Beyond Belief - Season 4, Episode 2 - Full Episode | Forensic Files

beyond belief fact or fiction 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 you really believe your eyes look at this checkerboard design your eyes will tell you that this square
is darker than this one now let's take a closer look as you can see both squares are exactly the same shade
so it is with our stories tonight but might at first seem to be black or white they turn out to be equal shades of grey
and be very careful about trusting us too much after all we have a checkered past
[Music] book signings are pleasant rituals for both authors and fans writer gets an ego boost
the reader of personal momentum of course not every author achieves the prestige to warrant a book signing in
fact the clients of agent stan trask never do but the next situation that stan will
face is so monumental he can't possibly write it off literary agent stan trask has run his
own one-man operation for the past 12 years he specializes in handling writers of pulp fiction and romance
novels no no no no no i told you i told you i love it i think this is the best thing you've
ever written it made me cry yeah it did yeah i'm talking hardcover i'm talking paperback a movie deal seven figures no
less being an agent is not an easy profession a lot of late nights and competition is
fierce but stan's done very well for himself mainly by ripping off his clients right so all i need from you is
another 5 000. why well there's printing there's publicity costs i can't keep going into my own
pocket on this deer right we are so close yeah great wonderful all right listen dear i need
you to make that check out the cash that's right yeah um i gotta go hon i gotta go
okay let's have dinner soon right bye-bye hey jane what are you doing here we didn't have a meeting set did we
no stan we didn't have a meeting set oh you sound a little uptight what's happening with love ties your
manuscript it's right here i love it i told you i think this is the best romance novel i've ever read
it's made me cry yeah this one's gonna get published i guarantee it all i need from you is uh another uh 2
500. that's all stan only 2 500. do you know how much money i've given you since you
became my agent oh now look mary jane almost 12 000 and you haven't gotten one thing of mine
published okay that's not my fault all right the other stories had problems this one's different this one's
compelling this one is really great it's going to get published forget it stan honey it's over honey wha what do you
mean i'm getting a new agent stan somebody reputable okay so i'd like my money back please
all of it or else i'm going to the authorities okay look you can't do that why not
you're a thief and you stole from me now i'm not now look calm down stop telling me to calm down and stop
touching me goodbye hang on a second let me talk to you it's it okay it's over stop it
shut up mary jane [Music] mary jane oh look what you made me too [Music] stan trask had never killed anyone
before but he took to it like a natural he buried the body in a raised planter box inside the building's atrium
there was only a small mention in the newspaper about mary jane layton being missing
no one knew she was at his office that night and stan felt he had gotten away with murder
and then another plan began to take shape and stan's twisted mind mary jane's manuscript was
good and he was sure he could get it published and with mary jane out of the way
stan could keep all the money he created a fictitious author by the name of lucille carnes and
sent love tides to a publisher who bought it immediately on its release love tides by the
non-existent lucille carnes became an instant best seller no no no no i told you
she doesn't do any book signings or personal appearances lucille carnes is a very private person
she wouldn't even let us take her picture for the book jacket look what can i tell you she won't do it
everything was going according to plan and then stan got a message that would haunt him
for the rest of his days an anonymous caller informed stan of the impossible that lucille karns was at robin's
bookstore signing copies of love tides stan had to see who the impostor claiming to be lucille karns was
what is going on here how could this be she looked exactly like mary jane lately
excuse me may i look at your book okay strange isn't it changing the name on the cover to mary jane layton
i asked her what it meant she wouldn't tell me look she even signed it on the inside
marry jane layton who do you think that is i don't know this is impossible she's got to be
[Music] the homicide division had received an anonymous tip to follow stan trask
that day what they found was more than enough evidence to convict him of murder in the first degree
after serving only six months of a life sentence ex-agent stan trask stepped off a pile of books from the
prison library and hanged himself [Music] so who was the mysterious woman at the
book signing was it the ghost of mary jane layton or was it just a look-alike if so where
did you come from did mary jane have a twin sister met upon getting revenge against stan
or was it stan's own guilty conscience that caused him to imagine the entire incident
