Collinsport is the fictional setting of Dark Shadows, the 1960s Dan Curtis Productions Gothic horror soap opera.
In the series, Collinsport is a small, coastal fishing village located in Hancock County in the U.S. state of Maine, on the coast about 50 miles (80 km) southeast of Bangor which would be Bar Harbor area, Mt.
Bucksport's history and reputation for witchcraft tourism appears to have most directly inspired the fictional Collinsport.
The train makes regular runs from Boston, and brought Victoria Winters to Collinsport, one stormy night.
Isaac Collins crossed the ocean in a small sailing ship in 1690 and landed in Frenchman Bay.
Another long-standing name in the community, the Brewster surname has been mentioned as long ago as the 1840s, no doubt an ancestor of the current family.
Nestled in the heart of the village, the cool, high-ceilinged store is recessed from the street with an office on one end, and adjoining warehouses.
[citation needed] The Collins General Store is known for its wide variety of wares — notably its bulk supply of pickles and cheeses.
[citation needed] While not as large as a major New York City hospital, Collinsport can certainly hold its own as far as patient care and medical technology with the generous donations of the Collins family and, progressive doctors, such as David Woodard and Eric Lang (or Cyrus Longworth in Parallel Time).
It is located a very short distance away from the equally impressive Collinwood estate and a small footpath existed connecting the two properties together.
For the past two centuries, the esteemed Collins family had virtually all of their loved ones laid to rest at Eagle Hill.
In 1966, tragedy struck when the body of Bill Malloy, the well-liked manager of the Collins' fishing fleet, was found in the water, up the coast a short distance from here.
The land surrounding the castle is difficult to traverse and consists of dense thickets, slippery embankments and heavy marshlands.
Carolyn Stoddard discovered the store and took an interest in it early on and voluntarily worked part-time at the shop for a while.
The antique shop burned to the ground in mid-February 1970, one in a string of "unfortunate events" that also took the lives of Philip and Megan shortly thereafter.
A property bordering the Collinwood estate to the south, owned by Mordecai Grimes in the early 19th century (circa 1840).
Widows' Hill acquired its name because women used to wait on the cliff and look out to sea, watching for their ill-fated husbands' ships to return.
When Jeremiah Collins decided to build Collinwood on the hill in 1796, he turned the widows away and told them to go home and keep their grief to themselves.
Josette Collins jumped to her death because she was being pursued by her "lover" and would rather die than welcome his attentions, and the two others were Collinwood governesses.
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard successfully petitioned to have the property tax reduced due to most of the house being closed.
The Carey Mansion (Seaview Terrace) in Newport, Rhode Island, now part of the Salve Regina University campus, was used for the original series.
In the 1991 NBC version, Greystone Mansion in Beverly Hills was utilized, with nearby Griffith Park as the forest surrounding Collinwood.
Pine Valley, Pennsylvania (All My Children)Llanview (One Life to Live) Port Charles, New York (General Hospital / Port Charles / Night Shift) Corinth, Pennsylvania (Loving)Collinsport, Maine (Dark Shadows)All ABC soaps, with the exception of Dark Shadows and The Edge of Night share the same universe continuity, having characters sporadically appear in one show and another.
Genoa City, Wisconsin (The Young and the Restless) Oakdale, Illinois (As the World Turns)Springfield (Guiding Light)Monticello (The Edge of Night)Rosehill (Love of Life)Woodbridge, New York (The Secret Storm)Northcross, Connecticut (Where the Heart Is)CBS's The Young and the Restless and The Bold and the Beautiful share the same universe continuity as As the World Turns.