Beyond Belief - Season 3, Episode 2 - Full Episode | Forensic Files

beyond belief fact or fiction [Music] hosted by jonathan frakes tonight your challenge is to separate
what is true from what is false five stories some real some fake can you judge which
are fact and which are fiction to find out you must enter a world of both truth and deception
a world that is beyond belief [Music] sometimes you have to check things out from all angles to understand the big
picture take these photos they appear to be snapshots of nature animal and plant life all of various
species and families let's take a step back to view the big picture now you can see a truly endangered
species the television host depended for survival upon the nielsen family the lesson found in this picture within
a picture can guide us in judging our stories tonight some may seem one way to you on first
look step back you might find a whole new perspective we'll tell you which stories are true
and which are false at the end of our show and by the way if you miss the big picture tonight
don't despair just put on your best face [Music] you ever visited a truck stop those
special places along the highway that truck drivers adopt as their favorite eating spots on long hauls
they're usually famous for their atmosphere great coffee sausage eggs and apple pie
there's a lot of folklore about truckers they're supposed to be experts on food driving life and friendship
trucker dan weaver's about to learn a lot more about all of them my driving buddy hal dickey was closer
to me than my own father we met once a week at our favorite truck stop dickie and i had a lot of great
get-togethers hey dad henry this is one i will never forget gloria could you bring me you got sugar
two donuts and a cup of joe after five years you finally know what i always order
it's absolutely amazing well you know you got yourself a world-class safe food right happening here dan
i'm not gonna be the one to break that street say dan what you gonna do start without
me hey good to see you buddy you okay yeah see if you see uh thank you looked outside for your rig where the
hell you parked uh it's up the road any trouble gloria what's a guy got to do to get a donut in
his joint yeah you tip no wonder she ignores you hey dig in oh sweetie uh coffee and two
glazed would you what's wrong with those oh i see you think he got cheated because they got
holes in them funny just bring me another round flying with me gloria don't say hi
she in the mood today or what boy what's he so weird about pal i need your help i've been up half
the night out of my mind it's a real dilemma and i'm just torn all right this is that uh truck you've
been looking at so you're wondering if you can afford it or not oh no no i can't decide to go with the
speed options or the towing package and this is the dilemma you've been wrestling with yeah it's a big decision
and i've been wanting something i could tow a boat or a trailer with but on the other hand do i want to give up
highway speed and i already decided to go with the oversized tires and chrome wheels so that's not an issue for me
anymore oh that's a relief or you sure are in motor math today what the heck is that supposed to mean
[Music] [Laughter] no no look seriously no i need your advice you know what the heck am i gonna
do to be honest i'd say it's time to get your priorities straight so you're leaning towards the towing
package you know you know how to hunt you'd go that way save your money that thing hasn't been
working for a week gloria won't dance for the road watch it buster i i didn't do nothing
i'm working on one of my migraines you picked the wrong day to mess with me gloria i i didn't mess with you that was
it was him him you need to take some time off and you need to keep your damn hands to
yourself or else why don't you say something you're getting me in trouble here i'm trying to
keep you out of trouble danny boy ah yeah i better go out and uh come back in because
because you lost me on the curb you asked me how you ought to spend your money i know you haven't saved a dime and
before you commit yourself to six years of payments you ought to put a little something
aside for your wife no emergency fund i don't need no emergency fund my wife like you has never been able to
hold on to a dollar so i set up a bank account she doesn't even know about it each week i put away a little well
something ever happens how's she even gonna know about it you're clued in now anything ever
happens to me you let her know it's there and you ought to set something aside for
your wife just in case i'm young i'm a good driver nothing's gonna happen you never know when it's your time
now you're spooking me worse than gloria and all this is off the subject what about my truck
what about your family uh that's dispatch better check in yeah you gonna make your
call i'm wasting music here oh yeah yeah i know i can make jersey city by four no problem
yeah i'll call you when i get in [Music] yeah i got it barney pass it along where'd he go
