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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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Observe a perfectly shaped square.

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We said it's spinning, and now it's a perfectly shaped spinning square.

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But let's change our perspective and see what happens.

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By carefully blocking out certain parts of the spinning square, it now appears to have

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a pulsating effect, almost breathing in and out.

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Of course, it's only an illusion.

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Tonight you will be asked to perceive which of our stories are real and which are illusion.

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We'll tell you the answers at the end of the show.

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In the meantime, be careful how you look at each story.

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Make sure we're not covering up some vital information.

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For what seems to be pulsating with lies may just be truth with a spin on it.

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In the game of Blackjack, it's you against the dealer.

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You both keep getting cards until you're close to where you end up with 21 points.

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The skill comes in knowing when to stop.

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Do you like another card?

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How about another one?

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Your total is now 17.

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Do you want to draw another card?

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Dale Blankin is a professional dealer for an underground card club.

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He understands well the odds of the game.

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As an expert, he'd recommend that you hold with 17, but Dale's world is about to change.

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And the odds are, he's in for a very strange deal.

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21.

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Observe a typical client of an underground card club.

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Our story is not about him, but he represents thousands of people in cities across the country

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where legal gambling thrives in the underground.

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It attracts all kinds, suckers, rounders, and very often people with something to hide.

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I can't believe I've won all of this.

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In this club, it is the dealer, Dale Blankin, who is one of those people with something

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to hide.

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Something strange was happening at Dale Blankin's table this night.

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Usually, in the games that Dale Blankin runs, the house wins.

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But tonight, something very unusual is going on.

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While everyone else seemed to be losing, one player was on a winning streak.

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A young soldier was doubling up and winning hand after hand.

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His attitude was that of a man who knew he was going to win, no matter what.

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Army wins again.

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You're going to have a good night, kid.

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Guess I picked a lucky table.

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Blackjack.

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It's like I just can't lose.

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Everybody loses eventually.

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Not us, Dale.

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We make a good team.

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What are you talking about?

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Larry Schmidt owned the club.

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It was his money Blankin was losing.

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Everything all right over here?

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Yeah, fine Larry, everything's fine.

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Army is on a winning streak, that's all.

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Take a break.

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I might as well quit, so I'll have my head.

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Dale knew the owner was not a man to cross, and the soldier was making it look like Dale

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was in on some scheme to cheat the house.

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You look like you're having a rough night.

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I'm fine.

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Dale Blankin had one hope, and that was never to see that soldier again.

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How you doing?

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Got something for you.

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Whatever you got, I don't want.

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It's five grand.

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It's your end.

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Take it.

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I don't want that.

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What are you trying to do?

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You earned it.

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It's your cut.

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Dale checked the soldier's name tag.

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Shut up.

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Who are you?

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What's your game?

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You're the one with the games, Dale.

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You remember George and Evelyn, Shalto?

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Who?

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Yeah, it's hard to keep track of the names, isn't it?

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There's so many people you ripped off.

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I never ripped anybody off.

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You scammed hundreds of senior citizens out of their life savings, Dale.

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You read in your mind.

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No, I'm not.

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George and Evelyn are my parents.

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It's payback time.

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See you at the table.

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Dale Blankin had a past life as head of a crooked telemarketing business that swindled senior citizens.

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The soldier's parents must have been two of his victims.

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Blankin returned to the Blackjack table.

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He was getting late and there wasn't much action.

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But then one player walked over to sit down.

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Hey, buddy.

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Can't quit now. We're on a roll, huh?

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Get out of here.

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Go play poker. I don't want you here.

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Good act, Dale.

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But then again, you always were good at lying, weren't you?

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My parents bought the whole thing.

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Go away! Right, leave me alone!

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I can't. I have to keep playing. That's the deal we made, remember?

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Is there a problem here?

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No, sir. No problem.

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I was just leaving.

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What's that cash done?

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I don't know. I mean, it wasn't here a minute ago.

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Larry, the soldier is setting me up.

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And why would he do that?

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I don't know.

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If you're running a scam on me, you're going down.

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Do you understand?

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Yeah, I understand. But I'm not scamming you. I swear.

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Then you got nothing to worry about, do you?

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Dale had one prized possession, his car.

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And right now, the drive will do him good.

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Private first class, Bruce Shaltow.

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How are you getting here?

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Oh, man.

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I warned you, Blankin. Nobody cheats me.

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No, Larry. This is a setup.

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Okay? That soldier Shaltow, he's trying to frame me.

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Look, look, look. He left his dog tags, you see?

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Get out of the car.

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Take your money. I don't want it.

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I don't want to.

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I don't want to.

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I don't want to.

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I don't want to.

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Take your money. I don't want it.

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Let's take a walk.

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All right, Larry, Larry. Larry, listen.

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Listen to me.

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Larry, you've got to believe me, man.

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He played us both. They shot, they played us both.

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Just walk.

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I'm telling you, man, he played us both.

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Dale Blankin died that night.

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Larry Schmidt never found the soldier.

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Then he checked with the Army.

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According to military records, Private Bruce Shaltow died 25 years ago in Vietnam.

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This story really happened.

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How could the soldier have gotten into Dale's locked car without setting off the alarm?

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Was he an expert at disarming security devices?

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And how did he learn to beat the house at 21 every time?

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Was he employing some elaborate card counting system, the kind banned by major casinos?

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Or, as our story suggests, was he a ghostly spirit, out for revenge against a heartless conman?

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Have we presented a story based on actual fact?

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Or have we stacked the deck against you?

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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 cab driver takes a killer for a ride on Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction.

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What's the right tip for services provided?

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In a restaurant, people say you should leave 15 to 20 percent.

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But what if the service was wonderful and the food was terrible or vice versa?

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How much do you leave then? Anything at all?

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Waiters aren't the only ones who live by the tip.

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They're the same as true of Bellman, Ballet, Parkers, and of course, taxi drivers.

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Floyd Cummings has been depending on tips a lot lately, and they're not coming as fast and as big as he'd like.

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But Floyd has an appointment with the unexplainable, and he'd better hurry, because the meter is running.

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I've been driving a cab three days a week to help pay my college tuition.

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The times when business is slow, I catch up on my homework.

