Producer R.W. Goodwin felt that the greatest difficulty was finding enough Vancouver-area actors who could portray a convincing Southern US accent, so they hired a dialect coach to prevent the cast from sounding "like they were coming from fifteen different parts of the South".
All the faith-healing scenes in the tent were shot in one day with the help of 300 extras.
Scully's autopsy begins at 11:21 pm. 11:21 is a recurring time during this season, featured in both the pilot and season finale as well.
This episode takes place in 1983 and 1994.