1 00:00:04,882 --> 00:00:07,634 - All in favour. - Aye. 2 00:00:08,677 --> 00:00:10,762 All right. 3 00:00:13,098 --> 00:00:14,558 Starting Monday... 4 00:00:14,641 --> 00:00:20,814 ...the track around the athletic field will be closed to joggers at 8.30pm instead of 10. 5 00:00:23,567 --> 00:00:26,195 Any other items before we call it a night? 6 00:00:26,278 --> 00:00:28,363 Yeah. Uh... 7 00:00:28,739 --> 00:00:31,992 I got wind that for the spring drama production... 8 00:00:32,075 --> 00:00:37,080 ...Howard Roberts intends to put on Jesus Christ Superstar. 9 00:00:37,164 --> 00:00:40,876 You know how he is. Howard's just trying to do things the kids like. 10 00:00:40,959 --> 00:00:43,503 My point exactly. 11 00:00:43,587 --> 00:00:48,258 I don't think that play is appropriate for this high school. 12 00:00:48,342 --> 00:00:53,305 If he wants to be young, I have no problems with Grease or Annie, or... 13 00:00:53,388 --> 00:00:57,517 - Doesn't Grease have the f-word? - Look, I'll talk to Howard. 14 00:00:58,393 --> 00:01:02,856 Let's adjourn till next week. Deborah, why don't you lead us in the prayer. 15 00:01:02,940 --> 00:01:06,652 - Jim, the game is on. - It'll only take a minute. 16 00:01:06,735 --> 00:01:08,904 We've been letting it slip. 17 00:01:11,531 --> 00:01:14,243 Paul, why don't you get the door. 18 00:01:26,046 --> 00:01:28,131 (all) In the name of the lords of darkness, 19 00:01:28,215 --> 00:01:31,718 rulers of the earth, kings of the underworld... 20 00:01:31,802 --> 00:01:36,598 ...I command the forces of darkness to bestow their infernal power upon me. 21 00:01:36,807 --> 00:01:38,475 (German) 22 00:01:44,898 --> 00:01:47,985 (woman) May the black powers of our forefathers make us strong. 23 00:01:48,068 --> 00:01:51,738 (all) Hail. Hail to the lords of darkness. 24 00:02:39,328 --> 00:02:41,413 (rain falling) 25 00:02:48,879 --> 00:02:52,424 - (girl) How much further? - (boy) It's just up here a ways. 26 00:02:52,507 --> 00:02:55,093 I heard the altar is a hollow stump. 27 00:02:55,177 --> 00:02:57,179 When they get freaked... 28 00:02:57,262 --> 00:02:59,389 ...you get Kate. I take Andrea. 29 00:02:59,473 --> 00:03:02,309 Those mittens are givin' me a gingrich! 30 00:03:03,352 --> 00:03:05,437 This is it. 31 00:03:11,360 --> 00:03:14,780 OK, I need a personal object from everyone. 32 00:03:17,324 --> 00:03:21,912 All right. Now, Andrea, you get to stand over here... 33 00:03:21,995 --> 00:03:25,957 ...and face Jerry, like this. 34 00:03:26,041 --> 00:03:28,919 - Closer. - Why like this? 35 00:03:29,544 --> 00:03:35,175 Well, that's so, uh... that's so that we're calling the spirits up of every direction. 36 00:03:36,176 --> 00:03:38,178 Kate, you stand here and face me. 37 00:03:38,261 --> 00:03:41,932 Do you really think someone used this place for black magic? 38 00:03:42,391 --> 00:03:44,976 - Come on, Dave! - Shh. 39 00:03:45,936 --> 00:03:52,609 In the name of the lords of darkness, rulers of the earth, kings of the underworld, rise. 40 00:03:52,692 --> 00:03:54,736 Rise to this place. 41 00:03:54,820 --> 00:03:57,572 Uh, Azazel. 42 00:04:01,952 --> 00:04:05,497 Know ye all who dwell in the light of professed righteousness... 43 00:04:05,580 --> 00:04:10,752 ...that the others who know the keys and the angels have opened the gate. 44 00:04:11,420 --> 00:04:13,797 (evil chanting) 45 00:04:23,306 --> 00:04:25,809 (Andrea screaming) 46 00:04:28,478 --> 00:04:30,772 - Forget this! - Andrea! 47 00:04:32,607 --> 00:04:36,111 Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus! 48 00:04:36,194 --> 00:04:39,739 Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death! 49 00:04:39,823 --> 00:04:42,117 Andrea! Wait! 50 00:04:50,834 --> 00:04:53,211 A hunter found him early this morning. 51 00:04:53,420 --> 00:04:56,047 Couldn't have been dead more than 12 hours. 52 00:04:56,131 --> 00:05:00,177 - They say this area is used by witches. - "They"? 53 00:05:00,260 --> 00:05:03,930 Well, everybody around here knows about the things that go on. 54 00:05:04,014 --> 00:05:06,141 They say people control things. 55 00:05:06,224 --> 00:05:09,978 Any evidence to substantiate those rumours, Sheriff Oakes? 