when barnabas was holding maggie captive in the old house she escaped from her basement cell useing the clues found in a riddle told to her by the ghost of sarah collins.
does anyone remember the riddle?

yes,dianna is a strange(pheonix)bird.since she has built a business on being a "star of dark shadows",perhaps she should learn a bit about her role.mpi was set up right across from her table.they probably would have given her a special discount should she want to purchase her episodes .
at the same time,i think maybe she was just being coy/evasive for some strange reason.once we started talking,there was a certain "opening up" on her part.she's eccentric to be sure but probably a nice lady .
at any rate,laura collins remains among my favorite characters.

i too noticed the small number of vendors/merch this year.last year was my first fest but there was at least twice as many vendors.
miss winthrop,go to the calender/events part of the site to see pictures and read more comments.

actually i got back last night...i was a daytripper.thanks for the photos joeytrom.midnite,prof. stokes was going to introduce us but we lost track of you.
since i was there but briefly i can say only that dianna millay is something else.i had her autograph her book on halloween and when i told her i enjoyed her 1966 story but had yet to watch her 1897 story she told me she had no idea what i was talking about.when i reminded her that she appeared on the show during two different stories she told me she doesn't remember anything about the show and in fact has never even seen it .i couldn't tell if she was just being coy.john karlen is nuts.k.l.s is as sweet as maggie.
i lost my program for the fest and they told me i would have to buy a new one.the nerve!my souvenier this year was a sterling silver victoria winters charm .

maybe dr. hoffman had a "will work for food/lodging" type deal with the family.i can see julia trading those tweeds for coveralls once in awhile.since that "book" never did end up getting published perhaps julia needed to earn her keep.

in the hundreds of times barnabas visited collinwood,didn't anyone notice that he didn't cast a reflection?as i recall,there is a large mirror in the foyer.

thanks for your comments guys.i thought jeff clark was annoying...i found these episodes to be almost physically jarring they were so different from anything before them.it was if they plunked something awful right down in the middle of something that was great.all shows have ups and downs but for me d.s. just went from strength to strength before this.i never saw an episode i didn't love.so i am disappointed.i don't know what the writers were thinking.perhaps they had some new mandate from the network..."monsters=ratings!"but it's a letdown.i understand i have a werewolf to look foreward to .the pacing is all wrong.just imagine what they could have done if they explored the cassandra character in greater depth.and poor alexandra,her character abruptly diminishes during this period.i know she was unhappy with her role when she left the show and i'm starting to see why.everyone says the 1897 story is great so i'll stick with it even though i prefer the present day eps.i usually watch my tapes time and again,absorbing everthing from the minutia of the voiceover to how dr. hoffman's tweeds are playing against the drapery at collinwood.i watched these to get through them and on to the next thing...but i never want to see them again .