Kolchak and Jim Elkhorn are doing research on Matchemonedo, The Energy Eater entity, and are reading diaries and logs of pioneers who encountered or mentioned the entity. Elkhorn fluently reads and translates from a French passage written by a French priest who refers to it. William Smith, who played Jim Elkhorn, is fluent in Russian, French, German , and Serbo-Croatian, as well as English. He learned foreign languages while serving as an Intelligence Specialist for the U.S. Air Force during the Korean War.
The only episode of the series where Kolchak provides no dates or times for the events in his voice-over narration.
Body count: 4