How a Gothic 60s Soap Opera Saved Me

The strangeness of ‘Dark Shadows’ helped me accept the strangeness in myself

Barnabas Collins descending the Collinwood stairs (Dan Curtis Productions, edit by author)

If you were to search “vampire” in Google Images it is likely that you would have to scroll for some time before you see a photo of Jonathan Frid in his role of Barnabas Collins. Indeed, many are not aware of who Barnabas Collins even is. However, the character of Barnabas…