Dark Shadows
DS-805
TV Flash files “DS-805” as hour 795 of 1225 in the TV Flash guide — Dark Shadows (1966–1971) on ABC, season 1969, episode 147, aired 1969-07-25, 30 min.
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How this hour is filed
This leaf is S1969E147: listed hour 795 of 1225 in the Dark Shadows guide, hour 147 of 256 in season 1969. It aired 1969-07-25 (30 min). The listed hour before it is “DS-804” (S1969E146). Next is “DS-806” (S1969E148). Broadcast log — titles and dates, not a plot bible.
Catalog log
Broadcast listing — not a TV Flash recap.
Trask arrives to find Charity acting as if she is Pansy Faye and she does the hoochie coochie dance and song. he slaps her bringing her out of it. Barnabas interrogates Evan who states he wants nor knows anything about the hand. Charity reports to Trask that Jamison is not in any room. Trask enforces that he is the master of the house. Trask goes to see Evan and demands a letter be executed so that he is the sole controller of Collinwood. Jamison as the Count, appears to a sleeping Evan who awakens and begins writing. Back at Collinwood, Charity is again possessed by Pansy Faye. Trask puts her on her knees and they pray. Evan arrives and tells Trask he has a document for him to sign, and he does without reading the document. Trask has signed a confession along with Evan confessing to killing Minerva. Trask burns the document but it reappears on the desk, undamaged.
Viewer FAQ
Where does DS-805 sit in the Dark Shadows guide?
S1969E147 is listed hour 795 of 1225 — hour 147 of 256 in season 1969, season 1969 episode 147.
When did Dark Shadows S1969E147 air?
DS-805 aired 1969-07-25 and is listed at 30 minutes.
Where should I start?
Barnabas Collins is the on-ramp: Frid's vampire is the breakout that transformed the show's popularity. Jumping in at that gothic turn is how most new viewers meet Collinwood, not at episode one of 1,225.
In the series
Why this series still plays
Daytime grew fangs: Dan Curtis dragged vampires, witches, and time travel into a soap, and Jonathan Frid's Barnabas Collins became a reluctant monster heartthrob. Over 1,225 episodes, gothic reinvention whenever ratings wobbled. Live-tape flubs are part of the cult charm — the original vampire soap addiction.
Daytime grew fangs in June 1966 and did not put them back. Dan Curtis dragged vampires, witches, ghosts, and time travel into an ABC soap, then reinvented Collinwood whenever the ratings wobbled — gothic reinvention as a survival tactic, **1,225 episodes** across six seasons through 1971. Jonathan Frid's Barnabas Collins became the reluctant monster heartthrob. Kids rushed home. Adults got hooked on curses. Joan Bennett, Grayson Hall, and Alexandra Moltke held the house around the vampire makeover. **Barnabas is…
Filed against
- Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins
Jonathan Frid’s Barnabas Collins gave Dark Shadows a reluctant monster heartthrob — Dan Curtis dragging vampires, witches, and time travel into daytime, over 1,225 episodes of gothic reinvention whenever ratings wobbled. Live-tape flubs…
- Joan Bennett as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard
Joan Bennett ruled Collinwood as Elizabeth Collins Stoddard on Dark Shadows — daytime gothic with a matriarch who treated vampires as a family problem. Dan Curtis dragged witches and time travel into a soap; Bennett supplied the…
- Grayson Hall as Dr. Julia Hoffman
Grayson Hall's Dr. Julia Hoffman kept Dark Shadows clinical while daytime grew fangs — Dan Curtis vampires, witches, time travel, Jonathan Frid's Barnabas as reluctant monster heartthrob. Live-tape flubs as cult charm. TV Flash files her…
- Alexandra Moltke as Victoria Winters
Alexandra Moltke’s Victoria Winters opened Dark Shadows as the governess who walked daytime into fangs — Dan Curtis dragging vampires, witches, and time travel into a soap, Jonathan Frid’s Barnabas as a reluctant monster heartthrob, over…