Dark Shadows - Beginnings (Episodes 1 - 209)

Dark Shadows - Beginnings - Complete (episodes 1 - 209) *** ATTENTION *** ** PLEASE SEED TO A RATIO OF 2.0 ** For anyone downloading / needing any episodes between 1 and 209, or those who wish to help seed ... Please create a "Dark Shadows - Beginnings (Episodes 1-209)" directory and put all episodes you have in this range in it, or just pick which files you need to download from the torrent if you can't seed. This is going on permanent seed at a reduced rate. Eventually, the rest of the torrents will be combined this way also. So, if you're behind, you need not worry about downloading the latest files as they appear. They will reseed in the larger format. I'll eventually be removing the other torrents as they are no longer needed. ** Tip ** If you want to watch as you go and not wait for the entire torrent, simply pick the first 5 episodes only to download, then the next 5, etc. Beats waiting for 209 episodes to download before you can watch any. As always, if you have any advice, I'm all ears. Enjoy!!

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 ed-koala (2009-03-14)

Episode 197 seems to think it's incomplete. Once someone gets it, check it please. It should be ok, it is 148.3 mb. So 99.99% is all there is to this torrent.

 ed-koala (2009-04-05)

No seeds will ever show, as it is a bit off. If anyone is at 99.9% they are seeding.

jopix1 (2009-04-30)

I hate to sound like a whiney bitch here, but episode 131 is missing. Grat job on this and the others tho.

BatgirlZKE (2009-05-15)

Thank you so much for this. My mom and I used to watch the reruns when I was little. I love this show :)

majinkoenma (2009-06-16)

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majinkoenma (2009-06-16)

Awesome torrent but episodes 115 and 116 seem to be missing...

ipsissimus_clay (2009-06-25)

There aren't actually any episodes missing - all 206 from the beginning set are included.
The show generally went out one episode every weeknight, numbered in order. For some reason the network wanted to make sure Friday's ep always ended with a 0 or a 5, so if an episode was put back - if there was a sporting event say, which meant that there were only 4 eps that week - the number would be skipped. Think of the numbers more like a title than an actual number.
This happened 20 times during the show's run - there were 1225 eps made, but the last one is numbered 1245. For info, the numbers skipped are:
109, 110, 131, 226, 369
391, 533, 634, 653, 802
824, 895, 914, 920, 921
1134, 1155, 1175, 1180, 1208
All the ep guides I've seen say that there was no 109 or 110 - however, these numbers appear in this torrent while 115 and 116 don't. It's likely that this is the result of the episodes on the DVDs being ordered or titled slightly differently (I know the VHS releases took some liberties in that area so it wouldn't surprise me) but all 206 episodes are definitely included.

sismoon (2009-08-06)

Hi! Thanks so very much for this! Is is possible to get an invite to demonoid? Please email an invite to [email protected]. Thanks and happy Dark Shadows viewing! :D
-sismoon

Aikousha (2009-08-31)

The problem with episode 197 *IS* in the torrent and not the data, and therefore cannot be corrected by anything but a re-posting of the torrent. I have episode 197 (took forever to get it, and when moved into the directory, it still checksum fails on one piece in the middle, even though the file is perfectly fine. So, there is no way to get it into this torrent.
However... by going here you can get the episode... I'm seeding it now:

Or search for "188-209", it's the only thing that will show up.
As far as numbering issues go, the pre-empted episodes *were*:
0109 0110 0131 0226 0369
0391 0533 0634 0653 0802
0824 0895 0914 0920 0921
1135 1155 1175 1180 1208
For many of the early episodes, they left the "clapboard" entries at the start when they released them, so you can actually see the numbers and dates right there on screen. It gets confusing after a little while since, IIRC, they start the numbers from 1 again, after the year has completed. If you feel uncomfortable with the numbering as is, just correct those few by renaming those from 109-114 to 111-116.
Since many of these were poorly done, when I get the DVDs, I may re-post them in a better encode, friendly to computers, iPods, and AppleTVs.

billafu (2009-09-09)

Hi and thank you so much for posting my all time favorite soap. I have gotten ep 197 and checked it. There is a break in the middle of the playback, at least when using vlc.

mpilting (2009-10-21)

I notice lots of people are trying to download this, but nobody's seeding. I'll be seeding this from 11pm to 6am US central time.

mpilting (2009-10-22)

Ahh! I get it. It took me a while. There are seeders, but since 99.9% is complete, no seeders will ever show. There could be a couple dozen seeders or more, but it'll always say zero. Dang that's a little confusing!

Molochnaya (2009-12-31)

I have been waiting for 197 to finish. There is one piece missing, and it stands at 146 Mb. The missing piece is red in the download bar. I played it to see if it was actually finished, but it is definitely missing a piece.

Valacar182 (2010-01-21)

Just created a torrent: Dark Shadows Beginnings Episode 197 for those stuck at 99.9% - this is the completed version of that file. I tried putting it into this torrent, but couldn't without recreating the torrent, so I'll continue to see this one - stuck at 99.9% with that file, as well as this new one for those that want to get that complete file.

canoli99 (2010-08-17)

Any chance someone can seed this for awhile - just till a few of us get to 100%?
I know it's a mighty big torrent but anything you can do will really help us all out.
Thanks!

junkface (2010-12-02)

hey - can you please seed - almost there - thnx

junkface (2010-12-13)

this download has been sitting at 99.9% for almost a month now - any chance someone could seed to finish this off?? Thanks!!

Jazzdancer (2011-03-17)

I just want to say thank you for this. It's the first time I've ever downloaded a torrent so don't know much yet. But it plays great. Just an fyi for the next person as it took a total of 27 hours (over three days) to download the 99.99%. Next time I think I'd use the smaller files with multiple downloads. But Thank You - Ed-Koala!

mpilting (2011-06-28)

This is my second time downloading this torrent, since my hard drive died, and I notice there are still people who are confused, just as I was. This torrent finishes at 99.9%. 99.9% is 100% for this torrent. If you make it to 99.9%, the torrent is finished. It's all there, even though your torrent client will list it as incomplete. This also means that no seeders will show up on pirate bay. Right now, PB lists zero seeders and 25 leechers. This is incorrect. There are plenty of seeders, but since the torrent is listed as incomplete, none of the seeders are listed. Simply put, 99.9% is complete, and there are plenty of seeders.

HarveyBd (2011-08-13)

PLEASE SEED!

spunkaton (2012-04-30)

Episode 197:

spunkaton (2012-05-01)

Ignore my link to the lone episdode 197. It's the same size as the one in this torrent therefore not a complete file. :(

twb23 (2012-06-15)

If you actually watch episode 197 it is complete even though the torrent stays seeding at 99.9%.

Narok_Gull (2012-06-16)

Thanks a lot for the info, Ed! I was starting to get crazy with those gaps! Although iI found out thtat there was no real story gap on 109 and 110 I'd never guess that there were so many others. Fortunately i found your list when I was stumbling on 131 episode. Nice job!

34952 (2012-10-27)

PLEASE SEED!!!

MEATHOUSE5 (2013-06-07)

COULD SOME ONE PLEASE SEED IM DYING HERE!!!! HELP!