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 May 5May 5 by Paul Raven

51 minutes ago, Paul Raven said:

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

That makes sense then!

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

Thank you

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? 

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 May 5May 5 by Paul Raven

Thanks @skylark and @DRW50!

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

 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 May 6May 6 by Soaplovers

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.

Last episode audio with Stephanie's script.

Edited May 8May 8 by skylark

3 minutes ago, skylark said:

Last episode audio with Stephanie's script.

Thanks!

Terry O'Sullivan in his memoir 'Did I Miss Anything?' talks about SS and the infamous Joan Crawford appearance

One day, I got a call from Roy Winsor, producer of “The Secret Storm,” a TV soap. Roy seemed to be studying me as we talked. Then he said, “Yes, I think you could play a judge. We’re going to audition next week. I’ll be in touch.”

That was an audition I really needed to win because I was running out of chips. Whether it was my reading, my reputation, or Irish luck, I cannot say, but something fell into place and I became Judge Sam Stevens, a new character on “The Secret Storm.”

In the cast of “Secret Storm” was Christina Crawford, Joan Crawford’s daughter. She played the part of Joan Borman, a very difficult young lady, not at all like the Tina we actors knew and loved. The first day on“Secret Storm,” Christina made a point of welcoming me aboard.
Not too long after I joined the show, Tina became ill and had to go to the hospital for an appendectomy. Someone in the production office had a truly brilliant thought: “What if we got Joan Crawford to play her daughter’s part?”

It was an offer Joan couldn’t resist. Due to her Pepsi commitments, she could only tape on weekends. I cannot tell you the excitement Joan Crawford caused at the West 57th Street Studios of CBS.

From a dramatic point of view, it was preposterous. Joan and Tina were a generation apart. Tina was a blonde, Joan a brunette. They didn’t resemble one another in any way, but from a showmanship point of view, it was utterly brilliant. The ratings of “Secret Storm” shot up. It made a wonderful publicity story. “Joan Crawford covers for her daughter in a soap opera.” All anybody at CBS could talk about was Joan Crawford, how she sipped vodka in her dressing room. Whatever Joan did, or didn’t do, was whispered about in the corridors. It was like the second coming of Christ. Everyone was mesmerized by this former movie star.

I didn’t play any scenes with Joan, but the scene that stands out in my memory was one she played with a lawyer, Mr. Fluellen. I don’t remember the actor’s name. The tape was rolling, Joan was slicing him up verbally, and then totally unrehearsed and unexpected, she backhanded him across the chest. He staggered back in wide-eyed horror. It was wonderful.
I wanted to shout, “Hit him again, Joan.” That was the take that our astonished viewers saw the following week on TV. Perhaps it was this kind of daring that made Joan Crawford a great movie star.

Then Tina returned, good as new, and “The Secret Storm” resumed its normal pace. But it seemed to me that Joan Crawford’s ghost hung around CBS for several weeks.

Thanks @Paul Raven 

Glad someone tried to document more of that appearance.

@slick jones I am confused about a bit at the end. The voiceover guy says today Addison Powell played "Dr. Haskell." Wasn't Addison already playing another part on the show at this time? Or had he been in a previous role? Doesn't this type of announcing mean he was a temp recast? Who usually played Haskell? Or was this just a minor role?

Edited July 7Jul 7 by DRW50

6 hours ago, DRW50 said:

@slick jones I am confused about a bit at the end. The voiceover guy says today Addison Powell played "Dr. Haskell." Wasn't Addison already playing another part on the show at this time? Or had he been in a previous role? Doesn't this type of announcing mean he was a temp recast? Who usually played Haskell? Or was this just a minor role?

I don't have a "Dr. Haskell" in the cast list I've compiled, so I'm assuming it was a minor role. Powell was Dr. Spencer Hadley (as needed) from 1966 - 73. It's possible that the actor that was to play Haskell didn't show, so they pulled him in at the last minute.

I'll add the role to the cast list  as well as his Hopper Profile.