Dark Shadows - for an 8 year old stuck at grandma’s house waiting for mom to get off work the only bright spot in the wasteland of daytime soap operas.
One of my nieces loved that show. She was staying at my parents and was so engrossed in the show that she did not hear my mom come into the room. My mom said she jumped a foot when she said something to my niece.
I was 11 and it scared the bejesus out of me...my mom cut me off after a couple of nightmares!
We would all rush home from grade school, for me 7th and 8th grades (walking over 8 long city blocks in Southwest Philadelphia) just to catch the only soap we would be interested as kids, at 4pm, never wanting to miss even one daily show. Whenever I see anything about it, it still reminds me of those days.