1 00:00:20,272 --> 00:00:22,399 (laboured breathing) 2 00:01:00,979 --> 00:01:02,773 (screaming) 3 00:01:04,149 --> 00:01:05,567 (laughter) 4 00:01:05,651 --> 00:01:08,820 - Oh, Daddy. Cut it out! - I knew it was you, Dad. 5 00:01:08,946 --> 00:01:12,658 - Quit picking on your brother. He loves you. - No, I don't. 6 00:01:12,741 --> 00:01:15,494 - I'm glad you're back home, Dad. - Not as glad as I am. 7 00:01:15,619 --> 00:01:17,829 Did you see a lot of weird stuff this year? 8 00:01:17,955 --> 00:01:20,123 Yep. It was the weirdest show ever. 9 00:01:20,207 --> 00:01:22,417 But your mother thinks you're getting ready for bed. 10 00:01:22,501 --> 00:01:26,755 If she finds you guys still in the pool, she's gonna kill me. So come on! 11 00:01:26,838 --> 00:01:27,756 (protests) 12 00:01:27,839 --> 00:01:31,426 Quit your whinin'. Come on, or there's no bedtime story. 13 00:01:31,510 --> 00:01:33,512 Out you go. That's it. 14 00:01:36,181 --> 00:01:39,017 (laboured breathing) 15 00:01:51,697 --> 00:01:53,615 - What the he“. . f? - (squawking) 16 00:01:53,699 --> 00:01:55,826 (cries out) 17 00:01:59,204 --> 00:02:01,164 (screeching) 18 00:02:03,041 --> 00:02:05,168 (chomping) 19 00:03:02,059 --> 00:03:05,437 - What happened? - Nothing you can ascertain from that photo. 20 00:03:05,520 --> 00:03:08,690 He suffered from ichthyosis, a congenital skin disease... 21 00:03:08,774 --> 00:03:12,194 ...characterised by the shedding of the epidermis as scales. 22 00:03:12,944 --> 00:03:16,531 This shows the entry wound of the undetermined weapon. 23 00:03:16,615 --> 00:03:21,203 No other injuries were inflicted. No organs were removed or cannibalised... 24 00:03:21,286 --> 00:03:24,039 ...and there's no signs of sexual molestation. 25 00:03:24,122 --> 00:03:28,043 That's 48 attacks over the last 28 years... 26 00:03:28,126 --> 00:03:31,213 ...occurring in every state in the continental US almost... 27 00:03:31,296 --> 00:03:33,965 ...the first in Oregon, the last five in Florida. 28 00:03:34,049 --> 00:03:38,220 Victims range from all different age groups, races. Both male and female. 29 00:03:38,303 --> 00:03:42,391 The mutilations appear so motiveless one would suspect a form of ritual... 30 00:03:42,474 --> 00:03:44,559 ...yet they adhere to no known cult. 31 00:03:44,893 --> 00:03:49,064 A serial killer would normally escalate the level of violence of his attacks... 32 00:03:49,147 --> 00:03:51,900 ...over such an extended period of time. 33 00:03:51,983 --> 00:03:56,321 So what do you think, Scully? What are your initial thoughts? 34 00:03:57,823 --> 00:04:01,952 Imagine going through your whole life looking like this. 35 00:04:10,752 --> 00:04:14,589 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 36 00:04:14,673 --> 00:04:17,926 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: 37 00:04:18,009 --> 00:04:21,263 he leadeth me beside the still waters. 38 00:04:21,346 --> 00:04:23,432 He restoreth my soul: 39 00:04:23,515 --> 00:04:27,936 he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 40 00:04:28,019 --> 00:04:31,606 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death... 41 00:04:31,690 --> 00:04:33,692 ...I will fear no evil: 42 00:04:33,817 --> 00:04:35,944 for thou art with me; 43 00:04:36,027 --> 00:04:39,614 thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me. 44 00:04:40,198 --> 00:04:44,453 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: 45 00:04:44,828 --> 00:04:47,289 thou anointest my head with oil; 46 00:04:47,372 --> 00:04:49,791 my cup runneth over. 47 00:04:49,875 --> 00:04:53,712 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me... 48 00:04:54,045 --> 00:04:56,465 ...all the days of my life: 49 00:04:56,548 --> 00:05:00,385 and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. 50 00:05:00,969 --> 00:05:05,348 We are gathered here today to mourn the passing of Jerald Glazebrook... 51 00:05:05,891 --> 00:05:11,480 ...beloved husband, father, friend and entertainer. 52 00:05:12,189 --> 00:05:14,483 We mourn not only the passing... 53 00:05:14,566 --> 00:05:19,070 ...of a man who overcame the obstacles of his earthly incarnation... 54 00:05:19,863 --> 00:05:25,243 ...but also the passing of the love that dwelled within his all-too-human heart. 55 00:05:26,661 --> 00:05:30,081 We mourn the passing of the admiration and the respect... 56 00:05:30,499 --> 00:05:35,086 ...he instilled in all of his professional colleagues. 57 00:05:36,379 --> 00:05:39,424 We mourn the passing of the laughter and the enjoyment... 58 00:05:39,508 --> 00:05:42,677 ...he brought each audience who saw him. 59 00:05:42,761 --> 00:05:46,264 For although Jerry was a world-renowned escape artist... 60 00:05:46,348 --> 00:05:50,602 ...there is one strongbox from which none of us can escape. 61 00:05:50,685 --> 00:05:53,772 (astonished murmurs) 62 00:05:56,107 --> 00:05:58,109 Help me. 63 00:06:01,112 --> 00:06:03,198 Put him down over there. 