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The Best Episodes of Night Stalker

Every episode of Night Stalker ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Night Stalker!

Carl Kolchak and his partner Perri investigate the mysterious death of Kolchak's wife and the paranormal phenomena plaguing their city.
Genre:Drama
Network:ABC

Best Episodes Summary

"Malum" is the best rated episode of "Night Stalker". It scored 7.3/10 based on 56 votes. Directed by Deran Sarafian and written by N/A, it aired on 10/27/2005. This episode scored 0.3 points higher than the second highest rated, "What's the Frequency, Kolchak?".

  • Malum
    7.3/1056 votes
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    #1 - Malum

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/27/2005

    Kolchak investigates a troubled boy and his abusive father who leave a trail of mysterious deaths behind them.

    Director: Deran Sarafian

    Writer: N/A

  • What's the Frequency, Kolchak?
    7.0/1062 votes
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    #2 - What's the Frequency, Kolchak?

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 3/17/2006

    Carl is kidnapped by a man who insists that Carl has been sending him secret messages through his stories.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: Vince Gilligan

  • Pilot
    6.8/1087 votes
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    #3 - Pilot

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/29/2005

    Carl Kolchak takes a job at the L.A. Beacon as a crime reporter and begins investigating a strange case in which a pregnant woman has gone missing. When her body is found fingers point to the woman's husband, but Kolchak believes in the man's innocence, believing that there is a supernatural angle to the story. His investigations are frustrated when Perri Reed, the newspaper's senior crime reporter, digs into Kolchak's mysterious past.

    Director: Daniel Sackheim

    Writer: Frank Spotnitz

  • The Five People You Meet in Hell
    6.8/1077 votes
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    #4 - The Five People You Meet in Hell

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 10/6/2005

    When a peaceful lawyer takes a baseball bat to his wife then kills himself, Carl suspects that a cult leader the man prosecuted is responsible, and has the ability to influence others into unwittingly killing their loved ones. But it soon becomes clear that Perri, whose story helped put the man in prison, is his next target.

    Director: Rob Bowman

    Writer: Thomas Schnauz

  • Three
    6.8/1055 votes
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    #5 - Three

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 10/13/2005

    After a co-ed dies in a bizarre accident relating to her deepest fear, Kolchak investigates a strange college society that performs rituals in a mysterious old house.

    Director: Daniel Sackheim

    Writer: N/A

  • The Sea (2)
    6.8/1049 votes
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    #6 - The Sea (2)

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 2/24/2006

    Perri and Kolchak must go on the run from the phantom bikers to protect their source on Agent Caleca and the mysteries behind Irene Kolchak's death. Meanwhile, Agent Fain puts pressure on Vincenzo and Jain to reveal what they know.

    Director: Elodie Keene

    Writer: Frank Spotnitz

  • Burning Man
    6.7/1054 votes
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    #7 - Burning Man

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/20/2005

    The FBI and a pompous reporter believe a copycat killer is responsible for a series of murders identical to those of a dead bio-terrorist who claimed that he could kill people with hellfire, but Kolchak suspects that the murders have a supernatural explanation.

    Director: Tony Wharmby

    Writer: N/A

  • Timeless
    6.6/1054 votes
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    #8 - Timeless

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 3/10/2006

    Carl and Peri investigate similar deaths that have occured every 35 years since the Beacon was founded.

    Director: James Hayman

    Writer: William Schmidt

  • The Source (1)
    6.5/1049 votes
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    #9 - The Source (1)

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 11/10/2005

    Kolchak refuses to disclose a source in a story about a drug lord's death at the hands of a biker gang and the disappearance of a DEA agent who could shed light on the identity of Irene's killer, causing Agent Fain to return and investigate.

    Director: Steve Shill

    Writer: Frank Spotnitz

  • Into Night
    6.0/1049 votes
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    #10 - Into Night

    Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 3/3/2006

    Kolchak tries to figure out the cause of death of two office workers who are found mummified.

    Director: Paul Shapiro

    Writer: Frank Spotnitz