1 00:01:06,393 --> 00:01:09,443 They were tearing up an old road to lay more freeway 2 00:01:09,483 --> 00:01:11,273 a few miles south of Las Vegas. 3 00:01:13,363 --> 00:01:16,613 The State of Nevada's Department of Highway's digging 4 00:01:16,653 --> 00:01:19,113 would be a help to thousands of motorists, 5 00:01:19,163 --> 00:01:21,743 but to one other person, it would turn out to be a nightmare. 6 00:01:34,923 --> 00:01:36,923 May 2, 8:15 p.m. 7 00:01:36,973 --> 00:01:39,973 Airline stewardess Elena Munoz missed the detour sign, 8 00:01:40,13 --> 00:01:43,13 and blew a steel-belted radial on a jagged rock. 9 00:01:43,63 --> 00:01:46,102 She cursed the power of advertising. 10 00:01:46,103 --> 00:01:49,443 She had no idea how cursed her evening really was. 11 00:02:33,983 --> 00:02:36,403 When Miss Munoz returned with sheriff's deputies, they found nothing. 12 00:02:36,443 --> 00:02:38,653 Just excavated earth. 13 00:02:38,693 --> 00:02:41,453 Elena Munoz's name was placed on the crank list. 14 00:03:19,153 --> 00:03:22,783 In Chicago, it was the hottest, muggiest spring anyone could remember. 15 00:03:22,823 --> 00:03:26,783 An old reporter buddy of mine from Las Vegas had stopped in to collect an old debt from me. 16 00:03:26,833 --> 00:03:30,503 | paid off, and Jim "The Swede" Brytoski, 17 00:03:30,543 --> 00:03:33,673 now known as James Bright and moving up in the world, 18 00:03:33,713 --> 00:03:36,543 told me something that made me forget the hot weather. 19 00:03:36,593 --> 00:03:40,303 Three deaths so far, and that's the way the police out there are handling it. 20 00:03:40,303 --> 00:03:40,303 Yeah, all the careful words that aren't really words and the blank stares, yeah, | know. 21 00:03:44,383 --> 00:03:48,103 The lid is on the pot, but you can sure smell something cooking. 22 00:03:48,143 --> 00:03:49,433 All in Vegas? 23 00:03:49,473 --> 00:03:52,773 No, no, no. West. Erie, Goodsprings. 24 00:03:52,813 --> 00:03:54,643 Has anyone seen the assignment roster? 25 00:03:54,693 --> 00:03:56,983 On the way to Los Angeles. Oh, yeah. 26 00:03:57,23 --> 00:03:59,943 The word around the coroner's office is that all of these bodies 27 00:03:59,983 --> 00:04:02,443 were missing an inordinate amount of blood. 28 00:04:02,493 --> 00:04:05,913 If | didn't have that job as an anchorman in Cincinnati, | would follow this right... 29 00:04:05,953 --> 00:04:07,993 What do you mean, "an inordinate amount of blood"? 30 00:04:08,33 --> 00:04:10,873 Pardon me. | just heard you mention you're an anchorman? 31 00:04:10,913 --> 00:04:13,463 | don't want to be nosy, but that pays very well, doesn't it? 32 00:04:13,503 --> 00:04:16,923 Yeah, well, you are being nosy, Uptight. Now, fade, will ya? 33 00:04:20,03 --> 00:04:22,463 What about the blood, the murders? Are your sources reliable? 34 00:04:22,513 --> 00:04:25,723 Very. They tell me... 35 00:04:25,763 --> 00:04:29,262 | thought you told me on the phone that Vincenzo was gonna take a long lunch hour. 36 00:04:29,263 --> 00:04:31,183 | did. He was. Now, what about the story? 37 00:04:31,223 --> 00:04:33,143 Is there a back way out of here? 38 00:04:33,183 --> 00:04:35,693 Yeah, down the fire stairs, but... James! 39 00:04:35,733 --> 00:04:38,63 See you later, Carl, and take my advice. 40 00:04:38,103 --> 00:04:41,823 Get yourself a haircut, a new suit of clothes and move up to TV news. 41 00:04:41,863 --> 00:04:44,153 It's the only way to fly. Ciao, Carl. 42 00:04:44,193 --> 00:04:46,663 But, James! 43 00:04:50,533 --> 00:04:53,123 Where'd he go? | wanted to talk to him more about television. 44 00:04:53,163 --> 00:04:55,253 Was that Swede Brytoski | just saw heading out of here? 45 00:04:55,253 --> 00:04:55,253 Who? 46 00:04:55,963 --> 00:04:56,833 Swede Brytoski. 47 00:04:56,873 --> 00:04:59,543 Ah, it was one of my sources. A very secretive guy. 48 00:04:59,583 --> 00:05:03,133 Oh, sure looked like Swede. He still owes me 500 bucks from Vegas. 49 00:05:03,173 --> 00:05:05,423 - Really? - Uh, Mr. Vincenzo. 50 00:05:05,473 --> 00:05:07,383 This just came in over the wire. New York wants 51 00:05:07,433 --> 00:05:09,303 somebody from this office to go to Los Angeles. 52 00:05:09,303 --> 00:05:09,303 - Why? What for? - To do a piece on Amerta Mera. 53 00:05:11,893 --> 00:05:14,353 - The 15-year-old guru. - Guru? 54 00:05:14,393 --> 00:05:17,312 My budget doesn't allow for junkets all over the country on a whim. 55 00:05:17,313 --> 00:05:21,403 A whim? This is something big. He is getting married. 56 00:05:21,443 --> 00:05:23,403 Who do they think | am, the Job Corps? 57 00:05:23,443 --> 00:05:25,443 I'm understaffed enough as it is. 58 00:05:25,493 --> 00:05:28,363 It's a major financial undertaking to replace a lightbulb around here. 59 00:05:28,413 --> 00:05:30,823 You think we're having trouble with this, Mr. Vincenzo. 60 00:05:30,873 --> 00:05:34,163 All four of the reporters in the Los Angeles office were in an accident. 61 00:05:34,203 --> 00:05:36,503 Their station wagon overturned, and they're in the hospital. 62 00:05:36,543 --> 00:05:39,883 | could go. I'm not that busy. 63 00:05:42,543 --> 00:05:44,253 - Carl. - Oh, no, not me, Tony. 64 00:05:44,303 --> 00:05:46,923 No, no, no. I'm in it up to my eyeballs right here. 65 00:05:46,973 --> 00:05:50,763 Carl, do you mind if | make the decisions on the utilization of manpower around here? 66 00:05:50,803 --> 00:05:53,352 Whatever you say, Tony. 67 00:05:53,353 --> 00:05:56,143 | have read a few articles on transcendental meditation, 68 00:05:56,183 --> 00:05:59,443 and | feel | could handle the story pretty well. 69 00:05:59,483 --> 00:06:02,653 Uh, what books have you read, Ron? The, uh, Murti book? 70 00:06:02,693 --> 00:06:05,113 The Harris and Lopato work? 71 00:06:05,153 --> 00:06:08,153 The, uh, A Sense of Self by Sidney Uvandi? 72 00:06:08,193 --> 00:06:11,703 Just the Murti book and some articles. | don't know the others. 73 00:06:11,743 --> 00:06:14,533 Uh-huh. Well, the Murti book is fine, Tony. It's just fine. 74 00:06:14,583 --> 00:06:17,163 It'll give him enough information and knowledge to write the story. 75 00:06:17,203 --> 00:06:19,503 Superficial, but enough. 76 00:06:19,543 --> 00:06:22,373 - Carl, | want you to go. - Mr. Vincenzo, don't you see what he... 77 00:06:22,383 --> 00:06:25,463 - No. Now, wait a minute, Tony. - There is no time for discussion. 78 00:06:25,503 --> 00:06:28,473 According to this, the interview's already been set up with Amerta Mera. 79 00:06:28,513 --> 00:06:29,933 | want you on that plane today. 80 00:06:29,973 --> 00:06:31,973 Not me. I'm not going out, and that's that. 81 00:06:32,13 --> 00:06:35,223 You are going out to Los Angeles. You're going to give the story your best efforts, 82 00:06:35,263 --> 00:06:36,773 and you're going to keep me posted while you're out there. 83 00:06:36,813 --> 00:06:39,683 - Tony! - That is it, Carl! 84 00:06:39,733 --> 00:06:41,693 I'm sorry, Ron. 85 00:06:54,323 --> 00:06:56,283 Sorry, Ron. 86 00:07:15,263 --> 00:07:16,933 May 6, 11:15 p.m. 87 00:07:16,973 --> 00:07:20,63 Los Angeles's fabled Sunset Strip. 