1 00:01:05,640 --> 00:01:08,791 - Oh, Daddy. Cut it out! - I knew it was you, Dad. 2 00:01:08,960 --> 00:01:12,635 - Quit picking on your brother. He loves you. - No, I don't. 3 00:01:12,760 --> 00:01:15,479 - I'm glad you're back home, Dad. - Not as glad as I am. 4 00:01:15,600 --> 00:01:17,830 Did you see a lot of weird stuff this year? 5 00:01:17,960 --> 00:01:20,110 Yep. It was the weirdest show ever. 6 00:01:20,200 --> 00:01:22,395 But your mother thinks you're getting ready for bed. 7 00:01:22,480 --> 00:01:26,758 If she finds you guys still in the pool, she's gonna kill me. So come on! 8 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,435 Quit your whinin'. Come on, or there's no bedtime story. 9 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:33,511 Out you go. That's it. 10 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:53,591 What the hell...? 11 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,430 - What happened? - Nothing you can ascertain from that photo. 12 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,671 He suffered from ichthyosis, a congenital skin disease... 13 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:12,196 ..characterised by the shedding of the epidermis as scales. 14 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:16,509 This shows the entry wound of the undetermined weapon. 15 00:03:16,600 --> 00:03:21,196 No other injuries were inflicted. No organs were removed or cannibalised... 16 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:24,033 ..and there's no signs of sexual molestation. 17 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:28,033 That's 48 attacks over the last 28 years,... 18 00:03:28,120 --> 00:03:31,192 ..occurring in every state in the continental US almost,... 19 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,953 ..the first in Oregon, the last five in Florida. 20 00:03:34,040 --> 00:03:38,192 Victims range from all different age groups, races. Both male and female. 21 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:42,393 The mutilations appear so motiveless one would suspect a form of ritual,... 22 00:03:42,480 --> 00:03:44,550 ..yet they adhere to no known cult. 23 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:49,078 A serial killer would normally escalate the level of violence of his attacks... 24 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:51,879 ..over such an extended period of time. 25 00:03:52,000 --> 00:03:56,312 So what do you think, Scully? What are your initial thoughts? 26 00:03:57,840 --> 00:04:01,958 Imagine going through your whole life looking like this. 27 00:04:10,760 --> 00:04:14,594 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 28 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:17,911 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: 29 00:04:18,000 --> 00:04:21,276 he leadeth me beside the still waters. 30 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,430 He restoreth my soul: 31 00:04:23,520 --> 00:04:27,911 he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 32 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:31,595 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,... 33 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:33,671 ..I will fear no evil: 34 00:04:33,800 --> 00:04:35,950 for thou art with me; 35 00:04:36,040 --> 00:04:39,589 thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. 36 00:04:40,200 --> 00:04:44,432 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: 37 00:04:44,840 --> 00:04:47,274 thou anointest my head with oil; 38 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,794 my cup runneth over. 39 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:53,714 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me... 40 00:04:54,040 --> 00:04:56,474 ..all the days of my life: 41 00:04:56,560 --> 00:05:00,394 and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. 42 00:05:00,960 --> 00:05:05,351 We are gathered here today to mourn the passing of Jerald Glazebrook,... 43 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:11,477 ..beloved husband, father, friend and entertainer. 44 00:05:12,200 --> 00:05:14,475 We mourn not only the passing... 45 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:19,076 ..of a man who overcame the obstacles of his earthly incarnation,... 46 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:25,238 ..but also the passing of the love that dwelled within his all-too-human heart. 47 00:05:26,680 --> 00:05:30,070 We mourn the passing of the admiration and the respect... 48 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:35,076 ..he instilled in all of his professional colleagues. 49 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,432 We mourn the passing of the laughter and the enjoyment... 50 00:05:39,520 --> 00:05:42,671 ..he brought each audience who saw him. 51 00:05:42,760 --> 00:05:46,275 For although Jerry was a world-renowned escape artist,... 52 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:50,592 ..there is one strongbox from which none of us can escape. 53 00:05:56,120 --> 00:05:58,111 Help me. 54 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,190 Put him down over there. 55 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:21,551 Not having known the deceased personally, 56 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,950 I'm in no position to perform a proper eulogy. 