Lorraine Treadwell, Rick Boissonneau, and Schuarah Sykes are original east coast Dark Shadows fans who attended and participated in many Dark Shadows Festivals and Collins Association events. In the course of attending the Festivals, they became good friends and have remained so for over 30 years. They visit the podcast to share stories about adventures and encounters with the likes of Joan Bennett, Michael Stroka, Diana Millay, Jonathan Frid, Lara Parker, Abe Vigoda, Marie Wallace, Christopher Pennock, David Selby, Nancy Barrett, Kathryn Leigh Scott, Terry Crawford, Denise Nickerson, James Storm, John Karlen, Roger Davis, Conrad Bain, Sy Tomashoff, Edith Tilles, Dick Smith, Adrian Paul, and photographer Ben Martin. Other topics include: the continued appeal of DS, the differences between Star Trek conventions and Dark Shadowsconventions, Rick’s Haunted Room at the Collins Association Halloween parties where the DS actors reprised their Dark Shadows roles as part of this unique DS-themed Haunt, the Witch’s Dungeon classic movie museum, and the book, Dark Shadows: A View of Collinsport.

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Where does Dark Shadows fit into the landscape of popular culture, and is DS going to slip out of the pop culture consciousness, completely? Writers Jim Beard, Rich Handley, and Charles R. Rutledge visit the podcast to address these topics and shine some light into the shadows! Jim, Rich, and Charles have written extensively about numerous icons of pop culture and speculative fiction. Their writing, which includes works of fiction and non-fiction, examines many wondrous worlds of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. They’ve explored Dark Shadows, Batman, Star Trek, Planet of the Apes, Star Wars, Doctor Who, Spider-Man, Dungeons & Dragons, Universal Monsters, Godzilla, Ghostbusters, Ultraman, Hammer Horror, The X-Files, The Shadow, and many other franchises of the fantastic! Please join us for this fun and lively discussion! Other topics include: the ’91 DS NBC revival series, whether Barnabas and Julia would end up together, Dark Shadows Reincarnation and the idea of a sequel show, recasting vs. not recasting, more discussion about the proposed Dark Shadows fiction anthology, and much more!