Richard Malcolm

Dr Richard Malcolm/Dr Malcom Richards is the main Villian of 1973 movie "Kolchak The Night Strangler"

Summary
In Seattle Washington Kolchak finds himself on the trail of a serial killer who has been active once every 21 years since 1868!

Plot
In 1973 young women have been strangled and blood drained from their bodies. With the help of a researcher Titus Berry, Kolchak finds there have been similar killings every 21 years since at lease 1889! Kolchak theorizes the killer has discovered an blood based "elixer of life" which keeps him alive every 21 years. On the site of a Westside hospital long since replaced Kolchak finds a pocrtrait of the clinck founder Dr Malcolm Richards who bears a strong resemabence to a US Civil War Surgeon Dr Richard Malcolm who was a staff member of the orginal hospital.

Despite being arrested, Kolchak manages to convice his boss and the Police that the killer is immortal -although the story is surpressed

Kolchak enters into a race against time to stop the killer before he is able to complete the creation of his elixir and disappear for another 21 years. In an "Underground City" under the old clinic, Kolchak has a face to face confrontation with Dr. Richard Malcolm aka Dr Malcom Richards; the night strangler admits having first tried the elixir in 1868 and that he had hoped to spread the knowledge of immortality until he started aging in 1889 and his family also died (their mummified remains are kept near the doctor's laboratory). He intends to continue each 21-year cycle until he can make the process permanent. Before the night strangler can drink his sixth dose of elixir, Kolchak smashes the beaker. The night strangler tries to kill Kolchak but fails due to rapid aging; as the police burst into the room the aging killer commits suicide by throwing himself outside a high window.

Although not in the movie, the following note is added to "Kolchak The Night Strangler":

"In the novelization of The Night Strangler, it is strongly hinted that the immortal villain, Dr. Richard Malcolm, is actually the Count of St. Germain.[citation needed] When asked directly, Malcolm laughs ironically but does not deny it."