Beyond Belief - Season 2, Episode 1 - Full Episode | Forensic Files

[Music] things aren't always what they seem to be some things are beyond belief beyond belief fact or fiction
hosted by jonathan frakes we live in a world where the real and the unreal live side by side where
substance is disguised as illusion and the only explanations are unexplainable can you separate truth from fantasy to
do so you must break through the web of your experience and open your mind to things beyond belief
this drawing has been baffling people for nearly a century some of us see it as a fashionable young
lady and some of us see it as the portrait of an old woman so which is it young or old or is it both
tonight we will be entertained by stories that will be based on reality others will be totally fabricated by a
writer at the end of the show we'll tell you which is which but before warned the difference between
fact and fiction may be as invisible as the difference between young and old [Music]
the airplane pilot has been a fixture in the panorama of american heroes ever since the wright brothers
and no matter how sophisticated the latest computer flight technology becomes it's the image of one individual using
brains skills and guts to conquer the skies that appeals to the adventurer in all of us
michael rader's father was such a man he was once his son's hero his mentor his protector
and his son grew up to share his father's passion for adventure but nothing he ever did
would prepare michael for the strangest adventure of all [Music] [Music] [Applause]
[Music] i hadn't landed at this little airport in a long time it was a regular destination for my dad
in the old days all i planned was a quick stop this was one trip that wasn't destined to go as
planned as i walked up to rogers coffee shop a lot of memories came rushing by i've known roger since i was a little
boy so when he asked me if i would deliver a package for him of course i said i would
hey michael good to see you pal how about some coffee sounds great good there you go
hey listen i really appreciate you doing me this favor a lifesaver hey anytime roger you know i
think of you as family you know watching you run up like that it sure reminded me a lot of your father
yeah i think about him all the time yeah my dad was a great guy one of the best pilots i ever saw
yeah i still miss him me too let me get the package i'd almost forgotten about that photo of
dad and me it was a few minutes after it was taken that he gave me his wings it really upset me when i lost him a few
years ago [Music] [Applause] [Music] ah [Music] my god hey uh michael what's wrong
somebody taking your playing the hell [Music] [Music] a7 bravo come here a7 royal do you read me
a7 bro do you read me a7 bro come in [Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] what don't you play
where it is control he's leaking oil ain't gonna pull out of that oh no oh my god
it's empty [Music] there's no one in there [Music] yes it was all right come on get away from there
how could a plane fly itself that michael leave his engine running with controls on automatic pilot
if so how do those pilot wings suddenly appear in the cockpit wings that michael had
misplaced years ago were they suddenly jarred loose from some crevice of the plane by the crash
or is the explanation more mystical maybe michael's father's spirit did take the controls to save his son
from harm your challenge is to decide did this story really happen or is it just a flight of fancy
coming up a woman home alone fears for her life on beyond belief fact or fiction
[Music] a lock box a good idea if you're one of the 70 million people in the united states who
keeps a gun in your home whichever side of the gun issue you happen to fall on nobody wants to see
innocent people harmed tom north kept his gun in a box like this for years along with bullets
registration papers and a manual he raised two children through college without incident box was locked tight
and stored out of harm's way but the time had come now to bring out the weapon again
to help guard his house from unseen enemies this then is a story of a gun a premonition of terrifying proportions
and the deadliest enemy of all fear [Music] i knew that sooner or later tom would
want me to learn how to use his gun especially with everything that was going on in our neighborhood
it always felt so safe and secure inside our house but first the people down the block were
robbed then across the street and then our neighbors right next door suddenly it didn't feel quite as secure
as it used to feel tom had been planning to give me the gun for weeks he even took it out to a shooting range
so that he could make sure it was working properly but as for me i wasn't as strong as tom
in fact i wasn't sure i'd ever be able to pull the trigger boy if that were me i mean if i'd seen
that guy in this house you know i am so sorry i wasn't here you know the drakes woke up and found
him there this guy in a ski mask just rifling through their drawers inches away from them i mean this guy has