who what do you mean who how dan i don't know how to put this but um house rig was in a crack up down at the
i-80 it was real bad were you talking about he was at the table with me i just got the call
hal didn't make it i'm really sorry i i know how close you two were [Music] poor guy he's been acting out ever since
he got here [Music] at that moment i needed to make sense out of something that made no sense at
all the whole afternoon gloria was acting like hal was invisible maybe he was to everyone but me
but just like hal asked i let his wife know about the money he'd put away sure enough she had no idea it even
existed just like hal said as for me let's just say i finally got my priorities straight
thanks to my weekly visit with my driving buddy was dan actually visited by the spirit
of hal or was it just his overtired mind playing tricks on it but if dan was only imagining things how
could he have possibly known about hal's secret bank account was it something hal told him years ago
that became part of a hallucination but if dan was hallucinating who ate house food
if we're seeking the truth should we stop here or should we keep on trucking we'll tell you whether this story is
true or false at the end of our show next a life is changed by the strange power of a magical box
on beyond belief fact or fiction the charm of a music box these intricately crafted objects can cost
anything from a few dollars to thousands but in most cases the importance of these items is found in their
sentimental value music boxes are often special gifts given to us by special people
ellen lippert has an emotional attachment to a music box she's never owned she's only seen it in a movie the movie
had a happy ending but the ending in store for ellen is completely unpredictable
some things just can't be explained take the vacation that changed my life it was my birthday week so i decided to
visit my best friend gail in california gail and i had been close since grade school and i hadn't seen her since she
moved away several years ago eating lunch in the sunshine in february ellen just promise me you won't let this get
out to the people back home we'll be overrun here my little secret this town really is paradise yeah i love
it ladies oh thank you hey the only thing that would make it more perfect is if i was here with a guy wow how
politically incorrect sad but true i love you bye i think you're still carrying the torch
for ted ted it's been six months out it's over really we've been friends since we
were kids and i gotta tell you that's about the most pathetic least convincing denial i've ever heard
when we were still seeing each other i don't think either ted or i truly appreciated the good times we had
together he's really a terrific guy just sometimes we get into these stupid arguments over nothing
maybe it was me i don't know anyway that's why we broke up another stupid argument
what was it about that's the really funny thing i don't even remember have you been out dating much no one's
serious whatever happened old ted i wish i knew he took the first out-of-town job he
could get something in sales i heard anything to get away from me i guess hey if you guys argued as much as you said
it wasn't all like that well still you're probably better to be rid of the guy i guess
unbelievable what this music box [Music] ted and i looked everywhere for one just
like it i first saw it in this movie a charles bronson film believe it or not charles bronson was there like a
a bomb in the music box did the the little dancer shoot tiny machine guns it was actually a romance called from
noon till three charles bronson spends a few romantic hours with this young widow played by
what's her name his wife jill ireland that's her anyway they danced together in this movie and
the woman owned a music box just like this one with a dancing couple on it [Music]
you're getting me all teary-eyed ted and i hit probably every antique store and jewelry shop in baltimore trying to find
one of these never had any luck honey ted's out of your life don't torture yourself forget the music
box okay it's all settled good i'm gonna buy it what do you think a little birthday gift
from me to me if you've sunk to buying yourself birthday presents you definitely
need a boyfriend charming peace isn't it unfortunately it doesn't work the figurines
they don't dance anymore take my advice on this one hun you buy a broken music box it's only
going to remind you of a broken romance [Music] probably right [Music] thanks i know just what somebody in your frame
of mind needs right now what there's an ice cream parlor in the next vlog [Music]
ellen you have to admit i was right don't you feel like a new woman got to be the double fudge mocha that'll
be i'm about to do something really stupid does this have some connection with ted
by any chance ellen i don't know if you've noticed but whenever ted comes into the conversation
the word stupid pops up a lot i'm gonna buy the music box well maybe not oh i'm so so sorry dear
