Beyond Belief - Season 3, Episode 8 - 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 [Applause] [Music] the world of illusion and reality are
often difficult to separate this frame contains a three-dimensional sculpture of the face of albert einstein
by moving the frame the sculpture moves too we see both the left and right sides
of einstein's face you can even move it up or down but here's a surprising truth there is
no sculpture on this side in fact the space where the face appears is concave the real face of einstein is
actually on the other side so it is with our stories tonight what appears real may be hollow on the inside
your challenge is to decide which are true and which are lies we'll tell the answers at the end of our show
reality or illusion not an easy decision but don't ponder too hard the choice may
be difficult but it certainly doesn't take an einstein comic books are serious business these
days where once cartoons seem to be centered around characters like a clever mouse
or a sassy bunny they're now more about terrorizing the reader into being a frightened mouse or reduced to a
to a scared rabbit our story is about a cartoonist who once had the ability to draw terror
in every panel but lately he's lost his touch what's about to happen to his life
is anything but comic [Music] izzy wilson was once respected as the king of horror
he made lots of money creating a variety of truly twisted comic books but respect is the last thing he's now
getting from his publisher the overbearing incentive kip sherman come on izzy what are you
doing to me i'm not doing anything to you kip i'm i'm just trying to deliver something
scary like you asked me to izzy this is garbage belongs in a trash can all right it
would work i think it's some of my best you gonna argue with me i just think it could really score for
you yeah yeah maybe a two i need a tent the kids today are a lot more sophisticated than they used to be
izzy don't you know that hey i i can't even show my face at a comic book convention anymore man
they're laughing at me it's gotta be the real thing is it's gotta be real maybe i could add a little more blood or
something izzy any idiot can add blood what in the world happened to you it's the something you're not getting okay
it's the something that you're not getting and i don't know what happened to you man you used to be good
[Music] maybe if you just gave me a little more direction direction oh is he what more direction do you need
is he i want you to scare me that's all don't you understand scare me izzy i want you to scare me man
i want you to scare me to death okay okay kip i'm sorry i'm sorry i didn't hit it for you okay
all right just just get out of here man just go just go you better hit it this time as a year
it's over i'm gonna hire one of these new kids right out of art school i'm sorry man
listen i'm tired of carrying izzy i've been carrying you for 10 years man i understand and make it quick
burnout [Music] that evening kip sherman collapsed on his couch it was easier to collapse than to try to
sleep with a guilty conscience [Music] huh wait a minute wait a minute hold on take it easy
what time is it ah man ungodly hour yeah sir i'm sorry to bother you so late are
you kipp sherman yeah do you have an employee by the name of izzy wilson yeah why i hate to have to tell you this
but he committed suicide kip had destroyed izzy he had broken his spirit and taken away his will to live oh but
he wasn't about to admit it is he this is izzy oh is he i can't believe this he jumped off the golden gate bridge
yeah we pulled him out of the bay a few hours ago last time you saw him were there any
problems no no he was in good spirits he this is too much this is it's like losing a member of the family you know i
i mean i was his boss but we were we were good friends you know i mean really we were brothers
oh man kip made several stops before he stumbled home in the early hours of the morning
[Music] what's this oh man that's weird he must have sent a messenger before he killed himself
[Music] [Applause] the envelope was addressed to kip from izzy and from the feel of it it contained
illustrations what a day izzy [Music] [Music] where is he oh my god the wacko drew his own suicide oh
[Music] this is really sick this is really sick [Music] oh wait a minute how did you know i went to the morgue
that's me standing there [Music] what do you think kip scary enough for you are you scared yet kip
am i scaring you now kim is he no no did i have to die to scare you can't ah are you scared can't uh
die die ah kip sherman was pronounced dead from a heart attack he suffered while reviewing
drawings for a new comic book when the police arrived all they found were kip's body
the drawings and some seaweed from the san francisco bay did is he really commit suicide did he
somehow fake his own death to terrorize his boss perhaps the police officers were paid to
lie was the morgue tended in on the deception too or did izzy's spirit actually come back to wreak revenge on
his insensitive boss how else could the final panel have been so accurate is this story a sketchy diagram of lies
or is it drawn from the truth we'll tell you whether this story is true or false
