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| 66 Exeter Street | |
| Category: | Street address |
| Continent: | North America |
| Country: | United States of America |
| State: | Maryland |
| City: | Baltimore |
| Residents: | Eugene Victor Tooms |
| Notable apperances: | The X-Files |
| 1st appearance: | "Squeeze" |
66 Exeter Street is a fictional street address featured in the FOX Network television series The X-Files. It appeared in the third episode of season one, "Squeeze".
Description
66 Exeter Street is the site of an apartment building complex in Baltimore, Maryland. It was built some time before 1933 and still exists today, though in severe disrepair. The first floor level of the building boasts a placard of the complex's owner, Pierre Paris & Sons and it lies adjacent to a business called Model Express.
History
66 Exeter Street was the home of a genetically mutated young man named Eugene Victor Tooms. Tooms has lived in or around Exeter Street since the 1930s. Tooms unique physiology required that he would enter a state of hibernation once every thirty years, upon which, he would emerge and consume the livers harvested from five victims in order to maintain his prolonged longevity. After which, he would then re-enter his hibernation for another thirty years.
In 1963, a Baltimore police detective named Frank Briggs investigated a string of murders committed by Tooms, but was never able to obtain any hard evidence against him. However, he knew that Tooms has been active since at least the 1930s and resided at 66 Exeter Street.
In 1993, FBI agents Fox Mulder and Dana Scully investigated another group of murders involving stolen organs, which led them to Eugene Tooms. They staked out Tooms' apartment and found evidence of his nest, but did not apprehend until shortly thereafter when he attacked Dana Scully in her home.
Notes
- The filming location of 66 Exeter Street was the back alley behind 51 West Hastings Street in Vancouver, British Columbia. The building was the home for Pierre Paris & Sons, now known as Paris Orthotics. The building has since been designated a heritage building by the provincial government and still stands to this day. Most recently the interior has been renovated to house condo apartments. Incidentally, the Noodle House that was seen next door is still in operation as of 2021.[1].