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Beyond belief, fact or fiction.

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Hosted by Jonathan Franks.

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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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Who 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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Perception is something that can often change right before our very eyes.

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Here's an example.

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A contoured sheet with obvious valleys and peaks.

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But when we take another look, we see that it's perfectly flat.

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So, what's the reality? It all depends on our perception.

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Tonight, you'll be asked to judge five stories on whether they're fact or fiction.

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What will your perception tell you?

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Some of them are inspired by actual events while others are total lies.

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And remember, what you may perceive as plateaus of truth

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may actually be mountains of deception.

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Blood is not only thicker than water, it's also more informative.

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Through the analysis of blood types, chemical makeup and DNA,

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we can learn much about a person's family ties,

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even after that person's been dead for centuries.

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Samples of Thomas Jefferson's DNA approve this point.

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Of course, most of us don't need to submit to extensive testing

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to confirm our family relationships.

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We have only to look in the mirror to get the genetic links to our parents and our siblings.

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Loreen has never felt that way.

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She's never looked like or acted like her parents.

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And all her questions are about to be put under a microscope.

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I was about to marry my childhood sweetheart.

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We were perfect for each other.

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We had absolutely everything in common.

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Of course, to get our marriage license to the state required a blood test.

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That's when an old fear of mine was confirmed and I had to confront it with my mother.

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Sweetheart, you don't really believe you were adopted.

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I'm sorry, mother, but I do.

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You and dad are both blood type A.

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It wouldn't be possible for me to be blood type B.

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I always suspected I was adopted.

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Now I have proof.

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I've grown babies.

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You've seen them before.

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They were all taken when you were a little girl.

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Do you remember me telling you about the night you were born?

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The blizzard?

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Your arrival wasn't exactly convenient.

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I bet it was a blessing.

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I never said I didn't feel loved, but I was always different.

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My interests, my talents, the only blonde in a family of brunettes and taller.

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And you grew so fast.

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But look how beautiful you turned out.

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But mom, the blood test.

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Was wrong.

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The lab made a mistake.

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You're still not convinced?

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I could have been adopted as a newborn.

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But why would they lie?

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Is there some awful family secret?

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Honey, you have terrific parents.

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And someday, when we have children, they'll be terrific grandparents.

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So even if you really were adopted, so what?

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So what?

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That's in the past, honey.

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And right now, we have a wedding to plan.

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And a future to consider.

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I can't possibly think about the future until I know my history.

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Dawn, I'm sorry, but I can't marry you until I know the truth.

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Honey.

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Honey.

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We're soulmates, remember?

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We're born to be married.

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It's our destiny.

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Best friends born on the same day, New Year's babies.

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If I was adopted, maybe my birthday really isn't January 1st.

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Maybe that's a lie too.

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I always loved that we had the same birthday.

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It was something extra special that we shared.

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I'll still love you either way.

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But if it's important to you, we'll find out the truth.

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Together.

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Well, these are the old files.

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Before everything was done on computers.

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The medical records you're asking about are here.

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Somewhere.

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You know, I could get somebody to do this for you.

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Maybe take a few days.

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I really need to find the record today.

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Thanks.

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Okay.

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If you need anything else, come get me.

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This is it.

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Okay, need anything else?

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Come get me.

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This is it.

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Here's a copy of your birth certificate.

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January 1st.

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Length, weight, parents, Russell and Edna Atkins.

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So I'm legit.

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Here's the emergency room admitting form.

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Time of arrival.

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Patient already in labor.

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It's all by the book, honey.

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I wasn't adopted after all.

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Relieved?

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It's odd someone wrote boy, then crossed it out

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and wrote girl.

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Well, you're definitely a girl. I can vouch for that.

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Maybe we're not done.

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It's odd.

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We don't usually deliver babies in the emergency room.

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There's a maternity ward for that.

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Well, it was January 1st. There was a blizzard.

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With the bad roads, my parents barely got to the hospital in time.

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You know, I remember that night.

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I was an attendant nurse.

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New Year's Eve, power lines were down,

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the hospital was working on backup generators.

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Ice on the highway caused some awful accidents.

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We were doing double shifts to care for the injured.

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And two women in labor came in that night.

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And look, on my mother's admitting form,

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baby boy is written and then marked out.

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Well, it was so hectic, I suppose the nurse wrote it down wrong

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and then the doctor corrected it.

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I was born the same night in the middle of the same chaos.

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For my mother's record, it's a baby girl.

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But it's crossed out and changed to boy.

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One boy baby and one girl baby.

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The paperwork must have been mixed up.

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Is it possible that the paperwork wasn't mixed up

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but that the babies were?

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An impossible story, or is it?