is this story of the ghostly autograph true or does it bear the signature of the lie
we'll find out if this story is true or false at the end of our show next three students are threatened by
the ghost of a confederate general on beyond belief fact or fiction movies is easier than
it's ever been there are thousands of budding steven spielberg's out there creating their own
film ideas with the help of equipment that's both portable and affordable zach rothbard is
a bold young filmmaker with the energy and courage of youth but for his latest film project he's
going to need all the courage at his command in fact as a director he may discover a
darker meaning for the term cut there was a new storm blowing in the night zach maddie and i went to the local
cemetery to do a student film about confederate general wesley vanderborn the legend was that the general rose
from his tomb once a year and carved the letter v for vanderborn on the bodies of his local victims using
his famous sword hey what are you doing this place creeped me out man i'm not even sure we
should even be here that's right we never got permission and you guys agreed to do this you can't
back out now stop complaining and and act scared yeah yeah that's perfect keep that keep
that right there stop there's something out there maybe it was just a squirrel yeah maybe
or maybe it's chairman wesley vanderborn ready to lop off a few yankee heads with
his sword you know a close friend of my brother's best friend actually knew somebody
that got murdered with a confederate sword right here in the cemetery yeah i heard that story too it's an
urban legend how do you know it's not true it's not true because there's no such
thing as ghosts well then there's nothing to be afraid of there is there [Music]
zach was a creative genius with lots of great ideas but i was beginning to think this wasn't
one of them come on go check the door eric [Music] that's weird why wasn't it locked
i don't know maybe so the general can get out and mutilate somebody with his sword
stop it zach okay okay okay i'm sorry just just trying to create a little mood here all right go on go on
go ahead [Music] man this is so cool all right man you got your shot now let's just leave no wait hold on hold on
what open up look off and i need to get a good shot of the general why no way are you crazy just just go on
do it and then and then we'll leave okay i promise all right go on go ahead come on let's just do it
eric get out of here okay okay okay it's off okay somebody please tell me how those moths got into
an airtight cough maybe there's a crack somewhere caterpillar was crawled in leave the cocoons and then they hatched
or maybe zach put them in there to scare us no i've never been in here before in my
life i swear i don't care how they got in there okay i just want to leave right now okay
i'm serious this time me too zach wait wait wait we're here i mean shouldn't we just see what the guy looks
like huh come on oh that's so gross yeah oh yeah you got your shine now let's lean
what are you doing i'm taking the sword you can't do that man you're stealing from
the debt you're desecrating the body zach okay okay okay i'll put the hand back but i
am taking this sword man just moved oh that is it i'm sorry wait we gotta help him
you shouldn't be treating the cemetery like a playground a crypt is a sacred place you should
leave the dead bee hurry give me a hand oh man your hands bleeding that's general's mark he left that on on
every man he killed you're lucky to be alive oh come on that's ridiculous the general's dead
look the sword how did the sword get back into his hand [Music] what do you believe did the spirit of
the general actually come to life to protect his crypt or did zach simply panic and cause his
own terrifying problems but then how do you explain the v cut into his hand is this story of a civil war ghost
anchored in solid ground or this time is truth gone with the wind we'll find out if this story is true or
false at the end of our show next the teacher falls under the spell of a mysterious child
on beyond belief fact or fiction dolls seem to have their own personalities their own needs
some would say their own souls almost every little girl has a favorite one that provides her with hours of
uncomplicated playtime been a while since susan franklin was a little girl but a special doll is about to enter her
life the result is anything but uncomplicated it was the end of my first day as a
teacher and i felt it went very well all the kids were great i was feeling exhilarated and a little
exhausted all i ever wanted was to be an elementary school teacher see you tomorrow there i was
[Music] you're ashley aren't you you know class is dismissed sweetheart you can go now
your mom's probably waiting out front for you can you please give me my doll back your doll
what doll is that ashley rebecca is wearing her pink dress and she has long brown hair and a
blinking eye i'm sorry honey but i don't have your doll yes you do and i want you to bring her
back tomorrow ashley maybe one of your friends has your doll i don't you do you do why are you saying you
