This chronology covers the continuity established the original televised series of Dark Shadows that ran on TV from 1966 to 1971. It also incorporates the Big Finish Audio Dramas, as these are set within the same continuity. It does not include, any of the movies, the revival series, the novels, or the comics as these all form their own separate continuities.
17th Century
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1687 | U. Spencer Stockbridge is born. (154) |
| 1690 | Isaac Collins discovers the crimson pearl. He leaves England with his family to start a new life in America, he lands at Frenchman's Bay. He establishes a successful fishing fleet and founds a small town known as Collinsport. (3, 17, The Crimson Pearl) |
| 1692 | The warlock Judah Zachary establishes a coven in the port of Bedford. He boasts the Mask of Ba'al as the source of his immortal powers. (1131) |
| Amadeus Collins is a judge at the trial of Judah Zachary. Miranda DuVal, a follower of Judah, testifies against him. Judah is convicted and declares to put a curse on the Collins family. (1140) |
18th Century
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1700 | Amadeus Collins dies. Isaac Collins sends the crimson pearl to his relative Silas Collins in England. (The Crimson Pearl) |
| 1713 | P. Agthorn Stockbridge is born. (154) |
| 1720 | Grace Collins commits suicide. (The Crimson Pearl) |
| 1730 | Joshua Collins is born. [1] |
| Richard Fairbanks is born. (974) | |
| 1731 | P. Agthorn Stockbridge is trampled by a stallion and dies. (154) |
| 1734 | The England branch of the Collins family is declared bankrupt. (The Crimson Pearl) |
| 1735 | Laura Murdoch Stockbridge is born. (154) |
| 1736 | Naomi Collins is born. [1] |
| 1756 | Ben Stokes is born. (756) [2] |
| c1760 | Barnabas Collins is born. [3] |
| 1763 | Jeremiah Collins is born. (392) |
| 1767 | Laura Murdoch Stockbridge is consumed by fire. (154) |
| The original Collinwood mansion is built as a wedding gift from Joshua Collins to his wife Naomi. (605) | |
| 1770 | Peter Bradford is born. (660) [4] |
| Richard Fairbanks is hung for the murder of his wife and children. (974) | |
| 1772 | Millicent Collins is born. |
| 1774 | Josette DuPres is born. [5] |
| Angelique Bouchard is born. She is the reincarnation of Miranda DuVal. (546) | |
| 1780 | U. Spencer Stockbridge dies. His throat was slit while sleeping. (154) |
| The DuPres family leave Paris to join their cousins on the French Island of Martinique. (The Crimson Pearl) | |
| c1780 | Barnabas Collins travels to Martinique, where he murders a man to end the curse of Celeste. (The Night Whispers) |
| 1781 | The Braithwaite's silversmith business is established. (684) |
| 1785 | Sarah Collins is born. [6] |
| Daniel Collins is born. (373) [7] | |
| Laura Stockbridge Collins is consumed by fire. (741) | |
| 1790 | Theodore Collins and his wife are killed in a carriage accident. (373, The Crimson Pearl) |
| 1792 | Barnabas Collins travels to the French Island of Martinique to expand the Collins business interests. While there, he meets Josette DuPres and her mistress Angelique Bouchard. Barnabas falls passionately in love with Josette, but also entertains a dalliance with Angelique. (239) |
| Nathan Forbes and Suki Welles marry. (424) | |
| July 22nd: The Lorelei makes its maiden voyage. (The Rage Beneath) | |
| c1792 | Feud with Oswald Gravenor and the Collins Family. (The Rage Beneath) |
| 1794 | April 16th: The Lorelei is destroyed. (The Rage Beneath) |
| 1795 | November: Victoria Winters arrives from the year 1967. (366) |
| Jeremiah Collins dies. (390, 392) | |
| 1796 | Construction of a new Collinwood mansion is completed. [8] |
| Angelique Bouchard Collins puts a curse on Barnabas Collins turning him into a vampire . (405) | |
| Sarah Collins dies. (415) [6] | |
| VERSION 1: Josette Collins jumps to her death from Widows' Hill. (425) [5] | |
| VERSION 2: A future version of Barnabas Collins arrives from 1897. Natalie DuPres stops Josette Collins from jumping from Widows' Hill. Barnabas and Josette plan to go back to 1897 together. Barnabas is abducted by the Leviathans. Josette takes poison when she thinks that Barnabas has left without her. (886) [9] | |
| Abigail Collins dies. (432) | |
| Reverend Trask is immured in the Old House basement by Barnabas Collins. (442) | |
| Naomi Collins dies. (458) [1] | |
| VERSION 1: March: Nathan Forbes is killed by Barnabas Collins. (460) | |
| As Victoria Winters is hung for witchcraft she is transported back to 1967. (460) | |