57 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,112 I'm sure he was a nice guy, et cetera, et cetera. 58 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:30,959 But as an admirer of his work, I am in a position... 59 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:33,793 ..to perform an impromptu tribute in his honour. 60 00:06:33,880 --> 00:06:37,236 Namely, ramming this spike into my chest! 61 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:44,552 - Don't you have any respect? - I think I hit my left ventricle! 62 00:06:44,640 --> 00:06:46,756 Get back, fascists! 63 00:06:48,280 --> 00:06:50,316 Get him outta here! 64 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:57,231 I can't wait for the wake. 65 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,996 On his VICAP form, Jerald Glazebrook was listed as an "artist". 66 00:07:02,080 --> 00:07:05,595 Jerry was an artist. The best escape artist since Houdini. 67 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:10,879 He should've been headlining Vegas, but his condition kept him on the sideshow circuit. 68 00:07:10,960 --> 00:07:15,556 - I didn't realise that sideshows still existed. - There are two or three still around. 69 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:19,997 I got the impression that Glazebrook wasn't the only performer residing here. 70 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:24,239 The town was founded in the '20s when some of Barnum & Bailey's troupes... 71 00:07:24,320 --> 00:07:26,515 ..came down in the winter off-seasons. 72 00:07:26,840 --> 00:07:30,071 This town's history might help explain our case's history. 73 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,357 A sideshow performer would have toured much of the country. 74 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:37,638 And their isolation from society, caused by their physical deformities,... 75 00:07:37,720 --> 00:07:40,757 ..could have built up pathological resentment... 76 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,195 Now, now, hold on a second. 77 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:46,238 Around here we refer to them as "very special people". 78 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,313 They may be different on the outside, but it's what's inside that counts. 79 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,710 And on the inside... they're as normal as anybody. 80 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:56,877 Until arrest, many serial killers... 81 00:07:56,960 --> 00:08:00,919 ..are considered by their friends and family to be quite normal. 82 00:08:01,040 --> 00:08:04,635 If you regard them as normal, you must consider the possibility... 83 00:08:04,720 --> 00:08:07,757 ..that they are capable of committing these crimes. 84 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:11,350 It's been my experience that other people have a harder time... 85 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:15,194 ..accepting these people's deformities than they do themselves. 86 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:17,874 Sheriff, uh... what is this? 87 00:08:17,960 --> 00:08:23,159 This design here. It's copyrighted by Hepcat Helm. Is that a local artist? 88 00:08:23,360 --> 00:08:27,114 A bit too local. His workplace is right behind my station house. 89 00:08:27,560 --> 00:08:29,994 Do you think that we could meet Hepcat? 90 00:08:32,400 --> 00:08:35,597 Watch my eyes when you light them up 91 00:08:35,680 --> 00:08:37,875 Listen to me whine like a heart shook up 92 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,116 Hepcat. 93 00:08:40,560 --> 00:08:41,629 Hepcat! 94 00:08:41,720 --> 00:08:43,756 I'm in a frenzy 95 00:08:47,920 --> 00:08:51,799 - Who are the rubes? - These are FBI agents Scully and Mulder. 96 00:08:52,480 --> 00:08:55,836 This is Hepcat Helm. He operates a carnival fun house. 97 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:59,595 Oh, man! How many times have I told you not to call it that? 98 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:05,031 It's not some rinky-dink carny ride. People go through it, they don't have fun. 99 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:08,954 They get the hell scared out of 'em. It's not a fun house. 100 00:09:09,040 --> 00:09:11,998 - It's a tabernacle of terror. - It's a fun house. 101 00:09:12,360 --> 00:09:15,033 I wanted to ask you about this menu illustration. 102 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:20,399 I recognise most of the historical portraits you've drawn here, but what's this here? 103 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:23,550 It's the Fiji Mermaid. 104 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,915 - Is that what that thing is? - What's the Fiji Mermaid? 105 00:09:28,520 --> 00:09:31,478 The Fiji Mermaid. It's... it's the Fiji Mermaid! 106 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:36,078 It's a bit of, uh... humbug Barnum pulled in the last century. 107 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:40,119 Barnum billed it as a real live mermaid but when people went in to see it... 108 00:09:40,200 --> 00:09:44,751 ..all they saw was a real dead monkey sewn onto the tail of a fish. 109 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:48,389 - A monkey? - A mummified monkey. 110 00:09:48,480 --> 00:09:52,678 It supposedly looked so bad, he had to exhibit it as a "genuine fake". 