64 00:06:05,534 --> 00:06:07,619 (crowd gasps) 65 00:06:15,085 --> 00:06:17,128 (grunts) 66 00:06:19,631 --> 00:06:21,550 Not having known the deceased personally, 67 00:06:21,633 --> 00:06:24,970 I'm in no position to perform a proper eulogy. 68 00:06:25,053 --> 00:06:28,139 I'm sure he was a nice guy, et cetera, et cetera. 69 00:06:28,223 --> 00:06:30,976 But as an admirer of his work, I am in a position... 70 00:06:31,059 --> 00:06:33,812 ...to perform an impromptu tribute in his honour. 71 00:06:33,895 --> 00:06:37,232 Namely, ramming this spike into my chest! 72 00:06:38,817 --> 00:06:40,151 (screams) 73 00:06:40,235 --> 00:06:44,573 - (man) Don't you have any respect? - I think I hit my left ventricle! 74 00:06:44,656 --> 00:06:46,741 Get back, fascists! 75 00:06:48,285 --> 00:06:50,328 (man) Get him outta here! 76 00:06:55,250 --> 00:06:57,252 I can't wait for the wake. 77 00:06:58,545 --> 00:07:02,007 On his VICAP form, Jerald Glazebrook was listed as an "artist". 78 00:07:02,090 --> 00:07:05,594 Jerry was an artist. The best escape artist since Houdini. 79 00:07:05,677 --> 00:07:10,890 He should've been headlining Vegas, but his condition kept him on the sideshow circuit. 80 00:07:10,974 --> 00:07:15,562 - I didn't realise that sideshows still existed. - There are two or three still around. 81 00:07:15,645 --> 00:07:19,983 I got the impression that Glazebrook wasn't the only performer residing here. 82 00:07:20,358 --> 00:07:24,237 The town was founded in the '20s when some of Barnum & Bailey's troupes... 83 00:07:24,321 --> 00:07:26,531 ...came down in the winter off-seasons. 84 00:07:26,823 --> 00:07:30,076 This town's history might help explain our case's history. 85 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,371 A sideshow performer would have toured much of the country. 86 00:07:33,455 --> 00:07:37,626 And their isolation from society, caused by their physical deformities... 87 00:07:37,709 --> 00:07:40,754 ...could have built up pathological resentment... 88 00:07:40,837 --> 00:07:43,214 Now, now, hold on a second. 89 00:07:43,298 --> 00:07:46,259 Around here we refer to them as "very special people". 90 00:07:46,384 --> 00:07:50,305 They may be different on the outside, but it's what's inside that counts. 91 00:07:50,388 --> 00:07:53,725 And on the inside... they're as normal as anybody. 92 00:07:55,018 --> 00:07:56,895 Until arrest, many serial killers... 93 00:07:56,978 --> 00:08:00,940 ...are considered by their friends and family to be quite normal. 94 00:08:01,024 --> 00:08:04,653 If you regard them as normal, you must consider the possibility... 95 00:08:04,736 --> 00:08:07,781 ...that they are capable of committing these crimes. 96 00:08:07,864 --> 00:08:11,368 It's been my experience that other people have a harder time... 97 00:08:11,451 --> 00:08:15,205 ...accepting these people's deformities than they do themselves. 98 00:08:15,288 --> 00:08:17,874 Sheriff, uh... what is this? 99 00:08:17,957 --> 00:08:23,171 This design here. It's copyrighted by Hepcat Helm. Is that a local artist? 100 00:08:23,380 --> 00:08:27,133 A bit too local. His workplace is right behind my station house. 101 00:08:27,550 --> 00:08:30,011 Do you think that we could meet Hepcat? 102 00:08:32,389 --> 00:08:35,600 Watch my eyes when you light them up 103 00:08:35,684 --> 00:08:37,894 Listen to me whine like a heart shook up 104 00:08:38,019 --> 00:08:40,105 (sheriff) Hepcat. 105 00:08:40,563 --> 00:08:41,648 Hepcat! 106 00:08:41,731 --> 00:08:43,775 I'm in a frenzy 107 00:08:45,110 --> 00:08:47,195 (turns music off) 108 00:08:47,904 --> 00:08:51,783 - Who are the rubes? - These are FBI agents Scully and Mulder. 109 00:08:52,492 --> 00:08:55,829 This is Hepcat Helm. He operates a carnival fun house. 110 00:08:55,912 --> 00:08:59,582 Oh, man! How many times have I told you not to call it that? 111 00:09:00,625 --> 00:09:05,046 It's not some rinky-dink carny ride. People go through it, they don't have fun. 112 00:09:05,130 --> 00:09:08,967 They get the hell scared out of 'em. It's not a fun house. 113 00:09:09,050 --> 00:09:12,011 - It's a tabernacle of terror. - It's a fun house. 114 00:09:12,345 --> 00:09:15,056 I wanted to ask you about this menu illustration. 115 00:09:15,140 --> 00:09:20,395 I recognise most of the historical portraits you've drawn here, but what's this here? 116 00:09:21,479 --> 00:09:23,565 It's the Fiji Mermaid. 117 00:09:24,232 --> 00:09:27,902 - Is that what that thing is? - What's the Fiji Mermaid? 118 00:09:28,528 --> 00:09:31,489 The Fiji Mermaid. It's... it's the Fiji Mermaid! 119 00:09:31,781 --> 00:09:36,077 It's a bit of, uh... humbug Barnum pulled in the last century. 120 00:09:36,161 --> 00:09:40,123 Barnum billed it as a real live mermaid but when people went in to see it... 121 00:09:40,206 --> 00:09:44,753 ...all they saw was a real dead monkey sewn onto the tail of a fish. 122 00:09:44,836 --> 00:09:48,381 - A monkey? - A mummified monkey. 