Dark Shadows
With its alluring tales of Gothic mystery and supernatural intrigue, Dark Shadows became the most popular daytime series of all time during its run on ABC from 1966-71.
Episode 251
Barnabas locks Maggie in a basement cell and declares that he will wait until she becomes Josette.
Episode 252
Carolyn and Elizabeth argue over Elizabeth’s approaching marriage. Carolyn begins dating Buzz.
Episode 253
Maggie gives Willie her ring as a bribe, hoping that it will convince others that she is alive.
Episode 254
Carolyn announces that she will marry Buzz on the same day her mother is scheduled to marry Jason.
Episode 255
Sam tells Barnabas that Maggie is thought to be dead. Maggie hears a strange little girl singing.
Episode 256
Maggie cannot understand what the little girl says. David also meets Sarah, the little girl.
Episode 257
Jason promises Elizabeth he will stop Carolyn from marrying Buzz, but Buzz refuses Jason's bribe.
Episode 258
Willie tries to convince Maggie that there is no little girl, but Maggie finds Sarah's doll.
Episode 259
Elizabeth confesses to Victoria that she killed her long-missing husband, Paul Stoddard.
Episode 260
Sarah uses a riddle to lead Maggie to a secret underground passage. Maggie escapes from her cell.
Episode 261
Sam and Dr. Woodard decide to send Maggie to a sanitarium and pretend that she is dead.
Episode 262
Victoria and Carolyn mourn Maggie’s reported death. Victoria agrees to attend Elizabeth's wedding.
Episode 263
Carolyn is determined to hurt her mother. Sam and Joe refrain from admitting that Maggie is alive.
Episode 264
Willie tells Barnabas he saw Sarah and she claimed she lives at the Old House.
Episode 265
At Windcliff sanitarium, Dr. Julia Hoffman reluctantly allows Sam and Joe to visit Maggie.
Episode 266
Elizabeth dreams of the legend of the widows. Mrs. Johnson stops her from jumping off Widows’ Hill.
Episode 267
David shows Victoria a book with family births and deaths. Elizabeth has recorded her death date.
Episode 268
Elizabeth says goodbye to Carolyn and David. She then goes to Widows’ Hill and prepares to jump.
Episode 269
Victoria persuades Elizabeth not to jump. Burke confronts Jason with proof of his past crimes.
Episode 270
As the wedding begins, Carolyn prepares to shoot Jason. Elizabeth announces that she killed Paul.
Episode 271
Elizabeth tells of what happened at Collinwood 18 years earlier, when she thought she killed Paul.
Episode 272
The police search the locked room in the Collinwood basement. A buried trunk is found.
Episode 273
Jason explains that Paul was not killed and that he helped him escape.
Episode 274
Jason spies on Willie and Barnabas holding jewels. Jason breaks into the Old House.
Episode 275
Jason opens Barnabas’ coffin in the basement of the Old House.
Episode 276
At Windcliff, Maggie appears to recognize a sketch of Sarah. In the mausoleum, Sarah appears.
Episode 277
Barnabas decides to hold a costume party, with everyone to dress as Collins ancestors.
Episode 278
Victoria selects her costume for the party. Sarah finds her dress in Josette’s room.
Episode 279
Barnabas invites Burke to the party. He will dress as Jeremiah Collins, Barnabas’ rival for Josette.
Episode 280
Elizabeth fears a ghost is present. Roger organizes a seance and Victoria goes into a trance.
Episode 281
During the seance, Victoria relives the death of Josette. Later, Barnabas visits Victoria.
Episode 282
Victoria becomes entranced by Josette’s music box. Maggie is placed under hypnosis by Dr. Hoffman.
Episode 283
Victoria sees Maggie in the cemetery, but Burke convinces her otherwise.
Episode 284
Julia Hoffman arrives at Collinwood to search for clues surrounding Maggie’s disappearance.
Episode 285
A sudden storm appears and Barnabas urges Victoria to spend the night in Josette’s room.
Episode 286
In Josette’s room, Victoria hears Sarah’s singing. Barnabas enters, intending to bite her.
Episode 287
Elizabeth allows Julia to stay at Collinwood to conduct her research of the Collins family history.
Episode 288
Julia questions David about Sarah. She finds that Barnabas casts no reflection in a mirror.
Episode 289
Barnabas cannot bring himself to bite Victoria. Julia discovers Barnabas inside his coffin.
Episode 290
Victoria suddenly becomes afraid of the past. Barnabas comes to Julia’s room to strangle her.
