Shadow Chasers
Description
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.
Episodes
Shadow Chasers (1)
Benny and Jonathan team up to investigate a series of strange occurrences in a small town.
14 November 1985The Spirit of St. Louis
A bizarre death leads Benny and Jonathan to a cult worshipping King Tut.
21 November 1985Amazing Grace
After coming close to death, Benny gets an urgent cry for help from a restless spirit.
28 November 1985The Middle of Somewhere
Parts Unknown
The Many Lives of Jonathan
Benny and Jonathan discover a man who was buried alive and a suspicious health club.
19 December 1985Phantom of the Galleria
Jonathan becomes possessed by spirits and Benny enlists the help of an aerobic exorcist.
26 December 1985Curse of the Full Moon
Benny and Jonathan investigate reports of a 148-year-old ghost roaming a shopping mall.
2 January 1986How Green Was My Murder
A botanist is strangled by his own plants and Benny and Jonathan are called in to investigate.
9 January 1986Let's Make a Deal
Benny and Jonathan try to break a woman's contract that forces her to give up her son to an evil sorceress.
16 January 1986Cora's Stranger
A small town refuses to allow anyone near the last surviving eyewitness to a 1939 meteor shower.
1 January 1970Blood and Magnolias
While investigating reports of a werewolf, Benny and Jonathan discover a girl who has been raised by wolves.
1 January 1970Ahead of Time
Benny and Jonathan discover a vampire living in a small southern town.
1 January 1970Ahead of Time
A student journeys back in time to prevent an assassination.
1 January 1970
