It was 50 years ago today that "Dark Shadows" first aired on ABC-TV, replacing "Never Too Young", a teen-related soap which lasted only one year. THIS is the very first episode that aired on this day 50 years ago, introducing two key characters - Victoria Winters, the new governess at Collinwood, and Burke Devlin, a very wealthy man who, 5 years prior, served 5 of a 10-year term in prison for manslaughter, a crime he didn't commit.#DarkShadows50