at the end of our show next a pickpocket encounters the strangest crime of his life
on beyond belief fact or fiction planning a trip soon how will you protect your valuables
how about a belt with a secret compartment or a pouch that you could wear under your clothes
now this is a fake soda can which can hide your valuables thieves are difficult to outsmart
especially pickpockets in fact the crime of pickpocketing was once a capital offense in england
it's punishment a public hanging and while the convicted pickpockets were being hanged in the town square
other pickpockets were walking around picking the pockets of the crowd louis woolsky comes from a long line of
pickpockets who have preyed upon the weak and unsuspecting the sad truth is louis is proud of his
disreputable heritage but he's about to make a move that will take his foolish pride
i've been a pickpocket for most of my life my uncle willie was a grifter and he taught me all the tricks of the trade
when i was just 10 years old he even gave me my nickname louie the dip said i was the best little
pickpocket he ever saw a crowd isn't just a crowd to me it's a hundred different opportunities
and when opportunity knocks i answered of course i had to be careful i had two prior convictions and another one would
set me up for life last week i was one number off this week i got them all right
i'm telling you i won four million macaroons i got the ticket right here in my wallet
down at charlie's groceries i go there all the time did i get lucky [Music] laughing when you see me pulling up in
my brand new candy everyone knew the mark was a big bag of air but i wasn't so sure
besides this was too easy just in case the big blowhard did have a winner it now belonged to me i couldn't wait to
check the numbers i don't believe it you're telling me this ticket is worth four million
dollars that's right baby everybody in the bar was laughing at the guy but i figured it
was worth a shot man can i pick him i just got it you know when you got it you got it now what do we do well the
guy said he bought it at charlie's groceries so i go down there tomorrow morning put
down the ticket claim my money it's his word against mine and then we are out of this dump
could we go someplace tropical we can go anywhere you want come on baby let's celebrate me and
penny celebrated well into the night i finally did it i hit the big score [Music]
i was too excited to sleep and besides i was feeling a little paranoid so i decided to hide the ticket in a
safe place my uncle willie taught me a long time ago that you can't be too careful and you shouldn't trust
anybody let's face it uncle willie never even dreamed of a score like this hey wake up it's payday
hey how come you slept down here uh no reason uh i guess i just passed out what are you doing i hid the ticket you
know in case somebody broke interest what's wrong louie it's not here look i put the ticket in here it's it's
not here you sure that's where you put it you're a little out of it check your wallet
i thought maybe in my sleep i did put it back in the wallet it had to be somewhere
[Music] no it's not here either you didn't take it did you shut up louie i didn't steal it you
probably lost it you [ __ ] no no that's not possible i was going nuts i had the ticket i put
it in the can and then it disappeared i tore the house apart and went through my wallet a
hundred times the big score of my life was gone i had to go back to work it was a busy saturday afternoon at the
bar most of the folks had gotten paid the day before i spied a woman with an open shoulder
bag it was no four million dollars but it might buy groceries for the weekend i couldn't believe i was doing
this again but i lost my ticket to the good life i was back to being louie the dip
[Music] smooth just like always bullets hey what's going on i didn't do anything
easy easy take it easy we're police officers and you're under arrest for pickpocketing
oh you are out of your mind yeah right wow where did this come from empty your pockets and let me see some
id i knew they had me there was no way around it then they asked me for my id and i
couldn't believe what happened next mr daley yeah is this your ticket this is it it's my lottery ticket
how did that get in there i lost that i mean i never had it i mean that ain't nothing
the mark cashed in his lottery ticket and became another instant millionaire as for me this was
my third strike and i'm now serving 25 years to life in folsom prison and i still can't figure out what
happened not for the life how did the missing lottery ticket find its way back into louie's wallet
a wallet he had searched through many times could a sharp-eyed guy like louis possibly have overlooked it on every
occasion that again maybe he was set up by his girlfriend or is it possible that louis had finally
become prey to the ultimate predator the one none of us can escape perhaps louis was a victim of fate is this story
of an unlucky pickpocket to be believed or have we switched to the truth for a pocketful of lies
we'll tell you whether this story is true or false at the end of our show next a mystery writer finds real life
terror on beyond belief fact or fiction for many people one of the true joys of life is to settle down with a good
