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Dark Shadows

TV Show 1966 7.3/10 1225 episodes
Drama Sci-Fi & Fantasy Soap

Synopsis

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.

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Season 11 Episodes

Episode 1 EP 1
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Julia finds herself in 1840. Gabriel Collins (wheel chair bound) tries to force Ben Stokes to tell Daniel Collins that Quentin is dead (app…

Episode 2 EP 2
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Ben stops Daniel from harming Julia; Daniel mistakes her for his wife who he killed ten years earlier. During the struggle one of Julia’s e…

Episode 3 EP 3
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Julia opens Barnabas’ coffin, he does not recognize her and tries to kill her. Ben stops Barnabas from killing her. Julia introduces hersel…

Episode 4 EP 4
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Ben tries to convince Barnabas that he must be chain in his coffin, he refuses. Gerard and Leticia make plans to “get money” that is at Col…

Episode 5 EP 5
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Barnabas is unable to go back to 1840, Barnabas and Stokes find Julia’s grave in the graveyard. In 1840 Julia meets Roxanne. Lamar Trask ex…

Episode 6 EP 6
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Gerard tries to romance Samantha, knowing that she is the heir to the Collins fortune (now that Quentin is dead). Gabriel tells Gerard that…

Episode 7 EP 7
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Ben shows Julia a note from Barnabas explain what he plans to do. Samantha finds Roxanne nearly dead; however when Samantha returns with Ge…

Episode 8 EP 8
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Barnabas tells Julia that he has used the I Ching and was able to travel back in time from 1970. Desmond Collins (Flora’s son) returns to C…

Episode 9 EP 9
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Ben is upset by the presence of the head. Barnabas meets Daniel, who remembers him from when he was a child in 1797, Barnabas tells him tha…

Episode 10 EP 10
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Gabriel tells Gerard he wants him to kill Samantha soon, he agrees. Ben is found dead; it appears as if he tried to cut his own head off. G…

Episode 11 EP 11
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Gabriel tells Daniel that Ben is dead and that Samantha has married Gerard; Daniel tells Gabriel that he approved of the marriage. Desmond …

Episode 12 EP 12
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Quentin explains that he and survived. Quentin finds that Samantha has married Gerard. Quentin tells Samantha that she will have to choose …

Episode 13 EP 13
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Barnabas questions Daphne about Gerard, she does not know he is. It is revealed that Quentin was responsible for Gabriel ending up in the w…

Episode 14 EP 14
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Desmond starts to act erratically. Daniel is happy to find that Quentin is alive. Daniel tells Desmond about several strange murders that c…

Episode 15 EP 15
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Leticia walks in on Desmond and senses evil, later she finds the Head of Judah Zachary. Lamar suspects that Barnabas is linked with the evi…

Episode 16 EP 16
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Desmond tries to find the body of Judah from the clues that Otis Greene gave him before he died. Gabriel believes that Samantha is going to…

Episode 17 EP 17
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Desmond hires a local man, Tim Braithwaite to help him move the coffin with the body of Judah. Lamar, Flora and Gerard have a seance to con…

Episode 18 EP 18
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Desmond returns to find Tim dead and the body gone; he decides he must destroy the head, he later finds it missing. Desmond tells Quentin a…

Episode 19 EP 19
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Samantha chooses Gerard. Quentin tries to stop Samantha from taking Tad, she tells Quentin that Tad is not his son. Samantha makes plans to…

Episode 20 EP 20
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Quentin reminds Samantha not to get any ideas about leaving with Tad. Quentin tells Barnabas about Judah and his headless body. Julia warns…

Episode 21 EP 21
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Angelique has Laszlo help find what happened to Barnabas. Leticia has the head and is under its power; she is able to find Judah’s body and…

Episode 22 EP 22
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Angelique introduces herself as Valerie Collins to Daniel Collin, he recognizes her from his childhood; Valerie makes him forget. Julia fin…

Episode 23 EP 23
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Julia comes under the power of Judah, and she is to help join the head and the body. Quentin finds that Joanna killed herself (a woman who …

Episode 24 EP 24
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Lamar continues to investigate Barnabas to find the truth about the disappearance of her father. Lamar tells Roxanne that Barnabas is marri…

Episode 25 EP 25
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Julia has prepared a laboratory to reunite the head and body of Judah Zachery. Leticia dreams that they need the mask to succeed making Jud…

Episode 26 EP 26
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Gerard follows Leticia to the underground vault, however he loses her in the cemetery. Gerard suspects that Daphne is using a false name. Q…

Episode 27 EP 27
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Gerard finds out information about Judah Zachery and jeweled mask. Barnabas discovers that Julia is under Judah’s power. Gerard finds the u…

Episode 28 EP 28
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Judah is destroyed in the fire, Julia is released from his power. Gerard has a dream in which Judah tells him he must find something. Roxan…

Episode 29 EP 29
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Gerard brings the head and the mask back to Rose Cottage. Julia tries to talk Roxanne out of marrying Trask. Roxanne goes to Barnabas telli…

