1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:14,680 Beyond belief, fact or fiction. 2 00:00:14,680 --> 00:00:20,360 Hosted by Jonathan Frakes. 3 00:00:20,360 --> 00:00:26,200 Tonight your challenge is to separate what is true from what is false. 4 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,320 Five stories, some real, some fake. 5 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,600 Can you judge which are fact and which are fiction? 6 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:36,840 To find out, you must enter a world of both truth and deception. 7 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:57,760 A world that is beyond belief. 8 00:00:57,760 --> 00:01:01,480 Can we really trust our own eyes? Observe these two painted figures. 9 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:05,720 The one on the right obviously looks bigger than the one on the left. 10 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:11,560 But let's switch positions. 11 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:13,520 Now which one seems bigger? 12 00:01:13,520 --> 00:01:19,840 The truth is they're exactly the same size. 13 00:01:19,840 --> 00:01:21,640 And so it is with our stories tonight. 14 00:01:21,640 --> 00:01:27,200 What seems to be true may turn out to be completely false, or vice versa. 15 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:29,560 So be careful how you judge them. 16 00:01:29,560 --> 00:01:38,280 Or should I say, how you size them up? 17 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:42,400 Have you ever noticed the curious things one sees discarded by the roadside? 18 00:01:42,400 --> 00:01:44,280 One shoe is very common. 19 00:01:44,280 --> 00:01:48,600 In fact, maybe that's where they get the expression tossed out like an old shoe. 20 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,800 You also see lots of hubcaps on the road. 21 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,160 Of course, spare tires. 22 00:01:53,160 --> 00:01:56,600 And even furniture shows up on the side of the highway now and then. 23 00:01:56,600 --> 00:02:00,440 But none of these items have prepared the Bradleys for what they're about to encounter 24 00:02:00,440 --> 00:02:02,440 along the roadside. 25 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,600 Jerry can't resist taking advantage of it. 26 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:05,600 And Mary? 27 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:16,480 Well, she's waiting for the other shooter drop. 28 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:20,840 My new husband, Jerry and I, considered ourselves the luckiest people in the world. 29 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:25,000 We were married in our hometown of Gary, Indiana and decided to drive cross-country to Los 30 00:02:25,000 --> 00:02:27,000 Angeles for a honeymoon. 31 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:28,000 Yeah! 32 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:30,000 We are here, my friend. 33 00:02:30,000 --> 00:02:31,000 Oh, yeah. 34 00:02:31,000 --> 00:02:32,000 Exactly, exactly. 35 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:33,000 What a beautiful spot. 36 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:34,000 Where are we? 37 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:49,680 In areas I can figure, we are just outside of Flagstaff on an old stretch of Route 66. 38 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:50,800 I think. 39 00:02:50,800 --> 00:02:51,800 So, we're lost. 40 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:52,800 Well, no, not lost. 41 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,800 I mean, all roads lead somewhere, right? 42 00:02:55,800 --> 00:02:58,800 Come on, let's go eat. 43 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:00,800 I'm starving. 44 00:03:00,800 --> 00:03:03,880 Nothing ever bothered Jerry. 45 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:05,760 He just took things as they came. 46 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:07,440 But I believe in fate. 47 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:17,840 Everything happens for a reason. 48 00:03:17,840 --> 00:03:21,880 We didn't have much money, but it didn't really matter. 49 00:03:21,880 --> 00:03:23,600 All we needed was each other. 50 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:26,440 Call room service, order us some lunch, okay? 51 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:30,000 Well, how about if I make you another peanut butter in July sandwich? 52 00:03:30,000 --> 00:03:31,000 Perfect, yeah. 53 00:03:31,000 --> 00:03:34,000 You read my mind. 54 00:03:34,000 --> 00:03:36,000 What about my tip? 55 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,000 What's wrong? 56 00:03:38,000 --> 00:03:43,000 There's something over there. 57 00:03:43,000 --> 00:03:46,000 Laying the grass right there. 58 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:50,160 You know what this is? 59 00:03:50,160 --> 00:03:53,160 This is a 1944 Barton. 60 00:03:53,160 --> 00:03:57,160 They don't make him anymore. 61 00:03:57,160 --> 00:03:59,160 It's a classic, it's in perfect shape. 62 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:01,160 Well, it must belong to someone. 63 00:04:01,160 --> 00:04:03,160 Yeah, but why would anyone leave it here? 64 00:04:03,160 --> 00:04:06,160 I don't know, but if it's that valuable, it's worth it. 65 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:07,160 I don't know. 66 00:04:07,160 --> 00:04:08,160 I don't know. 67 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:09,160 I don't know. 68 00:04:09,160 --> 00:04:10,160 I don't know. 69 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:11,160 I don't know. 70 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:12,160 I don't know. 71 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:13,160 I don't know. 72 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:14,160 I don't know. 73 00:04:14,320 --> 00:04:17,320 I don't know, but if it's that valuable, I'm sure they're gonna come back for it. 74 00:04:17,320 --> 00:04:19,320 Yeah, and then it just doesn't make any sense. 75 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:21,320 I mean, it must have fallen off a truck or something. 76 00:04:21,320 --> 00:04:23,320 It's not our business, Jerry. 77 00:04:23,320 --> 00:04:25,320 I wonder if it still runs. 78 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:26,320 Who cares? 79 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:28,320 We should just leave it alone now. 80 00:04:28,320 --> 00:04:29,320 Come on, let's go. 81 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:30,320 No, just wait a second. 82 00:04:30,320 --> 00:04:31,320 What are you doing? 83 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:33,320 Come on, stop that. 84 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:35,320 Put it back down, Jerry. 85 00:04:35,320 --> 00:04:38,320 Oh, wait, this is kind of weird. 86 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,320 The date on this license plate is from 1944. 87 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:43,320 It's never been renewed. 88 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:45,480 I'm getting a really bad feeling from this. 89 00:04:45,480 --> 00:04:47,480 I just want to go, okay? 90 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:52,480 I'll get off of it, Jerry. 