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Is it too much to believe that two people raised by different families

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could fall deeply in love and turn out to have been switched at birth?

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Certainly switched at birth stories have become more common over the years,

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but one combined with a love story strains credibility.

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But it's now up to you to decide the truth or falsehood of our story.

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Have we presented you with the facts?

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Or have we pulled a last minute switch?

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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, the spirits of Halloween are out for revenge on Beyond Belief,

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fact or fiction.

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Next to Christmas, the most publicized and merchandised holiday is Halloween.

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Pumpkin patches are as numerous as Christmas tree lots.

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Every year, millions are spent on costumes, decorations,

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and of course, trick or treat candy.

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But like Christmas, Halloween has its scrooges too.

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Take Harold Ratcher.

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Harold not only hates the holiday, he's a troublemaker.

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And the trouble he makes is for anyone foolish enough to ring his bell on Halloween night.

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And so we come to another year and another Halloween.

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But beware, because on this Halloween,

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nobody can predict what we'll find.

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Every community has a home like the Ratcher house.

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It's the one owned by the meanest man in town.

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Luckily, the townspeople didn't have to interact with Harold much.

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He lived on the other side of the bridge.

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The only time anyone bothered to cross the creek to see him at all was on Halloween.

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The storm's blowing in.

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I hope it waits a while so children won't be disappointed.

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You know, it's Halloween tonight.

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I thought I'd put some candy in a bowl.

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Ain't gonna be no kids coming by here tonight.

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I might have to do less than I taught them last year.

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I wouldn't be so proud of that, Harold Ratcher.

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I scared those children so badly one had to go to the hospital.

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Well, they were trespassing on my property.

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Time was, I was with two spread out around here for kids to come begging for treats.

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Besides, a one night case and court.

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The town's grown up.

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Suburbs are just to the other side of the bridge now.

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I have to expect some children coming over.

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Yeah, with their greedy hands out,

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playing tricks on anybody who doesn't give in to their extortion.

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They're just harmless little children.

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Yeah, well, what about the year they covered the tree in toilet paper,

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smashed raw eggs in the mailbox?

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Mind you,

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any little hoodlums come across that bridge tonight.

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They'll wish they hadn't.

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Ooh, frightening costumes.

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You know how I feel about that.

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You're not playing by the rules.

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Halloween's a two way street.

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They wear scary costumes, so can I.

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I'm going to get you.

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Harold, don't!

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Ah!

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Ah!

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Here you are.

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There.

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They don't all fall for your nonsense.

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You're a little big for a trick-or-treat, huh?

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So are you.

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We won't get any more trick-or-treaters tonight.

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Probably best that way.

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And this weather?

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I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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Ah!

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I see you out there.

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Get on here, you rotten kid!

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Harold, who are you hollering at?

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Some kid. He has a dummy dressed up to look just like me.

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It's like I told you, up to no good.

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Probably trying to get even after last year.

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I don't see anybody out there.

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You're making more out of this than need be.

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You think so, huh?

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It's just the trick.

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Of course. What else would it be?

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I don't know what you're getting yourself all worked up about,

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but I'm going to bed before you do the same to me.

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They should've cut those branches.

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They're gonna be scraping all night.

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Whoa! Whoa!

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What the hell's he doing?

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What a lousy kid!

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I'm gonna love a peat.

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Oh!

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I think my husband's having a heart attack.

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No, he doesn't have a history.

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He said some boy was terrorizing him.

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He's shaking. Can't hardly breathe.

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Please hurry.

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It'll take a while for the ambulance.

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The storm flooded the creek.

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The bridge between us and town washed away hours ago.

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That's impossible.

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I'm sorry.

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I'm sorry.

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The bridge washed away.

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And then how did a kid in a monster suit get over to our house?

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Was Harold Ratcher victimized by his own cruel imagination?

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Or did someone sneak across the bridge before the rain washed it out?

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Someone who was perhaps out for revenge against Harold Ratcher?

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Or was the culprit as something?

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Harold's wife, Mary.

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But then how do you explain the grim reaper?

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It couldn't possibly have been her, could it?

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In this tale of trick or treat,

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have we opened the door of truth

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or are we leaving you holding the bag?

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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 young woman lives with the ghost of her favorite cat.

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She's a very beautiful woman.

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Next, a young woman lives with the ghost of her favorite cat

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on Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction.

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Do you have a pet?

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Chances are it's a dog or a cat.

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And while dogs retain the title of man's best friend,

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cat owners number over 27 million in the United States alone.

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These are a few of the products aimed at feline fanciers.

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Wendy Baker is a proud cat lover.

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In fact, you might say that the attention she pays to her cat,

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named Precious, is obsessive.

