Jack Romaine’s addiction to speakeasies and cards has landed him in a tight spot—one which he can’t use his good looks to get out of. With debts to dangerous men piling up, he becomes an unwilling recruit for a Cincinnati gangster needing an expendable tool to recover his stolen cash and railroad bonds. Unfortunately, Jack is not the only man on the trail of the stolen money—he is in competition with a sadistic killer who relishes the carnage he leaves in his wake. The trail leads south to Kaleidoscope: a ‘beddy’ for freaks during the months when carnival is out-of-season.