88 00:07:20,103 --> 00:07:22,143 While | was dozing on a cross-country flight, 89 00:07:22,193 --> 00:07:24,773 Catherine Rawlins, 25, was stopped on the street 90 00:07:24,813 --> 00:07:27,323 by someone she hadn't seen in three years. 91 00:07:27,363 --> 00:07:29,863 A lot had changed in three years. 92 00:07:29,903 --> 00:07:31,863 A whole lot. 93 00:08:00,563 --> 00:08:02,523 The same night, 12:30 a.m. 94 00:08:02,563 --> 00:08:05,193 Linda Courtner returned home early with a splitting headache 95 00:08:05,233 --> 00:08:06,943 to the apartment she shared. 96 00:08:14,823 --> 00:08:16,913 The pain of Linda's headache was nothing 97 00:08:16,953 --> 00:08:20,123 compared to the agony she experienced before she died. 98 00:08:37,763 --> 00:08:39,803 Can | get a doorman here? 99 00:08:41,13 --> 00:08:43,313 Uh... 100 00:08:55,823 --> 00:08:58,73 I'll pick my car up later. 101 00:09:16,723 --> 00:09:19,683 There's three radio stations here and the rest is TV, sir. 102 00:09:19,723 --> 00:09:22,13 Yeah, sure. Whatever. 103 00:09:33,273 --> 00:09:35,403 - Thank you very much. - Thank you. 104 00:09:58,513 --> 00:10:00,553 Yeah, operator. I'd like to call my mother, please. 105 00:10:00,593 --> 00:10:03,973 Person-to-person. Mr. Antonio Vincenzo. 106 00:10:04,13 --> 00:10:06,933 Yeah, area code 312-555-8842. 107 00:10:06,983 --> 00:10:10,983 It is believed that Mitchell fell asleep in the auto and then succumbed 108 00:10:11,23 --> 00:10:15,23 to the high desert temperatures, which sometimes reach 125 degrees at midday. 109 00:10:15,73 --> 00:10:18,193 In Barstow, deputies stated, Mitchell's body was in a severely dehydrated... 110 00:10:18,243 --> 00:10:21,323 - Operator, cancel that call. - ...vital fluids all but gone. 111 00:10:21,363 --> 00:10:24,243 Turning to business news, the stock market opened higher today. 112 00:10:35,843 --> 00:10:37,923 Listen, tell me, uh... 113 00:10:37,963 --> 00:10:39,923 Tell me, Mr... Mr. Sample, 114 00:10:39,973 --> 00:10:43,603 what time does the coroner think that Mr. Mitchell died? 115 00:10:43,643 --> 00:10:47,433 Oh, I'd say about 5:00, 5:30 a.m. 116 00:10:47,473 --> 00:10:49,523 | think he lost consciousness way before then. 117 00:10:49,563 --> 00:10:52,353 Beautiful country you got up here. Just gorgeous. Gorgeous country. 118 00:10:52,403 --> 00:10:54,652 Fresh, clean air, bright sunshine. 119 00:10:54,653 --> 00:10:57,233 - Yes, it's very beautiful. - Itis indeed. 120 00:10:57,283 --> 00:10:59,573 Tell me, what time does the sun come up around here? 121 00:10:59,613 --> 00:11:02,73 - In the morning, early. - Oh, | know that! 122 00:11:02,113 --> 00:11:04,913 What time, about 5:00, 5:30? 123 00:11:04,953 --> 00:11:07,583 Well, it depends on the season. Why would you want to know that? 124 00:11:07,623 --> 00:11:10,662 Because | think that's about the time that Mr. Mitchell was murdered. 125 00:11:10,663 --> 00:11:14,963 You been chewing mescal? Who said he was murdered? | say he died of exposure. 126 00:11:15,03 --> 00:11:17,883 You know, Mitchell done stole that car in Vegas. 127 00:11:17,923 --> 00:11:21,473 Then he decided to repaint it, and that's why he taped the windows. 128 00:11:21,513 --> 00:11:24,843 Where did he repaint it, huh? On the inside? 129 00:11:24,893 --> 00:11:27,103 | mean, that's where the windows are taped. 130 00:11:27,143 --> 00:11:29,973 On the inside. 131 00:11:30,23 --> 00:11:33,443 You're one of them fellows who likes to hear himself talk, ain't you? 132 00:11:33,483 --> 00:11:38,403 Tell me, did Mr. Mitchell have a couple of puncture marks on his throat, like fang marks? 133 00:11:38,443 --> 00:11:40,573 The last nosy fellow who come through Barstow, 134 00:11:40,613 --> 00:11:43,613 somebody done come out and punctured all his tires. 135 00:11:43,663 --> 00:11:45,743 - Is that a fact? - Yes, he did. 136 00:11:45,783 --> 00:11:48,493 Thank you very much for your advice, Mr. Sample. 137 00:11:48,533 --> 00:11:51,793 It's been a pleasure meeting you and your dog. 138 00:12:02,93 --> 00:12:04,263 My trip had been very illuminating, 139 00:12:04,303 --> 00:12:06,843 but unless | had something to show on Amerta Mera, 140 00:12:06,893 --> 00:12:08,853 and transcendental meditation, 141 00:12:08,893 --> 00:12:12,643 Vincenzo would do some serious meditating on having me fired. 142 00:12:18,563 --> 00:12:20,983 Of course, if this is too small for you, 143 00:12:21,33 --> 00:12:23,613 you might look at the Basil Rathbone... 144 00:12:23,653 --> 00:12:26,203 Excuse me. 145 00:12:26,243 --> 00:12:30,493 You're late. We were expecting the termite inspection this morning. 146 00:12:30,543 --> 00:12:33,623 Well, late | am, but termite inspector I'm not. 147 00:12:33,663 --> 00:12:36,463 Although | have been known to bug a few people. 148 00:12:36,503 --> 00:12:38,543 I'll be right with you. 149 00:12:38,583 --> 00:12:40,553 - It doesn't have a basement. - Basement? 150 00:12:40,593 --> 00:12:43,673 - He's an oenophile. - It's up above the smog here. 151 00:12:43,723 --> 00:12:44,723 He's a wine freak. 152 00:12:44,763 --> 00:12:47,762 | have to have the right place for my Romanee Contis. 153 00:12:47,763 --> 00:12:50,603 - Yes, dear. - Well, why don't you look at the Rathbone? 154 00:12:50,603 --> 00:12:50,603 It's right down the road, and it is charming. 155 00:12:53,313 --> 00:12:55,393 Well, | hope that he has a basement. 156 00:12:56,983 --> 00:13:00,153 It's a dandy buy at 525,500. 157 00:13:00,193 --> 00:13:03,653 It has, uh, eight bedrooms, four and a half baths. 158 00:13:03,693 --> 00:13:06,243 All of the fireplaces are made out of Etruscan marble, 159 00:13:06,283 --> 00:13:08,663 and the floors are quarry tiled. 160 00:13:08,703 --> 00:13:11,83 No, no, no. Wait a minute. I'm not looking for a house. 161 00:13:11,123 --> 00:13:12,623 No, you don't have that buyer look. 162 00:13:12,663 --> 00:13:14,623 No, I'm looking for Amerta Mera. 163 00:13:14,663 --> 00:13:17,173 - | think | missed him. - Indeed. 164 00:13:17,213 --> 00:13:21,343 Oh, you must be Mr. Chandra. My name is, uh, Kolchak. We had an appointment. 165 00:13:21,383 --> 00:13:25,303 Yes, we did, and | told them that if you wish to speak with my most perfect master, 166 00:13:25,343 --> 00:13:27,303 you should be here by noon of today. 167 00:13:27,343 --> 00:13:31,393 | was delayed. Unavoidably delayed. But | still must meet with Amerta Mera. 168 00:13:31,433 --> 00:13:35,273 Just as your delay was unavoidable, so shall be your disappointment. 169 00:13:35,313 --> 00:13:37,523 He has just gone to meet the faithful in Dallas. 170 00:13:37,563 --> 00:13:40,63 - When can | meet him again? - In time, no doubt. 171 00:13:40,103 --> 00:13:43,733 - In time for my deadline? - Thank you very much for everything, Faye. 172 00:13:43,783 --> 00:13:46,653 Good-bye, Chandra. Give my love to everyone. 