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[ Whistling ]
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[ Kolchak On Tape ]
They were tearing up an old road
to lay more freeway...
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a few miles south of Las Vegas.
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The State of Nevada's
Department of Highway's digging...
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would be a help
to thousands of motorists,
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but to one other person,
it would turn out to be a nightmare.
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[ Tire Blows ]
[ Tires Screeching ]
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[ Kolchak Narrating ]
May 2, 8:1 5 p.m.
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Airline stewardess Elena Munoz
missed the detour sign...
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and blew a steel-belted radial
on a jagged rock.
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She cursed the power of advertising.
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She had no idea
how cursed her evening really was.
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[ Screaming ]
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[ Screaming Continues ]
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When Miss Munoz returned
with sheriff's deputies, they found nothing.
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Just excavated earth.
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Elena Munoz's name was placed
on the crank list.
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In Chicago, it was the hottest,
muggiest spring anyone could remember.
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An old reporter buddy of mine
from Las Vegas had stopped in
to collect an old debt from me.
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I paid off,
and Jim "The Swede'"Brytoski,
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now known as James Bright
and moving up in the world,
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told me something that made me
forget the hot weather.
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Three deaths so far,
and that's the way the police
out there are handling it.
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Yeah, all the careful words
that aren't really words
and the blank stares, yeah, I know.
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The lid is on the pot,
but you can sure smell something cooking.
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All in Vegas?
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No, no, no. West.
Erie, Goodsprings.
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Has anyone seen
the assignment roster?
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On the way to Los Angeles.
Oh, yeah.
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The word around the coroner's office
is that all of these bodies...
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were missing
an inordinate amount of blood.
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If I didn't have thatjob
as an anchorman in Cincinnati,
I would follow this right-
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What do you mean,
""an inordinate amount of blood''?
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Pardon me.
I just heard you mention
you're an anchorman?
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I don't want to be nosy,
but that pays very well, doesn't it?
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Yeah, well,you are being nosy, Uptight.
Now, fade, will ya?
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What about the blood, the murders?
Are your sources reliable?
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- Very. They tell me-
-[ Blows Nose ]
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I thought you told me on the phone
that Vincenzo was gonna take
a long lunch hour.
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I did. He was.
Now, what about the story?
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- Is there a back way out of here?
- Yeah, down the fire stairs, but-James!
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See you later, Carl,
and take my advice.
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Get yourself a haircut,
a new suit of clothes
and move up to TV news.
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It's the only way to fly.
Ciao, Carl.
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But,James!
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Where'd he go? I wanted to talk
to him more about television.
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Was that Swede Brytoski
I just saw heading out of here?
Who?
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Swede Brytoski.
Ah, it was one of my sources.
A very secretive guy.
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Oh, sure looked like Swede.
He still owes me 500 bucks
from Vegas.
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Really?
Uh, Mr. Vincenzo.
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This just came in over the wire.
New York wants somebody from
this office to go to Los Angeles.
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Why? What for?
To do a piece on Amerta Mera.
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The 1 5-year-old guru.
Guru?
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My budget doesn't allow for junkets
all over the country on a whim.
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A whim? This is something big.
He is getting married.
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[ Vincenzo ]
Who do they think I am, theJob Corps?
I'm understaffed enough as it is.
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It's a major financial undertaking
to replace a lightbulb around here.
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You think we're having trouble
with this, Mr. Vincenzo.
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All four of the reporters
in the Los Angeles office
were in an accident.
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Their station wagon overturned,
and they're in the hospital.
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[ Sighs ]
I could go. I'm not that busy.
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- Carl.
- Oh, no, not me, Tony. No, no, no.
I'm in it up to my eyeballs right here.
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Carl, do you mind if I make
the decisions on the utilization
of manpower around here?
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Whatever you say, Tony.
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I have read a few articles
on transcendental meditation,
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and I feel I could handle the story
pretty well.
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Uh, what books have you read, Ron?
The, uh, Murti book?
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The Harris and Lopato work?
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The, uh, A Sense of Selfby Sidney Uvandi?
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Just the Murti book and some articles.
I don't know the others.
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Uh-huh.
Well, the Murti book is fine, Tony.
It's just fine.
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It'll give him enough information
and knowledge to write the story.
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Superficial, but enough.
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Carl, I want you to go.
Mr. Vincenzo,
don't you see what he-
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- No. Now, wait a minute, Tony.
- There is no time for discussion.
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According to this, the interview's
already been set up with Amerta Mera.
I want you on that plane today.
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Not me. I'm not going out,
and that's that.
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You are going out to Los Angeles.
You're going to give the story
your best efforts,
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- and you're going to keep me
posted while you're out there.
- Tony!
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That is it, Carl!
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I'm sorry, Ron.
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Sorry, Ron.
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[ Kolchak Narrating ]
May 6, 1 1:1 5 p.m.
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Los Angeles's fabled Sunset Strip.
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While I was dozing
on a cross-country flight,
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Catherine Rawlins, 25,
was stopped on the street...
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by someone she hadn't seen
in three years.
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A lot had changed in three years.
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A whole lot.
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[ Both Grunting ]
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The same night, 1 2:30 a.m.
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Linda Courtner returned home early
with a splitting headache...
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to the apartment she shared.
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- [ Hissing ]
- [ Screams ]
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[ Screaming Continues ]
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[ Hissing Continues ]
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[ Kolchak Narrating ]
The pain of Linda's headache was nothing
compared to the agony she experienced...
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before she died.
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[ Whistle Blowing ]
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Can I get a doorman here?
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[ Whistle Blowing ]
Uh-
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I'll pick my car up later.
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There's three radio stations here
and the rest is TV, sir.
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Yeah, sure. Whatever.
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[ Radio: Muzak ]
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Thank you very much.
Thank you.
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[ Whistling ]
[ Door Closes ]
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[ Off]
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Yeah, operator.
I'd like to call my mother, please.
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Person-to-person.
Mr. Antonio Vincenzo.
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Yeah, area code 31 2-5 5 5-8842.
[ Man On Radio, Indistinct ]
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[ Man On Radio ]
It is believed that Mitchell fell asleep
in the auto and then succumbed...
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to the high desert temperatures,
which sometimes reach 1 25at midday.
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In Barstow,
deputies stated, Mitchell's body
was in a severely dehydrated-
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Operator, cancel that call.
...vital fluids all but gone.
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Turning to business news,
the stock market opened higher today.
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[ Barking, Growling ]
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Listen, tell me, uh-
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Tell me, Mr.- Mr. Sample,
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what time does the coroner think
that Mr. Mitchell died?
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Oh, I'd say about 5:00, 5:30 a.m.
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I think he lost consciousness
way before then.
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Beautiful country you got up here.
Just gorgeous. Gorgeous country.
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Fresh, clean air,
bright sunshine.
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Yes, it's very beautiful.
It is indeed.
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Tell me, what time does the sun
come up around here?
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In the morning, early.
Oh, I know that!
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What time,
about 5:00, 5:30?
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Well, it depends on the season.
Why would you want to know that?
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Because I think that's about the time
that Mr. Mitchell was murdered.
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You been chewing mescal?
Who said he was murdered?
I say he died of exposure.
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You know, Mitchell
done stole that car in Vegas.
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Then he decided to repaint it,
and that's why he taped the windows.
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Where did he repaint it, huh?
On the inside?
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I mean, that's where
the windows are taped.
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On the inside.
[ Laughing ]
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You're one of them fellows
who likes to hear himself talk,
ain't you?
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Tell me, did Mr. Mitchell
have a couple of puncture marks
on his throat, like fang marks?
