Episode 985: The Cassandra Complex

In which I wonder the abrupt shift from the end of the Leviathans segment, when Dark Shadows was emphatically a show for children, to the beginning of the 1970 Parallel Time segment, when it was uncompromisingly directed at adults, did lasting damage to the ratings.  

Episode 985: The Cassandra Complex

Episode 1231: The Curse of Collinwood, or How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying

I bring up the one example in Dark Shadows of a curse that originated with a Faustian bargain- Paul Stoddard’s deal with the Leviathans. I speculate that 1841 PT may have been good if they’d established the origin of its curse in a deal Brutus Collins made with the Devil. 

Episode 1231: The Curse of Collinwood, or How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying