Shades of Edgar Allen Poe pervade this tale in which the Maguffin is a corpse - a murdered man infected with a deadly poison. The IMF needs the formula to the poison, which can only be had by analyzing the body of the dead man. Where did the murderer hide it? He must be driven mad, Poe-style, by Barney's electrical ghosts to get him to reveal the truth. But what is the truth? Even the ever-cool IMF may be surprised by what really happened.