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Kolchak: The Night Stalker

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  Episode Information  
Title: The Ripper
Episode Number: 1
Season: 1
Season Episode #.: 1
Original Airdate: Friday September 13th, 1974
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Episode Crew
Director: Allen Baron (2)
Writer: Rudolph Borchert (1)
  Episode Summary  
After four young women are murdered, Kolchak sees some eerie coincidences to the Whitechapel killings of 1888 and must race to find and save the fifth victim from "Jack the Ripper".
 
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  Guest Stars  
Guest Stars
Donald Mantoothplayed2nd PolicemanRecurring (first appearance)
Ike JonesplayedMail BoyRecurring (first appearance)
Ivor FrancisplayedWax Museum CuratorRecurring (second appearance)
Mickey Gilbert (1)playedThe RipperRecurring (first appearance)
Beatrice ColenplayedJane Plumm 
Cathy PaineplayedEllen 
Clint YoungplayedDriver 
Denise DillawayplayedDebbie Fielder 
Dulci Jordan (1)playedDriver's Wife 
Gwyn KaronplayedCheryl 
Ken Lynch (1)playedCaptain R.M. Warren 
Lavina Dawsonplayed1st Museum Patron 
Lilyan MacBrideplayed2nd Museum Patron 
Mews SmallplayedMasseuse 
Roberta CollinsplayedPolice Detective Susan Cortazzo 
Ruth McDevittplayedElderly Woman 
  Episode Notes  
Emily:
Ruth McDevitt shows up in this episode seemingly writing a letter to herself. Playing an unnamed elderly woman, she has written to the paper's advise columnist "Emily Fenwick". The confusion continues when McDevitt later appears as said advice columnist in episode #5 under the name "Edith Cowles" and then from episode #8 till the series' end as "Emily Cowles".
 
Allen Baron directs his first of four episodes with "The Ripper". The other episodes were #3 "They Have Been...aka U.F.O.", #5 "The Werewolf", and #7 "The Devil's Platform".
 
The Ripper:
Mickey Gilbert's appears here as the "Ripper" and starts an exclusive club of actors playing Kolchak monsters. His second monster appearance is as the "Mummy" in #17 "Legacy Of Terror".

The other actors with two "monsters" each are Richard Kiel and Craig Baxley.
 
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Carl: (opening narration) If by chance you happened to be in the Windy City between May 28th and June 2nd of this year, you would have had a very good reason to be terrified. During this period, Chicago was being stalked by a horror so frightening, so fascinating, that it ranks with the great mysteries of all time. It's been the fictional subject of novels, plays, films, even an opera. Now, here are the true facts.
 
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