Terror at Collinwood Episode 128: The Shadows Behind the Shadows Part One

About this episode

This episode features part one of an overview of the influences on various Dark Shadows story arcs.

This episode features part one of an overview that looks at the literary, cinematic, and other influences on the following  Dark Shadows  story arcs: Victoria Winters’ Arrival, Burke Devlin’s Revenge, Laura the Phoenix, the Blackmailing of Elizabeth, and the Introduction of Barnabas Collins.  Terror at Collinwood  and  Shilling Shockers  shirts, stickers, mugs, and merch at the  Penny Dreadful XIII TeePublic shop Help support the podcast by donating at  Buy Me a Coffee Follow the  Terror at Collinwood   Facebook page Dark Shadows 60th Anniversary Celebration Jul. 31-Aug. 2, 2026 –  INFO UCLA Library Film and Television Archive 60th Anniversary Screening: ABC-TV’s  Dark Shadows   INFO ‘Dark Shadows is Wicked Gothic’ –  Terror at Collinwood  Episode 28 LINK ‘The Dreamers – The Novel that Inspired the Dream Curse’ – Terror at Collinwood Episode 75 LINK Dark Shadows Fandom Wiki – “List of Works Used in  Dark Shadows ” LINK Rondo Awards Ballot LINK George Kalogridis YouTube Channel (DS AI animations) Surfing the Shadows  surf rock cover of Robert Cobert’s  Dark Shadows  theme…

People in this episode

Host: Penny Dreadful XIII

Topics covered

• Dark Shadows
• literary influences
• cinematic influences
• story arcs
• Victoria Winters
• Barnabas Collins

Keywords

• Dark Shadows
• Victoria Winters
• Burke Devlin
• Barnabas Collins
• literary influences
• cinematic influences
• story arcs

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Terror at Collinwood, UCLA Library Film and Television Archive, Dark Shadows Fandom Wiki, Rondo Awards, Penny Dreadful’s Shilling Shockers

Books & works: Dark Shadows, Dark Shadows is Wicked Gothic, The Dreamers – The Novel that Inspired the Dream Curse, Dark Shadows theme

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