In a nice filmed opening, Vicki (Alexandra Moltke) reminds us, "ghosts from the past haunt this doomed house," then Roger (Louis Edmonds) walks along the pier into his office. Burke calls from the inn, worried about Bill Malloy. Roger tells Burke he disapproves of the crystal ball Burke gave son David. At Collinwood, Liz (Joan Bennett) and Matthew (Thayer David) discuss the latter's finding of Malloy's drowned body. Matthew says he pushed the body out to sea because he hoped it would prevent the scandal from centering on Liz and Collinwood. They wonder if the drowning was accidental, and wait for the police. In his first appearance as Collinsport's lawman, Dana Elcar (as Sheriff George Patterson) arrives, without mentioned deputy Harry Shaw. Patterson's disclosures and questions shake up the family. As the closing credits roll over the dartboard in Roger's office, someone walks in front of the camera...
***** Dark Shadows 1966 ABC #54 (9/8/66) Lela Swift ~ Joan Bennett, Louis Edmonds, Thayer David, Dana Elcar...