173 00:13:51,953 --> 00:13:53,913 Well, that's that. 174 00:13:53,953 --> 00:13:58,373 They're not too concerned with earthly pressures, the daily grind. 175 00:13:58,413 --> 00:14:02,383 They should meet my boss. He'd turn Buddha into a chain-smoker. 176 00:14:02,423 --> 00:14:05,423 Apparently, Mr. Chandra doesn't find you too earthly. 177 00:14:06,923 --> 00:14:09,593 Well, I'm friends with the whole inner circle. 178 00:14:09,633 --> 00:14:12,683 You see, | sold Amerta Mera this house, 179 00:14:12,723 --> 00:14:15,143 and now I'm selling it over again. 180 00:14:15,183 --> 00:14:17,233 Yeah. Uh... 181 00:14:18,433 --> 00:14:21,313 My name is Carl Kolchak. I'm with the I.N.S. 182 00:14:21,353 --> 00:14:23,863 When are you bureaucrats 183 00:14:23,863 --> 00:14:23,863 gonna stop hounding that young man? 184 00:14:27,33 --> 00:14:29,862 He only came to this country to bring love and peace. 185 00:14:29,863 --> 00:14:33,73 So what if his followers give him money freely? 186 00:14:33,123 --> 00:14:35,163 Is that any reason to keep badgering him? 187 00:14:35,203 --> 00:14:38,163 It's either you or it's the Immigration people or... 188 00:14:38,203 --> 00:14:40,253 Oh, no! Wait a minute. No. No. 189 00:14:40,293 --> 00:14:44,463 | said I.N.S., not I.R.S. 190 00:14:44,503 --> 00:14:46,713 Oh. 191 00:14:46,753 --> 00:14:49,923 I.N.S. is a news service. Independent News Service. 192 00:14:49,973 --> 00:14:52,513 Oh! | never heard of it. 193 00:14:54,473 --> 00:14:58,933 But isn't that something? You know, | took journalism at North Carolina State. 194 00:14:58,983 --> 00:15:01,563 Then | was a reporter for a while with the Greensboro Republican. 195 00:15:01,603 --> 00:15:04,733 Then | had a bad marriage, and it all ended. 196 00:15:04,773 --> 00:15:07,403 Here | am. My name is Faye Kruger. 197 00:15:07,443 --> 00:15:09,943 Hello, Faye Kruger. 198 00:15:09,993 --> 00:15:13,663 | was sent out here to geta story on transcendental meditation, 199 00:15:13,703 --> 00:15:19,43 but, uh, I'm not too much interested in the subject anyway. 200 00:15:19,83 --> 00:15:21,293 Well, you should be. It's fascinating. 201 00:15:21,333 --> 00:15:26,133 | have had lots of talks with Amerta Mera about it while he was living here. 202 00:15:26,173 --> 00:15:28,923 - You did? - Oh, sure. He's fascinating. 203 00:15:30,803 --> 00:15:34,553 Faye, how would you like to 204 00:15:34,593 --> 00:15:37,473 go back into journalism? 205 00:15:37,513 --> 00:15:39,973 I'll proof what you write, of course, 206 00:15:40,23 --> 00:15:44,103 and, uh, I'll correct any kind of mistakes you may make and send it on. 207 00:15:44,153 --> 00:15:46,943 Then you sign my byline to it, send it on back to Chicago. 208 00:15:46,943 --> 00:15:46,943 - Sign your byline? - Yeah, sure. Oh, just at first, of course. 209 00:15:50,693 --> 00:15:53,153 | mean, after they see how really good you are, 210 00:15:53,203 --> 00:15:55,952 why, I'll use every bit of influence | have on my boss 211 00:15:55,953 --> 00:15:59,453 to get you a job as a syndicated columnist. 212 00:15:59,493 --> 00:16:03,293 - He must be really high on you. - He's up in the ionosphere over me. 213 00:16:03,333 --> 00:16:06,213 The bodies were discovered sometime this morning. 214 00:16:06,253 --> 00:16:09,133 I'm trying to get a comment from Lieutenant Jack Matteo of the Los Angeles Police Department, 215 00:16:09,173 --> 00:16:11,383 but so far he's declined. 216 00:16:11,423 --> 00:16:13,723 Apparently, they've already arrested some suspects in the case. 217 00:16:13,763 --> 00:16:15,972 | just had word the police will hold a briefing, 218 00:16:15,973 --> 00:16:18,223 for the press right here at the scene any minute. 219 00:16:18,263 --> 00:16:20,973 Start writing right now, honey, ‘cause you're about to become a journalist. 220 00:16:23,683 --> 00:16:26,313 l-It's room 212. Start without me. 221 00:16:31,283 --> 00:16:34,323 Acting on tips furnished by police informants, 222 00:16:34,363 --> 00:16:37,823 we arrested the two suspects a few hours ago. 223 00:16:37,873 --> 00:16:39,663 Oh, I'm terribly sorry, ma'am. Now, these two... 224 00:16:39,703 --> 00:16:41,493 The door on the left. Yes, |... 225 00:16:44,503 --> 00:16:47,02 Excuse me. I'm late. I'm sorry. 226 00:16:47,03 --> 00:16:50,633 - Thank you. - The two suspects both 227 00:16:50,673 --> 00:16:54,263 are admitted members of the Dark Star Coven, 228 00:16:54,303 --> 00:16:56,263 a group of Satan worshippers. 229 00:16:56,303 --> 00:16:58,263 - Captain. - Lieutenant. 230 00:16:58,303 --> 00:17:01,313 - Lieutenant... - Matteo. 231 00:17:01,353 --> 00:17:04,433 Lieutenant Matteo, how do you explain the loss of blood in the victims? 232 00:17:04,483 --> 00:17:07,733 That information has already been furnished and on the air, hasn't it? 233 00:17:07,773 --> 00:17:10,63 We're on to other things, Mr... 234 00:17:10,113 --> 00:17:13,533 You mean, by the suction device found in the possession of the suspects? 235 00:17:13,573 --> 00:17:16,283 Seems to me a thing like that would take a long time. 236 00:17:16,323 --> 00:17:17,533 Oh, these people... 237 00:17:17,573 --> 00:17:20,623 Lieutenant, why didn't they just take the bodies with them, 238 00:17:20,663 --> 00:17:24,83 and drain them in the safety of their home where you caught them? 239 00:17:24,123 --> 00:17:26,333 That makes sense. 240 00:17:26,373 --> 00:17:29,383 Do you really believe that the suspects hung around the murder scene all that time? 241 00:17:29,423 --> 00:17:32,673 These people don't have much presence of mind. They're deranged. 242 00:17:32,713 --> 00:17:34,843 - Lieutenant, a question, please. - Yes. 243 00:17:34,883 --> 00:17:36,883 Do you feel that there's a connection between 244 00:17:36,923 --> 00:17:38,803 these murders and the ones in Erie and Barstow? 245 00:17:38,843 --> 00:17:41,723 Our department are looking into all leads. 246 00:17:41,763 --> 00:17:45,63 If a connection is found, the news will be released... | mean, if it serves a purpose. 247 00:17:45,63 --> 00:17:45,63 The murdered man was large, wasn't he? 248 00:17:46,523 --> 00:17:48,193 He was a former stuntman. 249 00:17:48,233 --> 00:17:50,193 - A former stuntman? - Yeah. 250 00:17:50,233 --> 00:17:52,943 Then the killer must have had immense strength in order to subdue a man like that. 251 00:17:52,983 --> 00:17:55,403 Constantine Praxanos, one of our suspects, 252 00:17:55,443 --> 00:17:58,903 "is 6'2" and weighs 250 pounds. 253 00:17:58,953 --> 00:18:01,452 Uh, uh, uh... Is that strong enough for you, Mr... 254 00:18:01,453 --> 00:18:02,703 Wow. He's a big guy. 255 00:18:02,743 --> 00:18:05,123 Lieutenant, how do you spell that, please? 256 00:18:05,163 --> 00:18:08,503 - P-R-A-X... Uh... Yeah. - Lieutenant? Lieutenant? 257 00:18:08,543 --> 00:18:13,43 There must have been quite a struggle, yet | see no evidence of that. 258 00:18:13,93 --> 00:18:15,93 Now, Dr. Kornbaum... 259 00:18:15,93 --> 00:18:15,93 - Kornbaum? Is that with a "K" or a "C," sir? _ "kK" 260 00:18:19,183 --> 00:18:21,183 Our police psychiatrist 261 00:18:21,183 --> 00:18:21,183 believes that these murders 262 00:18:23,433 --> 00:18:25,813 are ritual by nature. 