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