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Shadow Chasers

Name: Shadow Chasers
Genre: Drama

TV·1985–1986·1 season, 14 episodes·ABC·Drama·1h·Created by Brian Grazer, Kenneth Johnson

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Shadow Chasers is a 1985 American mystery television series created by Brian Grazer and Kenneth Johnson. Thirteen episodes were produced, nine of which were shown on the ABC television network, the remaining four on the Armed Forces Network. It debuted on November 14, 1985, and was produced by Warner Bros. Television. Shadow Chasers features strait-laced British anthropologist Jonathan MacKensie, who is blackmailed by his department head, Dr. Julianna Moorhouse of the fictional Georgetown Institute Paranormal Research Unit, into investigating a supposed "haunting" involving a teenage boy in return for a research grant. He paired up with flamboyant tabloid reporter Edgar "Benny" Benedek in an attempt to short-cut the time involved, and over Moorhouse's objections.

Cast

Dennis DuganEdgar "Benny" Benedek

Trevor EveDr. Jonathan MacKensie

Nina FochDr. Julianna Moorhouse

Episodes by season

Season0114Episodes1985–86Aired—Season avg

S01E01Shadow Chasers (1)November 14, 1985—Benny and Jonathan team up to investigate a series of strange occurrences in a small town.
S01E02The Spirit of St. LouisNovember 21, 1985—A bizarre death leads Benny and Jonathan to a cult worshipping King Tut.
S01E03Amazing GraceNovember 28, 1985—After coming close to death, Benny gets an urgent cry for help from a restless spirit.
S01E04The Middle of SomewhereDecember 5, 1985—
S01E05Parts UnknownDecember 12, 1985—
S01E06The Many Lives of JonathanDecember 19, 1985—Benny and Jonathan discover a man who was buried alive and a suspicious health club.
S01E07Phantom of the GalleriaDecember 26, 1985—Jonathan becomes possessed by spirits and Benny enlists the help of an aerobic exorcist.
S01E08Curse of the Full MoonJanuary 2, 1986—Benny and Jonathan investigate reports of a 148-year-old ghost roaming a shopping mall.
S01E09How Green Was My MurderJanuary 9, 1986—A botanist is strangled by his own plants and Benny and Jonathan are called in to investigate.
S01E10Let's Make a DealJanuary 16, 1986—Benny and Jonathan try to break a woman's contract that forces her to give up her son to an evil sorceress.
S01E11Cora's Stranger—A small town refuses to allow anyone near the last surviving eyewitness to a 1939 meteor shower.
S01E12Blood and Magnolias—While investigating reports of a werewolf, Benny and Jonathan discover a girl who has been raised by wolves.
S01E13Ahead of Time—Benny and Jonathan discover a vampire living in a small southern town.
S01E14Ahead of Time—A student journeys back in time to prevent an assassination.

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