56 00:05:10,145 --> 00:05:14,024 Agent Scully, look at the body. The eyes and heart have been cut out. 57 00:05:14,107 --> 00:05:17,402 Many homicides involve victim desecration. 58 00:05:17,486 --> 00:05:20,405 I know he and his friends listen to devil music. 59 00:05:20,489 --> 00:05:22,282 "The Night Chicago Died"? 60 00:05:22,365 --> 00:05:26,328 You know what I mean. Those heavy-metal bands that influence kids. 61 00:05:26,620 --> 00:05:30,874 Was Jerry Stevens ever witnessed participating in witchcraft? 62 00:05:30,957 --> 00:05:33,376 - No. - More rumours. 63 00:05:34,127 --> 00:05:38,423 This stump here is supposed to be the ceremonial altar. 64 00:05:38,507 --> 00:05:41,009 What do you think? 65 00:05:41,343 --> 00:05:45,180 With turquoise chips, a picture of John Wayne and three cans of shellac... 66 00:05:45,263 --> 00:05:48,266 ...it'd make a pretty nice coffee table. 67 00:05:48,350 --> 00:05:52,938 (sheriff I You see all that wax? Someone's been burning candles in there. 68 00:05:53,605 --> 00:05:58,026 - Any idea who Jerry Stevens was with? - We assume he was alone. 69 00:05:58,443 --> 00:06:02,364 Most people don't set out to drink two six-packs by themselves. 70 00:06:02,447 --> 00:06:07,994 I also found this. It has purple ink on the edge like a library identification stamp. 71 00:06:08,078 --> 00:06:12,541 The end of the title says "in America". I'm surprised you people overlooked it. 72 00:06:12,624 --> 00:06:15,835 I'm sorry, I... I gotta apologise here. You're right. 73 00:06:15,919 --> 00:06:20,382 I admit, we're a little rattled here. That's why I called the FBI. 74 00:06:20,465 --> 00:06:23,385 This may involve a deeper conspiracy. 75 00:06:24,052 --> 00:06:28,223 See, I grew up around here... Ever since I was a kid I heard... stories. 76 00:06:28,932 --> 00:06:35,814 This is a weird area. It has a strange air that I could chalk up to imagination... 77 00:06:35,897 --> 00:06:38,358 ...till today. 78 00:06:38,441 --> 00:06:43,029 I'll have my staff start checking libraries for you, Agent Scully. 79 00:06:45,532 --> 00:06:47,284 Better hide your Megadeth albums. 80 00:06:47,367 --> 00:06:50,579 Theories like that are why I can't take him seriously. 81 00:06:50,662 --> 00:06:52,622 The homicide had a ceremonial presentation. 82 00:06:52,706 --> 00:06:55,709 The manner in which the body was displayed. 83 00:06:55,792 --> 00:06:58,378 I got the impression you didn't believe him. 84 00:06:58,461 --> 00:07:01,464 I didn't want to incite his aggravated imagination... 85 00:07:01,548 --> 00:07:05,302 ...but there is a weird feel to this place. Maybe there's truth in the rumours. 86 00:07:05,510 --> 00:07:07,762 I think he incited your imagination. 87 00:07:07,846 --> 00:07:11,891 I think it's nothing more than a murderer taking advantage of local folklore. 88 00:07:11,975 --> 00:07:13,727 There's nothing odd about... 89 00:07:32,370 --> 00:07:33,830 So... 90 00:07:33,913 --> 00:07:37,834 - Lunch? - Mulder, toads just fell from the sky! 91 00:07:39,127 --> 00:07:41,379 I guess their parachutes didn't open. 92 00:07:41,463 --> 00:07:45,216 You were saying something about this place not feeling odd? 93 00:08:02,108 --> 00:08:05,820 The weather service says there are tornadoes in Massachusetts. 94 00:08:05,904 --> 00:08:09,532 The wind probably picked up the animals into the storm. 95 00:08:11,076 --> 00:08:15,246 "Witch Hunt: A History of the Occult in America." 96 00:08:15,538 --> 00:08:18,041 (Scully) That's checked out to a Dave Duran. 97 00:08:34,891 --> 00:08:38,103 OK, people, may I have your attention, please? 98 00:08:38,186 --> 00:08:41,648 Mr Kingery is out sick today, so I'll be substituting. 99 00:08:41,731 --> 00:08:44,901 My name's Mrs Paddock. I'm gonna take the roll. 100 00:08:45,527 --> 00:08:47,070 (knock at door) 101 00:08:51,783 --> 00:08:54,703 FBI. We'd like to speak with a Dave Duran. 102 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:05,672 I'm not into that stuff at all, I swear. 103 00:09:09,217 --> 00:09:11,803 Jerry was my best friend. 104 00:09:13,972 --> 00:09:17,100 Look, I swear I've never done anything like that. 105 00:09:17,183 --> 00:09:21,521 What made you go to a place you heard was a witches' altar? 