mystery novel especially one that has twists and turns and an unexpected scare or two
but what about the writers who create these stories what are their own lives really like
frank young is a mystery writer who tries hard to lead a normal life recently he and his wife have moved into
a house that seems perfect for the scary style of stories that frank creates but before too long the author is going
to wish he were in a different profession [Music] my wife brenda and i haven't been
getting much sleep lately it's been the same thing every night ever since we moved into this new house
it's a great old house built in the 1920s by mo fitz he was a notorious gangster and
bootlegger who was shot to death in the living room back in 1928 [Music] it might seem strange that anyone would
want to live in a house with such a dark history but i'm a mystery writer and i'm
fascinated by every detail uh maybe we should stay in a hotel i just can't stand the thought
other sleepless night you still think it's the wind brenda frank this house is not haunted all old
houses make noise i just know what it sounded like to me right like a little girl crying out for help
it could be in one of her books it could be in reality it's just the wind blowing
across the roof and down the chimney but i closed the flue last night remember i have to get to work we'll talk about
it tonight all right i love you i love you too [Music] six cups of coffee later and i'm ready
to work at least i don't have a long commute my office is right here at home [Music]
the only problem is i can't get that noise we keep hearing out of my mind it's a wailing sound brief and
inconsistent just when we doze off it starts up again almost like it knows when we fall asleep
like it's trying to contact us [Music] i have to stop thinking about it and get to work i'm on a deadline
deadline or not i have to find out what that sound is [Music] that's not the wind and i'm not crazy
hello who's there where are you [Music] hello [Applause] so i don't know what's going on but i've
got to keep searching it's so hot in here i can hardly breathe come on out of there i can't they'll
shoot me i have to hide don't be afraid nobody's gonna shoot [Music] somebody help us
[Music] it's just so unlike frank he'd never go anywhere without telling me or leaving
me a note we get a lot of these calls mrs young they usually end up okay he probably just ran out to pick up
something or he had a meeting he forgot to tell you about no way that's not my husband he never
leaves the house when he's on a deadline i paged him three times and he didn't answer
look i know this sounds weird but i think he might have been kidnapped why is that
he's a successful mystery writer and he has some obsessive fans we need 24 hours before we can file a
missing persons report you're just gonna have wait a minute did you hear that what there
that we've heard that every night for the past week [Music] i don't believe this
[Music] frank oh my god frank what happened i couldn't breathe in there i thought i was gonna die it's okay
you're safe now the little girl there's a little girl in here i saw her before i passed out
i'm okay i'm fine [Music] over there in the corner [Music] everyone thinks i was hallucinating but
i know i was talking to the ghost of leslie fitz mo fitz's 12 year old daughter she
disappeared the night of moe's murder and was never found until now she obviously hid in the secret chamber
on the night her father was murdered and now that i've found her her spirit can rest in peace
[Music] what happened here was frank really rescued by the cries of a long dead spirit or was the wailing sound
that saved his life just the wind blowing through the cracks of an old drafty house
then how do you explain the ironic history of the home is this story the product of a writer's
imagination or have we unlocked the truth with the turn of a skeleton key we'll tell you whether this story is
true or false at the end of our show next a landlady is frightened by an invisible presence on beyond belief
fact or fiction sometimes there's nothing more chilling than sounds in the night
the producers of radio drama understood this well their sound effects table was filled with items
designed to scare the listener rattling sounds [Applause] subtle sounds of impending doom like the
squeaking of a door violent rainstorm or the sound of a stranger coming through a darkened hole
jail dean collins isn't afraid of the unknown or the sound it may produce she's a feisty senior citizen who has
taken control of her own life watch closely because the footsteps of terror are lurking around the corner
oh hello baby you want to watch tv with mommy it's your favorite show mrs geraldine collins was anything but a
merry widow she made extra money each month by renting a small guest house in her
backyard at the moment the guesthouse was empty but that didn't mean she was alone
again one good shot today you see him mimi i know you're out there [Music] i'm armed
[Music] come out of there and show yourself you coward i'm ready for you who's doing that
i can't give you a description because i didn't see anybody how many times do i have to tell you he
was hiding in the bushes i saw a move so did mimi mrs collins this is the third time this