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The last nosy fellow
who come through Barstow,
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somebody done come out
and punctured all his tires.
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Is that a fact?
Yes, he did.
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Thank you very much
for your advice, Mr. Sample.
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It's been a pleasure meeting you
and your dog.
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[ Barking ]
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[ Kolchak Narrating ]
My trip had been very illuminating,
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but unless I had something to show
on Amerta Mera...
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and transcendental meditation,
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Vincenzo would do
some serious meditating
on having me fired.
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[ Woman ]
Of course, if this is
too small for you,
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you might look
at the Basil Rathbone-
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Excuse me.
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You're late.
We were expecting the termite
inspection this morning.
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Well, late I am,
but termite inspector I'm not.
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Although I have been known
to bug a few people.
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I'll be right with you.
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It doesn't have a basement.
Basement?
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He's an oenophile.
It's up above the smog here.
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He's a wine freak.
I have to have the right place
for my Romanee Contis.
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Yes, dear.
Well, why don't you look
at the Rathbone?
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It's right down the road,
and it is charming.
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Well, I hope that he
has a basement.
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It's a dandy buy at 525,500.
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It has, uh, eight bedrooms,
four and a half baths.
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All of the fireplaces are made
out of Estruscan marble,
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and the floors are quarry tiled.
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No, no, no. Wait a minute.
I'm not looking for a house.
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No, you don't have that buyer look.
No, I'm looking for Amerta Mera.
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I think I missed him.
[ Man ]
Indeed.
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Oh, you must be Mr. Chandra.
My name is, uh, Kolchak.
We had an appointment.
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Yes, we did, and I told them
that if you wish to speak with
my most perfect master,
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you should be here
by noon of today.
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I was delayed.
Unavoidably delayed. But I still
must meet with Amerta Mera.
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Just as your delay was unavoidable,
so shall be your disappointment.
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He has just gone
to meet the faithful in Dallas.
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When can I meet him again?
In time, no doubt.
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In time for my deadline?
Thank you very much
for everything, Faye.
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Good-bye, Chandra.
Give my love to everyone.
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Well, that's that.
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They're not too concerned
with earthly pressures, the daily grind.
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They should meet my boss.
He'd turn Buddha into a chain-smoker.
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Apparently, Mr. Chandra
doesn't find you too earthly.
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Well, I'm friends with
the whole inner circle.
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You see,
I sold Amerta Mera this house,
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and now I'm selling it over again.
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Yeah. Uh-
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My name is Carl Kolchak.
I'm with the I.N.S.
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When are you bureaucrats...
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gonna stop hounding
that young man?
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He only came to this country
to bring love and peace.
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So what if his followers
give him money freely?
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Is that any reason
to keep badgering him?
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It's either you
or it's the Immigration people or-
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Oh, no! Wait a minute. No. No.
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I said I.N.S., not I.R.S.
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Oh.
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I.N.S. is a news service.
Independent News Service.
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Oh! [ Chuckling ]
I never heard of it.
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But isn't that something?
You know, I took journalism
at North Carolina State.
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Then I was a reporter for a while
with the Greensboro Republican.
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Then I had a bad marriage,
and it all ended.
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Here I am.
My name is Faye Kruger.
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Hello, Faye Kruger.
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I was sent out here to get a story
on transcendental meditation,
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but, uh, I'm not too much interested
in the subject anyway.
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Well, you should be.
It's fascinating.
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I have had lots of talks
with Amerta Mera about it
while he was living here.
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You did?
Oh, sure. He's fascinating.
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Faye, how would you like to...
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go back into journalism?
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I'll proof what you write,
of course,
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and, uh, I'll correct any kind of mistakes
you may make and send it on.
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Then you sign my byline to it,
send it on back to Chicago.
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Sign your byline?
Yeah, sure.
Oh,just at first, of course.
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I mean, after they see
how really good you are,
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why, I'll use every bit of influence
I have on my boss...
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to get you a job
as a syndicated columnist.
[ Man On Radio:Indistinct ]
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He must be really high on you.
He's up in the ionosphere with me.
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[ Man On Radio ]
The bodies were discovered
sometime this morning.
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I'm trying to get a comment
from LieutenantJack Matteo
of the Los Angeles Police Department,
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but so far he's declined.
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00:16:33,606 --> 00:16:36,302
Apparently, they've already arrested
some suspects in the case.
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00:16:36,375 --> 00:16:40,209
I just had word the police
will hold a briefing for the press
right here at the scene any minute.
223
00:16:40,279 --> 00:16:43,407
Start writing right now,
honey, 'cause you're about
to become a journalist.
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I-It's room 21 2.
Start without me.
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Acting on tips furnished
by police informants,
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we arrested the two suspects
a few hours ago.
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[ Kolchak ]
Oh, I'm terribly sorry, ma'am.
Now, these two-
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The door on the left.
Yes, I-
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00:17:06,872 --> 00:17:09,238
Excuse me.
I'm late. I'm sorry.
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00:17:09,308 --> 00:17:12,937
Thank you.
The two suspects both...
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are admitted members
of the Dark Star Coven,
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a group of Satan worshippers.
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- Captain.
- Lieutenant.
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00:17:20,519 --> 00:17:23,488
- Lieutenant-
- Matteo.
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00:17:23,556 --> 00:17:26,582
Lieutenant Matteo, how do you explain
the loss of blood in the victims?
236
00:17:26,659 --> 00:17:30,026
That information has already been
furnished and on the air, hasn't it?
237
00:17:30,096 --> 00:17:32,087
We're on to other things, Mr.-
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You mean,
by the suction device found
in the possession of the suspects?
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00:17:35,735 --> 00:17:39,671
Seems to me a thing like that
would take a long time.
Oh, these people-
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Lieutenant, why didn't they
just take the bodies with them...
241
00:17:42,808 --> 00:17:46,300
and drain them
in the safety of their home
where you caught them?
242
00:17:46,379 --> 00:17:48,313
That makes sense.
[ All Murmuring ]
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00:17:48,381 --> 00:17:51,544
Do you really believe
that the suspects hung around
the murder scene all that time?
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00:17:51,617 --> 00:17:54,279
These people don't have
much presence of mind.
They're deranged.
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00:17:54,353 --> 00:17:57,686
- Lieutenant, a question, please.
- Yes.
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Do you feel that there's
a connection between these murders
and the ones in Erie and Barstow?
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Our department
are looking into all leads.
248
00:18:03,696 --> 00:18:07,393
If a connection is found,
the news will be released-
I mean, if it serves a purpose.
249
00:18:07,466 --> 00:18:10,128
The murdered man was large,
wasn't he?
[ Man ] He was a former stuntman.
250
00:18:10,202 --> 00:18:12,136
A former stuntman?
Yeah.
251
00:18:12,204 --> 00:18:15,196
Then the killer must have had
immense strength in order
to subdue a man like that.
252
00:18:15,274 --> 00:18:17,765
Constantine Praxanos,
one of our suspects,
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is 6'2'' and weighs 250 pounds.
254
00:18:21,046 --> 00:18:25,005
Uh, uh, uh-
Is that strong enough for you, Mr.-
Wow. He's a big guy.
255
00:18:25,084 --> 00:18:27,143
Lieutenant,
how do you spell that, please?
256
00:18:27,219 --> 00:18:30,655
P-R-A-X- Uh-Yeah.
[ Woman ]
Lieutenant? Lieutenant?
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00:18:30,723 --> 00:18:34,215
There must have been quite a struggle,
yet I see no evidence of that.
