Nathaniel Leach bought the estate of High Burrough in Devonshire, which previously belonged to the Marquesses of Burrow. Over the past centuries, many crimes have been committed within the walls of the old house. Local peasants spoke of Burrow's curse, according to which the new owner's wife would die within a month. This was the curse of the “dead bride”. It is because of this that for the last hundred years the Marchionesses of Berrow have never returned to their family home after marriage.