Chronological Audio Listen-Through

I'm not sure about the date you have for Heiress of Collinwood. Lara said it was 1974, though I'm not looking at the book right now. It doesn't really fit in this time band. It conflicts with Return to Collinwood.   (And I'm just going by memory here but I thought Salem Branch was 1972, Wolf Moon Rising 1973.)

That's just what I'm after, thanks very much indeed, you probably won't hear from me for a while now.....

Thought it was about time I updated this

Dark Shadows: The Origins

1690 - Dramatic Reading 21 - The Crimson Pearl - Part 1 - Isaac Collins 1
1700 - Dramatic Reading 21 - The Crimson Pearl - Part 2 - Isaac Collins 2
1700 - Dramatic Reading 21 - The Crimson Pearl - Part 3 - Silas Collins 1
1720 - Dramatic Reading 21 - The Crimson Pearl - Part 3 - Silas Collins 2
1739 - Dramatic Reading 21 - The Crimson Pearl - Part 3 - Silas Collins 3
1767 - Full-Cast Drama 3 - Blood & Fire
1780 - Dramatic Reading 21 - The Crimson Pearl - Part 4 - Marie du Pres
1781 - Dramatic Reading 51 - Haunting Memories - Hell Wind
1791 - Dramatic Reading 21 - The Crimson Pearl - Part 4 - Millicent Collins 1
c1790 - Dramatic Reading 50 - Echoes of the Past - Trask the Exorcist
..1795 - Dramatic Readings 1 & 2 - Angelique's Descent
1796 - Dramatic Reading 10 - Final Judgement
1796 - Dramatic Reading 20 - The Lost Girl
1820 - Dramatic Reading 21 - The Crimson Pearl - Part 5 - Millicent Collins 2
1830 - Dramatic Reading 21 - The Crimson Pearl - Part 6 - Lamar Trask Segment
1855 - Dramatic Reading 28 - Speak No Evil
1857 - Dramatic Reading 39 - Curtain Call
1861 - Dramatic Reading 51 - Haunting Memories - Communion
1874 - Dramatic Reading 24 - Dress Me In Dark Dreams
1897 - Dramatic Reading 14 - The Doll House
1897 - Dramatic Reading 21 - The Crimson Pearl - Part 7 - Simon Briar
1897 - Dramatic Reading 21 - The Crimson Pearl - Part 8 - Angelique
1897 - Dramatic Reading 07 - The Wicked And The Dead
1861 - Dramatic Reading 18 - The Carrion Queen
1932 - Dramatic Reading 32 - A Collinwood Christmas
1941 - Dramatic Reading 19 - The Poisoned Soul
1941 - Dramatic Reading 26 - The Fall Of The House of Trask

Dark Shadows: The Original Series

19?? - Dramatic Reading 54 - Love Lives On - Tuesdays and Thursdays
1966 - Dark Shadows 1 to 122 - Victoria Winters
1967 - Dark Shadows 123 to 192 - Laura the Phoenix
1967 - Dark Shadows 193 to 276 - Barnabas the Vampire
1967 - Dramatic Reading 03 - Clothes Of Sand
1967 - Dark Shadows 277 to 290 - Barnabas the Vampire
1967 - Dark Shadows 291 to 329 - Barnabas' Cure
1967 - Dark Shadows 330 to 365 - Barnabas' Cure
1795 - Dark Shadows 365 to 462 - 1795
1967 - Dramatic Reading 08 - Echoes Of Insanity
1967 - Stephen Mark Rainey Novel 1 - Dreams of the Dark
1968 - Dark Shadows 463 to 555 - Adam & Eve
1968 - Dramatic Reading 51 - Haunting Memories - The Ghost Ship
1968 - Dark Shadows 556 to 636 - Adam & Eve, Continued
1968 - Dark Shadows 637 to 669 - The Werewolf
1968 - Dramatic Reading 52 - Phantom Melodies - Last Orders at the Blue Whale
1968 - Dark Shadows 670 to 700 - The Ghost of Quentin Collins
1897 - Dark Shadows 701 to 886 - 1897
1899 - Dramatic Reading 05 - The Skin Walkers
1920 - Dramatic Reading 15 - The Blind Painter
1929 - Dramatic Reading 11 - Blood Dance
1941 - Dramatic Reading 13 - London's Burning
1941 - Dramatic Reading 17 - The Creeping Fog
1945 - Dramatic Reading 27 - Operation Victor
1950 - Dramatic Reading 25 - The Eternal Actress
1958 - Dramatic Reading 50 - Echoes the Past - The Missing Reel
1965 - Dramatic Reading 44 - The Darkest Shadow
1969 - Dramatic Reading 31 - The Haunted Refrain
1969 - Dark Shadows 887 to 980 - The Leviathans
1970 - Dark Shadows 981 to 1060 - 1970 in Parallel Time
1970 - Dark Shadows 1061 to 1070 - 1995
1970 - Dark Shadows 1071 to 1109 - Gerard Stiles
1840 - Dark Shadows 1110 to 1198 - 1840
1841 - Dark Shadows 1186 to 1245 - 1841 in Parallel Time