111 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:55,718 But see? That's why Barnum was a genius. 112 00:09:55,800 --> 00:09:59,031 You never know where the truth ends and the humbug begins. 113 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:03,717 He came right out and said this Fiji Mermaid thing is just a bunch of BS. 114 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:09,234 That just made people wanna go and see it even more. So I mean... who knows? 115 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:15,438 Maybe for box-office reasons Barnum hawked it as a hoax, when in reality... 116 00:10:15,680 --> 00:10:17,716 The Fiji Mermaid was a reality. 117 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:23,073 Sheriff, we're gonna need a place to stay tonight. 118 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:27,153 There are lodgings right across the way, but, uh... what's all this about? 119 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,038 These tracks were found at several past crime scenes. 120 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:32,156 They've defied identification,... 121 00:10:32,240 --> 00:10:36,074 ..but one expert speculated that they might be simian in nature. 122 00:10:36,160 --> 00:10:39,709 You're not telling me these tracks were made by the Fiji Mermaid? 123 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:43,156 Do you recall what Barnum said about suckers? 124 00:11:00,200 --> 00:11:03,112 Tell me, have you done much circus work in your life? 125 00:11:03,200 --> 00:11:06,431 And what makes you think I've ever spectated a circus? 126 00:11:06,560 --> 00:11:08,357 Much less been enslaved by one. 127 00:11:08,480 --> 00:11:11,313 Many citizens here were circus hands and I thought... 128 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,830 You thought that because I am a person of short stature,... 129 00:11:14,920 --> 00:11:17,036 ..that the only career I could procure for myself 130 00:11:17,120 --> 00:11:20,317 would be one in the so-called big top. 131 00:11:20,800 --> 00:11:25,828 You took one quick look at me and decided that you could deduce my entire life. 132 00:11:26,120 --> 00:11:31,478 Never would it have occurred to you that a person of my height... 133 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:34,711 ..could have possibly obtained a degree... 134 00:11:34,800 --> 00:11:36,916 ..in hotel management. 135 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:40,993 - I'm sorry. I meant no offence. - Well, then, why should I take offence? 136 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:45,638 Just because it's human nature to make instantaneous judgments of others,... 137 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:48,518 ..based solely upon their physical appearances? 138 00:11:48,600 --> 00:11:51,114 I've done the same thing to you, for example. 139 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:53,668 I've taken in your all-American features,... 140 00:11:53,760 --> 00:11:57,514 ..your dour demeanour, your unimaginative necktie design,... 141 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:00,712 ..and concluded that you work for the government. 142 00:12:00,880 --> 00:12:03,235 An FBI agent. 143 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:06,311 But do you see the tragedy here? 144 00:12:06,400 --> 00:12:11,076 I have mistakenly reduced you to a stereotype, a caricature,... 145 00:12:11,160 --> 00:12:15,995 ..instead of regarding you as a specific, unique individual. 146 00:12:16,280 --> 00:12:18,350 But I am an FBI agent. 147 00:12:25,040 --> 00:12:27,349 Register here, please. 148 00:12:28,240 --> 00:12:31,312 Tell me, have you done much circus work in your life? 149 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,755 I was on the stage for most of my life. 150 00:12:34,720 --> 00:12:36,790 I was a headliner. 151 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:39,792 Did it not bother you to have people staring at you? 152 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:43,668 Best work I ever had. All I had to do was stand there. 153 00:12:44,320 --> 00:12:46,595 Occasionally I'd say,... 154 00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:50,719 .."Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like you to meet my brother Leonard." 155 00:12:51,600 --> 00:12:54,672 "Excuse him - he's a little shy." 156 00:12:54,760 --> 00:12:57,752 Big laughs, I tell you. Big laughs. 157 00:12:57,880 --> 00:12:59,950 Why did you give it up? 158 00:13:00,040 --> 00:13:03,316 Mr Nutt, the kind-hearted manager here,... 159 00:13:03,400 --> 00:13:10,670 ..convinced me that to make a living by displaying my deformity lacked dignity. 160 00:13:10,760 --> 00:13:13,228 So now I carry other people's luggage. 161 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:17,634 I believe these are your trailers. 162 00:13:19,040 --> 00:13:21,759 If they are not, then I am wrong. 163 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:25,349 Oh. 164 00:13:25,920 --> 00:13:28,992 That's most considerate. Thank you very much. 165 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:33,593 Goodnight. 166 00:13:33,680 --> 00:13:36,353 Sleep tight. Don't let the bedbugs bite. 167 00:13:37,560 --> 00:13:40,279 No. No, that's not what I meant. 168 00:13:40,360 --> 00:13:44,069 I didn't mean to imply we had bedbugs. 