COLLECTION · Series · 1985

Shadow Chasers

Name: Shadow Chasers
Genre: Drama
Duration: 60 min
Rating: 7.7

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.

Source: TMDB

* 7.7 (3)DramaUnited States

Creators

Brian Grazer · Kenneth Johnson

Countries

United States

Studios

ABC

Runtime

60 min/ep

Release

14/11/1985

Score

7.7 / 10 (3)

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Seasons and episodes

Season 1

14 episodes · 1985

Episode 1. Shadow Chasers (1)

1985-11-14 · 60 min

Benny and Jonathan team up to investigate a series of strange occurrences in a small town.

Episode 2. The Spirit of St. Louis

1985-11-21 · 60 min

A bizarre death leads Benny and Jonathan to a cult worshipping King Tut.

Episode 3. Amazing Grace

1985-11-28 · 60 min

After coming close to death, Benny gets an urgent cry for help from a restless spirit.

Episode 4. The Middle of Somewhere

1985-12-05 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 5. Parts Unknown

1985-12-12 · 60 min

No synopsis

Episode 6. The Many Lives of Jonathan

1985-12-19 · 60 min

Benny and Jonathan discover a man who was buried alive and a suspicious health club.

Episode 7. Phantom of the Galleria

1985-12-26 · 60 min

Jonathan becomes possessed by spirits and Benny enlists the help of an aerobic exorcist.

Episode 8. Curse of the Full Moon

1986-01-02 · 60 min

Benny and Jonathan investigate reports of a 148-year-old ghost roaming a shopping mall.

Episode 9. How Green Was My Murder

1986-01-09 · 60 min

A botanist is strangled by his own plants and Benny and Jonathan are called in to investigate.

Episode 10. Let's Make a Deal

1986-01-16 · 60 min

Benny and Jonathan try to break a woman's contract that forces her to give up her son to an evil sorceress.

Episode 11. Cora's Stranger

60 min

A small town refuses to allow anyone near the last surviving eyewitness to a 1939 meteor shower.

Episode 12. Blood and Magnolias

60 min

While investigating reports of a werewolf, Benny and Jonathan discover a girl who has been raised by wolves.

Episode 13. Ahead of Time

60 min

Benny and Jonathan discover a vampire living in a small southern town.

Episode 14. Ahead of Time

60 min

A student journeys back in time to prevent an assassination.

Cast by season

Dennis Dugan

Edgar "Benny" Benedek

Trevor Eve

Dr. Jonathan MacKensie

Nina Foch

Dr. Julianna Moorhouse

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