by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Leticia (Nancy Barrett) tries to convince Desmond (John Karlen) that the "possessed" Gerard (James Storm) should not come to harm. Angelique (Lara Parker) (aka Valerie) attempts to woo the spirit of Judah Zachary into revealing the whereabouts of the missing Barnabas. This episode, officially the 1,176th in the Dark Shadows series (there was no 1,175 due to a Christmas-week preemption), initially aired on December 28, 1970.