169 00:13:44,160 --> 00:13:47,470 I meant to say don't let... Don't let the... 170 00:13:47,720 --> 00:13:49,517 The Fiji Mermaids bite. 171 00:13:49,640 --> 00:13:53,519 Yes, that's right. The Fiji Mermaids. That's right. 172 00:13:54,960 --> 00:13:56,996 That's... That's exactly... 173 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:00,673 Mulder, what is this Fiji Mermaid business? 174 00:14:00,760 --> 00:14:04,150 Every murder inquiry begins with a list of possible suspects. 175 00:14:04,280 --> 00:14:07,670 You should try not to be so exclusive, Scully. 176 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:13,118 As long as you try not to let the atmosphere here distort your list all out of proportion. 177 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:15,158 I'm in a frenzy 178 00:14:17,680 --> 00:14:18,829 Frenzy 179 00:14:20,720 --> 00:14:23,678 This love gushes from my heart 180 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,309 Like water from a spout 181 00:14:27,440 --> 00:14:30,398 You build a flame from a tiny spark 182 00:14:30,480 --> 00:14:33,677 You can really knock me out - yeah! 183 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,673 Ease my mind with your real cool line 184 00:14:36,760 --> 00:14:40,196 Daddy, fill my soul with love divine 185 00:14:40,440 --> 00:14:43,193 When you say you're mine oh mine 186 00:14:43,280 --> 00:14:45,111 I'm in a frenzy 187 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:06,990 What the hell...? 188 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:50,790 Uh... ma'am? 189 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:52,950 The sheriff, he wants to see you. 190 00:17:04,440 --> 00:17:06,954 There's been another murder. 191 00:17:08,760 --> 00:17:13,038 There's some blood on the window we should send to the lab. 192 00:17:14,120 --> 00:17:18,079 - Why run a test on the victim's blood? - No, not this window. This window. 193 00:17:20,400 --> 00:17:25,315 It seems to be the point of entry and there's some blood on the outside of the window. 194 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:29,473 Why would there be blood before the attack? 195 00:17:29,560 --> 00:17:33,189 Why didn't the attacker just come through the open door? 196 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,478 For a person to crawl in and out of these windows,... 197 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:39,869 ..they'd have to be a contortionist. 198 00:17:39,960 --> 00:17:43,316 Or just plain crazy. Or both. 199 00:17:55,280 --> 00:17:59,398 While they're performing the autopsy, I wanna go down to the... 200 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:24,950 How many people do you know that can get out of a straitjacket in under three minutes? 201 00:18:25,080 --> 00:18:27,514 Fortunately, none. 202 00:18:28,120 --> 00:18:32,591 We caught your act at the funeral. That was some trick with the railroad spike. 203 00:18:33,840 --> 00:18:36,991 Doctor Blockhead does not perform tricks. 204 00:18:38,120 --> 00:18:45,435 Doctor Blockhead performs astounding acts of body manipulation and pain endurance. 205 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:54,075 You must be one of those rare individuals whose nerve endings don't register pain. 206 00:18:57,360 --> 00:18:59,749 You just keep tellin' yourself that. 207 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:04,357 Have you ever performed this... act on anyone else? 208 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:09,516 Are you sick? I tell audiences if they're stupid enough to try this themselves,... 209 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:13,388 ..they'll end up with a slight lobotomy. I am a professional. 210 00:19:13,640 --> 00:19:17,474 Exactly how does one become a professional, Blockhead? May I? 211 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:22,793 In my homeland of Yemen I studied with yogis, fakirs and swamis,... 212 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:26,031 ..learning the ancient arts of body manipulation. 213 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:28,836 But most men know nothing of these arts. 214 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:32,833 Did you know that through the Chinese practice of Tie Bu Shan,... 215 00:19:32,920 --> 00:19:36,071 ..you can train your testicles to draw up into your abdomen? 216 00:19:36,160 --> 00:19:38,515 I'm doing that as we speak. 217 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:43,757 I saw him this morning by the river. He was eating a fish. 218 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:47,230 He knows between-show snacks'll ruin his appetite. 219 00:19:47,320 --> 00:19:52,314 I could be mistaken. Maybe it was another bald, jigsaw-puzzle-tattooed naked guy. 220 00:19:52,400 --> 00:19:54,789 Is this... man also a body manipulator? 221 00:19:55,080 --> 00:19:57,992 No. In the classical sense, the Conundrum's a geek. 222 00:19:58,080 --> 00:20:00,799 - He eats live animals. - He eats anything. 223 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:06,432 Live animals, dead animals, light bulbs, corkscrews, battery cables, cranberries. 224 00:20:07,080 --> 00:20:10,675 - Human flesh? - Only the Conundrum can answer that. 225 00:20:10,760 --> 00:20:15,072 But... he doesn't answer questions. He merely poses them. 226 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:18,835 When an audience partakes in the Conundrum's human piranha act,... 