Windcliff Sanitarium

Windcliff Sanitarium is a fictional location featured in the 1966-1971 Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows. Though it was seldom seen, this oft-spoken hospital was referenced numerous times throughout the series and was used primarily as a vehicle to explain the absences of certain characters.

Description
is a mental health facility located in Northern Maine, only a short distance away from the town of Collinsport. It's most infamous staff member is Doctor Julia Hoffman, who went on sabbatical from Windcliff in 1967 and spent an extended period of time in Collinsport proper. However, she was still a working psychiatrist from Windcliff and made back and forth trips to the hospital on a routine basis.

Willie Loomis was sent to Windcliff to recuperate from injuries sustained while attempting to help Maggie Evans. He was mistaken for the man who had abducted Maggie for an extended period of time and admission to Windcliff was the easiest way to keep people from asking too many questions. Maggie Evans herself has been a patient at Windcliff on more than one occasion. Following her abduction at the hands of Barnabas Collins, Maggie spent a few weeks at Windcliff where Doctor Hoffman used her skills at hypnosis to make Maggie forget about what had happened.

Maggie was brought to Windcliff yet again, this time by Sebastian Shaw, in order to keep her away from another vampire, Roxanne Drew, who had infected her with her bite.