123 00:09:48,465 --> 00:09:52,677 It supposedly looked so bad, he had to exhibit it as a "genuine fake". 124 00:09:52,761 --> 00:09:55,722 But see? That's why Barnum was a genius. 125 00:09:55,805 --> 00:09:59,058 You never know where the truth ends and the humbug begins. 126 00:09:59,267 --> 00:10:03,730 He came right out and said this Fiji Mermaid thing is just a bunch of BS. 127 00:10:04,063 --> 00:10:09,235 Thatjust made people wanna go and see it even more. So I mean... who knows? 128 00:10:09,903 --> 00:10:15,450 Maybe for box-office reasons Barnum hawked it as a hoax, when in reality... 129 00:10:15,700 --> 00:10:17,702 The Fiji Mermaid was a reality. 130 00:10:20,246 --> 00:10:23,082 Sheriff, we're gonna need a place to stay tonight. 131 00:10:23,166 --> 00:10:27,170 There are lodgings right across the way, but, uh... what's all this about? 132 00:10:27,253 --> 00:10:30,048 These tracks were found at several past crime scenes. 133 00:10:30,131 --> 00:10:32,175 They've defied identification... 134 00:10:32,258 --> 00:10:36,095 ...but one expert speculated that they might be simian in nature. 135 00:10:36,179 --> 00:10:39,724 You're not telling me these tracks were made by the Fiji Mermaid? 136 00:10:39,808 --> 00:10:43,144 Do you recall what Barnum said about suckers? 137 00:11:00,203 --> 00:11:03,122 Tell me, have you done much circus work in your life? 138 00:11:03,206 --> 00:11:06,459 And what makes you think I've ever spectated a circus? 139 00:11:06,543 --> 00:11:08,378 Much less been enslaved by one. 140 00:11:08,461 --> 00:11:11,339 Many citizens here were circus hands and I thought... 141 00:11:11,422 --> 00:11:14,843 You thought that because I am a person of short stature... 142 00:11:14,926 --> 00:11:17,053 ...that the only career I could procure for myself 143 00:11:17,136 --> 00:11:20,306 would be one in the so-called big top. 144 00:11:20,807 --> 00:11:25,854 You took one quick look at me and decided that you could deduce my entire life. 145 00:11:26,104 --> 00:11:31,484 Never would it have occurred to you that a person of my height... 146 00:11:31,568 --> 00:11:34,737 ...could have possibly obtained a degree... 147 00:11:34,821 --> 00:11:36,906 ...in hotel management. 148 00:11:36,990 --> 00:11:40,994 - I'm sorry. I meant no of fence. - Well, then, why should I take of fence? 149 00:11:41,452 --> 00:11:45,623 Just because it's human nature to make instantaneous judgments of others... 150 00:11:45,707 --> 00:11:48,501 ...based solely upon their physical appearances? 151 00:11:48,585 --> 00:11:51,129 I've done the same thing to you, for example. 152 00:11:51,212 --> 00:11:53,673 I've taken in your all-American features... 153 00:11:53,756 --> 00:11:57,510 ...your dour demeanour, your unimaginative necktie design... 154 00:11:57,802 --> 00:12:00,722 ...and concluded that you work for the government. 155 00:12:00,889 --> 00:12:03,224 An FBI agent. 156 00:12:04,309 --> 00:12:06,311 But do you see the tragedy here? 157 00:12:06,394 --> 00:12:11,065 I have mistakenly reduced you to a stereotype, a caricature... 158 00:12:11,149 --> 00:12:15,987 ...instead of regarding you as a specific, unique individual. 159 00:12:16,279 --> 00:12:18,364 But I am an FBI agent. 160 00:12:25,038 --> 00:12:27,373 Register here, please. 161 00:12:28,249 --> 00:12:31,336 Tell me, have you done much circus work in your life? 162 00:12:31,419 --> 00:12:33,755 I was on the stage for most of my life. 163 00:12:34,714 --> 00:12:36,799 I was a headliner. 164 00:12:36,883 --> 00:12:39,802 Did it not bother you to have people staring at you? 165 00:12:39,886 --> 00:12:43,681 Best work I ever had. All I had to do was stand there. 166 00:12:44,307 --> 00:12:46,601 Occasionally I'd say... 167 00:12:46,684 --> 00:12:50,730 ..."Ladies and gentlemen, I'd like you to meet my brother Leonard." 168 00:12:51,606 --> 00:12:54,692 "Excuse him - he's a little shy." 169 00:12:54,776 --> 00:12:57,779 Big laughs, I tell you. Big laughs. 170 00:12:57,862 --> 00:12:59,948 Why did you give it up? 171 00:13:00,031 --> 00:13:03,326 Mr Nutt, the kind-hearted manager here... 172 00:13:03,409 --> 00:13:10,667 ...convinced me that to make a living by displaying my deformity lacked dignity. 173 00:13:10,750 --> 00:13:13,252 So now I carry other people's luggage. 174 00:13:15,129 --> 00:13:17,632 I believe these are your trailers. 175 00:13:19,050 --> 00:13:21,761 If they are not, then I am wrong. 176 00:13:24,347 --> 00:13:25,348 Oh. 177 00:13:25,932 --> 00:13:29,018 That's most considerate. Thank you very much. 178 00:13:32,063 --> 00:13:33,606 Goodnight. 179 00:13:33,690 --> 00:13:36,359 Sleep tight. Don't let the bedbugs bite. 180 00:13:37,568 --> 00:13:40,279 No. No, that's not what I meant. 181 00:13:40,363 --> 00:13:44,075 I didn't mean to imply we had bedbugs. 