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Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction

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Hosted by Jonathan Frakes

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Tonight, your challenge is to separate what is true from what is false.

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Five stories, some real, some fake.

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Can you judge which are fact and which are fiction?

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To find out, you must enter a world of both truth and deception.

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A world that is beyond belief.

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What is fact and what is fiction?

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It all depends on your point of view.

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Take a close look at this sphere.

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It's obviously a solid globe that we're looking at from the outside in.

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But now, let's take an even closer look.

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It now appears that we're inside the bowl looking out.

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We've done no tricks with the sphere.

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We've simply changed our point of view.

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We can apply the same rule to our stories tonight.

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On first look, some may appear to be totally false.

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But change your point of view.

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And you could find that they're inspired by actual events.

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So before you make judgment, observe them up, down, left and right.

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But don't forget the most important angle of all.

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Inside out.

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Certain people in our lives seem magical.

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It may be the way they talk, the way they affect how you feel.

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Or the way they care for others.

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Connie Jenkins had all three of these traits.

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But she could best be summed up by her love for animals.

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Connie was drawn to stray creatures who needed her special kind of nurturing.

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Especially birds.

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But Connie's was a selfless love.

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Once she mended their broken wings, she let them go.

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Connie's own spirit was much like one of her birds.

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Brave, loving and free.

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And because of her spirit, a very special story is about to be uncaged.

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My wife Connie and I met and fell in love when we were only 15.

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We got married right out of high school.

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I loved everything about her.

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The way she walked.

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Her sunny smile.

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And that she cared so much about all God's creatures.

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This story may seem unbelievable to you, but it really happened.

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And I have no explanation for it.

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And it all started with a perfect relationship.

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And my special love for Connie.

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Connie was constantly finding injured animals and nursing them back to health.

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She was truly unique in every way, but the most magical thing about her was her voice.

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And the beautiful way she talked.

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Oh, you're gonna be alright, baby.

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Yeah, everything's gonna be just fine.

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What do you think we should call him, Dan?

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Now, don't get too attached.

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As soon as that wing gets better, you gotta turn him loose.

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You know that.

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I do, but why not enjoy him while we have it?

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I'm gonna call him...

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Peppy.

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Peppy?

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Maybe someday you'll live up to that name, little darling.

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That was my Connie.

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She was my darling as she loved to call everyone.

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I started wood carving on my grandpa's knee when I was five years old.

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And I got pretty good at it if I do say so myself.

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I decided to carve birds because I knew that would make Connie happy.

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After all, she always saw to it that I was happy.

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Even when Connie wasn't talking, the music of her voice filled my soul.

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And I knew that soon I'd hear her say,

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would you like some chamomile tea, darling?

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There you go, darling.

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A nice cup of hot chamomile.

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That is so beautiful.

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Oh, hon, you're gonna win the blue ribbon this year again.

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I'm sure of it.

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Yeah, I wish I was as sure as you are.

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Hmm.

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Well, you just don't know how much talent you've got in these hands of yours.

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Connie always had a way of making me feel good about being me.

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She was just that kind of person.

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Didn't want anything for herself.

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All she wanted to do was give.

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How's my little darling, huh?

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Oh, that wings getting better every day.

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Yeah, pretty soon you're gonna be leaving us.

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I'm gonna hate to see you go.

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Hey.

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You okay?

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Yeah.

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It's nothing really.

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Okay.

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But it wasn't nothing.

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The cough continued to get worse,

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and Connie ended up in the emergency room one week before our 18th wedding anniversary.

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The doctors called it a rare strain of viral pneumonia.

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Connie didn't respond to the antibiotics they gave her.

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And my angel died on the very day of our 18th anniversary.

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She had planned to nurse the bird back to health and then set it free.

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I would do it for her.

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As I stood there watching the bird regain its freedom,

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I said a little prayer for Connie's soul.

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Hoping that it too would find its own freedom and peace.

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The months after Connie's funeral were the longest and hardest of my life.

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Tried to go back to my job with the Forest Service, but I just wasn't ready.

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I couldn't even carve.

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It only reminded me of her.

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My sleep was haunted by Connie's voice.

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I'd wake up thinking she was here and then I'd realize I was dreaming.

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Everything I did continued to remind me of Connie.

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I was beginning to feel like I didn't want to go on without her.

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It was just that we'd been together so long, I was running on empty.

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And then the strangest thing happened.

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At first I thought it was my imagination.

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What happened next, no one could have ever predicted.

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Sorry to bother you, darling, but my car broke down and was up the road.

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I was wondering if I might be able to use your phone.

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Are you alright?

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Yeah, um...

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Fine.

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Please.

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Uh, come on in.

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My name is Dan, Dan Jenkins.

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I'm Lisa.

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Lisa looked nothing like Connie, but that voice and the way she talked.

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I couldn't believe it. She had Connie's voice. There was no difference at all.