Episode 30 EP 30
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Valerie (aka Angelique, aka Miranda) remembers that her real name is Miranda, a follower of Judah Zachery who testified against him in 1692…

Episode 31 EP 31
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Gerard is determined to not let Judah posses him, he tosses the head off of Widow’s Hill. Carrie is fond of Gerard, however he asks Daphne …

Episode 32 EP 32
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Gerard is forced to put the mask on and Judah takes possession of him. Gerard (Judah) plans to get revenge on the Collins family and Mirand…

Episode 33 EP 33
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Randell Drew questions Barnabas about his sister Roxanne’s death. Julia admits to Angelique that she and Barnabas have come from 1970. Ange…

Episode 34 EP 34
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After being bitten by Roxanne, Valerie holds Julia captive; Valerie plans to let Julia die and become a vampire. Gerard plans to have Quent…

Episode 35 EP 35
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Quentin shows Gerard the “staircase through time.” Gerard causes Lamar to dream that Quentin is a practicing witchcraft. Lamar tells his su…

Episode 36 EP 36
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Daniel suffers an attack. Gerard causes Daphne to have a dream in which she loves him. Gerard tries to gain the affections of Edith Collins…

Episode 37 EP 37
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Quentin realizes that it “could not be” Daphne. Quentin finds another note from Joanna. Daphne plans to make Quentin fall in love with her …

Episode 38 EP 38
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aphne admits that she is Joanna Mills sister and she came to kill Quentin. Daphne tells Quentin that she has not been leaving the letters f…

Episode 39 EP 39
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Roxanne tries to stop Barnabas from taking Julia away. Roxanne attacks Trask. Barnabas tells Randall that Roxanne is a vampire. Barnabas an…

Episode 40 EP 40
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Roxanne calls out to Barnabas’ name as Randall forces her to face the sunlight destroying her. Julia and Trask are released from Roxanne’s …

Episode 41 EP 41
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The spirit of Joanna disappears. Desmond finds the journal of Judah Zachery in Gerard’s room, he takes it. Trask is convinced that Quentin …

Episode 42 EP 42
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Valerie finds that Julia is still alive. Julia tries to help Desmond who is still chocking. Leticia sees a vision of a voodoo doll on some …

Episode 43 EP 43
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Trask takes the doll and plans to use it as proof that Quentin is practicing witchcraft; later he finds that it belongs to Quentin. Randall…

Episode 44 EP 44
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Edith finds Randall searching Gerard’s room. Mordecai Grimes accuses Quentin of using witchcraft to kill his cattle and the strange things …

Episode 45 EP 45
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Trask finds Quentin standing over Randell’s body and accuses him of murder. Samantha believes that Quentin is guilty. The Constable release…

Episode 46 EP 46
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Daniel suspects that Quentin is guilty of the witchcraft at Collinwood. Daniel asks Gerard to help him find the truth out about Quentin; If…

Episode 47 EP 47
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Gerard tells Gabriel that there is going to be a new heir; Gerard implies that it might be Gabriel. Valerie suspects that Gerard is Judah Z…

Episode 48 EP 48
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Valerie finds that the watch fob was given to Gerard by Quentin; Gerard leads Valerie to believe that Quentin is Judah. Daphne finds Joanna…

Episode 49 EP 49
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Daniel dies and Gabriel destroys the new will. Edith becomes a follower of Gerard (Judah). The family fights over the whether to read Danie…

Episode 50 EP 50
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Daniel has left Gerard control of the Collins fortune until Tad is twenty-one years old (if Quentin is proven innocent of witchcraft then t…

Episode 51 EP 51
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Trask finds Quentin standing over Mildred’s body. Desmond asks Daphne to watch Gerard, as they both believe he is the cause of witchcraft; …

Episode 52 EP 52
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Desmond is concerned that Quentin might be convicted of being a warlock. Carrie becomes attracted to Jeremy Grimes (son of Mordecai Grimes)…

Episode 53 EP 53
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Roxanne’s spirit claims that Angelique was responsible for making her a vampire. Valerie refuses to help Quentin. Gerard again causes Daphn…

Episode 54 EP 54
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Samantha claims to have seen an evil spirit of a woman and claims that Daphne has caused it to come to Collinwood. Charles Dawson (Gerard’s…

Episode 55 EP 55
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Daphne is called to testify, she is forced to admit that she and Quentin held a seance to contact Joanna Mills. Samantha fires Daphne. Daph…

Episode 56 EP 56
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Trask and Gerard suspect that Barnabas might be a vampire. Daphne starts to fall in love with Gerard, she kisses him. Gerard and Trask find…

Episode 57 EP 57
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Trask and Gerard discover that Barnabas is the vampire, and killed Trask. Gerard finds there is a secret room in the Old House where he sus…

Episode 58 EP 58
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Julia finds that Valerie has lifted the vampire curse from him. Valerie claims that she lifted the curse only for his love and no other rea…