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It's one of the valuable skills I've picked up as a cabbie, learning to read and drive at the same time.

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It's not easy money, but I took the job because of the tips.

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Most people are good tippers, but there are the ones that just give you the price of the meter.

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$10.

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$10 it is.

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Thanks for nothing, Chiefscape.

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That's why I just installed the Insultator.

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It's my little revenge against the penny-pitchers of the world.

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But no matter how bad a day I'm having, I can always count on a pick-me-up from my girlfriend, Sally.

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Hey, triple non-fat lattes.

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You're the best.

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What is that?

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No tip, you saving your money for a facelift?

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I can't believe you, Floyd.

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What?

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Oh, come on, Sal.

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What?

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I'm sorry, I'm sorry.

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What?

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No one deserves to be insulted like that.

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And when they don't give me a tip, isn't that an insult?

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Listen up, folks, we just got a call from the police department.

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They want us to keep a lookout for white male in his forties wearing a dark suit.

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They think he might be traveling by cab.

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He's considered extremely dangerous.

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What I'm saying is that you don't know anything about the people in your cab.

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You could have just lost their job, or their wife could have just left them.

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Have a nice day, sir.

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See, is that so tough?

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It's not so tough to leave a tip, either.

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St. Christopher, the patron saint of travelers, will protect you from everything.

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Except, maybe, your attitude.

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What?

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Maybe Sally's right.

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Maybe I should just lose the insultator and put up the St. Christopher Medal instead.

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Then I'd lose the thrill of seeing those cheap faces after they even zapped.

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Well, at least this guy's got a suit.

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Maybe he's got some money to spend.

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I'm hoping I won't have to use the insultator on this guy.

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He looks weird.

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Hey, where to, buddy?

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This is turning into a pretty long ride.

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That'll be 12.60, sir.

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13 bucks, that's a 40 cent tip.

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Okay, insultator, do your stuff.

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You're so cheap you wouldn't even pay a compliment.

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I don't feel good about this one.

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The guy seemed really hurt.

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And that suit must have been 20 years old.

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Maybe Sally's right.

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I don't want to fight.

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Neither do I.

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Look, I'll get rid of him.

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It's not the machine that you need to get rid of.

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Shit.

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I'm gonna kill you.

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I'm gonna kill you.

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I'm gonna kill you.

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I'm gonna kill you.

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I'm gonna kill you.

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I'm gonna kill you.

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I'm gonna kill you.

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Shit.

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I knew what she meant.

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What I need to get rid of is the chip on my shoulder.

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Sally was always right.

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210, West Side Drive.

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No problem.

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What?

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I don't have all day.

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I could have sworn to put that thing in the glove compartment.

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You go to Bertram College?

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Hey, hey, hey, yeah.

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How'd you guess?

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Your cat.

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Oh.

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Yeah, I'm taking political science.

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Yeah, I think you should be taking driver's ed.

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Yeah, me and everybody else on the road, huh?

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You know, driving's like life.

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You can blame everybody else when things go wrong.

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Or you can concentrate on doing the right thing yourself.

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Oh, brilliant.

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You say something?

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I said, here we are.

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It'll be 26, either.

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I couldn't wait to see what the old philosopher was gonna tip.

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I should have known exactly the price in the meter.

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Something wrong?

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I gave you the wrong amount?

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Oh, no, sir.

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You gave me exactly the right amount.

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Because I hate short-changing people.

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That was it.

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This guy deserved an insult.

259
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It's been a pleasure serving you.

260
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Have a wonderful day.

261
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How nice.

262
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You know, a few kind words makes all the difference in this troubled world.

263
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May the sun shine on you always.

264
00:16:36,740 --> 00:16:40,740
We've been tracking this guy since he escaped from the state pen a couple of weeks ago.

265
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He's been on the killing spree.

266
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You're a lucky man.

267
00:16:45,740 --> 00:16:47,740
I'll say I am.

268
00:16:48,740 --> 00:16:50,740
Or is it more than just luck?

269
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I'm not sure.

270
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I'm not sure.

271
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I'm not sure.

272
00:17:01,740 --> 00:17:02,740
I'm not sure.

273
00:17:02,740 --> 00:17:03,740
I'm not sure.

274
00:17:03,740 --> 00:17:04,740
I'm not sure.

275
00:17:04,740 --> 00:17:05,740
I'm not sure.

276
00:17:15,740 --> 00:17:17,740
What's the explanation here?

277
00:17:17,740 --> 00:17:21,740
Why did the insult machine suddenly give compliments and adjust the right time?

278
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Was it switched by Floyd's girlfriend Sally?

279
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Or maybe it was Sally's St. Christopher Medal that was somehow protecting and controlling the entire situation.

280
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Remember, when judging whether this story is true or false,

281
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you're on your own.

282
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You'll be getting no tips from us.

283
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We'll tell you whether this story is true or false at the end of our show.

284
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Next, a baker learns the recipe for murder on Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction.

285
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Do you have a sweet tooth?

286
00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:59,740
Do you walk by displays like this and begin to fantasize about the delights offered within?

287
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Cakes are more than just a delicious way to end a meal.

288
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They become a symbol for celebration, family and friendship.

289
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Dom DeSantos is a world-class baker.

290
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Cakes are a specialty.

291
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To him, every customer is important.

292
00:18:13,740 --> 00:18:16,740
But Dom is about to be given an assignment by his new boss.

293
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To bake a cake for someone Dom does not like.

294
00:18:19,740 --> 00:18:22,740
And before this cake comes out of the oven,

295
00:18:22,740 --> 00:18:27,740
Dom will have to decide whether to stand the heat or get out of the kitchen with his life.

296
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I've been working for Duncan's Bakery for the past 15 years

297
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and took great pride in my job.

298
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It was a wonderful place to work, only a few doors from my apartment.

299
00:18:39,740 --> 00:18:41,740
Hey, hey, hey, I'm in the...

300
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...favorite baker.

301
00:18:42,740 --> 00:18:43,740
How's your buns?

302
00:18:46,740 --> 00:18:51,740
But everything changed when the owner, Martin Duncan Sr., died suddenly of a heart attack

303
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and his son, Martin Jr., took over the family business.

