Beyond Belief - Season 4, Episode 11 - Full Episode | Forensic Files

beyond belief [Music] fact or fiction hosted by jonathan franks 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
[Music] belief in trying to determine truth we must examine things from all angles for
example this sculpture when viewed head-on is a simple clean cube shape but turn it around to another angle
look what's revealed a mass of different shapes and lines that was previously hidden from view in
tonight's stories the truth is often hidden we'll tell you which stories are based on reality and
which are fiction at the end of the show and remember just like this metal sculpture while you
think you see something clearly the truth may be hiding just around the corner do you have a favorite cure for the flu
some people take medications vitamins pills others rely on home remedies like chicken soup
no matter what you take into your system to fight the flu everyone agrees on one
thing you need plenty of rest douglas hibbert is exhausted his resistance is low and he's beginning
to get that dull achy feeling is it the flu is it beyond the flu is it in fact beyond relief
attorney douglas hibbard had spent the last five days in eureka california conducting hearings for the employment
development department oh i'm over here great job doug yeah yeah went pretty well see you back
in sacramento okay oh happy anniversary and take care of that cold thanks all douglas wanted to do was get home to
his wife carol and celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary he just wished he'd felt better
hello hey carol hey i knew it was you how did it go we kicked butt you sound like you got worse oh yeah
i feel horrible my body eggs got a fever oh duck i really wish you were home oh so do i
honey i hate to do this but uh i uh i'm a little worried about making the five-hour drive
with this flu i'm thinking of spending the night somewhere really don't worry i'll be home for our
anniversary tomorrow okay well if you just take care of yourself and get plenty of rest
i love you i love you too oh how you doing oh that's so good i have the flu oh nasty stuff i just got
over it myself i need a nice quiet room ah well i got plenty of rooms and plenty of quad i
just need a major credit card all right there you go yeah thank you i can't breathe
i just wish i was there with you doug called his wife carol right after he checked in
she was glad that he had found a nice clean place to stay but she was worried about his health
she begged him to get some rest yes i'll try to get some sleep [Music] doug had hoped to sleep through the
night but it was of no use the flu wouldn't let him all right hmm can i help you mr herbert
yeah i can't sleep um i'm looking for a an open drug store nearby yeah yeah um you just follow crystal lake drive for
about a mile yeah and then you uh come to the come to the first light take a right
stanley's drugs can't miss it thanks no problem [Music] mr everett geez what happened to you
i need you to do me a favor well sure did you get your medicine i need you to put this in the motel safe
for me i'm afraid i might lose it what is it thank you [Music] it all seemed very odd to motel owner
harold plum why was doug hibbard soaking wet and covered with mud but harold had learned not to ask
questions [Music] weird huh good evening thanks for our motel hi my name is carol hibbert
and i believe my husband douglas hibbert is registered there yeah he's here i keep calling his cell phone and i'm
not getting any answer maybe he has it turned off i mean i i know he's here i i just saw him
would you like me to ring through to his room for you yes please okay hang on he's not answering would you do me a
favor could you check on him and see if he's all right he wasn't feeling well oh sure um
just give me your number there and i'll i'll call you right back mr hubbard harold was surprised to find that
douglas hibbard was not in his room he also found it strange but there was no sign of the wet muddy clothes that
hibbard was wearing [Music] can i help you i need to talk to you about a guest i believe you have
registered here by the name of douglas hibbard what about him he's dead his car went off the road he had this
room key on him i was just talking to him a few minutes ago sir that's impossible
a witness saw mr hibbert's car going to crystal lake about an hour ago he just told it out his body was inside
harold plum remembered the bag douglas hibbard gave him to keep in the safe he wasn't sure if he would be there
[Music] he wasn't sure of anything anymore [Music] carol hibbard arrived at the lakeshore
motel the following morning to pick up doug's belongings inside the box was the diamond ring doug
couldn't afford to buy when they first got married years ago he had promised carol that one
day he would buy it for her as an anniversary present what really happened here how could
douglas hibbard have given the motel owner that diamond ring if he was already dead was his will to
keep his promise so strong that nothing not even death could stop him from delivering her
anniversary gift or did the motel owner just imagine douglas walked in if so how did he get the gift back is this
story about the dedicated husband based on reality or have we left you holding the bag
we'll find out if this story is true or false at the end of our show next psychic powers are used against a
gang of thieves on beyond belief fact or fiction wheelchairs like this are used in many ways these days
