Kolchak: The Night Stalker: The Trevi Collection

"Witchcraft, the black arts. In this enlightened day do rational people believe in the existence of witches? The answer proved to be a simple "yes.""

- Carl Kolchak

Notes & Trivia

 * This episode is included on disc four of the Classic Television: Kolchak: The Night Stalker DVD collection.


 * This is the third episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker directed by Don Weiss. He previously directed "Firefall". His next episode is "Demon in Lace".


 * This is the fourth episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker written by Rudolph Borchert. He previously wrote "The Energy Eater". His next episode is "The Youth Killer".


 * Actor Bernie Kopell is credited as Bernard Kopell in this episode.


 * Actor Richard Bakalyan is credited as Richard Bakalyn in this episode.


 * Actor Douglas Fowley is credited as Doug Fowley in this episode.


 * Actress Diana Quick is credited as Diane Quick in this episoe.


 * George Chandler is uncredited for his participation in this episode.


 * Chuck Waters is uncredited for his participation in this episode.


 * Actress Lara Parker is no stranger to witchcraft. She also played a witch named Angelique Bouchard on the 1960s Gothic daytime soap opera Dark Shadows.

Allusions

 * Carl Kolchak intones the phrase, "Yeah, yeah, floats like a butterfly...". This is a referenec to heavyweight boxing champion Muhammed Ali, who is famous for his mantra, "Floats like a butterfly, stings like a bee." It refered to Ali's tactic of tiring opponents with his fast footwork and then finishing them off with heavy jabs.

Quotes

 * Tony Vincenzo: Now look, Carl, have you been able to connect Murray Vernon with Mickey Patchek?
 * Carl Kolchak: No. No, not yet. No, these hoods have spooked my stringers. They, they, they, they act like I got leprosy.
 * Tony Vincenzo: You'd be better off. You'd be safer in a leper colony.

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 * Carl Kolchak: Okay, how much is it?
 * Witch: There is no charge. A nominal contribution will be appreciated.
 * (Carl puts in a little money)


 * Witch: Not that nominal.

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 * Carl Kolchak: Can you get up out of your chair and walk to the window? Can you make it?
 * Tony Vincenzo: (at the window) Now what do I do? Jump?
 * Carl Kolchak: You want me to open the window for you? Look. Look, look down there in the street. See the guy leaning up against the car reading the newspaper?
 * Tony Vincenzo: Yeah...
 * Carl Kolchak: Well, does he look like a scoutmaster to you?!?
 * Tony Vincenzo: Well, look, Carl. We can call the police; they'll pick him up and shake him down.
 * Carl Kolchak: On what charge? Slow reading in public?

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 * Carl Kolchak: He gave me a deadline – with the accent on "dead."
 * Tony Vincenzo: Well, threats are the standard situation with newsmen, Carl. You know that. It goes with the territory like the high salary.

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 * Carl Kolchak: Tuesday May 2nd, 1:00pm. Mickey Patchek was a snitch, a dealer, a peddler of information. His clothes were as cheap as his reputation. So when he phoned me with some information to sell I was surprised that he wanted to meet me in the heart of Chicago's chic-chic high fashion district. What started out as a mild surprise culminated in stark raving terror.

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 * Madelaine: I could make you so important.
 * Carl Kolchak: You? Make me important?

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 * Carl Kolchak: You don't believe in witchcraft, of course.
 * Doctor Gravanites: No, Of course not. But in this particular case, I'd agree with what my mother used to say about chicken soup.
 * Carl Kolchak: Oh yeah, what was that?
 * Both: It couldn't hurt.

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 * Carl Kolchak: Dying and maiming were coming into vogue in the fashion business.