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Even the rhythm and the words she used.

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And she went right to the phone and made her call like she'd been to the house before.

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I said they can't have a tow truck here for at least an hour.

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I'm sorry to be bothered to you.

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It's no bother, really. Would you like a cup of tea?

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Do you have chamomile?

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Yeah, I do.

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Great.

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The tow truck came and went, but Lisa stayed.

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It was like she was sent from heaven to heaven.

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It was like she was sent from heaven to take Connie's place in my life.

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Lisa was so much like Connie in every way. She made me want to live again.

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We got married in the same little chapel that Connie and I were married in.

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And we were together for 18 wonderful years, just like I was with Connie.

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And then the unthinkable happened.

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Lisa contracted a rare blood disease and died on the very day of our 18th wedding anniversary.

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Just like Connie.

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I was 54 years old, and for the second time I had lost the love of my life.

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This time I wasn't feeling sorry for myself.

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Just lucky to have known two women so remarkably alike.

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I was even more open to neighbors dropping by.

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Can I help you?

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I'm sorry to bother you, darling, but my car broke down a ways back,

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and I was wondering if I might be able to use your phone.

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Come on in.

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How do you judge the situation?

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I'm sorry to bother you, darling, but my car broke down a ways back,

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and I was wondering if I might be able to use your phone.

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Come on in.

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How do you judge this story?

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Do you believe that the spirit of Connie Jenkins was transferred to two other women?

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If not, why did they talk and act exactly like her?

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And how did they find their way to Dan's door?

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Yet we've all encountered various people from the same area of the country

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who've talked and acted very much alike.

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Maybe this was just a case of regional similarity.

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Or is this a much deeper story about the spirit and regeneration of love

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through the years?

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Do you think this story is built upon truth?

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Or are you hearing the familiar voice of deception in your ear?

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We'll tell you whether this story is true or false at the end of our show.

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Next, a reporter is arrested for a crime he didn't commit on Beyond Belief,

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fact or fiction.

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If you had to, could you prove where you were at any given time and date?

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There are certain things that can help you prove it.

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Credit card receipts, calendars, phone bills, etc.

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What if these weren't available to you?

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Or their authenticity was questionable?

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If you had no witnesses to back you up,

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could you really convince the authorities that you were who you claimed to be?

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And what if they insisted that you were someone else?

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And they had their own witnesses to back them up?

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Earl Gallagher is a man who's used to dealing with facts and backing them up.

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But he's about the same as you.

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He's backing them up.

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But he's about to learn what happens when the facts begin stacking up against him.

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I was the brand new crime reporter for the Detroit Sun Times and I was on a deadline.

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I dropped in on robbery homicide at the local precinct to see if I could sniff out a story.

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There was a lot of action in Detroit.

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I used to love more than there was in Poughkeepsie.

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I wasn't sure what to expect as far as a reception, but what I got...

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Well, that never would have happened in Poughkeepsie either.

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That's him. That's the man that robbed my store.

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He's here.

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Arrest him.

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Arrest him.

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Arrest him.

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Are you talking about me?

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Damn right I'm talking about you.

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You shoved the gun in my face and robbed my store.

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I didn't rob you, man. Back off.

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What goal do you have to just walk into here?

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Buddy, you're nuts.

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All right, everybody, let's just calm down.

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Are you sure this is the man, Mr. Porter?

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Oh, yeah, I would never forget a face like that.

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That's crazy.

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My name's Earl Gallagher. I'm a reporter for the Sun Times.

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It's my first day on the job. I thought I'd come down and meet everybody.

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Call the paper. Check me out.

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Well, check out everything. Don't worry about it.

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Yeah.

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Let's see some ID.

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Yeah, sure.

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I couldn't believe what was happening.

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Even after my editor vouched for me, this guide Porter kept insisting that I was the one who robbed his liquor store.

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I was detained until they could take a look at the surveillance tape of the robbery.

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That's when things went from bad to worse.

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Can't believe this.

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I told you it was him.

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Detective, I swear to God that's not me. It's somebody else that looks exactly like me.

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As far as I'm concerned, that's a positive ID.

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What?

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You're under arrest for armed robbery.

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I want you to put your hands behind your back.

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I want a cut.

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Wait a second. This doesn't make any sense.

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Look, if I did this, why would I come down here?

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Guilty conscience. Maybe you wanted to get caught.

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It happens all the time.

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I'll believe this.

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I've never been in trouble in my life. I'm a reporter.

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Too bad you're not a lawyer.

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I couldn't believe this was happening to me. It was a complete nightmare.

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But how could I get anyone to believe me with that surveillance tape?

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The guy was my exact double.

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Something else was odd.

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Something I didn't tell anyone.

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I actually felt a strange connection to the robbery.

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Like I was there.

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Even though I wasn't.