258
00:18:35,361 --> 00:18:37,329
Now, Dr. Kornbaum-
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00:18:37,396 --> 00:18:41,355
- Kornbaum?
Is that with a ""K'' or a ""C,'' sir?
- ""K.''
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00:18:41,434 --> 00:18:43,368
Our police psychiatrist...
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00:18:43,436 --> 00:18:45,768
believes that these murders...
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are ritual by nature.
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00:18:48,174 --> 00:18:52,474
Satan worshippers
of the type we've arraigned...
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00:18:52,545 --> 00:18:55,105
often serve human blood
during sabbats.
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00:18:55,181 --> 00:18:57,775
Blood.! Blood. Exactly,yes.
266
00:18:57,850 --> 00:19:00,785
Uh, what marks were on the body,
Lieutenant?
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Were there any marked bruises?
Are they beaten or bruised?
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00:19:03,956 --> 00:19:06,447
[ Man ]
Lieutenant, where was
the suction device attached?
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00:19:06,525 --> 00:19:09,892
Yeah. Where was it?
We're withholding
certain specific facts.
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00:19:09,962 --> 00:19:12,954
Oh, come on!
Facts that only an involved party
could verify.
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00:19:13,032 --> 00:19:16,126
Is there any truth to the rumor
that the only marks on the body...
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00:19:16,202 --> 00:19:19,137
were two marks in the throat,
like a vampire's?
273
00:19:19,205 --> 00:19:21,139
[ All ] Vampire?
[ Man ]
First I've heard of that.
274
00:19:21,207 --> 00:19:23,266
You-You with the hat.
275
00:19:23,342 --> 00:19:26,641
Just what paper
do you work for?
276
00:19:26,712 --> 00:19:28,646
Manchester Guardian.
277
00:19:34,019 --> 00:19:35,987
Hi.
Oh, hi!
278
00:19:36,055 --> 00:19:39,650
Hey. Did, uh, I get any calls
from Vegas?
279
00:19:39,725 --> 00:19:43,024
Well, I don't know.
You told me not to answer the phone.
280
00:19:43,095 --> 00:19:45,086
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, that's right.
281
00:19:45,164 --> 00:19:47,530
[ Typing ]
282
00:19:49,101 --> 00:19:52,229
Hello, operator?
Yeah, I'd like to place a long-distance
call to Las Vegas, please.
283
00:19:52,304 --> 00:19:57,640
Area code 7 02-5 54-7726.
284
00:19:57,710 --> 00:20:00,702
- Thank you. How's the story coming?
- Oh. Oh, fine.Just fine.
285
00:20:00,779 --> 00:20:03,873
I read snatches of it
to the, uh, room service waiter,
286
00:20:03,949 --> 00:20:05,917
and he really seemed intrigued.
287
00:20:05,985 --> 00:20:08,818
When are you gonna proofread it?
Just as soon as I'm finished with this.
288
00:20:08,888 --> 00:20:12,051
Yeah. Hello, Frank? How you coming
with that missing persons list?
289
00:20:12,124 --> 00:20:15,616
Oh, Carl, do you spell ""magically''
with one ""L'' or two?
290
00:20:15,694 --> 00:20:17,821
Two, two. Yeah.
291
00:20:17,897 --> 00:20:21,333
How many? Eighty-seven people?
292
00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:23,561
[ Sighs ]
Well, I guess you'd better-
293
00:20:23,636 --> 00:20:27,231
Yeah, wire me the list
down here at the hotel, collect.
294
00:20:27,306 --> 00:20:29,797
Yeah. Yeah, thanks, Frank.
I owe you.
295
00:20:31,010 --> 00:20:34,741
[ Phone Rings ]
296
00:20:36,615 --> 00:20:39,448
- It been doing that a lot?
- Uh-huh.
297
00:20:40,719 --> 00:20:42,653
Uh-huh.
[ Ringing Continues ]
298
00:20:47,526 --> 00:20:49,517
Kolchak?
299
00:20:49,595 --> 00:20:52,120
[ Kolchak ]
Hello, operator? Hello.
[ Loud Buzzing Noise ]
300
00:20:52,197 --> 00:20:56,031
Look, I could hear you a lot better
if you took that submarine sandwich
out of your mouth.
301
00:20:56,101 --> 00:21:00,231
Uh, hello- Hello, Tony? Tony.
This is a real lousy connection.
302
00:21:00,306 --> 00:21:02,797
How did the interview go
with Amerta Mera?
303
00:21:02,875 --> 00:21:06,470
Oh, she did, huh?
I said, Amerta Mera!
304
00:21:06,545 --> 00:21:09,742
Yeah, well, there's a little place
down off the lobby down here.
305
00:21:09,815 --> 00:21:13,751
It's, uh- It's called The Char-Pit.
It's real cheap, Tony.
306
00:21:13,819 --> 00:21:16,811
The guru, Carl.
Did you get what we need?
307
00:21:16,889 --> 00:21:19,414
How did the interview go
with the guru?
308
00:21:19,491 --> 00:21:24,428
Overcooked. Yeah, the T-bone was lousy,
but the chocolate mousse was passable.
309
00:21:24,496 --> 00:21:29,092
You just get that story wired in and fast!
And it better be a real jewel!
310
00:21:29,168 --> 00:21:31,659
Tony, listen, this hotel
is awfully close to the airport.
311
00:21:31,737 --> 00:21:35,468
There's another 7 47 coming over.
I can't- Hello?
312
00:21:35,541 --> 00:21:37,805
Hello? Good-bye!
313
00:21:44,717 --> 00:21:46,651
[ Razor Shuts Off]
314
00:21:46,719 --> 00:21:52,214
Carl, when you use ""its,''
as in ""ofttimes loses its own charm,''
315
00:21:52,291 --> 00:21:56,057
do you put the apostrophe
before or after the "S'"?
316
00:21:56,128 --> 00:21:58,289
Oft? Ofttimes?
317
00:21:58,364 --> 00:22:01,527
[ Man On Police Radio ]
Balaban and Matteo,
Unit 1-Baker-Nevada, checking out.
318
00:22:01,600 --> 00:22:03,568
We're at 3 200 Windsor Place.
319
00:22:03,636 --> 00:22:07,265
We'll be away from the unit
45 minutes to an hour. Code 27.
320
00:22:07,339 --> 00:22:10,331
[ Dispatcher] 1 0-4. Copy.
When are you gonna
proofread this?
321
00:22:10,409 --> 00:22:13,810
Uh, why don't you proofread it
and put it out on the wires, okay?
322
00:22:13,879 --> 00:22:16,575
You don't have
anymore ""ofts,'' do you?
323
00:22:16,649 --> 00:22:19,812
Or ""narys'' or ""dost thous''?
324
00:22:19,885 --> 00:22:23,685
I never use ""dost thou.''
Um, oh, I do have a ""nary''
in here though.
325
00:22:23,756 --> 00:22:25,690
What's wrong with that?
326
00:22:25,758 --> 00:22:27,692
Well, it went out
with ""methinks.''
327
00:22:27,760 --> 00:22:32,561
Lose the, uh, ""nary'' and the ""ofts''
and put it on the wire, okay?
328
00:22:32,631 --> 00:22:34,997
Okay.
329
00:22:35,067 --> 00:22:37,001
Okay.
330
00:22:41,407 --> 00:22:43,807
[ Kolchak Narrating ]
Hollywood.
331
00:22:43,876 --> 00:22:47,039
I was beginning to see
they do things strangely there.
332
00:22:47,112 --> 00:22:49,910
A detective lieutenant
puts two suspects in jail...
333
00:22:49,982 --> 00:22:53,281
and then goes back
to the scene of the crime
to do his investigation.
