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Beyond belief, fact or fiction.

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Hosted by Jonathan Frinks.

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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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You must enter a world of both truth and deception.

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A world that is beyond belief.

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An interesting lesson and perspective.

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Take a look at the normal looking man in the background

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and the miniature childlike figure in the foreground.

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Is it possible they're really the same size?

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It's not only possible, it's an absolute fact.

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But sometimes facts can appear to be falsehoods and vice versa.

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So will you be able to determine which of our stories are true and which are false?

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We'll tell you which are which at the end of the show and remember,

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it's not an easy challenge, but then again,

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that's where we separate the men from the boys.

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There are a few things as beautiful as the glow of a candle.

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The warm glimmer of light has come to symbolize everything from religion to romance.

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The late mother of Caitlyn Woods designed this particular piece of sculpture.

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She was a talented woman who passed on to her daughter an artistic soul and a house full of problems.

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But the candle that lights Caitlyn's spirit refuses to go out.

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I was away at college studying criminology when my father was a victim of a home invasion robbery.

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When he tried to stop the thief, he suffered a massive stroke.

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How you doing daddy? You want some more?

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No, it's enough.

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Many months passed and my father's speech returned, but the left side of his body remained paralyzed.

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My mom had passed away years earlier, so I moved back to help with my dad.

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It's not right. It shouldn't be my nurse.

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You have a life, you should be living it.

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Daddy, we've been over this again and again. Would you just stop it?

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This is where I'm supposed to be right now.

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My father had no insurance and no money in the bank.

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There was no way he could afford the care he needed.

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I was all he had in the world and I was determined not to let him down.

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My mom was a wonderful artist.

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She always made beautiful gifts for me when I was growing up.

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Our home was filled with her creations, especially the beautiful things she did with candles.

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There was one that had an inscription on the holder.

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When you need to light your way, remember my love and let it sparkle for you that day.

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That was my favorite, but it was gone. The thief had stolen it the night of the robbery.

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Okay, honey.

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I'll be right there daddy.

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I took my dad out for a walk almost every day after lunch.

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It made him feel less like a prisoner and it took my mind off our financial situation.

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Our funds were running low and I didn't know how much longer I could take care of my father without getting a job.

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Remember this place, daddy?

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The first time your mom and I took you in there, you were two years old.

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Look at that. It hasn't changed one bit. Best mile high cake I ever had. You want some?

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Hey!

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Are you okay?

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Please, watch my father.

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Caitlin, what are you doing?

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Caitlin!

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Something strange came over me. Something that made me throw all caution to the wind.

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An invisible power seemed to be forcing me to follow him.

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Come on.

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I don't know how the fire started, but it made the thief run away.

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I was too weak to get up. I thought I would die.

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But then the fire went out all by itself. And then I saw it.

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It was the candle that had been stolen from our home the night my father had the stroke.

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Thank God you're all right.

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I'm so sorry, dad.

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Don't ever do that again, Caitlin.

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Look what I found.

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It's the candle your mother made you.

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Yeah, the junkie who stole my purse must have been the same guy who robbed the house.

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Caitlin, I'm sorry.

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Daddy, it's okay.

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I couldn't hold it.

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What's this?

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I don't know.

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Daddy, it's a diamond necklace.

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So that's where she put it.

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What?

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This necklace belonged to your grandmother.

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Your mother was going to surprise you with your own birthday.

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She never did tell me where she hid it.

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It sounds just like mom.

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I searched everywhere for this necklace. I never did find it.

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Now I understand what mom's words meant.

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When you need to light your way, remember my love and let it sparkle for you that day.

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I had the necklace appraised and we were shocked to find out it was worth almost a hundred thousand dollars.

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The necklace made it possible to hire qualified help to look after my father.

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He continued to recover and with his therapy, he's now almost back to normal.

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And I was able to go back to school and finish my law enforcement degree.

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My mother's candle did light the way.

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What's at play here?

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It's of course possible that the same person who robbed Caitlin's father also stole her candle.

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But who lit the candle during the struggle?

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And why did the fire that saved Caitlin's life go out so quickly?

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Was it a sudden gust of wind?

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Or the spirit of Caitlin's mother watching over her?

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Does this story seem to be the result of calm, reasoned, factual research?

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Or is it the product of devious writers who are burning the candle at both ends?

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We'll find out if this story is true or false at the end of our show.

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Next, a detective encounters the strangest witness of his life on Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction.

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Nature has provided flowers with many attributes.

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Their beautiful appearance, their fragrant smell, their delicate feel.

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And nothing adds to our sense of well-being more than a perfectly placed flower arrangement.

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Detective Russ Parker is not a man who fusses over petunias.

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He's a hardened veteran of the forest whose only use for a flower is to hide a wire tap inside.

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But he's just been called to investigate a death at a flower shop.

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And there's a familiar fragrance in the air.

