Senior Park Ranger and retired Akron cop Ed Freemen came to Lake Hope State Park looking for a cushy “retirement job” until the mangled body of a young woman is found on the old Moonville Rail Trail. The way her remains are spread in two parallel lines makes it obvious that she was run over by a train. But there are no tracks and haven’t been for more than forty years. As Freemen and his team investigate, they come across the legend of a railroad worker killed by a train a hundred years ago and whose ghost returns every ten years to terrorize the guests at Lake Hope. As the body count rises, Freemen’s efforts are hampered by hallucinations stemming from a tragic shooting incident. Freemen must overcome his deteriorating mental state and stop the hulking menace from reaching his diabolical quota. On dark summer nights, the locals tell their children to beware because when the Lantern Swings, Jackie Hudak comes back!