Kolchak: The Night Stalker: Bad Medicine

"Bad Medicine" is the eighth episode of the supernatural mystery series Kolchak: The Night Stalker. It was directed by Alex Grasshoff with a teleplay written by L. Ford Neale and John Huff. It first aired on ABC on Friday, November 29th, 1974 at 8:00 pm.

Notes & Trivia

 * Kolchak: The Night Stalker was created and developed for television by Jeff Rice.


 * This episode is alternatively known as "The Diablero".


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


 * Director Alexander Grasshoff is credited as Alex Grasshoff in this episode.


 * Actress Marilyn Clarke is credited as Madilyn Clark in this episode.


 * Victor Jory is the only guest star who is identified by his character's name.


 * Stunt performer Paul Baxley plays a cop on the stairs in this episode. He is uncredited for his participation in this capacity.


 * The events chronicled in this episode begin on November 12th, 1974.


 * Actor Dennis McCarthy is also known for playing the role of Jason McGuire on the 1960s Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows.

Quotes

 * Carl Kolchak: F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, "The rich are different than you and me." They sure are. They got more money. But there wasn't enough money in the world to save some of the members of Chicago's upper crust from a fiendish force so dark, it can only be called diabolic.

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 * Carl Kolchak: [Grabbing his hat and jacket] Okay. If clothes make the reporter around here, then Carl Kolchak can play that game too!
 * Tony Vincenzo: Where are you going?
 * Carl Kolchak: I'm taking the rest of the afternoon off. I am going out and buy myself some new clothes, okay?

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 * Carl Kolchak: If a man dresses up like an Indian to rob the Gem Exchange, I say he's strange. If he also bring his pet coyote along, I say he's an Indian.

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 * Carl Kolchak: Doctor Temple, I seek information about Indians. Now, I don't know the difference between a Chippewa and a Chippendale...

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 * Carl Kolchak: Those prized stones, worth millions, billions, over 300 years of treasure claimed by the Diablero, the crown jewels of Queen Elizabeth, the Star Sapphire of Nicholas the First, the Firestone Diamond of Bonaparte and Josephine, to name but a few. None of them have ever turned up in any market in this world. Only one thing remains. The detectives won't admit it, of course, but somewhere, locked deep in the evidence files of the Chicago Police Department, is a handful of black feathers.