91 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:56,480 They're still gassing it. 92 00:04:56,480 --> 00:04:57,480 All right. 93 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,480 Jerry, there's blood on the fender. 94 00:05:00,480 --> 00:05:03,480 Yeah, probably just in the air. 95 00:05:03,480 --> 00:05:06,480 I can't believe you did that. 96 00:05:06,480 --> 00:05:09,480 I'm gonna take your little spin. 97 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:11,480 I'll be right back. 98 00:05:11,640 --> 00:05:17,640 I'll never forget the terrible feeling I had in the pit of my stomach as I watched 99 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:19,640 Jerry pull away. 100 00:05:19,640 --> 00:05:21,640 Woo-hoo! 101 00:05:21,640 --> 00:05:23,640 Woo-hoo! 102 00:05:23,640 --> 00:05:25,640 All right. 103 00:05:25,640 --> 00:05:27,640 Give me a spin. 104 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,640 Oh! 105 00:05:29,640 --> 00:05:31,640 Yeah! 106 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:33,640 I'm gonna go get it. 107 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:35,640 I'm gonna go get it. 108 00:05:35,640 --> 00:05:37,640 I'm gonna go get it. 109 00:05:37,640 --> 00:05:39,640 I'm gonna go get it. 110 00:05:39,800 --> 00:05:41,800 Jerry! 111 00:05:41,800 --> 00:05:43,800 Jerry! 112 00:05:43,800 --> 00:05:45,800 Jerry! 113 00:05:45,800 --> 00:05:47,800 Jerry! 114 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:49,800 Jerry! 115 00:05:49,800 --> 00:05:51,800 Jerry! 116 00:05:51,800 --> 00:05:53,800 Jerry! 117 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:55,800 Jerry! 118 00:05:55,800 --> 00:05:57,800 Are you all right? 119 00:05:57,800 --> 00:05:59,800 I think I broke my leg. 120 00:05:59,800 --> 00:06:01,800 Oh, the girl. 121 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:03,800 Oh, I couldn't stop. 122 00:06:03,800 --> 00:06:05,800 Where is she? 123 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:11,800 She's gone. 124 00:06:11,800 --> 00:06:13,800 And so is the motorcycle. 125 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:25,800 And the, uh, and then the girl and the motorcycle just disappeared. 126 00:06:25,800 --> 00:06:27,800 I know I hit her. 127 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:29,800 Look, it happened. 128 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,800 I mean, look at me. 129 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:33,800 Take it easy. 130 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:37,800 I know this all sounds like we're completely out of our minds, but I saw the whole thing 131 00:06:37,960 --> 00:06:39,960 and it happened exactly the way he told it. 132 00:06:39,960 --> 00:06:41,960 I swear to you. 133 00:06:41,960 --> 00:06:43,960 You don't believe us. 134 00:06:43,960 --> 00:06:45,960 No, I believe you. 135 00:06:55,960 --> 00:06:59,960 54 years ago, there was a terrible accident in this very spot. 136 00:06:59,960 --> 00:07:03,960 A young soldier, home from the war, borrowed his friend's Barton motorcycle. 137 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:05,960 He sped down this road to see his girlfriend. 138 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,120 They're going to be right here underneath that tree. 139 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,120 It was late. 140 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:16,120 Getting dark and he didn't see her standing by the side of the road waiting for him. 141 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:20,120 He hit her, lost control of the bike. 142 00:07:20,120 --> 00:07:24,120 Two young people, very much in love, died right here. 143 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,120 54 years ago to the day. 144 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:28,120 What are you saying? 145 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:34,120 Every year on this day, somebody sees that old motorcycle. 146 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:36,280 But it always disappears before they can get to it. 147 00:07:38,280 --> 00:07:42,280 You're the only one who ever got to ride it and see the young girl. 148 00:07:42,280 --> 00:07:44,280 But why did this happen now? 149 00:07:44,280 --> 00:07:46,280 To us. 150 00:07:46,280 --> 00:07:48,280 Who knows? 151 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:52,280 Joe, let's get them ready for transport. 152 00:07:54,280 --> 00:07:58,280 Looking back now, Jerry and I believe we were chosen to release the spirits of these two young lovers. 153 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,280 Maybe now they can both rest in peace. 154 00:08:04,280 --> 00:08:08,280 What caused Jerry Bradley to fall off the motorcycle and break his leg? 155 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:10,280 Was it all an illusion? 156 00:08:10,280 --> 00:08:14,280 Why have others reported seeing the same cycle on that same day every year? 157 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:16,280 And where did the bike go? 158 00:08:16,280 --> 00:08:20,280 Could both Jerry and Mary have been hallucinating at the same time? 159 00:08:20,280 --> 00:08:26,280 Are we telling the truth in this story or will it turn out that we're just recycling a lie? 160 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:32,280 We'll tell you whether this story is true or false at the end of the story. 161 00:08:32,440 --> 00:08:40,440 Next, a mysterious stranger and a high stakes pool game on Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction. 162 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:48,440 The pool table can be the setting for a gentlemanly contest of skill and strategy. 163 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:52,440 Or a set piece in a seamy world of sharks and hustlers. 164 00:08:52,440 --> 00:08:54,440 Our story takes place in the South Side Pool. 165 00:08:54,440 --> 00:08:58,440 A world where dishonesty often triumphs over decent sales. 166 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:04,600 And where the clack of ivory spheres can sound the sinking of a man's life. 167 00:09:04,600 --> 00:09:06,600 Casually... 168 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:16,600 ...there's a sinking of a three ball in the corner pocket. 169 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:22,760 Maybe I love the game of pool too much. 170 00:09:22,760 --> 00:09:26,760 I bought the South Side Pool 35 years ago. 171 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:32,760 I never made a lot of dough out of it, but at least I was around the game every day. 172 00:09:32,760 --> 00:09:36,760 A year ago I got a bad break. 173 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:40,760 My wife needed surgery and I took out a loan against the business. 174 00:09:40,760 --> 00:09:44,760 Well, things went from bad to worse and I ended up in a bad situation. 175 00:09:44,920 --> 00:09:48,920 Things went from bad to worse and I ended up having to sell the place for nothing. 176 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:52,920 Cocky young hustler Nicky Russ. 177 00:09:58,920 --> 00:10:00,920 Alright, who's next? 178 00:10:00,920 --> 00:10:04,920 I'm gonna lose some time. I'll play one arm behind my back. 179 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:06,920 Come on, anybody. 