Rachel Pulliam, the producer and host of the Dark Paradise podcast, arrives on a train to visit Terror at Collinwood on this dark and stormy night. Topics include: Rachel’s introductions to Dark Shadows and Strange Paradise, the Sole Twin Audios Network and Rachel’s Dark Paradise podcast, which covers DS and SP, Art Wallace and the Shadows on the Wall show bible, and finally a discussion about Victoria Winters and her unknown parentage.

Another frenzied (and geeky) lecture? You bet! This time, Penny Dreadful tackles major characteristics of gothic horror & gothic romance and illustrates their use in Dark Shadows. Topics include Terror at Collinwood’s Rondo Award nomination for best podcast (!!!), Terror vs. Horror, “spackling” continuity and bloopers, atmosphere of the gothic, otherness, serials, obsession, madness, love triangles, monsters and the supernatural, heightened emotion, the sublime, subverting the gothic, and much more!

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In this episode, Penny is joined by Tom Diamon, co-host of The Literary License Podcast. They start the conversation with an extensive look at Tom's background in the DS fandom and his interactions with Jonathan Frid, then shift to a discussion about the remarkable Thayer David as they examine each of Thayer's Dark Shadows characters.

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.