Episode 59 EP 59
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Leticia interrupts Gabriel before he can kill Gerard. Gerard visits Quentin in jail and assures him that he is still his friend. Daphne rec…

Episode 60 EP 60
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Gerard finds that it was Samantha who has been trying to kill Daphne; Samantha claims she was just trying to scare Daphne. Samantha tells G…

Episode 61 EP 61
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Trask walls up Barnabas. Julia searches for Barnabas, Quentin suspects that his disappearance was to keep Barnabas from testifying for him.…

Episode 62 EP 62
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Trask plans to use the note as evidence that Quentin communicates with the dead, however Gerard has him return it to the tree so they can g…

Episode 63 EP 63
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Samantha is sure that Joanna has left the note, and has come back from the grave to kill her. Gerard tells Charles Dawson that Leticia has …

Episode 64 EP 64
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Desmond tells Leticia that Gerard is possessed by Judah. Valerie tries to play on Judah’s love for Miranda to get him to reveal something a…

Episode 65 EP 65
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Professor Stokes comes down the stairs; Julia explains all that has happened to him. Julia plans to introduce him as a friend. Julia has a …

Episode 66 EP 66
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Trask tells Gerard that Barnabas is dead. The judge only gives Quentin three hours to find a new lawyer to replace Desmond. Quentin is forc…

Episode 67 EP 67
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Frightened by the reappearance of Barnabas, Lamar decides not to testify against Quentin in the latter’s witchcraft trial. During a recess,…

Episode 68 EP 68
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Joanna testifies and Trask’s testimony is nullified. Charles tells Gerard that they need to use the head of Judah if they are going to conv…

Episode 69 EP 69
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Samantha explains to Gerard how she pushed Joanna off a cliff. Joanna visits Daphne. Samantha believes that Joanna has come back to kill he…

Episode 70 EP 70
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Gerard tries to convince Daphne that she should marry him because Quentin loves Joanna. Quentin tells Joanna that he loves Daphne now. Gera…

Episode 71 EP 71
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Quentin begs Daphne to wait until the trial is over before doing anything. Quentin (finally) tells Gerard that he does not trust him. Morde…

Episode 72 EP 72
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Carrie is called to testify of Mordecai’s dying words that incriminate Quentin. Charles introduces Mordecai’s letter further incriminating …

Episode 73 EP 73
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The judges find Quentin guilty and sentence him to be beheaded. Gabriel overhears Edith with Gerard. Later Gabriel kills Edith. Daphne sees…

Episode 74 EP 74
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Daphne tells Julia and Stokes about what she saw in parallel time. In parallel time Julia Collins warns Morgan that Collinwood is no place …

Episode 75 EP 75
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Gabriel locks up Daphne in a remote part of Collinwood. Gabriel sees parallel time. In parallel time Stella Young has heard someone screami…

Episode 76 EP 76
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Joanna finds nobody and leaves. Joanna plans a break out for Quentin and Desmond. Joanna plans to recapture Quentin’s love. Quentin and Des…

Episode 77 EP 77
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Joanna searches for Daphne. Daphne finds a secret passage and is able to escape from where Gabriel locked her up. Daphne gets lost. Joanna …

Episode 78 EP 78
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Daniel Collins appears to Gabriel and torments him and he falls to his death. Daphne is able to escape. Joanna gives Quentin and Daphne her…

Episode 79 EP 79
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Quentin and Daphne hide and overhear as Morgan tries to get Catherine to accept his marriage proposal, she finally agrees. Samantha shoots …

Episode 80 EP 80
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Samantha falls off of Widow’s Hill, Joanna causally returns to Collinwood. Gerard finds Samantha’s body. In parallel time Kendrick tries to…

Episode 81 EP 81
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Gerard tells Charles that he has found where Quentin and Desmond are hiding. In parallel time Melanie and Flora discuss the possibility of …

Episode 82 EP 82
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Quentin is caught by Trask and returned to jail. In parallel time Daphne tells Catherine about a rumor that there is room at Collinwood tha…

Episode 83 EP 83
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Gerard stops Valerie and takes away her powers making her human again. Charles holds Valerie captive. In parallel time Justin Collins is il…

Episode 84 EP 84
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Valerie brings the head of Judah and interrupts the execution. Valerie explains that Gerard is possessed by the Judah and explains that she…

Episode 85 EP 85
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Barnabas declares his love for Angelique, however she dies before he could tell her. Barnabas stabs Trask; Trask escapes and dies in parall…

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Frequently Asked Questions

How many episodes does Dark Shadows (1966) have?

The series aired 1,225 episodes from June 1966 until April 1971.

Where can I stream Dark Shadows online?

Dark Shadows is available to watch for free in HD on MyWatchFlix.

Who is the iconic vampire character introduced in Dark Shadows?

Barnabas Collins, portrayed by Jonathan Frid, became the show's breakout supernatural lead.

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