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Subject: Vampires

Episodes: 3 (2X07), Bad Blood (5X12)

Episode synopses:
"3"---  During Scully's disappearance Mulder goes to Los Angeles for a case resembling vampire attacks. The first suspect brought in works at a blood bank and calls  himself the son. Mulder believes him to be delusion, but when the suspect is touched by sunlight through the window of the interrogation room her burns to death. Mulder goes to "Club Tepes"a gothic night club and meets Kristen. While there Kristen offers another man a drop of her blood. He accepts and is later attacked by
Kristen's accomplices and drained of his blood. From evidence at the crime scene Mulder locates Kristen. She tells him about her connection to "The Son". Mulder and Kristen spend the night together. The next day "The Son" and the "The Father" attack Mulder and Kristen. The fight ends with "The father being implied by Kristen hitting him with a car into a large nail, and Kristen pouring gasoline over herself and "The Son".
 
 

 Bad Blood"---  Mulder and Scully investigate the exsanguinations of cattle and a tourist from New Jersey in a small Texas town. While there, another victim is discovered. Scully does autopsies on the two human victims and finds they were both drugged and had pizza. After eating the drugged a pizza, Mulder is attacked by the pizza delivery boy. Throwing sunflower  seeds on the floor Mulder is able to escape the attack (vampires are obsessive compulsive and must clean up messes). Mulder chases the delivery boy and "stakes him. Scully arrives and discovered the delivery boy's fangs are plastic. Mulder and Scully head back to DC and compare stories before seeing Skinner. Before they can give their reports they are called back to the town. It seems the boy's body reanimated when the stake was removed by the coroner. The whole town turns out to be vampires that travel the country via RV's.
 

The Truth: Vampires can be found in folklore of almost every part of the world, but most well known in Europe. The best known vampire, Count Dracula, was based on a real ruler in Europe known as Vlad the Impaler who was known to impale his victims on poles. there is a real disease called porphyria which has has the affect of making the patient's skin to blister in sunlight. In the 20th century, there is a sub-culture of people who are into the goth lifestyle who participate in dressing as vampires and drinking blood.
 

Internet Resources:   Pathway to Darkness, Real Vampires,     The Vampire's Vault,  Vampires A-Z, Covenant with the Vampire , Porphyria patient guide,     The Gothic World,   Official X-Files site