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.
Shadow Chasers (Season 1)
Shadow Chasers (1) (Episode 1)
Air date: 1985-11-14
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Benny and Jonathan team up to investigate a series of strange occurrences in a small town.
The Spirit of St. Louis (Episode 2)
Writer: Craig Buck
Air date: 1985-11-21
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A bizarre death leads Benny and Jonathan to a cult worshipping King Tut.
Amazing Grace (Episode 3)
Writer: Bob Rosenfarb
Air date: 1985-11-28
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: After coming close to death, Benny gets an urgent cry for help from a restless spirit.
The Middle of Somewhere (Episode 4)
Writer: Renee Longstreet
Air date: 1985-12-05
Runtime: 60 min
Parts Unknown (Episode 5)
Writer: M.M. Shelly Moore
Air date: 1985-12-12
Runtime: 60 min
The Many Lives of Jonathan (Episode 6)
Writer: M.M. Shelly Moore
Air date: 1985-12-19
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Benny and Jonathan discover a man who was buried alive and a suspicious health club.
Phantom of the Galleria (Episode 7)
Writer: Richard Manning
Air date: 1985-12-26
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Jonathan becomes possessed by spirits and Benny enlists the help of an aerobic exorcist.
Curse of the Full Moon (Episode 8)
Air date: 1986-01-02
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Benny and Jonathan investigate reports of a 148-year-old ghost roaming a shopping mall.
How Green Was My Murder (Episode 9)
Air date: 1986-01-09
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A botanist is strangled by his own plants and Benny and Jonathan are called in to investigate.
Let's Make a Deal (Episode 10)
Air date: 1986-01-16
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Benny and Jonathan try to break a woman's contract that forces her to give up her son to an evil sorceress.
Cora's Stranger (Episode 11)
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A small town refuses to allow anyone near the last surviving eyewitness to a 1939 meteor shower.
Blood and Magnolias (Episode 12)
Writer: Mary Ann Kasica
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: While investigating reports of a werewolf, Benny and Jonathan discover a girl who has been raised by wolves.
Ahead of Time (Episode 13)
Writer: Mary Ann Kasica
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: Benny and Jonathan discover a vampire living in a small southern town.
Ahead of Time (Episode 14)
Runtime: 60 min
Overview: A student journeys back in time to prevent an assassination.
Seasons
Episodes 14