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

[Music] 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 can we really trust our own eyes observe
these two painted figures the one on the right obviously looks bigger than the one on the left
but let's switch positions [Music] know which one seems bigger the truth is they're exactly the same size
and so it is with our stories tonight what seems to be true may turn out to be completely false or
vice versa so be careful how you judge them or should i say how you size them up
have you ever noticed the curious things one sees discarded by the roadside one shoe is very common in fact maybe
that's where they get the expression tossed out like an old shoe you also see lots of hubcaps on the road
of course spare tires and even furniture shows up on the side of the highway now and then
but none of these items have prepared the bradleys for what they're about to encounter along the roadside
jerry can't resist taking advantage of it and mary well she's waiting for the other shoe to
drop [Music] my new husband jerry and i considered ourselves the luckiest people in the
world we were married in our hometown of gary indiana and decided to drive cross
country to los angeles for our honeymoon we are here my friend oh yeah exactly exactly
what a beautiful spot where are we near as i can figure we are just outside of flagstaff on an old stretch
of route 66 i think so we're lost well no we're not lost i mean all roads lead somewhere
right come on let's go eat i'm starving nothing ever bothered jerry he just took
things as they came but i believe in fate everything happens for a reason like most newlyweds we didn't have much
money but it didn't really matter all we needed was each other call of room service orders up some lunch
okay well how about if i make you another peanut butter and july sandwich perfect yeah you read my mind
what about my tip [Music] what's wrong there's something over there lay in the grass right there
[Music] you know you know what this is there's a 1944 barton they don't make them anymore
it's a it's a classic and it's in perfect shape well it must belong to someone yeah why would anyone leave it here i
don't know but if it's that valuable i'm sure they're gonna come back for it yeah
and then that just doesn't make any sense i mean it must have fallen off a truck or
something it's not our business jerry i wonder if it still runs who cares we should just leave it alone now come on
let's go just wait a second what are you doing come on stop that put it back down jerry
oh wait this is this is kind of weird the date on this license plate is from 1944.
it's never been renewed i'm getting a really bad feeling from this i just want to go okay
oh get off of it jerry they're still gassing it all right jerry there's blood on the front fender
yeah probably just hit a deer i can't believe it i'm gonna take it for a little spin
i'll be right back i'll never forget the terrible feeling i had in the pit of my stomach
as i watched jerry pull away [Music] [Music] huh are you all right i think i broke my leg oh oh the girl
oh god i couldn't stop where is she she's gone and so is the motorcycle [Music] and the uh and then the girl in the
motorcycle just just uh disappeared i know i hit her look it happened i mean look at me
take it easy i know this all sounds like we're completely out of our minds but i saw the whole thing and it happened
exactly the way he told it i swear to you you don't believe us no i believe you 54 years ago there was a terrible
accident in this very spot a young soldier home from the war borrowed his friend's barton motorcycle
he sped down this road to see his girlfriend they were gonna meet right here underneath that tree it was late
getting dark and he didn't see her standing by the side of the road waiting for it
he hit her lost control of the bike two young people very much in love died right here
54 years ago to the day what are you saying every year on this day somebody sees
that old motorcycle but it always disappears before they can get to it you're the only one who ever got to ride
it and see the young girl but why did this happen now to us who knows joe let's get him ready for transport
looking back now jerry and i believe we were chosen to release the spirits of these two young lovers
maybe now they can both rest in peace what caused jerry bradley to fall off the motorcycle and break his leg
was it all an illusion why have others reported seeing the same cycle on that same day every year
and where did the bike go could both jerry and mary have been hallucinating at the same time
are we telling the truth in this story or will it turn out that we're just recycling a lie
we'll tell you whether this story is true or false at the end of our show next a mysterious stranger and a
high-stakes pool game on beyond belief fact or fiction [Music] the pool table can be the setting for a
gentlemanly contest of skill and strategy or a set piece in a seamy world of sharks and hustlers
our story takes place in the south side pool a world where dishonesty often triumphs over decency
and where the clock of ivory spheres can sound the sinking of a man's life as casually
[Music] as the sinking of the three ball in the corner pocket [Music] maybe i love the game of pool too much i