227 00:20:18,920 --> 00:20:21,354 ..they are left to ask themselves... 228 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:25,470 "Why?" 229 00:20:25,760 --> 00:20:28,194 But where are my manners? 230 00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:36,590 Thank you. 231 00:20:55,600 --> 00:20:58,114 It's an old sleight of hand my uncle taught me. 232 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,715 He was only an amateur magician, but he was better than those two. 233 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,439 I'll go to the lab to test the blood on the window... 234 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:06,875 ..against the blood on Blockhead's nail. 235 00:21:06,960 --> 00:21:09,713 Everybody's uncle's an amateur magician. 236 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:05,156 Welcome to my museum. 237 00:22:05,240 --> 00:22:08,676 May I put to rest any questions you may have conjured? 238 00:22:08,760 --> 00:22:12,150 I was just reading about the fascinating life of Chang and Eng... 239 00:22:12,240 --> 00:22:15,869 ..and, uh... wondering if their death was just as fascinating. 240 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:18,156 Oh, very much so. 241 00:22:18,240 --> 00:22:21,437 On a cold January eve in 1874,... 242 00:22:21,520 --> 00:22:25,718 ..Eng awoke to find his brother had passed away during the course of the night. 243 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,759 A few hours later, Eng himself departed from this world. 244 00:22:29,840 --> 00:22:34,550 Now, these facts themselves may be less than fascinating, but imagine. 245 00:22:34,640 --> 00:22:38,269 Imagine being Eng, and lying there,... 246 00:22:38,360 --> 00:22:41,875 ..knowing that essentially half your body was now dead. 247 00:22:41,960 --> 00:22:44,349 That the rest must inevitably follow. 248 00:22:44,440 --> 00:22:47,591 And being able to do about it - absolutely nothing. 249 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:55,034 At the autopsy it was officially concluded that Chang died of a cerebral haemorrhage. 250 00:22:55,120 --> 00:22:59,432 - What was the official cause of Eng's death? - Fright. 251 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:06,156 Do you have any information on blockhead or geek acts? 252 00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,398 This is an historical collection on human curiosities. 253 00:23:09,480 --> 00:23:12,870 - Blockheads are skilled performers. - Like magicians? 254 00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:15,838 Like sword swallowers who really do swallow swords. 255 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:20,598 And geeks are neither skilled nor curiosities. They're merely unseemly. 256 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:24,674 - Not even attaining the level of gaffs. - Gaffs? 257 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:31,355 Observe closely the dissimilarity of the facial features. 258 00:23:31,440 --> 00:23:34,034 Conjoined twins are always identical. 259 00:23:34,120 --> 00:23:36,680 These gentlemen are phonies. Gaffs. 260 00:23:37,600 --> 00:23:39,670 Sort of like the Fiji Mermaid? 261 00:23:41,360 --> 00:23:44,557 You're investigating the Alligator Man's murder, yes? 262 00:23:44,720 --> 00:23:48,508 I have something I believe you might find of some interest. 263 00:23:52,400 --> 00:23:55,756 What does this have to do with the Glazebrook murders? 264 00:23:55,840 --> 00:23:59,674 I've recently come into possession of an authentic PT Barnum exhibit. 265 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,354 I don't show this display to all my customers - 266 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:06,194 only those with the intellectual curiosity to appreciate it. 267 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:08,589 Barnum billed it as a great unknown. 268 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,475 I must first ask of you two favours. 269 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:14,994 Tell no soul what you witness in here. 270 00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:19,958 - And the second favour? - An additional donation of five dollars. 271 00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:46,557 Does Agent Scully know that you're under her crawlspace? 272 00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:50,269 I was merely repairing the plumbing on this unit. 273 00:25:50,400 --> 00:25:54,393 I know what you're thinking, my friend, but you are grossly mistaken. 274 00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:59,508 Not being of so-called average height does not mean I must get my thrills vicariously. 275 00:25:59,600 --> 00:26:04,151 Not all women are attracted to overly tall, lanky men such as yourself. 276 00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:09,109 You'd be surprised how many women find my size intriguingly alluring. 277 00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:11,430 You'd be surprised how many men do, too. 278 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:17,433 Ach! 279 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:32,432 Oh, it's you. Has Mr Nutt finished with the plumbing? 280 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:38,513 The blood samples matched but were both O-positive. They went for further analysis. 