In the 90s, New York Detective Louis Scarcella locked up the worst criminals.

Putting bad guys away.

There's no feeling like it.

Then jailhouse lawyers took game led by Derek Hamilton.

Scracella took me to the precinct and alive.

20 men eventually walked free.

Now, in the Burden Podcast, after a decade of silence,

Louis Scarsella finally tells his story, and so does Derek Hamilton.

Listen to the burden on the I Heart Radio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Strange Arrivals is a production of I Heart 3D Audio.

For full exposure, listen with headphones. Do I really need to tell you who Chris Carter is? He is the creator of the X-files, which is one of the iconic TV shows and probably the best

known piece of popular culture to deal with the paranormal and issues of skepticism and belief. I talked to him in December of 2020.

A quick note, Chris mentions Bud Hopkins, David Jacobs, and John Mack.

The end of season one of Strange Arrivals looks at their work, particularly Hopkins.

In addition, I interviewed Carol Rainey, who is Bud Hopkins ex-wife and former research partner, about him and his research.

That interview is a bonus episode from season one.

So with that in mind, here is my chat with Chris Carter.

Could you introduce yourself?

Chris Carter best known as Creator of the X-files.

Let's talk a little bit about the origin of the X files. How did you come up with that idea or who did you work with?

I had an idea way back in the 1980s. there was a show on that I loved when I was a kid called Colchack, The Night Stalker.

It was the scariest thing I'd ever seen on TV, So I thought, there's nothing scary on TV.

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