In a remote wooded area of New Hampshire, a group of teenagers-two boys and two
girls-locate an alter that they believe is used for Black Magic. One of the kids, Dave Duran, jokingly recites an incantation believing it will scare his girlfriend. The joke
backfires and the words summon a powerful, evil force. The kids panic and run away from
the alter. One of the teenagers, Jerry Stevens, is attacked by the force. A hunter discovers
his desecrated body the following morning.
Believing the murder to be the work of a witch cult, Sheriff John Oakes asks the F.B.I. for
help. Mulder and Scully examine the corpse from which the eyes and heart have been removed. Mulder’s
sense that the area has a strange feel is confirmed when toads begin dropping from the sky.
Scully attributes the strange event to tornados in Northern Massachusetts. After researching
a local library, the agents discover that Duran checked out a book on witchcraft. When
questioned, a horrified Duran admits he never thought his words would summon the Devil.
A visit to Crowley High School uncovers signs that the student population suffers from
repressed memory. Scully, however, attributes the town’s fear to mass hysteria. Mulder
notes how water in the city drains in a counter clockwise fashion-against the laws of gravity.
He believes a powerful force is at work.
During a science class, a fifteen-year-old girl named Shannon Ausbury suddenly begins
screaming when asked to dissect a pig embryo. The agents question the girl. Shannon
recounts how her stepfather sexually molested her, a nearly forgotten memory. But she also
recounts how her parents friends impregnated her three times and then killed the children.
She also claims that Jim murdered her sister during a sacrifice. Mulder and Scully are
stunned by the claims and decide to interview her parents.
The Ausburys claim one daughter died of crib death and assure the agents their daughter
has never been pregnant. With the town’s secret in danger of being exposed, a devil
worshiper named Mrs. Paddock, a new teacher at the high school, places a spell on
Shannon. Shortly thereafter, Shannon slashes her wrists.
A group of parents-who are member of the high school’s PTC-meet in secret. These
are no ordinary townsfolk; the parents worship Black Magic. The PTC members tell Jim
Ausbury that they were responsible for Shannon’s death. Anxious for the police and FBI
investigations to end, and realizing that Shannon makes the perfect scapegoat, they
fabricate a story in which Shannon killed Jerry out of jealousy. But Jim Ausbury,
disillusioned with his religion and disgusted with the PTC members and their lie about his
daughter, tells Mulder the truth — Shannon and other youngsters were forced to participate in
the ancient rituals against their will. Using post hypnotic suggestion, the memory of the
rituals was repressed. After exposing the conspiracy, Ausbury is attacked and swallowed
by a large python.
Recalling that Mrs. Paddock kept a snake in her room, the agents decide an investigation
is in order. But when they arrive at the school, PTC members take them hostage. Before the
occultists can do the agents harm, they suddenly and mysteriously attack and kill one
another. Mulder and Scully escape and search unsuccessfully for Mrs. Paddock.
THE X-FILES “DIE HAND DIE VERLETZT”
#2X14
Original Air Date: 01/27/95
CAST:
DAVID DUCHOVNY as Special Agent Fox Mulder
GILLIAN ANDERSON as Special Agent Dana Scully
GUEST CAST:
SUSAN BLOMMAERT as Mrs. Phyllis Paddock
DAN BUTLER as Jim Ausbury
HEATHER MCCOMB as Shannon Ausbury
P. LYNN JOHNSON as Deborah Brown
SHAUN JOHNSTON as Pete Calcagni
TRAVIS MACDONALD as Dave Duran
MICHELLE GOODGER as Barbara Ausbury
LARRY MUSSER as Sheriff John Oakes
FRANKY CZINEGE as Jerry Thomas
LAURA HARRIS as Andrea
DOUG ABRAHAMS as Paul Vitaris
WRITTEN BY:
GLEN MORGAN and JAMES WONG
DIRECTED BY:
KIM MANNERS