106 00:09:23,857 --> 00:09:26,025 We were just trying to get some. 107 00:09:26,109 --> 00:09:28,194 I told you. 108 00:09:29,279 --> 00:09:31,740 Why did you take the book? 109 00:09:32,532 --> 00:09:36,411 I don't know a thing about witchcraft, and we wanted it to sound good. 110 00:09:36,494 --> 00:09:38,079 I never thought... 111 00:09:39,205 --> 00:09:41,332 You never thought what? 112 00:09:41,416 --> 00:09:43,209 That it would work. 113 00:09:43,293 --> 00:09:47,380 If you didn't kill Jerry Stevens, why did you run away from us? 114 00:09:47,464 --> 00:09:49,549 I'm scared, man. 115 00:09:49,632 --> 00:09:53,928 - Of us? - Of it. That ceremony. 116 00:09:54,012 --> 00:09:57,056 I'm afraid we called up some devil or something. 117 00:10:03,521 --> 00:10:06,274 One of you killed Jerry Stevens. 118 00:10:06,357 --> 00:10:08,276 Who? 119 00:10:10,028 --> 00:10:13,031 He was displayed according to the rites of Azazel. 120 00:10:13,114 --> 00:10:16,284 Who else would know about the ritual? 121 00:10:16,367 --> 00:10:19,204 - We stopped doing this because... - I went out there. 122 00:10:19,287 --> 00:10:23,041 We were supposed to have a Mass. No one else showed, so I left. 123 00:10:23,124 --> 00:10:26,961 - It wasn't any of us. - Something is here. 124 00:10:27,045 --> 00:10:31,216 A presence amongst us... angry. I can feel it. 125 00:10:31,633 --> 00:10:33,468 (door) 126 00:10:36,137 --> 00:10:39,724 - You're letting them go? - There's no evidence to warrant an arrest. 127 00:10:39,808 --> 00:10:44,687 - They never leave evidence. - We heard how Jerry died. An occult ritual. 128 00:10:44,771 --> 00:10:46,815 They've reached into our area from outside. 129 00:10:46,898 --> 00:10:48,358 "They" again. 130 00:10:48,441 --> 00:10:51,528 Those three kids are obviously under a cult influence. 131 00:10:51,611 --> 00:10:55,365 They reach into our children, in music, television, books. 132 00:10:55,448 --> 00:10:57,909 They prey on children's innocence. 133 00:10:59,035 --> 00:11:01,204 The FBI did a seven-year study... 134 00:11:01,287 --> 00:11:05,500 ...and found no evidence of the existence of occult conspiracies. 135 00:11:05,583 --> 00:11:10,004 And J Edgar Hoover never admitted to the existence of the Mafia. 136 00:11:10,088 --> 00:11:13,299 If the murders attributed to occult conspiracies were true... 137 00:11:13,383 --> 00:11:16,678 ...it would mean thousands of people killing tens of thousands... 138 00:11:16,761 --> 00:11:19,472 ...without evidence, without being exposed. 139 00:11:19,556 --> 00:11:24,352 It would be the greatest criminal conspiracy in the history of civilisation! 140 00:11:27,480 --> 00:11:30,775 Finally... you people understand what we're up against. 141 00:11:31,192 --> 00:11:33,695 Our investigation is ongoing. 142 00:11:40,952 --> 00:11:44,330 Mulder, this is mass hysteria. 143 00:11:44,414 --> 00:11:49,127 And our presence here gives validity to their fears of occult murders. 144 00:11:50,670 --> 00:11:53,464 - The water. - What's wrong with it? 145 00:11:54,132 --> 00:11:56,593 It's going down the drain counterclockwise. 146 00:11:56,676 --> 00:12:01,139 Coriolis force in the northern hemisphere dictates it should go down clockwise. 147 00:12:01,222 --> 00:12:04,976 - That isn't possible. - Something is here, Scully. 148 00:12:05,059 --> 00:12:08,438 Something is making these things possible. 149 00:12:09,898 --> 00:12:11,900 (school bell) 150 00:12:16,738 --> 00:12:19,866 Girls... may I have a word? 151 00:12:23,703 --> 00:12:27,332 I heard on the grapevine about what happened. 152 00:12:27,415 --> 00:12:33,254 I know how hard it is to talk to adults, even though you feel like you want to. 153 00:12:33,338 --> 00:12:36,716 Well, because you're young adults... 154 00:12:36,799 --> 00:12:41,137 What I'm trying to say is, if you feel like talking, I'm here to listen, OK? 155 00:12:41,220 --> 00:12:44,098 - Thanks, Mrs Paddock. - Hang in there. 156 00:13:18,675 --> 00:13:22,887 Your records indicate a high incidence of students with depression... 157 00:13:22,971 --> 00:13:25,640 ...headaches, eating disorders... 158 00:13:25,723 --> 00:13:30,937 This is high school. It's normal for students to display abnormal behaviour. 