there is of course the primary use as transportation for those that are unable to walk on their own
but recreational opportunities now exist for the wheelchair bound they're now used in races even marathons
and wheelchair basketballs become an exciting competitive activity but you're about to see a wheelchair
show up in a rather unusual place at a crime scene as a detective i'd investigated many
robberies in my downtown district but the tri-city jewelry heist is the one i will never forget
the anvil armored truck service received pickups at the tri-city jewelry company several
times a week the guards were trained to take nothing for granted and to approach each
delivery and pickup as a potentially dangerous situation there was nothing that aroused their
suspicion that morning it all seemed routine okay he's in we got three minutes what the guards should have taken a
closer look at was the flower delivery van parked across the street [Music] excuse me can you tell me where to catch
the number three bus i'm very late for a doctor's appointment and i'm a little lost
get out of my way what are you doing it's crazy i arrived on the scene a half hour after
the robbery i never expected to find anything out of the ordinary i was wrong okay so you really didn't get to look at
the guy huh every sub coming sorry how about you this thing was pretty well planned
i must been watching you guys for weeks detective yeah i might have something there was a
guy in a wheelchair that got caught in the middle of the robbery can you give us an id better than that
he says you can tell us where they are mr sigmar detective hanson i understand that you were a witness to the robbery
that took place here i was a victim i was just passing by minding my own business when this guy
comes running up pistol whips the garden knocks me out of my chair what kind of punk would do that huh two
guy in a wheelchair i don't know they're scum that's what they are scum mr sigmar you told officer hannah that
you knew where we could find them is that true yeah it's true i got this special power that comes and goes
sometimes when i get real mad i see flashes of stuff in my mind stuff kind of stuff
after that guy knocked me down i was yelling at him and this address just popped into my head
1211 carlson's tree is that where you think they are i know that's where they are i can feel
it see that's how it happens things just pop into my head okay thank you mr sigmar i'm gonna need
your address and phone number i may want you to come in and take a look at some pictures yeah sure
whatever i want those animals to put away i had worked with psychics before so i
decided to check out the address that peter sigmar gave me 1211 carlson turned out to be an
abandoned warehouse downtown even if it turned out to be a waste of time i had no other leads
he should have seen the look on his face when i knocked him out of his chair i gotta know i can find it so fast
the guy in the wheelchair that one of you gentlemen knocked over he told you that's right let me tell you something
detective that guy in the wheelchair he planned the whole thing he blocked the guard so i could get the money
what yeah we met him in jail his name is darren snyder why'd you knock him over we decided to
cut him out figured you know what could he do i'll check it out yeah you do that
there's just one thing i don't understand how did he know we'd be here what do you mean we changed hideouts
snyder didn't know about this place i followed up on the name darren snyder i found out that he was an ex-con
the long rap sheet and then one of his aliases was peter sigmar i located snyder a week later
and arrested him for armed robbery he still insisted no one had told him the location of the
hideout and that he possessed a special power so how did peter sigmar know the new
hideout of the three men did he somehow overhear someone mention it that seems unlikely
they were going out of their way to keep it from him was he truly psychic no one had ever seen evidence of that
before maybe he was so furious at being betrayed he somehow converted his anger into
psychic energy is this story of thieves falling out inspired by an actual event or are we double-crossing him we'll find
out if this story is true or false at the end of our show next a young couple needs a miracle
on beyond belief facts or fiction a life support system medical equipment designed for the purpose of sustaining
life when our own vital organs cease to function at its most effective the system takes over temporarily
until a medical solution or a miracle can be found at its least effective life can be
prolonged indefinitely often without hope julie driscoll is currently being kept
alive by life support her boyfriend gary believes deep in his heart she will pull through
but right now gary is searching desperately for a second opinion [Music] my girlfriend julie had been in a coma
for the past seven months while driving her head hit the windshield after he was broadsided by a
pickup truck julie never regained consciousness but she was alive so the doctors put her on
life support she was on her way to meet me we were gonna go to a movie i hardly ever left julie's side since
the accident i knew that somehow she could still hear me and that one day she'd recover
i ran into your friend denise today she uh she sends her love she got a new puppy a little golden lab
i read that it's good to keep talking to a comatose patient sometimes it can trigger something