304
00:18:54,740 --> 00:18:57,740
Give me a few minutes, Tina. I have some business to talk over with Dom.

305
00:18:57,740 --> 00:18:59,740
I have to declare.

306
00:18:59,740 --> 00:19:02,740
I don't want any clear, Marty. You know I'm watching my weight.

307
00:19:02,740 --> 00:19:05,740
Suit yourself. Go wait in the car.

308
00:19:06,740 --> 00:19:08,740
I never liked Martin Jr.

309
00:19:08,740 --> 00:19:10,740
I don't know anybody who did.

310
00:19:10,740 --> 00:19:14,740
As far as I was concerned, he was just a young punk at a silk suit

311
00:19:14,740 --> 00:19:16,740
who treated everyone like dirt.

312
00:19:16,740 --> 00:19:18,740
He was an insult to his father's memory.

313
00:19:20,740 --> 00:19:23,740
That is a good piece of bread, Dominic.

314
00:19:23,740 --> 00:19:25,740
But don't you go asking for a raise?

315
00:19:25,740 --> 00:19:27,740
I'm not asking for anything.

316
00:19:27,740 --> 00:19:29,740
That's what I like about you.

317
00:19:29,740 --> 00:19:31,740
You know your place.

318
00:19:32,740 --> 00:19:35,740
I need you to bake up something special for me.

319
00:19:35,740 --> 00:19:37,740
I'm throwing a party for Augie Bennett.

320
00:19:37,740 --> 00:19:39,740
You know who he is?

321
00:19:39,740 --> 00:19:41,740
He's a big shot.

322
00:19:44,740 --> 00:19:45,740
That's good.

323
00:19:45,740 --> 00:19:46,740
Big shot.

324
00:19:46,740 --> 00:19:50,740
Augustus Bennett just happens to be the most powerful man on the whole East Coast.

325
00:19:50,740 --> 00:19:52,740
He's a friend of mine.

326
00:19:52,740 --> 00:19:54,740
You do favors for each other.

327
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You understand.

328
00:19:56,740 --> 00:19:58,740
It's your business.

329
00:19:58,740 --> 00:20:00,740
That's a good attitude.

330
00:20:00,740 --> 00:20:02,740
It'll keep you healthy.

331
00:20:02,740 --> 00:20:04,740
Look, I need a cake.

332
00:20:04,740 --> 00:20:06,740
I want you to create a masterpiece.

333
00:20:06,740 --> 00:20:08,740
A big?

334
00:20:08,740 --> 00:20:10,740
Big enough to feed a hundred people.

335
00:20:10,740 --> 00:20:12,740
Is it his birthday?

336
00:20:12,740 --> 00:20:14,740
Uh, uh, uh.

337
00:20:14,740 --> 00:20:17,740
It's not his birthday. It's a personal matter.

338
00:20:17,740 --> 00:20:20,740
I took care of something for him and we're gonna celebrate.

339
00:20:20,740 --> 00:20:23,740
Just start baking.

340
00:20:23,740 --> 00:20:26,740
I need it, uh, first thing tomorrow morning.

341
00:20:26,740 --> 00:20:28,740
Okay.

342
00:20:32,740 --> 00:20:35,740
Yeah, he was a punk all right.

343
00:20:35,740 --> 00:20:38,740
But he gave me an assignment and I was set to carry it out.

344
00:20:38,740 --> 00:20:41,740
I was thinking if there was somebody I liked less than that punk Martin Jr.

345
00:20:41,740 --> 00:20:44,740
It was the guy I was baking the cake for, Augie Bennett.

346
00:20:44,740 --> 00:20:47,740
He gave the good people in our neighborhood a bad name.

347
00:20:47,740 --> 00:20:50,740
But I had a job to do so it was time to light the oven.

348
00:20:54,740 --> 00:20:58,740
I was about to go in the back when I first heard the strange sound.

349
00:21:07,740 --> 00:21:11,740
I figured it was just the metal expanding from the intense heat.

350
00:21:11,740 --> 00:21:14,740
Even though I'd never heard any oven sound like that before.

351
00:21:18,740 --> 00:21:21,740
That's good.

352
00:21:21,740 --> 00:21:24,740
I couldn't get Martin Jr.'s words out of my head.

353
00:21:24,740 --> 00:21:27,740
What kind of favor did he do for Augie Bennett?

354
00:21:27,740 --> 00:21:31,740
It made it seem like he killed somebody, but I didn't want to think about that.

355
00:21:47,740 --> 00:21:50,740
I'm going to get a little bit of a drink.

356
00:21:50,740 --> 00:21:53,740
I'm going to get a little bit of a drink.

357
00:21:53,740 --> 00:21:56,740
I'm going to get a little bit of a drink.

358
00:21:56,740 --> 00:21:59,740
I'm going to get a little bit of a drink.

359
00:21:59,740 --> 00:22:02,740
I'm going to get a little bit of a drink.

360
00:22:02,740 --> 00:22:05,740
I'm going to get a little bit of a drink.

361
00:22:05,740 --> 00:22:08,740
I'm going to get a little bit of a drink.

362
00:22:08,740 --> 00:22:11,740
I'm going to get a little bit of a drink.

363
00:22:11,740 --> 00:22:14,740
I'm going to get a little bit of a drink.

364
00:22:14,740 --> 00:22:17,740
I'm going to get a little bit of a drink.

365
00:22:17,740 --> 00:22:20,740
I'm going to get a little bit of a drink.

366
00:22:41,740 --> 00:22:44,740
I knew what I had to do next, so I did it.

367
00:22:48,740 --> 00:22:51,740
So what did you give me down here for?

368
00:22:51,740 --> 00:22:54,740
Why couldn't you just tell me what it was over the phone?

369
00:22:54,740 --> 00:22:56,740
I can't finish a cake.

370
00:22:56,740 --> 00:22:59,740
What are you talking about? Why not?

371
00:23:00,740 --> 00:23:05,740
I saw the face of the devil in the oven.

372
00:23:05,740 --> 00:23:11,740
You what? The devil's in the oven? Really? Is that a fact?

373
00:23:11,740 --> 00:23:14,740
What's he doing there? It's not warm enough in hell?

374
00:23:14,740 --> 00:23:17,740
You get back in there, you finish my cake, right now, or you're fired.

