Story:Charlotte and Charlie Tucker visit an estate sale in the front yard of Richard Lum in southern Pennsylvania. There, they find a wonderful antique clock that Mr. Lum states belonged to his uncle, who was a minister. Although Mr. Lum doesn't believe the clock is working, it somehow manages to chime as the Tuckers walk by. After purchasing the clock the Tuckers take it home and examine it. Strange letters seem grown in the woodgrain, and the air in the clock body feels cool and damp - even after being outside in the hot sun. Again the clock oddly chimes. Charlotte's mother visits the next day, and being somewhat psychic, convinces the Tuckers to summon a Ghostbreaker after she feels a "force" in the clock. That night, the clock chimes endlessly, only stopping when Charlie investigates and shuts the door to the clock, which he is unable to explain how it opened. The next day, Mr. Carlton, the ghostbreaker, confirms something is odd about the clock - including the name SARGATANAS carved in the clock's interior. He breaks the shocking news to the Tuckers that SAGATANAS is a Brigadier to Lucifer. He suggests the they use a medium of enormous sensitivity (Margaret Egan), who later finds that the clock is actually a gateway to hell. That same day a strange being knocks on the door and requests to see the clock, after hearing it chime. He enters the clock saying he will "summon the others" and incredibly disappears. Margaret reveals that SARGANTANAS was ecclesiastically imprisoned 103 years ago, and that his entry into the clock has re-opened the gateway. Now the spirits of hell are soon to enter into the world. The Tuckers attempt to move the clock to hallowed ground before it's too late. Will they succeed????


Comment: Great show! Well acted and a story line that didn't take the easy way out. There really wasn't much to pick apart in this episode, it was solid all around. I wonder, though, if Bob Juhren's vision is that the Antique Roadshow is the tool of the devil or simply that Pennsylvania is the home of the damned. Just ask a Pirate's fan