180 00:10:06,920 --> 00:10:08,920 Beyond, get us a couple of beers. 181 00:10:08,920 --> 00:10:10,920 Come on, hop to it, pops. 182 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:12,920 Thursday. 183 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:19,080 Oh, almost. Almost. 184 00:10:19,080 --> 00:10:23,080 I needed money so I stayed on and did our jobs around the place. 185 00:10:23,080 --> 00:10:25,080 Funny how things work out. 186 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:29,080 I never thought I'd be making less than minimum wage at a place I used to own. 187 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:33,080 Can you see I'm shooting here? Put it over there. 188 00:10:33,080 --> 00:10:37,080 Use your head once in a while, Leon. 189 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:41,080 What do you mean to ask you? What's up with this gold cue? 190 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:45,240 Stick? That stick belonged to the great Jackness? 191 00:10:45,240 --> 00:10:51,240 Five times World Champion from 1970 to 1975. 192 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:55,240 He started out hustling right here when he was 15 years old. 193 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,240 He was the greatest natural pool player I ever seen. 194 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,240 Leon, what are you doing? 195 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:03,240 Come on, get back to work. What am I paying you for? 196 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,400 It's great. 197 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:07,400 I don't think so. 198 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:11,400 It was tough having Nikki Russ as a boss. 199 00:11:11,400 --> 00:11:13,400 But I was 65 years old. 200 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,400 Where else could I go? 201 00:11:15,400 --> 00:11:17,400 At least I was still around the game. 202 00:11:21,400 --> 00:11:25,400 Not a bad night, especially when you add in what I want. 203 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:31,400 Hey, who dogs allowed in here? 204 00:11:31,560 --> 00:11:33,560 You'll be waiting outside. 205 00:11:33,560 --> 00:11:37,560 The stranger looked kind of familiar to me, but I knew he wasn't a regular. 206 00:11:37,560 --> 00:11:39,560 Smells just like he used to. 207 00:11:51,560 --> 00:11:53,560 Still has plenty of play. 208 00:11:53,560 --> 00:11:55,560 You ever shoot here before? 209 00:11:55,560 --> 00:11:57,560 Yeah, a long time ago. 210 00:11:57,720 --> 00:11:59,720 I knew this man, but I just couldn't place him. 211 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:01,720 It was driving me crazy. 212 00:12:03,720 --> 00:12:05,720 You looking for some action? 213 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:09,720 Let's shoot some pool. 214 00:12:19,720 --> 00:12:25,720 The stranger got nothing off the break, so now it was Nikki's turn. 215 00:12:25,880 --> 00:12:27,880 Nikki was really hot tonight. 216 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:37,880 It seemed no matter what he did, the balls would fall just right. 217 00:12:37,880 --> 00:12:39,880 Of course, the stranger asked for a rematch. 218 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:41,880 The second game went quicker than the first. 219 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:43,880 I'd seen Nikki like this before. 220 00:12:43,880 --> 00:12:45,880 He just couldn't lose. 221 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:47,880 I thought he was a good player. 222 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:49,880 I thought he was a good player. 223 00:12:49,880 --> 00:12:51,880 I thought he was a good player. 224 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:53,880 I thought he was a good player. 225 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,040 I thought he was a good player. 226 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:06,040 When a guy is this hot, you don't bet against him. 227 00:13:06,040 --> 00:13:08,040 But the stranger insisted on doubling the stakes. 228 00:13:08,040 --> 00:13:10,040 Nikki never took a breath. 229 00:13:10,040 --> 00:13:12,040 He just kept on sinking. 230 00:13:24,040 --> 00:13:26,040 Yes! 231 00:13:26,040 --> 00:13:28,040 I just scored 10 grand in two hours, baby. 232 00:13:28,040 --> 00:13:30,040 Dude, you're the best, Nikki! 233 00:13:30,040 --> 00:13:32,040 Hmm! 234 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:36,040 Hey, look, it's late, and you probably had a cash, so... 235 00:13:36,040 --> 00:13:38,040 How about one last game? 236 00:13:40,040 --> 00:13:42,040 For $50,000. 237 00:13:48,040 --> 00:13:50,040 I don't have 50 grand on me. 238 00:13:50,040 --> 00:13:52,040 You've got a pool? 239 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:56,840 You're hustling me. 240 00:13:56,840 --> 00:13:58,840 What do you care? 241 00:13:58,840 --> 00:14:00,840 Can you beat me? 242 00:14:00,840 --> 00:14:02,840 I am, Nikki. 243 00:14:02,840 --> 00:14:04,840 You can't lose. It's 50 grand! 244 00:14:06,840 --> 00:14:08,840 All right. 245 00:14:08,840 --> 00:14:10,840 You're on, hot shot. 246 00:14:10,840 --> 00:14:12,840 There's just one condition. 247 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:14,840 I want to change cues. 248 00:14:14,840 --> 00:14:16,840 Sure. Go ahead. 249 00:14:24,840 --> 00:14:26,840 That's when I figured out who the stranger was. 250 00:14:26,840 --> 00:14:28,840 It had been a long time since I'd seen him. 251 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:30,840 But it was the great Jack Lesko. 252 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:32,840 There they are. 253 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:34,840 Think there's any magic left in the old stick? 254 00:14:34,840 --> 00:14:36,840 Maybe. 255 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:42,840 They'd been playing nine ball all night, 256 00:14:42,840 --> 00:14:44,840 and the stranger had yet to sink in a ball on the break. 257 00:14:45,800 --> 00:14:47,800 Nine ball on the break. 258 00:14:47,800 --> 00:14:49,800 The man wins. 259 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:55,800 I don't believe this. 260 00:14:55,800 --> 00:14:57,800 I'm gonna give the bill a sale to Leon. 261 00:14:57,800 --> 00:14:59,800 It's his place again. 262 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:01,800 What? 263 00:15:01,800 --> 00:15:03,800 I don't have to do that. 264 00:15:03,800 --> 00:15:05,800 Yes, you do. You lost. 265 00:15:05,800 --> 00:15:07,800 I'm gonna give the bill a sale to Leon. 266 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:09,800 It's his place again. 267 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:11,800 What? 268 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:13,800 I don't have to do that. 269 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:16,760 Take care, Leon. 270 00:15:16,760 --> 00:15:18,760 Thanks, Jack. 271 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:20,760 I don't know how you did that. 272 00:15:22,760 --> 00:15:24,760 It didn't make any sense. 273 00:15:24,760 --> 00:15:26,760 I couldn't figure it out. 274 00:15:26,760 --> 00:15:28,760 Who was that guy? 275 00:15:28,760 --> 00:15:30,760 You two scam me. 276 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:32,760 No. 277 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:34,760 You got beat fair and square by the great Jack Lesko. 