don't [Music] hi mom well school must be out how was your first day honey that was
fine that's it just fine i thought you'd be a little more excited how'd you like your students well
this one little girl what about her nothing i don't know i'm just tired 26 8 year olds can be a handful
do you want some tea no i'm i'm all right thanks is my doll collection still in the
garage i think so why do you ask just curious about something i just couldn't get ashley off my mind
what are you looking for susan i'm not sure just mom is this my dog [Music] actually belonged to a friend of yours
which friend her name was ashley i had a friend named ashley and this was her doll
how come i don't remember her i remember all of my friends oh susan i was always afraid this day
would come what do you mean um okay when you were eight years old ashley was your best friend
you did everything together you're inseparable like sisters one day ashley was over at the house
and you were playing tea party you both loved playing with your dolls anyway um it was getting late and
ashley's mother came to take her home ashley wanted to leave her favorite doll with you because
well she was gonna be over the very next day but it never happened ashley and her
mother lucille were killed by a drunk driver in a head-on collision i tried to explain it to you
but ashley's death was so traumatic that you refused to accept it the doctor said
you blocked the whole thing out i didn't know what to do so i never mentioned ashley again
and now i remember oh oh it's okay it's good [Music] i brought the doll to school the next
day i knew i would have to show it to ashley i just didn't know how she would react
the playground monitor told me that you wanted to see me miss franklin thanks for coming in ashley
is this the doll that you were talking about rebecca i missed you i missed you so
much are you absolutely sure that that's your doll oh yes i know becca and she knows me right
rebecca she said yes you know ashley there's a lot of dolls with pink dresses and long brown hair and
broken eyes i know but they don't have a big red heart like rebecca a big red heart
don't you remember [Music] bye bye susan thank you for taking care of rebecca and suddenly i did remember and i
couldn't help thinking how this ashley looked just like my childhood friend what was the connection here was ashley
really the reincarnation of susan's friend maybe not after all there are lots of
little girls named ashley around but how could this ashley have possibly known about the doll with a painted
heart could susan's own mind have been playing tricks on her is this tale based on
plain or simple truth or have we taken a lie and dolled it up we'll find out if this story is true or
false at the end of our show next a strange curse hangs over a factory on beyond belief
fact or fiction it's a wise craftsman who knows his own tools but if you're the handyman around
your house you're probably used to having your tools disappear somehow they vanish mysteriously like
the matching sock we're always looking for hubert woodcock uses his tools for a living so he doesn't like them to
disappear in fact if you borrow one you may be doing so at some risk to your own life
[Music] it was my first day on the job at ellis bainbridge furniture makers and i was
excited [Music] they were known around the world for their expert craftsmanship and i felt i
had finally found a company that would appreciate my skills [Music] the crew seemed like a great bunch of
guys there was only one who was a little odd his name was hubert and he'd been there for years he was
from london and everyone said he was a snob but i did my best to get along with them
that's beautiful work thank you i'm george remson i hear you're from england that's
correct i'm here with woodcock hi well don't let me interrupt every place you work has its own
unwritten rules you sort of learn them as you go along and i was about to learn one
big time you have got some great tools here hubert no i'm so very sorry ouch hey man are you
okay uh yeah i think so i apologize for not warning you first about the curse curse hubert's curse oh what the heck is
hubert's curse read the plaque [Music] if this tool art borrowed by a friend good fortune
follows thou but if taken without permission or pilfered from me woe unto thee because
hubert's curse shall be upon thine head you got to be kidding actually it's quite true
you were just an unfortunate victim i tried to warn you but it was too late so his tools are cursed how they are
i come from a long line of woodworkers dating back to the 5th century one of my ancestors also named hubert
actually helped construct king arthur's round table no kid no kidding my ancestor forged a
close friendship with merlin the magician great admirer of his work to protect my
ancestors tools merlin put a curse on anyone who took them without permission the plaque was my uncle's idea he
thought it only polite to warn people first and you guys buy into this oh yeah look
what just happened to you simply ask me first and then nothing bad will happen to you
guys the head was loose on the hammer there's no such thing as curses isn't that
after that things went okay for the rest of the week but then i decided to stay late one night to get a jump on the next