334
00:22:55,254 --> 00:22:57,814
What can you expect from a city
that erects a building...
335
00:22:57,890 --> 00:22:59,824
to look like a stack offlapjacks...
336
00:22:59,892 --> 00:23:02,417
and where some of the men
dust their eyebrows with glitter?
337
00:23:02,494 --> 00:23:07,796
Compared to Tinseltown,
Chicago was beginning to look
like the Garden of Eden.
338
00:23:53,145 --> 00:23:55,136
Hey.
339
00:23:56,315 --> 00:23:58,783
- What's your name?
- Uh, Carl Kolchak.
340
00:23:58,851 --> 00:24:01,342
What are you doing here?
I'm a reporter
with the I.N.S. in Chicago.
341
00:24:01,420 --> 00:24:04,082
Yeah, well, we have enough
homegrown reporters.
342
00:24:04,156 --> 00:24:06,488
Your help is not needed.
I think you do need some help.
343
00:24:06,558 --> 00:24:09,686
You got two suspects down in jail.
Yet here you are
at the scene of the murder,
344
00:24:09,762 --> 00:24:14,062
fretting in this apartment
that your department has gone over
with a fine-tooth comb.
345
00:24:14,133 --> 00:24:16,533
I'm a compulsive worrier, okay?
346
00:24:16,602 --> 00:24:19,435
If you're worried
about those two warlocks
you got in jail being innocent,
347
00:24:19,505 --> 00:24:21,496
I think you've got
every right to worry.
348
00:24:21,573 --> 00:24:23,507
Is that right?
Yeah.
349
00:24:23,575 --> 00:24:25,509
Why is that?
350
00:24:25,577 --> 00:24:30,514
The two victims
that were killed in this apartment
were killed for food by a vampire.
351
00:24:30,582 --> 00:24:32,516
A real one!
352
00:24:33,652 --> 00:24:35,586
[ Scoffs ]
353
00:24:35,654 --> 00:24:39,522
One of the reasons I went
into police work is because I thought
I'd meet all kinds of people.
354
00:24:39,591 --> 00:24:42,583
You know, interesting people.
That's the truth.
355
00:24:42,661 --> 00:24:45,494
But you're not interesting.
You're just idiotic.
356
00:24:45,564 --> 00:24:48,897
No, I spoke to that deputy sheriff
up in Barstow.
357
00:24:48,967 --> 00:24:51,902
I asked him if there were
puncture marks on the neck
of the victims up there.
358
00:24:51,970 --> 00:24:54,370
You know what he said?
He denied it completely!
359
00:24:54,439 --> 00:24:56,930
Yet the truth was hanging out
all over his face.
360
00:24:57,009 --> 00:25:01,309
Come on. You know and I know
that Linda Courtner and her boyfriend
here in this apartment-
361
00:25:01,380 --> 00:25:03,371
both had puncture marks
on their throats.
362
00:25:03,448 --> 00:25:05,439
If I knew that,
I would have told the press.
363
00:25:05,517 --> 00:25:07,451
Why are you having
this fantasy?
364
00:25:07,519 --> 00:25:10,682
This is not a fantasy.
There's a pattern to these murders.
365
00:25:10,756 --> 00:25:13,088
You know about the car
up in Barstow.
366
00:25:13,158 --> 00:25:17,288
From what I hear of it,
it's grand theft auto.
Yeah, then you didn't hear enough.
367
00:25:17,362 --> 00:25:20,798
The windows in that car
were taped up with black paper...
368
00:25:20,866 --> 00:25:23,630
on the inside...
369
00:25:23,702 --> 00:25:26,102
to keep the sunlight...
370
00:25:26,171 --> 00:25:28,503
from coming in.
371
00:25:30,776 --> 00:25:33,802
I have one thing
to tell you, Kolchak-
372
00:25:33,879 --> 00:25:38,407
I want you to get out of town.
I want you to get out of town today.
373
00:25:38,483 --> 00:25:42,180
On your way home, you can drop off
your vampire story in Transylvania.
374
00:25:42,254 --> 00:25:45,587
This vampire
didn't come from Transylvania.
It came from Las Vegas.
375
00:25:45,657 --> 00:25:48,319
You put one word
of that nonsense on a Teletype,
376
00:25:48,393 --> 00:25:51,385
and you're back in Windy City
before you have a chance
to pull your hat down tight!
377
00:25:51,463 --> 00:25:53,397
Forget the Teletype.
That's unimportant.
378
00:25:53,465 --> 00:25:56,798
What is important is that you
and everybody else in this city
stop that vampire. Kill it!
379
00:25:56,869 --> 00:26:00,032
The only way you're gonna find it
is if you start treating it as a vampire.
380
00:26:00,105 --> 00:26:02,733
Get out of here.
No, the only way
you can kill it is that.
381
00:26:02,808 --> 00:26:05,641
Listen to me, please.
This is very important.
Get out!
382
00:26:05,711 --> 00:26:09,875
Now, they have
superhuman strength.
Will you-
383
00:26:09,948 --> 00:26:13,475
The only way you can hold it at bay
is with a cross.
384
00:26:13,552 --> 00:26:17,181
Now, you kill it
by driving a stake through its-
385
00:26:17,256 --> 00:26:19,190
Get out.
386
00:26:22,694 --> 00:26:25,993
You the manager?
Yeah, and the painter.
387
00:26:26,064 --> 00:26:28,055
And the plumber, and the gardener.
388
00:26:29,201 --> 00:26:31,863
Did you know Linda Courtner?
Hmm?
389
00:26:31,937 --> 00:26:34,667
You haven't been talking
to reporters, have you?
390
00:26:34,740 --> 00:26:37,231
No. Police gave me
strict instructions.
391
00:26:37,309 --> 00:26:41,803
I'm glad to see you're complying.
Carl Kolchak, I.N.S.
392
00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:44,246
Oh. Well, I'll be glad to help
in any way I can.
393
00:26:44,316 --> 00:26:46,784
That's good. We'll be grateful
for your cooperation.
394
00:26:46,852 --> 00:26:50,788
There's a lot of female clothes
missing from that apartment.
You have any idea who took 'em?
395
00:26:50,856 --> 00:26:54,417
Oh, not at all.
That's odd, isn't it?
I mean, two men were-
396
00:26:54,493 --> 00:26:57,053
That's under investigation.
Oh.
397
00:26:57,129 --> 00:27:01,657
Would you give us a list or description
of those clothes and jewelry
so we can put a search on 'em?
398
00:27:01,733 --> 00:27:04,201
She had an awful lot of clothes.
A lot of expensive things.
399
00:27:04,269 --> 00:27:06,499
Expensive?
I guess she needed them
for her work.
400
00:27:06,571 --> 00:27:10,063
What kind of work?
Her hours were very bad.
401
00:27:10,142 --> 00:27:12,076
She'd come in late, go out late.
402
00:27:12,144 --> 00:27:14,635
Some kind of entertainment thing.
Hostessing or something.
403
00:27:14,713 --> 00:27:16,647
Yeah? For whom?
404
00:27:16,715 --> 00:27:19,309
Grace's Catering Service.
That's the name of the firm,
I believe.
405
00:27:19,384 --> 00:27:21,716
That's right.
Grace's Catering Service.
That's right.
406
00:27:21,787 --> 00:27:25,120
She was an entertainer,
a performer?
Yeah, I guess so.
407
00:27:25,190 --> 00:27:28,216
My wife overheard her talking
about doing some stunts.
408
00:27:28,293 --> 00:27:30,227
Stunts.
