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

[Music] can we really believe what we see we're about to find out beyond belief fact or fiction
[Music] hosted by jonathan frakes [Music] 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 is an expression we've seen countless times you probably think it says i love
paris in the springtime that's only what our eyes tell us let's read it one more time word for
word notice the extra the once again we have been fooled by our own perception tonight we present some intriguing
stories that will challenge our perception of fact and fiction we'll find out which ones are real at
the end of the show so let's travel now to the world of beyond belief a world as magical as
paris in the the springtime almost every boy at one time or another wants to become a fireman
and why not firefighters are constant reminders of heroic behavior risking life and limb on a daily basis
to protect us and our property and they get to ride on a red truck too stevie hansen hung out with the men of
his neighborhood firehouse they taught him to polish the truck check the equipment and slide down the
pole and then there was the day he was the one who taught them [Music] the man at station 32 didn't mind little
stevie hanging around in fact he became sort of a mascot if he were a dalmatian they would have adopted
him but stevie and fireman parks had a special relationship he and his wife were unable to have
children so stevie became a surrogate [Laughter] son all right i know i'm new here but we never blasted
the siren inside the station at my old post sorry captain hey you know uh stevie hansen here well
guess what today's his birthday he's 10 years old today oh yeah happy birthday son
he's been hanging out here since he was about six years old yeah he wants to be a fireman
like his buddy mr parks well this is a fire station not a playstation understood yes sir sir
got me fired must be pretty cool to run one of these things oh i think you can take me for a ride
sometime hey you heard what the captain said you need to wait till you're old enough
to become a fireman well how old were you when you joined uh 19. well then that's when i'm going
to join attaboy okay we'll see you around kiddo hey thanks for the great birthday party
see you later buddy i want to be just like you mr parks hey shouldn't you be polishing something
oh [Music] [Music] i'm coming in hey what's going on stevie the house is on fire 33 hemingway lane
people are chopped inside roger hurry oh that's tv stephen wait stevie what's going on what's all the commotion
we got a fire on hemingway lane what we didn't get an alarm no sir uh stevie was here and he said he saw smoke
stevie no not that little kid again captain uh i know this kid he wouldn't lie if he says there's a fire there's a fire
trust me all right go check it out ah take the small truck and it's just better not be a prank
stevie what are you doing here i came out listen there's one in the bedroom two upstairs and two in the kitchen i
tried to get him out but the fire was just too hot stevie might have been only 10 but he
acted like a real professional it wasn't about fun and games anymore he knew what was at stake
dispatch squad 21 station 32 we have a stolen structure fire at 33 hemingway lane we spawn immediately
okay stevie listen up buddy i need you to give me a hand when i give the word you pull down on
this lever right here okay count on me okay oh buddy now come on that's good [Music]
it did good buddy it did good now these people here would have made it out without you we make a good team
right you got that right partner you're a real fireman now stevie regular hero hey parks you better get
over there [Music] anybody make it out okay all but one roger's steaming he died of smoke inhalation
oh my god stevie no no no stevie oh god no was this an out of body experience when
stevie came to alert the station house about the fire was he already dead did roger only
imagine that he was talking to stevie seconds before he discovered his dead body
or maybe stevie was destined to be an angel whose job it was to save the lives of people who would have otherwise
perished a true story of faithful proportions or simply a false alarm the answer
at the end of our show next two parents a new babysitter and a night of terror on beyond belief
fact or fiction in the age of communication we can always be reached our kitchens are posted work numbers
pager numbers car phone numbers emergency numbers neighbors numbers but all this seeming security can't
change the one apprehension we all share anything can happen when we're gone and
if you're nervous parents like joseph and sarah drummer leaving your child in the care of a new
babysitter your fears multiply the fact is no matter how well you set up your lines of
communication our true security is not in the hands of the people we hire it's in the hands of fate
boy you sure have a lot of stuff you sure you're not moving in no i have a major term paper dude that's
why you caught me home on a saturday night well we really appreciate you babysitting on such short notice
here we go come on in honey we're home oh this is the first evening we're actually
gonna go out oh he's such a darling baby he has a little ear infection so he may be a