159 00:13:31,020 --> 00:13:34,357 You're familiar with the indications of repressed memory? 160 00:13:34,440 --> 00:13:37,694 A headache doesn't mean a repressed memory. 161 00:13:37,777 --> 00:13:41,990 In your counselling, you've found no evidence of past ritual abuse? 162 00:13:42,073 --> 00:13:44,158 None. 163 00:13:49,706 --> 00:13:54,669 Would it be possible for me to speak to students who've had chronic complaints? 164 00:13:54,752 --> 00:13:59,590 That would be a betrayal of the doctor/patient relationship. Sorry. 165 00:14:06,639 --> 00:14:09,976 He was pretty quick to dismiss my concerns. 166 00:14:10,059 --> 00:14:12,103 Maybe there's nothing here. 167 00:14:12,186 --> 00:14:14,147 Or he's hiding something. 168 00:14:14,230 --> 00:14:18,568 Take a look at this. I found this on the Internet. 169 00:14:18,651 --> 00:14:21,904 "The discovery of a mutilated teenage boy in the forest... 170 00:14:21,988 --> 00:14:27,160 ...has police distressed about the possibility of an organisation of dark forces." 171 00:14:27,410 --> 00:14:29,829 Where's that from? The local paper? 172 00:14:29,912 --> 00:14:31,706 "The Jew is known to remove organs 173 00:14:31,789 --> 00:14:35,126 and sacrifice teens in their religious ceremonies." 174 00:14:35,209 --> 00:14:39,130 It's taken from Vdlkischer Beobachter. A Nazi newspaper in 1934. 175 00:14:39,213 --> 00:14:43,843 Same rumours, but the blanks have been filled in with whoever is feared at the time. 176 00:14:43,926 --> 00:14:46,512 In this case it's occultists. 177 00:14:47,305 --> 00:14:50,183 Modern witches, known as Wiccan, are a religion. 178 00:14:50,266 --> 00:14:54,062 They revere all life and nature. They do not cast harmful spells. 179 00:14:54,145 --> 00:14:57,940 They don't worship Satan. The Church of Satan renounced murder and torture. 180 00:14:58,024 --> 00:15:02,111 Their influence here wouldn't account for the frogs or the water... 181 00:15:02,195 --> 00:15:04,572 ...or, most importantly, the murder. 182 00:15:04,655 --> 00:15:06,699 Well, if not witches, then what? 183 00:15:07,658 --> 00:15:09,077 For your final exam, 184 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:15,583 your grade will be based on your diagram of a dissected pig embryo. 185 00:15:15,666 --> 00:15:20,129 These are actually hog embryos, belonging to the order of the artiodactyl... 186 00:15:20,213 --> 00:15:21,923 ...or creatures with hooves. 187 00:15:22,006 --> 00:15:26,427 Be sure to remove the heart and lungs and draw diagrams. 188 00:15:26,511 --> 00:15:28,513 Be neat. 189 00:15:30,515 --> 00:15:34,268 Extra credit will be given for dissecting the heart. 190 00:15:36,437 --> 00:15:39,023 You have until the end of the period. 191 00:15:42,026 --> 00:15:44,737 I'll cut it open, if you do the heart. 192 00:15:45,404 --> 00:15:47,073 OK. 193 00:16:07,009 --> 00:16:09,095 (screaming) 194 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:25,820 I've had this happen before. Some kids just have trouble dissecting things. 195 00:16:26,112 --> 00:16:29,907 Shannon, I'm trying to reach your father and get him to pick you up. 196 00:16:29,991 --> 00:16:31,909 No! 197 00:16:33,870 --> 00:16:36,497 - I'm sure he'll be here soon. - No! 198 00:16:36,581 --> 00:16:39,375 - Shannon! - Shannon, honey, come back! 199 00:16:40,168 --> 00:16:42,879 Shannon! You're remembering! 200 00:16:45,882 --> 00:16:48,384 Tell me what you remember. 201 00:16:50,219 --> 00:16:53,764 You, um... know who my stepdad is, right? 202 00:16:54,348 --> 00:16:57,059 Jim Ausbury on the PTC. 203 00:16:59,937 --> 00:17:02,023 All right, well... 204 00:17:02,565 --> 00:17:05,943 My mom, she's a teacher. 205 00:17:07,069 --> 00:17:09,906 Well... was a teacher. 206 00:17:14,785 --> 00:17:17,663 My real dad, he, um... 207 00:17:18,789 --> 00:17:21,292 He ran away. 208 00:17:23,127 --> 00:17:28,633 And... my mom met Jim at some seminar or something. 209 00:17:32,011 --> 00:17:34,513 And they, um... 210 00:17:35,014 --> 00:17:37,600 ...they got married. 