Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
10 episodes
E01
Pilot
Carl Kolchak takes a job at the L.A. Beacon as a crime reporter and begins investigating a strange case in which a pregnant woman has gone missing. When her body is found, fingers point to the woman's husband, but Kolchak believes in the man's innocence, believing that there is a supernatural angle to the story. His investigations are frustrated when Perri Reed, the newspaper's senior crime reporter, digs into Kolchak's mysterious past.
E02
The Five People You Meet in Hell
When a peaceful lawyer takes a baseball bat to his wife then kills himself, Carl suspects that a cult leader the man prosecuted is responsible, and has the ability to influence others into unwittingly killing their loved ones. It soon becomes clear that Perri, whose story helped put the man in prison, is his next target.
E03
Three
After a co-ed dies in a bizarre accident relating to her deepest fear, Kolchak investigates a strange college society that performs rituals in a mysterious old house.
E04
Burning Man
The FBI and a pompous reporter believe a copycat killer is responsible for a series of murders identical to those of a dead bio-terrorist who claimed that he could kill people with hellfire, but Kolchak suspects that the murders have a supernatural explanation.
E05
Malum
Kolchak investigates a troubled boy and his abusive father who leave a trail of mysterious deaths behind them.
E06
The Source, Part One
Kolchak refuses to disclose a source in a story about a drug lord's death at the hands of a biker gang and the disappearance of a DEA agent who could shed light on the identity of Irene's killer, causing Agent Fain to return and investigate.
E07
The Sea, Part Two
Perri and Kolchak must go on the run from the phantom bikers to protect their source on Agent Caleca and the mysteries behind Irene Kolchak's death. Meanwhile, Agent Fain puts pressure on Vincenzo and Jain to reveal what they know.
E08
Into Night
Kolchak tries to figure out the cause of death of two office workers who are found mummified.
E09
Timeless
Carl and Perri investigate similar deaths that have occurred every 35 years since the Beacon was founded.
E10
What's the Frequency, Kolchak
Carl is kidnapped by a man who insists that Carl has been sending him secret messages through his stories.
Stuart Townsend
as Carl Kolchak
Gabrielle Union
as Perri Reed
Eric Jungmann
as Jain McManus
Cotter Smith
as Tony Vincenzo
