Night Stalker

Johnny Depp has vampires on the brains these days. Not only will the actor play one in Tim Burton's remake of the 1960's horror/soap 'Dark Shadows,' he apparently wants to kill them as well.

Word is circulating now that there is a plan to bring Carl Kolchak to the big screen and that was exciting enough for me. The fact that Johnny Depp might star in the movie brings back sensations that I have not had since I was a kid waiting for Christmas.

Introduced in two spectacularly successful TV movies, seedy, persistent, abrasive reporter Carl Kolchak won his own brief hour-long series. It remains a cult classic.

On September 13, 1975, The Night Stalker set a record for TV movies with the story of a seedy newspaper reporter on the trail of a vampire in Las Vegas.

Richard Ramirez is one of the most evil, and disgusting serial killers of all time. Here is his story.

The original Kolchak: The Night Stalker is released on DVD.

A review of the episode that first aired 4/5/2011.

Everyone thinks about old shows that they loved as kids. Many can't be found on the tube today. Here are 5 shows I miss.

An in-depth description of the life and crimes of the infamous "Night Stalker."

Darren McGavin was an actor, playing roles like hard boiled private eyes to clueless father figures, and everything in between. This articles tells how he got his start amd summarizes his over fifty year run in movies, and on TV and the stage.