Murder by the Lake: Der Wegspuk

SYNOPSIS

It is well known that the Austrian village of Hörbranz, especially at the border crossing to Germany, is supposed to be haunted. At the supposedly cursed place in a dilapidated mansion, Jakob is observed by a drone of a youth group when he kills a well-known building contractor and prospective owner of the property in a violent fight. Detectives Zeiler and Oberländer immediately initiate the search and embark on a mysterious journey into the history of this deteriorated place. When the alleged perpetrator is brought back to the scene of the crime by the young lawyer Mia to turn himself in questions pile up. Why should the building contractor, to whom Jakob has no connection, attack him? What was Jakob doing at the old mansion in the woods? And why does the victims prospective daughter-in-law represent him as a lawyer, even though she had traumatic experiences in this place?