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It's enough attention to fill a lifetime,

263
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or for that matter, nine lifetimes.

264
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As a child psychologist, I had worked with hundreds of cases.

265
00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:19,240
But never before had I entered a situation

266
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not knowing the nature of the problem.

267
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The parents urged me to meet their daughter with them in their own home.

268
00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:28,240
I guess they felt if I didn't see it with my own eyes,

269
00:17:28,280 --> 00:17:30,280
I'd never believe it.

270
00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:40,280
Oh, she actually takes better care of the cat than she does herself.

271
00:17:40,280 --> 00:17:44,280
You know, we moved about six months ago.

272
00:17:44,280 --> 00:17:48,280
Wendy was upset about leaving her old school and her friends,

273
00:17:48,280 --> 00:17:50,280
so we thought we'd get her precious.

274
00:17:50,280 --> 00:17:54,280
I tried to explain to her we had to relocate for this job I was taking,

275
00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,280
but, well, you know, kids...

276
00:17:57,320 --> 00:18:00,320
Oh, and Wendy really loved that cat.

277
00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:04,320
Precious slept on her bed every night on a special pillow,

278
00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:06,320
followed Wendy around like a shadow.

279
00:18:06,320 --> 00:18:09,320
It was really sweet.

280
00:18:09,320 --> 00:18:10,320
Where is the cat?

281
00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:14,320
Well, about two months ago, it ran up into the street.

282
00:18:14,320 --> 00:18:17,320
And Wendy hasn't gotten over the loss.

283
00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:20,320
No, we figured give her a little time.

284
00:18:20,320 --> 00:18:23,320
Yeah, but it's been two months. It's a little bizarre.

285
00:18:23,320 --> 00:18:26,320
Maybe I should have agreed to seek out help sooner,

286
00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:29,360
but kids, teenagers, they're supposed to act eccentric.

287
00:18:29,360 --> 00:18:34,360
You know, at first we thought it was some sort of hallucination,

288
00:18:34,360 --> 00:18:37,360
and then we thought she was doing it on purpose just to make us angry,

289
00:18:37,360 --> 00:18:42,360
and now we don't know what to think, except that she is taking this way too far,

290
00:18:42,360 --> 00:18:45,360
and we really need some help.

291
00:18:45,360 --> 00:18:48,360
What do you mean by eccentric?

292
00:18:51,360 --> 00:18:53,360
Oh, hi.

293
00:18:53,360 --> 00:18:55,360
Hey, Pumpkin.

294
00:18:55,400 --> 00:19:00,400
Hey, um, Wendy, this is the, uh, the doctor we talked about.

295
00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:03,400
Hi, Wendy. I'm Dana.

296
00:19:03,400 --> 00:19:05,400
Dana White.

297
00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,400
Hello.

298
00:19:11,400 --> 00:19:14,400
We asked Dr. White to, um, talk to you.

299
00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,400
Oh.

300
00:19:18,400 --> 00:19:20,400
About Precious?

301
00:19:20,440 --> 00:19:22,440
Mm-hmm.

302
00:19:30,440 --> 00:19:32,440
Come, baby.

303
00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:38,440
You're hungry today, huh?

304
00:19:42,440 --> 00:19:44,440
Did you miss me?

305
00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:46,440
I missed you, too.

306
00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:55,440
Um, you know, I've got that algebra test tomorrow. I'm going to study.

307
00:20:05,440 --> 00:20:08,440
She pretends Precious is still alive.

308
00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:13,440
The food actually disappears.

309
00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:16,440
In the morning, it's half eaten.

310
00:20:16,480 --> 00:20:20,480
Um, my husband thinks that maybe Wendy's actually meat.

311
00:20:20,480 --> 00:20:23,480
Have you tried to make her stop?

312
00:20:23,480 --> 00:20:25,480
Well, for a while, we went along with the charade.

313
00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,480
We thought maybe it would be better for her,

314
00:20:28,480 --> 00:20:31,480
but then last week, we finally confronted her.

315
00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:36,480
We told her how we felt and begged her to stop.

316
00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:40,480
And the next morning, we found this.

317
00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:50,480
She told us Precious was upset.

318
00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:54,480
I have an idea.

319
00:20:54,480 --> 00:20:58,480
I'd like to tell Wendy that I want to photograph Precious.

320
00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:01,480
Maybe she'll warm up to me more quickly that way.

321
00:21:01,480 --> 00:21:03,480
Would you mind if I used your camera?

322
00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:06,480
What? And play right into her fantasy?

323
00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:08,480
This is a strange case, Mr. Baker.

324
00:21:08,480 --> 00:21:11,480
I'm willing to do anything that might help Wendy.

