Raleigh's El Dorado Expedition Portuguese possessions and shipping, and conduct illicit trading. Sir Walter Raleigh had enjoyed several years of high esteem from Queen Elizabeth I, which stemmed in part from his previous exploits at sea which included the famous Capture of the Madre de Deus. Soon after, however, Raleigh suffered a short imprisonment for secretly marrying one of the Queen's ladies-in-waiting, Elizabeth Throckmorton, and bearing her a child. In a bid to restore his influence with the Queen, Raleigh, having promised a "gold-rich empire more lucrative than Peru", had set up an expedition under John Whiddon to find the fabled city of gold
Elizabeth Collins Stoddard the death of Angelique - the only clue being a small pinprick on her skin. Elizabeth was a collector of hatpins, which led her daughter, Carolyn Stoddard Loomis to believe her mother had killed Angelique. The truth was that Roger had used one of Elizabeth's hatpins to kill Angelique, who was secretly his lover. Roger killed both Elizabeth and Carolyn to try and cover up the crime, before being killed by the Angelique, who had been unwittingly resurrected by her twin sister, Alexis Stokes. In 1991 Dan Curtis Productions revived the "Dark Shadows" series as a one-hour night time soap