#2879: X files on vodou see episode "Fresh Bones" (fwd)

[Robert Corbett <bcorbett@netcom.com>]

From: Rose-May Guignard <guignard@vt.edu>

XFiles had an episode on Haitian Vodoo in 95-- it was a fair portrayal, and
in  Xfiles fashion the mystery was not quite solved. here's the write-up:


MULDER SUSPECTS THAT A VOODOO CURSE CAUSED THE DEATHS OF TWO MARINES
STATIONED AT A HAITIAN REFUGEE CAMP.

  In North Carolina, Mulder and Scully investigate when two Marines stationed
   at the Folkstone government processing center for Haitian refugees die in
   mysterious accidents. The Marines officially classify the deaths as
suicides,
   but Robin McAlpin, the wife of one victim, believes otherwise. Private Jack
   McAlpin died after he lost control of his car and skidded into a tree. The
   agents comb the accident scene and discover a strange image painted on
   the tree. Mrs. McAlpin tells the agents that a Marine named Harry Dunham
   suspects that the murders were caused by a voodoo curse.

   Mulder and Scully visit the encampment hoping to find answers. As they
   survey the deplorable conditions, a young Haitian boy, Chester, sells the
   agents a charm to help ward off evil. Later, the agents speak with Colonel
   Jacob Wharton, who runs the camp. He confirms that ever since a young
   Haitian boy was killed in the camp, things have been chaotic. Wharton
   blames the trouble on Pierre Bauvais, a revolutionary held in an isolation
   cell. Bauvais cryptically blames the deaths on loco-miroir, the voodoo
   crossroads between two worlds.

   Scully obtains permission to examine McAlpin's corpse. In the temporary
   camp morgue, Scully and a marine physician are horrified when they
   discover the body of a dead dog in place of McAlpin. Later that night, as
   Scully drives Mulder through the rain, a bedraggled man hobbles in front of
   the car. Scully slams on the brakes. The agents are shocked when they get a
   good look at the man-Jack McAlpin.

   A blood test reveals trace levels of a poison called tetrodotoxin in
McAlpin's
   system. Mulder speculates that someone injected the Marine with the poison,
   thereby making him appear dead. This leads the agents to the grave of
   Manuel Guttierez, the second Marine who allegedly committed suicide. The
   body, however, is missing. A gravekeeper explains how grave robbers
   regularly snatch the dead from their resting grounds. Mulder spots
Chester in
   the cemetery. The boy explains that he collects and sells frogs that Bauvais
   uses for his magic. This piques Scully's interest, as certain frog species
   secrete a substance chemically similar to the toxin found in McAlpin's
blood.

   Mulder questions Dunham. He insists that Bauvais threatened to take the
   souls of all the Marines, one by one, unless his people are released. Mulder
   confronts Wharton with allegations of prisoner mistreatment, but the Colonel
   insists there is no official policy of harassment. Wharton is convinced that
   Bauvais told the agents about his illegal mistreatment of the Haitians. In
   response, he has Bauvais severely beaten.

   The agents discover Dunham's corpse floating in a bathtub, blood oozing
   from a stab wound. They also discover McAlpin nearby holding a knife.
   Suspecting Bauvais is somehow responsible, the agents ask Wharton for
   permission to speak with him. Wharton, however, claims that Bauvais killed
   himself by slashing his wrists with a bedspring. The case turns more bizarre
   when Robin McAlpin gives the agents a photo that Dunham wanted released
   in the event of his death. The picture reveals Wharton engaged in a voodoo
   ceremony with Bauvais.

   Mulder and Scully rush to the cemetery after learning that Wharton intends
   to steal Bauvais' soul. As Mulder falls victim to Wharton's magic, Bauvais
   rises from the dead. He avenges his murder by killing Wharton. Scully,
   meanwhile, fends off an attack by using the special charm that Chester sold
   Mulder.

   ................... CREDITS .....................

   THE X-FILES "FRESH BONES" #2X15
   Original Air Date: 02/03/95

   CAST:
   DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
   GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully

   GUEST CAST:
   KEVIN CONWAY as Private McAlpin
   DANIEL BENZALI as Colonel Wharton
   KATYA GARDNER as Robin McAlpin
   MATT HILL as Private Harry Dunham
   JAMIL WALKER SMITH as Chester Bonaparte
   BRUCE YOUNG as Pierre Bauvais
   ROGER CROSS as Private Kittel
   STEVEN WILLIAMS as X
   CALLUM KEITH RENNIE as the Groundskeeper
   PETER KELAMIS as Lt. Foyle
   ADRIEN MALEBRANCHE as the skinny man

   WRITTEN BY:
   HOWARD GORDON

   DIRECTED BY:
   ROB BOWMAN