Do we know who portrayed the Hangman in today's snapshot from 1796?  He looks like quite the Sixties cutie.

The description kinda surprised me, but I'm sure it was Howard Honig in the picture.  He pops up once in a while in episodic TV shows from the 70s and 80s.

I also think I may well be the only Quentin/Chris shipper in the world.

You very well may be, since [spoiler]Quentin is Chris' great grandfather.[/spoiler]

Ha, good one!

Wonderful comments, guys and gal!

There was never an indication in the present day that Barnabas was told about Roger's wife.  And when Quentin told him that he saw the 1897 Laura consumed by flames but that somehow she came back for her children, Barnabas' reaction clearly showed that he did not find the scenario at all familiar.  So although it's odd that Vicki or Carolyn or someone else didn't fill him in at some point on what the present-day Laura nearly pulled off in the fishing shack before his release, at least the writers are being consistent.

From the opening voiceover:  "Mysteries have begun here in the past that will affect the lives of all who live in the present. ... The motive behind [Laura's] return and the dark secrets of her past represent a threat to the entire Collins family."
And Barnabas later repeats, in his conversation with Quentin, that Laura presents a threat to the future of the family.  Does this mean that she was not there in the original timeline?  Or, since we know that David survived in the unchanged past, is she more of a threat now?  If either of these is what the writers were getting at, then I can't think of anything that Barnabas may have done that would cause Laura to be there, or to change what's to come for her.  Or is Barnabas just deluding himself?

I found it terribly funny that they had to move the superimposed body of Laura after she fainted in order to get her clear of the brick hearth.

Couldn't the family get Jenny's dress sewn after it was torn?

It's good to see you posting again, katrinavantassel!

Darkness at Blaisedon was included as a special feature on another DVD that was released this past January.  See:

Dan Curtis' Dead of Night (1977) Comes to DVD

The present day crypt had only the initial L on the tombstone making it appear that it could be any gender.

Ah, good point that it had only her first initial, though the caretaker informed Vicki that "she" died by fire.  And in #180, [spoiler]the creepy cryptkeeper told Laura that he was searching books in the crypt for any information he could find on the Murdochs, Stockbridges and Radcliffes for Dr. Guthrie, plus he knew the doc was already focused on the two women who died by fire, so...[/spoiler] ...I'm still thinking that putting Jeremiah's wife (maiden name Stockbridge) in that crypt is yet another example of bad continuity.