263 00:18:25,853 --> 00:18:30,273 Satan worshippers of the type we've arraigned 264 00:18:30,313 --> 00:18:32,813 often serve human blood during sabbats. 265 00:18:32,863 --> 00:18:35,653 Blood! Blood. Exactly, yes. 266 00:18:35,693 --> 00:18:38,653 Uh, what marks were on the body, Lieutenant? 267 00:18:38,693 --> 00:18:41,783 Were there any marked bruises? Are they beaten or bruised? 268 00:18:41,823 --> 00:18:44,243 Lieutenant, where was the suction device attached? 269 00:18:44,283 --> 00:18:47,793 - Yeah. Where was it? - We're withholding certain specific facts. 270 00:18:47,833 --> 00:18:50,873 - Oh, come on! - Facts that only an involved party could verify. 271 00:18:50,923 --> 00:18:53,833 Is there any truth to the rumor that the only marks on the body 272 00:18:53,883 --> 00:18:57,93 were two marks in the throat, like a vampire's? 273 00:18:57,133 --> 00:18:58,843 - Vampire? - First I've heard of that. 274 00:18:58,883 --> 00:19:01,13 You... You with the hat. 275 00:19:01,53 --> 00:19:04,223 Just what paper do you work for? 276 00:19:04,263 --> 00:19:06,223 Manchester Guardian. 277 00:19:11,643 --> 00:19:13,903 - Hi. - Oh, hi! 278 00:19:13,943 --> 00:19:17,483 Hey. Did, uh, | get any calls from Vegas? 279 00:19:17,533 --> 00:19:20,703 Well, | don't Know. You told me not to answer the phone. 280 00:19:20,743 --> 00:19:22,823 Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's right. 281 00:19:27,283 --> 00:19:29,953 Hello, operator? Yeah, I'd like to place a long-distance call to Las Vegas, please. 282 00:19:30,03 --> 00:19:35,463 Area code 702-554-7726. 283 00:19:35,503 --> 00:19:38,553 - Thank you. How's the story coming? - Oh. Oh, fine. Just fine. 284 00:19:38,593 --> 00:19:41,513 | read snatches of it to the, uh, room service waiter, 285 00:19:41,553 --> 00:19:43,553 and he really seemed intrigued. 286 00:19:43,593 --> 00:19:45,393 When are you gonna proofread it? 287 00:19:45,433 --> 00:19:47,143 Just as soon as I'm finished with this. 288 00:19:47,183 --> 00:19:49,973 Yeah. Hello, Frank? How you coming with that missing persons list? 289 00:19:50,23 --> 00:19:53,183 Oh, Carl, do you spell "magically" with one "L" or two? 290 00:19:53,193 --> 00:19:55,443 Two, two. Yeah. 291 00:19:55,483 --> 00:19:59,73 How many? Eighty-seven people? 292 00:19:59,113 --> 00:20:01,363 Well, | guess you'd better... 293 00:20:01,403 --> 00:20:04,953 Yeah, wire me the list down here at the hotel, collect. 294 00:20:04,993 --> 00:20:07,413 Yeah. Yeah, thanks, Frank. | owe you. 295 00:20:14,373 --> 00:20:16,963 - It been doing that a lot? - Uh-huh. 296 00:20:18,503 --> 00:20:20,213 Uh-huh. 297 00:20:25,13 --> 00:20:27,303 Kolchak? 298 00:20:27,343 --> 00:20:29,813 Hello, operator? Hello. 299 00:20:29,853 --> 00:20:31,813 Look, | could hear you a lot better 300 00:20:31,853 --> 00:20:33,933 if you took that submarine sandwich out of your mouth. 301 00:20:33,983 --> 00:20:37,943 Uh, hello... Hello, Tony? Tony. This is a real lousy connection. 302 00:20:37,983 --> 00:20:40,653 How did the interview go with Amerta Mera? 303 00:20:40,693 --> 00:20:44,493 - Oh, she did, huh? - | said, Amerta Mera! 304 00:20:44,533 --> 00:20:47,573 Yeah, well, there's a little place down off the lobby down here. 305 00:20:47,623 --> 00:20:51,583 It's, uh... It's called The Char-Pit. It's real cheap, Tony. 306 00:20:51,623 --> 00:20:54,663 The guru, Carl. Did you get what we need? 307 00:20:54,713 --> 00:20:57,423 How did the interview go with the guru? 308 00:20:57,463 --> 00:21:02,423 Overcooked. Yeah, the T-bone was lousy, but the chocolate mousse was passable. 309 00:21:02,463 --> 00:21:07,13 You just get that story wired in and fast! And it better be a real jewel! 310 00:21:07,53 --> 00:21:09,473 Tony, listen, this hotel is awfully close to the airport. 311 00:21:09,513 --> 00:21:13,223 There's another 747 coming over. | can't... Hello? 312 00:21:13,273 --> 00:21:15,393 Hello? Good-bye! 313 00:21:24,493 --> 00:21:29,913 Carl, when you use "its," as in "ofttimes loses its own charm," 314 00:21:29,953 --> 00:21:33,703 do you put the apostrophe before or after the "S"? 315 00:21:33,743 --> 00:21:36,253 Oft? Ofttimes? 316 00:21:36,293 --> 00:21:39,292 Balaban and Matteo, Unit 1-Baker-Nevada, checking out. 317 00:21:39,293 --> 00:21:41,343 We're at 3200 Windsor Place. 318 00:21:41,383 --> 00:21:45,213 We'll be away from the unit 45 minutes to an hour. Code 27. 319 00:21:45,263 --> 00:21:48,302 - 10-4. Copy. - When are you gonna proofread this? 320 00:21:48,303 --> 00:21:51,643 Uh, why don't you proofread it and put it out on the wires, okay? 321 00:21:51,683 --> 00:21:54,353 You don't have any more "ofts," do you? 322 00:21:54,393 --> 00:21:57,643 Or "narys" or "dost thous"? 323 00:21:57,693 --> 00:22:01,483 | never use "dost thou." Um, oh, | do have a "nary" in here though. 324 00:22:01,523 --> 00:22:03,483 What's wrong with that? 325 00:22:03,523 --> 00:22:05,483 Well, it went out with "methinks." 326 00:22:05,533 --> 00:22:10,73 Lose the, uh, "nary" and the “ofts" and put it on the wire, okay? 327 00:22:10,113 --> 00:22:12,623 Okay. 328 00:22:12,663 --> 00:22:14,623 Okay. 329 00:22:19,463 --> 00:22:21,633 Hollywood. 330 00:22:21,673 --> 00:22:24,923 | was beginning to see they do things strangely there. 331 00:22:24,963 --> 00:22:27,763 A detective lieutenant puts two suspects in jail, 332 00:22:27,803 --> 00:22:30,973 and then goes back to the scene of the crime to do his investigation. 333 00:22:33,143 --> 00:22:35,643 What can you expect from a city that erects a building 334 00:22:35,683 --> 00:22:37,643 to look like a stack of flapjacks, 335 00:22:37,683 --> 00:22:40,393 and where some of the men dust their eyebrows with glitter? 336 00:22:40,443 --> 00:22:45,363 Compared to Tinseltown, Chicago was beginning to look like the Garden of Eden. 337 00:23:31,243 --> 00:23:32,783 Hey. 338 00:23:33,953 --> 00:23:36,833 - What's your name? - Uh, Carl Kolchak. 339 00:23:36,873 --> 00:23:39,43 - What are you doing here? - I'm a reporter with the I.N.S. in Chicago. 340 00:23:39,83 --> 00:23:41,963 Yeah, well, we have enough homegrown reporters. 341 00:23:42,03 --> 00:23:44,463 - Your help is not needed. - | think you do need some help. 342 00:23:44,503 --> 00:23:47,713 You got two suspects down in jail. Yet here you are at the scene of the murder, 343 00:23:47,753 --> 00:23:51,673 fretting in this apartment that your department has gone over with a fine-tooth comb. 344 00:23:51,723 --> 00:23:54,513 I'm a compulsive worrier, okay? 345 00:23:54,553 --> 00:23:57,143 If you're worried about those two warlocks you got in jail being innocent, 346 00:23:57,183 --> 00:23:59,223 | think you've got every right to worry. 347 00:23:59,263 --> 00:24:01,233 - Is that right? - Yeah. 348 00:24:01,273 --> 00:24:03,483 Why is that? 349 00:24:03,523 --> 00:24:08,483 The two victims that were killed in this apartment were killed for food by a vampire. 