bought the southside pool 35 years ago i never made a lot of dough out of it but at least i was around the
game every day a year ago i got a bad break my wife needed surgery and i took out a loan
against the business well things went from bad to worse and i ended up having to sell the place for
nothing cocky young hustling nikki rush all right who's next gonna lose some time i'll play one arm behind my back
come on hop to it pops you're thirsty come [Music] almost on i needed money so i stayed on
and did odd jobs around the place funny how things work out i never thought i'd be making less than minimum
wage at a place i used to hunt can you see i'm shooting here that stick belonged to the great
jacklist five times world champion from 1970 to 1975. he started out hustling right here when
he was 15 years old he was the greatest natural pool player i ever seen leon what are you doing
come on get back to work what am i paying you for [Music] it was tough having nikki russ as a boss
but i was 65 years old where else could i go at least i was still around the game
not a bad night especially when you add in what i want hey the dog's allowed in here
he'll be waiting outside the stranger looked kind of familiar to me but i knew he wasn't a regular smells
just like it used to [Music] still has plenty of play you have to shoot here before
yeah a long time ago i knew this man but i just couldn't place him it was driving me crazy
you looking for some action let's shoot some pool [Music] the stranger got nothing off the break
so now it was nikki's turn nicki was really hot tonight it seemed no matter what he did the
balls would fall just right of course the stranger asked for a rematch the second game went quicker
than the first i'd seen nikki like this before he just couldn't lose [Music] when a guy is this hot you don't bet
against them stranger insisted on doubling the stakes nicki never took a breath just kept on
seeing i just scored 10 grand in two hours you're the best nikki hey look it's late and uh you're
probably out of cash so how about one last game for fifty thousand dollars yeah i don't have 50 grand on me
i've got a pool you're hustling me what do you care can you beat me i you can't lose it's 50 grand
all right you're on hot shot there's just one condition i want to change cues sure go ahead
that's when i figured out who the stranger was it had been a long time since i seen him
but it was the great jack lesko hey leon think there's any magic left in the old
stick maybe [Music] they've been playing nine ball all night and the stranger had yet to sink in a
ball on the break [Music] nine ball on the break the man wins i don't believe this give the village
sale to leo it's his place again i don't have to do that yes you do you lost take care leon thanks jack
i don't know how you did that didn't make any sense i couldn't figure it out who was that guy you two scammed me no
you got beat fair and square by the great jack let's go jack let's go that's impossible why
because jack let's go stop playing pool about 15 years ago when he went blind [Music]
nikki russ and donna left town the following morning and they never set foot inside leon's
pool hall again what really happened at the south side pool hall that night was it really jack lesko who came back
to shoot pool if so how could a blind man shoot with such skill and accuracy there have been cases of blind people
regaining their sight for brief periods of time is that what happened or was there some
paranormal power in the golden cue itself are we presenting a story based on an actual event
are we just playing another game dirty pool we'll tell you whether this story is
true or false at the end of our show next a small southern town hides a deadly secret on beyond belief
fact or fiction what do you want to be when you grow up some of us keep asking ourselves that
question well into middle age for a young person just out of high school the world is an exciting place
so many choices which is the right one yet some young people seem to know exactly what they want to do
tommy stewart was just such a young man ever since anyone could remember he wanted a career in law enforcement
and everyone in his small town was rooting for him to make it but somehow things took a wrong turn for tom and to
figure out exactly what happened may take the local sheriff's entire career there wasn't much crime in our little
town of beaufort alabama oh there was the occasional drunk we had to put up at the county's expense from
time to time but nothing really big ever happened we liked it that way folks around here didn't have to lock
their doors but then it all changed that was tommy stewart a young eager beaver if ever there was one
sheriff driscoll i picked up those wanted posters oh good good thanks tommy uh tommy which one of posters were those
again it's the fbi's 10 most wanted oh yeah well you you might as well go ahead and
put them up yes sir tommy grew up dirt poor on the outskirts of town and he had the same dream for as long as
i knew him all he ever wanted out of life was to become an fbi agent you know one of these fugitives is from
a county only 30 miles away that effect if he ever passes through beaufort his running days are gonna be over tommy
worked his way through a small local college with odd jobs around town and every day he'd put in two or three hours
