休斯顿

Morse is taken seriously ill at a museum reception and is hospitalized. In the hospital, Supt. Strange, visits Morse to push him to take early retirement, while Dr. Millicent 'Millie' Van Buren gives him her book on a 140 year-old court case known as the Oxford Canal Murders. The case involved the murder and rape of a young woman, Mrs Joanna Franks, traveling by canal boat from...。绰号“蝎子”的女囚亚玛桀骜不驯，曾多次越狱，还弄瞎了典狱长的一只眼睛，被典狱长报复，锁在水牢中折磨。视察员来监狱视察，亚玛利用这个机会再次袭击了典狱长，当场吓得视察员屎尿齐出。典狱长公报私仇，甚至派手下当众轮歼了亚玛。在路上，亚玛利用机会装死和其他六个女囚逃狱成功。逃出的七个女子，都是因为男人而犯下罪行，当三个游客先奸后杀了一个女犯后，她们挟持了一车游客试图逃出警察的追捕。亚玛被敌视她的女囚们出卖，再次被捕。亚玛也对她们进行了报复，使警察乱枪齐发，三个人质和女囚们都被杀死。典狱长要手下私下解决了亚玛，反被亚玛抓住机会逃了出来。典狱长升了官，但他还是没有逃出亚玛的复仇之手，被亚玛截杀在路上。。