• Air date: 30 Mar '70 79 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 (79)
    • 1. DS-981

      30 Mar '70
      In parallel time Barnabas bites Carolyn. Quentin had previously been married to Angelique who has apparently died. Julia is a servant who is still loyal to Angelique. Quentin has married Maggie Evans and they have returned from their honeymoon. Maggie gets a note telling her that she is not wanted at Collinwood, it is signed by Angelique.
    • 2. DS-982

      31 Mar '70
      Barnabas meets William Loomis, Carolyn’s husband and a writer. Carolyn watches over Barnabas. Maggie finds out that Daniel (Quentin’s son with Angelique) hates her. William warns Maggie not to trust Julia. William discovers the bite marks on Carolyn’s neck. William confronts Barnabas at his coffin with a cross and chains him in, with plans to write a new book.
    • 3. DS-983

      01 Apr '70
      Daniel plans to drive Maggie out of Collinwood. Quentin tells Chris to make sure Bruno Hess, another loyal friend of Angelique, is kicked off the estate. Daniel frightens Maggie by having Amy hum a tune, making it sound like it was coming from Angelique’s portrait; Amy later tells Daniel that she did not make the humming sound.
    • 4. DS-984

      02 Apr '70
      Quentin becomes upset when he finds that Maggie has visited Angelique’s room. Julia suggests that Maggie buy a specific record for Daniel as a gift. Quentin is very upset when he finds that the record that Maggie purchased was “Ode to Angelique.” Maggie sees who she thinks is Angelique in the drawing room.
    • 5. DS-985

      03 Apr '70
      Maggie finds that Alexis Stokes is Angelique’s twin sister and has come to Collinwood for a visit. Chris finds that Cyrus Longworth is planing experiments that would separate the good and evil in people; Chris believes that he has to stop Cyrus. Julia insists that Alexis is Angelique; Alexis denies this. Maggie sees Quentin and Alexis together in Angelique’s room; Maggie leaves Collinwood.
    • 6. DS-986

      06 Apr '70
      Amy is frightened when she sees Alexis. Cyrus tells Bruno that Alexis is at Collinwood. Quentin tries to kick Bruno out of a cottage on the estate, however Angelique apparently gave him the right to stay their. Bruno gets Angelique’s address book for Cyrus. Bruno believes that Alexis is really Angelique and checks up on her story. Quentin hears Alexis playing “Ode to Angelique” then kisses her.
    • 7. DS-987

      07 Apr '70
      Quentin apologizes to Alexis and convinces her to stay at Collinwood. Horace Gladstone brings Cyrus a special chemical that he ordered; Horace is curious what Cyrus plans to use it for. Bruno finds himself in pain and blames Alexis. Cyrus asks Sabrina to marry him. Bruno goes to open Angelique’s grave.
    • 8. DS-988

      08 Apr '70
      Quentin and Alexis stop Bruno from opening Angelique’s grave. Bruno continues to be convinced that Alexis is Angelique, and she continues to deny it. Horace Gladstone breaks into Cyrus’ laboratory and finds out that he plans to separate the good and evil in man. Alexis asks Quentin about the seance at which Angelique mysteriously died. Cyrus drinks the formula that he has been working on, then starts to feel pain.
    • 9. DS-989

      09 Apr '70
      Cyrus is unable to remember what happen to him the previous night. Cyrus finds out from the police that a strange man was terrorizing the neighborhood and entered his house. Cyrus finds that the man who attacked her took her engagement ring. Cyrus realizes he has the engagement ring and that he must have been the man that attacked her and others the night before. After having a disturbing dream Sabrina goes to Collinwood and prepares for a seance.
    • 10. DS-990

      10 Apr '70
      Elizabeth and Roger find Sabrina trying to relive the seance from six months earlier when Angelique died. It is decided that another seance will be held, Alexis will take her sister’s place. During the seance a spirit takes over Sabrina and cries out “murder” and points to Alexis.
    • 11. DS-991

      13 Apr '70
      Sabrina and Alexis are sure that Angelique’s death was murder, however Quentin believes that her death was due to stroke. Daniel sees Alexis and believes she is really his mother. Cyrus learns that a John Yaeger started a fight at the Eagle. Daniel has a dream about his mother, when he awakes he asks Alexis if she really is his mother.
    • 12. DS-992

      14 Apr '70
      Bruno goes to Hannah Stokes (Angelique and Alexis’ aunt); she agrees to find out for sure which Alexis really is. Hannah is sure that Angelique is at Collinwood. Alexis is terrified when the piano plays by itself, she is convinced that Angelique is at Collinwood.
    • 13. DS-993

      15 Apr '70
      Quentin moves Alexis to a new room, as she is disturbed by Angelique’s presence. Horace Gladstone deliverers a new chemical formula to Cyrus which should eliminate the amnesia in the previous formula. Alexis tries to find out more about the first seance from Sabrina. Quentin asks Hannah to rid the house of the spirit that has been haunting it, Hannah is attacked by an unseen force, later she refuses to help Quentin. Hannah warns Quentin that there is great danger for everyone at Collinwood.
    • 14. DS-994