little cranky but he has everything you need here and when he goes down his nursery's
right down the hall okay i'm gonna go get a coat huh if you need anything our number's on the fridge okay
okay anything else wanna go to sarah uh kee keep the doors locked and don't answer them no matter what
yes and if the phone rings don't answer it listen to the machine and if it's us pick it up
don't worry when matthew's awake he'll have my full attention and when he's asleep i'll be too busy
working on my computer to even raise your fridge thanks for understanding sure thank you
call us if you need anything absolutely say bye say bye i'm being a nervous minnie aren't i
mm-hmm i'm being one of those mothers i said i'd never be look i play call her dad he seems like a
really nice guy and she seems like she's really responsible so can we just try to enjoy ourselves
okay okay i can't get my coat from the back okay oh sarah forgot her computer oh
we can't just leave it in the car no and she needs it to finish her term paper here you better call her
machine's huh hi sarah it's mrs drummer pick up sarah sarah sarah are you there sarah
sarah um we'll be right back thanks [Music] something's wrong oh my god what could
have happened i don't know you stay here and call the police my god everybody's all right
oh thank god you're safe it's okay it's all right okay you're all right is she okay oh my god
he came out i don't know i was doing my term paper and then he was on me did he hurt you no i'm i'm fine
i was really just worried about the baby he was only interested in your stuff we're just lucky that you left your
computer in our car what are you talking about you left your computer in the baby seat and so janet
called to make sure you didn't need it now when no one picked up the phone that's why we decided to drive back
but i have my computer no one no really he put it in his bag [Music] come on let's go
what happened here how could both mr and mrs drummer have seen the computer in their back seat
when it was in their home all along could it have been an optical illusion caused by some
odd convergence of light and shadow or was it some other worldly message sent as a warning beacon to lead them
back to their home perhaps the answer was created by one of our own writers working at home
on her own computer find out at the end of our show next a mystery date on beyond belief
for the modern romeo the computer microchip has replaced the little black book enough names numbers and statistics can
be stored here to accommodate the most active social life but all the information about the opposite sex is
meaningless unless it's accompanied by an understanding of the heart that's a lesson that the playboy in our
next story is about to learn [Music] yes last weekend was special to me too baby
look i'm sorry i didn't show up last night but something came up and my dear old aunt was sick but i
swear i'm gonna make it up to you sylvia okay [Music] denise denise i meant denise i swear to
god sugar i meant denise curtis wasn't the kind of man to let one slip up derail him
he had hundreds of numbers of hundreds of women but in a few moments he will go to the
door and meet florence wheeler and of all the women curtis has ever known she will be the one he will never forget
natalie my sweet natalie rose well hello hello i know you just moved in and i'd like to welcome you to the
neighborhood i live across the street the girl next door florence wheeler pleased to meet you
curtis what are you psychic or something how do you know my name the truth i saw it on your moving cartons well
would you like to come inside see what i've done with the house i'd like that maybe some other time i
better be going hey um i know it's uh kind of sudden but would you like to have dinner tonight
i'm a good cook okay i'll whip up one of my specials in your honor a man who cooks i think i like that good
i'll see you at seven the girl next door that's what i got from prime real estate
[Music] that night at dinner everything seemed perfect normally curtis had a technique a little
dining a little wine and then another conquest added to his impressive list but this night would end differently and
the difference was florence wheeler she taught you well i just love what you did with the house
thank you baby you know they tell me i have a magic you're not leaving already are you yes
it's time to go but it's so early i guess i'm just an old-fashioned girl i wanted to ask you a question how is it
a fine fine fine fine fine foxy classy lady like yourself doesn't have a boyfriend
what makes you think i don't how about i walk you home it's very gentlemanly of you but i just live across the way
remember thank you for the wonderful evening my pleasure i enjoy your company good night
what followed were days and nights filled with a feeling curtis never knew before
this time it wasn't a fling it was love the chemistry between curtis and florence was just like all the romantic
novels and movies he had always laughed at but suddenly he didn't want anybody or anything
other than florence and for the first time he could remember curtis was not the most important thing
in his own life and yet as perfect as it all was with florence there always seemed to be something else
