Kolchak is kidnapped by a violent recluse who may be insane...or who may hold a key to Kolchak's past.

A newspaper reporter who is haunted by his past investigates strange deaths and unexplained phenomena, asking questions that no one else will about cases the police can't or won't solve. In the premiere episode, "Pilot," a murder shockingly like his wife's leads Kolchak to Los Angeles, where he has signed on as a reporter with the L.A. Beacon newspaper. Kolchak's colleague, senior crime reporter Perri Reed (Union) is just as eager to get to the bottom of things, but she's skeptical of his wild theories. Together, they'll aid him as he tracks down the bizarre and the inexplicable, the stories you won't find printed in any newspaper.

When a coed ends up dead after a bizarre accident, Kolchak investigates a strange college society that appears to be performing rituals in a mysterious old house.

Kolchak and Perri investigate mysterious murders in downtown office buildings, in which the victims appear to be mummified.

Kolchak and Perri go on the run to protect the one woman who can answer their questions about Agent Caleca -- and perhaps Irene Kolchak s death -- before the phantom band of bikers strikes again. Along the way, Perri learns one of Kolchak s darkest secrets. Meanwhile, Agent Fain (guest star John Pyper-Ferguson) puts pressure on Jain to give up his photos and on Vincenzo to reveal what his reporters know about the case.