Dr. Arthur Friedkin

**Dr. Arthur Friedkin** is a major antagonist of the *Grave Encounters* series, portrayed by Arthur Corber in both films.

## Biography

Sometime in the early 20th century Arthur Friedkin graduated from Harvard University and became an infamous neurologist, pioneering the practice of lobotomy which was believed to be an innovative treatment for mental illness at the time. He was hired as the head physician of Riverview Hospital in 1937 and earned a fearsome reputation among patients and medical staff for his cruelty. During his tenure he was secretly performing Satanic rituals within the hospital with the assistance of nurses, sacrificing helpless patients and even infants to his demonic overlords. He seems to have no morals whatsoever, his sole objective to please the forces of the underworld for whatever favors they may grant him regardless of the abominable acts it requires of him. On the night of August 15th, 1948 Friedkin was stabbed in his office by six patients who had broken out of their rooms and he was found dead the following morning.

## Grave Encounters

Friedkin's restless spirit still haunts Riverview Hospital even half a century after his murder. At the end of the first film Lance Preston, the only surviving member of the *Grave Encounters* crew, films Friedkin's secret operating room in Riverview's sub-level, filled with medical equipment, photographs of his grizzly experiments, and Satanic paraphernalia including a sigil on the ground surrounded by candles with a skull in the center and an altar containing a wooden crucifix, the dishes of the Eucharist, a candle, a tapestry, and occult books written in Nordic runes. Lance then turns around to see Friedkin and two ghost nurses performing what looks to be a lobotomy before they turn to stare at him. When he knocks over a wooden bowl Friedkin appears in front of the camera and roars at Lance while his face contorts like the other Demons. Lance drops the camera and is heard screaming and pleading while he's physically restrained. The camera turns on to show Lance back in the tunnel, apparently lobotomized with his eye still bleeding from the procedure, and he states that the personnel told him he was all better and could go home before the film cuts to black.

## Grave Encounters 2

In the second film Sean Rogerson (alias Lance Preston), who has been trapped in Riverview Hospital for almost nine years, warns Alex Wright, Jennifer Parker, and Trevor Thompson to avoid the surgical ward at all costs as it's Friedkin's domain. When Alex and Jennifer are left behind by Sean after he murders Trevor the two wander the tunnels hoping to reach the portal before Sean and find themselves in surgical ward with Friedkin's belongings much like Lance before them. The lights flash on and the pair hides in a closet. They see the doctor and his nurses bring in a patient and perform a lobotomy. The nurses then present an infant to Dr. Friedkin who sacrifices it, draining its blood with a knife all over the patient. One of the nurses hears Jennifer's terrified whimpers and approaches their hiding place to attack, prompting the couple to make a hasty retreat only to inexplicably find themselves at the red door.

### Creators note

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