211 00:17:39,644 --> 00:17:44,232 My sister and I moved up here when I was about, um... 212 00:17:45,274 --> 00:17:47,360 ...four. 213 00:17:47,860 --> 00:17:50,404 She was about two. 214 00:17:50,488 --> 00:17:54,033 Anyway, a couple of weeks ago... 215 00:17:54,659 --> 00:18:00,748 ...my class, we took a field trip to what they call the American Stonehenge. 216 00:18:01,457 --> 00:18:03,542 And... 217 00:18:04,335 --> 00:18:07,755 ...I remember, when I was four years old... 218 00:18:12,426 --> 00:18:16,639 ...Jim... took me in his car... 219 00:18:18,140 --> 00:18:21,269 ...near there. And he, um... 220 00:18:24,855 --> 00:18:27,149 ...he made me... 221 00:18:28,150 --> 00:18:30,027 ...in the back seat. 222 00:18:30,611 --> 00:18:35,116 He told me that, if I ever told anybody, he would hurt me. 223 00:18:35,533 --> 00:18:41,205 As he touched me, you know, I would pretend like I was out of my body... 224 00:18:43,874 --> 00:18:47,795 ...deep in the ocean, down with the fish... 225 00:18:49,380 --> 00:18:51,882 ...in the dark water. 226 00:18:53,718 --> 00:18:57,138 Somehow I managed to block out all these things. 227 00:18:57,221 --> 00:19:00,891 But... lately it's all been... 228 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:05,062 I'm remembering, you know? 229 00:19:05,479 --> 00:19:07,982 The others, too. 230 00:19:08,399 --> 00:19:10,651 Others? 231 00:19:10,735 --> 00:19:12,486 Yeah. 232 00:19:12,570 --> 00:19:14,822 Men and women. 233 00:19:14,905 --> 00:19:20,244 They would, um, come to the house, you know, when my mom was away. 234 00:19:20,911 --> 00:19:24,582 And they would take me down to the basement. 235 00:19:24,665 --> 00:19:29,420 It was really dark. It was, like, painted red with a dirt floor. 236 00:19:30,713 --> 00:19:34,258 They would wear these robes, black and red. 237 00:19:36,093 --> 00:19:39,847 And they would sing and they would chant. 238 00:19:40,431 --> 00:19:43,768 And then they would tie me and my sister up. 239 00:19:44,435 --> 00:19:49,440 These men and women, they would make us do things. 240 00:19:50,107 --> 00:19:52,777 They called me a breeder. 241 00:19:56,447 --> 00:20:00,284 They would get me pregnant and then they would kill the babies. 242 00:20:03,371 --> 00:20:07,792 I've had three children, and they're all buried in the cellar. 243 00:20:12,755 --> 00:20:15,383 One night... 244 00:20:15,466 --> 00:20:19,303 ...Jim murdered my sister for a sacrifice. 245 00:20:21,430 --> 00:20:24,058 She was only eight years old! 246 00:20:26,727 --> 00:20:30,648 He told everybody that she'd died in an accident. 247 00:20:31,816 --> 00:20:33,818 Today brought it all back... 248 00:20:35,736 --> 00:20:39,156 ...clear like it happened yesterday. 249 00:20:43,953 --> 00:20:46,247 Imagine if what she said is true. 250 00:20:46,330 --> 00:20:50,501 Why don't we just wait and see what her parents have to say. 251 00:21:00,594 --> 00:21:04,682 Where's Shannon? They told me you were bringing her home. 252 00:21:04,765 --> 00:21:06,600 She wanted to remain with friends. 253 00:21:06,684 --> 00:21:09,520 Under the circumstances, we thought it best. 254 00:21:09,603 --> 00:21:13,941 Circumstances? Why wouldn't she want to come home? 255 00:21:14,442 --> 00:21:21,031 Someone, or something, has obviously put these things into her mind. 256 00:21:25,703 --> 00:21:30,040 Mrs Ausbury, perhaps you'd like a glass of water? 257 00:21:30,166 --> 00:21:31,876 Yeah. Thank you. 258 00:21:32,334 --> 00:21:34,378 Mr Ausbury... 259 00:21:43,554 --> 00:21:46,307 Mrs Ausbury, your daughter has not accused you of any involvement 260 00:21:46,390 --> 00:21:47,391 in these activities. 261 00:21:51,061 --> 00:21:55,983 Do you have any idea why Shannon might have said these things? 262 00:21:56,066 --> 00:22:00,905 Jim and I have been having marriage problems lately. 263 00:22:00,988 --> 00:22:02,615 We're committed to working them out. 264 00:22:02,698 --> 00:22:06,827 Maybe we don't pay enough attention to Shannon. 265 00:22:08,829 --> 00:22:11,248 She and I don't... 266 00:22:12,750 --> 00:22:15,753 We don't get along. We fight. 267 00:22:18,839 --> 00:22:21,509 Have you ever known Shannon to be pregnant? 268 00:22:21,592 --> 00:22:25,095 Of course not! She's fifteen years old! 269 00:22:25,721 --> 00:22:30,518 - How can you possibly believe... - Have you ever had another child? 