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The scent of murder.

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I'd been working the murder beat in Tacoma for the past 15 years.

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Step back, folks. Watch your take.

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Thought I'd seen just about everything, but the homicide of Saito's garden works turned out to be the strangest one yet.

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What have we got?

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Male, Asian, about 60 years old, owns a shop, and got no witnesses.

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My partner, Dean Santoni, came over to homicide after only a couple of years with the department.

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He had a college degree, something I didn't have.

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He also had wild ideas, but I liked him.

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Oh, man, I just remembered.

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What's that?

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Oh, I gotta get my way some flowers at Saraniversary tomorrow.

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Congratulations.

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There he is.

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His nephew found him like this this morning when he came in for work.

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Any calling cards here, Bernie?

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No, no, the hose is clean. In fact, the whole scene is clean.

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Yeah, the killer was probably wearing gloves.

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No kidding. You learned that in college?

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The guy put up quite a struggle.

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The river did it, finally finished him with a guard nose, crushed his windpipe.

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The cash register was open, all the money was gone.

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So we got a robbery that got out of hand.

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And I'm not surprised.

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This whole neighborhood has gone downhill.

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The transience is a shame.

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It used to be a decent place to live.

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Not anymore.

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What did you say, found him?

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Ah, his nephew.

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Hey, he's pretty shook up.

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It's so horrible.

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I love my uncle.

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He was like a second father to me.

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He took me in and he taught me the business.

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Did he have any enemies?

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Everyone loved him.

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Everybody except the killer.

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Listen, if you can think of anything that might help, give us a call.

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Thanks.

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We're sorry for your loss.

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I'm here to find out if he suspects anything.

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I'm done here.

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You can take him whenever you're ready.

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No suspects, no witnesses, no prints.

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All right, let's round up some of the transients.

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We'll see if any of them have up their standard of living.

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I have a better idea.

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Why don't we put together a lineup?

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Lineup?

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How do we have a lineup if we don't have any witnesses?

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The plants were here.

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The plants?

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When I was in college, I took a biology class with a professor named Comstock.

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Now, he was, well, he was a little out there,

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but he had this theory that plants have the same emotions and reactions that we do.

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Where are you going with this?

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I know it sounds crazy, but Comstock hooked up a plant to a polygraph machine

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and exposed it to all kinds of different violent acts,

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like boiling a lobster alive.

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The needles went nuts.

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I saw it myself.

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The plant felt the lobster's pain.

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You're kidding me, right?

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You're telling me these plants know we're talking about them right now?

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All I know is what I saw.

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I know you're not going to tell me.

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I'm not going to tell you.

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All I know is what I saw.

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And the experiments worked.

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Look, we got nothing to lose, Russ.

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With no witnesses at all, I agreed to the crazy plan.

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Besides, sometimes you do something.

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Anything, and the guilty start betraying themselves.

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I made them do it after hours, though.

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I didn't dare use any of the regular polygraph guys.

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They would have laughed me right out of the station house.

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So, Santoni got his old professor to come in and set the whole thing up.

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As we got closer to actually doing this crazy thing,

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they started getting a ache in my gut.

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I didn't like feeling stupid.

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Are you ready, professor?

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You can call in your first suspect.

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I can't believe we're doing this.

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First man, step up, stitch your name.

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My rights are being violated. I want to see a lawyer.

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Shut up and say your name.

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It's Ray Deets and I didn't do nothing.

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Have him approach the plant.

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Walk up to the table and give us two profiles.

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All right, get back in line.

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Next man, same routine.

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It was no surprise to me that the professor's theory was coming up empty.

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As I figured, there was no unusual movement on the polygraph machine.

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Okay, that's good.

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That was the last one.

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You sure your machine's hooked up properly, doc?

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Yeah, it's hooked up right.

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Well, maybe one of your leaves was having a hard time remembering.

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Hey, what's going on? I saw the lights.

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Nothing, just a little experiment.

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Bus.

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So, um, you guys getting leads yet on who murdered my uncle?

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Yeah, actually we did. A real good one.

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See, a witness just turned up.

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Really?

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Well, I, yeah, I didn't know there were any witnesses.

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Yeah, there was a witness.

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And he just identified you as the killer.

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That's crazy.

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Why'd you do it, Steve?

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Oh, where are you going, Steve?

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I didn't kill my uncle.

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See, I think you did.

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After two hours of questioning, Steve Sado finally broke down and confessed to the murder of his uncle.

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His motive?

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An inheritance he didn't want to wait for.

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After he confessed, he asked me who the witness was.

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I told him I was sure he knew him.

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In fact, he probably even watered him a few times.

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Could this story be true?

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Could a plant really identify a murderer?

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Actual studies have shown that plants and flowers respond to outside stimuli.

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They even grow faster when they're talked to and treated with love.

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Does this story of the flowered jury carry the bouquet of truth?