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It wasn't the first time I had these feelings in my life.

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Images of criminal acts that I had nothing to do with.

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Or did I?

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In the back of my mind, I wondered if I might have blacked out

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and actually committed the robbery.

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Maybe there were other crimes that I was involved in too.

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Maybe that's where these feelings came from.

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He just brought a guy in that confessed to that liquor store robbery.

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Looks like you're off the hook.

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I'd like to see him.

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They say everybody's got a double.

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I'd say that's yours.

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It was the strangest thing.

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He needed a shave, a haircut and a bath.

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But it was like looking at myself.

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What's his name?

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Jonas Adams.

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Jonas Adams.

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I found Jonas Adams's social security number

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and was able to trace his history back to the day he was born.

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When I discovered it, it changed the rest of our lives.

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I'm sorry.

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Who the hell are you?

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My name's Earl Gallagher.

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I'm your twin brother.

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What?

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I told Jonas about the amazing information that I had uncovered.

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We both came from the same mother who gave us up at birth.

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I was the lucky one.

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I was adopted right away and raised by loving parents.

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Jonas told me that he was shuffled from one foster home to another.

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He suffered a lot of abuse.

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One thing we both shared was an overwhelming feeling

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that something was missing from our lives.

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And now we know what it was.

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I was able to get my brother a reduced sentence

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and then helped him get a job and turn his life around.

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So that's how it all turned out.

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Now tell me, do you think this story could have ever happened in Bikipsi?

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Two brothers who never knew of the other's existence.

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Obviously they both inherited the genes necessary to grow up as law abiding citizens.

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Yet each grew up on opposite sides of the law.

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So which is more powerful?

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Environment or heredity?

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Did this intriguing story of twins separated at birth really happen?

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And are you able to separate the most identical twins of them all?

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I'm not sure.

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Fact and fiction.

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We'll tell you whether this story is true or false at the end of our show.

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Next, mystery surrounds the meeting of a trucker and a drifter on Beyond Belief.

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Fact or fiction.

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In song and stories, they call it the long, lonesome highway.

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And in fact, of all the problems truckers face,

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they're not the only ones who can help us.

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And in fact, of all the problems truckers face on a long haul,

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loneliness is the hardest to overcome.

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That's why all these devices are found in most trucks to help pass the time, keep the driver awake.

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Each designed to break the deep, dark curtain of solitude.

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But sometimes the spirit cries out for human contact.

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Big Joe is a trucker who's about to pick up Drifter, Johnny Weber,

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a young man who relies on the kindness of strangers to get him from place to place.

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Johnny doesn't know it, but he's in for the strangest ride of his life.

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I'd been on my own since I was 14.

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I couldn't stand the constant fighting at home, so I took off and never looked back.

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I ended up kicking around from town to town, in and out of trouble.

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I wasn't really bad, I just never caught a break.

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Didn't really know or care what state I was in.

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All I knew was I didn't like the life I was leading, but I didn't know how to change it.

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I couldn't believe it. I was about to get a ride and I wasn't even hitching.

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Hop in!

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I'll tell you this, it was one ride I'll never forget.

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I'll never forget.

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So how you doing, son? They call me Big Joe.

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I'm Johnny. Johnny Weber.

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Where you headed to, Johnny Weber?

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I don't know, next town, I guess.

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You're seeing the country, huh?

311
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I guess.

312
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Yeah, a lot of it to see. Where do you call home?

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Haven't had a home for a long time.

314
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Man, you sounded just like me when I was about your age.

315
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I took off when I was 12.

316
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Could not get along with my stepdad.

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My mom didn't care one way or the other.

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Well, I hated her back then.

319
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I think I probably understand her a little bit better now than she just...

320
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...just didn't want to be alone, that's all.

321
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How about you?

322
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Pretty much the same.

323
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A lot of drinking and fighting, so I love.

324
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Sounds like we got some things in common.

325
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Well, nobody said life was going to be easy, did they kid?

326
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There was something about Big Joe that I really liked.

327
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I was never very talkative, but somehow he made talking easy.

328
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I was able to tell him things I never told anyone.

329
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What are you doing to make a living?

330
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Just a job.

331
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Find anything you like yet?

332
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Not really.

333
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You will.

334
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I wish I was as sure as you are.

335
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I kicked around myself for a long time.

336
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And one day out of the blue,

337
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somebody offered me a hundred bucks to drive a big rig across country.

338
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It changed my life.

339
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It's like driving may not sound like much to some people, but...

340
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...I love what I do.

341
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That's great, you're lucky.

342
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Meh, we're all lucky, kid.

343
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You, me, everybody.

344
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You just need to realize it.

345
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That's the hard part.

346
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Need gas?

347
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No, this is your stop, son.

348
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You got it?

349
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Why wouldn't mind just hanging out with you for a while?

350
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Sorry, but I'm almost home.

