Barnabas Collins, fit as ever for the annual shareholders meeting in 1987.

Photo courtesy of The Collins Foundation

Chapter Installments

DAY, DATE & ENTRY RANGE.  DESCRIPTION OF FINAL ENTRY THAT DAY  

1 Sunday, May 26 366-383. 1795, Jeremiah and Josette awaken; Jeremiah is challenged by Barnabas.

2 Monday, May 27 384-401. Barnabas learns that Angelique is the witch.

3 Tuesday, May 28 402-418. Josette meets a vampiric Barnabas.

4 Thursday, May 30 419-435. Angelique condemns Victoria at the trial.

5 Friday, May 31 436-452. Peter breaks Vicki out of gaol.

6 Saturday, June 1 453-461. Victoria is hanged.

 

7 Sunday, June 2 210-227.  1967: Sam works on the portrait.

8 Monday, June 3 228-244.  Liz agrees to marry Jason.

9 Tuesday, June 4 245-261.  Sam finds Maggie on the beach.

10 Thursday, June 6 262-278.  Vicki picks out her costume at the Old House.

11 Friday, June 7 279-295.  Julia hypnotizes Maggie.

12 Saturday, June 8 296-305.  Sarah shows David the secret room.

 

13 Sunday, June 9 306-322.  An intruder is shot outside Maggie’s room.

14 Monday, June 10 323-339.  Woodard steals Julia’s notes.

15 Tuesday, June 11 340-356.  Barnabas orders Carolyn to spy on Julia.

16 Thursday, June 13 357-469.  Dr. Lang says the cure may be permanent.

17 Friday, June 14 470-486.  Lang dies; Julia has the Dream.

18 Saturday, June 15 486-496.  Adam learns to speak.

 

19 Sunday, June 16 497-513.  Cassandra puts a spell on Liz.

20 Monday, June 17 514-530.  Sam’s Ghost tells Vicki the Dream.

21 Tuesday, June 18 531-548.  Cassandra dies, unforgiven by Barnabas.

22 Thursday, June 20 549-565.  Tom Jennings attacks Julia.

23 Friday, June 21 566-582.  Maggie is chosen for the life force.

24 Saturday, June 22 583-592.  Willie kidnaps Maggie from being the life force.

25 Sunday, June 23 593-609.  Eve calls Jeff, ‘Peter Bradford.’

 

26 Monday, June 24 610-626. Adam kills Eve.

27 Tuesday, June 25 627-644.   David hears Quentin’s music.

28 Thursday, June 26 645-662.  1796: Barnabas reunites with Ben.

29 Friday, June 27 663-679.  Quentin torments Amy.

30 Saturday, June 28 680-689.  Quentin’s Ghost torments David.

31 Sunday, June 30 690-706.  1897: Carl has a trick gun.

 

32 Monday, July 1 707-723.  Quentin rises as a ZOMBIE!

33 Tuesday, July 2 724-740.  Barnabas learns of Laura’s history.

34 Thursday, July 4 741-757.  Angelique saves Barnabas from Laura.

35 Friday, July 5 758-774.  Dirk attacks Judith, Tim, and Rachel.

36 Saturday, July 6 775-784.  Trask tells Judith the secret of Barnabas.

 

37 Sunday, July 7 785-802. Jameson is possessed by Petofi.

38 Monday, July 8 803-819. Petofi makes Charity think she’s Pansy.

39 Tuesday, July 9 820-837. Julia comes to 1897.

40 Thursday, July 11 838-854. Petofi blinds and cures Quentin.

41 Friday, July 12 855-871. Angelique tells how to copy Barnabas.

42 Saturday, July 13 872-881. Quentin decides to flee Petofi.

 

43 Sunday, July 14 882-899.  1969: Liz orders Paul to leave.

44 Monday, July 15 900-917.  Stokes takes Paul to the police.

45 Tuesday, July 16 918-936.  Carolyn meets Jeb.

46 Thursday, July 18 937-953. Nicholas Blair appears.

47 Friday, July 19 954-970.  Julia tells Barnabas of Parallel Time.

48 Saturday, July 20 971-982.  PT Will chains Barnabas in his coffin.

 