the music box was just so you're kidding i told the young man it didn't work and i told her it didn't matter
hello ellen hello i love ted gail i don't think you've met this is unbelievable i'm sorry i have a
chance to get a gift wrapped happy birthday it's perfect it's the best present i've
ever gotten like i always say some things just can't be explained is this a romance rekindled by the fates
or is there a more cynical explanation perhaps ellen's girlfriend gail set up the entire
chance encounter with ted but did she plant the music box to and how do you explain the broken music
box suddenly playing is this story of a couple reunited by the waltzing figures on a music box real
or are we just dancing around the truth we'll tell you whether this story is true or false at the end of our show
next a pawn shop becomes the scene of a nightmare on beyond belief fact or fiction
storefront symbols the barbershop a drugstore a pawn shop now while the first two are familiar to
most of us the pawn shop is less widely understood here's how it works if you need a quick
cash loan you take something of value say your 300 watch a pawn broker might give you say
100 cash for your watch he keeps the watch you get a claim ticket to get your watch back you must come
back in the agreed upon time pay back the 100 plus an additional finance charge if you fail to return in the agreed upon
time limit the pawn broker is free to sell your watch to someone else this whole exchange process is very
important to our next story a story in which a young man named ron morrison finds he's holding a ticket
with fate i never thought i'd be doing business with a pawn shop but i got myself into
bad money trouble so i pawned the watch my folks gave me for college graduation probably cost them a thousand dollars
all i got for it was 150 bucks cash lucky for me my buddy jerry came through with the money so i could get the watch
out of hawk here you go 150 still hot from the atm machine you saved my butt man gee here i thought
i was saving your watch come on let's get this over with hi how are um i'm here for a pickup there you go
yeah nice watch i remember it did you remember it come on what are you talking about fella came in and bought
it yesterday it says here no there must be some kind of mistake can you check the number again see i
called two days ago for an extension hey kid you can have all the extensions you want as long as
the item isn't sold but that's not what you told me over the phone look at the back of your ticket
that shows you how we operate obviously there's been a misunderstanding on your part
are we talking about the same watch can you just check the number one more time look
here's all the watches i got you see your watch anyway oh my god you lied to me man you know i
called and i asked you very specifically about my work his phone rings all day long maybe i
talked with you maybe i didn't so now you're calling me a lot about you settle this like gentlemen but
uh i'll handle this guy jer look it you were late with your payment the watch got sold that's the way the
business works end of story this is not the end of the story and you better believe that
kid all i have to do is push three little numbers 9-1-1 and the cops are hauling you downtown
ron come on man forget this jerk let's get out of here listen to your friend he's giving you
good advice he's right yeah he's right about you being a jerk this isn't over old man
oh how am i gonna explain this to me i think you were just ripped off man okay well i need to get that watch
see that sign you know what those mean two to one you won't get it back okay well you know what we'll see about
that the next day i went back to the pawn shop there was a guy with a red cap checking out a gun
you again i told you kid i ain't got your watch yeah well let's have a look why don't you open the safe
that's a good idea probably got lots of other goodies in there too do what the man says open the sink
all right all this water got it you can have anything you want just don't use that thing
must really be something i could use me a fancy watch whoa hey then what happened what
happened what happened is i woke up i was sweating like a pig the dream was so real
what do you think it means your dream yeah i don't know don't eat spicy food before you go to
bed it was just a dream it doesn't have to mean anything this was more than a dream it was too
real i mean you know what i think i think that pawn broke lied to me i think it's some kind of scam i think
he never sold my watch because of your dream sounds like a long shot to me maybe but if it's a long shot it's the
only shot i got right i'll be right back it was exactly like my dream watch this open the safe and get my
watch i know you still got it when you get the safe open give me the watch and all the other
goodies got in there back out of here you're not stealing my watch i'll bet that thing ain't even loaded