270 00:22:34,271 --> 00:22:36,440 A girl. 271 00:22:36,524 --> 00:22:38,859 Theresa. 272 00:22:38,943 --> 00:22:41,445 She died. 273 00:22:41,529 --> 00:22:44,114 At eight years old? 274 00:22:46,283 --> 00:22:48,869 Eight weeks... 275 00:22:48,953 --> 00:22:51,622 ...with crib death. 276 00:22:57,461 --> 00:22:59,547 Did you do it? 277 00:23:04,802 --> 00:23:10,099 I would kill... anyone... who did the things to her that she claims. 278 00:23:17,648 --> 00:23:20,651 Not a very Christian tenet. 279 00:23:22,319 --> 00:23:26,824 (Ausbury) Thou, God of vengeance, shine forth! 280 00:23:28,659 --> 00:23:32,329 Even the devil can quote scripture to fit his needs. 281 00:23:34,832 --> 00:23:38,127 How dare you! Get out of our house! 282 00:23:39,253 --> 00:23:44,091 As far as I know, you put those ideas in my daughter's head. 283 00:23:44,174 --> 00:23:46,302 Now get out! 284 00:23:54,184 --> 00:23:57,354 The devil travels in many forms. 285 00:23:57,479 --> 00:23:59,940 And you may be one! 286 00:24:01,191 --> 00:24:05,946 Are you sure you're up to this, Shannon? I heard about what you said. 287 00:24:06,030 --> 00:24:09,867 I'll be OK. I don't wanna miss the final. 288 00:24:09,950 --> 00:24:13,162 I'll be in my office, if you're feeling funny. 289 00:24:16,373 --> 00:24:21,962 You ought to remove yourjewellery. You wouldn't want to lose it in some pig's guts. 290 00:24:22,046 --> 00:24:24,715 I'll hold it until you're finished. 291 00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:44,985 (chanting) 292 00:24:52,660 --> 00:24:54,745 (laboured breathing) 293 00:25:01,502 --> 00:25:03,587 (laboured breathing) 294 00:25:20,270 --> 00:25:23,357 (screaming) 295 00:25:47,798 --> 00:25:53,053 I heard the chair and a crash and I came running out of the office. 296 00:25:53,971 --> 00:25:57,099 Did you see anybody leaving the room? 297 00:25:57,474 --> 00:25:59,977 Did you hear the door open? 298 00:26:00,060 --> 00:26:04,898 I look the doors after school when I'm alone. I... I get afraid. 299 00:26:20,497 --> 00:26:23,584 I feel a dark angel is amongst us. 300 00:26:23,667 --> 00:26:26,170 It wants a sacrifice. 301 00:26:26,253 --> 00:26:29,256 It's been years since... since we've done that. 302 00:26:29,339 --> 00:26:31,091 Exactly. 303 00:26:31,175 --> 00:26:33,927 Exactly. We haven't kept our faith. 304 00:26:34,344 --> 00:26:39,183 Are any of you... responsible for my daughter? 305 00:26:40,768 --> 00:26:45,522 We all are. She was sacrificed for us. 306 00:26:46,356 --> 00:26:52,112 It's a portent. Shannon's death allows us to get rid of the police, the FBI... 307 00:26:52,196 --> 00:26:54,990 It can all be blamed on her. 308 00:26:56,366 --> 00:27:01,371 Jim... you tell them she had a thing for Jerry Stevens. 309 00:27:02,623 --> 00:27:05,375 She killed him out of jealousy. 310 00:27:05,501 --> 00:27:10,964 She cut out his eyes... because she couldn't stand to have him look at another girl. 311 00:27:11,048 --> 00:27:15,385 And his heart... because she was heartbroken. 312 00:27:15,469 --> 00:27:22,643 But when they leave, and are gone, we must rekindle our faith... rather than lose it. 313 00:27:42,704 --> 00:27:47,501 I never imagined she would hurt herself. I'm old-fashioned, Agent Scully. 314 00:27:47,584 --> 00:27:54,508 I can't believe that children are capable of such things as they are these days. 315 00:27:57,928 --> 00:28:00,848 She wanted me to hold that for her. 316 00:28:06,770 --> 00:28:07,771 Excuse me. 317 00:28:10,941 --> 00:28:13,443 Her office has a faint odour of incense. 318 00:28:13,527 --> 00:28:15,529 She says it stops the smell of formaldehyde. 319 00:28:15,612 --> 00:28:18,532 It's also used in Black Mass rituals. 320 00:28:18,615 --> 00:28:21,451 I must admit, there are some oddities to her story. 321 00:28:21,535 --> 00:28:23,370 What do you mean, "oddities"? 322 00:28:23,453 --> 00:28:27,791 The man she replaced has taken two sick days in a 15-year career. 323 00:28:27,875 --> 00:28:32,963 The morning of Jerry Stevens' murder, Mr Kingery developed necrotising fasciitis. 