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Or is it just another blooming lie?

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We'll find out if this story is true or false at the end of our show.

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Next, we'll find out if the story is true or false at the end of our show.

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Next, an escape artist is trapped in an icy tomb on Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction.

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Nobody has ever captured the imagination of the American public like Harry Houdini.

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Even with the modern spectacular heirs to the throne, many still consider Houdini the greatest escape artist of all time.

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Of course, in his own day, Houdini had his imitators and competitors,

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but the only ones who came close were Leonard and Philip Kirby.

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As we join their story, they're so sure of themselves, they claim they can escape from anything, including their fate.

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The first time Frederick Reigns saw the Kirby brothers perform,

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he knew they had something only the great ones possess.

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The fact was, Frederick had always dreamed of discovering an act that could achieve the same greatness as his idol, Master of Escape, Harry Houdini.

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But he never expected it to be two Houdinis.

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Frederick took the Kirby brothers under his wing, becoming both their mentor and manager.

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Unfortunately, he was only able to get the brothers' sporadic bookings.

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All the public wanted was to see Houdini, who in 1925 was at the pinnacle of his success.

250
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In spite of all that, word was getting out that the Kirby brothers could escape from anything,

251
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and no one could figure out the secrets of their death-defying stunts.

252
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Weihn nationwide.

253
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Where's my brother?

254
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Right here, Leonard.

255
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These were truly amazing.

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There was a dark rumor surrounding them.

257
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It was said that they had a curse on their heads,

258
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put there by a gypsy from a little-known town

259
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in East Europe.

260
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As punishment for stealing the gypsy's secrets,

261
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one of the brothers would die while performing an escape.

262
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Houdini this, Houdini that.

263
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I'm so sick of the great Houdini.

264
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Calm down, Leonard.

265
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I won't calm down.

266
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He's holding us back.

267
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He's a great artist, Leonard.

268
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He's earned his acclaim.

269
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What are you saying?

270
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That we're not as good?

271
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Of course not.

272
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Would I be here if I believed that?

273
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Buried alive.

274
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I mean, we can do this trick.

275
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We could do it faster and better.

276
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Leonard, what's the point?

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If we just keep duplicating Houdini's tricks,

278
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we'll never get out of his shadow.

279
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Philip's right.

280
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We have to come up with something different,

281
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something more dazzling than being buried alive.

282
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Then that's what we'll do.

283
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We'll show everyone, including Harry Houdini,

284
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that we're the greatest escape artists in the world.

285
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It took the Kirby brothers less than a week

286
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to come up with a trick that would surpass Houdini's

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buried alive.

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Philip was to be entombed in a coffin of ice for 24 hours.

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Leonard, I thought I was fine with this,

290
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but now that I see the ice, I don't know.

291
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Frederick, it's all been worked through.

292
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It just seems so dangerous.

293
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That's the point, Frederick.

294
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It has to seem dangerous, or it won't entertain the audience.

295
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Well, what if something goes wrong?

296
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It won't.

297
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Look, I'll be standing vigil for the entire 24 hours.

298
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If I see even the slightest problem,

299
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I'll release Philip immediately.

300
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I don't know.

301
00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:05,840
It's that ridiculous curse, isn't it?

302
00:20:05,840 --> 00:20:08,200
That one of us will die during an escape?

303
00:20:08,200 --> 00:20:09,100
I'm just.

304
00:20:09,100 --> 00:20:10,600
You don't believe in that, do you?

305
00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:12,960
I'm just worried about you boys.

306
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I won't die in there, Frederick.

307
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I promise you.

308
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Ladies and gentlemen, you are witnessing something

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that has never been attempted before.

310
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Not even the great Houdini himself could have imagined it.

311
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Welcome to Frozen Alive.

312
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My brother will remain entombed inside this frozen casket

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for the next 24 hours.

314
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Go about your business.

315
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But I guarantee that every time you return,

316
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my brother will still be inside this coffin of ice,

317
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frozen alive.

318
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The first few hours passed quickly,

319
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and Philip seemed to be doing fine.

320
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There was no evidence of the curse.

321
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With only two hours left, the curvy brothers

322
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were about to make history.

323
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And then something went terribly wrong.

324
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Help me.

325
00:21:44,600 --> 00:21:47,080
Help me.

326
00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:48,360
Are you all right?

327
00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:51,160
Help me.

328
00:21:51,160 --> 00:21:52,120
What is it?

329
00:21:52,120 --> 00:21:53,120
Help me.

330
00:21:53,120 --> 00:21:54,120
What's wrong?

331
00:21:54,120 --> 00:21:54,840
What's wrong?

332
00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:56,200
It's the curse.

333
00:21:56,200 --> 00:21:57,400
He's going to die in there.

334
00:21:57,400 --> 00:21:58,400
Let's see.

335
00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:17,680
How did we do?

336
00:22:17,680 --> 00:22:19,960
22 hours.