week i've responded to your call and each time it's the same you hear a noise outside
and no one's ever there so what are you saying i'm nuts no i'm not saying that i checked the
bushes there are no footprints it's been raining all week if there was someone there i'd see
prince if there was nobody there then what knocked my plants down well answer me that it could have been
anything the wind maybe a cat brush by them i don't care what you say there's somebody snooping on me
mimi doesn't bark at nothing what are you gonna write down in your report when i murdered that the wind did
it all right i'll check the bushes one more time [Music] geraldine collins had no explanation for
what might be happening but there was at least one person who did officer officer
yes ma'am i know who the prowler was who are you i'm norma her neighbor it was mr harper who's mr harper
he was a tenant of hers mrs collins until she kicked him out about a month ago he was going through a terrible time he
begged her to give him more time to pay the rent but she wouldn't do it it was a really nice man
he died on the streets two weeks ago and she couldn't care less so how could he be the prowler if he's
dead she thinks he's his ghost you want to talk about nuts why don't you just shut up you miserable old woman
you brought all this on yourself and you know it evil begets evil why you nosy old bat
what you did to that sweet man will not go unavenged oh you shut up you don't even
know what you're talking about you shut up oh shut up oh why don't you ladies ladies
i want you both to go back to your houses and cool off all right fine but i know what i know
she's completely out of her mind there's no such thing as ghosts ah all right that's it no more cops
he's gonna handle this herself don't worry it's only the thunder did you hear that
he's right over there somewhere i'm just gonna put you down for a second baby i got you this time whoever you are
you don't know who you're dealing with buster come out of there no this isn't happening
it can't be geraldine collins barely survived her night of terror she moved out of the house the following
day and continued to relocate four times over the next five months the only was geraldine seeing things were her
delusions brought on by deep-seated guilt over her treatment of her former tenant mr harper or was she being
tormented and manipulated by her righteous neighbor norma but then how could norma have possibly
created those phantom footprints is it possible that those prints were made by a ghost who came back to collect
rent on a greedy landlady's soul it's a story we've just seen based on fact or if we just headed the truth another
eviction notice we'll tell you whether this story is true or false at the end of our show
next a teenage girl joins a witch's coven on beyond belief fact or fiction it seems that more and more people are
becoming fascinated with the occult witchcraft especially among teenagers appears to have a peculiar
fascination their books movies and television shows often deal with the subject sometimes
realistically sometimes tongue-in-cheek teenager edie jamison has become a victim of witchcraft's evil
seductions her gaze is cold her manner is menacing and what her future holds may be in the
hands of a mysterious and forbidden world i can't remember ever being one of those
stupid smiling little daddy's girls and when i turned 15 i discovered the dark seductive powers of witchcraft
my parents were frightened by my strange behavior and demanded that i see a psychologist
i had heard about dr mary and john before she supposedly had a lot of success with girls like me
that didn't bother me at all in fact i welcomed the challenge hi edie i'm marion i'm leaving
your parents say you agreed to see me yeah well i changed to my mind i don't need
any help i'm not sick i'm a witch why can't my parents just live with that that's kind of a tough pill for most
parents to swallow don't you think i don't really care do you know they're afraid of me why do
you think that don't pull that psychology junk on me i know what you're all about
[Music] what am i all about you're trying to change me back into some sweet little
innocent girl i was never that i was born a witch but you wouldn't understand nobody
understands only other witches do you know many other witches i know a lot of witches
we're everywhere you don't know the power that we have if you did you wouldn't be messing with
me you know the dark side of the occult can be very enticing especially when you're under a
lot of pressure this is not about pressure it's about power my power over you you have no power over me edie
oh yeah what if i put a curse on you i can do that you know go ahead put a curse on me
[Music] i'm not afraid of you edie you will be marion you'll see me in your nightmares and
everything in your life will go wrong the next time i saw dr john i almost didn't recognize her
my curse was apparently working hello i want you to remove the curse now why you said i have no power
don't mock me edie my fiancee left me my house had a fire in it my office was robbed
and your face has been in my dreams every night for the past week i want it to stop do you hear me i want
it over tell me you believe i'm a witch all right you're a witch now take off the curse