409
00:27:30,295 --> 00:27:32,593
Are you sure
she didn't say ""tricks''?
410
00:27:34,199 --> 00:27:37,430
Oh, the reason she made
that mistake is because
her sister went out of town...
411
00:27:37,502 --> 00:27:39,834
to go into show business,
and we naturally assumed-
412
00:27:39,905 --> 00:27:43,204
She went out of town
and went into show business where?
Las Vegas.
413
00:27:43,275 --> 00:27:46,767
Las Vegas.
She was gonna be a showgirl,
but then she disappeared,
414
00:27:46,845 --> 00:27:48,779
and Mrs. Courtner
was very upset.
415
00:27:50,682 --> 00:27:53,207
Yes, her name-
her name was-
Catherine.
416
00:27:53,285 --> 00:27:55,276
Catherine. That's right.
Catherine Courtner.
417
00:27:55,354 --> 00:27:57,686
No. She never married,
that I know of.
418
00:27:57,756 --> 00:28:03,023
No, the family name
was Stallings or Rawlings.
Rawlins! That was it!
419
00:28:03,095 --> 00:28:05,825
R-A-W- Hey, where you going?
420
00:28:08,066 --> 00:28:11,297
Did you tell him anything?
No, I didn't tell him anything.
421
00:28:11,370 --> 00:28:13,861
And he didn't know anything.
[ Door Closes ]
422
00:28:15,073 --> 00:28:17,064
[ Piano ]
423
00:28:19,778 --> 00:28:21,712
[ Kolchak Narrating ]
May 8, 8:1 0 p.m.
424
00:28:21,780 --> 00:28:24,578
Ichabod Grace,
businessman, entrepreneur,
425
00:28:24,649 --> 00:28:27,140
was about to make an investment.
426
00:28:29,488 --> 00:28:31,979
More of a takeover than a merger.
427
00:28:40,766 --> 00:28:44,896
[ No Audible Dialogue ]
Ichabod's terms were fair,
his pitch persuasive.
428
00:28:44,970 --> 00:28:49,703
Ichabod thought he had added
another filly to his stable of trotters.
429
00:28:49,775 --> 00:28:54,178
In Ichabod's parlance,
his new acquisition was called a "fox. '"
430
00:28:54,246 --> 00:28:58,910
He had no way ofknowing she was
actually more closely related to the bat.
431
00:29:12,564 --> 00:29:15,590
I picked up the missing persons list
from Las Vegas at the desk.
432
00:29:15,667 --> 00:29:18,602
A Miss Catherine Rawlins
was number 56 on the sheet.
433
00:29:18,670 --> 00:29:21,036
She had been arrested a few times
for prostitution.
434
00:29:21,106 --> 00:29:25,406
Late in 1 970, at the age of 25,
she'd been listed as a missing person.
435
00:29:25,477 --> 00:29:27,468
Two things were now clear-
436
00:29:27,546 --> 00:29:31,038
She was no longer missing,
nor could she now be considered a person.
437
00:29:31,116 --> 00:29:34,051
[ Rings ]
438
00:29:36,755 --> 00:29:39,246
[ Rings ]
439
00:29:42,494 --> 00:29:45,156
[ Buzzing ]
[ Rings ]
440
00:29:48,333 --> 00:29:50,267
Hello?
441
00:29:50,335 --> 00:29:54,601
When I brushed my teeth this morning,
Kolchak, you were still alive,
442
00:29:54,673 --> 00:29:58,404
but then I started shaving,
and the whole world ended for you.
443
00:29:58,477 --> 00:30:01,002
Tony? Is it Tony?
I can't hear you, Tony!
444
00:30:01,079 --> 00:30:02,842
Turn the shaver off, Carl.
445
00:30:06,184 --> 00:30:08,948
Now, where have you been,
446
00:30:09,020 --> 00:30:11,511
why the games, and why haven't
you returned my calls?
447
00:30:13,125 --> 00:30:17,027
Well, I haven't been in the hotel room.
I've been working, and it's paying off.
448
00:30:17,095 --> 00:30:19,996
Listen, there's more
to this meditation thing
than meets the eye.
449
00:30:20,065 --> 00:30:23,057
I've been running down
some interesting side roads,
450
00:30:23,135 --> 00:30:25,626
and I've gotten-
It's really very interesting.
451
00:30:25,704 --> 00:30:27,638
Is that right?
Mmm.
452
00:30:27,706 --> 00:30:31,665
I'd like to ask you a few questions
about the Amerta Mera interview itself.
453
00:30:31,743 --> 00:30:34,041
Could I call you back on that?
No!
454
00:30:34,112 --> 00:30:37,206
Does Mera's mansion really have
copper pipes throughout?
455
00:30:37,282 --> 00:30:39,773
- Copper pipes?
- Yes, plumbing. Plumbing!
456
00:30:39,851 --> 00:30:44,151
Uh-Well, yes, Tony.
Some of these old, uh-
these old mansions,
457
00:30:44,222 --> 00:30:47,055
they do have, uh, copper pipes.
458
00:30:47,125 --> 00:30:49,059
Fascinating.
459
00:30:49,127 --> 00:30:51,823
And they also have
""low-maintenance grounds,
a Spanish tile roof...
460
00:30:51,897 --> 00:30:53,831
and a separate adobe cabana''?
461
00:30:53,899 --> 00:30:58,563
Yeah, that's what it says, Tony.
Yeah, that's right.
I thought it was very interesting.
462
00:30:58,637 --> 00:31:01,105
I thought I had my wires crossed
with Better Homes and Gardens.
463
00:31:01,173 --> 00:31:03,164
I didn't send you there
to interview real estate.
464
00:31:03,241 --> 00:31:06,301
Well, Tony, I thought
it was a new angle, you see?
465
00:31:06,378 --> 00:31:09,677
However, if you'd like a rewrite,
I'll have it on the way for you tomorrow.
466
00:31:09,748 --> 00:31:11,943
Oh, you will have a rewrite
on the way tomorrow,
467
00:31:12,017 --> 00:31:15,350
but if another story comes in
looking like this, it will be the end.
468
00:31:15,420 --> 00:31:17,479
You got it?
Yeah, got it. Got it.
469
00:31:17,556 --> 00:31:20,252
Good! And, Carl?
Yes?
470
00:31:20,325 --> 00:31:22,987
You can go on
and finish your shave now.
471
00:31:27,065 --> 00:31:31,161
[ Whistling ]
He didn't like it, did he?
He wants a rewrite.
472
00:31:31,236 --> 00:31:34,069
No, no, no. He was really
very excited about it.
473
00:31:34,139 --> 00:31:37,973
Yeah, he, uh- he doesn't
want a rewrite, exactly.
474
00:31:38,043 --> 00:31:42,571
He just wants a, uh, polish.
475
00:31:42,647 --> 00:31:44,581
Then why was he shouting?
476
00:31:44,649 --> 00:31:48,210
Oh, listen. Editors shout a lot.
You gotta get used to that.
477
00:31:48,286 --> 00:31:52,086
Well, I'll look over my notes
and see if I can tighten it up a little bit.
478
00:31:52,157 --> 00:31:57,151
Yeah, listen, uh,
I heard about a-a business
named Grace's Catering Service,
479
00:31:57,229 --> 00:32:00,027
but, Faye, it's not listed here
in the directory.
480
00:32:00,098 --> 00:32:02,692
You, uh-You wouldn't have heard
about it, would you?
481
00:32:02,767 --> 00:32:05,258
No, I don't think I have.
It's not listed under ""Catering.''