so i just talk about whatever came into my head i had to keep connected to her remember lucy your dog she misses you
everybody misses you not as much as i do you know i love you julian how you doing gary i'm okay dr parkins
she looks so peaceful today she is julie's parents are here and they they want to see you for a minute
sure i'll be back lately it seemed that julie's parents were losing hope it was hard for me to
talk with him like i used to hi gary hey i was just telling julie about how her friend denise cut her new
puppy you know miss julie loves animals i couldn't even pass a pet shop without her
i'm sorry mrs driscoll i didn't mean to upset you gary i know it's hard but it's time for us to
face reality it's been seven months and julie shows no sign of coming out of the coma
you you know we've consulted several specialists and the consensus is that julie's
condition is irreversible no no it's not i don't believe that gary we know how much you love her we all do
but it's time to let her go we've decided to disconnect julie's life support no no you can't do that she can come out
of this i know she can the insurance has run out but it's not about the insurance
if julie had just shown one sign of coming out of the coma we'd keep her on life support
julie wouldn't want to go on this way you know that look just give me one more day
okay i i just want to talk to her i know i know she can hear me please just one more day
okay i didn't want to give up i pleaded with julie to respond i could feel our time running out
joey we don't have much more time okay i know you can hear me you have to come back what do you want
me to do why can't i reach you don't you love me they're gonna stop your life support okay
you have to fight you have to live give me please are you holding up gary's the same
i just can't get through to her you've done everything that you could now sometimes all the love in the world
is just not enough the drizzles are going to be here in a while so why don't you give yourself a
break no i can't i don't want to leave her alone gary you got to go easy on yourself
well this isn't your fault [Music] i didn't know how i was gonna live without julie i never let myself think
about it it's so hard julian i knew there were no more options but i just couldn't accept letting her go
i was finally ready to admit it was hopeless and then gary julie truly i hurt you
no i didn't imagine that that was you it was your voice julie say something to me say something
again please i hear you gary i am you too julie i hear you i can move look you can't pull life support she can
move julie can move you actually saw her move she told me she could move she spoke well not exactly look i know
this is gonna sound crazy but julie spoke to me telepathically i'm sorry there's no change no
no it can't be julie julie do something show them please go ahead dr perkins no don't do this
let her go gary please gary look at my head go ahead looking around oh gary please stop just oh my god
oh my god okay it's moving she's coming back julie slowly regained consciousness and after months of
therapy she was able to return to a normal life the doctors were amazed by her total
recovery there was absolutely no brain damage julie and i picked up right where we
left off and are more in love than ever did julian gary actually communicate telepathically
or did gary's sleep deprivation cause him to imagine that he heard julie's voice
if so then why did julie's hand move exactly when gary heard her voice was that just coincidence does this
story of a medical miracle stand on its own or does the truth show no visible signs
of support we'll find out if this story is true or false at the end of our show next a young boy channels a mysterious
spirit on beyond belief fact or fiction have you ever visited a chinatown section in a major city
it's like a world unto itself souvenirs such as these are found everywhere making chinatown a must stop
for many tourists even those that have no prior background with the chinese culture at all
take jim bartlett and his family they're from wichita and on a visit they're about to make the chinatown it'll be
very clear that they're not in kansas anymore our family had a 200-acre farm back in
wichita kansas we've been saving up for a vacation to san francisco for a long time
jim look at these dolls oh we've got plenty of souvenirs annie we can open up a shop of our own
couldn't we randy can we go the cable cruise again later after we eat okay bud okay
we'd hit all the top tourist spots the golden gate bridge alcatraz fisherman's wharf it was our
last day and so we came to the only place we hadn't seen yet chinatown i'm hungry don't worry we're
gonna eat how about this place oh prices are pretty good the duck looks pretty good too
doesn't it randy randy jim where did randy go i don't know he was just here we just looked away for a second where
could he have gone there he is randy how did he get across the street so fast randy
why doesn't he answer me randy you know i think i better have a little talk with
that boy it was totally unlike randy to wander off like that but the mystery was about to grow deeper
joshua we couldn't understand what was happening but it sounded like randy was talking chinese
what do you think you're doing you don't know how to talk chinese oh surven ching randy you stop talking like
that this isn't funny we're leaving right now yoho randy what's wrong why are you
doing this well this roll down means our show okay it's time to stop the play acting