| Victoria Winters returns from 1968 with Peter Bradford. (650) | |
| A future version of Barnabas Collins arrives from 1969 in order to save Victoria Winters from being hanged for witchcraft. (661-666) | |
| VERSION 2: Nathan Forbes is killed by Ben Stokes. (666) | |
| Natalie DuPres dies. (666) | |
| Victoria Winters jumps from Widows' Hill. (967) | |
| Peter Bradford is hanged. (660) [4] | |
| 1798 | Phillipe Cordier publishes an account of the French revolution. (600) |
19th Century
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1801 | F. Pendleton Stockbridge is born. (154) |
| 1803 | October: Otis Greene acquires the disembodied head of Judah Zachary. He becomes possessed by it and commits a series of murders known as the 'Bedford Atrocities'. He confesses to the murders and is committed to an insane asylum (1123) |
| 1805 | Joshua Collins dies. [1] |
| 1808 | Quentin Collins I is born. (1108) |
| 1811 | Gerard Stiles is born. (1076) |
| Gabriel Collins is born. | |
| 1815 | Joanna Mills is born. (1133) |
| 1817 | F. Pendleton Stockbridge dies by drowning, she is torn apart by the rocks. (154) |
| 1818 | Daphne Harridge is born. |
| 1820 | Millicent Collins, incarcerated in Portland sanatorium, encounters Count Petofi who is looking for the crimson pearl. (The Crimson Pearl) |
| c1825 | Nathan Hawkins is born. (The Ghost Watcher) |
| c1830 | Otis Greene is released from the insane asylum. (1123) |
| 1830 | Harriet Collins dies. (The Crimson Pearl) |
| 1839 | Joanna Mills dies. (1133) |
| 1840 | Laura Murdoch Radcliffe is born. (154) |
| Jonah Collins is born. (614) | |
| Julia Hoffman arrives from the year 1970. (1110) | |
| NEGATED EVENT: Julia Hoffman is killed by a version of Barnabas Collins who never met her in the future. (1114) | |
| Barnabas Collins arrives from the year 1970. (1116, 1117) | |
| Desmond Collins returns to Collinsport with the disembodied head of Judah Zachary to give to Quentin Collins I. (1117) | |
| Ben Stokes dies. (1118, 1119) [2] | |
| Otis Greene dies of a heart attack. (1124) | |
| Judah Zachary takes possession of Gerard Stiles. (1142) | |
| Daniel Collins dies. (1160) | |
| VERSION 2: Edith Collins is killed by Gabriel Collins. (1186) | |
| Gabriel Collins dies. (1191) | |
| Samantha Drew Collins dies. (1193) | |
| Desmond Collins shoots Gerard Stiles killing him, the head of Judah Zachary changes to a skull. (1197) | |
| Angelique Bouchard Collins is killed by Lamar Trask. (1198) | |
| Julia Hoffman and Barnabas Collins use the stairway into time to return to the future. (1198) | |
| 1841 | NEGATED EVENT: Gerard Stiles dies. (1076) |
| NEGATED EVENT: Daphne Harridge dies. | |
| 1846 | Abraham Howell is born. (819) |
| 1847 | Minerva Trask is born. (788) |
| 1851 | Construction begins on The Israel Washburn Tunnel. (The Last Stop) |
| 1853 | Judith Collins is born. (Dress Me In Dark Dreams) |
| 1855 | Tad Collins is left alone for the summer in Collinwood. A circus comes to Collinsport. (Speak No Evil) |
| c1855 | Ten year old Gregory Trask is adopted by Elias Trask. (The Wicked and the Dead) |
| 1857 | George Washington Fuller is born. (The Last Stop) |
| 1859 | Living in Massachusetts, Elias Trask marries Matilda Bentham. (The Wicked and the Dead) |
| 1860 | Gregory Trask frames Matilda Bentham. (The Wicked and the Dead) |
| 1861 | American civil war begins. Gregory and Elias Trask begin preaching in the western territories. (The Wicked and the Dead) |
| The Dark Lord delivers future versions of Angelique Bouchard Collins and Gregory Trask to a battlefield. (The Carrion Queen) | |
| 1863 | Jonah Collins dies. (614) |
| 1865 | Gregory and Elias Trask settle in Salina, KS. (The Wicked and the Dead) |
| 1867 | Laura Murdoch Radcliffe is consumed by fire. (154) |
| 1868 | Elias Trask dies. (The Wicked and the Dead) |
| 1869 | Jenny Collins is born. (750) |
| 1870 | Quentin Collins II is born. (695) |
| c1870 | Gregory Trask leaves Salina as his church falls empty. (The Wicked and the Dead) |
| 1871 | Gregory Trask leads a witch-hunt in Derby, CT. (The Wicked and the Dead) |
| 1873 | Caleb Collins dies. His will stipulates that the Seaview property cannot be sold to someone outside the Collins family for 100 years. (335) |
| 1874 | Judith Collins discovers a sealed off ballroom in Collinwood and encounters Redmond Van Buren. (Dress Me In Dark Dreams) |
| 1876 | Rachel Drummond is born. |
| Construction of The Israel Washburn Tunnel is completed. (The Last Stop) | |
| 1885 | Jamison Collins is born. |