351
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This is where you get off.

352
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Thanks for the ride.

353
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Good luck to you, Johnny Weber.

354
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I had to admit, I was feeling kind of hurt inside.

355
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I couldn't understand why Big Joe let me out of his truck when he did.

356
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Hello?

357
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Anybody here?

358
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For a quick second, I thought about ripping off the cash register.

359
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But something stopped me.

360
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Help me!

361
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Somebody help me!

362
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Help me!

363
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Help me!

364
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Don't worry, I'll get you out of there.

365
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Oh, no, Jack! Try the Jack!

366
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Jack's busted!

367
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Hurry!

368
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Take me out!

369
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I tried to find something I could use to lift the car, but there was nothing.

370
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And he wasn't gonna last much longer.

371
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I tried with all my might to lift it, but it wouldn't budge.

372
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And that's when I saw him standing next to me.

373
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Big Joe!

374
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Hey kid.

375
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We can't lift it, it's too heavy!

376
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Come on, let's go try it.

377
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Come on.

378
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You're clearing it! Push yourself out!

379
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Save his life, kid. How'd you do it?

380
00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,000
Well, me and this trucker, we lifted the car by hand.

381
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What a trucker, you're kidding.

382
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Yeah, he dropped me off here, and for some reason he came back to help me.

383
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His name was Big Joe.

384
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Big Joe? What'd he look like?

385
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He looked like a guy who was a little bit like a little boy.

386
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He looked like a little boy.

387
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He looked like a little boy.

388
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He looked like a little boy.

389
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He looked like a little boy.

390
00:25:46,000 --> 00:25:47,000
He looked like a little boy.

391
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:48,000
What'd he look like?

392
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A huge guy, short, gray hair, mustache.

393
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I mean, I never could have lifted it without him.

394
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What's wrong?

395
00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:01,000
There was a trucker who lived down the road.

396
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His name was Big Joe Cunningham.

397
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He had short, gray hair and a mustache.

398
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About five years ago, a school bus full of kids hit a patch of ice and skidded towards his rig.

399
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He swerved to avoid him and ran off the road.

400
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The kids survived, but he didn't make it.

401
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He died saving those kids.

402
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Are you sure the trucker would help you with his name Big Joe?

403
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:27,000
Maybe not.

404
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That day changed my life.

405
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I settled in a nearby town and got a job driving big rigs across the country.

406
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I love what I do, just like Big Joe.

407
00:26:45,000 --> 00:26:47,000
I love what I do, just like Big Joe.

408
00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,000
I love what I do, just like Big Joe.

409
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Did Johnny Weber meet up with another trucker who fit the description of Big Joe?

410
00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:02,000
If so, isn't it too much of a coincidence to think he had the same name too?

411
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Was the spirit of Big Joe actually with Johnny helping him to lift the vehicle?

412
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Johnny wasn't strong enough to lift by himself.

413
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Then again, people have been known to call upon superhuman strength in times of crises.

414
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Is this story of the strange truck driver based on an actual event?

415
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Or are we taking you down the wrong road again?

416
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We'll tell you whether this story is true or false at the end of our show.

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Next, a strange spirit invades a family cookout on Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction.

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What's more representative of the American fabric of life these days than the outdoor barbecues?

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It's a perfect opportunity for people to come together to share food, exchange stories and relive memories.

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The family in our story is about to have their yearly reunion.

421
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Different generations traveling hundreds of miles share the bonds of family spirit.

422
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But at this barbecue, family spirit will have a whole new meaning.

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Every year at the end of August, my wife Clarissa and I throw a family reunion barbecue in our backyard.

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Relatives from all over come to our house to show off their kids,

425
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enjoy each other's company and eat food off the grill.

426
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And believe me, our family can eat.

427
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:22,000
So, how's that new barbecue coming?

428
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I'll be ready when you are.

429
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:29,000
This year was different. We all tried to put on a happy face, but the sudden passing of everyone's favorite uncle,

430
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Harry left us feeling pretty sad inside.

431
00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,000
Harry was also the cook and now I was very made.

432
00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:36,000
Great look at the barbecue Evan, is that new?

433
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:39,000
Yeah, it was a gift from Uncle Harry.

434
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He bought it for us just before he died.

435
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What a great guy.

436
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Yeah, he was the best.

437
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That's how it was all day, every one of us thinking about Harry.

438
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Aunt Ruthie.

439
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Aunt Ruthie!

440
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Be careful, you're tossing salad all over the floor.

441
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:05,000
Oh, okay, I'm done.

442
00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:08,000
Well, there's plenty left, don't worry.

443
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I'll be in the living room watching my soap.

444
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,000
You know, I already missed the first five minutes.

445
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:17,000
Oh, have little Jimmy bring me a plate when the food's ready.

446
00:29:17,000 --> 00:29:19,000
You bet.

447
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She'll never change.

