• Air date: 14 Nov '69 92 episodes
      Dark Shadows is an American gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written by Art Wallace, does not mention any supernatural elements. It was unprecedented in daytime television when ghosts were introduced about six months after it began. The series became hugely popular when vampire Barnabas Collins appeared a year into its run. Dark Shadows also featured werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, time travel, and a parallel universe. A small company of actors each played many roles; indeed, as actors came and went, some characters were played by more than one actor. Major writers besides Art Wallace included Malcolm Marmorstein, Sam Hall, Gordon Russell, and Violet Welles. Dark Shadows was distinguished by its vividly melodramatic performances, atmospheric interiors, memorable storylines, numerous dramatic plot twists, unusually...
  • List of Episodes (92)
    • 51. DS-939

      29 Jan '70
      Jeb tells Carolyn that they are going to be married; she does not take him seriously. Jeb tells the sheriff that he has been raised from the dead to serve the Leviathans. Barnabas gives Jeb a drink, which he has poisoned.
    • 52. DS-940

      30 Jan '70
      The poison has no effect on Jeb. Barnabas asks Angelique to help hide Carolyn for a while. Barnabas, Quentin, and Julia plan to send Carolyn away, however they find she has already gone on a date with Jeb. Jeb drugs Carolyn’s drink and plans to take her up to his room.
    • 53. DS-941

      02 Feb '70
      Quentin beats up Jeb and takes Carolyn back to Collinwood. Barnabas tells Elizabeth that she and Carolyn should go away for awhile. Jeb kidnaps Maggie; Barnabas goes to Jeb and demands that he release her.
    • 54. DS-942

      03 Feb '70
      A man named Bruno appears at the antique shop and pledges his loyal obedience to Jeb. Bruno questions Maggie about Barnabas, he leaves her with sheriff Davenport. David reads in the Leviathan book that Jeb must beware of werewolves; David tells this to Jeb. Jeb tells David he must help him destroy Barnabas. Jeb shows the Leviathan box to Maggie.
    • 55. DS-943

      04 Feb '70
      After making Maggie look in the box, Jeb releases her. Sabrina brings Chris a flower which might cure him if he eats it at the full moon. Maggie tells Barnabas that Jeb released her when he believed she was under the power of the Leviathans, however she just pretended. As the moon rises the flower blooms and Chris changes into the werewolf.
    • 56. DS-944

      05 Feb '70
      Once Chris is the werewolf he cannot make himself eat the flower. Jeb fears the howling of the werewolf; Bruno goes to hunt it down. Sabrina meets the werewolf in the woods, however Bruno chases it off. Angelique wants Barnabas to take Elizabeth and Carolyn away, she is afraid that one of them will recognize her as Cassandra. Jeb gets a mysterious phone call telling him where Carolyn is at.
    • 57. DS-945

      06 Feb '70
      Jeb calls Elizabeth away from the Rumson estate. Carolyn is left alone and is terrorized by several unseen forces. Carolyn has a disturbing dream about Jeb. Carolyn hears a breathing sound outside of her door.
    • 58. DS-946

      09 Feb '70
      Carolyn is terrified after seeing Jeb in his true form. Jeb decides he wants Carolyn to come to him willingly, he does not want to force is true nature upon her. Jeb decides to settle a score with Barnabas; as he goes to the Old House the werewolf attacks him.
    • 59. DS-947

      10 Feb '70
      The werewolf knocks Jeb unconscious but changes back to Chris before killing him. Barnabas takes credit for saving Jeb, who now appears to trust Barnabas again. Angelique tells Sky that Barnabas is fighting the Leviathans; Sky later tells this to Jeb. Jeb acquires a large bat, which he will use to return the curse of the vampire to Barnabas.
    • 60. DS-948

      11 Feb '70
      Barnabas, Maggie and Julia hold a seance and find that Josette is not being held hostage by the Leviathans. Barnabas asks Philip to steal the Leviathan box. Josette appears to Barnabas and tells him to forget her and move on with his life. Jeb catches Philip as he tries to steal the Leviathan box.
    • 61. DS-949

      12 Feb '70
      Jeb threatens to kill Philip, however he warns him not to cross him again otherwise he will kill Megan. Philip tricks Lawrence Guthrie, who is investigating Paul Stoddard’s death, into going into Jeb’s room; Jeb kills him. Quentin tells Carolyn that Jeb killed her father. Jeb shows up at Collinwood and tells Carolyn that Philip killed her father and Lawrence Guthrie.
    • 62. DS-950