two to one you're wrong [Music] [Music] thanks pal but you know there's no shells in this shotgun
i know i know just like i know you still got my watch even though i was right about the watch
i'd never done anything as stupid as grabbing that shotgun i was lucky very lucky
from now on i'm going to keep out of money trouble during the day and try not to dream at night
[Music] was it just happenstance that ron had that dream then how do you account for
such strong similarities between his dream and the actual incident in the pawn shop
was it a case of premonition ron has never experienced one before or since and can you answer an even bigger
question did this story really happen or is it just another pawn in our game of lives
we'll tell you whether this story is true or false at the end of our show next a chance encounter becomes a moment
of terror on beyond belief fact or fiction from adam and eve to today's best-selling novels the world's oldest
story is boy meets girl that's why papers are always filled with personal listings and people seeking
relationships in addition video cassettes where you can meet potential mates on tape and of
course the internet where you can now surf for a partner on a hope and a motive sandy bowman is running out of hope
she's tried every method of finding the right guy and now she's prepared to seek him out
in ways that are beyond belief i don't know how i get myself in these situations
it's not that i'm desperate well okay i guess i am a little desperate man trouble
here's the deal relationships just don't seem to work for me at least not for very long
[Music] i've read all the self-help stuff done couples counseling worked on my inner child meditated
and prayed in every religion known to man all without a bit of luck then my friend marsha had a strange
suggestion she recommended this woman sort of a now don't laugh a gypsy fortune teller
her name was the strangest thing of all mrs hatchigan hello hi you've come a long way
yes yes i have how did you know out of state license plates you were the youngest in your family all
sisters that's right all married except you no ring you're engaged last year it didn't work it never seems to work
i'm starting to believe i'm afraid really that i'm never gonna find the right guy
that's why i came here to have you see what you can see will i find him no wow that is because
he is destined to find you you've been too busy looking to be found when she said that so much seemed to
make sense my own desperate search for the right man forcing relationships trying so hard to make something work
it wasn't the answer i was hoping to get but it put everything into focus i was too intent on finding love instead
of keeping my heart open and allowing love to find me several days later i was driving out to
the country to visit my friend marsha to tell her all the details of my talk with mrs hatchigan
including the best news of all that mrs hatchigan saw someone special coming into my life
very soon i didn't realize just how soon i'd never picked up a hitchhiker in my life
sorry but this guy was gorgeous besides here was a fella trying to find someone for a ride
maybe i was the one he was looking to find you saved my life i borrowed my buddy's
car i can't change the flat there's no tire iron for the jack i'm chad sandy how you doing hi i could check the trunk
that'd be great uh let me just park appreciate it think it's under the mat here what are you doing just checking to see
if you got a cell phone so i can call my friend i'm really late you don't mind do you
give me my purse back i'd like i'd like to go now i can't do that it'll ruin all my plants
get in the trunk i'm gonna take a little ride where you going [Music] shouldn't have done that now i'm gonna
have to punish you don't worry we got a cell phone call 911 you sure you're gonna be okay yeah i'll
be fine i am fine thanks to you i'm just glad i found you in time what did you just say
[Music] i'm glad i found you [Music] yeah you did find me didn't you i'm sorry i think am i missing something
no no i um it's nothing i don't know your name oh steve sandy steve hatchigan hatchikin really i know it's a
it's a pretty unusual name actually i i've heard it before okay no kidding do you want to get a cup of coffee
i'd love to get a cup of coffee yeah [Music] this experience went way beyond coincidence
it was steve's mother who had predicted i would find the perfect man i mean that he would find me thank you
mrs hatchigan was this just a chance meeting or is it possible that the hiker had seen sandy
getting a reading from his mother maybe he was waiting for the right moment to introduce himself but then
how could he have known exactly where sandy was going to be it wasn't her idea to go into the woods
now it's your job to judge this tale is it a story of boy meets girl or fact meets fiction we'll tell you
whether this story is true or false at the end of our show next learn what secrets are contained in
the horn of death on beyond belief fact or fiction it's not always easy to guess exactly