something going on inside florence my life has completely changed in the past couple of weeks
i've never felt more at ease more myself with a woman and a beautiful woman at that you
complete me baby i guess what i'm trying to say is you're the best thing that's ever happened to
me quite the romantic so tell me how is it that a man like you isn't married i was waiting for you florence
and now that i found you i'm never gonna let you go i just want to be cautious i had a fiance who cheated on me
it's taken me a long time to get over him but i think i'm finally ready to meet the right man
the right man huh yes someone who's loyal someone who makes me feel like i'm the only
woman in the world does that fit your description curtis to a t i'm a one-woman man
[Music] the next night was a fateful one for curtis because he couldn't see how close
florence was to his bedroom door and that she was listening to every word he was saying
no no not here how about your place we can recreate that weekend cabin thing huh
okay fine then tomorrow all right i can't wait to see your final foxy face all right i love you
wait wait you know what you think i don't wait i can explain no explanations it's over curtis
curtis tried to find her to apologize he went to the house he had seen her go to
so many times hurt and confused he knew he had violated the trust florence held sacred
and now he couldn't even find her to beg her forgiveness excuse me yeah i'm looking for florence
wheeler well there's no one here by the name she told me she lived across the street
no not here minister james has lived here all alone for the last 25 years but that can't be
at that moment curtis saw florence heading into the church just as he saw her why she seemed to
vanish a million thoughts were racing through his head he had never been in this
church before even though it was right across the street and then it suddenly struck him florence
wheeler said she lived across the street [Music] what in god's name so our casanova loses the love of his
life because he couldn't stay true one can only hope he will treat others with more honesty and respect than the
future but did this story really happen was florence really a ghost or a flesh and blood person who chose to
leave on her own terms but then how do you explain the gravestone with her name on it
could it have been her mother's grave or her sister's or maybe there is no explanation
is this story of the man with the roving eye true are we just playing around the answer at
the end of our show coming up an unexpected discovery leads a young man to a mysterious mansion on
beyond belief fact or fiction [Music] if you've ever lost a wallet you're immediately jolted by how much else
you've lost aside from cash and precious photos you can find yourself without authorization to drive travel shop or
even be admitted to a hospital so what is your obligation if you find a wallet how far would you go to make sure
that it's returned to its rightful owner jason is a young man with very little in
the way of material things he's been raised by foster parents and is working hard to get into college
he's about to come across a lost wallet and what he chooses to do with that discovery will certainly change its day
in fact it may change the very course of his life nice nice finger to grab buddy orphaned
from the time of birth jason was far from wealthy his foster parents couldn't afford college so he
was hoping for an athletic scholarship he spent every day perfecting his past catching skills
but this day would be different let's try one long now forget it you're fanatic about this
stuff you're talking about it's called practice man yeah well i'm tired and i'm hungry okay
yeah well i'm broke and i need a scholarship so get that silver spoon how do you go oh dude all right all
right and give me a pass come on bro [Applause] bro what are you okay yeah i'm sorry not too good
man look at this credit cards credit cards driver's license henry nieman hancock park that's not too
far from here are you nuts the money's gone he's gonna think he's stolen come in with me or
what no no i'm not there's any more wallets around here jason had been down this street before
but this time he had a strange feeling inside almost a sense of foreboding the people who lived on this block were
very unlike him they were comfortable they had families and they knew what tomorrow would bring
something was drawing jason to the address he found in the wallet drawing him there
against his own will [Music] jason didn't know what to expect and it turned out what was waiting for him was
the unexpected [Music] yes i'm looking for mr neiman mr neiman yeah i i found his wallet
i'd appreciate your stepping inside please sure [Music] wait here a moment i'll get mr arnold
mr arnold i need to see mr neiman who's arnold [Music] there was a smell of must and mildew in
the air the appointments in this home were expensive but they had the look of objects that had gone
unappreciated for years what's this about her wallet who are you i'm preston arnold mr neiman's attorney
oh i i found mr neiman's wallet i just wanted to return it to him jason was starting to feel that he had
made a huge mistake all he wanted to do was return a wallet suddenly he felt as if he had opened a