182 00:13:44,158 --> 00:13:47,495 I meant to say don't let... Don't let the... 183 00:13:47,704 --> 00:13:49,539 The Fiji Mermaids bite. 184 00:13:49,622 --> 00:13:53,501 Yes, that's right. The Fiji Mermaids. That's right. 185 00:13:54,961 --> 00:13:57,005 That's... That's exactly... 186 00:13:57,839 --> 00:14:00,675 Mulder, what is this Fiji Mermaid business? 187 00:14:00,758 --> 00:14:04,178 Every murder inquiry begins with a list of possible suspects. 188 00:14:04,262 --> 00:14:07,682 You should try not to be so exclusive, Scully. 189 00:14:07,765 --> 00:14:13,104 As long as you try not to let the atmosphere here distort your list all out of proportion. 190 00:14:13,438 --> 00:14:15,148 I'm in a frenzy 191 00:14:17,692 --> 00:14:18,860 Frenzy 192 00:14:20,737 --> 00:14:23,698 This love gushes from my heart 193 00:14:23,990 --> 00:14:26,325 Like water from a spout 194 00:14:27,452 --> 00:14:30,413 You build a flame from a tiny spark 195 00:14:30,496 --> 00:14:33,666 You can really knock me out - yeah! 196 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,669 Ease my mind with your real cool line 197 00:14:36,753 --> 00:14:40,214 Daddy, fill my soul with love divine 198 00:14:40,423 --> 00:14:43,217 When you say you're mine oh mine 199 00:14:43,301 --> 00:14:45,136 I'm in a frenzy 200 00:15:01,277 --> 00:15:03,738 (laboured breathing) 201 00:15:04,906 --> 00:15:06,991 What the hell...? 202 00:15:08,785 --> 00:15:11,662 (screams) 203 00:15:32,433 --> 00:15:34,477 (water ripples) 204 00:16:38,791 --> 00:16:40,877 (knock on door) 205 00:16:48,718 --> 00:16:50,803 Uh... ma'am? 206 00:16:50,887 --> 00:16:52,972 The sheriff, he wants to see you. 207 00:17:04,442 --> 00:17:06,944 There's been another murder. 208 00:17:08,779 --> 00:17:13,034 There's some blood on the window we should send to the lab. 209 00:17:14,118 --> 00:17:18,080 - Why run a test on the victim's blood? - No, not this window. This window. 210 00:17:20,416 --> 00:17:25,338 It seems to be the point of entry and there's some blood on the outside of the window. 211 00:17:26,714 --> 00:17:29,467 Why would there be blood before the attack? 212 00:17:29,550 --> 00:17:33,221 Why didn't the attacker just come through the open door? 213 00:17:34,513 --> 00:17:37,475 For a person to crawl in and out of these windows... 214 00:17:37,558 --> 00:17:39,894 ...they'd have to be a contortionist. 215 00:17:39,977 --> 00:17:43,314 Or just plain crazy. Or both. 216 00:17:55,284 --> 00:17:59,413 While they're performing the autopsy, I wanna go down to the... 217 00:18:20,142 --> 00:18:24,981 How many people do you know that can get out of a straitjacket in under three minutes? 218 00:18:25,064 --> 00:18:27,525 Fortunately, none. 219 00:18:28,109 --> 00:18:32,613 We caught your act at the funeral. That was some trick with the railroad spike. 220 00:18:33,823 --> 00:18:36,993 Doctor Blockhead does not perform tricks. 221 00:18:38,119 --> 00:18:45,459 Doctor Blockhead performs astounding acts of body manipulation and pain endurance. 222 00:18:49,171 --> 00:18:54,093 You must be one of those rare individuals whose nerve endings don't register pain. 223 00:18:57,346 --> 00:18:59,765 You just keep tellin' yourself that. 224 00:19:01,309 --> 00:19:04,353 Have you ever performed this... act on anyone else? 225 00:19:05,021 --> 00:19:09,525 Are you sick? I tell audiences if they're stupid enough to try this themselves... 226 00:19:09,608 --> 00:19:13,404 ...they'll end up with a slight lobotomy. I am a professional. 227 00:19:13,654 --> 00:19:17,491 Exactly how does one become a professional, Blockhead? May I? 228 00:19:18,784 --> 00:19:22,788 In my homeland of Yemen I studied with yogis, fakirs and swamis... 229 00:19:22,872 --> 00:19:26,042 ...learning the ancient arts of body manipulation. 230 00:19:26,709 --> 00:19:28,836 But most men know nothing of these arts. 231 00:19:28,919 --> 00:19:32,840 Did you know that through the Chinese practice of Tie Bu Shan... 232 00:19:32,923 --> 00:19:36,093 ...you can train your testicles to draw up into your abdomen? 233 00:19:36,177 --> 00:19:38,512 I'm doing that as we speak. 234 00:19:40,723 --> 00:19:43,768 I saw him this morning by the river. He was eating a fish. 235 00:19:43,851 --> 00:19:47,229 He knows between-show snacks'll ruin his appetite. 236 00:19:47,313 --> 00:19:52,318 I could be mistaken. Maybe it was another bald, jigsaw-puzzle-tattooed naked guy. 237 00:19:52,401 --> 00:19:54,820 Is this... man also a body manipulator? 238 00:19:55,071 --> 00:19:57,990 No. In the classical sense, the Conundrum's a geek. 239 00:19:58,074 --> 00:20:00,785 - He eats live animals. - He eats anything. 240 00:20:00,868 --> 00:20:06,457 Live animals, dead animals, light bulbs, corkscrews, battery cables, cranberries. 