Bob Farrell

Biography
Bob Farrell was a magazine writer from New York. In 1967, his wife Julie and he purchased an old castle in Massachusetts that once belonged to the Mailer family. Bob took the opportunity to write a piece about the local lore - particularly the town's history with regards to witchcraft.

On the evening that the Farrells moved into their new home, they inspected one of the lower cellar dungeons. Julie found an antique grandfather clock and became quite enamored with it. She wanted it moved into the upstairs foyer. Bob wasn't particularly impressed with the clock, but acquiesced to his wife's wishes. They brought the clock upstairs and go it working again.

When the clock struck midnight, there was a knock at the door. The Farrells opened the door and were greeted by a strangely dressed, middle-aged man named Tristram Halbin. Tristram had come calling on the Mailer family, but informed him that no such family existed any more. They took pity on the seemingly put out man and offered him room and board in exchange for some help fixing up the place.

The following day, Bob met the town physician Doctor Barnaby Finchley. Finchley knew a great deal about the history of the house and told Bob that it once belonged to a 17th century witch named Lucy Mailer. The townsfolk captured Lucy and executed her as well as her friends and family. Their bodies were sealed inside a secret crypt beneath the house. He related how some folks believed that Lucy had an enchanted an old clock and that it had the ability to bring back the dead.

After Finchley left, Bob inspected the lower dungeons and found the secret crypt. He came upon a vault, which bore the name of Tristram Halbin, who had apparently died in 1763. Bob now understood the truth about their new visitor. He rushed upstairs and found the warlock Halbin in the process of hypnotizing his wife Julie. He confronted Halbin and exposed the truth about him. He knew that destroying the clock would likely destroy Halbin as well. Tristram reached out to stop him, but Bob managed to stop the clapper on the grandfather clock. All of a sudden, Tristram, Bob and Julie all burst into flames. The fire spread through the rest of the castle, completely gutting it.

Notes & Trivia

 * Bob Farrell was one of four different characters that Roger Gentry played in Dr. Terror's Gallery of Horrors.