| c1886 | Jade is murdered and at the Empire theatre, beginning her curse. (London's Burning) |
| 1893 | Charles Delaware Tate makes the acquaintance of Count Petofi in the body of Eloise Verinder. (The Blind Painter) |
| 1895 | Amanda Harris is created by Charles Delaware Tate from his painting. |
| George Washington Fuller dies of a heart attack. Two trains crash into each other inside the The Israel Washburn Tunnel. (The Last Stop) | |
| 1896 | Simon Briar is killed by Angelique Bouchard Collins. (The Crimson Pearl) |
| Laura Murdoch Collins is consumed by fire. | |
| 1897 | Abraham Howell dies. (819) |
| Lenore Collins and an unnamed twin brother are born. | |
| A future version of Barnabas Collins arrives from the year 1969. (701) | |
| VERSION 1: Edith Collins dies of old age. (706) | |
| Jenny Collins is killed by Quentin Collins II. (748) | |
| Magda Rakosi places a werewolf curse on Quentin Collins II to avenge the death of her sister Jenny Collins. (749) | |
| Laura Murdoch Collins is consumed by fire. (760) | |
| Minerva Trask dies. (773) | |
| Rachel Drummond dies. (776) | |
| Carl Collins dies. (780) | |
| Count Petofi causes Charity Trask to become possessed by the spirit of Pansy Faye. (804) | |
| Charles Delaware Tate is commissioned by Count Petofi to paint a portrait of Quentin Collins II. It cures Quentin of the werewolf curse and makes him immortal. (804-834) | |
| NEGATED EVENT: Beth Chavez kills Quentin Collins II. (836) | |
| Beth Chavez jumps from Widows' Hill to her death. (876) | |
| Gregory Trask is immured in Quentin's room by Judith Collins. (879) | |
| The ghost of Carl Collins appears to Gregory Trask. (The Wicked and the Dead) | |
| Gregory Trask commits suicide. (884, The Wicked and the Dead, The Carrion Queen) | |
| Barnabas Collins follows Kitty Soames through the portrait of Josette Collins to 1796. (885) | |
| 1899 | Quentin Collins II visits New York and encounters the Skin Walkers. (The Skin Walkers) |
20th Century
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1901 | Ezra Julius Braithwaite dies. (684) |
| 1906 | November: Quentin Collins II visits London where he meets Rosie Faye. (London's Burning) |
| 1907 | October: Jack Hutchinson becomes insane and murders his family at Eagle Hill Cemetery. (Beyond the Grave) |
| 1910 | Marie the Singing Gypsy mysteriously disappears during a fire. (The Eternal Actress) |
| 1913 | Eric Lang is born. (543) |
| 1915 | Sam Evans is born. (530) |
| Charles Delaware Tate brings the crimson pearl back into existence. Ivanka Romano makes him blind. (The Blind Painter, The Crimson Pearl) | |
| c1915 | Chandres Tessier escapes the cult of the Blue Rose. (Blood Dance) |
| Loretta Lamar is killed when her car drove off a cliff. Helvetica Stanhope begins a career acting silent films. (The Eternal Actress) | |
| 1917 | Elizabeth Collins Stoddard is born. (267) |
| c1917 | The East Wing of Collinwood is closed down. (2, 84) |
| c1918 | Quentin Collins II visits Paris. (Blood Dance) |
| 1920 | Charles Delaware Tate lives alone in a sanatorium, Eloise Verinder pays him a visit. Charles' sight returns. (The Blind Painter) |
| 1922 | The S. S. Raven Queen is built by Henry Mayfield of Portland, Maine. (The Phantom Bride) |
| 1925 | Roger Collins is born. (267) |
| c1925 | Catherine Collins dies. (A Collinwood Christmas) [10] |
| Charlotte Howell comes to Collinsport. (The Book of Temptation) | |
| 1926 | Charlotte Howell becomes trapped by the book of temptation. (The Book of Temptation) |
| Ivanka Romano arrives at Collinwood with the crimson pearl. (The Crimson Pearl) [11] | |
| c1926 | Ivanka Romano takes up residence at the Old House. (A Collinwood Christmas) |
| 1929 | Quentin Collins II visits Chicago, he becomes involved with Chandres Tessier and the Blue Rose cult. (Blood Dance) |
| 1929 | Anne Covington dies on the eve of her wedding aboard the S. S. Raven Queen (The Phantom Bride) |
| c1929 | Quentin Collins II returns to Collinwood. (Blood Dance) |
| 1930 | S. S. Raven Queen is dry docked due to the Great Depression. It's owner Henry Mayfield commits suicide a few months later. (The Phantom Bride) |
| c1932 | Collinwood becomes overrun with ghosts. Jamison Collins and Ivanka Romano encounter the malevolent spirit of Redmond Van Buren. (A Collinwood Christmas) [10] |
| 1935 | Elizabeth Collins is given an emerald pin encrusted with diamonds by her great-grandmother for her 18th birthday. (208) |
| c1936 | Frank Garner is born. (97) |
| 1939 | The Collins' Vineyard in Malaga is disposed of. (214) |