448
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Hey, hey, hey, come on, let's go.

449
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Yeah, here we go, here we go.

450
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Sorry, I...

451
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Oh, good, good, good.

452
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:35,000
You go down, go down there.

453
00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:37,000
Evan, do you think you could take it?

454
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Do you think you could take a timeout and light the barbecue, please?

455
00:29:40,000 --> 00:29:41,000
Yeah.

456
00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:47,000
Sorry, I got caught up in the game.

457
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Just light the barbecue, honey.

458
00:29:54,000 --> 00:29:55,000
What's wrong?

459
00:29:55,000 --> 00:29:57,000
I don't know, should light right out.

460
00:29:57,000 --> 00:30:00,000
Well, maybe you should ask Ralphie for some help.

461
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,000
Well, did you read the directions?

462
00:30:02,000 --> 00:30:04,000
Yes, I read the directions.

463
00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:08,000
I just turned this valve, I did that, and then I pushed the button,

464
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and it should be in business.

465
00:30:16,000 --> 00:30:17,000
But I'm not.

466
00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,000
Well, listen, Evan, everyone's really hungry,

467
00:30:21,000 --> 00:30:24,000
so maybe we should just get the other barbecue.

468
00:30:24,000 --> 00:30:26,000
Yeah, maybe we should.

469
00:30:28,000 --> 00:30:31,000
Whoa, that was weird.

470
00:30:31,000 --> 00:30:35,000
Well, maybe you just needed a little time or something.

471
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Whatever.

472
00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:37,000
Anyway.

473
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Now we are in business.

474
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Evan?

475
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Okay.

476
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Oh, yeah.

477
00:30:47,000 --> 00:30:49,000
Okay, then let's get my name on it.

478
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:50,000
Oh, yeah, look at these beauties.

479
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This is a great grill.

480
00:30:52,000 --> 00:30:55,000
You are doing a great job.

481
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,000
Uncle Harry would be proud of you.

482
00:30:58,000 --> 00:31:01,000
Yeah, I really do miss him.

483
00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,000
I know, we all miss him.

484
00:31:04,000 --> 00:31:07,000
He was a wonderful man.

485
00:31:11,000 --> 00:31:14,000
Okay, everybody, it's time to eat.

486
00:31:16,000 --> 00:31:18,000
What is with this thing?

487
00:31:18,000 --> 00:31:20,000
You know, I like my medium rare.

488
00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,000
Yeah, I know Phil.

489
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:23,000
I'll make him one special just for you.

490
00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,000
I'll make it too.

491
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I'm starving.

492
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Okay.

493
00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:29,000
Hey, look what's a grill.

494
00:31:29,000 --> 00:31:32,000
I know, it's acting really strange.

495
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:33,000
Whoa!

496
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:34,000
Whoa!

497
00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,000
Get back!

498
00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:36,000
Whoa, he's coming!

499
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:37,000
Get back!

500
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,000
What's a call a fire department?

501
00:31:42,000 --> 00:31:43,000
Get the hose.

502
00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:45,000
How many get the hose?

503
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,000
Okay, okay, I got the hose.

504
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:51,000
I got the hose.

505
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:54,000
What the heck?

506
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,000
What?

507
00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:57,000
Oh, look at this.

508
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:07,000
I don't know what to tell you.

509
00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,000
The barbecue here seems to be in perfect working order.

510
00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:12,000
Perfect working order?

511
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,000
Well, how did flames jump six feet into the air?

512
00:32:16,000 --> 00:32:18,000
I honestly don't know.

513
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,000
I don't know, maybe the wind found it.

514
00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,000
Oh, it wasn't the wind.

515
00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:23,000
It was unreal.

516
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,000
Wait, wait!

517
00:32:26,000 --> 00:32:28,000
Don't anybody eat anything!

518
00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:31,000
My soul's just been interrupted with a news bulletin.

519
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:36,000
There's an emergency recall for E. coli tainted hamburger meat,

520
00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:39,000
and the number matches these packages that were in the kitchen.

521
00:32:42,000 --> 00:32:46,000
My God, that fire saved us.

522
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:47,000
It wasn't the fire.

523
00:32:49,000 --> 00:32:51,000
It was Uncle Harry.

524
00:32:52,000 --> 00:32:54,000
It was the fire.

525
00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:05,000
Was a strange barbecue fire just an accident?

526
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:07,000
If so, then how do you explain the fact

527
00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:09,000
that the grill seemed to be in perfect working order?

528
00:33:09,000 --> 00:33:11,000
Well, what about the mysterious behavior

529
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:13,000
of the barbecue lid?

530
00:33:13,000 --> 00:33:16,000
Could it be that Uncle Harry was watching over his family

531
00:33:16,000 --> 00:33:19,000
and protecting them from the contaminated meat?