324 00:28:33,046 --> 00:28:36,967 - Flesh-eating bacteria? That's very rare. - I know. 325 00:28:37,050 --> 00:28:42,139 And when I questioned the staff about Mrs Paddock, no one can even recall hiring her. 326 00:28:42,264 --> 00:28:44,224 (thunder) 327 00:28:51,565 --> 00:28:54,735 Oh, look, I'm even getting caught up in this. 328 00:28:54,818 --> 00:28:59,907 I'm sure Mrs Paddock's arrival and the teacher's sickness is just a coincidence. 329 00:28:59,990 --> 00:29:02,993 The fact that no one recalls hiring her is an oversight. 330 00:29:03,076 --> 00:29:05,412 This is something we should get caught up in. 331 00:29:05,495 --> 00:29:09,583 I'll search the Ausbury house. I've been told they're staying with friends. 332 00:29:09,666 --> 00:29:11,752 You check Mrs Paddock. 333 00:29:11,835 --> 00:29:13,629 (thunder) 334 00:29:14,129 --> 00:29:16,632 (officer) Power's out. 335 00:30:29,079 --> 00:30:31,331 My religion... 336 00:30:31,415 --> 00:30:33,917 ...my family, Agent Mulder... 337 00:30:34,001 --> 00:30:37,337 ...goes back in this town seven generations. 338 00:30:39,089 --> 00:30:43,427 They fled persecution from people being persecuted. 339 00:30:43,552 --> 00:30:46,096 All in the name of religion. 340 00:30:51,101 --> 00:30:56,189 I was raised to believe Christianity was synonymous with hypocrisy. 341 00:30:56,273 --> 00:31:02,779 Man's natural tendency was to "do what thou willst", not "do unto others". 342 00:31:04,948 --> 00:31:07,075 We believe... 343 00:31:08,577 --> 00:31:11,371 ...man is nothing but an animal. 344 00:31:11,455 --> 00:31:16,293 No better, no worse, than those that walk on four legs. 345 00:31:16,418 --> 00:31:21,131 And although I believed our faith kept us powerful in the community - 346 00:31:21,256 --> 00:31:23,759 wealthy, good health - 347 00:31:26,303 --> 00:31:29,890 ...I came to see hypocrisy in the others. 348 00:31:32,309 --> 00:31:34,895 In me. 349 00:31:37,481 --> 00:31:39,649 When they told me... 350 00:31:40,317 --> 00:31:45,655 ...to blame my dead daughter... for Jerry Stevens' death... 351 00:31:45,739 --> 00:31:48,283 ...my reaction... 352 00:31:49,201 --> 00:31:53,789 I was sick... that they would vilify an innocent... 353 00:31:55,957 --> 00:31:58,126 ...someone I loved... 354 00:31:58,210 --> 00:32:01,129 ...just to protect themselves. 355 00:32:01,213 --> 00:32:05,884 And, at that moment, I knew I am better than an animal. 356 00:32:06,259 --> 00:32:10,722 That my... previous beliefs... 357 00:32:10,806 --> 00:32:15,018 ...were responsible... for her no longer being with us. 358 00:32:17,062 --> 00:32:19,648 And that it was time to talk to you. 359 00:32:44,506 --> 00:32:45,549 Clean. 360 00:32:47,551 --> 00:32:49,636 (strained breathing) 361 00:32:58,270 --> 00:33:01,606 - Did you abuse Shannon? - Never sexually. 362 00:33:01,690 --> 00:33:03,775 And the rituals? 363 00:33:05,777 --> 00:33:09,489 The blood of the young is considered very powerful. 364 00:33:09,573 --> 00:33:13,451 We'd include them in the ceremonies, against their will. 365 00:33:14,077 --> 00:33:19,833 They were too young to be trusted not to talk, but we never physically hurt them. 366 00:33:19,916 --> 00:33:23,503 We'd slip over the ancient rituals that we didn't want to do. 367 00:33:23,587 --> 00:33:28,091 Like drinking grape juice instead of wine at Communion? 368 00:33:31,761 --> 00:33:34,472 What about Shannon's memories? 369 00:33:36,266 --> 00:33:42,105 We'd perform a sort of posthypnotic suggestion that repressed their memories. 370 00:33:42,189 --> 00:33:44,357 When they came of age - 18, 21 - 371 00:33:44,441 --> 00:33:49,070 ...then they were made aware of the religion and brought into its practice. 372 00:33:49,154 --> 00:33:53,783 When she recalled the past events, she must've mixed up reality with... 373 00:33:53,867 --> 00:33:57,829 ...with that crap that's on Geraldo and the tabloids. 374 00:33:57,913 --> 00:34:00,957 Did the others kill Jerry Stevens? 375 00:34:02,834 --> 00:34:05,086 Shannon? 376 00:34:05,670 --> 00:34:07,923 No. 377 00:34:08,006 --> 00:34:09,925 But you are responsible. 378 00:34:10,008 --> 00:34:14,221 You knew the possibilities contained in your beliefs, no matter how watered down. 379 00:34:14,304 --> 00:34:18,183 Did you really think you could call up the devil and ask him to behave? 