| October: Hayden Delwith becomes insane and murders his wife at Eagle Hill Cemetery. He is confined to Windcliff Sanitarium. (Beyond the Grave) | |
| 1941 | In war-torn London, Quentin Collins II reunites with the dying Rose Faye. (London's Burning, The Fall of the House of Trask) |
| Quentin Collins II takes refuge in an old museum and encounters John Cunningham. (The Creeping Fog) | |
| Jamison Collins is bedridden due to ill health. (The Fall of the House of Trask) | |
| Pansy Faye’s consciousness returns to Charity Trask. (The Poisoned Soul) | |
| The Dark Lord returns Gregory Trask to Collinsport. (The Carrion Queen, The Poisoned Soul, The Fall of the House of Trask) | |
| Gregory Trask exorcises Pansy Faye’s spirit from Charity Trask. Charity kills Gregory, and commits suicide by jumping from Widows' Hill; September: The son of the Dark Lord, Cyrus Longworth, is born; Megan Todd is born. (The Fall of the House of Trask) | |
| c1942 | Sam Evans paints the portrait of Betty Handscomb. (60) |
| 1944 | Tom and Chris Jennings are born. (564) |
| c1945 | Jaimson Collins dies. (17) [12] |
| 1945 | Quentin Collins II travels to Germany and encounters Dr. Moloch. (Operation Victor) |
| 1946 | Victoria Winters is born. (379, 437) |
| Carolyn Stoddard is born. (267) [13] | |
| c1948 | Six-year-old Maggie Evans meets the Sandman. (Clothes of Sand) |
| 1949 | Paul Stoddard leaves Collinsport. Jason McGuire makes Elizabeth Collins Stoddard think she killed Paul, he too leaves Collinsport. She becomes a recluse and fires all the servants. Matthew Morgan is employed as caretaker of Collinwood. (6, 197, 271, 272) |
| Victoria Winters begins receiving anonymous payments. (5, 34) | |
| 1950 | Matthew Morgan is almost killed. (16) |
| Amanda Harris encounters Gideon Wilder. (The Eternal Actress) | |
| 1955 | Construction begins on the new Collins Enterprises premises. (Blood Dance) |
| 1956 | Whilst out driving, Roger Collins strikes and kills a pedestrian. Laura Murdoch and Burke Devlin are also inside the car. Sam Evans is a witness. (60, 61, 198-201) |
| Roger Collins frames Burke Devlin for manslaughter. He is sent to prison for 5 years. Burke swears revenge against the Collins family. (11, 19, 201) | |
| Roger Collins marries Laura Murdoch. They leave Collinsport soon after and settle in Augusta. (10, 13, 124) | |
| Sam Evans' wife dies. (199) | |
| David Collins is born. (32) | |
| 1957 | October: Reports of rotting fish at Eagle Hill Cemetery prompt a health inspection. (Beyond the Grave) |
| 1962 | Burke Devlin is released from jail after 5 years. (11) |
| Richard Garner’s brother dies. (92) | |
| Maggie Evans begins working at the Collinsport Inn. (123) | |
| Laura Murdoch Collins becomes mentally unstable and is committed to an asylum. (132) | |
| c1963 | Willie Loomis and Jason McGuire visit Singapore and later Jamaica. (Echoes of Insanity) |
| 1965 | Chris Jennings transforms into a werewolf for the first time. (676) |
| 1966 | Laura Murdoch Collins is released from the mental asylum, she moves to Phoenix, Arizona. (153) |
| 1967 | Laura Murdoch Collins is consumed by fire in Phoenix, Arizona. (137, 138) |
| The parents of Tom, Chris and Amy Jennings die. (627) | |
| Sabrina Stuart witnesses Chris Jennings transform into a werewolf, causing her to enter into a state of shock. (692, 698) | |
| Victoria Winters and Burke Devlin arrive in Collinsport. (1) | |
| Bill Malloy is found dead. (50) | |
| Laura Murdoch Collins returns to Collinsport for her son David. (123) | |
| Laura Murdoch Collins is consumed by fire. (192) | |
| Jason McGuire arrives in Collinsport. (193) | |
| Roger Collins confesses he was responsible for killing the man who Burke Devlin went to prison for. (201) | |
| Willie Loomis releases vampire Barnabas Collins from his chained coffin. (210) | |
| Maggie Evans encounters the Sandman whilst at Windcliff Sanitarium. (Clothes of Sand) | |
| Jason McGuire is strangled to death by Barnabas Collins. (275) | |
| 1968 | Burke Devlin dies in a plane crash. (345) |
| A séance is held that transports Victoria Winters back in time to 1795 and causes time in the present to suspend. (365) | |
| Victoria Winters returns from 1796 and time in present resumes. (461) | |
| Angelique Bouchard visits Willie Loomis during his time at Windcliff (Echoes of Insanity) | |
| Angelique Bouchard arrives at Collinwood under the guise of Cassandra Collins, Roger Collins’ newly-wed. (473) | |
| Eric Lang is killed by Angelique Bouchard Collins. (486, 543) | |