337
00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:20,960
Are you all right?

338
00:22:20,960 --> 00:22:22,440
I'll be fine.

339
00:22:22,440 --> 00:22:25,080
You see, Frederick, I didn't die.

340
00:22:25,080 --> 00:22:25,960
There's no curse.

341
00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:29,320
Leonard.

342
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To Philip's shock, his brother Leonard was dead.

343
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An autopsy was performed, but no absolute cause of death

344
00:22:37,560 --> 00:22:38,760
was found.

345
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Some suspected it was his heart.

346
00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:43,440
But Leonard Kirby was in perfect health,

347
00:22:43,440 --> 00:22:44,760
and only 23 years old.

348
00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:50,360
After Leonard Kirby's death, his brother Philip retired.

349
00:22:50,360 --> 00:22:53,440
Houdini himself died a year later from a burst appendix.

350
00:22:53,440 --> 00:22:55,840
But were the Kirby brothers really cursed,

351
00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,320
or was the threat of the curse enough to make Leonard's heart

352
00:22:58,320 --> 00:23:03,040
stop from fear, causing a tragic, self-fulfilling prophecy?

353
00:23:03,040 --> 00:23:05,080
Do you believe this story really happened,

354
00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:08,080
or is it just an escape from reality?

355
00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:10,480
We'll find out if this story is true or false

356
00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:11,800
at the end of our show.

357
00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:15,160
Next, an ex-con's life is changed by an old bicycle

358
00:23:15,160 --> 00:23:18,280
on Beyond Belief, fact or fiction.

359
00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:19,880
Bicycles.

360
00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:23,800
Like everything else, it'll make them the way they used to.

361
00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,400
This one made years ago was built to last.

362
00:23:26,400 --> 00:23:29,600
A new seat, some fresh paint, a few new parts.

363
00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:32,080
It'll be ready again, maybe not for a tour to France,

364
00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,680
but certainly for a local paper route.

365
00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:37,520
Nick and Kenny Morgant are about to come across this bike,

366
00:23:37,520 --> 00:23:39,720
and they're going to make some changes to it.

367
00:23:39,720 --> 00:23:42,480
But what they're really about to change is their future.

368
00:23:49,560 --> 00:23:51,640
I had just picked up my younger brother Kenny

369
00:23:51,640 --> 00:23:54,000
at the county prison farm.

370
00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:56,880
He needed some clothes, so we stopped at a thrift shop

371
00:23:56,880 --> 00:23:58,320
on the way home.

372
00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:01,520
Kenny had just done six months for a drunken brawl

373
00:24:01,520 --> 00:24:02,760
in a bar.

374
00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:05,880
But really, he wasn't a bad kid.

375
00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,360
He started getting into trouble after our parents died

376
00:24:08,360 --> 00:24:11,160
in a car accident 10 years earlier.

377
00:24:11,160 --> 00:24:14,280
It was real hard on both of us, but Kenny had a temper.

378
00:24:14,280 --> 00:24:15,800
We had no other family, so we just

379
00:24:15,800 --> 00:24:19,000
bounced around from one foster home to another.

380
00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:21,120
Hey, what do you think?

381
00:24:21,120 --> 00:24:23,520
It's you.

382
00:24:23,520 --> 00:24:25,320
Take it.

383
00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:29,880
Kenny drove me crazy, but he reminded me of our dad.

384
00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:31,520
You know, I was glad he was out of jail,

385
00:24:31,520 --> 00:24:34,080
but the bad news was I just lost my job,

386
00:24:34,080 --> 00:24:37,400
and I was going through my savings real fast.

387
00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:38,300
Hey, Nick.

388
00:24:40,800 --> 00:24:41,800
Uh, just a sec.

389
00:24:46,800 --> 00:24:47,600
Come here.

390
00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:50,080
Look at this.

391
00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:51,480
What did you find?

392
00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:52,240
Look at this thing.

393
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:53,360
It's a classic.

394
00:24:53,360 --> 00:24:55,480
It's got to be at least 50 years old,

395
00:24:55,480 --> 00:24:56,760
and they only want $5 for it.

396
00:24:56,760 --> 00:24:59,080
It's because it's falling apart.

397
00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:00,040
Look at all the rust.

398
00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:06,320
Yeah, it's a piece of junk.

399
00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:08,280
OK, so it needs a little work.

400
00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:09,600
We can fix it up.

401
00:25:09,600 --> 00:25:10,400
It'll be a blast.

402
00:25:10,400 --> 00:25:12,160
We can do it together.

403
00:25:12,160 --> 00:25:13,320
I don't know.

404
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:14,000
Come on, Nick.

405
00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:15,520
It's only $5.

406
00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:18,120
I'll pay you back.

407
00:25:18,120 --> 00:25:20,600
I liked seeing Kenny give a damn about something,

408
00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:22,280
and there was something about that old bike

409
00:25:22,280 --> 00:25:23,960
that was important to him.

