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Dark Shadows Wiki

Welcome to The Dark Shadows Wiki
An encyclopedic guide to the gothic soap opera Dark Shadows that anyone can edit.
There are currently 3,201 articles on the site, please keep in mind that this site is full of SPOILERS.
The Original Series
The Revival Series
The Films
The Audio Series
A Legacy Spanning 50 Years
Dark Shadows, the first gothic soap opera, originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The series was created by Dan Curtis and became hugely popular with the introduction of vampire Barnabas Collins, played by Jonathan Frid. During its run of 1,225 episodes, it featured nearly every major gothic, horror and fantasy plot element and theme including ghosts, werewolves, zombies, man-made monsters, witches, warlocks, grave robbings, curses, possession, seances, reincarnation, satanic cults, time travel and a parallel universe. Although the original series ran for only five years, its scheduling as a daily daytime drama allowed it to amass more single episodes than most other science-fiction/fantasy genre series produced for English-language television. Now regarded as something of a classic, it continues to enjoy an intense cult following. The series has also spawned three feature length films, a 1991 revival series and a range of novels, comics and audio dramas. Most notably, in 2012, director and long time fan of the show, Tim Burton released a film adaption starring Johnny Depp as Barnabas Collins.
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"I am a man who can't stand even the thought of violence, and the last man in the world who would have anyone near me who even contemplated the thought of it. Serenity is my favorite emotion."
Barnabas Collins, 225/226


On this day...

On August 25 in...

1966: Episode 54 is taped. Episode 44 airs on ABC.

1967: Episode 314 is taped. Episode 305 airs on ABC.

1969: Episode 832 is taped. Episode 826 airs on ABC.

1970: Episode 1091 is taped. Episode 1087 airs on ABC.

1993: Volumes 177, 178, 179 and 180 of the original Dark Shadows are released on VHS by MPI.

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Bizzyziggy Bizzyziggy 1 August 2024
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Help with different DVD versions.

So, it appears Dark Shadows was released on VHS in unedited broadcast form, except for the first volume, which had the condensed summary of the per-Barnabas episodes. It's been awhile, were there a…

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Tonytdyagain Tonytdyagain 28 April 2022
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Missing Episode Booklet

I purchased the Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series Discs 1-131 DVD Set and the seller neglected to say that the cover was there, but no episode guide. Does anyone know if it is available onli…

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Thor2000 Thor2000 3 December 2020
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A Chronological History for Dark Shadows

I've been working on a Horror Time-Line for a while placing events from my favorite horror movies into a historical sequence by date. Recently, I posted it to my website (don't worry, I won't ask you…

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Darkhorse1950 Darkhorse1950 21 October 2020
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Great series but boring on some ...

After being a fan of this in the original time period of the 60’s and 70’s I would always rush home from school to watch because of it being so different ... But now I can see after watching it again…

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