241 00:20:07,083 --> 00:20:10,669 - Human flesh? - Only the Conundrum can answer that. 242 00:20:10,753 --> 00:20:15,091 But... he doesn't answer questions. He merely poses them. 243 00:20:15,174 --> 00:20:18,844 When an audience partakes in the Conundrum's human piranha act... 244 00:20:18,928 --> 00:20:21,347 ...they are left to ask themselves... 245 00:20:23,307 --> 00:20:25,476 "Why?" 246 00:20:25,768 --> 00:20:28,187 But where are my manners? 247 00:20:34,527 --> 00:20:36,612 Thank you. 248 00:20:55,589 --> 00:20:58,134 It's an old sleight of hand my uncle taught me. 249 00:20:58,217 --> 00:21:01,720 He was only an amateur magician, but he was better than those two. 250 00:21:01,804 --> 00:21:04,432 I'll go to the lab to test the blood on the window... 251 00:21:04,515 --> 00:21:06,892 ...against the blood on Blockhead's nail. 252 00:21:06,976 --> 00:21:09,728 Everybody's uncle's an amateur magician. 253 00:22:03,199 --> 00:22:05,159 Welcome to my museum. 254 00:22:05,242 --> 00:22:08,662 May I put to rest any questions you may have conjured? 255 00:22:08,746 --> 00:22:12,166 I was just reading about the fascinating life of Chang and Eng... 256 00:22:12,249 --> 00:22:15,878 ...and, uh... wondering if their death was just as fascinating. 257 00:22:16,212 --> 00:22:18,172 Oh, very much so. 258 00:22:18,255 --> 00:22:21,425 On a cold January eve in 1874... 259 00:22:21,509 --> 00:22:25,721 ...Eng awoke to find his brother had passed away during the course of the night. 260 00:22:25,804 --> 00:22:29,767 A few hours later, Eng himself departed from this world. 261 00:22:29,850 --> 00:22:34,563 Now, these facts themselves may be less than fascinating, but imagine. 262 00:22:34,647 --> 00:22:38,275 Imagine being Eng, and lying there... 263 00:22:38,359 --> 00:22:41,862 ...knowing that essentially half your body was now dead. 264 00:22:41,946 --> 00:22:44,365 That the rest must inevitably follow. 265 00:22:44,448 --> 00:22:47,618 And being able to do about it- absolutely nothing. 266 00:22:49,870 --> 00:22:55,042 At the autopsy it was officially concluded that Chang died of a cerebral haemorrhage. 267 00:22:55,125 --> 00:22:59,421 - What was the official cause of Eng's death? - Fright. 268 00:23:02,800 --> 00:23:06,178 Do you have any information on blockhead or geek acts? 269 00:23:06,428 --> 00:23:09,390 This is an historical collection on human curiosities. 270 00:23:09,473 --> 00:23:12,893 - Blockheads are skilled performers. - Like magicians? 271 00:23:12,977 --> 00:23:15,854 Like sword swallowers who really do swallow swords. 272 00:23:16,313 --> 00:23:20,609 And geeks are neither skilled nor curiosities. They're merely unseemly. 273 00:23:20,901 --> 00:23:24,697 - Not even attaining the level of gaffs. - Gaffs? 274 00:23:27,700 --> 00:23:31,370 Observe closely the dissimilarity of the facial features. 275 00:23:31,453 --> 00:23:34,039 Conjoined twins are always identical. 276 00:23:34,123 --> 00:23:36,667 These gentlemen are phonies. Gaffs. 277 00:23:37,585 --> 00:23:39,670 Sort of like the Fiji Mermaid? 278 00:23:39,753 --> 00:23:41,297 (chuckles) 279 00:23:41,380 --> 00:23:44,550 You're investigating the Alligator Man's murder, yes? 280 00:23:44,717 --> 00:23:48,512 I have something I believe you might find of some interest. 281 00:23:52,391 --> 00:23:55,769 What does this have to do with the Glazebrook murders? 282 00:23:55,853 --> 00:23:59,690 I've recently come into possession of an authentic PT Barnum exhibit. 283 00:23:59,773 --> 00:24:02,359 I don't show this display to all my customers - 284 00:24:02,443 --> 00:24:06,196 only those with the intellectual curiosity to appreciate it. 285 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:08,616 Barnum billed it as a great unknown. 286 00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:12,494 I must first ask of you two favours. 287 00:24:12,578 --> 00:24:14,997 Tell no soul what you witness in here. 288 00:24:15,748 --> 00:24:19,960 - And the second favour? - An additional donation of five dollars. 289 00:24:57,998 --> 00:25:00,376 (buzzer) 290 00:25:00,459 --> 00:25:02,544 (car horns) 291 00:25:09,093 --> 00:25:11,178 (rustling) 292 00:25:43,460 --> 00:25:46,547 Does Agent Scully know that you're under her crawlspace? 293 00:25:46,630 --> 00:25:50,300 I was merely repairing the plumbing on this unit. 294 00:25:50,384 --> 00:25:54,388 I know what you're thinking, my friend, but you are grossly mistaken. 295 00:25:54,471 --> 00:25:59,518 Not being of so-called average height does not mean I must get my thrills vicariously. 296 00:25:59,601 --> 00:26:04,148 Not all women are attracted to overly tall, lanky men such as yourself. 297 00:26:04,231 --> 00:26:09,111 You'd be surprised how many women find my size intriguingly alluring. 298 00:26:09,194 --> 00:26:11,447 You'd be surprised how many men do, too. 299 00:26:15,993 --> 00:26:17,453 Ach! 300 00:26:28,213 --> 00:26:32,426 Oh, it's you. Has Mr Nutt finished with the plumbing? 301 00:26:33,218 --> 00:26:38,515 The blood samples matched but were both O-positive. They went for further analysis. 