really gotten brazen did the police think it's just one guy that robbed all three houses i hope so
i hate to think our neighborhood had become a mecca for hordes of hoodlums just what kind of warped mind thinks
that terrorizing a neighborhood is an okay way of life look i just hope it gets figured out soon i don't think this
is a good time for me to be traveling maybe i should cancel oh honey look you've worked for this you've
waited we prayed for this promotion and now with the kids grown and out of the house
this is a perfect time for you to follow your dream still i'll be all right yeah
well i'll just make sure of that oh tom no no i'll just end up shooting myself i know it no this gun only shoots
bad people is that what your father told you and you bought it well sure he was a cop he wore a uniform
he carried this piece i i'd be nuts to challenge him i don't know i i don't understand these
things i mean i don't even feel comfortable being this close to a gun well don't worry about it we're going to
go out to a shooting range i promise you once you get used to using this gun you'll see there's nothing to be afraid
of look let's just forget about this i'm hopeless hey you did fine oh yeah i hit the
target barely it was your first time look and you will get better sure when i hope to god you never have to use this
gun but if you do you'll know how to handle it yes yes [Music] that night my anxiety and fear about the
gun was very heavy on my mind uh [Music] [Music] ugh [Applause] [Music] huh [Music]
[Music] no [Music] oh oh it was so real i kept pulling the trigger and it wouldn't fire well this gun is in
perfect working order well it's old tom i can't count on it no no my father always maintained this
gun he got very little use he always kept it perfectly clean and greased he did did he
ah this gun won't let you down it was just a bad dream i know you're gonna be all right tonight
no promises maybe i should cancel my trip no no no don't oh i have to deal with this and
you definitely have to work so don't be all right [Music] a few days later tom had to leave town
and i was destined to relive my premonitions of terror all over again but this time it wasn't a dream
[Music] [Applause] oh [Applause] it's me oh god i almost killed you [Applause] [Music]
i couldn't believe it the gun was going off by itself finding its own target in a stunning turn of events it had shot
and killed the intruder who had been hiding in our house all along [Music] the son who comes home from college in
the middle of the night finds he's forgotten his key and decides to let himself in through a patio door
ironically a genuine intruder had already broken into the house too how do you explain the fact that this
gun would not shoot the sun yet moments later it fires and hits the intruder could it be that this gun had a special
safety feature one that only permitted it to fire at a true enemy or is this a gun that has only been
fired by a writer's imagination next a painter possesses a mysterious secret power
on beyond belief fact or fiction [Music] what mysteries lie within the frame of a
portrait why do the eyes of a painting often seem to follow us as we walk across a room the fact is once someone
paints our portrait a curious phenomenon takes place there's a silent understanding that the painting itself
will outlive both its subject and its artist painter william corzine understood the
power of the portrait far more than most men for him it was a power that would eventually pose the question
does art imitate life or death art is an elusive and complex subject for centuries
people have argued over it attempted to define it redefine it all in an effort to describe it
for renowned landscape artist william corzine his foray into portrait painting produced a strange power he never knew
he had [Music] this is the story of an artist that by all awkward appearances seems to be blessed or cursed with a
very unique power one that would change his life and the life of his subjects forever
[Music] all finished [Music] oh william it's very lovely you can take delivery on wednesday
wednesday would you like me to post a bonus no i just didn't think it would be so soon
what was this strange power william corzine held in his hands what made his clientele so unique
and why is it that edith waterson just like all the others never picked up her finished portrait
maybe what if it's wrong it's not wrong you've been chosen you have a special gift
and as william's doubt grew so did his reputation his special gift passed secretly by word
of mouth to a very select group of people who all had one thing in common please
don't stop keep painting good news daniel [Music] portrait is finished i think you'll be pleased
thank you [Music] when can i expect you can take delivery on monday to all his subjects william was their
last salvation their last hope to halt the endless days of suffering agony and pain
can i help you um well i would like you to paint my portrait oh i'm sorry this is a private
studio i know look i i don't have a lot of money i can't afford to pay you much but i
