" Carl Kolchak." " Perri Reed and this is Jain McMannus." "Perri is the senior crime reporter at this paper" " She's the senior crime reporter?" " I've been here four years." " Do you know how long I've covered crimes?" " The two of you are expected to get along you have to wonder why he has been so interested in this case from the very beginning." "You mean why a man would be drawn to a story that closely mirrors his own?" "All these strange deaths, they're like pieces in a puzzle, a puzzle that I'm trying to put together.." "but no one sees it, cause no one wants to." "And when you'll get your answers....?" "Well, then I'll print them, then they'll believe, then they'll have too" "They're in the news everyday." "Warnings about what you eat, drink, breathe... think." "In the modern world, fear of the death isn't that distant anxiety reserved for the old aged." "It's daily life." "The ordinary no longer offers comfort, not when death can come... anytime.." "from anything." "Euh.. that's euh... dangerous, you know.." "Your cell phone..." "Static electricity could start a fire.." "Look behind you." "Night Stalker" " Episode 04 Burning Man" " Hey." " Hey, what do you got?" "I got a story" " A good one." " A gas station fire?" "Not the fire, but how it started." "I even heard a witness telling the cops.." "that there was another customer here." "The guy who died," "Theodore Fogel." "Was he smoking?" "No." "He was... burning up..." "Litterally." "A witness said that this man's Fogel body started the fire, like some kind of human torch?" " Like Janice Storm." " I'm on.." "The witness might have been wrong." "I don't think he could have started this fire." "I don't think the fire is a story." " Did you read yesterday's paper?" " Of course." "Then you saw the front page." " Terrormaker?" " That dude bomber type guy right?" "Yeah, a home-grown terrorist that send his victims wax figurines as calling cards also called, "burning man"." "They all died, apparently they were burned by some kind of biological agent." "Yeah, one that seemly burn their victims alive, from the inside." " Yeah, but no wax "burning man" was found!" " It could have melted in the fire." "And the terrormaker is dead, Kolchak." "How could he take a new victim, when he died a year ago?" "That's what I wanna know." " I gonna go print these up.." " Ok." " Have you considered this might be the work of a copycat?" " I have." " But that's not the story you're interested in, is it?" " Not really." "Before he died, the terrormaker denied he burned his victims with biological agents." "That's right." "He claimed he had the power to send them hellfire" "Exactly." "Yeah, um, well.. uh.." "I read that, and.... crazy me," "I just missed it as a ravings of a mad man." "Maybe it is, maybe it isn't." "How long you've been working here Carl?" "Um,..about two months, I guess." "And in that time.." "I have witnessed more freaky things than I've seen in my entire life." "Thanks." "You know why you keep finding these things Carl?" "Because I ... look for them?" "Because you want to find them." "Keep chasing monsters and one day they'll be chasing you." "Hey, there he is." "Hey, let me take the lead of this, ok?" "I know how to handle it..." "Look.., I don't want Gorn betrothing us.." "Howard Gorn covered the terrormaker piece for 10 years." "He wrote a six-meter book-tale about it." "The story's his." "Yeah, the story was his." "Now it's ours." "Enter" "Carl Kolchak, Mr. Gorn." "Yeah, I've heard about you." "Perri, How's the crimes be keeping you busying?" "Yeah, it's fine." "You know, I started out covering crimes." "The first Pulitzer, that was for that Manson thing," "I got in tight with Buillossi, Polanski and all those Guys." "Crime is a great beat for beginners." "The public loves it." "Right." "So, uh, what is it that you need from me sweetheart?" "Yeah sweetheart, why don't you tell mister Gorn?" "Well, I hate to bother you, but  we were having an argument." "About?" "Your story you wrote yesterday talked about rumors of the FBI killed the wrong man, that the real terrormaker is still alive." "Yeah, so is Elvis." "So you're convinced this suspect, Robert Gudman, is guilty?" "Look, it will all be covered in my book." "It was just bad luck, that's all." "The raid went bad when a tear gas canister ignited and incinerated Gudman and his wife Margaret" "So, there was no suspect to question?" "No, no smoking gun..." "The biological agents he used to burn his victims.." "they were never found?" "Presumly he stole them from some DOD lab he worked at." "And the theory is that they were transmitted by the figurines he sent to his victims." "So simply touching a figurine cause them to burn up?" "Within' seconds... ..poof....he's dead." " And that was the theory." " You're right." "The biological agents dispersed without a trace, no hard