278 00:15:34,760 --> 00:15:36,760 Jack Lesko? That's impossible. 279 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:38,760 Why? 280 00:15:38,760 --> 00:15:40,760 Because Jack Lesko stopped playing pool about 15 years ago. 281 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:42,760 I don't know what to do. 282 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:45,720 He stopped playing pool about 15 years ago 283 00:15:45,720 --> 00:15:47,720 when he went blind. 284 00:15:59,720 --> 00:16:03,720 Nicky Russ and Donna left town the following morning, 285 00:16:03,720 --> 00:16:07,720 and they never set foot inside Leon's pool hall again. 286 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:12,680 What really happened at the Southside Pool Hall that night? 287 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:14,680 Was it really Jack Lesko who came back to shoot pool? 288 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:20,680 If so, how could a blind man shoot with such skill and accuracy? 289 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:22,680 There have been cases of blind people regaining their sight 290 00:16:22,680 --> 00:16:24,680 for brief periods of time. 291 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:26,680 Is that what happened? 292 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:30,680 Or is there some paranormal power in the golden cue itself? 293 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:34,680 Are we presenting a story based on an actual event? 294 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:36,680 Or are we just playing another game, dirty pool? 295 00:16:37,640 --> 00:16:41,640 We'll tell you whether this story is true or false at the end of our show. 296 00:16:41,640 --> 00:16:47,640 Next, a small southern town hides a deadly secret on Beyond Belief, fact or fiction. 297 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:55,640 What do you want to be when you grow up? 298 00:16:55,640 --> 00:16:59,640 Some of us keep asking ourselves that question well into middle age. 299 00:16:59,640 --> 00:17:03,640 For a young person just out of high school, the world is an exciting place. 300 00:17:03,640 --> 00:17:05,640 So many choices. 301 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:08,600 Which is the right one. 302 00:17:08,600 --> 00:17:10,600 Yet some young people seem to know exactly what they want to do. 303 00:17:10,600 --> 00:17:12,600 Tommy Stewart was just such a young man. 304 00:17:12,600 --> 00:17:16,600 Ever since anyone could remember, he wanted a career at law enforcement. 305 00:17:16,600 --> 00:17:18,600 And everyone in his small town was rooting for him to make it. 306 00:17:18,600 --> 00:17:22,600 But somehow, things took a wrong turn from Tommy. 307 00:17:22,600 --> 00:17:26,600 And to figure out exactly what happened, may take the local sheriff's entire career. 308 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:32,600 There wasn't much crime in our little town at Buford, Alabama. 309 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,560 The occasional drunk we had to put up at the county's expense from time to time. 310 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:41,560 But nothing really big ever happened. 311 00:17:41,560 --> 00:17:43,560 We liked it that way. 312 00:17:43,560 --> 00:17:45,560 Folks around here didn't have to lock their doors. 313 00:17:45,560 --> 00:17:47,560 But then it all changed. 314 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:55,560 That was Tommy Stewart, a young eager beaver if ever there was one. 315 00:17:59,560 --> 00:18:01,560 Sheriff Driscoll? 316 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:04,520 I picked up those wanted posters. 317 00:18:04,520 --> 00:18:06,520 Oh good, good thanks Tommy. 318 00:18:06,520 --> 00:18:10,520 Uh, Tommy, which one of the posters were those again? 319 00:18:10,520 --> 00:18:12,520 It's the FBI's 10 Most Wanted. 320 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:16,520 Oh yeah, well you might as well go ahead and put them up. 321 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:18,520 Yes sir. 322 00:18:18,520 --> 00:18:22,520 Tommy grew up dirt poor on the outskirts of town. 323 00:18:22,520 --> 00:18:26,520 And he had the same dream for as long as I knew him. 324 00:18:26,520 --> 00:18:30,520 All he ever wanted out of life was to become an FBI agent. 325 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:35,480 So one of these fugitives is from a county only 30 miles away? 326 00:18:35,480 --> 00:18:37,480 That effect. 327 00:18:37,480 --> 00:18:41,480 If he ever passes through Buford, his running days are gonna be over. 328 00:18:41,480 --> 00:18:45,480 Tommy worked his way through a small local college with odd jobs around town. 329 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:49,480 And every day he'd put in two or three hours here at the station. 330 00:18:49,480 --> 00:18:51,480 Just to learn as much as he could about the law. 331 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:55,480 I gotta go deliver some groceries to Mrs. Hulkins. 332 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:57,480 I'll be back later. 333 00:18:57,480 --> 00:18:59,480 Bye sheriff. 334 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:04,440 I helped likein' Tommy. He was just that kind of a kid. 335 00:19:04,440 --> 00:19:07,440 It's purely coincidental, Pat. 336 00:19:07,440 --> 00:19:11,440 And it's also jurisdiction, but check when you keep it before you put your foot in. 337 00:19:11,440 --> 00:19:13,440 Well I understand. 338 00:19:14,440 --> 00:19:16,440 I made it. I'm gettin' in. 339 00:19:16,440 --> 00:19:18,440 I'll call you later, Pat. 340 00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:23,440 I was accepted into the academy, sheriff. 341 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:26,440 I'm gonna be an FBI agent. 342 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,440 I'm real proud of you, Tommy. You deserve it. 343 00:19:29,440 --> 00:19:31,440 I couldn't have done it without you. 344 00:19:33,440 --> 00:19:35,440 I'm gonna go tell the others. 345 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:39,440 All Tommy needed was enough money for travel and living expenses. 346 00:19:39,440 --> 00:19:42,440 I got him a job at the cotton mill as a courier. 347 00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:48,440 They entrusted him with making the monthly bank deposit, which was usually around $10,000. 348 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:52,440 What happened next just never made any sense to me. 349 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:57,440 One day, Tommy just disappeared, along with the mill's $10,000 deposit. 350 00:19:57,440 --> 00:20:02,440 He never showed up at the FBI academy and no one ever saw or heard from him again. 351 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:08,440 We did thorough investigation, but never found one thing that explained what happened to Thomas Stewart. 352 00:20:11,440 --> 00:20:16,440 Not too many days went by over the next five years that I didn't think about Tommy. 353 00:20:16,440 --> 00:20:22,440 I hated that the case had gone unsolved for so long, and I never believed that he took that money. 