what certain items are used for take this device looks like a miniature space capsule or perhaps
a small torpedo but it's actually an early air conditioning unit for automobiles this part would fit into
your open window while the fan unit would circulate the air inside your car now how about this it could be a stapler
hole puncher in fact it's a cherry pitter one easy step and you can eat a cherry that's
both pit and worry free the object in our next story is a bit more exotic its use a bit more unusual it's about to
enter the world of antique dealer hugh santelli and exactly what this piece is used for is about to be discovered by
both mr centelli and you i had thought i'd given up all belief in the supernatural as a young lad and as
an adult the profession i've chosen doesn't allow the indulgence of such things i am forced to deal in cold reality
you see i'm a mortician hugh santelli dear fellow ran an antique shop next door a boisterous gentleman perhaps but i was
pleased to call this colorful man my friend i clearly remember the day and exact
manner our little wager began got it you got it you got it i got it so you got it you don't got it
a number of new pieces i see hey how you doing very well thank you good yeah yeah the peterson estate i bought
everything that wasn't locked down peterson oh yes i handle the funeral arrangements
okay we make a good partnership huh you bury them and i pick up all the pieces and they just don't make pieces of this
quality anymore huh hey i picked up an item you might be interested in a carved umbrella stand
out well how's that for luck huh one of the items i'm about to toss out almost does me in
you have no idea what this is do you no not the foggiest got the shade over there here
[Music] it still works but i don't have an orchestra in the country that could use
one this is not a musical instrument santelli this is a death horn once commonly used in my
profession run that by me again a death horn decades ago before sophisticated medical
procedures were widely known it was not unheard of for people to be mistakenly buried
often they were comatose patients who simply showed no signs of life where does the horn fit in many people
had a fear of premature burial so they had one of these installed in the casket reaching from the burial
vault to the surface of the ground you're kidding the theory went if you wake up in your coffin you'll give one
of these a toot and keep tooting till help arrives of course modern medicine has made these
items as useless as a buggy whip still as an oddity of my profession i could take it off your hands for say
25 you got to be kidding this little baby's off the wall enough for me to sell to one of my
how shall i say this eccentric buyers oh good theory perhaps but if you tell them
what this item was really used for i'm afraid it'll be a hard selling deed you forget who you're talking to i know
only too well the curse of all things associated with the death trade i needn't remind you of my dating
history hey if i could sell antique bed warmers to rich old ladies with central heating
i could sell this puppy a foolhardy boast i assure you perhaps you'd care to back it up with a
little wager wager happy to i'll tell you what if i don't sell this by the end of the week it's yours let's
toss in dinner just to make it interesting deal one week from tonight dinner at piates
i trust you like italian food don't eat your noodles before they're cooked [Music]
santelli went about the business of trying to win our wages mr yamaguchi good to see you
i have this very special unique item it was used here in america years ago in the funeral trade
what about this nice stagecoach but this is one of a kind your clients will adore it
solid brass it's called a death horn this is beautiful [Applause] see in olden days these were installed
in castles when people were sometimes buried prematurely and if you woke up buried alive all you
did was [Music] huh what do you think hey price is not affected i'm willing to accept any reasonable offer
anything no sale see you tomorrow hi hon yeah i'm afraid you're on your own tonight
yeah i lost the bet gotta take lockwood to dinner well how do you think i feel hey
it'll be fun yeah i'll be home as soon as i can i love you [Music] haha santelli
[Music] santelli it was odd i had talked to santelli not half an hour before i proposed meeting him at the restaurant
he suggested we meet here at the store and drive together if he had changed his mind why wasn't
the door locked [Music] is that you [Music] though he still had a pulse i felt i was
looking into the face of a dead man yes i need an ambulance 1800 riversides and telly's antiques
i couldn't figure it out here was santelli in the middle of the floor but unmistakably i'd heard the sound of
[Music] the paramedics arrived just in time somehow the death horn had done its job
if the horn hadn't blown hugh centelli would surely have died on the floor of his shop
