About this season
Carl Kolchak and his partner Perri investigate the mysterious death of Kolchak's wife and the paranormal phenomena plaguing their city.
Episodes (10)
1. Pilot
Aired 29 September 2005 • 41 min
Carl Kolchak takes a job at the L.A. Beacon as a crime reporter and begins investigating a strange case in which a pregnant woman has gone missing. When her body is found fingers point to the woman's husband, but Kolchak believes in the man's innocence, believing that there is a supernatural angle to the story. His investigations are frustrated when Perri Reed, the newspaper's senior crime reporter, digs into Kolchak's mysterious past.
2. The Five People You Meet in Hell
Aired 6 October 2005 • 41 min
When a peaceful lawyer takes a baseball bat to his wife then kills himself, Carl suspects that a cult leader the man prosecuted is responsible, and has the ability to influence others into unwittingly killing their loved ones. But it soon becomes clear that Perri, whose story helped put the man in prison, is his next target.
3. Three
Aired 13 October 2005 • 41 min
After a co-ed dies in a bizarre accident relating to her deepest fear, Kolchak investigates a strange college society that performs rituals in a mysterious old house.
4. Burning Man
Aired 20 October 2005
The FBI and a pompous reporter believe a copycat killer is responsible for a series of murders identical to those of a dead bio-terrorist who claimed that he could kill people with hellfire, but Kolchak suspects that the murders have a supernatural explanation.
5. Malum
Aired 27 October 2005
Kolchak investigates a troubled boy and his abusive father who leave a trail of mysterious deaths behind them.
6. The Source (1)
Aired 10 November 2005
Kolchak refuses to disclose a source in a story about a drug lord's death at the hands of a biker gang and the disappearance of a DEA agent who could shed light on the identity of Irene's killer, causing Agent Fain to return and investigate.
7. The Sea (2)
Aired 24 February 2006
Perri and Kolchak must go on the run from the phantom bikers to protect their source on Agent Caleca and the mysteries behind Irene Kolchak's death. Meanwhile, Agent Fain puts pressure on Vincenzo and Jain to reveal what they know.
8. Into Night
Aired 3 March 2006
Kolchak tries to figure out the cause of death of two office workers who are found mummified.
9. Timeless
Aired 10 March 2006
Carl and Peri investigate similar deaths that have occured every 35 years since the Beacon was founded.
10. What's the Frequency, Kolchak?
Aired 17 March 2006
Carl is kidnapped by a man who insists that Carl has been sending him secret messages through his stories.