375
00:23:17,740 --> 00:23:20,740
I can't do that. There's something evil in that oven.

376
00:23:20,740 --> 00:23:21,740
Get out of here.

377
00:23:21,740 --> 00:23:23,740
And you don't come back!

378
00:23:23,740 --> 00:23:27,740
I'll make the stinkin' cake myself. What's the big deal?

379
00:23:34,740 --> 00:23:38,740
I came home to my apartment and told my wife, Sonia, what had happened.

380
00:23:38,740 --> 00:23:41,740
The devil's face in the oven?

381
00:23:42,740 --> 00:23:44,740
It's a warning. That's what it is, Dom.

382
00:23:44,740 --> 00:23:47,740
I don't know what it is. All I know is I can't work for that man anymore.

383
00:23:47,740 --> 00:23:54,740
It's okay, Dom. Honey, you're a good baker. You'll get another job. Come here.

384
00:23:58,740 --> 00:24:02,740
Dom, I think I know what Martin Junior did for that Mr. Bennett.

385
00:24:02,740 --> 00:24:04,740
How could you know that, Sonia?

386
00:24:04,740 --> 00:24:08,740
It's right here on the front page. Look.

387
00:24:09,740 --> 00:24:12,740
Crime Lord Jake Phillips burns to death in car body.

388
00:24:12,740 --> 00:24:15,740
Bennett crime family, blame.

389
00:24:15,740 --> 00:24:19,740
It's him. That's the face I saw in the oven.

390
00:24:21,740 --> 00:24:24,740
Hello? Yeah, he's right here.

391
00:24:24,740 --> 00:24:26,740
What?

392
00:24:26,740 --> 00:24:29,740
Dom, it's Connie. She said there's smoke coming from the bakery.

393
00:24:29,740 --> 00:24:30,740
You gotta go.

394
00:24:30,740 --> 00:24:33,740
Dom, be careful. He's on his way.

395
00:24:34,740 --> 00:24:37,740
The last person in the bakery was Martin Junior.

396
00:24:37,740 --> 00:24:40,740
I figured he must have burned his cake.

397
00:24:44,740 --> 00:24:48,740
God! Martin!

398
00:24:49,740 --> 00:24:54,740
There, baked inside the cake was Martin Duncan Junior.

399
00:25:00,740 --> 00:25:06,740
Evidence was eventually discovered that Martin Duncan Junior did indeed murder crime boss Jake Phillips.

400
00:25:06,740 --> 00:25:11,740
Was Martin Junior's bizarre death a classic example of gangland retaliation?

401
00:25:11,740 --> 00:25:15,740
But how do you explain the image Don says he saw in the oven?

402
00:25:15,740 --> 00:25:17,740
Is it an optical illusion?

403
00:25:17,740 --> 00:25:23,740
Or a warning from the soul of a violent crime boss out to avenge his own fiery death?

404
00:25:23,740 --> 00:25:26,740
Does this story seem to contain the recipe for truth?

405
00:25:26,740 --> 00:25:30,740
Or is it simply another half-baked lie?

406
00:25:31,740 --> 00:25:35,740
We'll tell you whether this story is true or false at the end of our show.

407
00:25:35,740 --> 00:25:41,740
Next, a young thief needs his lucky charm to avoid jail on Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction.

408
00:25:42,740 --> 00:25:46,740
There is no more responsible position in our society than that of judge.

409
00:25:46,740 --> 00:25:53,740
It's a job that takes the wisdom of Solomon, the patience of Job, and the common sense of Mark Twain.

410
00:25:53,740 --> 00:26:00,740
It's no wonder the judges we have admired through history have been a perfect combination of strictness and compassion.

411
00:26:00,740 --> 00:26:04,740
Troy Crane is about to face Judge Waters.

412
00:26:04,740 --> 00:26:10,740
Troy has never appeared before a judge before, and Judge Waters has never had a case like this before.

413
00:26:10,740 --> 00:26:13,740
The final verdict is anybody's guess.

414
00:26:13,740 --> 00:26:19,740
And now, the audience will come to order because the court of things beyond belief is in session.

415
00:26:24,740 --> 00:26:27,740
Troy Crane was a senior at the local high school in Butte, Montana.

416
00:26:27,740 --> 00:26:32,740
He got along well with the other kids, but lately Troy had developed a bad habit.

417
00:26:32,740 --> 00:26:34,740
When he saw something he wanted, he'd simply take it.

418
00:26:34,740 --> 00:26:39,740
Troy thought he could get away with anything as long as he had his lucky amulet, but he was wrong.

419
00:26:40,740 --> 00:26:44,740
That's him! That's him! That's the punk you robbed me of, boss.

420
00:26:44,740 --> 00:26:46,740
What are you talking about, man? I didn't do nothing.

421
00:26:46,740 --> 00:26:52,740
You smashed my case and stole a gold watch right out of my store. There it is, right on your wrist.

422
00:26:52,740 --> 00:26:54,740
You're crazy, old man.

423
00:26:54,740 --> 00:26:58,740
Oh, yeah? You're going to jail for a very long time, you young punk.

424
00:26:58,740 --> 00:26:59,740
Says you?

425
00:26:59,740 --> 00:27:00,740
Yeah, says me.

426
00:27:03,740 --> 00:27:07,740
On the day of Troy's court hearing, Troy brought along two things.

427
00:27:07,740 --> 00:27:13,740
His lucky amulet, which was tucked under his shirt, and his mother, who had raised him alone since he was a child.

428
00:27:15,740 --> 00:27:16,740
You okay, Mom?

429
00:27:16,740 --> 00:27:19,740
This is all a mistake. It never should have happened.

430
00:27:19,740 --> 00:27:20,740
I know.

431
00:27:20,740 --> 00:27:21,740
All rise!

432
00:27:24,740 --> 00:27:28,740
His mother believed in Troy because this was the first time he was ever in this kind of trouble.

433
00:27:33,740 --> 00:27:35,740
Be seated.

434
00:27:42,740 --> 00:27:44,740
Mr. Troy Crane.

435
00:27:47,740 --> 00:27:52,740
You're charged with grand larceny, a felony. I consider this a very serious crime, young man.

