"Secret Storm" memories.

[Paul Raven]

I'm pretty sure this ep is  from Dec 73

From the Daytime Serial Newsletter

Ian and Valerie Northcote are deeply concerned over Laurie's  life being increasingly dominated by hallucinations and fantasies about Georgina, the former owner of the house the Reddins recently bought and are now living in.

Doreen Post (Linda Purl) was involved in that story .Perhaps she was going to be revealed as Georgina's daughter?

Wonder how that story evolved and whether it was wrapped up before cancellation?

and thanks to @skylark

Edited Monday at 06:46 AM by Paul Raven

[skylark]

That makes sense then!

Is there a place where you can read more Daytime Serial Newsletters? They sound very informative.

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[te.]

Interesting that they started going into a supernatural direction with ghosts - I don't think they really did that before? I wonder if it was a response to getting put so late in the afternoon and I guess trying to appeal to that former Dark Shadows audience? 

[Paul Raven]

I did some research and the story wrapped up with Eric,a caretaker responsible for Georgina's death who then  tried to do away with Laurie but a vision of Georgina spooked him and he smashed into a mirror, dying of glass wounds.

So there was a supernatural element.

I wonder if the Brody character in the credits was Eric Brody?

Edited Monday at 10:10 AM by Paul Raven

[jam6242]

Thanks @skylark and @DRW50!

[MissPalmer]

WOW!!! Amazing!!! Thank you very much!!!!

[Maxim]

Thank you for the tag! It's always a pleasure to see these little pearls of memories. 

[Soaplovers]

 I know that Secret Storm had moved back to the 4/3 PM timeslot in the final months on air, so it's possible that they were trying to employ new techniques/elements to lure the teen demographic.  

If that episode was around November/December 1973, I do wonder if the owners (AHS) were still trying to shop the show to other networks still.. or if they had accepted that the show was going to officially go off the air in Feb 1974 at the time of this episode airing.

Edited 7 hours ago by Soaplovers

[Paul Raven]

Not sure when SS was officially cancelled maybe Dec 73? but I found these articles from Jan 74

The Secret Storm, half -hour daytime drama on CBS -TV, will continue on air uninterrupted, though network has canceled show after 20 years, replacing it with game show, Tattletales (Mon.-Fri., 4-4:30 p.m.). Storm has its last program on CBS -TV Feb. 8, and beginning Feb. 11, series will be carried on more than 140 stations in varying time slots via barter syndication by American Home Products, New York, through John F. Murray Inc., New York.

Storm' signals changed.

American Home Products Corp., New York, has dropped its plan for barter syndication of The Secret Storm, half -hour daytime drama, ending 20 -year run Feb. 8 on CBS -TV (BROADCASTING, Jan. 21). Spokesman would only say that American Home Products had made decision not to distribute series itself, but added that company, which holds rights to Storm, is now negotiating with several syndicators to place it back on the air.