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The X-Files wouldn't exist without this '70s horror franchise that paved the way for the sci-fi/paranormal series, and ...

The TV series Kolchak the Night Stalker maintains a cult following even decades later, and now Carl Kolchak is once again making the jump to comics. And as befits this intrepid investigator of all ...

I enlisted some help to come up with a ranking of all 20 episodes, favorite to least favorite. Those who chipped in with their rankings included my son (who shares a Sept. 13 birthday with “The ...

Every Christmas, television audiences are reminded of actor Darren McGavin thanks to his portrayal of "The Old Man" in the holiday perennial A Christmas Story (1983), and while that may be the ...

Read up on the latest Kolchak: The Night Stalker News, Reviews and Features from the team at Collider. This series was the initial inspiration for Mulder and Scully's fantastic sci-fi adventures in ...

In 1972 Kolchak: The Night Stalker transfixed audiences. The movie became the highest-rated TV movie in U.S. history and spawned the cult TV series starring Darren McGavin. The TV movie’s iconic ...

Ace reporter Carl Kolchak was investigating all things paranormal long before FBI agents Mulder and Scully ever opened their first X-File... The character, played on screen by Darren McGavin, first ...