354 00:20:32,440 --> 00:20:34,440 Sheriff Fiskal? 355 00:20:35,440 --> 00:20:37,440 I'm Sheriff Fiskal. 356 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:41,440 Major Joseph Delaney, FBI. 357 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:45,440 I'm here investigating a ring of counterfeiters we believe is operating in the area. 358 00:20:45,440 --> 00:20:48,440 Counterfeiting, huh? That's news to me. 359 00:20:48,440 --> 00:20:53,440 Yeah, well, hopefully I'll be able to wrap this thing up quickly and get out of your hair. 360 00:21:01,440 --> 00:21:03,440 Something wrong with you? 361 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:08,440 No, no, no. Why don't you grab that desk right over there? 362 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,440 Thanks. 363 00:21:10,440 --> 00:21:16,440 I couldn't help noticing that Agent Delaney was about the same age Tommy would be by now. 364 00:21:16,440 --> 00:21:19,440 There was something familiar about him. 365 00:21:19,440 --> 00:21:21,440 Thanks, Alley. 366 00:21:22,440 --> 00:21:26,440 Yes, sir. We got into contact with 18-year-old Major. 367 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:30,440 This is the case of the Stalins. 368 00:21:32,440 --> 00:21:34,440 Absolutely. 369 00:21:36,440 --> 00:21:39,440 Of course. I'll call you same time you are. Yes, sir. 370 00:21:41,440 --> 00:21:44,440 You know, I can't help but think of you and I I met before. 371 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:48,440 It's possible. I lived here in Buford about five years ago for a short time. 372 00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:51,440 Right before I entered the academy. 373 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:54,440 You remember a local boy named Tommy Stewart? 374 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,440 Yeah, I remember. 375 00:21:58,440 --> 00:22:01,440 We talked a few times about our mutual ambition to join the Bureau. 376 00:22:01,440 --> 00:22:03,440 That right. 377 00:22:04,440 --> 00:22:08,440 Yeah, it was terrible how he disappeared with all that money. 378 00:22:08,440 --> 00:22:11,440 Tommy Stewart was no thief. 379 00:22:14,440 --> 00:22:19,440 For the next week I noticed that Agent Delaney didn't do much investigating. 380 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:24,440 One of my deputies overheard him talking to the Bureau, trying to get himself transferred out of Buford. 381 00:22:24,440 --> 00:22:29,440 There was something wrong about Delaney, but I just couldn't put my finger on it. 382 00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:31,440 Sure, Tresco. 383 00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,440 Yarlene. 384 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:39,440 Old Henry Minks just called. He was hunting crawfish down at Briar's Bog when a body popped up. 385 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:42,440 Said it just about gave him a heart attack. 386 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:53,440 Delaney, we got us a body that turned up down at the Bog. 387 00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,440 You busy right now? 388 00:22:56,440 --> 00:22:57,440 Bog? 389 00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:01,440 Yeah, I'm a little short in it. I could really use your help. 390 00:23:03,440 --> 00:23:05,440 Yeah, sure. 391 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:51,440 Oh my God. 392 00:23:51,440 --> 00:23:53,440 It's Tommy Stewart. 393 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,440 The beat and moss must have preserved his body over the years. 394 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:01,440 You set me up. 395 00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:04,440 What? 396 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:11,440 You murdered Tommy, didn't you? 397 00:24:13,440 --> 00:24:15,440 I needed the money. 398 00:24:15,440 --> 00:24:18,440 He fought back. I didn't mean to kill him. 399 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,440 Give me the weapons, son. 400 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:24,440 I'm not going to prison. 401 00:24:27,440 --> 00:24:29,440 Give me the weapons. 402 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,440 I am not going to prison. 403 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:37,440 It was the strangest thing I ever saw. There was no splashing, no struggle. 404 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:42,440 It was as if somebody reached up and pulled him down into the Bog. 405 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:44,440 But that wasn't the end of it. 406 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:47,440 We recovered Joseph Delaney's body. 407 00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:49,440 We recovered his body. 408 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:51,440 We recovered his body. 409 00:24:51,440 --> 00:24:53,440 We recovered his body. 410 00:24:53,440 --> 00:24:55,440 We recovered his body. 411 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:57,440 We recovered his body. 412 00:24:57,440 --> 00:24:59,440 We recovered his body. 413 00:24:59,440 --> 00:25:01,440 We recovered his body. 414 00:25:01,440 --> 00:25:04,440 We recovered Joseph Delaney's body the following day, 415 00:25:04,440 --> 00:25:09,440 and Bayonet's forehead was a deep gash that matched Tommy's exactly. 416 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:18,440 Was it just a series of coincidences that brought FBI agent Joseph Delaney back to Buford? 417 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:20,440 Or was it his own guilt that led him back? 418 00:25:20,440 --> 00:25:24,440 Like the old cliche, was he compelled to return to the scene of the crime? 419 00:25:24,440 --> 00:25:27,440 Or was the dead boy with the unfinished dream 420 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:31,440 able to reach from his grave to accomplish what he had always wanted to do? 421 00:25:31,440 --> 00:25:33,440 Solve a crime and get his man? 422 00:25:33,440 --> 00:25:36,440 Is this story based on actual police files? 423 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:39,440 Or should our writers be put under investigation? 424 00:25:40,440 --> 00:25:44,440 We'll tell you whether this story is true or false at the end of our show. 425 00:25:44,440 --> 00:25:50,440 Next, a strange curse haunts a local cemetery on Beyond Belief, fact or fiction. 426 00:25:54,440 --> 00:25:58,440 One of the world's oldest occupations, that of the grave digger. 427 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:02,440 It's a profession that's guaranteed of future customers. 428 00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:07,440 And one that has been spotlighted in the works of Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, and even Stephen King. 429 00:26:07,440 --> 00:26:11,440 And while reverence for the dead is an essential part of the work, 430 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:14,440 our next, it deals with a man who is none at all. 431 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:18,440 Pete Ringwald is a bitter, nasty, hullabaloo man. 432 00:26:18,440 --> 00:26:22,440 In fact, the dead are probably the only people he has in offending. 433 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:25,440 And all that may be about to change. 