here at the station just to learn as much as he could about the law i got to go deliver some
groceries to mrs hawkins i'll be back later bye sheriff you couldn't help liking
tommy he was just that kind of a kid it's purely coincidental and it's also jurisdictional
checking your teeth before you put your foot in i understand i made it i'm getting it
i was accepted in the academy sheriff i'm gonna be an fbi agent i'm real proud of you tommy
you deserve it i couldn't have done it without you i'm gonna go tell the others all tommy
needed was enough money for travel and living expenses i got him a job at the cotton
mill as a courier they entrusted him with making the monthly bank deposit which was
usually around ten thousand dollars what happened next just never made any sense to me
one day tommy just disappeared along with the mills ten thousand dollar deposit he never showed up at the fbi academy
and no one ever saw or heard from him again we did a thorough investigation but never found one
thing that explained what happened to thomas stewart not too many days went by over the next
five years that i didn't think about tommy i hated that the case had gone unsolved
for so long and i never believed that he took that money joseph delaney fbi i'm here
investigating a ring of counterfeiters we believe is operating in the area counterfeiting huh that's news to me
yeah well hopefully i'll be able to wrap this thing up quickly and uh get out of your hair
something wrong no no no uh why don't you grab that desk right over there thanks i couldn't help noticing that
agent delaney was about the same age tommy would be by now there was something familiar about him
yes sir um [Music] you know i can't help but think that you and i met before it's possible
i lived here in beaufort about five years ago for a short time right before i entered the academy you
remember a local boy named tommy stewart yeah i remember we talked a few times about our mutual ambition to join the
bureau yeah right yeah it was uh terrible how he disappeared with all that money thomas stewart was no thief
for the next week i noticed that agent delaney didn't do much investigating one of my deputies overheard him talking
to the beard trying to get himself transferred out of beaufort there was something wrong about delaney
but i just couldn't put my finger on it [Music] yeah arlene old henry makes just called
he was hunting crawfish down at briar's bog when a body popped up said it just about gave him a heart attack
delaney we got us a body that turned up down at the bog you busy right now vlog yeah i'm a little shorthanded i can
really use your help yeah sure [Music] oh my god it's thomas stewart [Music] the pete moss must have preserved his
body over the years you set me up [Music] what [Music] you murdered tommy didn't
i needed the money he fought back i'm gonna kill him [Music] give me the weapon son
i'm not going to prison give me the weapon i am not going to prison it was the strangest thing i ever saw
there was no splashing no struggle it was as if somebody reached up and pulled him down into the ball but that
wasn't the end of it we recovered joseph delaney's body the following day and bay on his forehead was a deep gash
that matched tommy's exactly [Music] was it just a series of coincidences that brought fbi agent joseph delaney
back to buford or was it his own guilt that led him back like the old cliche was he
compelled to return to the scene of the crime or was the dead boy with the unfinished
dream able to reach from his grave to accomplish what he had always wanted to do
solve a crime and get his man is this story based on actual police files or should our writers be put under
investigation we'll tell you whether this story is true or false at the end of our show
next a strange curse haunts a local cemetery on beyond belief fact or fiction one of the world's oldest occupations
that of the gravedigger it's a profession that's guaranteed of future customers and one that has been spotlighted in the
works of shakespeare edgar allan poe and even stephen king while reverence for the dead is an
essential part of the work our next story deals with a man who has none at all pete ringwald is a bitter nasty hull of
a man in fact the dead are probably the only people he hasn't offended and all that may be about to change
the table before me in the presence of mine enemies now anoint us my head with oil
my cup runneth over surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my
life and i will dwell in the house of the lord forever and so gabriel pine me and my brother
got a job digging graves at the local cemetery in baton rouge louisiana [Music] the thing that bugged us the most our
boss pete ringwald was the meanest man i ever knew we hated working for him but we needed
the money pete had been the grounds keeper here for the past 20 years he never really cared about nothing or
nobody especially the dead okay preacher it's time to wrap this medicine show up excuse me i said wrap it up put lid
on it you're cutting into my lunch hour let us all join in a final ah man for it's time to leave these green
pastures and return to our homes amen [Music] amen ah speed it up i'm getting hungry we're
almost there boss almost don't cut it [Music] there rest in peace well that ain't right tim you shut your