| Julia Hoffman conducts an experiment which cures Barnabas Collins by transferring the vampire curse into an artificial being named Adam. (490) | |
| Sam Evans dies. (518, 530) | |
| Nicholas Blair, Cassandra Collins’ ‘brother’, arrives at Collinwood. (521, 522) | |
| Nicholas Blair punishes Angelique Bouchard Collins by turning her into a vampire. (548, 549) | |
| Tom Jennings is attacked by vampire Angelique Bouchard Collins and dies. He rises as a vampire. (564) | |
| 1969 | January: Chris Jennings arrives in Collinsport. (627) |
| Tom Jennings is consumed by flames. (631) | |
| The ghost of Quentin Collins II haunts Collinwood. (646-700) | |
| Peter Bradford arrives from 1796 takes Victoria Winters back with him. (650) | |
| Barnabas Collins returns to 1796 in order to save Victoria Winters from being hanged for witchcraft. (661-666) | |
| Barnabas Collins uses the I-Ching to travel in time to 1897. (700, 701) | |
| Quentin Collins II becomes trapped within a gramophone, it causes him to lose his memory. Upon his escape, he assumes the identity of Grant Douglas. (The Haunted Refrain) | |
| Barnabas Collins returns from the past under the control of the Leviathans. (889) | |
| Barnabas Collins hits a strange man with his car; he looks like Quentin Collins II. The stranger's name is Grant Douglas. (904, 905) | |
| 1970 | Charles Delaware Tate is attacked and killed by a werewolf. (922) |
| After seeing the portrait of Quentin Collins II, Grant Douglas realizes that he is Quentin. (932) | |
| Paul Stoddard is killed by the Leviathans. (933) | |
| Jeb Hawkes turns Barnabas Collins back into a vampire for being disloyal to the Leviathan cause. (950) | |
| Megan Todd is killed. (971) | |
| Jeb Hawkes is pushed off Widows' Hill and killed. (980) | |
| Chris Jennings leaves Collinsport with Sabrina Stuart and Amy Jennings. Chris and Sabrina marry. Chris is found dead.(1075, The Enemy Within) | |
| The ghost of Gerard Stiles haunts Collinwood. (1077-1109) | |
| Sebastian Shaw drives an imperiled Maggie Evans to Windcliff Sanitarium. Whilst there Sebastian becomes erratic is also admitted. (1108, Dreaming of the Water) | |
| NEGATED EVENT: Gerard Stiles kills David Collins and Hallie Stokes. Gerard summons zombies back to life to destroy Collinwood. (1109) | |
| The stairway into time appears. Julia Hoffman uses it to travel to 1840. (1109) | |
| Barnabas Collins uses the I-Ching to travel in time to 1840. (1113) | |
| 1971 | Julia Hoffman and Barnabas Collins return from 1840 using the stairway into time. They find that everything is normal and the Collins' family destiny is saved. (1198) |
| Quentin Collins II leaves Collinsport in mysterious circumstances; Maggie returns from Windcliff during the summer and is dismissed from the Collins' employ; David Collins is sent to boarding school; November: Nathan Hawkins arrives in Collinsport. (The Ghost Watcher) | |
| 1973 | Dr. Gretchen Warwick comes to Collinwood. (Curse of the Pharaoh) |
| Disgraced minister Reverend Hartswood begins retirement as the new caretaker of the Eagle Hill Cemetery. (Kingdom of the Dead) | |
| Tony Peterson attends a party hosted by his client, millionaire Harrison Pierce, he encounters witch Cassandra Collins. (The Death Mask) | |
| Carolyn Stoddard discovers the crimson pearl in the east wing of Collinwood; Quentin Collins II briefly returns to Collinsport and imprisons the crimson pearl in the ocean. (The Crimson Pearl) | |
| Tony Peterson is summoned to New Orleans by Cassandra Collins who has been arrested for murder. (The Voodoo Amulet) | |
| Gerald Conway stays at Seaview and becomes possessed by the spirit of Nicholas Blair. (The House By The Sea) | |
| Tony Peterson is summoned once more to assist Cassandra Collins, who has attempted to steal the sacred bracelet of narack. A theft which results in their capture by a sinister cult. (The Last Stop) | |
| July: Sabrina Jennings moves to Bangor and becomes the new neighbor of Cyrus Longworth. (The Enemy Within) | |
| Amy Jennings visits Saratoga Springs. (The Lucifer Gambit) | |
| Sebastian Shaw encounters Laurie Norris whilst receiving treatment at Windcliff sanitarium. (Dreaming of the Water) | |
| A serial killer strikes in Collinsport. (Beneath the Veil) | |
| Jonah Rooney arrives from Parallel Time to avenge the death of his parents. (The Flip Side) | |
| October: Tony Peterson and Cassandra Collins investigate a series of mysterious deaths aboard the S. S. Raven Queen. (The Phantom Bride) | |
| A paranormal television series, investigating the legend of Jack Hutchinson, broadcasts live from Collinsport; Hayden Delwith dies of a heart attack. (Beyond the Grave) | |
