Brennan has a nightmare in which the deceased Pelant taunts her that she'll never find the Ghost Killer without his help. Cam doesn't believe there is another serial killer out there, due to the lack of evidence so far that the various murders are related, and wants to end Brennan's investigation; even Booth thinks Pelant may have been lying just to play with Brennan's head. A gruesome distraction arrives when human remains are sent to Booth and Brennan's home with a note saying "Please find out what really happened to me." The victim has been dead for ten years, the remains painstakingly wrapped in cloth, which Sweets thinks indicates that whoever dug up the remains and sent them to Brennan cared deeply for the victim. She is IDed as famed young athlete Lana Brewster, who won the Paxton Cup for sailing around the world alone. So far as anybody knew, she died in a boating accident six months later, at the age of eighteen. When the team discovers that Lana was murdered and her death was covered up with the help of the medical examiner, who was bribed, people from her past become key suspects, including a competing sailor, her embittered brother, and an ex-boyfriend with whom Hodgins was acquainted – a troubled kid with a mean streak. But when an increasingly obsessed Brennan believes she sees a connection between Lana's wounds and the victims of the Ghost Killer, her judgment is called into question; she's uncharacteristically giving more weight to her belief the Ghost Killer exists than to the evidence, which, so far, says the Ghost Killer doesn't. Much to her annoyance, Cam gives the Ghost Killer files to Dr. Clark Edison, and insists he corroborate all her findings.

Meanwhile, Clark seems to be sleeping at the Jeffersonian. He claims that he was just working too late and fell asleep, but when Cam orders him not to spend his nights there any more, and Brennan notices that the usually fastidious Clark hasn't been changing his clothes, Clark makes a confession that unexpectedly brings him and Dr. Brennan a bit closer.

The First Lady calls in the FBI to investigate a murder in an urban community garden, where a body has been found in a shallow grave, dead for two days. The victim's remains were eaten by wildlife... and then vomited back up onto him. His ribcage is crushed, rendering his heart and lungs into pudding. The victim is identified as Colin Haynes, a talented but struggling country music singer who was regularly playing a local bar, but never had any real success. Suspects include Colin's manager at an indie record label, who wrote him a check for $1,000... which the perpetually broke musician tore up. Upon returning to Colin's apartment for a second look, Booth and Sweets capture a Filipino man who has broken into steal Colin's guitar. It turns out that Colin was hugely famous in the Philippines, but until a week ago, nobody knew where he was; they thought they were enjoying the work of somebody long dead. The Filipino man, Adrian, says he's Colin's number one fan... but is he the sort of crazy obsessive fan who would kill his idol? Security footage from the bar shows that Colin learned of his foreign fame from a Filipino woman shortly before his death. The lyrics of Colin's final songs provide a vital clue... as does a lack of egg yolk in stains on his shirt.

Meanwhile, Wendell breaks his arm in a hockey game. When Brennan goes behind his back to surreptitiously take a closer look at his injuries, she discovers some shocking news... news that leads Wendell to make a major decision about his life.