325
00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:14,480
I can't say I have a lot of experience in situations like this,

326
00:21:14,520 --> 00:21:18,520
but something in my gut just tells me that this is the right move.

327
00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:20,520
Is there film in that camera?

328
00:21:20,520 --> 00:21:22,520
Looks like it's loaded. Only 11 shots used.

329
00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:26,520
I haven't used it in a while.

330
00:21:26,520 --> 00:21:30,520
Okay, let's give it a try.

331
00:21:30,520 --> 00:21:32,520
Great.

332
00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:36,520
Come in.

333
00:21:39,520 --> 00:21:42,520
Hey, Wendy.

334
00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:46,560
I know you want to study, but I was hoping we could talk for a few minutes.

335
00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:49,560
I just get to know one another.

336
00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:54,560
They just don't get it. I don't need a shrink. They need glasses.

337
00:21:54,560 --> 00:21:57,560
It's a nice room.

338
00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:00,560
Yeah, it's all right. The old house was nicer.

339
00:22:00,560 --> 00:22:03,560
Your parents say you spend a lot of time in here.

340
00:22:03,560 --> 00:22:06,560
Yeah, well, they won't leave me alone out there. They're always mad.

341
00:22:06,560 --> 00:22:10,560
About Precious?

342
00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:14,600
Hey, how would you feel if I took some pictures of Precious?

343
00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,600
Are you trying to make me like you?

344
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,600
A little.

345
00:22:24,600 --> 00:22:27,600
Sure. Go ahead, take her picture.

346
00:22:27,600 --> 00:22:30,600
She always loves taking her afternoon naps in this pillow.

347
00:22:30,600 --> 00:22:33,600
Oh, hey.

348
00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:36,640
Oh.

349
00:22:36,640 --> 00:22:39,640
You scaredy cat.

350
00:22:39,640 --> 00:22:43,640
Did that sound frighten you?

351
00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:47,640
It's okay, Precious. It's just a camera.

352
00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:53,640
Hey, how about if I take a picture of you holding Precious?

353
00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:57,640
Sure. Okay.

354
00:23:03,640 --> 00:23:07,640
Great.

355
00:23:07,640 --> 00:23:11,640
That's beautiful.

356
00:23:11,640 --> 00:23:15,640
I think it is the right decision.

357
00:23:15,640 --> 00:23:19,640
If you would develop this role of film as soon as possible,

358
00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:23,640
I think that when she sees there is no catch, she'll be able to accept it.

359
00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:27,640
Let's try this first before we proceed with the therapy.

360
00:23:27,640 --> 00:23:30,640
Oh, thank you. Thank you so much for coming to our home.

361
00:23:30,680 --> 00:23:32,680
Thank you. Thank you very much.

362
00:23:32,680 --> 00:23:35,680
Oh, it's my pleasure. I just hope it does the trick.

363
00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:39,680
You know what they say about pictures. Sometimes seeing is believing.

364
00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:42,680
Yeah. Well, I'll walk you out.

365
00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,680
I was surprised to receive a call the next day.

366
00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:58,680
Mrs. Baker asked if I could come right over, so I did.

367
00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:04,680
Oh, hi.

368
00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:08,680
I called my husband, but he's not here yet. Please come in.

369
00:24:08,680 --> 00:24:12,680
I just got back

370
00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:16,680
from the photo lab.

371
00:24:20,680 --> 00:24:24,680
Now I knew why Mrs. Baker was so upset.

372
00:24:30,680 --> 00:24:34,680
What's the explanation here?

373
00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:38,680
How could an image of Precious show up in the photograph?

374
00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:42,680
Remember, the role of film was already in the camera.

375
00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:46,680
Was it an old photographic image left over from when Precious was still alive?

376
00:24:46,680 --> 00:24:50,680
Perhaps a double exposure. If so, why were there no other images of Precious

377
00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:54,680
on that same role? Or is it possible that Precious still existed

378
00:24:54,680 --> 00:24:58,680
on some spiritual level, a soul that could be seen and felt by the person

379
00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:02,720
who loved him most, Wendy Baker?

380
00:25:02,720 --> 00:25:06,720
Does this story of the invisible cat deserve to be deposited in the bank of truth?

381
00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:10,720
Or have we tossed another lie into the kitty?

382
00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:14,720
We'll tell you whether this story is true or false at the end of our show.

383
00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:18,720
Next, a showdown with death at a roadside motel on Beyond Relief,

384
00:25:18,720 --> 00:25:22,720
Fact or Fiction.

385
00:25:22,720 --> 00:25:26,720
Observe, keys that unlock doors to hotel and motel rooms.

