The 10 Creepiest X-Files Episodes

Over its nine year run, The X-Files covered a lot of ground. The show was best known for the conspiracy episodes that spun an elaborate mythology of alien invasion and government secrecy. Looking back, those mythology episodes don’t hold up as well, considering how little it all made sense in the end. They’re also pretty impenetrable for casual fans who just want to dip into the show for a little spooky fun with the FBI. Luckily, the show managed to create plenty of memorable episodes that fell outside that mythology. Some were funny. Some were reasonably tense thrillers. And a handful were goddamn creepy enough to leave an indelible impression. Given that it was a show about FBI agents dealing with the supernatural, it’s no surprise that it’s the creepy episodes that work the best in isolation, and thus hold up the best today, even if they weren’t the strongest entries in the series. Here are the 10 creepiest, presented in chronological order.

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