Nate Craven

## Sheriff Nate Craven

**Sheriff Nate Craven** is a character in Netflix's *Cabinet of Curiosities*, appearing in "The Autopsy." He is portrayed by Glynn Turman.

## Profile

Nate Craven is the Sheriff of the Montague County Sheriff's Office. He has a close friendship with Dr. Carl Winters, the head coroner of the Montague County Coroner's Office. He and his deputies investigate a series of bizarre events which culminate in the Braddock Fort Mine incident in which ten miners are killed by a strange object of possible otherworldly origins.

## History

Sheriff Nate Craven meets with Dr. Carl Winters at an office. There, he reports to him the terrible news: ten miners killed in the Braddock Fort Incident "and one inhuman son of a bitch." The two discuss the fact that the insurance company, Fordham Mutual, is taking the position that they will not pay out if it turns out that the explosion was man-made, as this would mean that the workers did not die due to something that happened "out of the course of their employment." They feel that there is strong conclusive evidence of a bomb, and so Sheriff Craven explains that he is hoping that Dr. Winters will be able to find something indicating otherwise.

Sheriff Craven tells Dr. Winters that the whole thing is like a nightmare special. He explains that the mine incident is only the culmination of a series of strange incidents in the area that have been going on for a couple months. He tells him it all started about two months before when a mill worker simply vanished without a trace. This was followed by several more disappearances, a total of six in only a month. He and his men searched all over, eventually finding the body of one of the missing, badly butchered by a knife. The body had been butchered clean, yet there wasn't a single drop of blood left. They then got a call from the sheriff of a nearby town, reporting having found another body that matched the profile of one of the missing.

This all culminates in the strange case of a man named Joe Allen, or "Eddie Sykes." One day, Allen entered a bar and sat down with a man, Abel Dougherty, who addressed him as "Eddie Sykes," his best friend. Allen insisted that he was not Sykes and that he did know the man, but that they too could be friends. He then seemingly used some sort of mind control to compel Abel to pretend to accidentally spill his drink, then leave with him. After catching wind of the incident, Sheriff Craven paid a visit to the shabby apartment where Allen was staying. There, he discovered a strange, snarling sphere object. He and his deputies proceeded to the mine in search of Allen. When they tried to capture him, rather than fleeing outright, he instead ran to the sheriff's car, claimed the sphere, then ran back inside, culminating in the mine incident.

Craven's story having been told, the two proceed to the Pennsylvania Ice & Refrigeration Company where the bodies from the incident are being stored. On the way there, Dr. Winters tells Craven that he's been diagnosed with stomach cancer and given just six months to live. Seeing Craven's stunned reaction, Winters tells him that it's alright, that everybody dies and some people just get more time than others. The two arrive and begin examining the bodies. However, seeing Craven's condition, Winters tells Craven to go home and get sleep, that he won't be any use to him in this condition. He tells him that he'll press him into work in the morning, that he's unlikely to get through more than a few of the bodies anyway. Craven relents and takes his leave.

As Craven returns in the morning, he hears the sound of a thud from the exam room. He races in and arrives to find the badly mutilated body of Dr. Carl Winters. There is a message written on it in blood - "PLAY TAPE BURN ME." He begins playing the tape, which outlines a tale of horror, of one of the corpses being possessed by an alien and coming to life, then possessing Dr. Winters, only for Winters to get the upper-hand by mutilating his own body beyond the alien's use.