| c1973 | David Collins begins medical studies. (Kingdom of the Dead) |
| c1977 | Mr. Strix sends the Collins family into hiding, with Barnabas Collins dying at his hands; Collins Enterprises ceases trading; Lost people stalk Collinwood soon afterwards. (The House of Despair) |
| c1979 | Ed and Susan Griffin take over the Blue Whale after an accident forces Ed to retire from his job at Collins Enterprises; David Collins arrives incognito at Windcliff sanitarium. (Kingdom of the Dead) |
| 1982 | Quentin Collins II returns to Collinsport (The House of Despair) |
| 1983 | The Lorelei comes to Collinsport. (The Rage Beneath) |
| Seraph escapes from The Underworld; Carolyn Stoddard and David Collins return to Collinsport; Quentin Collins II and Barnabas Collins leave town; Jessica Griffin arrives in town. (Kingdom of the Dead) | |
| 1985 | Angelique Collins begins a self-imposed exile near Collinsport. (The Path of Fate) |
| c1986 | Barnabas Collins reclaims his true body. [14] |
| 1990 | The stairway of Isiah Mason appears at Collinwood. Angelique Bouchard Collins is reclaimed by Diablos. (The Path of Fate) |
| 1995 | NEGATED EVENT: Barnabas Collins and Julia Hoffman arrive from 1970. They find that Collinwood has been destroyed and the Collins family is either dead or insane. (1061) |
| NEGATED EVENT: Sarah Johnson dies. (1064) | |
| NEGATED EVENT: Carolyn Stoddard dies. (1068) | |
| NEGATED EVENT: Timothy Eliot Stokes dies. (1070) | |
| Barnabas Collins and Julia Hoffman use the stairway into time to return to 1970. (1070) | |
| Barnabas Collins is haunted by the ghost of Celeste. (The Night Whispers) |
21st Century
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 2003 | Elizabeth Collins Stoddard dies, family and close friends gather at Collinwood for a séance to contact her spirit. (Return to Collinwood) [15] |
Parallel Time
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1680 | Amanda Collins, Constance Collins and James Forsythe are killed by Brutus Collins. Brutus sets a curse on Collinwood, only people capable surviving a night in the locked room will be worthy of the Collins family name. (1231) |
| 1770 | Barnabas Collins is born. (1010) |
| 1814 | Claude North is born. (1047) |
| 1830 | Barnabas Collins dies. (1010) |
| 1840 | Lamar Trask enters the Parallel Time room and dies. (1198) |
| 1841 | Gabriel Collins dies. (1237) |
| Daphne Harridge dies. (1238) | |
| Bramwell Collins and Catherine Harridge survive the ghost of Brutus Collins’ attempts to destroy them. Brutus declares that they have won and the family curse is broken. (1245) | |
| Morgan Collins dies. (1245) | |
| Bramwell Collins becomes the new master of Collinwood, he and Catherine Harridge are married. (1245) | |
| 1866 | Claude North dies. (1047) |
| 1926 | Ivanka Romano enters the Parallel Time room and gives the Crimson Pearl to her parallel counterpart. (The Crimson Pearl) [11] |
| 1939 | Angelique Stokes Collins is born. (987) |
| c1955 | Quentin Collins proposes to Angelique Stokes. (The Crimson Pearl) |
| 1969 | Angelique Stokes Collins is murdered. (987) |
| 1970 | Barnabas Collins enters the Parallel Time room. (980) |
| William Loomis confronts Barnabas Collins at his coffin with a cross and chains him in with plans to write a new book. (982) | |
| Alexis Stokes, Angelique’s twin sister, arrives at Collinwood. (984, 985) | |
| Cyrus Longworth creates a potion that that causes him to transform into the evil John Yaeger. (988) | |
| Alexis Stokes goes to her sister's coffin, when she touches the body Angelique awakens and switches places with Alexis. (1000, 1001) | |
| John Yaeger is killed, it is discovered he is really Cyrus Longworth. (1035) | |
| Julia Hoffman enters the Parallel Time room and accidentally kills her parallel counterpart. (1036) | |
| William Loomis jumps to his death from the Collinwood tower room. (1045) | |
| Carolyn Loomis is killed by Roger Collins. (1049) | |
| Elizabeth Collins Stoddard is killed by Roger Collins. (1053) | |
| Roger Collins is killed by Angelique Stokes Collins. (1055) | |
| Angelique Stokes Collins loses consciousness and dies. (1056) | |
| Timothy Stokes sets fire to Collinwood to avenge Angelique’s death. Barnabas Collins and Julia Hoffman become trapped in the Parallel Time room; it sends them back to their own time band. (1060) | |
| 1973 | Jonah Rooney transcends Parallel Time with aid of a mysterious coin. (The Flip Side) [16] |
The Underworld
| Year | Event |
|---|---|
