1974 KOLCHAK THE SPANISH MOSS MURDERS

Kolchak: The Night Stalker TV Series 1974–1975 TV-PG
Carl Kolchak is a reporter for a Chicago newspaper. Through more accident than design he ends up investigating homicides, many of which involve supernatural forces. Ultimately, rather than reporting on the crimes, he solves them. Creator: Jeffrey Grant Rice
Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Jack Grinnage
S1.E9 The Spanish Moss Murders Episode aired Dec 6, 1974
Simon Oakland in The Spanish Moss Murders (1974)
A research experiment in dream deprivation produces a corporeal Cajun boogeyman covered in Spanish moss.
Director: Gordon Hessler
Writers: Alvin R. Friedman, David Chase
Stars: Darren McGavin, Simon Oakland, Keenan Wynn