I'm a few days late with this, but has anyone else thought that the list of participants at the infamous seance where Angelique met her demise has seemed to expand a few times?
I mean, at first it seemed that there had only been about six participants at the seance ... but from the most recent commentaries by various characters regarding the seance, I've compiled this list of participants:
Cyrus Longworth
Sabrina Stuart
Angelique Collins
Quentin Collins
Edward Collins
Elizabeth Collins (Stoddard?)
Carolyn Loomis
Bruno
Will (?? not sure of this)
Trask
and, yes, Buffy Harrington ("She used to work for us," according to Carolyn)
(Carolyn named Trask and Buffy as participants at the seance just a couple of episodes, right before her dream of realization concerning who had committed the murder ...)
That's at least 10, if not 11, people who were crammed around that small table in the drawing room ...
I found Elizabeth's collection of hatpins quite interesting ... they looked like expensive pieces ... Does anyone remember women actually using these? I have a very vague memory of those days ... but what I remember more, and was reminded of by Angelique's attire upon returing from her shortened walk when she decided Maggie might need her, was how women used to wear scarves on their heads. Really kind of too bad that custom died out ... it seems like they could be both useful and a fashion accessory.
Anyway, regarding the hatpins ... at about the time Dark Shadows originally aired in the early '70s, my sister had a mystery novel checked out from the library that I read -- I remember nothing about it except that the murder was accomplished with a hatpin!
Wouldn't be surprised if Sam Hall borrowed the idea from this mystery novel.