Maurice

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Maurice (played by Ed Asner) was a ghost who haunted a house in Maryland with his wife, Lyda. The story, according to Fox Mulder, was that - after World War I - Maurice and Lyda were "star-crossed lovers" who made a "lover's pact" and took their own lives. From that point on, they could be found haunting the house every Christmas Eve. Three double murders took place in the house over the following decades, leading Mulder to believe that the ghosts were involved. In 1998, he and Dana Scully visited the house, where they encountered the ghosts. Maurice, in particular, attempted to psychoanalyze Mulder, describing his quest as a "para-masturbatory illusion" to compensate for his own social shortcomings and unfulfilled desires. Scully learned that Maurice was indeed a ghost when she noticed the gaping entry and exit wounds on his head that were otherwise concealed by a hat. Maurice and Lyda seemed to take great pleasure in terrifying Mulder and Scully. (TXF: "How the Ghosts Stole Christmas")