An inept gang of bank robbers, led by George The Brain, are caught and sentenced to 15 years hard labour each. When they are released from prison they start out to collect the money they had stolen and which George had hidden in a hollow tree during the chase in which they were caught. The only trouble is that the tree was in the middle of a lonely lane when they were imprisone...。とある田舎の小さな町。最近この町では不思議な事件が多発していた。 そこにやって来た妖怪園児「お・お・お・のしんのすけ」とその父、妖怪「タマタマ親父」。 家出してしまった母妖怪「ケツデカオババ」を探しているという。 町の小学生「桜ふみえ」が突然現れた謎の妖怪に襲われているところを助けるしんのすけ。 この二人の出会いが、小さな町の壮大な妖怪事件簿の始まりであった。。