482
00:32:05,337 --> 00:32:07,862
Maybe it's under
""Restaurants.''
483
00:32:08,873 --> 00:32:10,807
""P.'' ""R.'' That's it.
484
00:32:10,875 --> 00:32:12,866
Restaurants.
485
00:32:12,944 --> 00:32:14,878
""G'' and Ninth.
486
00:32:25,056 --> 00:32:27,354
[ Buzzing ]
487
00:32:28,593 --> 00:32:30,561
Afternoon.
Grace's Catering Service.
488
00:32:30,629 --> 00:32:32,563
Yeah, I'd like-
489
00:32:34,399 --> 00:32:36,333
I'd like to speak
to Catherine Rawlins.
490
00:32:36,401 --> 00:32:38,835
She's not in right now.
I could take a message.
491
00:32:38,903 --> 00:32:43,340
Well, do you know where I could see her,
where I could reach her?
492
00:32:43,408 --> 00:32:45,933
You could reach her through me.
That's about it.
493
00:32:46,011 --> 00:32:48,377
I see.
494
00:32:48,446 --> 00:32:51,438
Well, I'd like, uh-
I'd like her to deliver...
495
00:32:51,516 --> 00:32:54,713
something warm,
if that's possible.
496
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,548
- That's what we're here for.
- Good.
497
00:32:58,623 --> 00:33:00,887
Could she deliver it
to my hotel room?
498
00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,155
Hold on a minute.
499
00:33:04,229 --> 00:33:07,790
- Little after 8:00 okay?
- No, no. No.
500
00:33:07,866 --> 00:33:10,426
Later. How about after 4:00?
4:00 a.m.
501
00:33:10,502 --> 00:33:12,197
No dice.
502
00:33:13,371 --> 00:33:15,305
Well, okay. Make it after 8:00.
503
00:33:15,373 --> 00:33:19,036
All right. Give me your room number,
where you're at and your first name.
504
00:33:20,645 --> 00:33:22,579
Sure.
505
00:33:22,647 --> 00:33:25,377
Uh, 21 2. The name is Tony.
506
00:33:25,450 --> 00:33:28,783
Okay, friend.
You got yourself an appointment.
507
00:33:32,891 --> 00:33:37,123
- Now, about the rewrite-
- Yeah. We'll get on that tomorrow.
508
00:33:37,195 --> 00:33:39,129
Tomorrow?
Mm-hmm.
509
00:33:39,197 --> 00:33:42,064
But, look,
I'm worried about your editor.
He expects the rewrite.
510
00:33:42,133 --> 00:33:44,966
I was hoping you'd help me.
Sure, sure, sure. Listen.
We'll do it tomorrow.
511
00:33:45,036 --> 00:33:48,528
We'll just, uh-We'll get into it
and do an absolutely...
512
00:33:48,606 --> 00:33:51,404
fantastic job tomorrow.
513
00:33:51,476 --> 00:33:53,410
Okay?
514
00:33:54,579 --> 00:33:56,513
Tomorrow.
Tomorrow.
515
00:33:56,581 --> 00:33:58,515
Good-bye. Oh, Faye.
516
00:33:58,583 --> 00:34:01,484
Uh, could you lend me
your lipstick?
517
00:34:05,824 --> 00:34:08,315
Is there something
you'd like to talk about?
518
00:34:08,393 --> 00:34:10,623
I mean, maybe I could
help you in some way.
519
00:34:10,695 --> 00:34:13,186
We will! We will.
I'll tell you everything tomorrow.
520
00:34:13,264 --> 00:34:17,098
I'll give you a full explanation,
but right now could I just
borrow your lipstick?
521
00:34:20,405 --> 00:34:22,896
Thank you very much. Bye.
522
00:34:55,540 --> 00:34:58,202
[ Kolchak ]
Who is it?
Grace's Catering.
523
00:34:59,377 --> 00:35:01,368
Door's open. Come on in.
524
00:35:06,284 --> 00:35:08,878
Tony?
Come on in.
525
00:35:20,665 --> 00:35:23,361
Back!
526
00:35:25,904 --> 00:35:29,101
[ Sighs ] All right.
Which freako scene is this?
527
00:35:37,115 --> 00:35:42,109
You're not Catherine Rawlins.
You're not Marcello Mastroianni,
but you don't hear me crying about it.
528
00:35:42,187 --> 00:35:45,748
Where's Catherine?
Well, you're all flattery,
aren't you, Father?
529
00:35:45,824 --> 00:35:49,624
No, no. I didn't want her
to come up here for, uh- for, uh-
530
00:35:49,694 --> 00:35:52,185
No, it's very important
that I meet her.
531
00:35:52,263 --> 00:35:54,754
Ichabod sent her off on another gig
at the last minute.
532
00:35:54,833 --> 00:35:57,597
What-What does that witch have
that I don't?
533
00:35:57,669 --> 00:36:00,968
Believe me, baby,
you would not want to know.
Now, who's Ichabod?
534
00:36:01,039 --> 00:36:03,098
Ichabod Grace, the main man.
535
00:36:03,174 --> 00:36:06,166
My sugar mac.
Catherine's too.
Uh-huh.
536
00:36:06,244 --> 00:36:08,735
And where do I find Catherine?
Where does she live? Do you know?
537
00:36:08,813 --> 00:36:10,747
That creep doesn't talk to anybody.
538
00:36:10,815 --> 00:36:13,477
I don't know anything about her
except she uses four pounds...
539
00:36:13,551 --> 00:36:17,078
of pancake and rouge on her face,
and guys pay for that.
540
00:36:17,155 --> 00:36:19,783
Well, she has to use it.
She's not well.
541
00:36:19,858 --> 00:36:21,792
Aww.
Where do I find Ichabod?
542
00:36:21,860 --> 00:36:26,695
You're gonna find him hoppin' mad
when he hears I came up here
and didn't get paid.
543
00:36:26,764 --> 00:36:28,823
Two hundred dollars,
sweetcheeks.
544
00:36:28,900 --> 00:36:32,631
Two hundred dollars?
Welcome to Hollywood, sailor.
545
00:36:32,704 --> 00:36:36,606
I don't have to answer questions
like that about my business.
546
00:36:36,674 --> 00:36:40,337
That's an invasion of the laissez-faire
principle of free enterprise.
547
00:36:40,411 --> 00:36:42,971
Yeah, Linda Courtner
used to work for you,
is that right?
548
00:36:43,047 --> 00:36:45,174
Maybe. So what?
Catherine Rawlins killed her.
549
00:36:45,250 --> 00:36:48,242
You're nuts. Why would she want
to do a thing like that?
550
00:36:48,319 --> 00:36:51,311
Uh, well, Catherine Rawlins
was Linda Courtner's sister,
551
00:36:51,389 --> 00:36:53,949
and she had reasons
that even you wouldn't understand.
552
00:36:54,025 --> 00:36:55,959
Sister?
Yeah.
553
00:36:56,027 --> 00:36:58,587
You are crazy.
I am?
554
00:36:58,663 --> 00:37:01,257
What has Catherine
been wearing lately
in the way of clothes?
555
00:37:01,332 --> 00:37:04,267
I'll bet my bottom dollar
they all belong to Linda.
556
00:37:06,371 --> 00:37:10,034
You know, maybe there is
some kind of family resemblance.
557
00:37:10,108 --> 00:37:14,204
I just never noticed it.
And that Catherine- She is weird.
558
00:37:14,279 --> 00:37:17,942
You could be considered
an accessory to a murder.
Now, where is she?
559
00:37:18,016 --> 00:37:20,143
Talk to my lawyer.
You talk to your lawyer.