386
00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:30,760
Something most of us take for granted. But think about the mysteries that exist

387
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:34,760
in the simple act of opening a motel door.

388
00:25:34,760 --> 00:25:38,760
Who has stayed here before? What activities took place here?

389
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:42,760
Has anything been left behind? And what will await you during your stay?

390
00:25:42,760 --> 00:25:46,760
In most cases, those questions are unimportant. But for Joe Bender and his wife Angie,

391
00:25:46,760 --> 00:25:50,760
this key is more than a device to open their door.

392
00:25:50,760 --> 00:25:54,760
It's a passport to the unexplained.

393
00:25:56,760 --> 00:26:00,760
My husband was once a good cop,

394
00:26:00,760 --> 00:26:04,760
but the years on the force had made him cold and hard about criminals.

395
00:26:04,760 --> 00:26:08,760
And lately he was burned out and getting himself into big trouble.

396
00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:12,760
His suspension gave us a chance to take a few days for ourselves.

397
00:26:12,760 --> 00:26:16,760
Something we really needed. I wanted to believe in Joe.

398
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:20,760
But I knew the police force had changed him.

399
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:24,760
He wasn't the same man I married.

400
00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:30,760
We've got a quiet room.

401
00:26:30,760 --> 00:26:34,760
They're all quiet around here.

402
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:38,760
California license.

403
00:26:38,760 --> 00:26:42,760
You and the missus on vacation.

404
00:26:42,760 --> 00:26:46,760
Just getting away for a while.

405
00:26:46,760 --> 00:26:50,760
I'm not going to go to the bathroom.

406
00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:54,760
I'm going to the bathroom.

407
00:26:54,800 --> 00:26:58,800
23.

408
00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:02,800
Roundup.

409
00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:23,800
Miss Tripp will be good for both of us. I don't care if I ever see L.A. again.

410
00:27:23,840 --> 00:27:27,840
I had seen the old woman's reaction to the paper through the office window.

411
00:27:27,840 --> 00:27:31,840
She knew who Joe was, all right.

412
00:27:31,840 --> 00:27:35,840
I just wish I did.

413
00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:39,840
And then something totally strange happened.

414
00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:43,840
Hey! Joe, what are you doing?

415
00:27:43,840 --> 00:27:47,840
I thought I saw... My God, did you hurt yourself?

416
00:27:47,840 --> 00:27:51,840
That's pretty good.

417
00:27:51,880 --> 00:27:55,880
That's blood.

418
00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:59,880
I couldn't get Joe to change rooms. He just wanted this one cleaned up.

419
00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:03,880
I was feeling very uncomfortable.

420
00:28:07,880 --> 00:28:11,880
Well, it's gone now.

421
00:28:15,880 --> 00:28:19,880
Strange place.

422
00:28:19,920 --> 00:28:23,920
I'm not going to let them beat me.

423
00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:27,920
Honey, it's just... it's all this stress you've been under.

424
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:31,920
The way these internal affairs people in the press have pounded you...

425
00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,920
You're bastards! After everything I've given.

426
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:39,920
And of course, you know, the courts, they protect the guilty.

427
00:28:39,920 --> 00:28:43,920
And don't think that I don't know which ones are guilty.

428
00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:47,920
That guy crucifying me over.

429
00:28:47,960 --> 00:28:51,960
He deserved everything that he got.

430
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:55,960
Just... just try and get some rest.

431
00:28:55,960 --> 00:29:00,000
I'm going to get some rest.

432
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:30,000
Why? What the hell do you want?

433
00:29:38,000 --> 00:29:42,000
What's the matter, Joe?

434
00:29:42,000 --> 00:29:46,000
You wanted me to go for my gun. Who? Who? What are you talking about? We're alone, Joe.

435
00:29:46,000 --> 00:29:50,000
No, no! There's no one here. You're... you're dreaming.

436
00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:54,000
Joe?

437
00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:58,040
He was here. He was right here.

438
00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:02,040
We're going to get out of here.

439
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:06,040
Joe, I...

440
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:10,040
Come on, come on.

441
00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:14,040
Wake up! Hey!

442
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:18,040
Lady, right now you're going to tell me what's in our room!

443
00:30:18,040 --> 00:30:22,040
What is it? I don't know what your dog got. Don't lie to me!

444
00:30:22,080 --> 00:30:26,080
I only know what other people have told me.

445
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:30,080
What?

446
00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:34,080
A long time ago, a man named William Bonney was killed in an unfair gunfight.

447
00:30:34,080 --> 00:30:38,080
And some people believe that his spirit remained here.

448
00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:42,080
You're telling me that this hotel is haunted?

449
00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:46,080
William Bonney died on this ground.

