Peter Grimes

The eccentric fisherman Peter Grimes is a bit of a loner, and he's got problems: for starters, he has trouble keeping his apprentices alive. If they don't slip off the edge of the cliffs nearby, then they disappear under mysterious circumstances, or wash up on shore somehow; something bad always happens to them. In the absence of any OSHA laws, or the Children's Protective Services, the local townspeople convene to conduct an inquest on their own. Mob mentality wins again.