really need you to paint my portrait it's not about money i'm just very selective about who i paint
mrs watterson said you would help me [Music] and he went about painting her as fast
as he could doing his best to capture her spirit on the canvas william was determined to end the
painful torment of this afflicted young lady who had come to him in her moment of need
[Music] it's finished your portrait is done something the matter no no it's good it's just
it's overwhelming i didn't expect it to be [Music] so powerful [Music] when can i take it home
you can take delivery on wednesday [Music] michelle's portrait would be one of his
most satisfying but it set off a chain of events that would tear his world apart
william corzine yes how can i help you it's about michelle taylor what about her she's dead
i want to ask you a couple of questions [Music] he learned he was the last to see her
alive michelle had died under very mysterious conditions they told him all about her and the
circumstances surrounding her death his mind raced with a thousand thoughts how could he have trusted her so
completely what's wrong amy i made a terrible mistake what are you talking about
the police were just here michelle taylor is dead but isn't that why you drew her portrait amy she wasn't
sick she was depressed because her boyfriend left her oh my god she was 23. she had her whole life ahead of her
but i painted a portrait and killed her [Music] william had one last portrait to paint
he worked endlessly painting day and night until it was finally done the portrait was without doubt william's
finest effort to date [Music] his body was discovered by his assistant the following morning an autopsy
revealed that he died of a heart attack was this a desperate attempt to escape justice or a final test for william
corzine an experiment to resolve his own uncertainty his own disbelief that a mortal man could possess a power over
life itself did william corzine really have the power to end the lives of his subjects
or were their deaths a logical extension of their extremely fragile states of health
if so then how do you explain the death of michelle taylor a young woman in the prime of her life
of course she was despondent over a lost love and deep depression has been known to
contribute to the demise of an otherwise healthy individually and what if william's final gesture
did he really take his own life by painting his self-portrait or had the gruesome circumstances of his
life become too much for his heart to bear could this story of an artist be inspired by actual events
or is this a tale of artful deception next two boys explore the life and death corridors of a hospital on beyond belief
fact or fiction an all-access pass is a precious commodity because it takes you wherever you want
to go everybody wants one yet they're only issued to a precious few people will pay thousands of dollars for
such passes at sports events rock concerts press conferences at a hospital it takes on a different meaning
only the most qualified professional personnel can be allowed to have one the rest of us can only guess what life and
death mysteries are hidden within the corridors of a medical center but with the help of this pass
two young men are about to find out the first time i met eddie was when we shared a room together at the county
hospital i didn't know too much about him only that his father was a doctor at the hospital and he was afraid of dying
they had him taking test after test but nobody would tell him what was wrong i found out later he had a heart murmur
but when this story happened all i knew about eddie's condition was that he was just like me
very very bored [Music] [Applause] [Music] eddie will you knock it off you're driving me nuts
99 channels and nothing on oh hi son hey dad yeah how you doing tonight kevin never better doc nothing nicer than
strained green beans for dinner i can sympathize at least it's dry in here so were the
green beans so dad being that you work here and all how about checking me out and taking me home
sorry one more day kiddo i thought you said it was nothing i'm sure it is we just have to run a
couple more tests sorry one more day right i promise hey i gotta go pick up your mom and chad
traitor sleep tights on all right later doc later mr o'donnell i have a feeling there's something my
dad's not telling me what if i have some kind of deadly disease oh that'd be cool that means i
get the room to myself what are you doing dad shouldn't leave things just lying around in his coat pocket
you stole that i prefer the word liberated we got gotta give it back your dad's not gonna need it tonight let's go
out and have a little fun of course if you're too scared you can stay in here all night and watch
infomercials look my dad's worked here ever since i was born i've been over every square inch of this hospital
i bet there's one place you haven't been hello relax the work [Music] [Applause]
shows up this is cool and this is your brain for maldives i don't think this is such a good idea
hurt me and you hurt me we can get in really big trouble for this oh this is excellent