450
00:30:46,080 --> 00:30:50,080
I've never seen him, but I'll tell you this.

451
00:30:50,120 --> 00:30:54,120
Tonight isn't the first night that I've had to mob all blood.

452
00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:58,120
I'm going to go get our stuff. You stay here. We're checking out.

453
00:31:03,120 --> 00:31:07,120
Do you really believe all this about a ghost?

454
00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:11,120
A lot of people believe it.

455
00:31:11,120 --> 00:31:15,120
Some think he's waiting on a chance for revenge.

456
00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:19,160
You see, in that gunfight, William Bonney was shot dead by a lawman.

457
00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:42,160
Joe!

458
00:31:45,160 --> 00:31:49,160
Joe!

459
00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:53,160
Joe!

460
00:31:53,160 --> 00:31:57,160
Did Joe Bender fall prey to a ghost?

461
00:31:57,160 --> 00:32:01,160
Or was he the victim of his own guilty conscience?

462
00:32:01,160 --> 00:32:05,160
That his stressful situation led to his own suicide?

463
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:09,160
Or was his demise caused by the spirit of Billy the Kid?

464
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:13,160
A man who was unfairly shot to death years ago by another lawman.

465
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:17,200
You must decide the winner of the showdown that takes place every day.

466
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:21,200
Truth versus falsehood.

467
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:25,200
We'll tell you whether this story is true or false at the end of our show.

468
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:29,200
Next, a married couple encounter a strange drifter on Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction.

469
00:32:29,200 --> 00:32:33,200
These are all things that come in handy when your car gets a flat tire.

470
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:37,200
Of course, many people choose to just stay in their car and call the auto club.

471
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:41,200
But sometimes phones aren't available.

472
00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:45,240
The story isn't very handy.

473
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:49,240
But like most men, he takes a certain pride in his ability to read his manual and change a tire in any situation.

474
00:32:49,240 --> 00:32:53,240
But the strange situation he and his wife are about to encounter isn't covered in any manual.

475
00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:01,240
When we started to David's mother's house that morning, we were already arguing.

476
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:05,240
I was completely on edge because I loved David. But I knew our marriage was slipping away.

477
00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:15,240
I feel better if you put on your seat belt.

478
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:19,240
Just stop worrying.

479
00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:23,240
You look fine. Your dress is fine.

480
00:33:23,240 --> 00:33:27,240
You're not listening to me.

481
00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:31,240
Besides which, I'm wearing slacks.

482
00:33:31,240 --> 00:33:35,240
Whatever. You look alright.

483
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:39,240
Whenever we visit your mother, I feel like I'm being scrutinized.

484
00:33:39,280 --> 00:33:43,280
And why do you always feel like you have to please her?

485
00:33:43,280 --> 00:33:47,280
You're not in competition with her, Rebecca. I make plenty of time for you.

486
00:33:47,280 --> 00:33:51,280
Oh, just like you make time for your boss, your friends, your golf buddies.

487
00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:55,280
You always make me feel like I'm last in line.

488
00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:59,280
You know what I'm working late? It's for us.

489
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:03,280
When I'm golfing with a client, it's for us.

490
00:34:03,280 --> 00:34:07,280
I understand how you feel. You don't notice what I'm wearing when I'm sitting 8 inches away from you.

491
00:34:07,320 --> 00:34:11,320
You expect me to believe you understand how I feel?

492
00:34:11,320 --> 00:34:15,320
Great. I think we have a flat.

493
00:34:23,320 --> 00:34:27,320
I can't get any service out here.

494
00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:35,320
Are you sure you're doing that right?

495
00:34:35,360 --> 00:34:39,360
You know, these tires are new. There is no reason for this to be flat.

496
00:34:47,360 --> 00:34:51,360
David!

497
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:55,360
Looks like you need help.

498
00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:59,360
You're the guys with the tires, so they use a power drill.

499
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:03,360
Let me try.

500
00:35:05,360 --> 00:35:09,360
Knock yourself out.

501
00:35:17,360 --> 00:35:21,360
Where'd he come from? I don't know. Is this a good idea?

502
00:35:21,360 --> 00:35:25,360
We'll give him a couple of bucks.

503
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:39,360
Sometimes the direction we choose is not the right one.

504
00:35:43,360 --> 00:35:47,360
You, uh...

505
00:35:47,360 --> 00:35:51,360
You were turning the wrench the wrong way.

506
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:55,360
It's not a wrench, it's a tire iron.

507
00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:59,360
That mom is not gonna be happy.

508
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:03,360
Sometimes

509
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:07,400
we try to please so many others.

510
00:36:07,400 --> 00:36:11,400
We lose sight of those who are most important.