436
00:27:53,740 --> 00:27:57,740
Your Honor, may I speak, please? I'm his mother.

437
00:27:57,740 --> 00:27:58,740
You may, ma'am.

438
00:28:03,740 --> 00:28:09,740
I just wanted to say that Troy's my only child, and I've tried to raise him right.

439
00:28:09,740 --> 00:28:12,740
I'm sure you've checked and can see that he doesn't have a record.

440
00:28:12,740 --> 00:28:15,740
That's correct, but these charges cannot be ignored, ma'am.

441
00:28:15,740 --> 00:28:20,740
I know, and I'm so sorry, Your Honor, for my son's behavior.

442
00:28:20,740 --> 00:28:25,740
This is the first time he's ever done anything like this, until never do it again.

443
00:28:25,740 --> 00:28:26,740
You swear?

444
00:28:26,740 --> 00:28:28,740
I wish I could share it with you.

445
00:28:28,740 --> 00:28:30,740
There's something else, Judge.

446
00:28:31,740 --> 00:28:36,740
I know this is going to be hard to believe, but the watch that he's accused of stealing is really his.

447
00:28:40,740 --> 00:28:41,740
Mom, what are you saying?

448
00:28:41,740 --> 00:28:44,740
Quiet in this court. Please explain.

449
00:28:44,740 --> 00:28:49,740
I never told my son, but I was planning on surprising him with it on his 18th birthday.

450
00:28:49,740 --> 00:28:51,740
He never had a watch.

451
00:28:52,740 --> 00:28:54,740
I'm sorry, but I'm sorry.

452
00:28:54,740 --> 00:28:57,740
I was planning on having it with it on his 18th birthday.

453
00:28:57,740 --> 00:28:59,740
He never had a watch.

454
00:29:00,740 --> 00:29:04,740
And so I was making payments on that very one for the past eight months.

455
00:29:07,740 --> 00:29:09,740
I should have told my son.

456
00:29:10,740 --> 00:29:14,740
He pointed the watch out to me a long time ago, when we were together at the mall.

457
00:29:16,740 --> 00:29:18,740
I was going to pick it up this weekend.

458
00:29:19,740 --> 00:29:23,740
So you see, my son took his own watch.

459
00:29:23,740 --> 00:29:28,740
After telling me it's true, Mrs. Crane, it would have a dramatic impact on this case.

460
00:29:28,740 --> 00:29:30,740
It's all true, sir.

461
00:29:30,740 --> 00:29:34,740
I would do anything to keep my son out of jail, but I wouldn't lie for him.

462
00:29:36,740 --> 00:29:42,740
The owner of the jewelry store has agreed to drop all charges if I pay for the glass case for when it broke.

463
00:29:42,740 --> 00:29:44,740
Of course I'll do that.

464
00:29:46,740 --> 00:29:47,740
Please, sir.

465
00:29:48,740 --> 00:29:50,740
Let me take my boy home.

466
00:29:53,740 --> 00:29:55,740
I'm sorry.

467
00:30:00,740 --> 00:30:04,740
You're a very lucky young man to have a mother who cares for you like this.

468
00:30:04,740 --> 00:30:06,740
I know, Your Honor. I am lucky.

469
00:30:06,740 --> 00:30:11,740
If it wasn't for your mother's sacrifices and the love she's shown in this court today,

470
00:30:11,740 --> 00:30:14,740
I'm quite certain you'd be facing a jail term.

471
00:30:14,740 --> 00:30:17,740
I know, Your Honor. I made a big mistake.

472
00:30:17,740 --> 00:30:18,740
I'm sorry.

473
00:30:18,740 --> 00:30:20,740
I'll never do it again.

474
00:30:24,740 --> 00:30:28,740
I'm inclined to work out an agreement with a district attorney.

475
00:30:28,740 --> 00:30:32,740
Thank you. Thank you. God bless you.

476
00:30:37,740 --> 00:30:44,740
Troy felt he was off the hook thanks to his mother's heartfelt plea, and of course, his lucky amulet.

477
00:30:49,740 --> 00:30:51,740
What's going on?

478
00:30:54,740 --> 00:30:56,740
What is that on the floor?

479
00:30:56,740 --> 00:31:00,740
Oh, nothing, Your Honor. It's just my good luck charm.

480
00:31:03,740 --> 00:31:05,740
My hands must be wet. I can't seem to get a hold of it.

481
00:31:05,740 --> 00:31:07,740
Be able if I'd like to see that.

482
00:31:09,740 --> 00:31:13,740
What happened next? No one in that courtroom will ever forget.

483
00:31:13,740 --> 00:31:17,740
The strong chain has no weak links.

484
00:31:17,740 --> 00:31:19,740
May we be together forever.

485
00:31:19,740 --> 00:31:21,740
What's going on here?

486
00:31:21,740 --> 00:31:25,740
This gold amulet was a gift from me to my wife.

487
00:31:27,740 --> 00:31:33,740
It was ripped off her neck two weeks ago by a young assailant who I now realize fits your description.

488
00:31:33,740 --> 00:31:35,740
It was a brutal act.

489
00:31:35,740 --> 00:31:41,740
It was ripped off her neck two weeks ago by a young assailant who I now realize fits your description.

490
00:31:41,740 --> 00:31:46,740
It was a brutal attack that left a permanent scar around her neck.

491
00:31:46,740 --> 00:31:48,740
But I didn't do it.

492
00:31:48,740 --> 00:31:50,740
I think you did.

493
00:31:50,740 --> 00:31:54,740
And I think you misled everyone in this courtroom, especially your mother.

494
00:31:57,740 --> 00:31:59,740
Attorneys approach the bench.

495
00:32:06,740 --> 00:32:14,740
Because of my personal involvement in this case, I'm forced to disqualify myself as judge.

496
00:32:14,740 --> 00:32:19,740
However, Mr. Clark, I want to file new charges against this man.

497
00:32:19,740 --> 00:32:22,740
Felony Assault and Robbery.

498
00:32:23,740 --> 00:32:25,740
Bailiff taken.

499
00:32:25,740 --> 00:32:27,740
I didn't do it, man.

500
00:32:28,740 --> 00:32:35,740
After being identified by Judge Daniel Waters' wife, Troy Crane was found guilty of Felony Assault and Robbery.