281 00:26:38,600 --> 00:26:41,114 I ran a background check on Doctor Blockhead. 282 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:44,272 His real name is Jeffrey Swaim and he wasn't born in Yemen. 283 00:26:44,360 --> 00:26:47,511 He was born in Milwaukee. He does not hold a doctorate. 284 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,232 I ended up running a bit of a background check myself. 285 00:26:52,720 --> 00:26:54,597 - On who? - On an orphan... 286 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:58,878 ..discovered in the wild forests of Albania in 1943. 287 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,520 "Although adept at catching his own food,... 288 00:27:01,640 --> 00:27:04,677 ..he could not speak, save for a few savage grunts." 289 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:08,357 "Brought to this country, he was exhibited in a locked cage 290 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:10,596 owing to his feral ferocity,... 291 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:14,919 ..where he would terrify onlookers by devouring chunks of raw meat." 292 00:27:15,800 --> 00:27:19,076 "For reasons I could not ascertain, he ran away from the circus... 293 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,594 ..and spent a number of years roaming about, 294 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:24,114 taking on a number of nondescript-jobs." 295 00:27:24,560 --> 00:27:26,596 "Eventually he wound up in Gibsonton, 296 00:27:26,680 --> 00:27:29,114 where he began a career in law enforcement... 297 00:27:29,200 --> 00:27:32,795 ..and has spent the past four terms serving as sheriff." 298 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:35,115 You're talking about Sheriff Hamilton? 299 00:27:35,200 --> 00:27:37,760 Before becoming Sheriff Hamilton,... 300 00:27:37,920 --> 00:27:41,595 ..James Hamilton was Jim-Jim the Dog-Faced Boy. 301 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:48,878 You know, Scully, hypertrichosis does not connote lycanthropy. 302 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,918 - What are you implying? - We're being discriminatory. 303 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:57,512 Just because a man was once overly hairy why suspect him of aberrant behaviour? 304 00:28:57,600 --> 00:29:00,876 - Like assuming guilt based on skin colour? - Yeah. 305 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:24,434 May I ask what you're doing? 306 00:29:25,680 --> 00:29:27,750 We're exhuming... 307 00:29:29,120 --> 00:29:31,270 ..your potato. 308 00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:33,635 May I ask why? 309 00:29:37,600 --> 00:29:40,956 It's been documented that many serial killers possess 310 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:42,712 a fascination with police work,... 311 00:29:42,840 --> 00:29:46,310 ..some of them even holding positions on their local force. 312 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:50,598 So, surveillance of investigation team members is often utilised as a... 313 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,353 We found out you used to be a dog-faced boy. 314 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:03,718 Boy, look how skinny I was back then. 315 00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:06,869 - So, that is you? - Oh, sure. 316 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,554 I spent the first half of my life as Jim-Jim. 317 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:11,915 One day I noticed a bald spot on my head... 318 00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:15,436 ..and realised I was losing my hair and my career as well! 319 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,671 Eventually all the hair went - on top of my head anyways. 320 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:23,151 The rest of my body's still pretty hairy, which is why I never go to the beach. 321 00:30:23,440 --> 00:30:26,193 That doesn't quite explain the potato. 322 00:30:26,280 --> 00:30:29,158 I got, uh... some warts on my hand. 323 00:30:29,920 --> 00:30:32,309 That doesn't quite explain the potato. 324 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:37,599 To get rid of warts, you rub a sliced potato on your hand and bury it under a full moon. 325 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:43,837 The investigation isn't going too well, is it? 326 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:26,990 So tell me, Commodore. 327 00:31:27,080 --> 00:31:31,312 Why are the weirdos the only ones that pay their rent cheques in advance? 328 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:38,471 I warn you, you tattooed cretin! 329 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:43,998 I have a licensed firearm and I am more than eager for an opportunity to use it. 330 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:20,348 I found him. 331 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,398 He's dead. He's dead. 332 00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:31,192 Lanny says all the doors and windows were locked from the inside. 333 00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:33,350 Scully, come here. 334 00:32:35,120 --> 00:32:37,190 He was like a brother to me. 335 00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:45,430 I don't know if a contortionist could get through that doggy door, but look at this. 336 00:32:50,520 --> 00:32:52,590 Lanny! Lanny! 