511
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:15,400
The ones we truly love.

512
00:36:15,400 --> 00:36:19,400
It's easy to take them for granted.

513
00:36:19,400 --> 00:36:23,400
They're always there for us.

514
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:27,400
Yeah, well, uh...

515
00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:31,400
You know, we really appreciate this.

516
00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:35,440
Have you lived somewhere?

517
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:43,440
At first I was concerned David invited this strange man into our car.

518
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:57,440
I'd feel better if you put on your seatbelt.

519
00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:05,440
I'll be right back.

520
00:37:13,440 --> 00:37:17,440
So how far are you going?

521
00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:21,440
I'll know when the time comes to leave you.

522
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:25,440
So you just travel from place to place?

523
00:37:25,440 --> 00:37:29,440
Family must miss you.

524
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:33,480
Doing whatever you want, not having anyone to answer to.

525
00:37:33,480 --> 00:37:37,480
Complete freedom.

526
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:41,480
Life's just one big adventure, huh?

527
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:45,480
That it is.

528
00:37:45,480 --> 00:37:49,480
But when you see how much can be gained when two joined together is one,

529
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:53,480
to have someone who knows your private, most personal pain and can replace it with joy,

530
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:57,480
that is an adventure.

531
00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:03,480
Yeah, well, everything takes work.

532
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:07,480
Life is work.

533
00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:11,480
Any heavy load can be made lighter when two work together,

534
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:15,480
as opposed to pulling in opposite directions.

535
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:19,480
When love is held in an open hand, it can flourish

536
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:23,480
instead of being crushed.

537
00:38:29,480 --> 00:38:33,480
It's like you know us.

538
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:37,480
David?

539
00:38:37,480 --> 00:38:41,480
Oh my god, he's gone!

540
00:38:41,480 --> 00:38:45,480
He's gone!

541
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:49,480
What the hell's going on?

542
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:53,480
He must have fallen out.

543
00:38:53,480 --> 00:38:57,480
I was wearing a seatbelt.

544
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:01,520
I was wearing a seatbelt.

545
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:13,520
After searching the area and not finding him, we felt like we needed to report what happened.

546
00:39:13,520 --> 00:39:17,520
So when David spotted a police officer, we pulled over.

547
00:39:17,520 --> 00:39:21,520
He just was there and... gone!

548
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:25,520
I've been up and down this stretch of highway so many times, I know every crack in the pavement.

549
00:39:25,560 --> 00:39:29,560
I could look for that drifter, but I won't find him.

550
00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:33,560
You're the fourth couple that's told me this story.

551
00:39:33,560 --> 00:39:37,560
And that's just this week.

552
00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:48,560
Come on, honey, we gotta go.

553
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:52,560
When we finally arrived at David's mother's house,

554
00:39:52,600 --> 00:39:56,600
those things were different. She sent something had happened, something that brought us closer together.

555
00:39:56,600 --> 00:40:00,600
It was if our wedding vows had been respoken,

556
00:40:00,600 --> 00:40:04,600
and we owed it all to that drifter, whoever or whatever he was.

557
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:12,600
So was the strange hitchhiker that disappeared from the car a ghost?

558
00:40:12,600 --> 00:40:16,600
If he was real, how did he disappear from the back seat?

559
00:40:16,600 --> 00:40:20,600
Some who don't believe in spirits have suggested that perhaps the hitchhiker was a professional escape artist.

560
00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:26,640
If so, what could have led him to spend his life lending spiritual enlightenment to drivers along the highway?

561
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:30,640
Drifter, angel, or ghost?

562
00:40:30,640 --> 00:40:37,640
Is this story of a stranger who hopped a ride, true, or is there a hitch to it?

563
00:40:37,640 --> 00:40:45,640
Next, you'll find out which of our stories are fact and which are fiction when beyond belief, fact or fiction returns.

564
00:40:45,680 --> 00:40:49,680
Now it's time to find out which of our stories was inspired by an actual event,

565
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:53,680
and which ones are total fiction.

566
00:40:53,680 --> 00:40:57,680
What was your opinion of the story of the couple in love who turned out to be switched at birth?

567
00:40:57,680 --> 00:41:01,680
Well, it was so hectic, I suppose the nurse wrote it down wrong, and then the doctor corrected it.

568
00:41:01,680 --> 00:41:05,680
I was born the same night, in the middle of the same chaos,

569
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:09,680
and my mother's record said baby girl, but it's crossed out and changed her life.

570
00:41:09,680 --> 00:41:13,680
I was born the same night, in the middle of the same chaos,

571
00:41:13,720 --> 00:41:17,720
and my mother's record said baby girl, but it's crossed out and changed her life.