day i couldn't help thinking about what happened that first day in hubert's so-called curse
i just didn't buy into that whole merlin the magician story i got to admit temptation got the best
of me i couldn't help but i just had to test that curse i needed an electric screwdriver
and hubert's was right there begging to be borrowed some curse [Music] good morning hubert good morning daddy
you got a better bit than this denny what happened to your hand oh nothing i just cut myself george
were you using my screwdriver your screwdriver no man me in okay fine i was using your screwdriver
it's an electric screwdriver why didn't you listen to me and ask permission because it was not your curse hubert it
was a freak accident okay be careful george you don't know what you're dealing with
for the next few days i kept my own tools and there were no accidents but then oh great not now
i was on a deadline and i really needed to finish the table i was working on that's when i noticed hubert's ladder
leaning against his workbench hey hubert my light just blew out could i please borrow your ladder of
course george be my guest thank you ow are you all right yes i'm fine which is amazing
since i just fell off the top of your ladder what happened i asked your permission i did what your
plaque said so why'd i fall well i'll tell you why cause you're a crazy phony oh look at that now see if you touched
that you'd been electrocuted there's your answer you asked permission george and good fortune followed
the curse saved your life [Music] do you believe in hubert's curse did it really cause george rempson's injuries
and then protect him at the end is the curse just a mind game set up by hubert or has it
actually existed for thousands of years in assembling this story have our writers use the tools of their
trade to fool you are they really hammering home the truth we'll find out if this story is true or
false at the end of our show next the doctor's office becomes the setting for the unexplainable
on beyond belief fact or fiction have you had your hearing tested lately with all the loud sounds we're exposed
to throughout our lives hearing loss is more common than ever fortunately today's hearing devices are
smaller than ever still 10 year old katie conway has been refusing to wear her hearing aid lately
and the reason may not lie inside her ear it may reside within the secrets of her mind
after you've been a doctor for a while the long hectic days in the office often run together but this day was
gonna be one that would stand out forever katie conway she's ready for you in room five
that's odd katie was just in are you new i'm sarah i'm a temp just filling in for today
[Music] katie was a quiet bright little girl that i'd been treating for about a month
this is connolly dr spalding how are you just fine question is how is your princess today
this is about katie's hearing aid yes i noticed she's not wearing it and she knows she's supposed to but i i
can't get her to keep it in see did you bring the unit with you yeah i see it of course
katie knows how important it is to wear it for school and for safety's sake when she's playing
or riding her bike well it seems to be operating fine so katie i just need you to tell me if this hurts
you in any way okay i'm sure it's uncomfortable at first but she she just she just has to wear it
okay katie can you tell me why you don't want to wear your hearing aid cause i don't like it that's the same
answer i get at home you just have to tell her she has to wear it look i'm at my wit's end mrs conway why don't
we step out for a moment give us a chance to talk yeah of course thanks sarah would you stay with katie
please and keep her busy maybe she'd like to color oh i'd be happy to doctor [Music]
maybe a little bit more comfortable to hide up on the examination table would you like to color
actually it's kind of cozy down here you know while they're gone they'll give us a good chance to play a game
would you like that how about a guessing game [Music] you think of a number between 1 and 100
concentrate real hard and i'll try to guess what it is okay here okay are you thinking
22 22 22 22 that's it how did you guess i don't know are you sure that's the right number
you're not teasing me are you no 22 it's the number for the alabaster red school
let's play again this time you guess the name i'm thinking of [Music] stuffy were you thinking of stephanie yes
stephanie's my best friend at school and you're the best person at guessing games i've ever known
katie why don't you like to wear your hearing aid sometimes a lot of the time i'm scared of what i hear with my
hearing aid i'm afraid i'll hear it even more it hurts inside right in your head
didn't you tell your mother i did it first but it made her so scared she cried and i didn't want her to cry so i said
it didn't hurt anymore it does it hurts bad sometimes and i hear those awful sounds
[Music] scary i know you heard them chewed in you you heard the sounds i hear i believe i did can you make them stop
can you make the sounds go away please uh oh hey little one are you okay are you okay dr spalding
