Carl Kolchak would have flushed the cult out with enough time for nobody to believe him when they disappeared.
@moochava.bsky.socialWatching modern TV shows and I'm reaching critical levels of Surf Dracula Ideology. "P.I. brings down a weird cult" is AT MOST a two-parter and you should be able to wrap it up in 43 minutes, that's not a whole season. Come on.