"Kolchak: The Night Stalker" The Knightly Murders (TV Episode 1975) - John Dehner as Capt. Vernon Rausch

Capt. Vernon Rausch : But a knight - in armor? Make me believe that, Carl, because if I find you're shooting me through the grease, it'll have a definite detrimental effect on how we interface with each other.
Capt. Vernon Rausch : [to Kolchak] You are a man who has resorted to lies and chicanery to the point of being pathological. I believe that you suffer from autosuggestion; and, in an obsessive desire to win approval expressed through the need for a big story, you convince yourself that what you want to be true *is* true. In short... I believe your brain has turned to onion dip.
Capt. Vernon Rausch : Carl, neighbors heard screams, and we find you camped out here on the floor and a woman ax-murdered right in there. If I were you, I'd have a big tension headache.
Capt. Vernon Rausch : He was stabbed.

Carl Kolchak : Stabbed?

Capt. Vernon Rausch : [Makes a stabbing motion toward his chest] You know.

Carl Kolchak : Yes, of course. But... stabbed by what?

Capt. Vernon Rausch : Fair question. Something round and sharp. I'd say, a structural facsimile to an ice pick.

Carl Kolchak : Ice pick.

Capt. Vernon Rausch : There is, however, one disconcerting wrinkle to that premise. This particular instrument would have to have a three-inch diameter.

Carl Kolchak : Then it isn't an ice pick!

Capt. Vernon Rausch : All right, I'll buy that. I can buy a direct question, and I respect you for it.

Carl Kolchak : [totally confused] Thank you, Captain.

John Dehner: Capt. Vernon Rausch