiancé, local doctor Matt Adams, at the altar two years before, Lorna is returning to her New England hometown when the bus she is riding on crashes. The bodies of only twelve out of thirteen victims are recovered. The missing corpse belongs to an old woman who had been wearing a black veil and was sitting next to Lorna when the bus lost control. After a series of strange incidents, including a bouquet of flowers wilting at her touch, Lorna begins to believe that a supernatural force is taking control of her life. She begins to study the papers of Elijah Websters and finds a confession that explains a strange pact between a witch and the devil. When the witch dies, her spirit will pass into the body of the nearest young woman, who will gain her dark powers. Lorna believes that she is the latest vessel for the witch's power, the previous being the mysterious old woman whose body was never found. The local townspeople become suspicious and alarmed, believing that Lorna caused the illness of young Peggy, Matt's niece. Desperate to prove that there is nothing supernatural affecting the town or the woman he loves, Matt finds the personal journal of Elijah Webster: it reveals Webster forged confessions of witchcraft to further his political standing. Matt hurries to show Lorna the journal, but finds her house being attacked by some of the townspeople and Lorna fleeing in terror. Lorna hallucinates and falls into the river. Matt saves her and, in the process finds the body of the old woman. Now understanding that she had been a victim of superstition, Lorna stays in town and marries Matt. ==Cast==