we're going back to the hotel [Music] team randy randy where are you going randy
[Music] please they've waited almost a century for this moment you know what are you talking about
that's our son in there right now your son is wenching my great-grandfather's master what this is insane i want my son
back [Music] jim what's going on i don't know the ball was made 100 years ago by
master artist wen ching it was entrusted to my great-grandfather who was when chang's
apprentice he was to keep it until they met again and so they have what are you saying
the spirit of the great art of wenching is in your sun i don't understand why randy he was chosen to be when
chinese vessel it is a great honor [Music] they're going to have lunch oh randy how'd it get in here
why do i have this bull we'll explain it to you later son your bowl back oh no it is your sons
are you sure yes he was chosen come on jim let's go we decided that the right thing to do
was to donate the mandarin's bowl to the chinese cultural museum in san francisco
the head of the museum was very grateful he told us it was a priceless artifact made by a master artist in the late
1800s and there was some chinese words written on the side of the bowl that he translated for us
they said embrace this bowl until next we meet i shall return as a child from the
yellow fields of wheat wheat was the crop we grew back on the farm in kansas is it possible that a young farm boy
from kansas could be possessed by the soul of a chinese artisan if not how could the boy suddenly speak
chinese young randy never spoke a word of chinese before or after this incident could he have stumbled upon the ability
temporarily there are stories of people who have played an instrument perfectly for just
once and once only could this be the same phenomenon at work is this story of the precious artifact a
vessel for the truth or are we just trying to bull you over we'll find out if this story is true or
false at the end of our show next a tycoon hides an evil secret on beyond belief
fact or fiction helping a famous person to write their autobiography is a daunting task you must use every
tool at your command to make accurate notes of the thousands of stories that you'll hear
martin names has taken a job to write the autobiography of wilford clayton a hard-headed businessman with a heart
to match in fact clayton is so mean that wait martin's been taking the notes let's let
him tell the story no where was i sentiment oh yeah cinnamon okay mr clayton we're recording
sentiment is for losers you know i learned a long time ago that the week worked for the strong and most people
they're happy with very little they have no self-esteem they think that whatever they're earning
now is all they deserve and they're right wilfred clayton was a cold-blooded monster he was the most
insensitive self-loving egomaniac i'd ever met that thing picked me up if i walk
around yeah it's very sensitive yeah most people were born to serve telling them to do they'll do it treat
them like a dog they'll obey show them the hope it'll jump clayton was the president and founder of one of
the largest textile companies in the united states he hired me two months before to
ghostwrite his autobiography it was my first paying job as a writer and i was excited
but that didn't last long once i got to know him now me i own a townhouse in new york
another on the beach in barbados and a villain in the south of france at first i took my notes in longhand but
i switched to a tape recorder so i could tune out his obnoxious opinions i didn't get everything i have today by
giving my employees an annual cost of living raising i can tell you that they don't like it they can find
themselves another job so what do you think marty boy pretty good huh i'd say i got myself a bestseller
happening right here in this room wouldn't you say yes yes sir you gotta play little mind games with
the worker ants let them think the other guy is doing a better job than they are
keep them hungry and scared they work better that way i hate him i hate him i'd like to shove this tape
recorder down his throat and tell him i quit martin we need the money i know why does a creep like wilford clayton
have so much when so many good people have to struggle just to get by now can you imagine how empty his life
must be all he cares about is money and power we have so much more than he'll ever
have i love you i love you later that night we were both asleep when the storm kicked up
but what really woke us was the tape recorder i used to have this woman working for me
she told me she was a single mother he wasn't getting paid enough to feed her four kids i fired her right on
the spot martin what's going on i think the recorder came on i hate weak people foreign
it's over what happened i wish i knew yeah uh mr clayton i'm sorry i'm late uh what with the storm last night i i don't
want to know your problems there's plenty of other crummy ghost riders out there who can get here on
time i apologize yeah yeah stop whining let's get to work today i want to talk about how i started
this company okay uh we're recording now let's see he tried to warn me about the fire hazard but i wouldn't listen
what are you doing i don't know it's playing back instead of recording there was an explosion and a fire broke
out in the tire room i never said that what are you trying to pull you must have said it's on the tape
people were running and screaming everywhere some were trapped and couldn't escape
