ABC airs the 16th episode of Kolchak: The Night Stalker, based on Jeff Rice’s novel and the 1972 TV movie The Night Stalker, starring Darren McGavin. Andrew Prine and Keenan Wynn guest star. 
A college is plagued by a series of mysterious deaths. In each case a man and a woman are discovered together. Each male victim is a healthy young man who has apparently died of fright. The women have apparently been dead for some considerable time, of a variety of causes and apparently at a different original location. No one can explain why the men have died, or the reason for the women’s bodies vanishing and reappearing. Kolchak investigates further and discovers that each of the male students know Professor Spate, who has brought back a rare tablet from a Mesapotomian dig site. The tablet’s background contains legend of similar deaths, and Carl soon deduces that an ancient demon, a succubus, is responsible for the deaths. She possesses the bodies of recently deceased young women, lures men into sex with her, and then reveals her true nature, scaring them to death and feeding on their energies. Her existence is tied to the priceless tablet, which Kolchak must destroy before she claims another victim.
teleplay by Stephen Lord & Michael Kozoll and David Chase
story by Stephen Lord
directed by Don Weis
music by Gil Mille and Jerry FieldingCast: Darren McGavin (Carl Kolchak), Simon Oakland (Tony Vincenzo), Keenan Wynn (Captain Joe Siska), Jackie Vernon (Coach Toomey), Kristina Holland (Rosalind Winters), Carolyn Jones (Registar), Andrew Prine (Professor E. Evan Spate), Jack Grinnage (Ron Updyke), Ruth McDevitt (Emily Cowles), Carmen Zapata (Spanish Woman), Maria Grimm (Maria Vanegas), Ben Masters (Mike Thompson), Milton Parsons (Mozart), John Elrick (Mark Hansen), Davis Roberts (Coroner), Donald Mantooth (Tim Brennan), Hunter Von Leer (Don Rhiner), Margaret Impert (Betty), Iris Edwards (The Girl), Teddie Blue (The Succubus)
Notes: Keenan Wynn returns as Captain Siska. This episode, with Legacy Of Terror, was later compiled into a TV movie for syndication called Demon And The Mummy.
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