oh rock on just chill let's see who's behind door number one what are you doing are you nuts no i'm
sorry i forgot you're afraid of dying that's it i'm going back somebody's coming hide quick
[Music] [Music] the ghost is clear go on looks like somebody just checked in that's it i'm out of here no no no no
not until you open it no way forget it come on don't be such a baby just open it every respect for the dead
i don't think our new friend's gonna mind i open it and we'll leave right yeah my solemn word
[Music] years [Music] [Applause] eddie it's you when i came to i didn't see eddie but i
could hear the nurses imagine dr anderson losing two sons both eddie and chad in one night what happened
oh a real tragedy dr anderson and his family were in a car accident last night he's fine and so is his wife the other
son chad died instantly so what happened to eddie well after the accident they brought chad's body to the
morgue eddie saw it last night and his heart gave out well who can blame him they were identical twins you know
[Music] i'll never forget eddie or that terrible night [Music] had eddie remained in his hospital room
instead of snooping around the morgue he might still be alive today his father would have had a chance to gently and
lovingly tell him of his brother's death instead the way he came upon his twin brother's
body so unexpectedly proved to be too much for his fragile heart to handle and all because
he went to the morgue a place he didn't belong [Music] did the fates conspire to bring a
curious boy and the body of his identical twin together at the same time or are we conspiring to mislead you
next a radio talk show host encounters a mysterious caller on beyond belief fact or fiction
[Music] this is jonathan frakes and you're the next caller if it's true that the pen is mightier
than the sword what then do we say about the microphone talk show radio hosts use this
instrument to reach millions with thoughts and opinions designed to provoke amuse influence
and shock all in the name of what they call good radio and despite the appearance of a
democratic exchange between a talk show host and his listeners it is the host who holds the balance of
power with the flip of a switch he can cut off any annoyance but what happens when that balance of
power becomes unbalanced when the microphone becomes the instrument of a living nightmare
is it still good radio okay line one you're on with kincaid all night go ahead hi my name is barry i
don't really live kincaid was the hottest thing in talk radio his late night show was so popular there
were plans of syndicating it across the country of course clive made his living at the
expense of others clive had no use for the people in his life especially his listeners
he thought of them only as numbers and with enough numbers his ratings would rise and he would get more famous
more wealthy and more powerful something like a flying saucer so you believe you saw a
ufo let me tell you something pal you haven't got a clue you're brainless you could sell space between your ears why
can't you believe it because you're an idiot you're about as bright as a two-watt bulb
what's it like going through life with the porch light on dim all i'm saying i was sitting in my
backyard wave bye-bye pal next caller you're on kate all night what do you want is this clive kincaid no it's ricky
ricardo whatever drugs you're on why don't you up the dosage i just want to make sure i'm talking to climbed
they're out there they are out there let's go to line three okay what's your question my questions
about your son robbie griffin what did you say robbie griffin remember him yeah time to wave bye-bye see you sonny boy
the psychos are out there tonight in droves we'll be back so stay tuned and don't touch that dial
clive we got a slight technical problem uh what are you talking about we can't hear the caller it sounds like
you're talking to yourself well i can and i don't want you to put those wackos through to me anymore
conscience is not the voice of god it is the gift of god [Music] cheap cookies they're all the same
no they're not this is clive kinkade and you're listening to kincaid all night it's me again hey only one call per
wacko per night wave bye-bye pal hey is anybody listening what's going on here do i get any help at all
come on next caller kate all night what do you want you never answered my question do
you remember robbie griffin yes i remember robbie griffin but if you think you're gonna take some name from the
past and screw with me you've got another thing coming wave bye-bye can kate all night talk to me
try all you want but you can't get rid of me why didn't you ever call or visit i don't get this i can't hear anybody
something is seriously wrong here okay okay let's deal with this all right why not i've always been honest with my
audience so i'll be honest with you listen i was passing through fort wayne indiana and i met someone we had a
one-night stand all right she calls me a few months later and she tells me she's gonna have the baby