501
00:32:35,740 --> 00:32:40,740
He's now serving at his sentence at the Youth Authority Farm in Bozeman, Montana.

502
00:32:40,740 --> 00:32:42,740
His mother visits him every week.

503
00:32:44,740 --> 00:32:46,740
What really happened here?

504
00:32:46,740 --> 00:32:50,740
How do you explain the chain breaking at the exact wrong time for Troy Crane?

505
00:32:50,740 --> 00:32:52,740
Was it just a coincidence?

506
00:32:52,740 --> 00:32:55,740
Or was fate tipping the scales of justice?

507
00:32:55,740 --> 00:33:02,740
In the end, a criminal was punished because the lengths of a chain pulled apart when he leased expected it.

508
00:33:02,740 --> 00:33:05,740
Is this story based on an actual event?

509
00:33:05,740 --> 00:33:08,740
Or are we just pulling your chain?

510
00:33:08,740 --> 00:33:13,740
We'll tell you whether this story is true or false at the end of our show.

511
00:33:13,740 --> 00:33:19,740
Next, a curse turns a beautiful woman ugly on Beyond Belief, fact or fiction.

512
00:33:21,740 --> 00:33:27,740
We've all heard expressions like, beauty is in the eye of the beholder and beauty is only skin deep.

513
00:33:27,740 --> 00:33:31,740
Yet the beauty business is a $100 billion a year industry.

514
00:33:31,740 --> 00:33:39,740
Every day consumers are bombarded with countless choices of creams, powders, lipsticks, lotions, all in the name of beauty.

515
00:33:39,740 --> 00:33:42,740
Jocelyn Marshall was once proud of her looks.

516
00:33:42,740 --> 00:33:45,740
She was not so much conceited that she was consumed.

517
00:33:45,740 --> 00:33:48,740
But things have changed for Jocelyn.

518
00:33:48,740 --> 00:33:51,740
Like many her age, she feels she's lost her looks.

519
00:33:51,740 --> 00:33:56,740
She's just invited a famous cosmetic surgeon to her home to see if he can change her face.

520
00:33:56,740 --> 00:34:02,740
At the moment she's so ashamed of her appearance that she's hiding her face with heavy creams and lotions.

521
00:34:02,740 --> 00:34:06,740
But the doctor is about to uncover the terrifying truth.

522
00:34:06,740 --> 00:34:11,740
As a cosmetic surgeon, I don't usually visit patients at home.

523
00:34:11,740 --> 00:34:15,740
But Jocelyn Marshall sounded desperate over the phone, so I made an exception.

524
00:34:15,740 --> 00:34:20,740
She told me she would never leave the house until the problem with her face was solved.

525
00:34:20,740 --> 00:34:23,740
I had no idea what to expect.

526
00:34:23,740 --> 00:34:29,740
Her bedroom was nicely furnished with various photos of a once pretty woman I assumed was Jocelyn.

527
00:34:29,740 --> 00:34:32,740
But what did her face look like now?

528
00:34:32,740 --> 00:34:35,740
And why was she turned away from me?

529
00:34:46,740 --> 00:34:48,740
Is this you?

530
00:34:48,740 --> 00:34:51,740
It used to be.

531
00:34:51,740 --> 00:34:54,740
But that person doesn't exist anymore.

532
00:34:54,740 --> 00:34:57,740
What happened? Did you have an accident?

533
00:34:57,740 --> 00:34:59,740
No, this wasn't an accident.

534
00:34:59,740 --> 00:35:02,740
This was done to me on purpose.

535
00:35:05,740 --> 00:35:08,740
It was going to be a special occasion for me.

536
00:35:08,740 --> 00:35:11,740
So I made an appointment with a makeup artist named Nicole.

537
00:35:11,740 --> 00:35:14,740
Everyone in my circle was talking about her.

538
00:35:14,740 --> 00:35:18,740
I have two beauty treatments, a day of beauty makeover for $500,

539
00:35:18,740 --> 00:35:21,740
or an ultra-glow enhancement for $100.

540
00:35:21,740 --> 00:35:28,740
Well, I certainly don't need a makeover, so for $100, just try to make me look even more glamorous.

541
00:35:28,740 --> 00:35:31,740
Whatever you wish.

542
00:35:31,740 --> 00:35:34,740
So, what's the occasion?

543
00:35:34,740 --> 00:35:37,740
My boyfriend plans to propose to me this afternoon.

544
00:35:37,740 --> 00:35:39,740
What a lucky man.

545
00:35:39,740 --> 00:35:41,740
Yes, he is.

546
00:35:41,740 --> 00:35:45,740
He loves me for who I am, and not just for my beauty.

547
00:35:45,740 --> 00:35:47,740
I'm sure that's been difficult.

548
00:35:47,740 --> 00:35:50,740
Well, looks have always been a handicap.

549
00:35:50,740 --> 00:35:54,740
Until I met Ron, I never met anyone who truly appreciated me.

550
00:35:59,740 --> 00:36:02,740
Okay, now I'll finish the eyes. Close them, please.

551
00:36:02,740 --> 00:36:05,740
Oh, don't overdo them.

552
00:36:05,740 --> 00:36:06,740
I won't.

553
00:36:06,740 --> 00:36:08,740
My eyes are among my best features.

554
00:36:08,740 --> 00:36:10,740
They are a mirror to one's soul.

555
00:36:10,740 --> 00:36:11,740
Really?

556
00:36:11,740 --> 00:36:14,740
Well, I think my entire face is a mirror to my soul.

557
00:36:16,740 --> 00:36:17,740
You may be right.

558
00:36:17,740 --> 00:36:20,740
Now you can relax while the foundation sets.

559
00:36:20,740 --> 00:36:22,740
Would you care for some tea, a nice herbal tea?

560
00:36:22,740 --> 00:36:25,740
No, nothing. I wouldn't want to smear anything.

561
00:36:26,740 --> 00:36:28,740
All right.

562
00:36:28,740 --> 00:36:32,740
Miss Sleeping Beauty, are you ready to meet your prince charming?

563
00:36:32,740 --> 00:36:34,740
I can't believe I've been here all this time.