Dark Shadows: The 1970s

c1970 - Lara Parker Novel 1 - Angelique's Descent
c1970 - Lara Parker Novel 2 - The Salem Branch
c1970 - Lara Parker Novel 3 - Wolf Moon Rising
c1970 - Lara Parker Novel 4 - Heiress of Colinwood
1971 - Dramatic Reading 53 - Dreams of Long Ago - The Reflected Man
1971 - Dramatic Reading 53 - Dreams of Long Ago - Old Acquaintance
1972 - Dramatic Reading 04 - The Ghost Watcher
1973 - Dramatic Reading 09 - Curse Of The Pharaoh
1973 - Dramatic Reading 16 - The Death Mask
1973 - Dramatic Reading 21 - The Crimson Pearl
1973 - Dramatic Reading 22 - The Voodoo Amulet
1973 - Dramatic Reading 23 - The House By The Sea
1973 - Dramatic Reading 29 - The Last Stop
1973 - Dramatic Reading 52 - Phantom Melodies - The Scarlet Bride
1973 - The Tony & Cassandra Mysteries 1.1 - The Mystery at Crucifix Heights
1973 - The Tony & Cassandra Mysteries 1.2 - The Mystery of La Danse Macabre
1973 - The Tony & Cassandra Mysteries 1.3 - The Mystery of Flight 493
1973 - The Tony & Cassandra Mysteries 1.4 - The Mystery of Karmina Sonata
1973 - The Tony & Cassandra Mysteries 2.1 - The Mystery of Stone Heart Studios
1973 - The Tony & Cassandra Mysteries 2.2 - The Mystery of West Vale Sanitarium
1973 - The Tony & Cassandra Mysteries 2.3 - The Mys tery of Apartment 493
1973 - The Tony & Cassandra Mysteries 2.4 - The Mystery of the Soulmates Hotel
1973 - The Tony & Cassandra Mysteries 3.1 - The Mystery of the Grandest Order
1973 - The Tony & Cassandra Mysteries 3.2 - The Mystery of the Fisherman’s Wife
1973 - The Tony & Cassandra Mysteries 3.3 - The Mystery of a Mother’s Love
1973 - The Tony & Cassandra Mysteries 3.4 - The Mystery of the Jack-in-the-Box
1973 - Dramatic Reading 30 - Dreaming Of The Water
1973 - Dramatic Reading 33 - The Phantom Bride
1973 - Dramatic Reading 34 - Beneath The Veil
1973 - Dramatic Reading 35 - The Enemy Within
1973 - Dramatic Reading 36 - The Lucifer Gambit
1973 - Dramatic Reading 37 - The Flip Side
1973 - Dramatic Reading 38 - Beyond The Grave
1973 - Dramatic Reading 40 - The Harvest Of Souls
1973 - Dramatic Reading 52 - Phantom Melodies - On The Line
197? - Dramatic Reading 55 - Shadows of the Night - Trio
1973 - Dramatic Reading 41 - The Happier Dead
1973 - Dramatic Reading 42 - Carriage Of The Damned
1973 - Dramatic Reading 43 - The Devil Cat
1973 - Dramatic Reading 48 - Deliver Us From Evil
1974 - Dramatic Reading 55 - Shadows of the Night - Honeymoon From Hell

Dark Shadows: The 1980s (and beyond)

