Kolchak: The Night Stalker: Demon in Lace

"Demon in Lace" is the sixteenth episode of the supernatural mystery series Kolchak: The Night Stalker. It was directed by Don Weis with a teleplay written by Stephen Lord, Michael Kozoll, and David Chase, based on a story concept developed by Stepehn Lord. It first aired on ABC on Friday, February 7th, 1975.

Trivia

 * Actress Carolyn Jones, who plays the role of Registrar, is best known for playing Morticia Addams on the 1960s comedy series The Addams Family.


 * Actor Hunter von Leer is also known for playing police deputy Gary Hunt in Halloween II in 1981.


 * This is the third character that Donald Mantooth has played on ''Kolchak: The Night Stalker. He also played a policeman in "The Ripper" and a sleep subject in "The Spanish Moss Murders".

Quotes

 * Carl Kolchak: It was Goethe who said we love girls for what they are. Well, even the great Goethe could have learned something from the tale that took place on the campus of Illinois State Tech.

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 * Carl Kolchak: I wasn't too choked up with Vincenzo sending me to an alderman's press conference, so when I caught the police report of two bodies being found on the I.S.T. campus lake, it gave me an excuse. That and running out of gas, which I didn't plan.

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 * Tony Vincenzo: Carl, Carl? What station are you tuned into?
 * Carl Kolchak: What?
 * Tony Vincenzo: Well, how is the Prince of Fiends going to fit into my new directives? How is it going to do that?

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 * Ron Updyke: Have you screwed up the filing system again?
 * Carl Kolchak: Of course.

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 * Carl Kolchak: Your yard smelled bad enough to send rats back to Detroit!

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 * Tony Vincenzo: In the 60s, the kids used to bust windows and pelt Marine recruiters with rotten fruit. Now that was bad enough. But today, it seems that every school is an extension campus of Weirdsville University.

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 * Tony Vincenzo: Whitehead. Julius Whitehead. Didn't we carry an article on him recently. He found something in a desert somewhere and went bananas.
 * Carl Kolchak: Yeah, Iraq
 * Tony Vincenzo: What?
 * Carl Kolchak: Iraq. He went bananas in Iraq.
 * Tony Vincenzo: He should have stayed in Chicago. The same thing would have happened, he would have saved travel expenses and jet lag.

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 * Carl Kolchak: Like their creator Asmodeus, demons can take on many guises, but are often pictured as horrible creatures accompanied by a foul stench. Which they give off at moments of diabolic excitement or activity. A stench of corruption, rot, and noxious brimstone!

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 * Carl Kolchak: However, published story or not, I can only say to you that should you ever meet a young woman who seems too lovely to be really of this world, well just remember there's a very good chance that she isn't.

Keywords
Chicago | College | Demons | Detroit | Illinois | Independent News Service | Iraq | Reporter | Succubus