Podcast: Terror at Collinwood, Episode 3

Laura the Phoenix & Jason the Blackmailer!

Poet and writer Rachel Freitas joins Penny in episode three of Terror at Collinwood. They discuss the pre-Barnabas Phoenix storyline, examining the character of Laura Collins and her important role as Dark Shadows’ first supernatural antagonist. Next, they take a look at the Jason McGuire blackmail storyline and the challenges faced by Elizabeth Collins Stoddard.

Additional topics include Rachel’s writing and her introduction to Dark Shadows, DS’ influence on Port Charles, and a look at the unaired DS 2004 WB pilot. Join us for another eerie episode of the Dark Shadows podcast, Terror at Collinwood.

Podcast: Terror at Collinwood, Episodes 1 and 2

Who better to host a Dark Shadows podcast than a horror host from New England? The Collinsport Historical Society podcast might be as dead as Billy Butcherson (which is to say it's pretty dead, but still shambling around in the archives of iTunes) but there's still lots left unsaid about everybody's favorite gothic soap opera.

Enter Penny Dreadful, the host of Penny Dreadful’s Shilling Shockers, which aired in 200 cities and towns throughout the six New England states. She was a contributor to the last phase of the CHS podcast, and lucky for us she's decided to branch out on her own. Penny has two episodes in the can already, which you can stream below or follow on Podbay at https://podbay.fm/p/terror-at-collinwood-a-dark-shadows-podcast.

Welcome to the first episode of 'Terror at Collinwood', a podcast dedicated to the 1966-1971 gothic television serial, 'Dark Shadows'. Join Penny as she touches upon some characteristics of the gothic TV classic, followed by memories of her introduction to the show and its fandom.

Terror at Collinwood, Episode 2:  Artist and writer Eric Marshall joins Penny for episode two of 'Terror at Collinwood'. In this episode, they examine the show's earliest Pre-Barnabas storylines and characters as they discuss Victoria Winters' search for her parentage, Burke Devlin's quest for revenge, and the death of Bill Malloy. They also take several side trips into other storylines & touch on topics such as whether or not a 'Dark Shadows' remake could actually work.

Podcast: Penny Dreadful and the Vampire of Collinsport

Penny Dreadful's alter ego Danielle Gelehrter discusses her favorite vampire, Barnabas Collins, and her memories of growing up a "second generation" Dark Shadows fan. You can download the episode HERE, stream it below or listen to it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, iHeartRadio and YouTube.

Penny Dreadful ( the XIII, to be more specific) is a New England-based television horror host and two-time recipient of The Rondon Hatton Classic Horror Awards and a 2014 inductee of the Horror Host Hall of Fame. Follow her on Twitter at @Danielle13Penny and visit Shilling Shockers online at www.shillingshockers.com.

Dork Shadows

Cracked has one of the strangest histories of any humor magazine. Once considered a pale imitation of Mad Magazine, Cracked evolved into a publication that often felt more vibrant than the comic that inspired it (though its sales numbers were never comporable), if for no other reason than it avoided Mad's slow slide into formula. It didn't hurt that Cracked sometimes benefitted from personnel failures within their rivals' bullpens. It wasn't unusual for creators who quit Mad or National Lampoon to show up a few months later in the pages of Cracked. The strangest creative change came when Cheap Trick guitarist Rick Nielsen (?!) was briefly named the magazine's publisher.

Cracked also liked to horn in on the occasionally on-going monster magazine craze, publishing its own horror-themed parody mag "For Monsters Only" before reviving the concept in the 1980s with "Cracked Monster Party." The publication's tenth issue (which has a cover date of October 1990) included portraits of Cracked mascot Sylvester P. Smythe as various monsters, including as Barnabas Collins. I think it's pretty nifty.

The scan at the top of this post (and a few others I'll be sharing later this week) comes courtesy of Penny Dreadful, the host of PENNY DREADFUL'S SHILLING SHOCKERS. You can find her online at www.shillingshockers.com and catch a video sample of her show below.