337 00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:55,914 Take it easy. You're gonna hurt yourself. 338 00:32:56,160 --> 00:32:59,072 - So what? - So you might hurt me in the process. 339 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:05,516 He gets this way sometimes. I'll have to toss him in the drunk tank. 340 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,230 We'll take Jeffrey Swaim into custody. 341 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:10,311 Come on, Lanny. Let's go. 342 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:12,834 You know, Mulder, for a while... 343 00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:16,708 ..I was beginning to suspect this case involved something a bit more... 344 00:33:16,800 --> 00:33:18,870 Freakish? 345 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:22,795 You shouldn't complain about banality... 346 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:26,111 ..when your main suspect is the Human Blockhead. 347 00:33:27,720 --> 00:33:29,517 It's open! 348 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:33,153 Mr Swaim? Federal agents. We're here to... 349 00:33:34,160 --> 00:33:37,835 It's a variation of an American Indian sun dance ritual. 350 00:33:38,440 --> 00:33:41,955 I suspend myself by these hooks,... 351 00:33:43,200 --> 00:33:47,113 ..and the pain becomes so unbearable, I leave my body. 352 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:51,519 If people knew the true price of spirituality, there'd be more atheists. 353 00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:55,513 We're taking you into custody to question you about some murders. 354 00:33:56,320 --> 00:33:58,629 I don't answer till I talk to my lawyer. 355 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:01,917 - Who's your lawyer? - I represent myself. 356 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,878 If you're uncooperative, I'll have to handcuff you. 357 00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,349 What gives you fascists the right to do that? 358 00:34:07,480 --> 00:34:11,234 - Did I not say we're federal agents? - Did I not say I'm an escape artist? 359 00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,236 Mulder, are you okay? 360 00:34:21,040 --> 00:34:23,395 It's more comfortable than a futon. 361 00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:26,316 Hey! Look what I caught. 362 00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:27,549 Ouch! 363 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:05,590 What the hell...? 364 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:10,751 No! 365 00:35:10,840 --> 00:35:13,035 Nooo! 366 00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:15,588 Nooo! 367 00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:24,916 This has all the makings of those mistaken- identity miscarriage-of-justice things... 368 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,195 ..that prove so popular on 60 Minutes. 369 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:32,271 - Is this yours? - The Fifth Amendment says... 370 00:35:36,000 --> 00:35:39,390 - What is that? - It's Lanny in the drunk tank. 371 00:35:39,480 --> 00:35:42,199 He'll be all right once he sleeps it off. 372 00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:45,352 No, I don't think he's gonna sleep this one off. 373 00:35:52,480 --> 00:35:54,630 There's been another attack. 374 00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:57,075 How could anyone have gotten in there? 375 00:35:57,160 --> 00:35:59,674 No one got in. But someone got out. 376 00:35:59,800 --> 00:36:02,473 - What are you talking about? - I'm not sure myself. 377 00:36:02,560 --> 00:36:04,994 But we'll know more when we find Leonard. 378 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:09,119 - Leonard? - Lanny's brother. 379 00:36:19,480 --> 00:36:22,313 Oh, God, they extracted the twin. 380 00:36:22,400 --> 00:36:25,153 No. The twin extracted itself. 381 00:36:25,240 --> 00:36:28,437 - But it's an appendage. - Yeah. Mulder... 382 00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:32,354 This wound is identical to the other victim's - with one exception. 383 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,078 He's not bleeding. 384 00:36:34,440 --> 00:36:39,673 If you're trying to tell me his twin can crawl out of his body, you're as drunk as he is. 385 00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:44,035 You said it yourself, Sheriff: it's what's inside that counts. 386 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:47,476 I suspect that Lanny has an internal anomaly 387 00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:49,636 that allows his conjoining twin to disjoin. 388 00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,560 - But how? How... - How? 389 00:36:52,680 --> 00:36:56,070 How could I turn him in without turning myself in? 390 00:36:57,400 --> 00:37:00,039 Lanny, why does he attack other people? 391 00:37:00,760 --> 00:37:03,558 I don't think he knows he's harming anyone. 392 00:37:05,560 --> 00:37:07,630 He is merely seeking... 393 00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:10,550 ..another brother. 394 00:37:13,680 --> 00:37:16,319 Are you in pain, Lanny? 395 00:37:18,080 --> 00:37:20,071 It hurts. 