Kolchak: The Night Stalker was a classic piece of horror television.
Remember when reporters were viewed as heroes?
Well, no he wasnt.
Not in the way we usually think about it.
Ramirez, 53, died in 2013 of natural causes while still awaiting execution.
At the time it was the most-watched TV film in history, and went on to spawn a series.
Now some 40 years after the fact (and after 25 years in journalism) Im even more impressed.
Mathesons script was an adaptation of an unpublished novella by Jeff Rice.
The familiar faces followed as well.
This was not accidental.
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