Kolchak: The Night Stalker - Episode 19: The Youth Killer[]
Kolchak matches wits with a murderess who causes young, beautiful people to die of old age in order to maintain her own youth and beauty.
Synopsis[]
Introduction
- Nowhere in man's history does he display more tenacity, more perseverance, than in his search for eternal youth. Halting the relentless process of aging has been a constant dream of man's...and woman's. Eternal youth - is it really a dream, or is it possible that somewhere someone found the secret? The following experience gave me a new attitude on the whole subject of youth and aging.
Young men are dying of old age! Kolchak finds out the head of a computer dating service is actually centuries old Helen of Troy who substaines her youth by draining the lifeforces of perfect young men with black magic. Kolchak almost becomes a victium until he points out that the last "sacrifice" is imperfect {he had a glass eye]. As punishment Helen is turned into a stone statue.
Closing Narration
- I took some pictures but it seemed pointless. The destruction of the room would be labeled vandalism or a faulty sprinkler system. I don’t need any photographs of Helen. You see, she would always be as she always was- Cold and beautiful and unchanging. As a post script, I offer this bit of advice: Should you ever find a ring no matter how pretty or valuable, consider well before you slip it on your finger. You may never get it off again.
Cast[]
- Darren McGavin --- Carl Kolchak
- Simon Oakland --- Tony Vincenzo
- Jack Grinnage --- Ron Updyke
- Ruth McDevitt --- Emily Cowles
- John Fiedler --- Gordon Spangler
- Cathy Lee Crosby --- Helen Surtees
- Dwayne Hickman --- Sergeant Orkin
- Kathleen Freeman--- Bella Sarkof
- James Ingersoll --- William Cubby
- Michael Richardson---Lance Mervin
- Penny Santon --- Lance’s Mother
- James Murtaugh --- Manager
- Joss White ---Secretary
- Reb Brown ---Young Man