350 00:24:08,523 --> 00:24:10,443 A real one! 351 00:24:13,613 --> 00:24:17,243 One of the reasons | went into police work is because | thought I'd meet all kinds of people. 352 00:24:17,283 --> 00:24:20,333 You know, interesting people. That's the truth. 353 00:24:20,373 --> 00:24:23,213 But you're not interesting. You're just idiotic. 354 00:24:23,253 --> 00:24:26,713 No, | spoke to that deputy sheriff up in Barstow. 355 00:24:26,753 --> 00:24:29,713 | asked him if there were puncture marks on the neck of the victims up there. 356 00:24:29,753 --> 00:24:32,303 You know what he said? He denied it completely! 357 00:24:32,343 --> 00:24:34,763 Yet the truth was hanging out all over his face. 358 00:24:34,803 --> 00:24:36,933 Come on. You know and | know that Linda Courtner, 359 00:24:36,973 --> 00:24:38,973 and her boyfriend here in this apartment... 360 00:24:39,13 --> 00:24:41,63 Both had puncture marks on their throats. 361 00:24:41,103 --> 00:24:43,143 If | knew that, | would have told the press. 362 00:24:43,183 --> 00:24:45,393 Why are you having this fantasy? 363 00:24:45,443 --> 00:24:48,443 This is not a fantasy. There's a pattern to these murders. 364 00:24:48,483 --> 00:24:50,943 You know about the car up in Barstow. 365 00:24:50,983 --> 00:24:52,943 From what | hear of it, it's grand theft auto. 366 00:24:52,993 --> 00:24:55,243 Yeah, then you didn't hear enough. 367 00:24:55,243 --> 00:24:55,243 The windows in that car were taped up with black paper 368 00:24:58,623 --> 00:25:01,373 on the inside 369 00:25:01,413 --> 00:25:03,703 to keep the sunlight 370 00:25:03,753 --> 00:25:05,963 from coming in. 371 00:25:08,503 --> 00:25:10,293 | have one thing to tell you, Kolchak... 372 00:25:12,343 --> 00:25:16,343 | want you to get out of town. | want you to get out of town today. 373 00:25:16,383 --> 00:25:20,893 On your way home, you can drop off your vampire story in Transylvania. 374 00:25:20,893 --> 00:25:20,893 This vampire didn't come from Transylvania. It came from Las Vegas. 375 00:25:23,353 --> 00:25:26,233 You put one word of that nonsense on a Teletype, 376 00:25:26,273 --> 00:25:29,63 and you're back in Windy City before you have a chance to pull your hat down tight! 377 00:25:29,103 --> 00:25:31,323 Forget the Teletype. That's unimportant. 378 00:25:31,363 --> 00:25:34,823 What is important is that you and everybody else in this city stop that vampire. Kill it! 379 00:25:34,863 --> 00:25:37,863 The only way you're gonna find it is if you start treating it as a vampire. 380 00:25:37,913 --> 00:25:40,493 - Get out of here. - No, the only way you can kill it is that. 381 00:25:40,533 --> 00:25:43,373 - Listen to me, please. This is very important. - Get out! 382 00:25:43,413 --> 00:25:47,663 - Now, they have superhuman strength. - Will you... 383 00:25:47,713 --> 00:25:51,423 The only way you can hold it at bay is with a cross. 384 00:25:51,463 --> 00:25:54,803 Now, you kill it by driving a stake through its... 385 00:25:54,843 --> 00:25:56,803 Get out. 386 00:26:00,393 --> 00:26:03,853 - You the manager? - Yeah, and the painter. 387 00:26:03,853 --> 00:26:03,853 And the plumber, and the gardener. 388 00:26:07,23 --> 00:26:09,653 Did you know Linda Courtner? Hmm? 389 00:26:09,693 --> 00:26:12,403 You haven't been talking to reporters, have you? 390 00:26:12,443 --> 00:26:15,113 No. Police gave me strict instructions. 391 00:26:15,153 --> 00:26:19,572 I'm glad to see you're complying. Carl Kolchak, I.N.S. 392 00:26:19,573 --> 00:26:22,123 Oh. Well, I'll be glad to help in any way | can. 393 00:26:22,163 --> 00:26:24,793 That's good. We'll be grateful for your cooperation. 394 00:26:24,833 --> 00:26:28,793 There's a lot of female clothes missing from that apartment. You have any idea who took 'em? 395 00:26:28,833 --> 00:26:32,83 Oh, not at all. That's odd, isn't it? | mean, two men were... 396 00:26:32,133 --> 00:26:34,883 - That's under investigation. - Oh. 397 00:26:34,923 --> 00:26:37,133 Would you give us a list or description 398 00:26:37,173 --> 00:26:39,633 of those clothes and jewelry so we can put a search on 'em? 399 00:26:39,683 --> 00:26:42,53 She had an awful lot of clothes. A lot of expensive things. 400 00:26:42,93 --> 00:26:44,433 - Expensive? - | guess she needed them for her work. 401 00:26:44,473 --> 00:26:47,893 - What kind of work? - Her hours were very bad. 402 00:26:47,933 --> 00:26:49,893 She'd come in late, go out late. 403 00:26:49,943 --> 00:26:52,353 Some kind of entertainment thing. Hostessing or something. 404 00:26:52,403 --> 00:26:54,613 Yeah? For whom? 405 00:26:54,613 --> 00:26:54,613 Grace's Catering Service. That's the name of the firm, | believe. 406 00:26:57,233 --> 00:26:59,703 That's right. Grace's Catering Service. That's right. 407 00:26:59,743 --> 00:27:02,953 - She was an entertainer, a performer? - Yeah, | guess so. 408 00:27:02,993 --> 00:27:06,413 My wife overheard her talking about doing some stunts. 409 00:27:06,453 --> 00:27:08,83 Stunts. 410 00:27:08,123 --> 00:27:10,293 Are you sure she didn't say "tricks"? 411 00:27:12,623 --> 00:27:15,343 Oh, the reason she made that mistake is because her sister went out of town 412 00:27:15,383 --> 00:27:17,713 to go into show business, and we naturally assumed... 413 00:27:17,753 --> 00:27:20,13 She went out of town and went into show business where? 414 00:27:20,53 --> 00:27:21,723 - Las Vegas. - Las Vegas. 415 00:27:21,763 --> 00:27:24,513 Yeah, she was gonna be a showgirl, but then she disappeared, 416 00:27:24,553 --> 00:27:26,263 and Mrs. Courtner was very upset. 417 00:27:28,353 --> 00:27:31,63 - Yes, her name... her name was... - Catherine. 418 00:27:31,103 --> 00:27:33,153 Catherine. That's right. Catherine Courtner. 419 00:27:33,193 --> 00:27:35,652 No. She never married, that | know of. 420 00:27:35,653 --> 00:27:40,823 No, the family name was Stallings or Rawlings. Rawlins! That was it! 421 00:27:40,863 --> 00:27:43,323 R-A-W... Hey, where you going? 422 00:27:45,823 --> 00:27:49,163 - Did you tell him anything? - No, | didn't tell him anything. 423 00:27:49,203 --> 00:27:51,373 And he didn't know anything. 424 00:27:57,883 --> 00:27:59,423 May 8, 8:10 p.m. 425 00:27:59,463 --> 00:28:02,263 Ichabod Grace, businessman, entrepreneur, 426 00:28:02,303 --> 00:28:04,683 was about to make an investment. 427 00:28:07,103 --> 00:28:09,513 More of a takeover than a merger. 428 00:28:18,693 --> 00:28:22,903 Ichabod's terms were fair, his pitch persuasive. 429 00:28:22,953 --> 00:28:27,663 Ichabod thought he had added another filly to his stable of trotters. 430 00:28:27,703 --> 00:28:32,03 In Ichabod's parlance, his new acquisition was called a "fox." 431 00:28:32,43 --> 00:28:36,423 He had no way of knowing she was actually more closely related to the bat. 432 00:28:50,433 --> 00:28:53,523 | picked up the missing persons list from Las Vegas at the desk. 433 00:28:53,563 --> 00:28:56,523 A Miss Catherine Rawlins was number 56 on the sheet. 