mouth don't you say what's right in my cemetery my damn dog can do your job real in that hole
everything seemed to boil up pete's blood people said he was born in a foul mood
and then he just got mean not where you hear that boss no respect for anyone not even the dead
somebody's singing somewhere shut your mouth dummy i never call no break who the hell are you i'm just an
old woman do you like my song it's all about you get out of my cemetery you shriveled up
a little bit you be warned grave digger you warned no respect for anyone you two idiots get back to work around
ah the both of you telling me my business smart assets think they know everything
i gotta them two boys [Music] me no respect for anyone the next morning we had another bite of
the berry and pete was ornerier than ever bo and me took it but we knew somebody
would have to pay him back someday you got it bo almost hey the hell did you do that for you're
useless you know that just useless [Music] [Music] [Applause] bury this thing very deep put rocks on
top of it crush it crush it that ain't right i said crush it i'm gonna do that be out of unholy
i never want to see the two of you again oh do it myself [Music] you hear me [Music]
oh pete ringwald died in the old woman's grave that day the doctor said it looked like something
scared him to death what's the explanation here was this an elaborate plan of revenge
engineered by the two disgruntled employees if so was the old woman in on it too
was her spirit just making sure that her body received a proper burial this story of the wicked cemetery boss
based on an actual event but are we burying the truth beneath the mound of lies we'll tell you whether this story is
true or false at the end of our show next a woman becomes an uninvited guest at a stranger's funeral
on beyond belief fact or fiction books can be viewed as food for the mind stop reading them and your brain can
become anemic read junk and your thinking can become malnourished but handle your diet of
books well and your lifelong learning never stops florence tyler has an insatiable
appetite for learning although she's a teacher she barely takes any time off because the world
offers so many opportunities to learn more her curiosity has always been a benefit
to florence but suddenly it appears to have created a problem and now she's about to learn something even
her curious mind could never expect m anthony brinksman had been a top lawyer practicing for over five decades
his client list was a who's whom the rich and famous send her in please that's why i couldn't
imagine why he contacted me mr brinksman this is miss tyler how you doing miss tyler
i'm m anthony brinksman hello i agreed to meet with you mr brinksman but i still don't understand why you
couldn't tell me what this was about over the phone is this a deposition or am i in some
kind of trouble have a seat a very serious situation has arisen and i need to make
certain inquiries on behalf of one of my clients look i don't have much time i have to
pick up my son from the babysitter and they'll charge me if i'm late i understand please sit down miss tyler
are you familiar with a gentleman by the name of george randolph parker should i be
but you did attend his funeral at willow glen cemetery three days ago oh that's right that's
right i remember the name but i i didn't know that man i i didn't do anything i just
happened to be there at the funeral you often go to funerals of people you don't
know i didn't go to willow glen for that reason why were you there i am a high school art teacher and that
cemetery has a wonderful art collection not many people know that i'm familiar with the collection
now explain exactly what transpired this is very important i went there to do some research for my
class i hadn't been there in quite some time i spent about two leisurely hours wandering through the
different sculpture exhibits i was on my way back to my car when i noticed a beautiful old chapel
it just had the kind of architecture we were studying about in my class let me understand something
if you had already finished your research why didn't you just leave i was struck by the chapel's old english
architecture and i wanted to get a look inside i feel like i'm on trial here or something please continue
no i want to know what's going on i'm sorry miss tyler but my client was rather eccentric
there are certain issues that must be resolved now please continue like i said i wanted to see the inside
of the chapel the moment i entered a very special feeling came over me almost like i was meant to be there
it had a lovely decor quiet and serene it's always been amazing to me how something so simple could be so
beautiful [Music] i suddenly realized that i wasn't exactly alone there was a funeral coffin set up in
front of the altar i saw the open casket and i felt compelled to pay my respects to the
deceased good afternoon please be seated oh i'm sorry but i'm not here for the funeral it's time to begin the service
obviously the whole thing felt very odd to me but i felt so sorry for the deceased there
was no one else there to pray for him so i decided to stay we are all gathered here today to say a
final goodbye to george randolph parker a man who lived his life by his own rules