no what do you mean no i told you everything you wanted to hear this is too much fun doctor
you're really helping me you're helping me learn my craft i want you out of my life it's too late
i'm joining a coven once i'm a member i'll be all over for you get out of here get out sleep well
the night i joined the coven was the most exciting and frightening night of my life
i couldn't wait to be officially inducted and follow their rules for the rest of my
life [Music] even though i knew i was meant to be a witch i was still terrified by the
intensity of the ceremony i had never experienced such a combination of fear and ecstasy before
take me high priestess i'm ready make me one of you [Music] rise before the high priestess
[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Music] [Music] peace repeat these vows and pledge your
allegiance to the coven as above so below i now become a part of thee forever as above
so below i now become part of the firm [Music] you are now a sister of this coven and
you must obey our rules forever i will obey [Music] dr john no it can't be you're not a witch i hexed you it was
all a trick edie to get you to join this coven what do you mean you're now a witch but a good one just
like all of us [Music] this coven is devoted to kindness and beauty no no no i don't
i don't want that it's too late edie now you'll see me in your dreams and you won't be able to wish evil on anyone
else again that night my life changed forever i lost the hatred in my heart and became
the happy caring person i was always meant to be what really happened here the doctor in
our story claims that she has pioneered a unique new treatment to deprogram misguided teenagers from
witchcraft she tricks them into taking vows for good not evil do you believe this or do you
believe the doctor is really a good witch using her own positive power to battle evil
could this story possibly be true or is it an example of our writers applying their craft
next you'll find out which of our stories are fact and which are fiction when beyond belief
fact or fiction returns it's time to take a look back at our stories and find out which ones are
inspired by actual events and which ones are works of fiction now let's look back at the story of the
cartoonist who haunted his publisher and scared him to death fact or fiction what do you think kip scary enough for
you are you scared yet kip did you think this one was simply too far out to really have happened
we fooled you we based this story on an actual occurrence that took place in the
late 60s on the west coast how about the story of the pickpocket who lifted a lottery ticket
true or false hey look easy easy take it easy we're police officers and you're under
arrest oh you are out of your mind yeah right where did this come from if you guessed this one was totally made
up we got you according to our research this what happened to a pickpocket in new jersey
what did you think about the story of the mystery writer who became a part of a real life mystery
was it true or false maybe we should stay in a hotel i just can't stand the thought of another sleepless night
you still think it's the wind brenda frank this house is not haunted did you think this story was too strange
to be true well research tells us that a similar story happened in the midwest in the early 80s
what about the tale of the footprints that haunted the unfeeling landlady real or hoax come out of there and show
yourself you coward i'm ready for you [Music] did you think this story really happened
not this time we were tracking lies through the mud it's false [Music] what was your opinion of the teenaged
girl who was tricked into dropping her evil ways i'm a witch why can't my parents just
live with that that's kind of a tough pill for most parents to swallow don't you think did you think this tale
of witchcraft was nothing but smoke our research tells us it happened in new england around the late 70s it's fact
[Music] so what is it that separates fact from fiction why do things happen to all of us that
have no logical explanation the more we seek an answer the more we realize that the only true explanations
are beyond belief i'm jonathan franks the stories entitled louis the dip the wailing and curse
are true based upon 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: Creepy Comics, Louie the Dip, The Wailing, The Landlady, Curse.

Brief Summary

Five stories challenge viewers to discern truth from fiction, featuring a haunted cartoonist, a pickpocket, a mystery writer, a landlady, and a witch.

Key points

A World of Truth and Deception. Tonight's challenge is to separate fact from fiction in five stories.
The Fall of a Horror King. Izzy Wilson, once the king of horror comics, struggles to regain his touch.
A Shocking Revelation. Kip learns of Izzy's tragic fate, leading to a haunting twist.
The Lottery Ticket Heist. Louie the Dip loses a winning lottery ticket, leading to a desperate situation.
A Haunting Encounter. Frank Young faces a chilling reality in his new home, haunted by a ghost.
The Curse. Edie threatens Marion with a curse, claiming she has power over her.

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I want you to scare me to death!

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