532
00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,000
It's now up to you to answer whether this story

533
00:33:21,000 --> 00:33:24,000
is factor fiction and take your time.

534
00:33:24,000 --> 00:33:26,000
We promise not to grill you.

535
00:33:26,000 --> 00:33:31,000
We'll tell you whether this story is true or false at the end of our show.

536
00:33:31,000 --> 00:33:38,000
Next, a move to a new house reveals unexpected danger on Beyond Belief, fact or fiction.

537
00:33:40,000 --> 00:33:42,000
How many ways to protect your own home?

538
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:48,000
There are devices available to warn you about smoke, carbon monoxide, intruders,

539
00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:51,000
but can a home ever be truly safe?

540
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:54,000
Devices can malfunction, batteries go dead.

541
00:33:54,000 --> 00:33:55,000
What protects you then?

542
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:59,000
Is it luck, fate or happenstance that determines our true security?

543
00:33:59,000 --> 00:34:02,000
The Miller family has just moved into a new residence,

544
00:34:02,000 --> 00:34:05,000
and for the moment, all seem safe and sound.

545
00:34:05,000 --> 00:34:10,000
But they're about to find out that security may be just an illusion.

546
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:14,000
Fred and I wanted to move out of the city and live along the New England coast.

547
00:34:14,000 --> 00:34:20,000
After a lot of searching, we finally found the perfect house just outside Booth Bay Harbor.

548
00:34:27,000 --> 00:34:29,000
Careful, honey.

549
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,000
I'm being extremely careful.

550
00:34:31,000 --> 00:34:32,000
Careful.

551
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:40,000
Kristen was our only child, and it was hard for her to leave all her friends behind.

552
00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:45,000
But Fred and I agreed that the country was a much better place to grow up than the city.

553
00:34:47,000 --> 00:34:49,000
Really, it's a nice landscape.

554
00:34:49,000 --> 00:34:52,000
I fell in love with an oil painting that we found in the cellar.

555
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:56,000
It was signed by the original owner of the house, Margaret Whitney.

556
00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:02,000
She's beautiful.

557
00:35:02,000 --> 00:35:04,000
Who's beautiful, Kristen?

558
00:35:04,000 --> 00:35:06,000
The lady.

559
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:10,000
Is that a new imaginary friend?

560
00:35:10,000 --> 00:35:12,000
I don't think so.

561
00:35:17,000 --> 00:35:18,000
Don't worry, honey.

562
00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:21,000
You are gonna make lots of friends.

563
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:24,000
It just takes a little time, okay?

564
00:35:26,000 --> 00:35:29,000
I was beginning to feel at home in our new house,

565
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:32,000
and I especially liked to spot Fred picked for the painting.

566
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,000
It felt perfect.

567
00:35:37,000 --> 00:35:40,000
There is a ton of firewood back there.

568
00:35:43,000 --> 00:35:44,000
Where's Kristen?

569
00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:45,000
In bed.

570
00:35:45,000 --> 00:35:47,000
I told you you'd be up to kiss her goodnight.

571
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:50,000
Is she alright?

572
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,000
She misses her friends.

573
00:35:55,000 --> 00:35:58,000
I think that's why she made up that imaginary playmate.

574
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:01,000
I'll take her some time to adjust.

575
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:03,000
She'll be fine.

576
00:36:04,000 --> 00:36:06,000
How are you doing?

577
00:36:08,000 --> 00:36:10,000
I love the house.

578
00:36:12,000 --> 00:36:14,000
I don't miss the city at all.

579
00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:16,000
Yeah, me neither.

580
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,000
How did that happen?

581
00:36:36,000 --> 00:36:38,000
The wire must have broke.

582
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:41,000
No, no, the wire's fine.

583
00:36:45,000 --> 00:36:47,000
I don't know.

584
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:49,000
I'm sorry.

585
00:37:02,000 --> 00:37:04,000
That's a good draft.

586
00:37:07,000 --> 00:37:10,000
It must have just fallen off the nail or something.

587
00:37:10,000 --> 00:37:13,000
That night I remember thinking about the painting

588
00:37:13,000 --> 00:37:16,000
and all the feelings it seemed to cause that day.

589
00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:19,000
And then that strange occurrence when it fell off the wall,

590
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:21,000
I kept drifting in and out of sleep.

591
00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,000
Save her.

592
00:37:23,000 --> 00:37:25,000
Please save her.

593
00:37:31,000 --> 00:37:33,000
Joyce, save her.

594
00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,000
Who are you?

595
00:37:36,000 --> 00:37:38,000
What do you want?

596
00:37:38,000 --> 00:37:40,000
Your little girl needs you.

597
00:37:40,000 --> 00:37:42,000
Go to her. Hurry.

598
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:45,000
What's wrong?

599
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,000
Someone...

600
00:37:51,000 --> 00:37:53,000
Dear God, Kristen.

