
15/04/2025
We are just 10 days away from the anniversary of Cheryl Ann Hughes’ untimely death on the Vegas strip on April 25, 1972. The first victim of a vampire terrorizing the town.
In honor of that upcoming date, I have a little quiz for Kolchak fans of the TV movie written by legendary writer, Richard Matheson, based on the original novel by Jeff Rice.
Rice, for whatever reason, has three of the men attending Chief Butcher’s small press briefing each have a last name that rhymes: Paine, Fain, and Lane. Matheson changed one of the names. I guess because of too much rhyming.
What is the full name of the character Matheson changed the name of? Hint, he appears in more than just one scene in the movie.