302 00:26:38,599 --> 00:26:41,101 I ran a background check on Doctor Blockhead. 303 00:26:41,185 --> 00:26:44,271 His real name is Jeffrey Swaim and he wasn't born in Yemen. 304 00:26:44,354 --> 00:26:47,524 He was born in Milwaukee. He does not hold a doctorate. 305 00:26:49,234 --> 00:26:52,237 I ended up running a bit of a background check myself. 306 00:26:52,738 --> 00:26:54,615 - On who? - On an orphan... 307 00:26:54,698 --> 00:26:58,869 ...discovered in the wild forests of Albania in 1943. 308 00:26:58,952 --> 00:27:01,538 "Although adept at catching his own food... 309 00:27:01,622 --> 00:27:04,666 ...he could not speak, save for a few savage grunts." 310 00:27:05,334 --> 00:27:08,378 "Brought to this country, he was exhibited in a locked cage 311 00:27:08,462 --> 00:27:10,589 owing to his feral ferocity... 312 00:27:10,881 --> 00:27:14,927 ...where he would terrify onlookers by devouring chunks of raw meat." 313 00:27:15,803 --> 00:27:19,097 "For reasons I could not ascertain, he ran away from the circus... 314 00:27:19,181 --> 00:27:21,600 ...and spent a number of years roaming about, 315 00:27:21,683 --> 00:27:24,102 taking on a number of nondescript jobs." 316 00:27:24,561 --> 00:27:26,605 "Eventually he wound up in Gibsonton, 317 00:27:26,688 --> 00:27:29,107 where he began a career in law enforcement... 318 00:27:29,191 --> 00:27:32,820 ...and has spent the past four terms serving as sheriff." 319 00:27:32,903 --> 00:27:35,113 You're talking about Sheriff Hamilton? 320 00:27:35,197 --> 00:27:37,741 Before becoming Sheriff Hamilton... 321 00:27:37,908 --> 00:27:41,620 ...James Hamilton was Jim-Jim the Dog-Faced Boy. 322 00:28:34,756 --> 00:28:36,842 (digging) 323 00:28:44,683 --> 00:28:48,896 You know, Scully, hypertrichosis does not connote lycanthropy. 324 00:28:48,979 --> 00:28:51,940 - What are you implying? - We're being discriminatory. 325 00:28:52,024 --> 00:28:57,529 Just because a man was once overly hairy why suspect him of aberrant behaviour? 326 00:28:57,613 --> 00:29:00,866 - Like assuming guilt based on skin colour? - Yeah. 327 00:29:19,468 --> 00:29:21,345 (clears throat) 328 00:29:22,012 --> 00:29:24,431 May I ask what you're doing? 329 00:29:25,682 --> 00:29:27,768 We're exhuming... 330 00:29:29,102 --> 00:29:31,271 ...your potato. 331 00:29:31,355 --> 00:29:33,649 May I ask why? 332 00:29:37,611 --> 00:29:40,948 It's been documented that many serial killers possess 333 00:29:41,031 --> 00:29:42,741 a fascination with police work... 334 00:29:42,824 --> 00:29:46,328 ...some of them even holding positions on their local force. 335 00:29:46,411 --> 00:29:50,582 So, surveillance of investigation team members is often utilised as a... 336 00:29:50,666 --> 00:29:53,377 We found out you used to be a dog-faced boy. 337 00:30:00,842 --> 00:30:03,720 Boy, look how skinny I was back then. 338 00:30:04,554 --> 00:30:06,890 - So, that is you? - Oh, sure. 339 00:30:06,974 --> 00:30:09,559 I spent the first half of my life as Jim-Jim. 340 00:30:09,643 --> 00:30:11,937 One day I noticed a bald spot on my head... 341 00:30:12,020 --> 00:30:15,440 ...and realised I was losing my hair and my career as well! 342 00:30:15,524 --> 00:30:18,694 Eventually all the hair went - on top of my head anyways. 343 00:30:18,777 --> 00:30:23,156 The rest of my body's still pretty hairy, which is why I never go to the beach. 344 00:30:23,448 --> 00:30:26,201 That doesn't quite explain the potato. 345 00:30:26,284 --> 00:30:29,162 I got, uh... some warts on my hand. 346 00:30:29,913 --> 00:30:32,332 That doesn't quite explain the potato. 347 00:30:32,416 --> 00:30:37,587 To get rid of warts, you rub a sliced potato on your hand and bury it under a full moon. 348 00:30:40,716 --> 00:30:43,844 The investigation isn't going too well, is it? 349 00:31:24,926 --> 00:31:27,012 So tell me, Commodore. 350 00:31:27,095 --> 00:31:31,308 Why are the weirdos the only ones that pay their rent cheques in advance? 351 00:31:31,391 --> 00:31:33,143 (Commodore growls) 352 00:31:36,563 --> 00:31:38,482 I warn you, you tattooed cretin! 353 00:31:38,565 --> 00:31:43,987 I have a licensed firearm and I am more than eager for an opportunity to use it. 354 00:31:51,870 --> 00:31:53,538 (squawking) 355 00:31:55,791 --> 00:31:57,501 (chomping) 356 00:32:01,755 --> 00:32:04,925 - (screeching) - (screams) 357 00:32:17,896 --> 00:32:20,357 I found him. 358 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:23,401 He's dead. He's dead. 359 00:32:26,863 --> 00:32:31,201 (sheriff I Lanny says all the doors and windows were locked from the inside. 360 00:32:31,284 --> 00:32:33,370 Scully, come here. 361 00:32:35,122 --> 00:32:37,207 He was like a brother to me. 362 00:32:40,710 --> 00:32:45,423 I don't know if a contortionist could get through that doggy door, but look at this. 363 00:32:48,343 --> 00:32:50,428 (Lanny yells) 364 00:32:50,512 --> 00:32:52,597 Lanny!Lanny! 