| 1796 | Angelique Bouchard Collins and Josette DuPres Collins are put on trial by the Dark Lord. (Final Judgement) |
| Josette Collins escapes the Dark Lord’s realm. (The Lost Girl) | |
| 1897 | The Dark Lord destroys the crimson pearl. (The Crimson Pearl) |
| 1968 | Angelique Bouchard Collins appears before Diablos. (628) |
| Diablos instructs Nicholas Blair to sacrifice Maggie Evans on the black alter in order for them to be together in hell. (629) | |
| 1970 | Quentin Collins II and Amanda Harris attempt to escape from Mr. Best’ domain. Amanda is killed by falling rocks. (932-934) |
| 1983 | Barnabas Collins and Quentin Collins II encounter Seraph. (Kingdom of the Dead) |
Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 In 210, the Collins family mausoleum shows the following dates: Joshua Collins: Born 1755, Died 1830 and Naomi Collins: Born 1761, Died 1821. However, in 458 Naomi's death is shown on-screen to occur in the year 1796. Accordingly these dates have been adjusted in order to retain the originally stated ages at the time of death and the age gap between Joshua and Naomi. So, Joshua's becomes: Born 1730, Died 1805 and Naomi's becomes: Born 1736, Died 1796.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 In 464, Ben Stokes is said to have died in his 75th year, and that he was illiterate until he was 45. In the year 1795, Barnabas Collins is seen teaching Ben to write, which indicates that Ben was born in 1750 and died in 1825. However, in 756, Ben's tombstone shows the following dates: Born 1756, Died 1816. Later, Ben's death is shown on-screen to occur in 1840. In order to retain a 1840 date of death the 1756 birthdate is used, making him aged 84 at time of death.
- ↑ This is based on the implication that Barnabas and Jeremiah are of similar age.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 In 463, Peter Bradford's tombtone shows the following dates: Born January 18, 1770, Died: April 3, 1795. However, in 660, the same tombstone is seen but with an amended death date of April 3, 1796. The '5' seen previously had been amended with felt tip to show a '6'.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 In 52, the Collins family history book gives the following dates for Josette Collins: Born 1810, Died 1834. However, in 283, Josette's tombstone shows the following dates: Born 1800, Died 1822, and in 430 and 948, Josette's tombstone shows the following dates: Born 1774, Died 1795. In 425 and 886, Josette's death is shown on-screen to occur in the year 1796.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 In 276, the Collins family mausoleum shows the following dates for Sarah Collins: Born 1786, Died 1796. However, in 416, this has been amended to: Born 1784, Died 1795. In 415, it stated she died on her 11th birthday. In order to retain a 1796 date of death and 11 year age gap her birthdate is adjusted to 1785.
- ↑ In 373, an episode set in 1795, Millicent Collins states that her brother Daniel Collins is 10 years old, suggesting a birthdate of 1785. However, in 1123, an episode set in 1840, Daniel states that he was 20 years old in 1803, suggesting a birthdate of 1783.
- ↑ In 12, it is stated that Jeremiah Collins built Collinwood “almost 150 years ago”, suggesting a completion date of c.1817. In 42 and 70, it is stated that Collinwood was built 130 years ago, suggesting a date of c.1837. It is eventually shown on-screen to be 1795/6. In 605, the date is given as 1796.
- ↑ It is referred to on-screen as 1797, this is assumed to be a continuity error as the events are re-enacted ones that were previously stated to have occurred in 1796.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 In A Collinwood Christmas it is implied that Catherine Collins died shortly after Roger Collins was born and that it has been 7 years since then.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 In The Crimson Pearl this is dated to 1916, however 1926 is the earliest point for this to occur as Roger Collins is stated to be alive. Producer Joseph Lidster has since confirmed the 1916 date to be a mistake in a thread on the forums at the Big Finish website (last accessed December 30, 2012):
- (referring to when A Collinwood Christmas is set) "We deliberately kept the date vague because we suspected we'd possibly made a mistake with the date in The Crimson Pearl. The dates in Dark Shadows are all a bit over the place but we do try and have them make sense as much as we can. My thinking is that the narrator in The Crimson Pearl made a mistake. Silly narrator."