      13 Feb '70
      Barnabas warns Jeb that he will always !ght the Leviathans. Carolyn again has a disturbing dream in which Jeb tells her that he, the baby, Alexander and Michael are all the same person. Barnabas goes to the antique shop and steals the Leviathan box; he then takes it to the Leviathan alter to destroy the box, however the bat attacks him.
    • 63. DS-951

      16 Feb '70
      Barnabas, now a vampire again, kills Nelle Gunston a devoted Leviathan who has come to town in search of Jeb. Julia and Quentin find that Barnabas is a vampire again. Barnabas goes to the antique shop and burns it down.
    • 64. DS-952

      17 Feb '70
      Jeb has survived the fire. Julia starts new treatments to cure Barnabas. Barnabas and Julia make plans to bring Willie back to help them. Megan pretends to be on Philip’s side now that he is jail for all the recent murders. Jeb moves into one of the cottages on the Collins estate. Jeb is reluctant to take on his true form because it upsets Carolyn. Someone approaches Jeb’s cottage.
    • 65. DS-953

      18 Feb '70
      Nicholas Blair arrives to make sure that his plan for the Leviathans will not fail. Nicholas consecrates a new room in which Jeb can change to his true form, and makes him change. Jeb becomes paranoid and digs up Paul Stoddard’s grave, Paul’s corpse smiles at him.
    • 66. DS-954

      19 Feb '70
      Barnabas bites Megan and she tells him that Sky Rumson is one of the Leviathans. Barnabas tells Angelique that Sky is a Leviathan, she does not believe him until Nicholas Blair shows up. Nicholas forces Sky to choose between the Leviathans and Angelique; Sky tries to set Angelique on fire.
    • 67. DS-955

      20 Feb '70
      Angelique uses her powers to choke Sky and escapes. Barnabas tries to bite Maggie, Quentin interrupts him. Sky begs Angelique to forgive him and become a Leviathan; she refuses. Barnabas warns Maggie that Nicholas is back. Angelique, jealous, makes Maggie and Quentin fall in love.
    • 68. DS-956

      23 Feb '70
      Amy overhears Quentin and Maggie talking how they must fight the Leviathans. Amy tells Elizabeth about Maggie’s betrayal and locks her up. Willie returns to Collinsport and announces that he going to get married. Willie !nds Maggie and gets locked up with her; they both hear the sound of breathing.
    • 69. DS-957

      24 Feb '70
      Jeb is frightened off by something, then the door mysteriously unlocks allowing Maggie and Willie to escape. Willie tells Barnabas and Julia that he is going to be married and does not want to get involved in all the trouble at Collinwood. Jeb accuses Barnabas of what happened to him in the hallway were Maggie and Willie were locked up. Willie decides he cannot turn his back on Barnabas and agrees to help. Jeb attacks Julia, however the mysterious force once again scares Jeb away.
    • 70. DS-958

      25 Feb '70
      Amy suspects that Quentin is the same Quentin that terrorized her the year before. As David reads the Leviathan book it bursts into flames. Quentin tells Roger about the Leviathans. David sees a mysterious figure hanging in the hallway at Collinwood.
    • 71. DS-959

      26 Feb '70
      Bruno arrives, and the figure haunting David disappears. Later an unseen force chokes Bruno with a noose. Sabrina and Chris decide to get back together. Bruno discovers that Chris is the werewolf; Bruno holds Chris at gunpoint.
    • 72. DS-960

      27 Feb '70
      Bruno locks up Chris and tells Sheriff Davenport to kill him when he changes to the werewolf. Jeb warns Roger that everyone he loves is under the control of the Leviathans and not to get any ideas. After a scuffle with Jeb, Bruno decides to use Chris against him. As the moon rises Davenport prepares to shoot Chris.
    • 73. DS-961

      02 Mar '70
      Bruno stops Davenport from killing the werewolf, then locks him in with it. Bruno discovers bite marks on Megan’s neck. Bruno tells Jeb he has caught the werewolf and gives Jeb the honor of killing it. Bruno gives Jeb a gun that supposedly has silver bullets, then locks him in with the werewolf.
    • 74. DS-962

      03 Mar '70
      Jeb is able to subdue the werewolf with some silver. Bruno talks his way out of Jeb killing him, by casting suspicion on Megan whom is now under Barnabas’ control. Jeb raises four dead men to help him with his plans.
    • 75. DS-963

      04 Mar '70
      Julia continues the treatments for Barnabas, however he feels they are not working. Barnabas bites Megan again and she dies; Megan’s body disappears before Barnabas and Julia can drive a stake through her heart. Jeb sends his little army of dead men to kidnap Julia.