nine why won't this thing turn off i denied it all and collected the insurance that's how i built clayton
fabrics and textiles in an accompanying yesterday no no it's not true wilford clayton survived the massive
stroke he had that day and became a changed man his autobiography was released shortly
before his death a year later he gave me full writing credit and in his will he left clayton fabrics and
textiles to the families of those that perished in the fire how did wilford clayton's confession get
on that tape martin had left the recorder with clayton a number of times did clayton
record a confession out of guilt and then pushed the wrong button trying to erase
it or was his brain in such a pre-stroke condition that he might have said something involuntarily
or was it the ghosts of nine dead workers controlling things from beyond is this story of the mysterious
autobiography researched with facts or should you check our references next you'll find out which of our stories are
facts and which are fiction when beyond belief returns now let's look back at tonight's stories
and find out which ones are inspired by actual events and which ones are totally false what
about the man who may have come back from the dead to give his wife a special gift
[Music] mr everett geez what happened to you i need you to do me a favor oh sure
did you get your medicine i need you to put this in the motel safe for me i'm afraid i might lose it what is it
thank you if you thought this story was based on a real life occurrence you're right our research uncovered a
similar incident how about the wheelchair-bound man with the apparent psychic ability
i was just passing by minding my own business when this guy comes running up pistol whips the garden knocks me out of
my chair what kind of punk would do that huh two guy in a wheelchair i don't know they're scum that's what
they are scum mr sigmar you told officer hannah that you knew where we could find them is
that true yeah it's true i got this special power that comes and goes sometimes when i get real mad i see
flashes of stuff in my mind stuff kind of stuff after that guy knocked me down i was
yelling at him and this address just popped into my head 1211 carlson street is that where you
think they are i know that's where they are i can feel it this one has to be false right wrong
our research shows a similar incident happened on the virginia north carolina border in the mid 80s
how about the couple whose love to each other overcame a serious medical crisis so hard julie
gary julie julie i hurt you no i didn't imagine that that was you it was your voice
julie say something to me say something again please i hear you gary i am you do julie i hear you
i can move have you heard a story like this before you may have a similar event happened in the rocky
mountain area in the early 90s let's have one more look at the story of the little boy from kansas who seemed to
be possessed by a chinese spirit jim what's going on i don't know the ball was made 100 years ago by
master artist wenching it was entrusted to my great-grandfather who was wearing chain's apprentice
he was to keep it until they met again and so they have what are you saying the spirit of the great art of quenching
is in your son did a similar story to this one take place perhaps but our presentation is a lie
the story of the writer who discovered a mysterious confession on his tape recorder
how did you judge that one we're recording now let's see he tried to warn me about the fire
hazard but i wouldn't listen what are you doing i don't know it's playing back instead of recording
there was an explosion and a fire broke out in the tie room i never said that what are you trying to
pull you must have said it it's on the tape people were running and screaming everywhere some were trapped and
couldn't escape nine people died stop stop it nine people died nine people died nine people died why won't this
thing turn off i denied it all and collected the insurance that's how i built clayton fabrics and
textiles is this story so strange that it must be true not this time it's fiction
how did you accomplish your mission tonight we were able to predict which of our stories were based on truth and
which were here to fool you however you did be proud of your achievement because the challenge of
separating fact from fiction is a challenge that is truly beyond belief i'm jonathan frakes
wheelchair man and the vigil are true based on first-hand research conducted by author robert treylands for
beyond belief this is campbell lane [Music] you

This episode features the following cases: The Mystery of Douglas Hibbard, Wheelchair Man, The Vigil, The Mandarin's Bowl, Ghost Writer.

Brief Summary

Five stories challenge listeners to discern fact from fiction, involving love, psychic powers, miracles, and dark secrets.

Key points

The Challenge of Truth. Can you separate fact from fiction in five stories?
A Husband's Promise. Douglas Hibbard's mysterious gift raises questions about life and death.
A Medical Miracle. Gary believes his girlfriend Julie will pull through despite her coma.
Telepathic Communication. Gary claims he communicated with Julie telepathically during her coma.
A Chosen Vessel. Randy becomes a vessel for a spirit during a family trip to Chinatown.
The Mandarin's Bowl. A priceless artifact is donated to a museum, sparking a mysterious connection.

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