601
00:37:53,000 --> 00:37:55,000
What?

602
00:37:55,000 --> 00:37:57,000
What's wrong?

603
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:01,000
Oh my God, the house is on fire.

604
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:03,000
Kristen, we're coming, honey.

605
00:38:05,000 --> 00:38:07,000
Kristen, Kristen.

606
00:38:07,000 --> 00:38:09,000
Daddy!

607
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,000
Honey!

608
00:38:11,000 --> 00:38:13,000
We're here. Hurry, Fred, hurry.

609
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:17,000
Come on.

610
00:38:27,000 --> 00:38:29,000
Well, like I was telling you folks,

611
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:32,000
there's a lot of smoke damage, but the structure's solid.

612
00:38:32,000 --> 00:38:34,000
Man, what a mess.

613
00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,000
You look like you got your little girl out when you did.

614
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:38,000
She's okay, isn't she?

615
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:40,000
Yeah, she's fine. We dropped her off at school.

616
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,000
Didn't want her to see all of this.

617
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:44,000
Must have an angel watching over you.

618
00:38:46,000 --> 00:38:48,000
Man, we must have.

619
00:38:48,000 --> 00:38:50,000
Hey, Fred.

620
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,000
I could barely recognize it. It was charred from the fire.

621
00:38:52,000 --> 00:38:54,000
Look at this.

622
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,000
It's the painting from the living room.

623
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:58,000
How'd it get in here?

624
00:38:58,000 --> 00:39:00,000
Maybe one of my guys carried it up.

625
00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:02,000
I don't know why they would.

626
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,000
What's this?

627
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,000
Oh, my God.

628
00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:12,000
That's the woman that warned me about the fire.

629
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:14,000
How could that be?

630
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,000
I don't know.

631
00:39:16,000 --> 00:39:18,000
The woman in the painting was identified as Margaret Whitney,

632
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,000
the original owner of the house.

633
00:39:20,000 --> 00:39:22,000
She had covered herself portrait and painted the landscape over it.

634
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,000
We also learned that 50 years ago,

635
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,000
a fire was being built in the house.

636
00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,000
The woman in the painting was identified as Margaret Whitney,

637
00:39:28,000 --> 00:39:30,000
the original owner of the house.

638
00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:32,000
She had covered herself portrait and painted the landscape over it.

639
00:39:32,000 --> 00:39:34,000
We also learned that 50 years ago,

640
00:39:34,000 --> 00:39:36,000
a fire swept throughout the house.

641
00:39:36,000 --> 00:39:38,000
Margaret survived but couldn't save her young daughter,

642
00:39:38,000 --> 00:39:40,000
who was the same age as our Christian.

643
00:39:40,000 --> 00:39:42,000
A few months after the fire, Margaret Whitney died,

644
00:39:42,000 --> 00:39:44,000
having never recovered from the loss of her little girl.

645
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,000
Was the house the Millers moved into

646
00:39:52,000 --> 00:39:54,000
really possessed by the spirit of the original owner?

647
00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,000
And did her spirit finally find peace

648
00:39:56,000 --> 00:39:58,000
after saving the Millers' daughter?

649
00:39:58,000 --> 00:40:00,000
Or was the daughter actually saved

650
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,000
by a mother's intuitive dream?

651
00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:04,000
By the way, nobody in the Millers' household

652
00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:06,000
recalls moving the painting up into

653
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,000
Christen's room.

654
00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:10,000
So how did it get there?

655
00:40:10,000 --> 00:40:12,000
How do you judge this story of the mysterious lady

656
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:14,000
found under the painting?

657
00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:16,000
Is it reality?

658
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:18,000
Or just another cover-up?

659
00:40:18,000 --> 00:40:20,000
Next, you'll find out which of our stories are fact

660
00:40:20,000 --> 00:40:22,000
and which are fiction

661
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:24,000
when Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction returns.

662
00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:28,000
Now it's time to find out which of our stories

663
00:40:28,000 --> 00:40:30,000
are inspired by actual events

664
00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:32,000
and which ones are totally made up.

665
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:36,000
How did you judge the story of the man

666
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,000
whose first wife's spirit

667
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,000
kept reappearing in the bodies of other women?

668
00:40:40,000 --> 00:40:42,000
Fact or fiction?

669
00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:46,000
How's my little darling, huh?

670
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,000
Oh, that wing's getting better every day.

671
00:40:48,000 --> 00:40:50,000
Yeah, pretty soon you're going to be leaving us.

672
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:52,000
I hate to see you go.

673
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,000
Hey.

674
00:40:58,000 --> 00:41:00,000
You okay?

675
00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:02,000
Yeah.

676
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,000
Nothing, really.

677
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,000
If you guessed this one was true,

678
00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,000
we got you.

679
00:41:08,000 --> 00:41:10,000
This story was made up by a writer.