proof, you got rumors, conspiracy nuts ... but the thing about rumors is, that they help sell books." "What about the Terrormaker's letters claiming that he kill these people with "hellfire"?" "What about it?" "Did you ever consider it might be true?" "You mean that God gave him the power to.... scorch human flesh?" "No." "This guy, Perri  a piece of work." "Your article also talked about an FBI profiler, Doug Panero." "Is he convinced that Gudman was guilty too?" "You know, I suppose so." "He's a profiler that I was working hard with, Panero is not talking, so ..." "Why not?" "These... uh.... questions... are they part of this uh... argument that you two were having, is it that?" "No, no we just got a lot to carry away." "Thank you for solving our debate Gorn." "Yeah." "Any time sweetheart." "It has been an education." "Mrs. Panero?" "Hi, I'm Perri Reed, this is Carl Kolchak." "We are with the Beacon." "Oh, I'm sorry." "My husband doesn't give interviews." "We didn't need to talk to Agent Panero." "If he just could take a look at this." "What is it?" "It's the file of a man who was burn to dead last night." "We were hoping your husband could tell us if he thinks it's the profile of a Terrormaker victim." "He was the FBI agent in charge of the case." "But the Terrormaker is dead." "Thanks to my husband." "Yes." "We understand that." "If he just could take a look at this." "Our number is inside." "Thanks." "That's the last one." "10 years this guy has been killing people." "There's got to be more research in this files." "There is." "It's Gorn story." "Most of it's up in his office." "Yeah... for his book." "When you get up as famous as he is, people gives you lattitude." "Yeah, well, that lattitude's keeping us from finding how this terrormaker burns these people." "It's already been explained." "A classified biological agent that leaves no trace, or residue?" "Right." "So top secret that no one's ever proof it even exists?" "It doesn't mean it doesn't ." "What?" "Just because it wasn't found it doesn't mean it doesn't exist?" "Where have I hear that before?" "OK." "Let's say there never were any biological agents." "He burned these people "hellfire"?" "The Terrormaker claimed that biblical wrath was on his side that these bio-weapons were offensive to God." "And that make sense to you?" "I'm only saying... admit that there may be more on this world that reason alone can explain." "Reason's all we have." "And if it's not enough?" "What was that?" "You haven't shown this to the FBI?" "Not yet." "So we don't know if it's an authentic, it just could be a hoax." "It may be." "Yeah, or it could be that .." "the FBI killed the wrong guy a year ago, and the Terrormaker is back." ""I am back" is written in the same blood red ink he used in the past." "So why send it here?" "Maybe he saw us at the gas station asking questions." "Yeah, that will be the "real-world" explanation." "The real world is where I live, Carl, and that's the explanation I'm looking for." "There could be others." "What does Howard Gorn think about all this?" " We haven't told him." " And... why not?" "'Cause this is our story." "Jain found it." "Tony, it does not seem fair to just, hand it over to him.." "Howard Gorn is on the National desk, he outranks all of us." "We're the ones that put it together." "You haven't put anything together as far as I can see." "you don't know if this is an authentic.." "you don't even now if the gas station victim fits this lunatic profile." "So, until you do..." "I don't see any reason to waste Howard Gorn time with this." "Thanks for cutting some slacks, Tony." "Try not to hang yourself with it." "The FBI's position on this, is that it's a fake." " How can you be so sure?" " Because the Terrormaker is dead." "This got to be a copycat of some kind.." "Unless you're wrong, Agent Hawk." "We've all heard the rumors." "But Gudman fits bureau profile to a T and the attacks stopped after his death." "You heard about the gas station explosion, two nights ago?" " Yeah, I heard about it." " You don't think it's connected?" "No, there's no evidence it is." "What does Doug Panero think?" "Howard Gorn covered this story for the Beacon for 10 years," "Why am I not talking to him?" "Howard is the reason we're here." "All right." "When I've a quarter I could take a look." "I'll let you know." "MysteryToxinKillsChemicalCompanyWorker" "NeedforSpeedinTerrorMakerInvestigation" "OfficialssearchthroughTerrorMakerClues." " He's here." " Who?" " That uh..." "FBI agent you wanted to see." " Doug Panero?" "Yes." "I had him wait in photo's so that Gorn wouldn't see him" "Agent Panero?" "I wanted to get back to you." "to tell you that I checked out the man and his file." "Was he someone the Terrormaker would target to death?" "Every victim had some connection to biological weapons research, which he claimed to