so you never called or visited your own son no i went to see him once i was going
through fort wayne again so i looked him up i found him i drove over to where he
lived and there he was tossing a tennis ball up against the wall he looked just like me
i wanted to get out and meet him but i lost my nerve you left out a part i had a baseball
glove who is this it's me dad it's robbie robbie is dead he died last summer this is freaky man who the hell is
robbie i don't know but we got to get him out of there [Applause] clive clive live unlock the door
[Music] [Music] what's he looking at clive clive i better call artie now if you want
why don't you leave me alone i never wanted a kid i wanted a career damn it anyway
what would i do with the kid i can't believe this what's he doing he's losing it of course
i thought of you can't you cut him off i'm trying everything and the controls aren't
working it's okay dad you messed up you're not i know it oh you call me dad my son
is dead i wanna talk to you dad shut up shut up [Music] you are not my son get out of my life
[Music] who was the voice on the phone was it really the spirit of the dead son that kincaid had abandoned years before
something unusual was going on because at exactly 10 25 lightning knocked out the utility lines
outside the studio phone company records show that no calls at all were made from that point on
yet that was the exact moment that the mysterious calls from robbie griffin started to come in
by the way that was the last time that kincaid ever appeared on the radio a curious twist
because his show that night achieved its highest ratings of all time is this story of a radio talk show host
haunted by his past based upon fact it's your call coming up we'll find out which of our
stories tonight were fact and which were fiction when beyond belief returns now let's find out which of our stories
tonight have been inspired by actual events and which ones are totally false our story of the pilot whose plane took
off by itself and then crashed to the ground ultimately saving his life was that a work of fiction
[Music] you ain't gonna pull out of that [Music] oh no was this story inspired by an actual
event yes a similar event did take place [Music] our tale of the gun that refused to fire
at the sun returning from college how did you judge this one [Music] stop well this story of a gun that
wouldn't fire at innocent people was actually based on an incident similar to this one
and now the artist who seemed to hold the power of life and death in his hands was it reality based or false
[Music] i would like you to paint my portrait no i'm sorry this is a private studio
look i i don't have a lot of money i can't afford to pay you much but i really need you to paint my portrait
it's not about money i'm just very selective about who i paid mrs watterson said you would help me
[Music] if you guessed that there was an actual recorded happening of an artist that
seemed to have this power you were right there was and what about the tale of the boys who
lifted the hospital pass and used it to explore the morgue true or false hello [Music]
relax [Music] [Applause] [Music] eddie it's you this tale of a young man who confronted
the dead corpse of his identical twin and then died himself pure fiction what did you make of the radio talk show
host who was haunted by a phone call from his dead son [Music] is dead he died last summer
this is freaky man who the hell is robbie i don't know but we got to get him out of there
clive clive live unlock the door [Music] was there an actual story that we based
this otherworldly confrontation on not this time it never happened [Music] once again we've tried to demonstrate
the blurry line between fact and fiction were you able to separate the two and can you accept the fact that certain
truths defy logic and fall into the category of being simply beyond belief i'm jonathan franks
join us for more stories next time on beyond belief fact or fiction [Music] foreign
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This episode features the following cases: The Plane; The Gun; The Portrait; The Pass; The Caller.

Brief Summary

This episode features a self-flying plane, a gun that only fires at intruders, an artist with a deadly gift, and a haunted radio host.

Key points

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction. A journey through the blurred lines of reality and illusion.
The Mysterious Gun Incident. A gun unexpectedly fires, leading to a shocking revelation.
The Portrait's Dark Secret. An artist's painting leads to a tragic twist of fate.
The Power of the Microphone. The microphone can provoke, amuse, and shock, but what happens when it becomes a nightmare?
Clive Kincaid's Dark Past. Kincaid confronts a caller claiming to be his dead son, Robbie, leading to a chilling revelation.
The Mysterious Calls. After a power outage, Kincaid receives calls from Robbie Griffin, raising questions about reality.

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Episode quotes

Things beyond belief.

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