49 Sunday, July 21 1011-1027.  PT Angelique reunites with PT Stokes.

50 Monday, July 22 1028-1044.  Barnabas and PT Will take the body.

51 Tuesday, July 23 1045-1061.  1995 finds the arrival of Barnabas and Julia.

52 Thursday, July 25 1062-1078.  1970: Daphne and Quentin embrace.

53 Friday, July 26 1079-1095.  David leaves Collinwood, summoned.

54 Saturday, July 27 1096-1104.  Barnabas confronts the Ghost of Gerard.

 

55 Sunday, July 28 1105-1121.  1840: Barnabas meets Daphne.

56 Monday, July 29 1122-1139.  Valerie kills Roxanne.

57 Tuesday, July 30 1140-1157.  Daniel chooses a new heir after a seance.

58 Thursday, August 1 1158-1175.  Desmond charged with witchcraft.

59 Friday, August 2 1176-1193.  Samantha falls off Widows’ Hill.

60 Saturday, August 3 1194-1198.  Barnabas loves and loses Angelique.

Foreword and Forward

April 14, 2013 marks the  first anniversary of the passing of Mr. Barnabas Isaac Collins.  Born in Hart, Hampshire, England in 1924, Mr. Collins began visiting the United States in April of 1967 during his renovation of Collins Hall.  Traveling back and forth between England and the United States for several years, Mr. Collins finally took permanent residence at Collins Hall (often nicknamed “The Old House”) in 1973.  With his wife, Angelique Bouchard Collins, Mr. Collins became a beloved fixture in Collinsport.  As a community leader and eventual mayor, Mr. Collins revitalized Collinsport throughout the 1970s and 1980s, taking it from a small fishing village to the nation’s home for advanced naval architecture, revolutionary marine exploration, and bastion of the fine arts.

In August of last year, a Collins Foundation associate, Patrick McCray, was cataloging the archives at Collins Hall when he happened upon an item of particular interest: an 18th century casket.  How and why Mr. Collins came to own this strange curio was a mystery, one compounded by the disappearances of Mrs. Angelique Collins and Mr. Quentin Collins shortly after the funeral.

Within the casket’s lining, Mr. McCray happened upon a series of journals, letters and other papers, dating from the 18th century through to the mid-20th century.

Mr. McCray became mildly concerned when he saw that the papers were apparently written in the hand of the late Mr. Collins, as well as other prominent (and unknown) visitors to Collinsport.  “What I couldn’t understand,” McCray noted, “is that the diaries of Barnabas Collins, while being in his handwriting, dated back to the 1700’s.  Not only that, but I found the same match for Mr. Quentin Collins… his penmanship was found on letters from the 1800’s.  And they weren’t the only authors this this macabre collection.”

Coincidence?  Foundation forensic scientists confirmed both the age of the paper and the identical match of the handwriting.

“These documents,” Mr. McCray noted, “are nothing short of revolutionary.  It was only upon reading them that an explanation came up.  If they are real, everything we know about science, medicine, and… everything… is about to change.”

Mr. McCray admitted that putting the documents into order wasn’t easy.  “What’s just as confounding has been their cataloging system.  Rather than be listed by calendar date, the entries are indexed as ‘episodes’ and don’t seem to always follow a consecutive, chronological order.”

On September 19 of last year, family attorney and acting board chair, Mr. Anthony Peterson, instructed Mr. McCray to make his findings public.  In a press conference, Mr. Peterson stated, “Yes, I authorized the research.  Yes, I’ve authorized the resulting publication.  The people of Collinsport and beyond deserve the truth.  The Collins family has trusted me to do the right thing.  Time will show that I did.”

That evening, Mr. Peterson vanished from his Collins Bay cottage and has not been seen since.

“Of course, I suspect foul play.  That’s why the Foundation has put me and the documents on lock-down until I can scan them and make them public.”

This summer, in a measured stream beginning June 3 and concluding July 23, Mr. McCray will release transcriptions of the entries.  They will be part of the regular updates at http://collinsfoundation.net or read without the other Foundation news at their digital archive of http://collinschronicles.com.

“What these documents contain is shocking, disturbing, and I’m coming to believe… quite real.”