reprove on moral grounds." "I compiled a list for over 7.000 people that fit his criteria" "The victim at the gas station was doing bio-engineering researches at CSU." "Research that Terrormaker would clearly found unacceptable." "You think he is alive?" "The Terrormaker?" "I didn't say that." "I said the victim fit his profile." "We received a burning man figurine last night wrapped in a paper with the words "I'm back"." " May I see it?" " We just gave it to the FBI, they're analyzing it." "Then I can't help you." "Except to say that it's plausible the TerrorMaker would have sent a burning man to the press, to .... spread fear." "Agent Panero?" "Why did you come here today?" "Because you asked for my opinion." "It's our understanding that you haven't spoken to anyone in the press since the raid." "The raid was a black mark on the bureau.." "Questions were raised about loss of innocent lives." "Gudman's wife." "Even whether or not Gudman was guilty, the whole outsource made me "persona non grata" at the bureau" " But you still work there?" " Not really." "I don't go to the office." "I still don't understand why you came to us instead of the FBI." "Because if the TerrorMaker is still alive, if we did kill the wrong man," "I want people to know about it." "And your old boss, Agent Hawk?" "Let just say the FBI doesn't need anymore headlines." "I'll show you out.." "I thought you'd be exited." "It sounds that we have a story." "Yeah." "What is it?" "He still got it in his eyes ... fear." " It's been an hour and a half.." " I'm sorry, traffic." "Yeah, all right" "Thank you." "The food's here." "Who's hungry?" "Honey. .." "What's this?" "The Toy surprise?" "Susan?" "No!" "Don't do that!" "You scared the crap out of me.." " Gary?" " What?" "What now?" " Are you ok?" " I'm fine." "No." "I mean it!" "What is happening?" "What is happening to me?" " We just got the confirmation from L.A.P.D." " Burning man?" "Found it on the table, think he got deliver for a take out dinner." "How did he get it there?" "The same way he did with all the other victims." " Which is?" " Nobody knows." "You reached Panero?" "Not yet, but the victim's gotta be on the list." "He was an executive of a bio-technique company at Manhattan Beach." "I 'll contact him, to see if I can get a picture of the personality" "The deadline's in an hour." "You wanna work the phones or you wanna start the writing?" "You write, I'll get you my notes." "I'll..." "I'll take those notes." "FBI called." "It's my Story." " Howard." " I'm on a deadline, Tony.." "The history is theirs.." "You're already barely awake here." "The story belongs to National, not to city-desk" "They found it, they chased it.." "They also pumped me pretty good for information about it and they still don't even know what "it" is." "The Terrormaker is back, tonight's attack proved it." " You see what I mean?" " Hum, why did you tell us then?" "You'll be able to read all about it in tomorrow's Beacon." "What do you mean, what the pals of the FBI tell you to write..?" "That is nothing but a copycat?" "This is the figurine you wanted the FBI to analyze." "The other... ..is from an attack, that took place two years ago." " They look the same." " But they're not." "the FBI says the wax is different, and so is the mold." "This one .... ...is a fake, it's a copycat." "And I don't write what the FBI tells me to write." "I write the simple truth, like I always do." "I'll take those notes from you now." "If there's anything in them worth reading..." "Good morning, is your husband in?" "What do you want?" " I don't know if you read the news this morning." " I read it." "I need his help." "He's done helping, Mr. Kolchak." "You should call the FBI." " People are dying." " Listen to me." "My husband has helped enough." "For 10 years he has chased that monster." "He has paid enough." "It's ok, Lisa." " Doug?" " it's all right." "What is it that you need Mr. Kolchak?" "Answers." "This is where it all happened." "Where I hunted the man down." "Lisa wants me to move and pass on this" "But you can't." "All those years, chasing a phantom, imagine his every move." "I never met the man, but I got to know him better then my friends and my family." "The day that Gudman died, it was like my life ended too." "The FBI didn't need or want me anymore." "Did you read about the death last night?" "That biotech executive?" "The FBI thinks he was killed by a copycat." "But you don't believe that." "Why do you say that?" "That doesn't fit with the theory 'bout the agent the Terrormaker used to kill these people." "I've seen the research, our government's working on all kind of killer germs." "Biological war fear..., it's the new combat." "You theorized that Gudman stole them from a lab where he worked?" "Yeah, that's right." "So, if that were true, how would a copycat get this same biological