434 00:28:56,563 --> 00:28:59,63 She had been arrested a few times for prostitution. 435 00:28:59,113 --> 00:29:03,33 Late in 1970, at the age of 25, she'd been listed as a missing person. 436 00:29:03,73 --> 00:29:05,363 Two things were now clear... 437 00:29:05,403 --> 00:29:08,623 She was no longer missing, nor could she now be considered a person. 438 00:29:25,883 --> 00:29:28,93 Hello? 439 00:29:28,143 --> 00:29:32,513 When | brushed my teeth this morning, Kolchak, you were still alive, 440 00:29:32,563 --> 00:29:36,273 but then | started shaving, and the whole world ended for you. 441 00:29:36,313 --> 00:29:38,772 Tony? Is it Tony? | can't hear you, Tony! 442 00:29:38,773 --> 00:29:40,313 Turn the shaver off, Carl. 443 00:29:43,943 --> 00:29:46,703 Now, where have you been, 444 00:29:46,743 --> 00:29:49,163 why the games, and why haven't you returned my calls? 445 00:29:51,283 --> 00:29:55,43 Well, | haven't been in the hotel room. I've been working, and it's paying off. 446 00:29:55,83 --> 00:29:57,753 Listen, there's more to this meditation thing than meets the eye. 447 00:29:57,793 --> 00:30:00,833 I've been running down some interesting side roads, 448 00:30:00,883 --> 00:30:03,303 and I've gotten... It's really very interesting. 449 00:30:03,343 --> 00:30:05,553 - Is that right? - Mmm. 450 00:30:05,593 --> 00:30:09,343 I'd like to ask you a few questions about the Amerta Mera interview itself. 451 00:30:09,383 --> 00:30:11,803 - Could | call you back on that? - No! 452 00:30:11,803 --> 00:30:11,803 Does Mera's mansion really have copper pipes throughout? 453 00:30:15,63 --> 00:30:17,733 - Copper pipes? - Yes, plumbing. Plumbing! 454 00:30:17,773 --> 00:30:21,943 Uh... Well, yes, Tony. Some of these old, uh... these old mansions, 455 00:30:21,983 --> 00:30:24,822 they do have, uh, copper pipes. 456 00:30:24,823 --> 00:30:27,73 Fascinating. 457 00:30:27,113 --> 00:30:29,533 And they also have "low-maintenance grounds, a Spanish tile roof, 458 00:30:29,573 --> 00:30:32,413 and a separate adobe cabana"? 459 00:30:32,413 --> 00:30:32,413 Yeah, that's what it says, Tony. 460 00:30:34,243 --> 00:30:36,453 Yeah, that's right. | thought it was very interesting. 461 00:30:36,503 --> 00:30:38,873 | thought | had my wires crossed with Better Homes and Gardens. 462 00:30:38,913 --> 00:30:40,963 | didn't send you there to interview real estate. 463 00:30:41,03 --> 00:30:44,133 Well, Tony, | thought it was a new angle, you see? 464 00:30:44,173 --> 00:30:47,673 However, if you'd like a rewrite, I'll have it on the way for you tomorrow. 465 00:30:47,713 --> 00:30:49,933 Oh, you will have a rewrite on the way tomorrow, 466 00:30:49,973 --> 00:30:53,183 but if another story comes in looking like this, it will be the end. 467 00:30:53,223 --> 00:30:55,103 - You got it? - Yeah, got it. Got it. 468 00:30:55,143 --> 00:30:58,63 - Good! And, Carl? - Yes? 469 00:30:58,103 --> 00:31:00,483 You can go on and finish your shave now. 470 00:31:05,23 --> 00:31:08,943 He didn't like it, did he? He wants a rewrite. 471 00:31:08,993 --> 00:31:11,823 No, no, no. He was really very excited about it. 472 00:31:11,863 --> 00:31:15,703 Yeah, he, uh... he doesn't want a rewrite, exactly. 473 00:31:15,743 --> 00:31:20,253 He just wants a, uh, polish. 474 00:31:20,253 --> 00:31:20,253 Then why was he shouting? 475 00:31:22,503 --> 00:31:26,253 Oh, listen. Editors shout a lot. You gotta get used to that. 476 00:31:26,293 --> 00:31:30,93 Well, I'll look over my notes and see if | can tighten it up a little bit. 477 00:31:30,133 --> 00:31:34,933 Yeah, listen, uh, | heard about a-a business named Grace's Catering Service, 478 00:31:34,973 --> 00:31:37,763 but, Faye, it's not listed here in the directory. 479 00:31:37,813 --> 00:31:40,603 You, uh... You wouldn't have heard about it, would you? 480 00:31:40,643 --> 00:31:43,63 - No, | don't think | have. - It's not listed under "Catering." 481 00:31:43,103 --> 00:31:46,113 Maybe it's under "Restaurants." 482 00:31:46,153 --> 00:31:48,483 "P.""R." That's it. 483 00:31:48,533 --> 00:31:50,573 Restaurants. 484 00:31:50,613 --> 00:31:52,573 "G" and Ninth. 485 00:32:06,423 --> 00:32:08,173 Afternoon. Grace's Catering Service. 486 00:32:08,213 --> 00:32:10,173 Yeah, I'd like... 487 00:32:12,173 --> 00:32:14,133 I'd like to speak to Catherine Rawlins. 488 00:32:14,183 --> 00:32:16,763 She's not in right now. | could take a message. 489 00:32:16,803 --> 00:32:21,143 Well, do you know where | could see her, where | could reach her? 490 00:32:21,183 --> 00:32:24,143 You could reach her through me. That's about it. 491 00:32:24,193 --> 00:32:26,193 | see. 492 00:32:26,233 --> 00:32:29,273 Well, I'd like, uh... I'd like her to deliver 493 00:32:29,323 --> 00:32:32,363 something warm, if that's possible. 494 00:32:33,573 --> 00:32:36,413 - That's what we're here for. - Good. 495 00:32:36,453 --> 00:32:38,583 Could she deliver it to my hotel room? 496 00:32:39,623 --> 00:32:41,913 Hold on a minute. 497 00:32:41,953 --> 00:32:45,463 - Little after 8:00 okay? - No, no. No. 498 00:32:45,503 --> 00:32:48,753 Later. How about after 4:00? 4:00 a.m. 499 00:32:48,793 --> 00:32:49,793 No dice. 500 00:32:51,133 --> 00:32:53,343 Well, okay. Make it after 8:00. 501 00:32:53,383 --> 00:32:58,183 All right. Give me your room number, where you're at and your first name. 502 00:32:58,223 --> 00:33:00,183 Sure. 503 00:33:00,223 --> 00:33:03,183 Uh, 212. The name is Tony. 504 00:33:03,233 --> 00:33:06,443 Okay, friend. You got yourself an appointment. 505 00:33:10,983 --> 00:33:14,863 - Now, about the rewrite... - Yeah. We'll get on that tomorrow. 506 00:33:14,903 --> 00:33:17,113 - Tomorrow? - Mm-hmm. 507 00:33:17,163 --> 00:33:20,33 But, look, I'm worried about your editor. He expects the rewrite. 508 00:33:20,83 --> 00:33:22,913 - | was hoping you'd help me. - Sure, sure, sure. Listen. We'll do it tomorrow. 509 00:33:22,953 --> 00:33:26,123 We'll just, uh... We'll get into it and do an absolutely 510 00:33:26,163 --> 00:33:28,963 fantastic job tomorrow. 511 00:33:29,03 --> 00:33:30,963 Okay? 512 00:33:32,383 --> 00:33:34,93 - Tomorrow. - Tomorrow. 513 00:33:34,133 --> 00:33:36,343 Good-bye. Oh, Faye. 514 00:33:36,383 --> 00:33:39,13 Uh, could you lend me your lipstick? 515 00:33:43,723 --> 00:33:46,103 Is there something you'd like to talk about? 516 00:33:46,143 --> 00:33:48,483 | mean, maybe | could help you in some way. 517 00:33:48,523 --> 00:33:51,193 We will! We will. I'll tell you everything tomorrow. 518 00:33:51,233 --> 00:33:54,573 I'll give you a full explanation, but right now could | just borrow your lipstick? 519 00:33:58,153 --> 00:34:00,573 Thank you very much. Bye. 520 00:34:33,323 --> 00:34:35,693 - Who is it? - Grace's Catering. 