380 00:34:28,526 --> 00:34:31,029 Who are the others? 381 00:34:31,905 --> 00:34:33,990 (phone rings) 382 00:34:36,326 --> 00:34:39,496 - Yeah? - Mulder, the school. I'm in trouble. 383 00:34:39,579 --> 00:34:41,498 Scully? 384 00:34:43,250 --> 00:34:48,004 We've got an emergency. I'm placing you under arrest. 385 00:34:49,047 --> 00:34:51,967 I'll be back for you later. 386 00:34:58,098 --> 00:35:00,183 (thunder) 387 00:35:06,648 --> 00:35:08,733 (brakes screeching) 388 00:35:18,785 --> 00:35:20,870 (Ausbury sobbing) 389 00:36:17,761 --> 00:36:19,054 Agh! 390 00:37:02,222 --> 00:37:04,432 - Scully?! - Mulder, what's wrong? 391 00:37:04,516 --> 00:37:09,854 - You called. You said you were in trouble. - No, I didn't touch the phone. 392 00:37:37,006 --> 00:37:39,092 (thunder) 393 00:37:40,218 --> 00:37:41,970 Ausbury confessed to conspiracy. 394 00:37:42,053 --> 00:37:44,973 He'll name everybody involved. Parents. Teachers. 395 00:37:45,056 --> 00:37:49,644 I checked on Mrs Paddock's background. I don't think she's involved. 396 00:38:16,296 --> 00:38:18,381 My God! 397 00:38:18,756 --> 00:38:21,718 Do you think it's some kind of acid? 398 00:38:22,844 --> 00:38:27,599 There's no evidence of any reaction with the wood from the acid. 399 00:38:28,308 --> 00:38:31,519 There are tracks in the dirt, like from a snake. 400 00:38:32,270 --> 00:38:34,272 That's impossible. 401 00:38:34,355 --> 00:38:36,774 It would take a large python hours to consume 402 00:38:36,858 --> 00:38:39,944 and weeks to digest a human being. 403 00:38:40,028 --> 00:38:43,072 You really do watch the Learning Channel. 404 00:38:48,286 --> 00:38:51,039 Scully... snakeskin. 405 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,002 There's a python in Paddock's room. 406 00:38:57,754 --> 00:39:01,132 Sheriff Oakes called me. Jim Ausbury is dead. 407 00:39:02,050 --> 00:39:04,135 He was talking to the FBI. 408 00:39:05,970 --> 00:39:08,056 Did they kill him? 409 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:10,642 You know who killed him. 410 00:39:11,518 --> 00:39:13,811 Ausbury was no believer. 411 00:39:13,895 --> 00:39:18,316 He had no real faith. No devotion. He was punished for his doubts. 412 00:39:21,236 --> 00:39:23,738 We have to act... 413 00:39:23,821 --> 00:39:28,535 ...or the same will happen to us, if it's not already too late. 414 00:39:30,912 --> 00:39:33,998 We have to assume Jim told them who we are. 415 00:39:36,167 --> 00:39:40,588 If Mulder knows, it will make the offering all the more meaningful. 416 00:39:50,431 --> 00:39:52,517 They're here. 417 00:39:57,855 --> 00:40:00,233 Lock the office. 418 00:40:00,316 --> 00:40:04,237 My keys. They were in my pocket. 419 00:40:22,297 --> 00:40:23,965 Mulder... 420 00:40:24,757 --> 00:40:27,677 Mrs Paddock...? What happened? 421 00:40:27,844 --> 00:40:30,930 I... I came back. They were taking the snake. 422 00:40:31,764 --> 00:40:35,935 Mrs Brown, Mr Vitaris... there are things about them I learned. 423 00:40:36,019 --> 00:40:40,440 - I think they killed that boy. - We know about them. 424 00:40:40,523 --> 00:40:43,860 Conference room. It's all there. 425 00:40:43,943 --> 00:40:46,529 The paramedics must be tied up by the storm. 426 00:40:46,613 --> 00:40:49,616 Just stay there, Mrs Paddock. We're gonna lock the door. 427 00:40:49,699 --> 00:40:51,451 (thunder) 428 00:40:51,618 --> 00:40:54,287 Just stay still. I'll be back. 429 00:42:28,297 --> 00:42:31,592 (man) It'll make the blood easier to clean up. 430 00:42:39,225 --> 00:42:41,811 Dominus inferus vobiscum. 431 00:42:42,937 --> 00:42:45,022 (men) Et cum tuo. 432 00:42:57,493 --> 00:42:59,328 Sursum corda. 433 00:43:12,258 --> 00:43:15,386 You're right. It is already too late. 434 00:43:24,520 --> 00:43:26,606 Oh, God! 435 00:43:27,273 --> 00:43:30,193 Mulder, did you see his expression? 436 00:43:30,610 --> 00:43:33,321 It was as if something had control of him. 437 00:43:33,404 --> 00:43:35,323 Paddock. 438 00:43:37,700 --> 00:43:39,786 Mrs Paddock? 439 00:43:47,668 --> 00:43:49,754 Mulder. 440 00:43:55,802 --> 00:44:03,810 Goodbye. It's been nice working with you. 441 00:45:07,623 --> 00:45:09,375 (Child) I made this!