agent?" "I don't know." "It seems next to impossible." "What if it isn't a copycat?" "what are you talking about?" "Maybe Gudman was the wrong guy." "He fit the profile and he worked at a lab where he had access to all the biological agents." "Yeah, but that's based on the assumption that he killed these people with a biological agent." "So what?" "You're saying he'd burn them with "hellfire"?" "You gotta be joking." "You wanna put this case behind you, let me help you do that." "Once and for all." " Where you've been?" " Why you ask?" "Still working on the story, aren't you?" "Who wants to know, you or Gorn?" "Vincenzo..." "He got called in the managing heather office this morning." " Hum, he got his hands slapped?" " We all did." "Jain can stand the story, but if it ever ends up on Gorn's desk again, we're fired." "They're bluffing." "They don't trust us, Carl." "They don't think we know how to do our jobs." "Not like Gorn does." "We're the only ones trying to write the story, the real story." "They don't care!" "They want us to let it go." "Well, I care." "And I'll take my chances." "You can't do that." "Vincenzo is being held personally responsible." "That's his problem, not mine." "He got you this job, Carl." "If you cross the line again, it will cost him his." "You need to back off." "Put the hands up!" "Turn around!" "Turn around!" "A little low." "Glen Overton, formerly employed as a driver for a high risk trucking firm." "Trucking?" "He regularly transported biohazardious materials for the government." "And how the FBI find him so quickly?" "According to Gorn, Overton was on the bio-terrorist watch list." "They've been tracking him al along." "They took us back to his room and he had like a dozen of figurines there, wax molds, whole deal." "And what about this trace-less biological agent?" "There was something there, they tried to get a picture of it." "It's being analyzed at Quantum corp." " I hate to be the one to say it." " Then don't." " Kolchak." " It's Doug Panero." "What kind of crap is this?" "You said you wanted answers." "Oh, slow down, what are you talking about?" "The story in the Beacon." "Glen Overton." "You gotta be kidding!" "The FBI says he's the copycat." "They even have proof to back it up." "Overton was on my suspect list for years, he's a puke, a pretender." "He couldn't burn a match." "Yeah, well they found the figurines in his room, wax molds..." "Yeah, so did I, four years ago." "They're putting away a terrorist wannabe, when you and I both know the real guy is still out there." "I'm of the story, Doug." "I can... connect you to Howard Gorn." "Howard Gorn's a tool on the bureau." "I'm not talking to him, Kolchak, I'm talking to you." "I can't help you." "You let the story stand, more people are gonna end up dead." "You're telling me you're ok with that?" "I'll call you back." "Kolchak!" "Carl... where are you going?" "I prefer not to say." "Please tell me you're not working on the story." "Ok, I'm not." "Carl..." "Look, Panero says Gorn's story is a fraud." "Then let him tell Gorn that." "He won't, he doesn't trust Gorn." "Oh, so he's talking to you now?" "Why're you gonna print it?" "That's right, I forgot." "You don't care about the Beacon." "You just care about getting a story for yourself." "What I care 'bout is getting the story right." "And you once told me you care about too." "Perri!" "I ..." "I just wanted to say that... uh, despite everything, there's no hard feelings." "Oh, of course, no hard feelings." "I never liked... uh..." "leave a pretty lady mad at me." "Right." "and, uh... a part the way you tried to work me" " I'm so sorry about that..." " No, no, no. don't be, don't be, I admire that." "Manipulation is an essential quality for a good reporter." "As for your friend Kolchak... may I offer you a bit of advice?" "Be my guest." "He's a fanatic." "He's driven by obsessions." "And even if he wasn't crazy, it's the kind of guy that would just drag you down" "Thanks for your advice." "Anytime." "Hey, Howard!" "I know that this is your story, but I was wondering if" "I could help, you know, with research, calls... anything." "I ..." "I wouldn't expect to hare a "by line", but just a chance to learn." "Why don't you let me think about it?" "Thanks." "This is my file on Overton, categorically dismissing him as a suspect." "They caught him right handed, leaving a burningman in someone's car." "Yeah, someone..." "Who?" "They haven't release the name." "I guarantee you whoever it is, he was not on the Terrormaker's target list." "You think he's still alive." "This..." "Terrormaker." "Lisa used to think it was just me, that I couldn't accept that it was over." "But I'm sure now, it's not." "Well, well, well, look at this." "I was just dealing a little organizing." " Your book research is here, your outgoing story's over there..." " Why don't