434 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:41,440 And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever. 435 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:44,440 And so, Gabriel Pine, 436 00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:50,440 Me and my buddy Bo got a job digging graves at the local cemetery in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 437 00:26:50,440 --> 00:26:54,440 Right away, we didn't like it much. 438 00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,440 The thing that bugged us the most, 439 00:26:57,440 --> 00:27:02,440 our boss, Pete Ringwald, was the meanest man I ever knew. 440 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:04,440 We hated working for him. 441 00:27:04,440 --> 00:27:07,440 But we needed the money. 442 00:27:07,440 --> 00:27:11,440 Pete had been the groundskeeper here for the past 20 years. 443 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:16,440 He never really cared about nothing or nobody, especially the dead. 444 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:20,440 Okay preacher, it's time to wrap this medicine show up. 445 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:21,440 Excuse me? 446 00:27:21,440 --> 00:27:23,440 I said wrap it up, put lid on it. 447 00:27:23,440 --> 00:27:26,440 You're cutting in a mile lunch hour. 448 00:27:28,440 --> 00:27:31,440 What is all joining a final amen? 449 00:27:31,440 --> 00:27:36,440 For it's time to leave these green pastures and return to our homes. 450 00:27:36,440 --> 00:27:37,440 Amen. 451 00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:39,440 Amen. 452 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:53,440 Speed it up. 453 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:55,440 I'm getting hungry. 454 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:56,440 We're almost there, boss. 455 00:27:56,440 --> 00:27:58,440 Almost, don't cut it. 456 00:27:58,440 --> 00:27:59,440 More on. 457 00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:06,440 There. 458 00:28:06,440 --> 00:28:09,440 Rest in peace. 459 00:28:09,440 --> 00:28:11,440 Well, that ain't right, Jim. 460 00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:12,440 You shut your mouth. 461 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:14,440 Don't you say what's right in my cemetery? 462 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:15,440 You're a damn dog. 463 00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:16,440 Can do your job. 464 00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:21,440 Now, fill in that hole. 465 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,440 Everything seemed to boil up Pete's blood. 466 00:28:35,440 --> 00:28:38,440 People said he was born in a foul mood. 467 00:28:38,440 --> 00:28:40,440 And then he just got meaner. 468 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:44,440 An awful, awful man. 469 00:28:44,440 --> 00:28:46,440 Not well bred. 470 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:47,440 You hear that, boss? 471 00:28:47,440 --> 00:28:55,440 No respect for anyone or not even the dead. 472 00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,440 Somebody's singing somewhere. 473 00:28:57,440 --> 00:28:58,440 Shut your mouth, dummy. 474 00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,440 I never called no break. 475 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:07,440 Who the hell are you? 476 00:29:07,440 --> 00:29:10,440 I'm just an old woman. 477 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:13,440 Do you like my song? 478 00:29:13,440 --> 00:29:17,440 It's all about you. 479 00:29:17,440 --> 00:29:20,440 Get out of my cemetery, you shriveled up old bat. 480 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:24,440 You be warned, grave digger. 481 00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:26,440 Be warned about words. 482 00:29:26,440 --> 00:29:30,440 An awful, awful man. 483 00:29:30,440 --> 00:29:34,440 Not well bred. 484 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:38,440 No respect for anyone. 485 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:43,440 Not even the dead. 486 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:45,440 Crazy old broad. 487 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:50,440 If you two idiots get back to work, 488 00:29:50,440 --> 00:29:52,440 or I'll fire the both of you. 489 00:29:56,440 --> 00:29:59,440 Tell them he's my business. 490 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:01,440 Smart asses think they know everything. 491 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:04,440 I gotta fire them two boys. 492 00:30:04,440 --> 00:30:08,440 An awful, awful man. 493 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,440 Not well bred. 494 00:30:11,440 --> 00:30:15,440 No respect for anyone. 495 00:30:15,440 --> 00:30:18,440 Not even the dead. 496 00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,440 No respect for anyone. 497 00:30:21,440 --> 00:30:24,440 Not even the dead. 498 00:30:24,440 --> 00:30:29,440 No respect for anyone. 499 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:34,440 Not even the dead. 500 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:39,440 An awful, awful man. 501 00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:42,440 Not well bred. 502 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:47,440 No respect for anyone. 503 00:30:47,440 --> 00:30:52,440 Not even the dead. 504 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:57,440 The next morning we had another body to bury, 505 00:30:57,440 --> 00:31:00,440 and Pete was ornaryer than ever. 506 00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:02,440 Bo and me took it, 507 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:05,440 but we knew somebody would have to pay him back someday. 508 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,440 You got it, Bo. Almost. 509 00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:13,440 Hey, the hell did you do that for? 510 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:17,440 You're useless. You know that. Just useless. 511 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:21,440 An awful, awful man. 512 00:31:21,440 --> 00:31:25,440 Not well bred. 513 00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:31,440 No respect for anyone. 514 00:31:31,440 --> 00:31:36,440 Not even the dead. 515 00:31:36,440 --> 00:31:38,440 What? 516 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:40,440 The dead. 517 00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,440 Nothing. 518 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,440 I want to bury this thing. 519 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:49,440 Baddie, put rocks on top of it. Crush it. 520 00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:51,440 Crush it? That ain't right. 521 00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:54,440 I said crush it. 522 00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:57,440 You ain't gonna do that? Be unholy. 523 00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,440 Get the hell out of here. 524 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:02,440 I never want to see the two of you again. 525 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:10,440 I'll do it myself. 