"In the glare of our scientific era, you can find no shadows, nothing that defies explanation?"  From Dark Shadows episode 177.

Can the very absence of the bogeyman be terrifying in itself?  "There was no one there with me and I was frightened."  Today's moment of existential angst is from Dark Shadows.  In parts one, two, three, and four, we saw how Dark Shadows beat Seifeld to be the first show about nothing. 

"There are all kinds of things in my mind.  Shapes and forms and ..."  From Dark Shadows episode 295.

"I know there are no such things as ghosts, but suppose there are?"  From Dark Shadows episode 52.

"I'm in the past and I'm frightened."  From Dark Shadows episode 858.

"And despair and further confusion."  From Dark Shadows episode 248.

A Grave Mood Rings homage to Dark Shadows.

A Grave Mood Rings homage to Dark Shadows.

"Other people are only shadows that we frighten each other with, hurt each other with."  From Dark Shadows episode 1228.

"Yes, that's what we must do.  Not believe it, pretend it never happened."  From Dark Shadows episode 416.

"'I think the dead stay dead.  Do you?'"  From Dark Shadows episode 177.

"Why should this worry you?  It's nothing but blank pages." From Dark Shadows episode 1108.

A Grave Mood Rings homage to Dark Shadows.

"There's only the strangeness of the people around me."  From Dark Shadows episode 17.

A Grave Mood Rings homage to Dark Shadows.

"I'm tired of coffee."  From Dark Shadows episode 40.

"Oh dear God, dear God please let the curse be over."  From Dark Shadows episode 1214.

"I'm afraid it's past my business hours."  From Dark Shadows episode 357.

"Everybody around this house is exhausted, including me."  From Dark Shadows episode 122.

Anxiety about the future, from Dark Shadows episodes 1093 and 1092.  "There's no point in knowing the future.  It's just gonna happen anyway."  "I don't wanna find out what's going to happen, ever!"