but what made the horn sound when nobody was around to blow it is it possible that some air current
from a vent caused the sound if so how could it have been so loud and so strong could it be that hugh santelli
telepathically willed the sound to save his own life or did the horn itself summon some
human-like spirit to perform the job it was built to do is this story of the possessed antique
based on fact or are writers just blowing their own horn next you'll find out which of our
stories are true and which are false when beyond belief fact or fiction returns now it's time to find out which
of our stories tonight are inspired by actual events and which are totally made up how about
the truck stop that was visited by the invisible spirit was this true or false i'd say it's time
to get your priorities straight so you're leaning towards the towing package you know you know that hunt
should go that way save your money that thing hasn't been working for a week gloria one dance for
the road watch it buster i i didn't do nothing i'm working on one of my migraines you
picked the wrong day to mess with me gloria i i didn't mess with you that was it was him
him you need to take some time off and you need to keep your damn hands to yourself
you think we created this story you're right it never happened [Music] what about the romantic story of the
couple brought together by the mystical music box fact or fiction what do you think a little birthday gift
from me to me if you've sunk to buying yourself birthday presents you definitely need a boyfriend
charming peace isn't it unfortunately it doesn't work the figurines they don't dance anymore
take my advice on this one hun you buy a broken music box it's only going to remind you of a broken romance
does this sound like one we made up not this time our research shows it happened on the
west coast in 1995 let's take another look at the story of the young man in the pawn shop incident
true or false what's this open the safe and get my watch i know you still got it when you get the
safe open give me the watch and all the other goodies you got in there back out of here you're not stealing my
watch i'll bet that thing ain't even wrong two to one you're wrong was this story of a man
trapped in his own premonition based on a real happening according to our research it happened in
the midwest around 1990 it's fact [Music] how did you judge the story of the young
woman who found her prince charming in the most unexpected way fact or fancy [Music]
what are you doing it's checking to see if you got a cell phone so i can call my
friend i'm really late you don't mind do you give me my purse back i'd like i'd like
to go now i can't do that it'll ruin all my plants get in the trunk i'm gonna take a little
ride this story is based on a real event discovered by our research staff it happened in miami florida
let's take another look at the story of the antique dealer whose life was saved by an unusual object
this is a death horn once commonly used in my profession run that by me again a death hall
decades ago before sophisticated medical procedures were widely known it was not unheard of for people to be
mistakenly buried often they were comatose patients who simply showed no signs of life where does the horn in
many people had a fear of premature burial so they had one of these installed in the casket reaching from
the burial vault to the surface of the ground did you think this one really happened
if you did we whistled one right past you it never happened it's false once again we've demonstrated that fact
and fiction are like two colors side by side in the same palette dip the brush in one color at a time and
the result is a basic color but mix them together and you end up with a combination whose
color can only be described as beyond belief i'm jonathan franks the stories entitled the music box
two to one and damsel are true based on first-hand research conducted by author robert treylands
for beyond belief fact or fiction this is don lafontaine [Music] you

This episode features the following cases: One for the Road, The Music Box, Two to One, Damsel, The Horn.

Brief Summary

Five stories challenge viewers to distinguish between fact and fiction, featuring themes of friendship, love, and supernatural events.

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Hosted by Jonathan Frakes. Join Jonathan Frakes as he guides you through a world of truth and deception.
A Life Changed by a Magical Box. Ellen Lippert's emotional attachment to a music box leads to an unpredictable ending.
A Pawn Shop Nightmare. Ron Morrison's desperate attempt to retrieve his watch leads to a shocking confrontation.
A Chance Encounter. Sandy meets a hitchhiker named Steve, who may be the one she's been waiting for.
A Life Saved. The death horn unexpectedly saves a life, raising questions about its supernatural abilities.
The Death Horn. An antique dealer discovers the chilling purpose of a strange object he possesses.

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