526 00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:15,440 An awful, awful man. 527 00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,440 Not well bred. 528 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:20,440 You're dead. 529 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:22,440 No respect for anyone. 530 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:25,440 You're dead. You hear me? 531 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:28,440 And in the dead. 532 00:32:28,440 --> 00:32:33,440 The war. 533 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,440 The war. 534 00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:40,440 No. 535 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:45,440 Pete Ringwald died in the old woman's grave that day. 536 00:32:45,440 --> 00:32:49,440 The doctor said it looked like something scared him to death. 537 00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:53,440 What's the explanation here? 538 00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:59,440 Was this an elaborate plan of revenge engineered by the two disgruntled employees? 539 00:32:59,440 --> 00:33:02,440 If so, was the old woman in on it too? 540 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:06,440 Or was her spirit just making sure that her body received a proper burial? 541 00:33:06,440 --> 00:33:11,440 Is this story of the Wicked Cemetery boss based on an actual event? 542 00:33:11,440 --> 00:33:15,440 Or are we burying the truth beneath the mound of lies? 543 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:20,440 We'll tell you whether this story is true or false at the end of our show. 544 00:33:20,440 --> 00:33:27,440 Next, a woman becomes an uninvited guest at a stranger's funeral on Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction. 545 00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:48,440 Ms. Tyler has an insatiable appetite for learning. 546 00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:54,440 Although she's a teacher, she barely takes any time off because the world offers so many opportunities to learn more. 547 00:33:54,440 --> 00:34:00,440 Her curiosity has always been a benefit to Florence, but suddenly it appears to have created a problem. 548 00:34:00,440 --> 00:34:06,440 And now she's about to learn something even her curious mind could never expect. 549 00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:12,440 M. Anthony Brinksman had been a top lawyer practicing for over five decades. 550 00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:15,440 His client list was a who's who of the rich and famous. 551 00:34:15,440 --> 00:34:17,440 Send her in, please. 552 00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,440 That's why I couldn't imagine why he contacted me. 553 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:25,440 Mr. Brinksman, this is Ms. Tyler. 554 00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:29,440 How do you do, Ms. Tyler? I'm M. Anthony Brinksman. 555 00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:37,440 Hello. I agreed to meet with you, Mr. Brinksman, but I still don't understand why you couldn't tell me what this was about over the phone. 556 00:34:37,440 --> 00:34:40,440 Is this a deposition or am I in some kind of trouble? 557 00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:42,440 Have a seat. 558 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:53,440 A very serious situation has arisen and I need to make certain increase on behalf of one of my clients. 559 00:34:53,440 --> 00:34:59,440 Look, I don't have much time. I have to pick up my son from the babysitter and they'll charge me if I'm late. 560 00:34:59,440 --> 00:35:02,440 I understand. Please sit down, Ms. Tyler. 561 00:35:03,440 --> 00:35:12,440 Are you familiar with a gentleman by the name of George Randolph Parker? 562 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:14,440 Should I be? 563 00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:19,440 Well, you did attend his funeral at Willow Glen Cemetery three days ago. 564 00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:26,440 Oh, that's right. That's right. I remember the name, but I didn't know that man. I didn't do anything. I just happened to be there at the funeral. 565 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:29,440 You often go to funerals of people you don't know? 566 00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:31,440 I didn't go to Willow Glen for that reason. 567 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:33,440 Why were you there? 568 00:35:37,440 --> 00:35:43,440 I am a high school art teacher and that cemetery has a wonderful art collection. Not many people know that. 569 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:49,440 I'm familiar with the collection. Now explain exactly what transpired. 570 00:35:50,440 --> 00:35:56,440 This is very important. 571 00:35:56,440 --> 00:36:09,440 I went there to do some research for my class. I hadn't been there in quite some time. I spent about two leisurely hours wandering through the different sculpture exhibits. 572 00:36:09,440 --> 00:36:16,440 I was on my way back to my car when I noticed a beautiful old chapel. It just had the kind of architecture we were studying about in my class. 573 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:23,440 Let me understand something. If you had already finished your research, why didn't you just leave? 574 00:36:23,440 --> 00:36:29,440 I was struck by the chapel's old English architecture and I wanted to get a little more of it. 575 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:32,440 I feel like I'm on trial here or something. 576 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:33,440 Please continue. 577 00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:35,440 No, I want to know what's going on. 578 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:42,440 I'm sorry, Miss Tyler, but my client was rather eccentric. There were certain issues that must be resolved. 579 00:36:42,440 --> 00:36:45,440 Now please continue. 580 00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:50,440 Like I said, I wanted to see the inside of the chapel. 581 00:36:50,440 --> 00:36:52,440 I was on trial. 582 00:36:52,440 --> 00:36:56,440 Now please continue. 583 00:36:56,440 --> 00:37:01,440 Like I said, I wanted to see the inside of the chapel. 584 00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:10,440 The moment I entered, a very special feeling came over me, almost like I was meant to be there. 585 00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:20,440 It had a lovely decor, quiet and serene. It's always been amazing to me how something so simple could be so beautiful. 586 00:37:20,440 --> 00:37:28,440 I suddenly realized that I wasn't exactly alone. There was a funeral coffin set up in front of the altar. 587 00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:37,440 I saw the open casket and I felt compelled to pay my respects to the deceased. 588 00:37:37,440 --> 00:37:41,440 Good afternoon. Please be seated. 589 00:37:41,440 --> 00:37:44,440 Oh, I'm sorry, but I'm not here for the funeral. 590 00:37:44,440 --> 00:37:50,440 It's time to begin the service. 591 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:56,440 Obviously the whole thing felt very odd to me, but I felt so sorry for the deceased. 