Fact-finding first issue opens the casebook on alien abductions! First season episode guide to the X-Files. Independence Day - Director Roland Emmerich unleashes the invasion. Close Encounters of the Third Kind - the making of Steven Spielberg's classic. The true story behind UFO movie Fire in the Sky. Author Kevin J Anderson on writing the X-Files novels. American Gothic - one-time Hardy Boy Shaun Cassidy turns his hand to Southern horror.

Inside the mind of a serial killer - Anthony Hopkins on his tasteful role as Hannibal Lecter in the classic Silence of the Lambs. Actor David Warner and director Nicholas Meyer recall Jack the Ripper's trip to the future in Time After Time. Millennium star Terry O'Quinn previews Chris Carter's latest series. Dark Skies - TV's latest conspiracy theory. Plus: The X-Files Season Two episode guide, actor Nicholas Lea interviewed, and chilling episode 2shy spotlighted.

Mitch Pileggi on his role as X-Files chief Walter Skinner. Plagues: do comets bring diseases to Earth? Millennium: co-star Bill Smitrovich interviewed. Directors speak! Terry Gilliam discusses Twelve Monkeys, John Frankenheimer explores The Island of Dr Moreau, and Robert Wise unleashes The Andromeda Strain. Outbreak: Dustin Hoffman reveals his fears. Plus: The X-Files episode F Emasculata and Season Three episode guide

Dark Skies producer Bryce Zabel outlines his plans to take the series through the nineties. The X-Files - Jerry Hardin reveals Deep Throat's secrets, and creator Chris Carter discusses the new season. Millennium star Megan Gallagher on Catherine Black's life as a working mother. Roswell - the day a flying saucer crashed in New Mexico. Hangar 18 - star Gary Collins recalls his role in the classic UFO movie. Plus: Episode spotlight - The X-Files' Fallen Angel

Millennium: Chris Carter reveals the dark secrets of his new creation. Do ghosts really exist? Xpose's reporters spend the night in a haunted house. The true story behind The Amityville Horror. Dark Skies - JT Walsh reveals the hidden agenda of Majestic 12 boss Frank Bach. Poltergeist: The Legacy - actress and director Helen Shaver interviewed. Stephen King's Thinner - the director and star speak out. Plus: the essental guide to the X-Files story arc and spotlight on the episode Excelsius Dei