521 00:34:37,73 --> 00:34:38,903 Door's open. Come on in. 522 00:34:43,993 --> 00:34:46,543 - Tony? - Come on in. 523 00:34:58,213 --> 00:35:00,883 Back! 524 00:35:03,763 --> 00:35:06,563 All right. Which freako scene is this? 525 00:35:15,23 --> 00:35:17,783 - You're not Catherine Rawlins. - You're not Marcello Mastroianni, 526 00:35:17,823 --> 00:35:20,73 but you don't hear me crying about it. 527 00:35:20,113 --> 00:35:23,623 - Where's Catherine? - Well, you're all flattery, aren't you, Father? 528 00:35:23,663 --> 00:35:27,453 No, no. | didn't want her to come up here for, uh... for, uh... 529 00:35:27,493 --> 00:35:30,163 No, it's very important that | meet her. 530 00:35:30,213 --> 00:35:32,623 Ichabod sent her off on another gig at the last minute. 531 00:35:32,673 --> 00:35:35,423 What... What does that witch have that | don't? 532 00:35:35,463 --> 00:35:38,633 Believe me, baby, you would not want to know. Now, who's Ichabod? 533 00:35:38,673 --> 00:35:40,803 Ichabod Grace, the main man. 534 00:35:40,843 --> 00:35:44,133 - My sugar mac. Catherine's too. - Uh-huh. 535 00:35:44,143 --> 00:35:46,603 And where do | find Catherine? Where does she live? Do you know? 536 00:35:46,643 --> 00:35:48,603 That creep doesn't talk to anybody. 537 00:35:48,643 --> 00:35:51,273 | don't know anything about her except she uses four pounds 538 00:35:51,313 --> 00:35:54,773 of pancake and rouge on her face, and guys pay for that. 539 00:35:54,813 --> 00:35:57,653 Well, she has to use it. She's not well. 540 00:35:57,693 --> 00:35:59,653 - Aww. - Where do | find Ichabod? 541 00:35:59,693 --> 00:36:04,533 You're gonna find him hoppin' mad when he hears | came up here and didn't get paid. 542 00:36:04,573 --> 00:36:06,703 Two hundred dollars, sweetcheeks. 543 00:36:06,743 --> 00:36:10,453 - Two hundred dollars? - Welcome to Hollywood, sailor. 544 00:36:10,503 --> 00:36:14,423 | don't have to answer questions like that about my business. 545 00:36:14,463 --> 00:36:18,93 That's an invasion of the laissez-faire principle of free enterprise. 546 00:36:18,133 --> 00:36:20,883 Yeah, Linda Courtner used to work for you, is that right? 547 00:36:20,923 --> 00:36:23,133 - Maybe. So what? - Catherine Rawlins killed her. 548 00:36:23,173 --> 00:36:26,223 You're nuts. Why would she want to do a thing like that? 549 00:36:26,263 --> 00:36:29,103 Uh, well, Catherine Rawlins was Linda Courtner's sister, 550 00:36:29,103 --> 00:36:29,103 and she had reasons that even you wouldn't understand. 551 00:36:31,643 --> 00:36:33,603 - Sister? - Yeah. 552 00:36:33,643 --> 00:36:36,403 - You are crazy. - lam? 553 00:36:36,443 --> 00:36:38,983 What has Catherine been wearing lately in the way of clothes? 554 00:36:39,23 --> 00:36:41,743 I'll bet my bottom dollar they all belong to Linda. 555 00:36:44,73 --> 00:36:47,953 You know, maybe there is some kind of family resemblance. 556 00:36:47,993 --> 00:36:52,163 | just never noticed it. And that Catherine... She is weird. 557 00:36:52,203 --> 00:36:55,833 You could be considered an accessory to a murder. Now, where is she? 558 00:36:55,873 --> 00:36:58,83 - Talk to my lawyer. - You talk to your lawyer. 559 00:36:58,133 --> 00:37:01,303 You're withholding evidence in a killing. Now, where is she? 560 00:37:05,433 --> 00:37:09,143 - | sent her over to Stacker's pad. - Stacker? Stacker who? 561 00:37:09,143 --> 00:37:09,143 "Stacker who?" Don't you follow football, chum? 562 00:37:13,183 --> 00:37:16,23 Clayton "Stacker" Schumaker of the Los Angeles Rams. 563 00:37:30,743 --> 00:37:32,413 10:43 p.m. 564 00:37:32,453 --> 00:37:35,663 Tackle Hugo Maltz and the famous Rams Godzilla Gang arrived 565 00:37:35,713 --> 00:37:38,963 at the home of Stacker Schumaker to give their amorous teammate 566 00:37:38,963 --> 00:37:38,963 what Maltz had called one hellacious surprise. 567 00:37:42,633 --> 00:37:44,463 The surprise was all theirs. 568 00:38:23,463 --> 00:38:26,463 It-It got... It got knocked in there during the fight. Be careful! Careful, will you? 569 00:38:26,513 --> 00:38:30,683 Please, they might be good. There. Okay. 570 00:38:30,723 --> 00:38:33,263 Oh, that's terrific. That's just terrific. 571 00:38:33,303 --> 00:38:36,143 - Listen, these pictures would have shown... - | know. A woman. 572 00:38:36,183 --> 00:38:38,643 - Yeah. - Awoman did all this, huh? 573 00:38:38,693 --> 00:38:41,773 Ask your men. They chased her for three blocks. Ask them what they saw. 574 00:38:41,813 --> 00:38:43,823 All they saw is someone with long hair. 575 00:38:43,863 --> 00:38:46,943 Could have been a guy from the Dark Star Coven. They all have long hair. 576 00:38:46,993 --> 00:38:49,243 Yeah. Are they all built like Veronica Lake? 577 00:38:49,243 --> 00:38:49,243 Can they juggle the Godzilla Gang single-handedly, huh? 578 00:38:52,73 --> 00:38:54,283 Ever hear of karate, kung fu? 579 00:38:54,333 --> 00:38:57,543 Listen, what | saw was not kung fu, and it wasn't chow mein. 580 00:38:57,583 --> 00:39:00,543 - It was a female vampire. - | don't want to hear that word again! 581 00:39:00,583 --> 00:39:03,713 - With superhuman strength. - But | don't have superhuman patience! 582 00:39:03,753 --> 00:39:05,963 What | do have is all used up. 583 00:39:06,03 --> 00:39:09,723 Her name is Catherine Rawlins. She's the sister of Linda Courtner. 584 00:39:09,763 --> 00:39:15,683 She disappeared in Las Vegas after having been bitten by a vam... 585 00:39:15,723 --> 00:39:18,143 Thousands of people disappear! 586 00:39:18,183 --> 00:39:20,893 Is Amelia Earhart supposed to show up as a vampire? 587 00:39:20,943 --> 00:39:23,403 Uh-huh! Uh-huh! Ha-ha-ha! 588 00:39:23,443 --> 00:39:25,903 She was a high-priced hooker in Vegas. 589 00:39:25,903 --> 00:39:25,903 She probably operates exactly the same way down here. 590 00:39:28,363 --> 00:39:31,113 Go on. Find her. Look for her. Kill her. Use your resources. 591 00:39:31,153 --> 00:39:32,953 Chicago, Lieutenant. 592 00:39:32,953 --> 00:39:32,953 I'm gonna use my resources on you. 593 00:39:34,743 --> 00:39:37,993 - Collect, right? - Collect. 594 00:39:38,43 --> 00:39:42,253 - Hello. Mr. Anthony Vincenzo? - Yes. Yes. 595 00:39:42,293 --> 00:39:46,503 - Lieutenant Matteo, L.A.P.D. - Oh! It's Kolchak, isn't it? 596 00:39:46,543 --> 00:39:49,513 He was found on the scene of a multiple homicide. 597 00:39:49,553 --> 00:39:52,973 He's a material witness, and if we want to, we can make him more than that. 598 00:39:53,13 --> 00:39:56,933 Pretty soon the flak is gonna start flying back to Chicago. 599 00:39:56,973 --> 00:40:00,933 Please, please, Lieutenant. Uh, let me speak to him. 600 00:40:02,273 --> 00:40:04,693 | don't want that word mentioned. 601 00:40:09,533 --> 00:40:10,903 Hi, Tony. 602 00:40:10,943 --> 00:40:14,243 I'm tired of it, Kolchak. | am fed up! 603 00:40:14,283 --> 00:40:15,953 I've got a brother-in-law who's got a 14-year-old kid 604 00:40:15,993 --> 00:40:17,743 he's always bailing out of juvenile hall, 605 00:40:17,783 --> 00:40:19,953 but I've got you, and you are worse! 606 00:40:19,993 --> 00:40:24,873 Tony, they're just pressuring me, that's all. What they're doing isn't even legal. 