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Kolchak: The Night Stalker :: The Ripper (01x01)

Episode Information

Title:

The Ripper

Episode #:

01x01

Original Airdate:

Friday September 13th, 1974

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Episode Crew
Director:	Allen Baron
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 Mantooth	played	2nd Policeman	Recurring (first appearance)
•Ike Jones	played	Mail Boy	Recurring (first appearance)
•Ivor Francis	played	Wax Museum Curator	Recurring (second appearance)
•Mickey Gilbert (1)	played	The Ripper	Recurring (first appearance)
•Beatrice Colen	played	Jane Plumm
•Cathy Paine	played	Ellen
•Clint Young	played	Driver
•Denise Dillaway	played	Debbie Fielder
•Dulci Jordan (1)	played	Driver's Wife
•Gwyn Karon	played	Cheryl
•Ken Lynch (1)	played	Captain R.M. Warren
•Lavina Dawson	played	1st Museum Patron
•Lilyan MacBride	played	2nd Museum Patron
•Mews Small	played	Masseuse
•Roberta Collins	played	Police Detective Susan Cortazzo
•Ruth McDevitt	played	Elderly Woman

Main Cast

•Darren McGavin	played	Carl Kolchak
•Simon Oakland	played	Tony Vincenzo

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.

Episode Quotes

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.