1982 - Full-Cast Drama 1.1 - The House Of Despair
1982 - Full-Cast Drama 1.2 - The Book Of Temptation
1982 - Full-Cast Drama 1.3 - The Christmas Presence
1983 - Full-Cast Drama 1.4 - The Rage Beneath
1983 - Full-Cast Drama 2 - Kingdom Of The Dead
1983 - Dramatic Reading 50 - Echoes the Past - Lunar Tides
1983 - Full-Cast Miniseries 1 - Bloodlust
1983 - Dramatic Reading 54 - Love Lives On - The Velvet Room
1983 - Dramatic Reading 45 - Panic
1983 - Dramatic Reading 46 - The Curse of Shurafa
1983 - Dramatic Reading 49 - Tainted Love - September 1983 segment
1983 - Dramatic Reading 53 - Dreams of Long Ago - Devil's Rock
1983 - Dramatic Reading 49 - Tainted Love - Halloween 1983 segment
1983 - Dramatic Reading 47 - In the Twinkling of an Eye
1983 - Dramatic Reading 48 - Deliver Us From Evil
1983 - Dramatic Reading 49 - Tainted Love - Christmas 1983 segment
1984 - Dramatic Reading 49 - Tainted Love - Valentine's Day 1984 segment
1984 - Dramatic Reading 49 - Tainted Love - April Fool's Day 1984 segment
1984 - Dramatic Reading 49 - Tainted Love - July Fourth 1984 segment
1984 - Dramatic Reading 49 - Tainted Love - August 1984 segment
1984 - Dramatic Reading 50 - ...And Red All Over
1984 - Dramatic Reading 49 - Tainted Love - September 1984 Segment
1767 - Full-Cast Drama 3 - Blood & Fire
1984 - Full-Cast Miniseries 2 - Bloodline
1986 - Dramatic Reading 51 - Haunting Memories - A Face from the Past
1986 - Dramatic Reading 52 - Phantom Melodies - In a Broken Dream
1986 - Dramatic Reading 54 - Love Lives On - Behind Closed Doors
1986 - Dramatic Reading 54 - Love Lives On - The Suitcase
1986 - Dramatic Reading 55 - Shadows of the Night - Retreat
1988 - Dramatic Reading 6 - The Path of Fate
c1990 - Dramatic Reading 50 - Echoes the Past - Confession
c1995 - Dramatic Reading 12 - The Night Whispers

Dark Shadows: The 2000s

c2003 - Dramatic Reading 53 - Dreams of Long Ago - Cobwebs
c2003 - Full-Cast Drama 0 - Return to Collinwood
c2003 - Full-Cast Drama 0a - Vengeance at Collinwood
c2003 - Dramatic Reading 55 - Shadows of the Night - 1:53 AM
c2003 - Maggie & Quentin - The Lover's Refrain - The Girl Beneath The Water
c2003 - Maggie & Quentin - The Lover's Refrain - The Sand That Speaks His Name
c2003 - Maggie & Quentin - The Lover's Refrain - The Hollow Winds That Beckon
c2003 - Maggie & Quentin - The Lover's Refrain - The Paper To The Flame

Because the show involves time travel, and the audios sometimes involve framing sequences that are in a different time period than the bulk of the story.

It's chronological from the point of view of the focus characters, shall we say.

In the case of The Carrion Queen, Angie and Trask are sent elsewhere in time on a task.

The Original Series has a decent amount of storylines that take the show into the past (or future, on one occasion) for hundreds of episodes.

For the series of audios in the middle there starting at The Skin Walkers and ending at The Haunted Refrain, we're following Quentin's path through the ages as we go from 1897 back to present day, as, due to time travel shenanigans, he was dead prior and didn't have the extended lifespan, so now he retroactively has existed and we're catching up to when he waltzes into the lives of our "modern day" Collinites. (it makes sense in context I swear)

And Blood & Fire is a time travel story that takes place after Bloodlust from Angelique's perspective.

Hope that clears things up!

This list is amazing. Thank you for putting it together. I've been listening to some of the 1980s audios and am now going back to listen to them in release order. Even though your list is chronological order, it is still very helpful when listening in release order because we can see where everything falls into place. I'll probably do another listen through down the road in chronological order as you list then.

Question: When an audio is a character telling another character about a past story, how do you decide where to place it--during the earlier time period of the "past story" or during the later time period of the story being retold (the "framing device")? I ask because Panic, Curse of Shurafa, and Skin Walkers all fall into this "framing device" category but they are handled a little differently. Panic is Quentin telling a story to Tom, Curse of Shurafa is Barnabas telling a story to Harry, and Skin Walkers is Quentin telling a story to Angelique. Panic and Curse of Shurafa are placed during the time period of when the story is being re-told (1983, post-Bloodlust), while Skin Walkers is placed during the time period in which the story originally happened (1899).

I listened to Skin Walkers today, and mostly I'm just trying to figure out when the framing device with Quentin and Angelique took place, because that wasn't very clear from the audio!  

Yes, that makes sense. As I was listening, I kept thinking, "Oh, this one is out-of-place on the list," but once I got to the end with the portrait, and then once I thought more about this one being the launching pad for a series of Quentin backstories, I thought, "Ick, there's really NOT a good way to list this one." LOL

Keep up the great work. May Big Finish put out many, many more Dark Shadows audios to keep you busy!

The site is mistaken. The very opening narration of the drama places it in Los Angeles, 1950.