      16 Apr '70
      Quentin sees the ghost Dameon Edwards, later Amy sees him. Mr. Trask, the Collins Butler, has returned to Collinwood and is very disturbed by the news that people are seeing Dameon. Bruno is also disturbed by Quentin’s claims that Dameon is at Collinwood. Amy is frightened when she sees Dameon disappear through a wall.
    • 15. DS-995

      17 Apr '70
      Amy shows Quentin where Dameon disappeared through a wall in the basement. Trask warns Bruno that he is not safe with the ghost of Dameon at Collinwood. Dameon’s ghost appears to Bruno; Bruno later begs Cyrus for help. Cyrus drinks the new potion he has created and changes into John Yaeger.
    • 16. DS-996

      20 Apr '70
      John Yaeger prepares for a night on the town. Trask is very nervous about Dameon and wants everyone to leave Collinwood. Yaeger causes trouble at the Eagle and uses a check from Cyrus to pay for the damages. Yaeger beats up Steve (occasionally Buffie’s boyfriend). Buffie tells Quentin that Cyrus knows John Yaeger; Yaeger overhears this and later attempts to strangle her.
    • 17. DS-997

      21 Apr '70
      Yaeger decides to let Buffie go, but tells her he will be back. Quentin finds out from Sabrina that Cyrus has given Yaeger money in the past. Yaeger moves into the same building as Buffie. Quentin suspects that Yaeger has kidnapped Cyrus. Quentin questions Yaeger as to where Cyrus is.
    • 18. DS-998

      22 Apr '70
      Yaeger runs away from Quentin, then takes the antidote and changes back to Cyrus. Cyrus returns and Quentin questions him about his “friend” Yaeger. Bruno asks Cyrus with help exorcising Dameon’s ghost, who has been tormenting him. Bruno accuses Alexis of being Angelique (again), and sending Dameon to torment him; Bruno tries to kill Alexis.
    • 19. DS-999

      23 Apr '70
      Quentin stops Bruno for killing Alexis. Bruno makes Quentin question whether Angelique is really dead. Quentin starts to suspect that Alexis might be Angelique. Alexis overhears Quentin and Cyrus planing to open Angelique’s grave, she begs them to stop, however Quentin refuses and opens Angelique’s coffin.
    • 20. DS-1000

      24 Apr '70
      Cyrus, Quentin and Alexis find that Angelique’s body is in the coffin and perfectly preserved. Quentin decides to have Angelique’s body cremated so they will have no further doubts. Cyrus tells Alexis that he believes that Angelique has somehow survived death. Amy gives Quentin some paper which describe that William Loomis is working on a new book about Barnabas Collins. Alexis goes to Angelique’s coffin again, when she touches the body Angelique awakes and tells her that she is going to die.
    • 21. DS-1001

      27 Apr '70
      Angelique kills Alexis and put her in the coffin; Angelique later takes on the role of her sister. Angelique (posing as Alexis) tells Quentin that she agrees that “Angelique’s” body should be destroyed. Chris becomes suspicious when Cyrus is transferring money to John Yaeger. Quentin and Cyrus burn Angelique’s (Alexis’) body. At Collinwood Cyrus changes into Yaeger without drinking the potion.
    • 22. DS-1002

      28 Apr '70
      Yaeger leaves a message for Quentin and sneaks out of Collinwood. Yaeger beats up Buf!e, she almost forgives him when he gives her a painting and asks her out to dinner. Yaeger tries to convince Sabrina that he is a good friend of Cyrus. Quentin sees Amy and David from the standard timeline.
    • 23. DS-1003

      29 Apr '70
      For a brief moment, the lives of the “real world” David Collins and Amy Jennings threaten to intersect with those of their parallel-time counterparts, Daniel and Amy Collins. The parallel versions of the youngsters happen upon a portrait of Barnabas Collins, whose presence has been kept secret by William H. Loomis. In Parallel Time, the revived Angelique, determined to find the person responsible for her death, continues to pose as her twin sister, Alexis.
    • 24. DS-1004

      30 Apr '70
      Angelique threatens Hannah to get her help. Angelique reads a telegram intended for Quentin that says Maggie is missing. Trask reveals that Bruno killed Dameon. Bruno apologizes to Angelique (posing as Alexis) for thinking that she is Angelique. Quentin has a dream in which Dameon shows him that he will die by hanging.
    • 25. DS-1005

      01 May '70
      Horace delivers Cyrus more chemicals for his experiment and asking many questions. Dameon’s ghost appears to Quentin and Hannah. Hannah later tells Angelique; Angelique prepares to get rid of Dameon’s ghost. Cyrus drinks the potion and becomes Yaeger. Horace delivers more chemicals however finds Yaeger; Horace refuses to give Yaeger the chemicals. Angelique opens a panel in the basement where Dameon’s body is buried, she then start to perform a ceremony to banish his spirit.