regardless of how others felt so the only reason you stayed was because you felt badly that no one else
was present that's right the poor man obviously had no family and i thought he might have
been homeless yes well go on the minister finished his service and i remember saying a quiet
prayer for mr parker i couldn't wait to leave when i was approached by the funeral director who
asked me to sign the registry like i said i found the whole thing uncomfortable but to be polite i signed
the book anyway with my name and address well that's what happened and i didn't have another thought about it until now
i've answered your questions i would appreciate it if you would tell me why i'm here
you were wrong about several points miss tyler mr parker did have a family but unfortunately they all loved him
he was not an easy man to like he had no friends but he wasn't homeless nor was he
indigent by any means what does all this have to do with me i called you here to carry out mr
parker's wishes as set forth in his will his estate was to be divided among whomever attended
his funeral what are you saying in that you are the only person in attendance you will be the sole recipient of his
entire estate mr parker's net worth at the time of his death was 34 million dollars
ms styler i believe that now you can pay your babysitters over time oh thank you oh my dear god thank you
[Music] by the way m anthony brinksman is now my personal attorney florence tyler became a rich woman
purely by happenstance or was it was it her own intellectual curiosity that drew her to the cathedral
that day or was she lured there by something deeper could it have been the strength of a
dead man's spirit that called florence to the funeral service was this hated man in life trying to
redeem himself in death if you believe this story will it leave you something of substance
to hold on to or will you merely inherit the wind next you'll find out which of our
stories are fact and which are fiction when beyond belief fact or fiction returns
and now it's time to find out which of our stories tonight are totally made up and which are inspired by actual events
let's take another look at the story of the phantom motorcycle was this one fact or fiction
yes our research on this one shows that a similar story took place in the american
southwest in the mid 60s it's true [Music] what did you make of the tale about the
pool hall and the legendary player who turned out to be blind hustling man what do you care can you
beat me play him nikki you can't lose it's 50 grand all right you're on hotshot there's just one condition i want to
change cues did this one have the feel of reality to you if it did we fooled you it's absolute
fiction [Music] let's take another look at the story of the fbi agent who made a surprise
confession at the scene of a murder he committed fact or fiction you set me up [Music]
what [Music] you murdered tommy didn't i needed the money he fought back i'm gonna kill him give
me the weapon son this story of the sleepy little town was a crime committed by our writers on you
it's false what was your opinion of the insensitive gravedigger who was buried by his evil
deeds fact or fancy you hear me [Music] if you guessed this one was inspired by real events you're right
it happened on the southeast coast the late 80s now let's take another look at the story
of the young woman who became the only mourner at the funeral of a stranger true or false
what are you saying in that you are the only person in attendance you will be the sole recipient of his
entire estate mr parker's net worth at the time of his death was 34 million this story of the woman who inherited an
unexpected fortune was inspired by an actual event that took place in los angeles in the
post-world war two could you trust your senses tonight did things turn out to be as they seemed to
be or were your senses blunted by circumstances that were beyond sensory perception
beyond logic in fact beyond belief i'm jonathan the story entitled gravedigger's nemesis is true
based upon first-hand research conducted by author robert treylands for beyond belief fact or fiction this
is don lafontaine [Music] foreign you

This episode features the following cases: The Find, The Golden Cue, The FBI Story, The Gravedigger's Nemesis, Last Rites.

Brief Summary

Newlyweds, a phantom motorcycle, a blind pool hustler, and unexpected inheritances intertwine in this episode's eerie tales.

Key points

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction. Can you separate truth from deception? Join Jonathan Frakes as he challenges your perception.
The Mysterious Motorcycle Incident. A couple encounters a ghostly motorcycle and a tragic love story from the past.
The High-Stakes Pool Game. A stranger challenges a hustler to a life-changing game of pool with shocking twists.
The Disappearance of Tommy Stewart. A young man's dream of becoming an FBI agent turns into a mystery when he vanishes.
The Gravedigger's Curse. A bitter gravedigger faces supernatural consequences for his disrespect towards the dead.
Florence Tyler's Unexpected Inheritance. Florence Tyler becomes the sole heir to a $34 million estate after attending a stranger's funeral.

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I believe in fate; everything happens for a reason.

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