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Number

58

Timeline

1967

Narrator

Alexandra Moltke
(as Victoria Winters)

Writer

Art Wallace

Director

Lela Swift

Broadcast

September 14, 1966
(Wednesday)

Recorded

September 7, 1966
(Wednesday)

Video

Complete: Disc 7
Beginning 2: Disc 3

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David tries to figure out where Bill was killed in the hope of proving his father did it.

Synopsis[]

My name is Victoria Winters. The Great House of Collinwood perches on the crest of Widows' Hill in seeming isolation from the world around it. Yet the long shadows of fear do reach out, touching others, darkening their hearts with growing tension.

Sam invites Joe to drink with him and they speak of Bill's death. Sam hints that there is doom on the way for the Collins family. David questions Carolyn about the body's location. Carolyn finds David disgusting but he doesn't see what difference it makes. He tells her to leave Collinwood if she doesn't like its ghosts, and tells her that there are lots of 'friends' for him in the house. He upsets Carolyn by saying that Malloy might come back if someone doesn't solve his murder. David's been studying tidal charts in order to determine how Malloy died. Tides are also the discussion for Joe and Sam.

The Sheriff questions Joe's relationship with Carolyn, inspiring the lad to go to Collinwood. Carolyn thinks David is morbid; he doesn't know what that means. Joe shows up and Carolyn begs to be taken away. David wants Joe's help with ebb currents to solve the murder. George questions Sam about friendship and then the duo heads downtown. Joe tells Carolyn he wants to take her away and refuses to further help David, who insists that Roger would be scared by the information. George questions Sam about the meeting. George scolds Sam that he evidence that should have been given at Burke's trial. The sheriff goes to Collinwood, where David presumes he wants to see his father.

Memorable quotes[]

Carolyn: I'm sick of death, and fears, and ghosts...and this house...especially this house.
David: What's wrong with it? I think it's fun.
Carolyn: Fun? Well, wait till you've grown up in it the way I have where you spend years surrounded by these walls. Maybe then you'll see just how much fun it is.
David: But gee, Carolyn. What other kid gets to live in a house where there're real ghosts?

Carolyn: I'm sick of death, and fears, and ghosts...and this house...especially this house.
David: What's wrong with it? I think it's fun.

Carolyn (to Joe, regarding David): Listen, you know anybody who wants to buy a nine-year-old horror? There's one for sale in there...cheap.

Carolyn: What you're doing, it's morbid. Can't you see that?
David : No, because I don't know what that means.

Dramatis personae[]

Background information and notes[]

Production[]

Story[]

  • Bill is believed to have been killed around 10:45pm.
  • Joe calls the Blue Whale bartender 'Punchy' while Sam seems to call him Mike.
  • Elizabeth wanted David to play outside today and told Victoria to cancel any lessons planned.
  • Many townsfolk doubted Burke's guilt at the time of his manslaughter trial.

Bloopers and continuity errors[]

  • Actor David Ford mispronounces "Carolyn" as "Caroline" when speaking to Joe at the Blue Whale.
  • The Collinsport Fly buzzes both Joe's and Sam's heads during the teaser.
  • Actor David Henesy stutters through one of his lines, when speaking to Carolyn in the drawing room: "All I want to know is where he was, the exact spot."
  • Dana Elcar flubs a line when talking to Joe and Sam at the Blue Whale. He says "a good's man's death."
  • A small crashing sound can be heard when Sheriff Patterson is talking with Joe and Sam at the Blue Whale.
  • As Joe and Carolyn are talking across the banister in the foyer, the banister jiggles as Joe moves his arms on it.
  • A stamp can be seen on the drawing room floor late in the episode as David sits at the desk and looks at his map.
  • In the closing credits, Ohrbach's is misspelled as "Orhbach's"

End credit announcement[]

  • Stay tuned for Where the Action Is, next here on ABC.
  • Dark Shadows is a Dan Curtis production.

External Links []

Dark Shadows - Episode 58 on the IMDb

The Collinsport Historical Society - Dark Shadows Diary - Episode 58

Dark Shadows Commentary- Episode 58: A day for remembering, and forgetting

Dark Shadows Before I Die- Episode 58: 9/14/66

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