Jason McGuire

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<p data-rte-fromparser="true"><b>Jason McGuire</b> was a seafaring man who came to <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Collinsport%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Collinsport%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCollinsport%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/Collinsport" title="Collinsport">Collinsport</a> some time in the 1940’s. In <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%221949%22%2C%22link%22%3A%221949%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B1949%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/1949" title="1949">1949</a>, he became close friends with a man named <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Paul%20Stoddard%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Paul%20Stoddard%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BPaul%20Stoddard%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/Paul_Stoddard" title="Paul Stoddard">Paul Stoddard</a>. Stoddard had the fortune of being married into the wealthy <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Collins%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Collins%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BCollins%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/Collins" title="Collins" class="mw-redirect">Collins</a> family of Collinsport. Through Paul, Jason was able to cultivate a relationship with his wife, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Elizabeth%20Collins%20Stoddard%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Elizabeth%20Collins%20Stoddard%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BElizabeth%20Collins%20Stoddard%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/Elizabeth_Collins_Stoddard" title="Elizabeth Collins Stoddard">Elizabeth Collins Stoddard</a>.
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<h2 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> The Scam </h2>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">One evening, Paul and Elizabeth got into a fight and Elizabeth attacked him. Paul was severely injured, but Jason and he embarked upon a plan to make Elizabeth believe that she had in fact killed him. Jason helped Paul fake his own death and told Elizabeth that he buried Paul’s body in the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22basement%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22basement%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bbasement%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/Basement" title="Basement">basement</a> of Collinwood. The experience was so traumatic for Elizabeth that she instantly became a recluse and refused to leave the estate. Paul and Jason left town to seek their fortunes elsewhere (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22201%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22201%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B201%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/201" title="201">201</a>). Publicly, Elizabeth announced that Paul Stoddard had abandoned her and disappeared from Collinsport (which was in fact, the truth).
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<h2 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> Return to Collinsport </h2>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Eighteen years later in <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%221967%22%2C%22link%22%3A%221967%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B1967%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/1967" title="1967">1967</a>, Jason McGuire returned to Collinsport (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22193%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22193%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B193%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/193" title="193">193</a>) (according to Willie Loomis in the Big Finish audio drama <i>Echoes of Insanity</i>, he and Willie ran scams in every port they landed in, including Singapore and Jamaica, between voyages, but their luck began turning bad after Jamaica). He arrived at Collinwood and blackmailed Elizabeth into letting him move into the great house. He told Liz that unless she agreed to allow him to stay, he would go to the authorities with the truth about Paul Stoddard’s death (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22196%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22196%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B196%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/196" title="196">196</a>). He contacted an old sea buddy of his, <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Willie%20Loomis%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Willie%20Loomis%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BWillie%20Loomis%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/Willie_Loomis" title="Willie Loomis">Willie Loomis</a> and invited him to come and stay at the house with him (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22199%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22199%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B199%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/199" title="199">199</a>).
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Jason continued to blackmail Elizabeth and extorted vast sums of money from her. He also forced her into getting him into the family business (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22228%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22228%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B228%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/228" title="228">228</a>), selling him Collins-owned property, and even a proposal of marriage , (end of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22243%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22243%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B243%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/243" title="243">243</a> with the marriage announced at the end of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22249%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22249%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B249%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/249" title="249">249</a>). By this point, the rest of the Collins family knew that Jason had some kind of hold over Elizabeth, but Liz refused to entertain the notion. She was willing to do whatever Jason wanted, so long as he never revealed her grave secret.
</p><p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">This changed however on the day of their proposed wedding. Elizabeth, unable to continue with this lifestyle any longer, openly confessed to killing Paul Stoddard (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22270%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22270%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B270%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/270" title="270">270</a>). Jason then revealed that she never actually killed Paul. He showed them the trunk in the basement that allegedly contained Paul’s remains. It was empty.
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<h2 data-rte-spaces-before="1" data-rte-spaces-after="1" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1"> Final Fate </h2>
<p data-rte-fromparser="true" data-rte-empty-lines-before="1">Against the pleas of her brother <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Roger%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Roger%20Collins%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Afalse%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BRoger%20Collins%7CRoger%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/Roger_Collins" title="Roger Collins">Roger</a>, Elizabeth contacted the authorities. Jason fled from Collinwood as the sheriff ordered him to leave the area within 24 hours - but he wasn’t going to leave empty-handed. As dusk began to fall he broke into the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Old%20House%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Old%20House%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BOld%20House%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/Old_House" title="Old House" class="mw-redirect">Old House</a> hoping to find the same Collins family jewels that Willie Loomis had coveted so many months ago. He went into the <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Old%20House%20cellar%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Old%20House%20cellar%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BOld%20House%20cellar%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/Old_House_cellar" title="Old House cellar">Old House cellar</a> and discovered the coffin of <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22Barnabas%20Collins%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22Barnabas%20Collins%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5BBarnabas%20Collins%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/Barnabas_Collins" title="Barnabas Collins">Barnabas Collins</a>. Willie tried to give Jason more jewels, but it wasn't enough to satisfy him. He also told him that Barnabas was a <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22vampire%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22vampire%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bvampire%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/Vampire" title="Vampire">vampire</a> and that he would kill him for intruding, but again Jason didn't believe him. He opened the coffin - believing, like Willie, that the jewels were hidden there - but Barnabas woke and strangled Jason (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22275%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22275%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B275%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/275" title="275">275</a>). Barnabas later had Willie transfer Jason’s remains to the secret room in the Collins family <a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22mausoleum%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22mausoleum%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5Bmausoleum%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/Mausoleum" title="Mausoleum" class="mw-redirect">mausoleum</a> (<a data-rte-meta="%7B%22type%22%3A%22internal%22%2C%22text%22%3A%22276%22%2C%22link%22%3A%22276%22%2C%22wasblank%22%3Atrue%2C%22noforce%22%3Atrue%2C%22wikitext%22%3A%22%5B%5B276%5D%5D%22%7D" data-rte-instance="662-13414201085f10535e660f7" href="/wiki/276" title="276">276</a>). Jason McGuire's murder was never discovered - as far as everyone else was concerned, Jason had fled town to avoid charges over Paul Stoddard's "death" and the resulting blackmail attempt. Oddly - given the manner of his death - Jason's ghost does not seem to have manifested.
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