680
00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:16,000
What was your opinion of the tale of the woman

681
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:18,000
who was the most beautiful woman in the world?

682
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:20,000
I'm not sure.

683
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,000
What was your opinion of the tale of mistaken identity

684
00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:25,000
and a long-lost twin?

685
00:41:27,000 --> 00:41:30,000
He just brought a guy in that confessed to that liquor store robbery.

686
00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:33,000
Looks like you're off the hook.

687
00:41:39,000 --> 00:41:41,000
I'd like to see him.

688
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,000
I'd say everybody's got a double.

689
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:45,000
I'd say that's yours.

690
00:41:45,000 --> 00:41:47,000
If you thought this one was inspired by an actual event,

691
00:41:47,000 --> 00:41:49,000
you're right.

692
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:51,000
A similar incident happened to a pair of twins

693
00:41:51,000 --> 00:41:53,000
in the New York area in the early 80s.

694
00:41:57,000 --> 00:42:00,000
Now let's look back at the ghost of the dead truck driver

695
00:42:00,000 --> 00:42:02,000
who gave a young man a new lease on life.

696
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:04,000
True or false?

697
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,000
True or false?

698
00:42:06,000 --> 00:42:08,000
True or false?

699
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,000
True or false?

700
00:42:10,000 --> 00:42:12,000
True or false?

701
00:42:15,000 --> 00:42:17,000
We don't like it.

702
00:42:17,000 --> 00:42:19,000
We can't lift it as too heavy.

703
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:21,000
Come on, let's go and try it.

704
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:23,000
Come on.

705
00:42:32,000 --> 00:42:34,000
You're clearing up. Push yourself out.

706
00:42:34,000 --> 00:42:36,000
Well...

707
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,000
Did you think this was a story that was rooted in facts?

708
00:42:42,000 --> 00:42:44,000
Not this time.

709
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,000
It's an urban legend.

710
00:42:50,000 --> 00:42:53,000
Let's look back at the family reunion saved from disaster

711
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,000
by a mysterious barbecue grill.

712
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:57,000
Reality or falsehood?

713
00:42:58,000 --> 00:43:00,000
Hey, what's with the grill?

714
00:43:01,000 --> 00:43:03,000
It's acting really strange.

715
00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:06,000
Whoa!

716
00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:08,000
Whoa!

717
00:43:08,000 --> 00:43:10,000
We need to go in there!

718
00:43:12,000 --> 00:43:14,000
Whoa, it's a call of fire department!

719
00:43:14,000 --> 00:43:16,000
I'm gonna get the hose.

720
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:18,000
I'm gonna get the hose.

721
00:43:20,000 --> 00:43:22,000
Okay, okay, I got the hose. I got the hose.

722
00:43:24,000 --> 00:43:27,000
Did you think our research uncovered this story is real?

723
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:29,000
You're right.

724
00:43:29,000 --> 00:43:31,000
It shows it happened to a family in the Florida area

725
00:43:31,000 --> 00:43:33,000
in the late 80s.

726
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:38,000
Let's take another look at the ghostly woman

727
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:40,000
who sent two parents a warning message

728
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,000
that saved a little girl's life.

729
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:44,000
Your little girl needs you.

730
00:43:44,000 --> 00:43:46,000
Go to her. Hurry.

731
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:50,000
What's wrong?

732
00:43:50,000 --> 00:43:52,000
What are you talking to?

733
00:43:52,000 --> 00:43:54,000
Someone...

734
00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:59,000
Dear God, Kristen!

735
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,000
What? What's wrong?

736
00:44:04,000 --> 00:44:06,000
Oh, my God.

737
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:08,000
Did you think this one really happened?

738
00:44:08,000 --> 00:44:10,000
According to our research,

739
00:44:10,000 --> 00:44:12,000
a similar event did take place

740
00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:14,000
in the farm country of the American Northeast.

741
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:20,000
How accurate was your point of view tonight?

742
00:44:20,000 --> 00:44:22,000
Were you able to judge which stories were false

743
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:24,000
and which were inspired by actual events?

744
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,000
It's a challenge that's beset by many obstacles

745
00:44:26,000 --> 00:44:28,000
because dishonesty and deception

746
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:30,000
are often difficult to recognize.

747
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:32,000
And the more we're confronted by the truth,

748
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:34,000
the more we realize that it's very often

749
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:36,000
beyond belief.

750
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:38,000
I'm Jonathan Frakes.

751
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:40,000
The stories entitled Positive ID and Cookout

752
00:44:40,000 --> 00:44:42,000
are true based upon first-hand research

753
00:44:42,000 --> 00:44:44,000
conducted by author Robert Traylins.

754
00:44:44,000 --> 00:44:46,000
For Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction,

755
00:44:46,000 --> 00:44:48,000
this is Don LaFontaine.

756
00:45:32,000 --> 00:45:34,000
You