Video: 'Dark Shadows (1966) — Episode 1 (Pilot)' (aired June 27, 1966)

(Monday, June 27, 1966, 4:00-4:30 p.m. EDT) — Dark Shadows, a gothic soap opera having to do with mysterious and supernatural goings-on in Collinsport, Maine, premiered today on ABC-TV.

The series became hugely popular when vampire Barnabas Collins (played by Jonathan Frid) appeared a year into its run.