592 00:37:56,440 --> 00:38:02,440 There was no one else there to pray for him, so I decided to stay. 593 00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:10,440 We are all gathered here today to say a final goodbye to George Randolph Parker, 594 00:38:10,440 --> 00:38:16,440 a man who lived his life by his own rules, regardless of how others felt. 595 00:38:16,440 --> 00:38:21,440 So the only reason you stayed was because you felt badly that no one else was present? 596 00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:28,440 That's right. The poor man obviously had no family and I thought he might have been homeless. 597 00:38:28,440 --> 00:38:31,440 Yes, well, go on. 598 00:38:31,440 --> 00:38:36,440 The minister finished his service and I remember saying a quiet prayer for Mr. Parker. 599 00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:42,440 I couldn't wait to leave when I was approached by the funeral director who asked me to sign the registry. 600 00:38:42,440 --> 00:38:49,440 Like I said, I found the whole thing uncomfortable, but to be polite, I signed the book anyway with my name and address. 601 00:38:49,440 --> 00:38:57,440 Well, that's what happened and I didn't have another thought about it until now. 602 00:38:57,440 --> 00:39:02,440 I've answered your questions. I would appreciate it if you would tell me why I'm here. 603 00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:09,440 I know you were wrong about several points, Miss Tyler. Mr. Parker did have a family, but unfortunately they all loathe him. 604 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:14,440 He was not an easy man to like and he had no friends. 605 00:39:14,440 --> 00:39:19,440 But he wasn't homeless, nor was he indigent, by any means. 606 00:39:19,440 --> 00:39:21,440 What does all this have to do with me? 607 00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:28,440 I called you here to carry out Mr. Parker's wishes as set forth in his will. 608 00:39:28,440 --> 00:39:34,440 His state was to be divided among whom ever attended his funeral. 609 00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:36,440 What do you say? 610 00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:45,440 In that you are the only person in attendance, you will be the sole recipient of his entire estate. 611 00:39:45,440 --> 00:39:55,440 Mr. Parker's net worth at the time of his death was $34 million. 612 00:39:55,440 --> 00:39:59,440 Congratulations, Miss Tyler. 613 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:03,440 I believe that now you can pay your babysitters overtime. 614 00:40:03,440 --> 00:40:09,440 Oh, thank you, oh my dear God, thank you. 615 00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:15,440 By the way, M. Anthony Brinksmann is now my personal attorney. 616 00:40:15,440 --> 00:40:20,440 Florence Tyler became a rich woman purely by happenstance, or was it? 617 00:40:20,440 --> 00:40:24,440 Was it her own intellectual curiosity that drew her to the cathedral that day? 618 00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:27,440 Or was she lured there by something deeper? 619 00:40:27,440 --> 00:40:32,440 Could it have been the strength of a dead man's spirit that called Florence to the funeral service? 620 00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:36,440 Was this hated man in life trying to redeem himself in death? 621 00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:45,440 If you believe this story, will it leave you something of substance to hold on to, or will you merely inherit the wind? 622 00:40:45,440 --> 00:40:55,440 Next, you'll find out which of our stories are fact and which are fiction when Beyond Belief, fact or fiction, returns. 623 00:40:55,440 --> 00:41:01,440 And now it's time to find out which of our stories tonight are totally made up and which are inspired by actual events. 624 00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:06,440 Let's take another look at the story of the phantom motorcycle. Was this one fact or fiction? 625 00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:17,440 Oh, thank you. 626 00:41:36,440 --> 00:41:42,440 Our research on this one shows that a similar story took place in the American Southwest in the mid-60s. It's true. 627 00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:51,440 What did you make of the tale about the pool hall and the legendary player who turned out to be blind? 628 00:41:51,440 --> 00:41:53,440 The muslin man. 629 00:41:53,440 --> 00:41:56,440 What do you care? Can you beat me? 630 00:41:56,440 --> 00:42:00,440 I am, Nikki. You can't lose. It's fifty grand. 631 00:42:03,440 --> 00:42:06,440 Alright. You're on, hot shot. 632 00:42:07,440 --> 00:42:12,440 There's just one condition. I want to change cubes. 633 00:42:12,440 --> 00:42:18,440 Did this one have the feel of reality to you? If it did, we fooled you. It's absolute fiction. 634 00:42:22,440 --> 00:42:28,440 Let's take another look at the story of the FBI agent who made a surprise confession at the scene of a murder he committed. 635 00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:29,440 Fact or fiction? 636 00:42:29,440 --> 00:42:31,440 You set me up. 637 00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:34,440 What? 638 00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:38,440 You murdered Tommy, didn't you? 639 00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:46,440 I needed the money. He fought back. I'm gonna kill him. 640 00:42:47,440 --> 00:42:49,440 Give me the weapons, son. 641 00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:55,440 The story of the sleepy little town was a crime committed by our writers on you. It's false. 642 00:42:56,440 --> 00:43:02,440 What was your opinion of the insensitive grave digger who was buried by his evil deeds? Fact or fiction? 643 00:43:07,440 --> 00:43:15,440 Get him! You're dead! You hear me? You're dead! You're dead! You hear me? 644 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:22,440 Get him! You're dead! You hear me? You're dead! You hear me? 645 00:43:29,440 --> 00:43:31,440 You will war me. 646 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:43,440 If you guessed this one was inspired by real events, you're right. It happened on the southeast coast in the late 80s. 647 00:43:46,440 --> 00:43:54,440 Now let's take another look at the story of the young woman who became the only mourner at the funeral of a stranger. True or false? 648 00:43:56,440 --> 00:43:57,440 What are you saying? 649 00:43:57,440 --> 00:44:04,440 That you were the only person in attendance, you will be the sole recipient of his entire estate. 650 00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:14,440 Mr. Parker's net worth at the time of his death was 34 million dollars. 651 00:44:15,440 --> 00:44:23,440 This story of the woman who inherited an unexpected fortune was inspired by an actual event that took place in Los Angeles in the post-World War II years. 652 00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:40,440 Could you trust your senses tonight? Did things turn out to be as they seem to be? Or were your senses blunted by circumstances that were beyond sensory perception, beyond logic, in fact, beyond belief? 653 00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:41,440 From Jonathan Frazier. 654 00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:52,440 The story entitled Gravedigger's Nemesis is true based upon firsthand research conducted by author Robert Traylon's for Beyond Belief, Factor Fiction. This is Don Maw Fontaine.