The X Files, Eugene Tooms

About this episode

Hattie Williams discusses her childhood experiences with The X Files and the character Eugene Tooms.

The brilliant author, Hattie Williams , joins Julia to recount her early experiences watching The X Files on BBC Two. No 9-year-old should see the things she's seen, but she finds the show's serial killer - Eugene Tooms - more funny than frightening now. Remember the yellow-eyed lurker who lived in nests made of his own lick and slithered through sewage pipes in search of his next victim? Well, Hattie does in great, gratuitous detail. Her gripping debut novel - Bitter Sweet - is out now in hardback and is totally unputdownable. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Julia

Guest: Hattie Williams

Topics covered

• The X Files
• Eugene Tooms
• horror
• television

Keywords

• BBC Two
• serial killer
• Bitter Sweet
• debut novel

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Bitter Sweet

Books & works: The X Files, Bitter Sweet

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