you go get a drink?" "You know, I was just gonna stick around here and get things in shape for tomorrow." "All right." "You know, Howard, I was wondering what was in this bottom drawer." "It is locked." "You don't need to worry about that." "See you tomorrow." "Did you see Kolchak?" "No, why?" "I haven't been able to reach him all day." " You think he's working on the story." " I know he is, he's not the only one." "What are those?" "Gorn's files, for his book." "Ones he kept out of the research library." "It left me with some questions." "About what?" "This so called "traceless biological agent."" "Look." "Two instances as the people burning up without ever received a figurine." "Here, a case of a Wisconsin man who touched the burningman, but didn't burn up." "All these discrepancies, none of them have been disclosed or explained by the FBI or Panero." "So you think that their theory about this pathogens is ..." "Oh God, it's what we got best." "and Gorn is going right along with it, just spouting the company line" "In exchange for access to the FBI." "No doubt." "Why would the FBI lie?" "Why would Panero lie?" "They're not." "It's the only rational explanation that they come up with" "You're not saying that you believe that the Terrormaker killed these people with" "Hellfire?" "Does that look crazy to you?" "I'm just saying that a scientific explanation for this attacks.." "doesn't head up doesn't head up at all." "Gudman kept taking the same toll route." " 91, west of the park." " Every month, like clockwork, where was he going." "I don't know." "I don't know if that even means anything." "what, it says here he kept some locker in Belflack, that's just up the 91 freeway, isn't it?" "I was thinking the same thing." "I checked it out after he died, the locker was empty." "I 'm telling you, it's a dead end." "I haven't seen your wife tonight?" "She took a drive." "She's not happy you're back into all this?" "She wants our life back." "Whatever that is." "It has been so long I don't even know it anymore." "I get these pictures in my head and I keep thinking if I could put them together and could leave this all behind." "I could move on." "Do you understand what I'm talking about?" "Yeah, I do." "Did Gudman have any relatives?" "No." "Why?" "That storage locker in Belflack." "Someone has been paying it to keep it open this past year." "It's not locked." "It's not empty either." " You touched one?" " No." " It's the real thing?" " It sure looks like it." "Wax molds, paraffin." "Look at this." "I think we just found your hellfire." "That's a hell of a story, isn't it?" "Yeah, writing it for the Beacon is another matter." "The FBI is not gonna be able to deny this now." "This is proof that the Terrormaker is still at work." "Gudman was a loner." "Only a certain matter of people he knew could had access to the locker." "I already know who had access." "What are you talking about?" "I've seen this ink before, Doug." "on the paper the Terrormaker wrote, the one that said I'm "back."" "The note?" "No one else knew we were on the story." "It's you." "You're the Terrormaker now." "Are you crazy?" "You couldn't accept Gudman was dead, so you brought him back." "You hid what we found in that storage locker, because if you hadn't the questions about this case would have stopped." "And your life would have been over." "You're saying, I killed these people." "You had the list of the Terrormaker's victims." "You knew just who to target and how." "You're lying." "I wish I was." "I'm the one who found him." "He found you." "You spent so long looking for answers when you found them," "you lost yourself." "No." "I can't let you say these things." "Doug." "It's true, isn't it?" "I'm sorry.." "I'm so sorry.." "No!" "Did you see this?" "Yeah, I've seen it." "It's completely bogus." "The FBI's got it all wrong, Gorn is reporting it in his fact." "Vincenzo wants to see us." "Now." "Gorn is a total fraud, he got to be fired." "We'll back you up on this, Tony." "that won't be necessary." "I'm letting the story stand." "The story is wrong." "That guy Overton didn't kill Panero or any of these other people." "This copycat has needy and stolen biohazardius material, The FBI has a solid case against him." "I can't believe you're going along with this." "He is." "We all are." "You were there." "You saw how Panero died." "He touched the burningman from that storage locker." "Yeah that's how he died, but that's not what killed him." "Panero spent 10 years trying to catch a monster," "I think the monster finally caught him." "Doug Panero lived with a fear he finally came to see, a fear I know too well of a question that holds a terrible answer" "Should I ever look into the eye of the monster I'm chasing," "Who's face will I see?" "Sync :" "Celly M ;" "Subbed-three (W²) Subtitles :" "Subbed-three (W²) ;" "Alucardo."