410
00:25:23,960 --> 00:25:25,000
And he was right.

411
00:25:25,000 --> 00:25:26,840
You know, it was fun working on it together.

412
00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:28,640
It was like we were kids again.

413
00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:30,280
For a while, everything was OK.

414
00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,240
We were going out every day looking for work.

415
00:25:37,240 --> 00:25:40,520
It was pretty discouraging, but I knew I'd get something.

416
00:25:40,520 --> 00:25:41,680
Kenny was another story.

417
00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:46,160
Whoa!

418
00:25:46,160 --> 00:25:48,120
Just take it easy.

419
00:25:48,120 --> 00:25:50,000
I'm never going to get a job, Nick.

420
00:25:50,000 --> 00:25:51,920
No one's going to hire me.

421
00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:53,240
We'll give it a chance.

422
00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:54,560
It's only been a week.

423
00:25:54,560 --> 00:25:56,640
I've been in jail, Nick.

424
00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:57,960
Nobody wants me.

425
00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:00,240
Stop feeling so sorry for yourself.

426
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:03,560
Hey, don't tell me how to feel, OK?

427
00:26:03,560 --> 00:26:04,960
Fine.

428
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:06,400
I won't tell you anything.

429
00:26:06,400 --> 00:26:07,080
Yeah, that's right.

430
00:26:11,840 --> 00:26:14,600
That night, Kenny started drinking again.

431
00:26:14,600 --> 00:26:20,480
And with Kenny, one beer was one too many.

432
00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:21,380
Kenny, hey.

433
00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:26,520
You can't drink here.

434
00:26:29,200 --> 00:26:30,560
It's just I know.

435
00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,400
I know what you like when you start drinking.

436
00:26:32,400 --> 00:26:33,680
Oh, would you just leave me alone, man?

437
00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:35,200
You're not my dad.

438
00:26:35,200 --> 00:26:36,920
Do you want to go to jail again?

439
00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:38,720
Is that what you want?

440
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,040
You know, it ain't going to be six months this time.

441
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:42,360
It's going to be a lot more.

442
00:26:42,360 --> 00:26:43,280
Well, who cares?

443
00:26:46,520 --> 00:26:48,000
I'm getting out of here.

444
00:26:48,000 --> 00:26:49,120
No, no.

445
00:26:49,120 --> 00:26:50,000
Get off my back.

446
00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:50,880
Where are you going to go?

447
00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:51,800
Get out of my way.

448
00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:53,040
You're not even like this.

449
00:27:06,320 --> 00:27:07,320
Sorry, man.

450
00:27:12,040 --> 00:27:14,040
You got me too.

451
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:18,040
I thought it was broken.

452
00:27:21,040 --> 00:27:22,040
It was.

453
00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:35,040
That was weird.

454
00:27:35,040 --> 00:27:36,040
There's something inside the handlebar.

455
00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,040
I don't believe this.

456
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:49,040
It's the property of Johnny Morgan.

457
00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:52,040
Dad, well, that can't be.

458
00:27:52,040 --> 00:27:55,040
It's got to be another Johnny Morgan.

459
00:27:55,040 --> 00:28:01,040
It says, if found, please return to 1267 Maple Drive

460
00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:05,040
in Hackensack, New Jersey.

461
00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,040
That's where dad was born, Hackensack, New Jersey.

462
00:28:07,040 --> 00:28:08,040
New Jersey?

463
00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:12,040
This was dad's bike.

464
00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:19,040
We knew it was a long shot, but Kenny and I called New Jersey

465
00:28:19,040 --> 00:28:24,040
information and gave them the name Morgan and the address on the note.

466
00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:27,040
And we got the surprise of our lives when the person who answered the phone

467
00:28:27,040 --> 00:28:31,040
said he was our father's brother, Glenn.

468
00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:34,040
And we never even knew we had an uncle.

469
00:28:34,040 --> 00:28:39,040
Our father never mentioned them, and, well, Glenn didn't know about us either.

470
00:28:39,040 --> 00:28:41,040
Hi, it must be Nick.

471
00:28:41,040 --> 00:28:42,040
Nick.

472
00:28:42,040 --> 00:28:44,040
Hi, I'm Kenny.

473
00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:46,040
Kenny, nice to meet you.

474
00:28:48,040 --> 00:28:50,040
It's your dad's bike, all right.

475
00:28:53,040 --> 00:28:56,040
Our mom took this when John first got it.

476
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,040
He was just 16 years old.

477
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:01,040
Look at that.

478
00:29:01,040 --> 00:29:04,040
I can't believe you found this thing way out here.

479
00:29:04,040 --> 00:29:07,040
It was stolen in Hackensack 40 years ago.

480
00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,040
How come he never, uh...

