教堂中，一对新人——Melinda（詹妮弗·洛芙·休伊特 Jennifer Love Hewitt 饰）和Jim（大卫·康拉德 David Conrad 饰）正在举行婚礼。突然，有一个谁都看不到人向Melinda寻求帮助。原来Melinda从小就象她祖母一样，具有一种和鬼魂沟通的神秘能力，祖母告诉她这些鬼魂之所以不肯离开，是因为他们和活着的人之间还有未完成的事，并把他们叫做“土地幽灵”。因为Melinda具有与鬼魂沟通的这种特殊能力，所以常常有鬼魂来找她帮忙，并进行一些超自然的调查。正因为此，Melinda经常遭到人们的非议和质疑，但当她发现自己不仅能帮助死者，也同样对在世的人给予援手时，她知道自己的特异功能不是负担而是一笔财富……

　　现在，Johnny 除了尝试适应昏迷六年后的生活外，还需要把不知道是福是祸的超自然力量弄走，继续以普通人的姿态生活。帮助 Johnny 恢服体能的物理治疗师 Bruce (John L. Adams 饰演) 由医院相识后因了解得太多而渐渐变成他的好友；而他母亲的牧师 Gene Purdy (David Ogden Stiers 饰演) 则为了他建立了一笔基金，待他有需要时便可使用；另外，Sarah 亦尝试一方面与 Johnny 保持关系，另一方面不影响与她丈夫 (Chris Bruno 饰演) 与及儿子的关系。

　　1934, America. The Dustbowl. A fugitive named Ben Hawkins finds refuge within a traveling carnival comprised of a tarot card reader and her catatonic/telekinetic mother, a blind mentalist, a bearded lady, and conjoined twins, amongst others. The carnival is owned by the mysterious and unseen Management, who has designs on the young Hawkins, for the boy is concealing an untapped gift: he can heal the lame and raise the dead--at a price. Ben also finds himself disturbed by cryptic and prophetic dreams, which he shares with a Methodist preacher in California, Brother Justin Crowe. Brother Justin, convinced by his dreams he is following God&♯39;s will, has begun to practice his own extraordinary talents, although the preacher&♯39;s plans increasingly lead to disturbing and tragic consequences. In this "last great age of magic," Ben Hawkins and Justin Crowe are moving toward a great conflict between Good and Evil, although it not yet clear on which sides these men will stand.