FAQ

Bernie Jenks (Ralph Meeker) is an FBI agent.

Kolchak (Darren McGavin): "Well, it looks like Bela Lugosi struck again."

Lugosi is a famous horror movie star, best known for playing Count Dracula.

Ten times. Twice in Washington, three times in New York, twice in Chicago, three times in Boston.

See: The scene where Gail Foster (Carol Lynley) irons Kolchak's shirt.

Kolchak: "You know, I really ought to light a candle to Ben Hecht."

Hecht was a famous newspaper reporter; also a prolific playwright and screenwriter.

Bernie Jenks (Ralph Meeker): "Subject: Janos Skorzeny. Born in Craesti, Rumania, 1899. Skorzeny's father died in 1923. He left somewhere betwen $75 and $100 million. At this time he began to travel, and he became known throughout Eastern Europe as a big lover of nightlife. We don't have a lot more on him before World War II. However, Scotland Yard reports he showed up in England just in time for the German blitz. . . . While in England, he passed himself off as Dr. Paul Belasco, specialist in hematology research. His work involved freshly killed air raid victims from various London emergency rooms. As a matter of fact, at his residence in Shafto Court, he installed several kinds of sumps, tubs, and an extremely large commercial meat freezer. And in 1948, he turned up in Canada, still as Dr. Belasco. Further checking made his presence known in almost every place along the U.S.-Candian border where rioting and violence and a number of dead bodies were found. We believe he left Canada for Vegas in April 19th under the name of Detective Constable Alan Hensley. Now because of his British citizenship, he is an international fugitive. . . . Skorzeny's travels have always been accompanied by a number of unexplained killings, many of which have one thing in common: a massive loss of blood."