396 00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:22,230 It hurts not to be wanted. 397 00:37:26,040 --> 00:37:28,156 I don't know why he hates me so. 398 00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:33,675 I've taken care of him for all of our lives. 399 00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:39,674 Maybe that is the reason why. 400 00:37:40,560 --> 00:37:43,711 How long can he survive outside of your body? 401 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:45,870 Long enough... 402 00:37:47,080 --> 00:37:51,073 ..to understand that you cannot change the way you were born. 403 00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:57,795 Don't worry. 404 00:37:57,920 --> 00:38:00,434 He'll come back. 405 00:38:00,520 --> 00:38:02,590 He always does. 406 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:06,669 I'm still his only brother. 407 00:38:07,880 --> 00:38:10,678 Sheriff, we're gonna need the paramedics. 408 00:38:13,240 --> 00:38:16,835 Scully, you're the medical expert and you say the twin can disengage. 409 00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:19,593 But how mobile could such a thing be? 410 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,196 Too mobile. 411 00:38:32,480 --> 00:38:34,869 So your twin can, uh... 412 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:37,438 And then... 413 00:38:39,200 --> 00:38:40,394 What an act! 414 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:55,390 I'll cover the back. 415 00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:59,668 Freeze! 416 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:10,956 The fun house. 417 00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:02,750 I thought I heard a shot fired. 418 00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:07,274 I think we'd better go outside and catch this thing coming out. 419 00:41:23,520 --> 00:41:25,590 It's the manager's dog. 420 00:41:26,160 --> 00:41:28,230 The trailer park. 421 00:42:03,680 --> 00:42:06,558 - Are you all right? - Have you seen a... uh... 422 00:42:06,640 --> 00:42:08,790 Uh... 423 00:42:20,360 --> 00:42:24,239 Check out the area behind that trailer and let me know what you find. 424 00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:25,639 All right. 425 00:42:25,720 --> 00:42:28,154 You're sure it was the twin you saw here? 426 00:42:28,240 --> 00:42:30,356 Maybe it was the Fiji Mermaid... 427 00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:33,512 ..and he jumped back in the river and swam back to Fiji. 428 00:42:33,600 --> 00:42:35,670 Now you know how I feel. 429 00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:51,069 - You're takin' off? - Are you kidding? With that on the loose? 430 00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:55,312 They've been searching for it all day. It can't have survived for this long. 431 00:42:55,400 --> 00:42:58,551 It'll probably try to crawl back up into its brother. 432 00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:00,875 No, his brother Lanny died last night. 433 00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:03,394 I performed the autopsy on him this morning. 434 00:43:03,480 --> 00:43:06,199 So I guess it's true you can never go home again! 435 00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:08,396 His body wounds were nonfatal. 436 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:12,112 He died as a result of advanced cirrhosis of the liver. 437 00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:16,079 Oh, there's a moral to this story! "Lay off the booze." 438 00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:20,551 Well, his body possesses some anatomical discrepancies. 439 00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:25,395 Offshoots of the oesophagus and trachea that almost seem umbilical in nature. I... 440 00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:30,316 - I've never seen anything like it. - And you never will again. 441 00:43:30,400 --> 00:43:32,470 21 st-century genetic engineering... 442 00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:35,677 ..will eradicate Siamese twins and alligator people. 443 00:43:35,800 --> 00:43:40,271 You'll even be hard-pressed to find a slight overbite or a not-so-high cheekbone. 444 00:43:40,360 --> 00:43:44,194 You see, I've seen the future and the future looks... just like him. 445 00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:47,272 Imagine! Living your whole life looking like that. 446 00:43:47,600 --> 00:43:52,116 That's why it's left to self-made freaks like me and the Conundrum to remind people. 447 00:43:52,320 --> 00:43:54,276 Remind people of what? 448 00:43:54,400 --> 00:43:58,473 Nature abhors normality. It can't go very long without creating a mutant. 449 00:43:58,560 --> 00:44:00,755 - Do you know why? - No. Why? 450 00:44:01,440 --> 00:44:03,396 I don't either. It's a mystery. 451 00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:06,677 Maybe some mysteries are never meant to be solved. 452 00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:16,394 - What's the matter with your friend? - I don't know what his problem is. 453 00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:19,995 - Maybe it's the Florida heat. - Hope it's nothing serious. 454 00:44:20,640 --> 00:44:22,756 Probably somethin' I ate. 455 00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:07,192 I made this!