Lester Billings, a paranoid and schizophrenic man, tells his psychiatrist about the mysterious deaths of his three children, Denny, Shirl, and Andy. He claims that the "boogeyman" in his closet killed the children - Denny and Shirl from mysterious causes, and Andy by snapping his neck. Through flashbacks of his children's lives, Lester recounts their deaths and comes to realize that the boogeyman he's been talking about is actually his psychiatrist.