In 1972, three lighthouse keepers mysteriously vanish from their post on the Maiden Rock, a lighthouse off the rocky coast of Cornwall. Inside the lighthouse, the small table is set for three, a cup of tea sits unfinished, and the door is barred from the inside. No bodies are found. Twenty years later, a writer sets out to interview those left behind after the tragedy—the respective wives and former girlfriend of the three keepers, as well as the company responsible for employing them—seeking the truth about what happened on that fateful day. As the long-buried story begins to surface, secrets emerge, and the women are forced to face a dark and painful past—a past where nothing is quite as it seems. Inspired by true events, The Lamplighters tells an enthralling tale of what could have been, and how sometimes human connection is more important than the truth.