Episode
The X-Files: Our Town
Overview
After several disappearances in a small town, Mulder and Scully investigate and find hundreds of human bones in the river. They discover that the man behind the town's main source of wealth, a chicken processing plant, has found a way to prolong his life through cannibalism.
Details
- Series
- The X-Files
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 24
- Air date
- 1995-05-12
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Our Town is Episode 24 in Season 2 of The X-Files. It aired on 1995-05-12. The runtime is 45 min.
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