Dark Shadows: 441

A sance has been held in the great house of Collinwood, a seance which has suspended time and space, and sent one woman on an uncertain and frightening journey into the past, back to the year 1795. There in the village of Collinsport, Victoria Winters has been unjustly condemned as a witch. The man responsible for condemning her now lives for the time she will hang. He is unaware that the time will never come, for he will soon become the victim of a fate worse than death.

Episode 441 is an untitled episode of the daytime Gothic soap opera series Dark Shadows. It was directed by Lela Swift and written by Gordon Russell. It was produced by Robert Costello and first aired on ABC on Monday, March 4th, 1968. It is part of an ongoing storyline commonly referred to as the "1795 Flashback" story. In this episode, Reverend Trask discovers the body of Maude Browning in his home. He enlists the aid of Nathan Forbes (who is the one responsible for planting the body to begin with) to get rid of it, but only if Trask agrees to deliver a message to Millicent Collins at Collinwood.

Notes & Trivia

 * This episode is included on disc 47 of the Dark Shadows: The Complete Original Series DVD collection and disc 3 of Dark Shadows DVD Collection 6.


 * Opening narration: Joan Bennett.


 * This episode was recorded on February 27th, 1968.


 * This episode first aired on actor Thayer David's birthday.


 * This episode was recorded on actress Joan Bennett's birthday.


 * Final appearance of Vala Clifton as Maude Browning. She appears as a corpse only in this episode. Her ghost appears in the mock Trial of Barnabas Collins in episode 512 where she is played by actress Maggie Benson.