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: The murder is ultimately tied to a cold case from 18 years prior. Crow was a witness to his own mother's murder when he was a toddler. The killer, Janice (Matthew's nanny who later married his father), murdered him and his friend Jonas to keep her past crime a secret. Key Subplots

: At the precinct Halloween party, other characters wear costumes referencing their actors' past roles, including Jon Huertas as his character from Generation Kill and Seamus Dever as a doctor, referencing his time on General Hospital . Season 2 Ep. 6: Vampire Weekend - LiveJournal [S2E6] Vampire Weekend

This episode is a fan favorite for its "meta" nods to the actors' previous careers: : The murder is ultimately tied to a

: Beckett tries to find out why Castle became a mystery writer. He tells her a dramatic story about finding a body as a child, which he eventually admits was fabricated. Notable Pop-Culture References Key Subplots : At the precinct Halloween party,

: Known as "Crow" (Matthew Freeman), the victim was part of an underground vampire fetish community and wore professional ceramic vampire veneers.

: The case leads the duo into the world of "vampires" and "werewolves." They discover Crow was working on a graphic novel based on a man named Morgan Lockerby, who believed he was an actual vampire.