by Hal Erickson
synopsis
Hoping to drive his young wife insane, Nathan (Joel Crothers) sends Millicent (Nancy Barrett) to the tower room, where she is attacked and bitten by the lurking Barnabas (Jonathan Frid). Meanwhile, Joshua (Louis Edmonds) and Natalie (Grayson Hall) hold a séance in hopes of lifting the curse on Barnabas. Anita Bolster makes her first appearances as the mysterious Bathia Mapes. This episode originally aired on March 14, 1968.