haunted panel in the basement of my nib

I have a panel object in my nib that is haunted.

if i add anything to it it breaks the rest of the connections in my interface (poltergeist).

if i delete it, it also breaks the rest of the connections in my interface (accursed demon).

if i let it be, and create another clone panel of it (panel1) and don’t touch the haunted panel, everything is ok. (doppelganger).
but must this ghost panel haunt my nib until eternity, remaining in this codely limbo? can it not be exorcized?

this is a continuation of this thread: http://bbs.applescript.net/viewtopic.php?id=13103 (which people yawned at because of the word HELP in big caps.)