560
00:37:20,218 --> 00:37:23,710
You're withholding evidence
in a killing. Now, where is she?
561
00:37:27,659 --> 00:37:31,151
I sent her over to Stacker's pad.
Stacker? Stacker who?
562
00:37:31,229 --> 00:37:35,188
""Stacker who?''
Don't you follow football, chum?
563
00:37:35,266 --> 00:37:38,497
Clayton ""Stacker'' Schumaker
of the Los Angeles Rams.
564
00:37:52,250 --> 00:37:54,411
[ Kolchak Narrating ]
1 0:43 p.m.
565
00:37:54,485 --> 00:37:57,818
Tackle Hugo Maltz and the famous
Rams Godzilla Gang arrived...
566
00:37:57,889 --> 00:38:01,222
at the home of Stacker Schumaker
to give their amorous teammate...
567
00:38:01,292 --> 00:38:04,750
what Maltz had called
one hellacious surprise.
568
00:38:04,829 --> 00:38:06,820
The surprise was all theirs.
569
00:38:06,898 --> 00:38:08,832
[ Hissing ]
570
00:38:12,236 --> 00:38:14,363
[ Yells ]
571
00:38:25,984 --> 00:38:30,011
[ Hissing, Whimpering ]
572
00:38:30,088 --> 00:38:32,522
[ Knocking ]
573
00:38:45,503 --> 00:38:48,666
It-It got-
It got knocked in there during the fight.
Be careful! Careful, will you?
574
00:38:48,740 --> 00:38:52,836
Please, they might be good.
There. Okay.
575
00:38:52,910 --> 00:38:55,504
Oh, that's terrific.
That's just terrific.
576
00:38:55,580 --> 00:38:58,413
Listen, these pictures
would have shown-
I know. A woman.
577
00:38:58,483 --> 00:39:00,610
Yeah.
A woman did all this, huh?
578
00:39:00,685 --> 00:39:03,916
Ask your men.
They chased her for three blocks.
Ask them what they saw.
579
00:39:03,988 --> 00:39:05,956
All they saw is someone
with long hair.
580
00:39:06,024 --> 00:39:09,255
Could have been a guy
from the Dark Star Coven.
They all have long hair.
581
00:39:09,327 --> 00:39:11,454
Yeah. Are they all built
like Veronica Lake?
582
00:39:11,529 --> 00:39:14,327
Can they juggle
the Godzilla Gang
single-handedly, huh?
583
00:39:14,399 --> 00:39:16,333
Ever hear of karate, kung fu?
584
00:39:16,401 --> 00:39:19,734
Listen,
what I saw was not kung fu,
and it wasn't chow mein.
585
00:39:19,804 --> 00:39:22,534
It was a female vampire.
I don't want to hear
that word again!
586
00:39:22,607 --> 00:39:26,065
With superhuman strength.
But I don't have
superhuman patience!
587
00:39:26,144 --> 00:39:28,078
What I do have is all used up.
588
00:39:28,146 --> 00:39:31,877
Her name is Catherine Rawlins.
She's the sister of Linda Courtner.
589
00:39:31,949 --> 00:39:36,852
She disappeared in Las Vegas
after having been bitten by a vam-
590
00:39:37,922 --> 00:39:40,220
Thousands of people disappear!
591
00:39:40,291 --> 00:39:43,226
Is Amelia Earhart supposed to
show up as a vampire?
592
00:39:43,294 --> 00:39:45,421
Uh-huh! Uh-huh! Ha-ha-ha!
593
00:39:45,496 --> 00:39:47,987
She was a high-priced hooker in Vegas.
[ Phone Rings ]
594
00:39:48,066 --> 00:39:50,557
She probably operates exactly
the same way down here.
595
00:39:50,635 --> 00:39:53,399
Go on. Find her. Look for her.
Kill her. Use your resources.
596
00:39:53,471 --> 00:39:57,066
[ Officer ]
Chicago, Lieutenant.
I'm gonna use my resources on you.
597
00:39:57,141 --> 00:40:00,110
Collect, right?
Collect.
598
00:40:00,178 --> 00:40:04,308
Hello. Mr. Anthony Vincenzo?
Yes. Yes.
599
00:40:04,382 --> 00:40:08,716
- Lieutenant Matteo, L.A.P.D.
- Oh! It's Kolchak, isn't it?
600
00:40:08,786 --> 00:40:11,516
He was found on the scene
of a multiple homicide.
601
00:40:11,589 --> 00:40:15,081
He's a material witness,
and if we want to, we can
make him more than that.
602
00:40:15,159 --> 00:40:19,061
Pretty soon the flak is gonna
start flying back to Chicago.
603
00:40:19,130 --> 00:40:23,260
Please, please, Lieutenant.
Uh, let me speak to him.
604
00:40:24,569 --> 00:40:27,060
I don't want
that word mentioned.
605
00:40:31,309 --> 00:40:33,243
Hi, Tony.
606
00:40:33,311 --> 00:40:36,280
I'm tired of it, Kolchak.
I am fed up!
607
00:40:36,347 --> 00:40:39,714
I've got a brother-in-law
who's got a 1 4-year-old kid
he's always bailing out of juvenile hall,
608
00:40:39,784 --> 00:40:42,082
but I've got you,
and you are worse!
609
00:40:42,153 --> 00:40:47,022
Tony, they're just pressuring me, that's all.
What they're doing isn't even legal.
610
00:40:47,091 --> 00:40:50,527
Whatever it is, you do it, Carl,
or so help me,
you haven't got a job here.
611
00:40:50,595 --> 00:40:52,586
But, Tony,
612
00:40:52,663 --> 00:40:56,360
it was an absolutely remarkable thing:
it's an incredible story.
613
00:40:56,434 --> 00:40:59,767
I mean it, Carl! I'll fire you.
I won't have any choice.
614
00:40:59,837 --> 00:41:03,603
You've lied, you've connived,
you've weaseled, and you belong
on the unemployment line!
615
00:41:03,674 --> 00:41:07,667
Tony, Tony, listen to me.
I was here in the flesh when it happened,
when all the killings took place.
616
00:41:07,745 --> 00:41:10,145
It was done by a female vamp-
617
00:41:10,214 --> 00:41:14,514
It was what?
Are you there, Kolchak?
It was what?
618
00:41:15,653 --> 00:41:17,985
It was a-
619
00:41:18,055 --> 00:41:20,148
Well, some say it was
a couple of warlocks.
620
00:41:22,126 --> 00:41:24,890
I don't know what you're talking about,
and I don't care.
621
00:41:24,962 --> 00:41:29,296
You just remember this-
Whatever you do next,
I.N.S. is not behind you.
622
00:41:29,367 --> 00:41:31,835
I.N.S. is only behind a story
on Amerta Mera,
623
00:41:31,903 --> 00:41:34,064
which, incidentally,
I.N.S. better get,
624
00:41:34,138 --> 00:41:36,333
or you'll be waiting in line
at Window ""A''!
625
00:41:36,407 --> 00:41:39,308
I understand you, I.N.S.
Over and out.
626
00:41:39,377 --> 00:41:41,971
Kolchak. Kolchak!
[ Dial Tone Hums ]
627
00:41:43,281 --> 00:41:45,772
Oh, I'm sorry.
You want to speak to him?
628
00:41:45,850 --> 00:41:49,843
I'll say it to you.
Be on a plane by 6:00
this morning.
629
00:41:49,921 --> 00:41:52,321
Well, I don't know
if I can make that.
630
00:41:52,390 --> 00:41:55,848
Then we'll carry you on
and stuff you into a seat.