564
00:36:37,740 --> 00:36:39,740
Oh, my God.

565
00:36:40,740 --> 00:36:43,740
What have you done to me? I look awful.

566
00:36:43,740 --> 00:36:46,740
No. You look fantastic.

567
00:36:46,740 --> 00:36:47,740
Gorgeous.

568
00:36:47,740 --> 00:36:50,740
You're kidding me? I look better when I walked in here.

569
00:36:50,740 --> 00:36:53,740
Okay. Calm down. I can redo it.

570
00:36:53,740 --> 00:36:55,740
I can make it any way that you want.

571
00:36:55,740 --> 00:36:57,740
Just forget it. You're totally inept.

572
00:36:57,740 --> 00:36:59,740
You wasted my time. You expect me to waste more time

573
00:36:59,740 --> 00:37:01,740
while you attempt to fix this mess?

574
00:37:01,740 --> 00:37:04,740
Excuse me. Nobody has ever talked to me this way.

575
00:37:04,740 --> 00:37:07,740
Maybe they were pretty to begin with, so what would they know?

576
00:37:07,740 --> 00:37:09,740
But I'll let them know.

577
00:37:09,740 --> 00:37:11,740
I'll tell everyone just how clumsy you are.

578
00:37:11,740 --> 00:37:13,740
You'll never have another customer.

579
00:37:13,740 --> 00:37:15,740
You are a vain and stupid woman.

580
00:37:15,740 --> 00:37:17,740
Pay the bill and get out.

581
00:37:17,740 --> 00:37:20,740
What are you crazy? I will not pay a dime.

582
00:37:20,740 --> 00:37:23,740
In fact, if you've done anything to harm my face,

583
00:37:23,740 --> 00:37:26,740
I will come back here with a lawyer and take this place from you.

584
00:37:26,740 --> 00:37:28,740
How dare you threaten me in my own shop?

585
00:37:28,740 --> 00:37:30,740
You're shallow and you're in yourself absorbed.

586
00:37:30,740 --> 00:37:32,740
I curse you.

587
00:37:34,740 --> 00:37:37,740
I curse you with the mirror of your soul.

588
00:37:40,740 --> 00:37:43,740
Perhaps you had an allergic reaction to the makeup she used.

589
00:37:43,740 --> 00:37:45,740
No, doctor.

590
00:37:45,740 --> 00:37:48,740
I came home and removed what was left of her makeup.

591
00:37:48,740 --> 00:37:51,740
I applied my own makeup myself.

592
00:37:51,740 --> 00:37:55,740
By the time Ron arrived, I looked beautiful again.

593
00:38:03,740 --> 00:38:06,740
Jossie, I've been thinking about you.

594
00:38:06,740 --> 00:38:10,740
Jossie, I've been thinking about our marriage plans.

595
00:38:10,740 --> 00:38:13,740
Oh, so have I. I've been looking at some European designers

596
00:38:13,740 --> 00:38:16,740
and I'm sure I'll make the cover of Summer Bride magazine.

597
00:38:18,740 --> 00:38:20,740
And I want to call it off.

598
00:38:20,740 --> 00:38:22,740
What are you talking about?

599
00:38:22,740 --> 00:38:25,740
It's just that I've noticed some qualities in you

600
00:38:25,740 --> 00:38:27,740
that I've never seen before.

601
00:38:27,740 --> 00:38:29,740
You've changed.

602
00:38:29,740 --> 00:38:31,740
I'm sure it was then that the curse began.

603
00:38:31,740 --> 00:38:34,740
Look me in the face and tell me you don't love me anymore.

604
00:38:37,740 --> 00:38:39,740
I can't.

605
00:38:39,740 --> 00:38:41,740
I just can't.

606
00:38:47,740 --> 00:38:49,740
I was in shock.

607
00:38:49,740 --> 00:38:52,740
I couldn't believe anything could go so wrong.

608
00:38:54,740 --> 00:38:57,740
Later that evening, after Ron left,

609
00:38:57,740 --> 00:39:00,740
I went to look in the mirror.

610
00:39:07,740 --> 00:39:09,740
Oh.

611
00:39:10,740 --> 00:39:12,740
I'm kidding.

612
00:39:22,740 --> 00:39:24,740
When I first saw my face in the salon,

613
00:39:24,740 --> 00:39:26,740
it was merely unattractive.

614
00:39:26,740 --> 00:39:28,740
Now it had grown grotesquely ugly.

615
00:39:28,740 --> 00:39:30,740
No wonder Ron turned away.

616
00:39:30,740 --> 00:39:33,740
For the very first time, I believed I had been cursed.

617
00:39:33,740 --> 00:39:36,740
I was repulsive to look at.

618
00:39:39,740 --> 00:39:41,740
This is Nicole's salon.

619
00:39:41,740 --> 00:39:43,740
We're on vacation for the summer.

620
00:39:43,740 --> 00:39:45,740
See you after Labor Day.

621
00:39:45,740 --> 00:39:47,740
You can leave a message at the bee.

622
00:39:47,740 --> 00:39:49,740
No.

623
00:39:49,740 --> 00:39:51,740
No, you can't be closed.

624
00:39:51,740 --> 00:39:53,740
This is Jocelyn Marshall.

625
00:39:53,740 --> 00:39:57,740
Look, I'm sorry about all the terrible things I said,

626
00:39:57,740 --> 00:40:00,740
but Nicole, you have to remove this curse.

627
00:40:00,740 --> 00:40:02,740
Please.

628
00:40:02,740 --> 00:40:05,740
You have to help me. I can't live with this face.

629
00:40:05,740 --> 00:40:08,740
Please. Please.

630
00:40:08,740 --> 00:40:10,740
Weeks went by.

631
00:40:10,740 --> 00:40:12,740
Nicole never returned my phone calls.

632
00:40:12,740 --> 00:40:14,740
My face was ruined.

633
00:40:14,740 --> 00:40:16,740
I tried all these creams.

634
00:40:16,740 --> 00:40:18,740
Nothing worked.

635
00:40:22,740 --> 00:40:26,740
Jocelyn, plastic surgery may be the answer for you.

636
00:40:26,740 --> 00:40:28,740
May I examine your face?

637
00:40:28,740 --> 00:40:31,740
Yes, please. You're my last hope.