door that should have remained closed but his biggest shock was yet to come this
looks new did you notice yeah i guess i mean i didn't you know at first but i guess it does
cards are expired each one of them i didn't investigate the stuff i just found the wallet and i wanted to return
it no good deed goes unpunished what does that mean a joke i went right over my head
i'd like to try to figure this out with your help i don't know what else i can tell you
this place where you found the wallet a park neighborhood park what were you doing there
i cut through there on my way home from school that's where i practice what difference does it make who are your
people my people what do you think i'm an alien your mother your father what difference does
this make who put you up to this put me up to this look if you think i want something forget it
i found a wallet i wanted to return it it was the right thing to do i'm out of here sit down young man
[Music] [Applause] [Music] wait we're not finished yet mr neiman is dead he died two years ago
what do you think you're asking me sir you were with the neimans when henry's brother was still alive
that boy is his spitting image same kind of tude sir though my personal favorite
that boy could we find him again oh yes sir the colors of his jacket are those of
the local high school shouldn't be a problem then imagine after searching all these years
for a living relative something else isn't it sir that he might be the only heir to henry's 40
million dollar estate indeed it is something else the strong family resemblance was
unmistakable jason was the missing heir a needy young man without a family will now inherit a fortune from a relative
he never knew existed what collusion of circumstances allowed jason to find that
wallet at that time in that location and if mr neiman was housebound for two years
before his death how did the wallet get outside in the first place did some undetected thief break into the
neiman house years ago steal the wallet and ditch it in the grass or did fate place that wallet there for
jason to when you dig for the truth in this story will you find the contents empty the
answer at the end of our show next the sting of a snake on beyond belief fact for fiction
[Music] meet one of nature's most feared reviled and dangerous creatures our hatred for this reptile goes all the
way back to the garden of civilization yet to the serpent's credit they rarely choose to venture into our world
we more often are the invaders of theirs and once we become the intruder should we really be surprised
if we should encounter a snake in the grass a family by a lake setting up for a few
carefree days in the great outdoors but they were about to encounter something others had experienced here
the mysterious legend of the lake you know i don't think that goes there maybe we should flip it over the other
one well there are different shapes at either end and neither one of them is going to fit in that slot
what do you think well i was thinking maybe we could like put it all on the side you were thinking
that huh you were thinking oh man come on you guys okay we're nowhere maybe we should read the manual there's
no challenge then honey see if you can find the booklet in that bag will ya sure
manual doesn't look anything like this there you go well if i stop now there may be no going back
this doesn't even look like it belongs to this tank [Music] all right let's start over
i'm gonna hook the worms how does one catch a worm do you need a trap or bait they are the bee oh okay
yuck listen don't go too far i'm gonna make lunch soon you who cooked the fish dad and i catch
yeah he's optimistic nature cool yes oh man at that whoa oh tense up yeah good hon
i'm starving that's the outdoors working with our hands creates a lusty [Music] appetite
stop it gets in the way of my chewing it's way after lunch time isn't it where's randy how long does it take to
catch a worm well i guess it depends on the warm technique and if you read the word
manual no seriously i'm getting a little worried randy [Music] randy [Music] i'm sure he'll be fine
i'll go get him i'll come with you [Music] brothers [Music] randy oh it's gonna be okay
stay calm let me see he nailed you pretty good i can't feel my hand don't move don't move that's the poison
paralyzing the muscles don't move yet you don't want to help the poison spread am i gonna die no no i'll help you
he's not answering he's gonna be fine he's gonna be fine you're gonna be all right i'm a doctor
now let's take a deep breath shall we okay like this good we're never gonna find him like
this we've gotta get some help the cell phone's back at camp come on take your bandana off
help me i can't move my arms you can do it tie it around your wrist above the bite
that's good tie it very tight how do you feel kind of dizzy and we can't quit yet
okay there's a first aid kit in the pouch right behind me there's a pump a yellow pump that's what
we need yes that's it sit down okay now put the suction cup right over the bite and can you pull the plunger out
good now i'm going to ask you to push it down and it's going to pull your skin up but it won't hurt i promise hold up