481
00:29:12,040 --> 00:29:14,040
Willi never told us about you?

482
00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:20,040
Pretty stupid, really.

483
00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:26,040
Your dad and I started this construction company when we were both in our early 20s.

484
00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:30,040
Then we had this bad falling out, and he moved away.

485
00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:34,040
And we just lost touch.

486
00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:38,040
I never even knew he died.

487
00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:42,040
More than he was ever married.

488
00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:44,040
You never tried to find each other?

489
00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:45,040
Ha.

490
00:29:45,040 --> 00:29:47,040
We were both real stubborn.

491
00:29:48,040 --> 00:29:50,040
And the years just...

492
00:29:50,040 --> 00:29:52,040
passed.

493
00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:57,040
Look, I'd like to, um...

494
00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:02,040
I still have the company that your dad and I started.

495
00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:06,040
It's not the biggest in the world, but I really could use some help.

496
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:08,040
You want us to work for you?

497
00:30:08,040 --> 00:30:11,040
No, with me. What do you think?

498
00:30:12,040 --> 00:30:14,040
That'd be great.

499
00:30:14,040 --> 00:30:16,040
Looks like I got a job, Nick.

500
00:30:19,040 --> 00:30:23,040
Kenny and I moved to Hackensack and joined Uncle Glenn in the family business.

501
00:30:23,040 --> 00:30:28,040
And we didn't take a whole lot with us, but we made sure we took our dad's old bike.

502
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:36,040
A bike that had been lost for 40 years is suddenly found by the owner's son thousands of miles away.

503
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:38,040
Just a coincidence?

504
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:43,040
If so, how do you explain the bike's broken horn starting to beep just as the brothers began to fight?

505
00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:45,040
Another coincidence?

506
00:30:45,040 --> 00:30:49,040
Was the father's spirit residing somewhere in this old Schwinn bike?

507
00:30:49,040 --> 00:30:52,040
Is this story coasting in on the truth?

508
00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:55,040
Are we trying to pedal a lie?

509
00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:59,040
We'll find out if this story is true or false at the end of our show.

510
00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:05,040
Next, a teacher attempts to lift a curse off his star pupil on Beyond Belief, Fact or Fiction.

511
00:31:09,040 --> 00:31:12,040
Who can explain the mystery of music?

512
00:31:12,040 --> 00:31:16,040
How can a genius like Beethoven create masterpieces

513
00:31:16,040 --> 00:31:17,040
though deaf?

514
00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:22,040
And how could Mozart create full classical compositions at the age of five?

515
00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:24,040
What about today's child prodigies?

516
00:31:24,040 --> 00:31:28,040
Children who can sit down at the piano for the first time and play perfectly.

517
00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:31,040
Nathaniel Bourne is a musical genius.

518
00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:36,040
Since he was a child, he could captivate audiences with his musical gift.

519
00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:39,040
But can a gift be taken back?

520
00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:41,040
Nathaniel Bourne is starting to think so.

521
00:31:41,040 --> 00:31:45,040
And the thought is striking a desperate chord.

522
00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:53,040
I was one of the most successful concert pianists in the world.

523
00:31:53,040 --> 00:31:57,040
Everyone knew the name Nathaniel Bourne.

524
00:31:57,040 --> 00:32:00,040
I made my debut when I was only 11 at Carnegie Hall

525
00:32:00,040 --> 00:32:03,040
with New York Philharmonic under Leonard Bernstein.

526
00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:07,040
I played Chopin's piano concerto number one in E minor.

527
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:10,040
It blocked tears to Bernstein's eyes.

528
00:32:10,040 --> 00:32:14,040
The next 22 years of my life were like a dream.

529
00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:19,040
I sold millions of records and played in all the great concert halls.

530
00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:22,040
And then something terrible happened.

531
00:32:22,040 --> 00:32:26,040
While playing my signature Chopin concerto, I became frozen.

532
00:32:26,040 --> 00:32:29,040
It was an artist's greatest nightmare.

533
00:32:29,040 --> 00:32:33,040
Somehow I had developed a creative block and could not play.

534
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:36,040
You shouldn't be sitting outside in the rain like this, Nathaniel.

535
00:32:36,040 --> 00:32:38,040
You look at sick.

536
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,040
Doesn't matter.

537
00:32:40,040 --> 00:32:42,040
Don't be like that.

538
00:32:42,040 --> 00:32:44,040
Let's go inside where it's warm.

539
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,040
I've built a fire.

540
00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:02,040
I tried psychiatrists, hypnotists, and I was a little bit confused.

541
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:05,040
Hypnotists, everything I could think of.

542
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:07,040
Nothing worked.

543
00:33:07,040 --> 00:33:11,040
Then my wife Helena brought us back to Boston where I grew up.

544
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:14,040
She hoped this might touch things that would unblock me.

545
00:33:14,040 --> 00:33:17,040
But it just got worse.