365 00:32:53,473 --> 00:32:55,934 Take it easy. You're gonna hurt yourself. 366 00:32:56,143 --> 00:32:59,062 - So what? - So you might hurt me in the process. 367 00:33:00,939 --> 00:33:05,527 He gets this way sometimes. I'll have to toss him in the drunk tank. 368 00:33:05,986 --> 00:33:08,238 We'll take Jeffrey Swaim into custody. 369 00:33:08,321 --> 00:33:10,323 Come on, Lanny. Let's go. 370 00:33:10,407 --> 00:33:12,826 You know, Mulder, for a while... 371 00:33:12,909 --> 00:33:16,705 ...I was beginning to suspect this case involved something a bit more... 372 00:33:16,788 --> 00:33:18,874 Freakish? 373 00:33:20,458 --> 00:33:22,794 You shouldn't complain about banality... 374 00:33:22,878 --> 00:33:26,131 ...when your main suspect is the Human Blockhead. 375 00:33:26,631 --> 00:33:27,632 (knocking) 376 00:33:27,716 --> 00:33:29,509 It's open! 377 00:33:30,468 --> 00:33:33,180 Mr Swaim? Federal agents. We're here to... 378 00:33:34,181 --> 00:33:37,851 It's a variation of an American Indian sun dance ritual. 379 00:33:38,435 --> 00:33:41,980 I suspend myself by these hooks... 380 00:33:43,190 --> 00:33:47,110 ...and the pain becomes so unbearable, I leave my body. 381 00:33:47,652 --> 00:33:51,531 If people knew the true price of spirituality, there'd be more atheists. 382 00:33:51,615 --> 00:33:55,535 We're taking you into custody to question you about some murders. 383 00:33:56,328 --> 00:33:58,622 I don't answer till I talk to my lawyer. 384 00:33:58,705 --> 00:34:01,917 - Who's your lawyer? - I represent myself. 385 00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:04,878 If you're uncooperative, I'll have to handcuff you. 386 00:34:04,961 --> 00:34:07,380 What gives you fascists the right to do that? 387 00:34:07,464 --> 00:34:11,259 - Did I not say we're federal agents? - Did I not say I'm an escape artist? 388 00:34:17,140 --> 00:34:19,226 Mulder, are you okay? 389 00:34:21,061 --> 00:34:23,396 It's more comfortable than a futon. 390 00:34:24,272 --> 00:34:26,316 Hey! Look what I caught. 391 00:34:26,399 --> 00:34:27,567 Ouch! 392 00:34:43,583 --> 00:34:45,669 (squelching) 393 00:34:48,922 --> 00:34:51,007 (laboured breathing) 394 00:35:03,520 --> 00:35:05,605 What the hell...? 395 00:35:08,858 --> 00:35:10,777 No! 396 00:35:10,860 --> 00:35:13,029 N000! 397 00:35:13,113 --> 00:35:15,615 - N000! - (screeching) 398 00:35:20,412 --> 00:35:24,916 This has all the makings of those mistaken- identity miscarriage-of-justice things... 399 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,210 ...that prove so popular on 60 Minutes. 400 00:35:27,794 --> 00:35:32,299 - Is this yours? - The Fifth Amendment says... 401 00:35:32,382 --> 00:35:34,426 (long, constant moan) 402 00:35:36,011 --> 00:35:39,389 - What is that? - It's Lanny in the drunk tank. 403 00:35:39,472 --> 00:35:42,183 He'll be all right once he sleeps it off. 404 00:35:42,267 --> 00:35:45,353 No, I don't think he's gonna sleep this one off. 405 00:35:52,485 --> 00:35:54,654 There's been another attack. 406 00:35:54,738 --> 00:35:57,073 How could anyone have gotten in there? 407 00:35:57,157 --> 00:35:59,701 No one got in. But someone got out. 408 00:35:59,784 --> 00:36:02,495 - What are you talking about? - I'm not sure myself. 409 00:36:02,579 --> 00:36:04,998 But we'll know more when we find Leonard. 410 00:36:05,081 --> 00:36:09,127 - Leonard? - Lanny's brother. 411 00:36:19,471 --> 00:36:22,307 Oh, God, they extracted the twin. 412 00:36:22,390 --> 00:36:25,143 No. The twin extracted itself. 413 00:36:25,226 --> 00:36:28,438 - But it's an appendage. - Yeah. Mulder... 414 00:36:28,521 --> 00:36:32,359 This wound is identical to the other victim's - with one exception. 415 00:36:32,442 --> 00:36:34,069 He's not bleeding. 416 00:36:34,444 --> 00:36:39,699 If you're trying to tell me his twin can crawl out of his body, you're as drunk as he is. 417 00:36:40,367 --> 00:36:44,037 You said it yourself, Sheriff: it's what's inside that counts. 418 00:36:44,120 --> 00:36:47,499 I suspect that Lanny has an internal anomaly 419 00:36:47,582 --> 00:36:49,626 that allows his conjoining twin to disjoin. 420 00:36:50,001 --> 00:36:52,545 - But how? How... - (Lanny) How? 421 00:36:52,670 --> 00:36:56,091 How could I turn him in without turning myself in? 422 00:36:57,384 --> 00:37:00,053 Lanny, why does he attack other people? 423 00:37:00,762 --> 00:37:03,556 I don't think he knows he's harming anyone. 424 00:37:05,558 --> 00:37:07,644 He is merely seeking... 425 00:37:08,478 --> 00:37:10,563 ...another brother. 426 00:37:10,647 --> 00:37:13,608 (moans) 427 00:37:13,691 --> 00:37:16,319 Are you in pain, Lanny? 428 00:37:18,071 --> 00:37:20,073 It hurts. 429 00:37:20,156 --> 00:37:22,242 It hurts not to be wanted. 430 00:37:26,037 --> 00:37:28,164 I don't know why he hates me so. 431 00:37:30,166 --> 00:37:33,670 I've taken care of him for all of our lives. 