607 00:40:24,923 --> 00:40:28,253 Whatever it is, you do it, Carl, or so help me, you haven't got a job here. 608 00:40:28,293 --> 00:40:30,963 But, Tony, 609 00:40:31,13 --> 00:40:34,303 it was an absolutely remarkable thing; It's an incredible story. 610 00:40:34,343 --> 00:40:37,803 | mean it, Carl! I'll fire you. | won't have any choice. 611 00:40:37,853 --> 00:40:41,603 You've lied, you've connived, you've weaseled, and you belong on the unemployment line! 612 00:40:41,643 --> 00:40:44,23 Tony, Tony, listen to me. | was here in the flesh when it happened, 613 00:40:44,63 --> 00:40:45,903 when all the killings took place. 614 00:40:45,943 --> 00:40:48,23 It was done by a female vamp... 615 00:40:48,63 --> 00:40:53,323 It was what? Are you there, Kolchak? It was what? 616 00:40:53,363 --> 00:40:55,823 It was a... 617 00:40:55,863 --> 00:40:57,783 Well, some say it was a couple of warlocks. 618 00:40:59,953 --> 00:41:02,703 | don't know what you're talking about, and | don't care. 619 00:41:02,753 --> 00:41:07,213 You just remember this... Whatever you do next, I.N.S. is not behind you. 620 00:41:07,253 --> 00:41:09,633 I.N.S. is only behind a story on Amerta Mera, 621 00:41:09,673 --> 00:41:11,923 which, incidentally, I.N.S. better get, 622 00:41:11,963 --> 00:41:14,923 or you'll be waiting in line at Window "A"! 623 00:41:14,973 --> 00:41:16,973 | understand you, I.N.S. Over and out. 624 00:41:17,13 --> 00:41:19,553 Kolchak. Kolchak! 625 00:41:21,143 --> 00:41:23,563 Oh, I'm sorry. You want to speak to him? 626 00:41:23,603 --> 00:41:27,653 I'll say it to you. Be ona plane by 6:00 this morning. 627 00:41:27,693 --> 00:41:30,233 Well, | don't know if | can make that. 628 00:41:30,273 --> 00:41:33,653 Then we'll carry you on and stuff you into a seat. 629 00:41:33,693 --> 00:41:38,33 Balaban! Give Mr. Kolchak a ride back to his hotel. 630 00:41:38,73 --> 00:41:40,783 - He's tired of the smog. He wants to go home. - Oh, no, no, | like Los... 631 00:41:40,833 --> 00:41:43,873 If he won't get in the car, jam his tie in the door and drag him. 632 00:41:43,913 --> 00:41:46,543 Oh, that's a say... That's a dumb thing. 633 00:41:46,583 --> 00:41:48,293 That's a silly 634 00:41:49,673 --> 00:41:51,883 thing to do. 635 00:41:51,923 --> 00:41:56,53 Uh, Officer, do you have a wife and little ones at home? 636 00:42:06,393 --> 00:42:08,983 - Hi. Can | come in? - Oh, yeah. Sure. 637 00:42:09,23 --> 00:42:10,983 Oh, here's your lipstick. 638 00:42:11,23 --> 00:42:14,193 Thank you. How'd you make out? 639 00:42:14,233 --> 00:42:16,903 Terrific. 640 00:42:16,943 --> 00:42:19,163 You're not leaving now, are you? 641 00:42:19,203 --> 00:42:24,533 Well, it's either now or after 12 years in San Quentin. 642 00:42:24,543 --> 00:42:28,503 - Personally, | prefer now. - Carl, | sure hate to see you go. 643 00:42:28,543 --> 00:42:31,633 You're in the minority. We'll keep in touch. 644 00:42:31,673 --> 00:42:35,173 Listen, what about the story? I've got some terrific ideas. | know you're gonna love it. 645 00:42:35,213 --> 00:42:38,53 I'll bet you have. Write it. 646 00:42:38,93 --> 00:42:41,763 Oh, no. It's back to real estate for me. 647 00:42:41,803 --> 00:42:46,853 No, no. You keep on writing. It'll take you a little time to get the hang of it, but... 648 00:42:46,893 --> 00:42:48,853 Real estate? 649 00:42:51,63 --> 00:42:54,323 Do companies out here rent as well as sell houses? 650 00:42:54,363 --> 00:42:56,653 - Well, sure. We've got a lot of them. - Yeah. 651 00:42:56,693 --> 00:43:00,73 How would a... How would a person find out if a house had been rented or sold, 652 00:43:00,113 --> 00:43:03,533 uh, purchased or bought or leased in the last week or two? 653 00:43:05,453 --> 00:43:08,413 Well, | could look in multiple listings. It covers every broker in town. 654 00:43:08,453 --> 00:43:11,03 - It'd take a while. - At your office? 655 00:43:11,43 --> 00:43:12,833 - Yeah. - Where's your office? 656 00:43:27,313 --> 00:43:30,313 It turned out that Los Angeles has nearly as many real estate offices 657 00:43:30,353 --> 00:43:32,653 as it has traffic jams. 658 00:43:32,693 --> 00:43:36,273 Poor Faye Kruger and | spent 10 straight hours on the phone 659 00:43:36,323 --> 00:43:38,283 till we finally had some luck, 660 00:43:38,323 --> 00:43:40,533 if you can call it luck. 661 00:43:40,573 --> 00:43:43,533 By the time Catherine Rawlins's house had been located, the sun had gone down, 662 00:43:43,573 --> 00:43:46,333 and if | waited for daylight, I'd find myself on an eastbound jet 663 00:43:46,373 --> 00:43:48,583 compliments of the police, 664 00:43:48,623 --> 00:43:51,873 and Catherine would be thousands of miles behind me, slumbering, 665 00:43:51,913 --> 00:43:55,633 waiting for the next in an endless number of dark, quiet nights. 666 00:43:58,963 --> 00:44:02,513 The multiple listings had described Catherine's house as a baronial retreat. 667 00:44:02,513 --> 00:44:02,513 It was actually a decayed, turn-of-the-century mansion 668 00:44:05,183 --> 00:44:05,183 awaiting to be replaced by a condominium, 669 00:44:07,563 --> 00:44:09,813 and it would appeal to a special type of client, 670 00:44:09,853 --> 00:44:13,233 someone unconcerned with earthly comforts. 671 00:44:13,273 --> 00:44:16,773 And it was secluded. Who would go near it? 672 00:44:16,813 --> 00:44:21,193 Only a vampire or some fool looking for her. 673 00:48:33,823 --> 00:48:36,163 Get away! 674 00:48:36,203 --> 00:48:38,163 Yeah! Aah! 675 00:48:38,203 --> 00:48:41,873 Hey! Get away! Get away! 676 00:49:38,933 --> 00:49:40,933 Matteo had a detective tailing me, 677 00:49:40,973 --> 00:49:42,933 but he lost me about the time Catherine found me. 678 00:49:42,973 --> 00:49:45,643 | wasn't particularly hard to find after that. 679 00:49:45,683 --> 00:49:47,653 It was just a question of following the light. 680 00:49:49,813 --> 00:49:52,573 | was told it could be seen from the Sunset Strip, 681 00:49:52,613 --> 00:49:55,403 West Los Angeles and Malibu. 682 00:50:03,743 --> 00:50:06,163 It was a local landmark, so | had to pay for another one, 683 00:50:06,213 --> 00:50:08,423 and | didn't mind at all. 684 00:50:08,463 --> 00:50:11,673 | just couldn't think of a way to get it on the expense account. 685 00:50:21,143 --> 00:50:23,603 They booked me for murder, just like | thought they would, 686 00:50:23,643 --> 00:50:26,353 but then, after 12 hours, they let me go. 687 00:50:26,393 --> 00:50:29,653 They never did say why, but as | was sitting in Lieutenant Matteo's office, 688 00:50:29,693 --> 00:50:31,983 waiting for execution, 689 00:50:32,23 --> 00:50:34,983 | happened to see a coroner's report on Catherine Rawlins. 690 00:50:37,283 --> 00:50:39,493 | quote the coroner... 691 00:50:39,533 --> 00:50:43,533 "The tissue structure of the individual appeared to be that of a female, species: Human, 692 00:50:43,583 --> 00:50:46,953 “who had been dead at least three years. 693 00:50:47,03 --> 00:50:50,793 This is a medical conundrum for which | have no explanation." 694 00:50:53,963 --> 00:50:55,673 Three years.