546
00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:25,040
Gregory canceled two more months of concert dates.

547
00:33:25,040 --> 00:33:29,040
I'm not scheduled to play again for the rest of the year.

548
00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:33,040
I might as well tell him to cancel next year too.

549
00:33:39,040 --> 00:33:42,040
Why don't you call Martin Shiller?

550
00:33:42,040 --> 00:33:45,040
Martin Shiller? Why?

551
00:33:45,040 --> 00:33:50,040
He was your first teacher and you always spoke so fondly of him.

552
00:33:50,040 --> 00:33:53,040
Perhaps you could help.

553
00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:55,040
Martin.

554
00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:58,040
Martin was quite a character.

555
00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:01,040
I haven't seen him in years.

556
00:34:01,040 --> 00:34:04,040
I think the last time was at Lincoln Center.

557
00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:08,040
Yes, I remember he wore a Red Bull towel with a tuxedo.

558
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:15,040
You know, Martin first started teaching me when I was five years old.

559
00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:19,040
Martin always came exactly at five o'clock on Saturday.

560
00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:24,040
He'd bring a piece of chocolate and he'd tell me as soon as the lesson is over

561
00:34:24,040 --> 00:34:27,040
you may have the chocolate.

562
00:34:27,040 --> 00:34:34,040
I honestly believe I used to play better just knowing that piece of chocolate was waiting for me.

563
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:38,040
He must have been a wonderful teacher.

564
00:34:38,040 --> 00:34:40,040
I was.

565
00:34:46,040 --> 00:34:49,040
I took Helena's advice and called Martin Shiller.

566
00:34:49,040 --> 00:34:53,040
I set our visit for five o'clock on Saturday.

567
00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:56,040
I suddenly wanted very much to see him again.

568
00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,040
Nathaniel. Martin.

569
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,040
Dude, come in.

570
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:08,040
Right on time.

571
00:35:08,040 --> 00:35:12,040
Of course. A punctual man is a respectful man.

572
00:35:12,040 --> 00:35:14,040
Martin.

573
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:19,040
Good to see you. How have you been?

574
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:21,040
I could complain, but what would be the point?

575
00:35:21,040 --> 00:35:23,040
People hate complainers.

576
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:26,040
You haven't changed a bit.

577
00:35:26,040 --> 00:35:29,040
Huh? Let's get to work.

578
00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:41,040
This piano was a far cry from the upright I used to teach you on.

579
00:35:42,040 --> 00:35:46,040
As soon as our lesson is finished you may have this chocolate.

580
00:35:55,040 --> 00:36:00,040
I, uh, told you about my problem.

581
00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:07,040
Sit.

582
00:36:12,040 --> 00:36:16,040
Do you remember how we used to play together?

583
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:18,040
I do.

584
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:34,040
Play?

585
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:37,040
Even though it was just simple scales,

586
00:36:37,040 --> 00:36:40,040
something inside me was making it impossible.

587
00:36:42,040 --> 00:36:44,040
I'm sorry, Martin. I can't.

588
00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,040
Nonsense.

589
00:36:46,040 --> 00:36:49,040
The chocolate is waiting for you.

590
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:11,040
Give me your hands.

591
00:37:17,040 --> 00:37:20,040
There was an energy coming from Martin's hands

592
00:37:20,040 --> 00:37:23,040
that I felt throughout my entire body.

593
00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,040
No.

594
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:32,040
I felt like his hands were still there, guiding me,

595
00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:35,040
but I was on my own.

596
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:40,040
Okay.

597
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,040
Yes.

598
00:38:07,040 --> 00:38:12,040
It was impossible to measure the sense of gratitude I was feeling for Martin.

599
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:41,040
What happened next was totally unexpected.

600
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,040
Hello.

601
00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:50,040
Hello, Mr. Bourne?

602
00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:51,040
Yes.

603
00:38:51,040 --> 00:38:54,040
We've never met. I'm Martin Shiller's son, Stefan.

604
00:38:54,040 --> 00:38:57,040
Oh, you just missed your father. He left moments ago.

605
00:38:57,040 --> 00:39:00,040
That's impossible.

606
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:03,040
I came over to tell you why he missed his appointment with you.

607
00:39:03,040 --> 00:39:06,040
My father passed away in his sleep last night.

608
00:39:29,040 --> 00:39:31,040
From that day forward, Nathaniel Bourne,

609
00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:34,040
resumed his stature as one of the world's great pianists.

610
00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:36,040
But was it really the spirit of Martin Shiller

611
00:39:36,040 --> 00:39:38,040
that visited Nathaniel that day?

612
00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:42,040
Or did the entire incident exist only in Nathaniel's mind?

613
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:44,040
But then, how do you explain the chocolate?

614
00:39:44,040 --> 00:39:47,040
Wasn't that proof of Martin Shiller's visit?

