'The X-Files' News: How Charlie Chaplin Influenced the Most Disturbing Episode

One of the most notorious episode that was featured in "The X-files" back in 1996 is based on a true story from one of the most popular persona.

As per The Mentalfloss, the episode entitled "Home" revolved around Dana Scully and Fox Mulder going through a series of investigations involving a murder case. An unidentified baby was murdered in the outskirts of a small Pennsylvanian town.

Their investigation then leads to the Peacocks family. A peculiar family with deformed brothers who live on the farm on their own, isolating themselves from the rest of the world. "The X-Files" duo then discovered the brothers' secret. Their quadruple amputee mother, who is presumed to be dead at the time is responsible for giving birth to the murdered child.

The unforgettable encounter that remained in Chaplain's memory is when he was invited into a dinner and the host led him into the kitchen. Upon doing so, he stated that he had something to show Chaplin. Inside the kitchen cupboard, a man with no legs crawled from where he slept. Upon emerging to where he came from, he then started performing numerous strange tricks and dances. In the book, Charlie then narrated:

A half man with no legs, an over sized, blond, flat-shaped head, a sickening white face, a sunken nose, a large mouth and powerful muscular shoulders and arms, crawled from underneath the dresser ... "Hey, Gilbert, jump!" said the father and the wretched man lowered himself slowly, then shot up by his arms almost to the height of my head.

"How do you think he'd fit in with a circus? The human frog!"

I was so horrified I could hardly answer. However, I suggested the names of several circuses that he might write to.

The incident struck Chaplin, and having him retelling the story created an impact for "The X-files" writer Glen Morgan as well. The story may have sounded interesting and thrilling, Fox however promised never to air the episode again.