Barnabas Collins
Barnabas Collins is a major character from the American gothic soap opera Dark Shadows (1966-1971). He was cursed to live as a vampire in the year 1795, during which many tragic events befell members of the Collins family. Afterwards, he was chained in his coffin until the year 1967, when a young man named Willie Loomis inadvertently released him while in search of priceless jewels he belived to be buried with Collins family members.read more