615
00:39:47,040 --> 00:39:51,040
Does this story play out as a composition of harmonious truth,

616
00:39:51,040 --> 00:39:54,040
or have we hit a false note?

617
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:58,040
Next, you'll find out which of our stories

618
00:39:58,040 --> 00:40:03,040
are fact and which are fiction when Beyond Belief returns.

619
00:40:03,040 --> 00:40:05,040
Now, let's look back at tonight's stories

620
00:40:05,040 --> 00:40:08,040
and find out which ones are inspired by actual events

621
00:40:08,040 --> 00:40:10,040
and which ones are totally false.

622
00:40:10,040 --> 00:40:13,040
What about the woman whose family and very life

623
00:40:13,040 --> 00:40:16,040
were saved by a special candle?

624
00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:23,040
I was too weak to get up.

625
00:40:23,040 --> 00:40:25,040
I thought I would die.

626
00:40:25,040 --> 00:40:29,040
But then, the fire went out all by itself.

627
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:32,040
If you thought this story was based on a real-life occurrence,

628
00:40:32,040 --> 00:40:34,040
you're right.

629
00:40:34,040 --> 00:40:38,040
A similar story happened to a woman in the East in the early 80s.

630
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:45,040
How about the flower that caught a murderer?

631
00:40:46,040 --> 00:40:50,040
Hey, what's going on? I saw the lights.

632
00:40:50,040 --> 00:40:52,040
I thought I was dead.

633
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:55,040
What's going on? I saw the lights.

634
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:59,040
Nothing, just a little experiment.

635
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:02,040
Bus.

636
00:41:08,040 --> 00:41:11,040
So, um, do you guys get any leads yet on who murdered my uncle?

637
00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:13,040
This one has to be false, right?

638
00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,040
Wrong.

639
00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:20,040
Our research shows a similar incident happened in the New York area in the late 70s.

640
00:41:23,040 --> 00:41:27,040
What about the escape artists who couldn't escape their terrible curse?

641
00:41:27,040 --> 00:41:30,040
I'll be standing vigil for the entire 24 hours.

642
00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:34,040
If I see even the slightest problem, I'll release Philip immediately.

643
00:41:34,040 --> 00:41:36,040
I don't know.

644
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:39,040
It's that ridiculous curse, isn't it?

645
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:42,040
That one of us will die during an escape?

646
00:41:42,040 --> 00:41:43,040
I'm just...

647
00:41:43,040 --> 00:41:45,040
You don't believe in that, do you?

648
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:47,040
I'm just worried about you boys.

649
00:41:47,040 --> 00:41:50,040
I won't die in there, Frederick. I promise you.

650
00:41:50,040 --> 00:41:55,040
If you thought this one was phony, you're right. It never happened.

651
00:41:58,040 --> 00:42:03,040
How about the old bike that brought good fortune to a family torn apart for years?

652
00:42:09,040 --> 00:42:11,040
That was weird.

653
00:42:11,040 --> 00:42:13,040
There's something inside the handlebar.

654
00:42:13,040 --> 00:42:15,040
I don't believe this.

655
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:18,040
It's the property of Johnny Morgan.

656
00:42:18,040 --> 00:42:20,040
Dad.

657
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:23,040
Have you heard a story like this before?

658
00:42:23,040 --> 00:42:24,040
You may have.

659
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:27,040
A similar event happened in New England in the 90s.

660
00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:34,040
Let's have one more look at the story of the music teacher

661
00:42:34,040 --> 00:42:38,040
who returned from beyond to inspire his pride in the music industry.

662
00:42:38,040 --> 00:42:40,040
Give me your hands.

663
00:42:47,040 --> 00:42:52,040
There was an energy coming from Martin's hands that I felt throughout my entire body.

664
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:55,040
Now...

665
00:42:59,040 --> 00:43:02,040
I felt like his hands were still there guiding me,

666
00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:05,040
but I felt like I was in a state of depression.

667
00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:10,040
I felt like his hands were still there guiding me, but I was on my own.

668
00:43:10,040 --> 00:43:14,040
Did a similar story to this one take place? Perhaps.

669
00:43:14,040 --> 00:43:16,040
But this one has been made up.

670
00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:22,040
Truth and fiction.

671
00:43:22,040 --> 00:43:25,040
They often seem to be two sides of the same coin.

672
00:43:25,040 --> 00:43:31,040
And when that coin is spun, is the result fate, luck, or a combination of the two?

673
00:43:31,040 --> 00:43:34,040
Is it possible to determine the fake from the real,

674
00:43:34,040 --> 00:43:38,040
or are we dealing in a realm that is truly beyond belief?

675
00:43:38,040 --> 00:43:40,040
I'm Jonathan Frakes.

676
00:43:41,040 --> 00:43:47,040
The true stories on tonight's show were based upon firsthand research by author Robert Traylon's.

677
00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:49,040
This is Campbell Lane.