432 00:37:37,090 --> 00:37:39,676 Maybe that is the reason why. 433 00:37:40,552 --> 00:37:43,721 How long can he survive outside of your body? 434 00:37:43,805 --> 00:37:45,890 Long enough... 435 00:37:47,100 --> 00:37:51,062 ...to understand that you cannot change the way you were born. 436 00:37:55,608 --> 00:37:57,819 Don't worry. 437 00:37:57,902 --> 00:38:00,447 He'll come back. 438 00:38:00,530 --> 00:38:02,615 He always does. 439 00:38:04,367 --> 00:38:06,661 I'm still his only brother. 440 00:38:07,871 --> 00:38:10,665 Sheriff, we're gonna need the paramedics. 441 00:38:13,251 --> 00:38:16,838 Scully, you're the medical expert and you say the twin can disengage. 442 00:38:16,921 --> 00:38:19,591 But how mobile could such a thing be? 443 00:38:20,049 --> 00:38:22,135 (squelching) 444 00:38:25,096 --> 00:38:27,182 Too mobile. 445 00:38:32,479 --> 00:38:34,898 So your twin can, uh... 446 00:38:35,815 --> 00:38:37,442 And then... 447 00:38:39,194 --> 00:38:40,403 What an act! 448 00:38:50,747 --> 00:38:52,832 (squawking) 449 00:38:53,333 --> 00:38:55,418 I'll cover the back. 450 00:39:54,936 --> 00:39:57,105 (squawking) 451 00:39:57,188 --> 00:39:59,691 - (clattering) - Freeze! 452 00:39:59,774 --> 00:40:01,526 (whirring) 453 00:40:03,653 --> 00:40:05,738 (cackles) 454 00:40:08,825 --> 00:40:10,952 The fun house. 455 00:40:34,559 --> 00:40:36,644 (slavering) 456 00:40:37,812 --> 00:40:39,522 (screeching) 457 00:41:00,668 --> 00:41:02,754 I thought I heard a shot fired. 458 00:41:03,504 --> 00:41:07,300 I think we'd better go outside and catch this thing coming out. 459 00:41:21,147 --> 00:41:23,024 (barks) 460 00:41:23,524 --> 00:41:25,610 It's the manager's dog. 461 00:41:26,152 --> 00:41:28,237 The trailer park. 462 00:41:42,335 --> 00:41:44,796 - (slavering) - (cries out) 463 00:41:44,879 --> 00:41:46,964 (squawking and screaming) 464 00:42:03,690 --> 00:42:06,567 - Are you all right? - Have you seen a... uh... 465 00:42:06,651 --> 00:42:08,820 Uh... 466 00:42:15,243 --> 00:42:17,328 (stomach gurgles) 467 00:42:20,373 --> 00:42:24,252 Check out the area behind that trailer and let me know what you find. 468 00:42:24,335 --> 00:42:25,628 All right. 469 00:42:25,712 --> 00:42:28,172 You're sure it was the twin you saw here? 470 00:42:28,256 --> 00:42:30,341 Maybe it was the Fiji Mermaid... 471 00:42:30,425 --> 00:42:33,511 ...and he jumped back in the river and swam back to Fiji. 472 00:42:33,594 --> 00:42:35,680 Now you know how I feel. 473 00:42:47,358 --> 00:42:51,070 - You're takin' off? - Are you kidding? With that on the loose? 474 00:42:51,154 --> 00:42:55,324 They've been searching for it all day. It can't have survived for this long. 475 00:42:55,408 --> 00:42:58,578 It'll probably try to crawl back up into its brother. 476 00:42:58,661 --> 00:43:00,872 No, his brother Lanny died last night. 477 00:43:00,955 --> 00:43:03,416 I performed the autopsy on him this morning. 478 00:43:03,499 --> 00:43:06,210 So I guess it's true you can never go home again! 479 00:43:06,294 --> 00:43:08,421 His body wounds were nonfatal. 480 00:43:09,213 --> 00:43:12,133 He died as a result of advanced cirrhosis of the liver. 481 00:43:12,216 --> 00:43:16,095 Oh, there's a moral to this story! "Lay off the booze." 482 00:43:17,305 --> 00:43:20,558 Well, his body possesses some anatomical discrepancies. 483 00:43:20,641 --> 00:43:25,396 Offshoots of the oesophagus and trachea that almost seem umbilical in nature. I... 484 00:43:26,898 --> 00:43:30,318 - I've never seen anything like it. - And you never will again. 485 00:43:30,401 --> 00:43:32,487 21 st-century genetic engineering... 486 00:43:32,570 --> 00:43:35,698 ...will eradicate Siamese twins and alligator people. 487 00:43:35,782 --> 00:43:40,286 You'll even be hard-pressed to find a slight overbite or a not-so-high cheekbone. 488 00:43:40,369 --> 00:43:44,207 You see, I've seen the future and the future looks... just like him. 489 00:43:44,290 --> 00:43:47,293 Imagine! Living your whole life looking like that. 490 00:43:47,585 --> 00:43:52,131 That's why it's left to self-made freaks like me and the Conundrum to remind people. 491 00:43:52,340 --> 00:43:54,300 Remind people of what? 492 00:43:54,383 --> 00:43:58,471 Nature abhors normality. It can't go very long without creating a mutant. 493 00:43:58,554 --> 00:44:00,765 - Do you know why? - No. Why? 494 00:44:01,432 --> 00:44:03,392 I don't either. It's a mystery. 495 00:44:03,476 --> 00:44:06,687 Maybe some mysteries are never meant to be solved. 496 00:44:12,652 --> 00:44:16,405 - What's the matter with your friend? - I don't know what his problem is. 497 00:44:16,489 --> 00:44:19,992 - Maybe it's the Florida heat. - Hope it's nothing serious. 498 00:44:20,660 --> 00:44:22,745 Probably somethin' I ate. 499 00:44:55,611 --> 00:44:57,613 Visiontext Subtitles: Julie Clayton 500 00:45:05,538 --> 00:45:07,206 (Child) I made this!