- ↑ The latest point for this to occur, but it could be a couple of years earlier. In 17, it is mentioned that Elizabeth's father died over 20 years ago.
- ↑ In 267, Carolyn Stoddard's birth date is given as July 16, 1946, however in 5 and 29 it is stated that Carolyn was born 6 months after her father Paul Stoddard left Collinsport, the date of Paul's leaving is given as 1949. In 271, Paul speaks of having to put up with Carolyn for the last 2 years. In 507, Carolyn's tombstone is shows the following dates: Born: December 8, 1948, Died: July 15, 1968, however here it’s presented within the context of a dream so the birth date may not necessarily reflect reality, she doesn't die 1968 and lives on for many years after that point.
- ↑ Unplaced event suggested by producer Stuart Manning on his blog.
- ↑ Producer Joe Lidster confirmed that Return to Collinwood is set within the same continuity as established by the Big Finish audio plays in a thread on the forums at the Big Finish website (last accessed October 23, 2013):
- "While I'm producing Dark Shadows (and it could change if someone else takes over) the TV series, the Big Finish audios and Return To Collinwood are set in the same Universe. Everything else takes place in different parallel time bands."
- ↑ This entry covers the various Parallel Time’s witnessed by Jonah Rooney. This includes:
- The Parallel Time in which Jonah originates, here he discovered the coin capable of transcending Parallel Time.
- The Parallel Time where Carolyn Stoddard made the decision to aid the Leviathans, resulting in the end of civilization transforming the world into a desert.
- The Parallel Time where Carolyn married Will Loomis. This alludes to the version seen from 969 to 1060.
- The Parallel Time where Carolyn became a vampire. This alludes to the film House of Dark Shadows.
- The Parallel Time where Carolyn became a werewolf. This alludes to the film Dark Shadows (2012).
- The Parallel Time visited by Jonah and Carolyn, here Jonah kills a parallel counterpart of Carolyn.
Episode dating
Broadcast dates
- 1966: 1 to 135
- 1967: 136 to 395
- 1968: 396 to 657
- 1969: 658 to 917
- 1970: 918 to 1179/1180
- 1971: 1181 to 1245
On-screen dates
- 1680PT: 1231
- 1692: 1140
- 1795: 365 to 404, 610
- In 366, the present date is given as November 20th, 1795. Also, it is stated that Barnabas Collins and Josette DuPres' wedding is planned exactly 1 month from today, i.e December 20th, 1795. In 380, Natalie DuPres wants to bring the date of the wedding forward, suggesting the year is still 1795.
- 1796: 405 to 461, 623, 626, 661 to 666, 885 to 886
- In 419, March 2nd is stated to be one month away. This is the first indication that the year has changed to 1796, an arbitrary point sometime before this episode is chosen for the purposes of this time-line. In 512, the date of Nathan Forbes’s death is given as taking place on March 31st, 1796, originally seen to occur in 460.
- 1840: 1109 to 1198
- 1840PT: 1186 to 1210
- In 1210, the year is given as 1840 for the last time.
- 1841PT: 1211 to 1245
- In 1234, the year is given as 1841 for the first time.
- 1949: 271 to 272, 900
- 1897: 701 to 885, 922, 938
- 1967: 1 to 304, 584, 588, 698
- 1968: 305 to 365, 461 to 619
- In 461, the present year is given as 1968. A date of April 3rd is given in 463, suggesting that 1968 began before Victoria was transported to 1795, as time in the present was held in suspension whilst she was in 1795/6. 287 is the last time the present year given as 1967, an arbitrary point shortly after this episode is chosen for the purposes of this time-line.
- 1969: 620 to 622, 624 to 661, 666 to 701, 815, 835 to 837, 873, 887 to 917
- In 671, Elizabeth birthday is stated to be that day. In 267, Elizabeth’s birthday was given as February 28th, meaning 671 takes place on February 28th, 1969. In, 673, it is stated that Chris Jennings arrived in Collinsport 2 months ago. Chris' first on-screen appearance is in 627, suggesting 1969 began at some point shortly before that episode, an arbitrary point shortly before this episode is chosen for the purposes of this time-line.
- 1970: 918 to 980, 1002 to 1003, 1007 to 1008, 1012, 1031 to 1032, 1035, 1052, 1070 to 1109, 1113 to 1114
- 1970PT: 969 to 971, 975 to 1060
- 1971: 1198
- 1995: 1060 to 1070
See also
- Chronology (original series): A time-line covering the continuity of the original televised series.