631
00:41:55,927 --> 00:42:00,159
Balaban! Give Mr. Kolchak
a ride back to his hotel.
632
00:42:00,231 --> 00:42:02,961
He's tired of the smog.
He wants to go home.
Oh, no, no, I like Los-
633
00:42:03,034 --> 00:42:06,026
If he won't get in the car,
jam his tie in the door
and drag him.
634
00:42:06,103 --> 00:42:08,765
Oh, that's a sa-
That's a dumb thing.
635
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:10,774
That's a silly...
636
00:42:12,109 --> 00:42:14,043
thing to do.
637
00:42:14,111 --> 00:42:18,377
Uh, Officer, do you have a wife
and little ones at home?
638
00:42:28,693 --> 00:42:31,321
Hi. Can I come in?
Oh, yeah. Sure.
639
00:42:31,395 --> 00:42:33,329
Oh, here's your lipstick.
640
00:42:33,397 --> 00:42:36,491
Thank you.
How'd you make out?
641
00:42:36,567 --> 00:42:39,263
[ Chuckling ]
Terrific.
642
00:42:39,337 --> 00:42:41,271
You're not leaving now,
are you?
643
00:42:41,339 --> 00:42:46,174
Well, it's either now
or after 1 2 years in San Quentin.
644
00:42:46,244 --> 00:42:50,738
Personally, I prefer now.
Carl, I sure hate to see you go.
645
00:42:50,815 --> 00:42:53,648
You're in the minority.
We'll keep in touch.
646
00:42:53,718 --> 00:42:57,279
Listen, what about the story?
I've got some terrific ideas.
I know you're gonna love it.
647
00:42:57,355 --> 00:43:00,188
[ Chuckling ]
I'll bet you have. Write it.
648
00:43:00,258 --> 00:43:03,750
Oh, no.
It's back to real estate for me.
649
00:43:03,828 --> 00:43:07,559
No, no. You keep on writing.
It'll take you a little time
to get the hang of it, but-
650
00:43:09,300 --> 00:43:11,234
Real estate?
651
00:43:13,237 --> 00:43:16,604
Do companies out here rent
as well as sell houses?
652
00:43:16,674 --> 00:43:18,665
Well, sure.
We've got a lot of them.
Yeah.
653
00:43:18,743 --> 00:43:22,201
How would a-
How would a person find out
if a house had been rented or sold,
654
00:43:22,280 --> 00:43:26,944
uh, purchased or bought or leased
in the last week or two?
655
00:43:27,018 --> 00:43:30,681
Well, I could look in multiple listings.
It covers every broker in town.
656
00:43:30,755 --> 00:43:33,155
It'd take a while.
At your office?
657
00:43:33,224 --> 00:43:35,215
Yeah.
Where's your office?
658
00:43:36,594 --> 00:43:38,255
[ Yelps ]
659
00:43:49,240 --> 00:43:52,607
[ Kolchak Narrating ]
It turned out that Los Angeles has
nearly as many real estate offices...
660
00:43:52,677 --> 00:43:54,668
as it has traffic jams.
661
00:43:54,745 --> 00:43:58,579
Poor Faye Kruger and I spent
1 0 straight hours on the phone...
662
00:43:58,649 --> 00:44:00,583
till we finally had some luck,
663
00:44:00,651 --> 00:44:02,585
if you can call it luck.
664
00:44:02,653 --> 00:44:05,588
By the time Catherine Rawlins's
house had been located,
the sun had gone down,
665
00:44:05,656 --> 00:44:08,625
and if I waited for daylight,
I'd find myself on an eastboundjet...
666
00:44:08,693 --> 00:44:10,627
compliments of the police,
667
00:44:10,695 --> 00:44:13,858
and Catherine would be thousands
of miles behind me, slumbering,
668
00:44:13,931 --> 00:44:18,061
waiting for the next in an endless
number of dark, quiet nights.
669
00:44:20,972 --> 00:44:24,738
The multiple listings had described
Catherine's house as a baronial retreat.
670
00:44:24,809 --> 00:44:27,471
It was actually a decayed,
turn-of-the-century mansion...
671
00:44:27,545 --> 00:44:29,570
awaiting to be replaced
by a condominium,
672
00:44:29,647 --> 00:44:32,013
and it would appeal
to a special type of client,
673
00:44:32,083 --> 00:44:35,348
someone unconcerned
with earthly comforts.
674
00:44:35,419 --> 00:44:38,980
And it was secluded.
Who would go near it?
675
00:44:39,056 --> 00:44:43,516
Only a vampire
or some fool looking for her.
676
00:45:57,301 --> 00:45:59,735
[ Cat Hissing ]
677
00:47:06,504 --> 00:47:08,870
[ Hissing ]
[ Twig Snaps ]
678
00:48:13,103 --> 00:48:15,731
[ Hissing ]
679
00:48:24,114 --> 00:48:26,708
[ Shrieking ]
680
00:48:36,293 --> 00:48:39,353
[ Shrieking Continues ]
681
00:48:54,111 --> 00:48:56,045
[ Grunting ]
682
00:48:56,113 --> 00:48:58,547
[ Kolchak Screams ]
Get away!
683
00:48:58,616 --> 00:49:00,550
Yeah! Aah!
684
00:49:00,618 --> 00:49:04,076
Hey! Get away! Get away!
685
00:49:04,154 --> 00:49:07,612
[ Screaming ]
[ Grunting ]
686
00:49:18,202 --> 00:49:20,193
[ Shrieking ]
687
00:49:23,641 --> 00:49:26,474
[ Screaming ]
688
00:49:35,719 --> 00:49:38,745
[ Gasping ]
689
00:49:54,438 --> 00:49:57,999
[ Sirens Approaching ]
690
00:50:01,011 --> 00:50:05,175
[ Kolchak Narrating ]
Matteo had a detective tailing me, but he
lost me about the time Catherine found me.
691
00:50:05,249 --> 00:50:07,740
I wasn't particularly hard to find
after that.
692
00:50:07,818 --> 00:50:09,945
It was just a question
of following the light.
693
00:50:11,922 --> 00:50:14,891
I was told it could be seen
from the Sunset Strip,
694
00:50:14,958 --> 00:50:17,722
West Los Angeles and Malibu.
695
00:50:17,795 --> 00:50:20,525
[ Siren Wailing ]
696
00:50:25,869 --> 00:50:28,565
It was a local landmark,
so I had to pay for another one,
697
00:50:28,639 --> 00:50:30,573
and I didn't mind at all.
698
00:50:30,641 --> 00:50:33,974
I just couldn't think of a way
to get it on the expense account.
699
00:50:42,419 --> 00:50:45,911
[ Kolchak On Tape ]
They booked me for murder,
just like I thought they would,
700
00:50:45,989 --> 00:50:48,321
but then, after 1 2 hours,
they let me go.
701
00:50:48,392 --> 00:50:51,953
They never did say why,
but as I was sitting in
Lieutenant Matteo's office,
702
00:50:52,029 --> 00:50:54,020
waiting for execution,
703
00:50:54,098 --> 00:50:57,431
I happened to see a coroner's report
on Catherine Rawlins.
704
00:50:59,503 --> 00:51:01,437
I quote the coroner-
705
00:51:01,505 --> 00:51:05,874
""The tissue structure of the individual
appeared to be that of a female,
species: human,
706
00:51:05,943 --> 00:51:09,208
""who had been dead
at least three years.
707
00:51:09,279 --> 00:51:13,272
This is a medical conundrum
for which I have no explanation.''
708
00:51:16,253 --> 00:51:18,187
Three years.
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