that's right pull it with your teeth good very good very good keep going [Music]
hey where'd he go [Music] [Applause] um come on boy [Applause] mom mom hey guys he's over here
i just gave him anti-venom he's not showing any signs of violent aggressive reaction
you're gonna be all right randy i gotta say i'm impressed a city boy with first-rate first aid
skills but it wasn't me it was the doctor he had the plunger thing what doctor was
he in a wheelchair yeah yeah what doctor there was this local guy john bird really smart guy
won a scholarship at an ivy league medical school his dream was to come back here and
be a small town doctor what happened to him on his way back from medical school there was a terrible accident
he was paralyzed from his neck down this doctor was in a wheelchair he got his license but never had a chance to
practice medicine he spent the rest of his life as a quadriplegic what are you saying
dr byrd died 10 years ago [Music] is there a logical explanation for this story did randy become delusional from
the snake bite and simply imagine the man in the wheelchair if so how did he suddenly develop the skills
to save himself from being poisoned and how could his description have matched the story of the doctor in the
legend so perfectly could it be that the doctor had faked his own death years ago
and was now living as a hermit by the lake only appearing at those times when he senses
people need help does this story of a snake bitten young man saved by a spirit in the woods have
a hint of truth or are we just putting the bite on you coming up we'll find out which of our
stories tonight were fact and which were fiction when beyond belief returns and now it's time to see how
well you did judging whether our stories tonight were fact or fiction the story of the little boy who died
fulfilling his wish to be a fireman was it based on reality it did good buddy yeah did good
now these people here would have made it out without you we make a good team right
you got that right partner you're a real fireman now stevie regular hero hey parts you better get
over here right there if you guessed that our story of the fire station was totally made up
you're mistaken this one really happened [Music] let's look at the story of the couple
who returned home in the nick of time because of a computer they thought they saw in the car
true or false [Music] we're just lucky that you left your computer in our car what are you talking about you left your
computer in the baby seat and so janet called to make sure you didn't need it now when no one picked up the phone
that's why we decided to drive back but i have my computer no really he put it in his bag
[Music] this story must have been inspired by actual events right wrong it's a total fabrication
[Music] and what about our story of the girl next door the tale of a woman who seemed to visit
from the grave let's take another look excuse me yeah i'm looking for florence wheeler
well there's no one here by that name she told me she lived across the street no not here
minister james has lived here all alone for the last 25 years but that can't be florence wait
was this story of star-crossed lovers based on a true story not this time it never happened
[Music] let's look at the story of the young man a lost wallet and an unclaimed inheritance
[Music] man look at this i think i'm an alien your mother your father what difference does this make
who put you up to this put me up to this look if you think i want something forget it
i found a wallet i wanted to return it it was the right thing to do i'm out of here sit down young man
[Music] was this story of unexpected good fortune true or a fake this time is the real thing
[Music] and what about the mysterious doctor who saved the boy from the snake bite
randy randy oh it's gonna be okay stay calm was this story of a spirit who watches over the people of the woods
based on an actual event yes it was [Music] so how did you do tonight were you able
to distinguish the real from the unreal let's ignore the cliche that says the truth is stranger than fiction
and simply say that certain things in life can only be classified as beyond belief i'm jonathan franks
join us for more stories next time on beyond belief fact or fiction [Music] so [Music]
you

This episode features the following cases: Firestation 32; The Computer; The Girl Next Door; The Wallet; The Woods.

Brief Summary

A boy's heroism, a ghostly romance, and unexpected fortunes intertwine in this episode.

Key points

Fact or Fiction. Exploring the thin line between reality and illusion.
Stevie's Heroic Act. A young boy's bravery saves lives during a fire.
A Mysterious Babysitter. A couple's night out turns into a terrifying experience with a new babysitter.
Curtis's Romantic Journey. A playboy learns the meaning of true love with Florence.
The Wallet Discovery. A young man's decision to return a lost wallet leads to shocking revelations.
Jason's Inheritance. Jason discovers he is the missing heir to a fortune he never knew existed.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

Stevie might have been only 10, but he acted like a real professional.

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Tension

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