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Night Stalker

TV·2005–2005·ABC·Drama, Crime·1h·7.0·Created by Frank Spotnitz

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Crime reporter Carl Kolchak is partnered with Perri Reed at The Beacon, a Los Angeles newspaper. Together they investigate a string of strange murders all of which may be related to the death of Kolchak's wife 18 months earlier in a similarly bizarre manner. A murder that the FBI consider Kolchak the primary suspect.

Cast

Stuart TownsendStuart TownsendCarl KolchakGabrielle UnionGabrielle UnionPerri ReedEric JungmannEric JungmannJain McManusCotter SmithCotter SmithTony Vincenzo

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