572
00:41:17,720 --> 00:41:21,720
Well, one boy baby and one girl baby.

573
00:41:21,720 --> 00:41:25,720
The paperwork must have been mixed up.

574
00:41:25,720 --> 00:41:29,720
Is this one too fantastic to be true? Not really.

575
00:41:29,720 --> 00:41:33,720
Our research shows that a similar story took place involving a couple in the northeast around the late 70s.

576
00:41:37,720 --> 00:41:41,720
Now let's take a look at the evil Halloween scrooge

577
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:45,760
who was paid back for his treachery by an unexplainable force.

578
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:49,760
Trick or treat.

579
00:41:56,760 --> 00:42:00,760
I see you out there!

580
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:04,800
Did you think our research staff found a story inspired by an actual event?

581
00:42:04,800 --> 00:42:08,800
Not this time. It's the creation of a writer.

582
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:12,800
How did you judge the story of the girl with the imaginary cat

583
00:42:12,800 --> 00:42:16,800
that turned out to be more than just imagination?

584
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:20,800
Hey, how would you feel if I took some pictures of precious?

585
00:42:20,800 --> 00:42:24,800
I'm not sure.

586
00:42:24,800 --> 00:42:28,800
I'm not sure.

587
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:32,840
Are you trying to make me like you?

588
00:42:32,840 --> 00:42:36,840
A little.

589
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:40,840
Sure. Go ahead and take her picture.

590
00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:44,840
She always loves taking her afternoon naps in this pillow.

591
00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:48,840
Oh, okay.

592
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:52,840
Did we make up this story of the young woman obsessed by a cat that nobody but her could see?

593
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:56,840
No. This story is inspired by an actual event that took place near Paris in the mid 50s.

594
00:42:56,880 --> 00:43:00,880
What did you make of the tale of the crooked policeman

595
00:43:00,880 --> 00:43:04,880
who apparently received his revenge from the ghost of Billy the Kid?

596
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:05,880
Was this one true?

597
00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:08,880
You're gonna tell me what's in our room!

598
00:43:08,880 --> 00:43:09,880
What is it?

599
00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:12,880
I don't know what your dog is!

600
00:43:12,880 --> 00:43:13,880
Don't lie to me!

601
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:16,880
No!

602
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:20,880
I only know what other people have told me.

603
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:21,880
What?

604
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:26,920
A long time ago, a man named William Byrne was killed in an unfair gunfight,

605
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:30,920
and some people believe that his spirit remained here.

606
00:43:30,920 --> 00:43:33,920
You're telling me that this hotel is haunted?

607
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:36,920
According to our research, a similar event to this one did occur

608
00:43:36,920 --> 00:43:40,920
in a period between the World Wars and the American Southwest.

609
00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:43,920
It's fact.

610
00:43:43,920 --> 00:43:47,920
Now let's review the story of the mysterious hitman

611
00:43:47,960 --> 00:43:49,960
who changed the lives of a married couple.

612
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:50,960
True or false?

613
00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:53,960
There is no reason for this to be flat.

614
00:43:58,960 --> 00:43:59,960
David!

615
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:03,960
Looks like you need help.

616
00:44:03,960 --> 00:44:06,960
If you thought this one was based on an actual event, you're right.

617
00:44:06,960 --> 00:44:10,960
It's a story that has been reported by travelers along a highway in New York State.

618
00:44:10,960 --> 00:44:12,960
It's fact.

619
00:44:13,000 --> 00:44:15,000
How was your perception tonight?

620
00:44:15,000 --> 00:44:18,000
Did it stay constant, or did it change before your eyes?

621
00:44:18,000 --> 00:44:22,000
The perception of truth must include the awareness of falsehood.

622
00:44:22,000 --> 00:44:25,000
But where does one begin and the other let off?

623
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:28,000
That's the challenge of discerning fact from fiction.

624
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:32,000
And that's why we're often left with a choice that's beyond belief.

625
00:44:32,000 --> 00:44:34,000
I'm Jonathan Frakes.

626
00:44:34,000 --> 00:44:36,000
The story of the man who was killed in the war

627
00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:38,000
was a man who was killed in the war

628
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:40,000
and was killed in the war.

629
00:44:40,040 --> 00:44:42,040
I'm Jonathan Frakes.

630
00:44:42,040 --> 00:44:44,040
The story entitled For the Record is true

631
00:44:44,040 --> 00:44:48,040
based upon first-hand research conducted by author Robert Traylans

632
00:44:48,040 --> 00:44:50,040
for Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction.

633
00:44:50,040 --> 00:44:52,040
This is Don LaFontaine.

634
00:45:10,000 --> 00:45:13,040
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