i certainly don't have your training and experience but i highly suggest that you order a
cat scan on katie a cat scan i believe that she has the beginning signs of a tumor
a tumor what makes you suspect that let's just say katie and i had a very interesting visit
don't ask me why but there was something about that nurse i believed uh dr spalding i see that uh kd
conway was in again yesterday you ordered a cat scan it picked up a tumor putting pressure on
her auditory nerve early stages we're going to be able to treat it boy that was a lucky catch no kidding um
the next time there's an opening on the nursing staff you should try to bring in
the temp who was working yesterday sarah excuse me dr spalding no one was out yesterday we didn't bring
a champ into the office that can't be are you sure i'm positive the next time i saw katie she told me
everything that happened between her and sarah a nurse we could never find and never
would hear from again [Music] who was nurse sarah why was she there that day how was she able to make the psychic
connection with little katie was she really able to hear what katie was hearing was she simply just intuitive is this
story of nurse sarah the angel of mercy based on truth or is it merely hearsay next you'll find out which of our
stories are facts and which are fictional 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
let's have one more look at the agent who tried to bury his client forget it stan honey it's over honey
what do you mean i'm getting a new agent stan somebody reputable okay so i'd like my money back
please all of it or else i'm going to the authorities okay look you can't do that why not
you're a thief and you stole from me now get out now look calm down stop telling me to
calm down and stop touching me listen goodbye hang on a second let me talk to you it's
it okay it's over stop it just shut up mary jane did a similar story to this one take place
could be but we made this one up and now let's have one more look at the students who disturbed the spirit's
final resting place oh that is so gross yeah oh and then you got your shot now let's
leave what are you doing i'm taking the sword you can't do that man you're stealing from the dead you're
desecrating the body zach okay okay okay i'll put the hand back but i am taking this sword man
generous head just moved did a similar story to this one take place not this time it's a lie
how about the teacher who seemed to encounter the reincarnation of a childhood friend
ashley there's a lot of dolls with pink dresses and long brown hair and broken eyes i know
but they don't have a big red heart like rebecca a big red heart don't you remember
[Music] if you thought this story was based on a real life occurrence you're right
a similar story happened to a teacher in the florida area decades ago and what was your opinion of the toolbox
that came with its own curse [Music] you have got some great tools here hubert [Music]
no i'm so very sorry ouch hey man you okay uh yeah i think so i apologize for not warning you first about the
curse curse hubert's curse oh what the heck is hubert's curse read the plaque if this tool art borrowed by a friend
good fortune follows thou but if taken without permission or pilfered from me woe unto thee because
hubert's curse shall be upon thine head the strange tale of the tools has to be fake right
wrong it's true a similar story happened to a factory worker on the gulf coast about 15 years
how about the story of the mysterious nurse who was able to connect psychically with the little girl can you
make them stop can you make the sounds go away please [Music] is this story based on a real happening
not this time it's fiction so do you still think that fact and fiction are polar opposites
do they occupy the exact same space and trying to find one without encountering the other is a
challenge that is truly beyond belief i'm jonathan frakes the true stories on tonight's show were
based upon first-hand research by author robert treylands this is campbell lane [Music]
you

This episode features the following cases: Writer's Agent, Crypt Ghost, The Doll, Hubert's Curse, Shared Vision.

Brief Summary

A literary agent's crime leads to haunting consequences in this episode of Beyond Belief.

Key points

Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction. Join Jonathan Frakes as he challenges viewers to separate truth from deception in tonight's stories.
Stan Trask's Dark Secret. Literary agent Stan Trask's greed leads him down a murderous path.
The Curse of Hubert's Tools. A new employee at a furniture factory learns about a mysterious curse on the tools.
Katie's Fear of Her Hearing Aid. Katie reveals her fear of what she hears with her hearing aid, leading to emotional tension.
The Discovery of a Tumor. A doctor suspects Katie has a tumor, raising the stakes for her health.
The Mystery of Nurse Sarah. Questions arise about the mysterious nurse who connected with Katie during her visit.

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Episode quotes

This one’s going to get published, I guarantee it!

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Tension

65/ 100Some tension

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