638
00:40:32,740 --> 00:40:39,740
I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can see that can be done for you.

639
00:40:47,740 --> 00:40:50,740
I'm horrible.

640
00:40:50,740 --> 00:40:52,740
Why can't you help me?

641
00:40:52,740 --> 00:40:54,740
He's my friend.

642
00:40:54,740 --> 00:40:58,740
I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can see that can be done for you.

643
00:40:58,740 --> 00:41:01,740
I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can see that can be done for you.

644
00:41:01,740 --> 00:41:06,740
In your case, I'm afraid that plastic surgery is not an option.

645
00:41:12,740 --> 00:41:14,740
What do you think happened here?

646
00:41:14,740 --> 00:41:17,740
Was Jocelyn really cursed by the beautician?

647
00:41:17,740 --> 00:41:22,740
If her face was still beautiful, why did she see herself in the mirror as ugly?

648
00:41:22,740 --> 00:41:26,740
Was it simply her imagination that led Jocelyn to believe her face was hideous?

649
00:41:26,740 --> 00:41:32,740
Or was she somehow looking into her soul and seeing the ugliness that existed there?

650
00:41:32,740 --> 00:41:36,740
Do you think this story of vanity and revenge bears the face of truth?

651
00:41:36,740 --> 00:41:39,740
Or have we concocted one beautiful whopper?

652
00:41:40,740 --> 00:41:50,740
Next, you'll find out which of our stories are fact and which are fiction when Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction, returns.

653
00:41:50,740 --> 00:41:57,740
Now it's time to look back at our stories and find out which are inspired by actual events and which are works of fiction.

654
00:41:57,740 --> 00:42:02,740
How did you judge the story of the Blackjack dealer with a crooked past?

655
00:42:02,740 --> 00:42:04,740
Was this one based on an actual event?

656
00:42:04,740 --> 00:42:06,740
Who are you? What's your game?

657
00:42:07,740 --> 00:42:09,740
You're the one with the games, Dale.

658
00:42:09,740 --> 00:42:12,740
You remember George and Evelyn, Shaltel?

659
00:42:12,740 --> 00:42:13,740
Who?

660
00:42:13,740 --> 00:42:15,740
Yeah, it's hard to keep track of the names, isn't it?

661
00:42:15,740 --> 00:42:17,740
There's so many people you ripped off.

662
00:42:17,740 --> 00:42:18,740
I never ripped anybody off.

663
00:42:18,740 --> 00:42:21,740
You scammed hundreds of senior citizens out of their life savings.

664
00:42:21,740 --> 00:42:26,740
If you thought this story of a son's revenge was true, we gave you a raw deal.

665
00:42:26,740 --> 00:42:27,740
It's a hoax.

666
00:42:28,740 --> 00:42:34,740
How about the story of the taxi driver who decided to insult his cheap customers but was saved by a twist of fate?

667
00:42:34,740 --> 00:42:35,740
True or false?

668
00:42:35,740 --> 00:42:37,740
Triple non-fat latte.

669
00:42:37,740 --> 00:42:38,740
You're the best.

670
00:42:39,740 --> 00:42:40,740
Here, what is that?

671
00:42:42,740 --> 00:42:45,740
No tip. Are you saving your money for a base lift?

672
00:42:46,740 --> 00:42:51,740
If you thought this one was based on an actual event, we took you for a ride.

673
00:42:51,740 --> 00:42:53,740
This one is absolute fiction.

674
00:42:58,740 --> 00:43:02,740
What about the story of the baker and the deadly cake?

675
00:43:02,740 --> 00:43:04,740
How did you judge this one?

676
00:43:04,740 --> 00:43:05,740
The devil's in the oven.

677
00:43:05,740 --> 00:43:06,740
Really?

678
00:43:06,740 --> 00:43:07,740
Is that a fact?

679
00:43:07,740 --> 00:43:09,740
What? What's he doing there?

680
00:43:09,740 --> 00:43:10,740
It's not warm enough in hell?

681
00:43:10,740 --> 00:43:13,740
You get back in there, you finish my cake right now, or you're fired.

682
00:43:13,740 --> 00:43:16,740
I can't do that. There's something evil in that oven.

683
00:43:16,740 --> 00:43:19,740
Did our research show this was inspired by an actual event?

684
00:43:19,740 --> 00:43:20,740
Yes, it did.

685
00:43:20,740 --> 00:43:23,740
A similar event happened in the Chicagoland area.

686
00:43:28,740 --> 00:43:32,740
The story of the first time offender who was hiding his true criminal nature from the judge.

687
00:43:32,740 --> 00:43:34,740
What was your verdict on this one?

688
00:43:38,740 --> 00:43:39,740
What's going on?

689
00:43:46,740 --> 00:43:48,740
What is that on the floor?

690
00:43:48,740 --> 00:43:52,740
If you thought this one was a figment of our writer's imagination, you were right.

691
00:43:52,740 --> 00:43:53,740
It never happened.

692
00:43:58,740 --> 00:44:02,740
Now let's take another look at the vain woman who fell victim to a curse that ruined her life.

693
00:44:02,740 --> 00:44:04,740
Fact or fiction?

694
00:44:04,740 --> 00:44:08,740
I'm sorry, but there's nothing I can see that can be done for you.

695
00:44:14,740 --> 00:44:20,740
This story of a tortured soul is based on an actual experience that happened near the Florida Gulf Stream area.

696
00:44:21,740 --> 00:44:24,740
So how accurate was your radar tonight?

697
00:44:24,740 --> 00:44:30,740
We were able to zero in on the signals of truth, or were you lured astray by the camouflage of lies?

698
00:44:30,740 --> 00:44:36,740
One thing is certain. In searching for the truth, we are bound to discover answers that are beyond belief.

699
00:44:36,740 --> 00:44:38,740
I'm Jonathan Franks.

700
00:44:38,740 --> 00:44:45,740
The stories entitled The Cake and the Mirror of Truth are true based on first-hand research conducted by author Robert Traylans.

701
00:44:45,740 --> 00:44:50,740
For Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction, this is Don LaFontaine.

702
00:45:15,740 --> 00:45:25,740
The Cake and the Mirror of Truth