There has been a ghost in the house for three hundred years, and LordCanterville's family have had enough of it. So Lord Canterville sells his grandold house to an American family. Mr Hiram B. Otis is happy to buy the house andthe ghost - because of course Americans don't believe in ghosts.The Canterville ghost has great plans to frighten the life out of the Otisfamily. But Americans don't frighten easily - especially not two noisy littleboys - and the poor ghost has a few surprises waiting for him.