Beyond Belief - Season 4, Episode 9 - Full Episode | Forensic Files

beyond belief 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 belief
we've all heard the phrase two heads are better than one but does one head ever take the place of
two take this picture the only head in sight belongs to former first lady lady bird
johnson but whose body does her head belong to the lady on the left or the one on the
right this is an object lesson for judging our stories tonight where the real truth lies may remain a
mystery you'll find out which stories are true and which are false at the end of the
show as you may know it's a difficult challenge but we thought you'd appreciate a heads up
do you have a favorite hiding place for money or valuables some people use ordinary household items
like these some more ingenious methods like this hollowed-out book and some put their trust in more secure
objects objects strong enough to withstand flood fire even earthquakes dirk sidwell has recently married cassie
youngston he's heard that her late husband kept his fortune hidden in a box like this
oh don't get dirk wrong he's a completely devoted husband completely devoted to finding the cash
cassie youngston's husband milo had died in a thrasher accident two years ago he left cassie lonely but very well off
with a thriving dairy farm and no financial words cassie was afraid she'd never meet anyone who could
replace milo and then dirk sidwell came into her life cassie had met dirk at the local church
only a few weeks earlier dirk was just a two-bit hustler but to a woman like cassie
he was prince charming in a pickup truck i love you baby i love you more that's just not possible
jake rudolph the farm foreman didn't like dirk he knew the dirk had heard the rumor about cassie's first husband
the story was that milo didn't trust banks and he kept close to a million dollars in an iron strong box hidden
somewhere on the property you are one special woman cassie i want you to know my late husband would
have blessed this marriage we never had any children and he was so afraid of leaving me all alone you'll
never be alone again baby chicks you're so sweet and good dirk what's wrong i hate to bring this up now cass in the
middle of our honeymoon and all but i'm a little low on cash and i was wondering if
you had any money around the house oh sure honey you don't have to get up just tell me
where it is i don't mind it's uh 20 and up sure that'll be fine i feel bad having to ask for this
i want you to know i'm gonna earn my keep around here i already talked to my foreman jake about
teaching you the dairy business you can start tomorrow cassie i am really looking forward to
learning everything there is to know about the farm but can't it wait a couple weeks we are
in the middle of a honeymoon baby cheeks leave it to me to marry a hopeless romantic
cassie really believed that dirk was in love with her but the only thing on his mind was
finding that hidden metal box and the million dollars inside every time cassie would go into town
dirk would take the opportunity to search for the strong box [Music] dirk had been looking for over a week
and he was getting frustrated jake how you doing what are you doing there i was checking
for dry rot everything's fine [Music] i'm here to help you who are you what do you want i know what you're
after and i can take you to it follow me if you want the money [Music] [Music] i'm over here dirk
okay where's strongbox that's all you care about who are you i'm milo youngston and i want you to leave my cassie yellow
yeah right i know who you are pal or what you're up to miley youngston's dead now
if you know where the strongbox is you better tell me you'll never find this then you're dead
where are you where'd you go i'm over here baby cheeks over here i'm up here dirk
don't cry cass jake how could this happen it was just an accident that's all in time
cassie youngston learned that all dirk sidwell really wanted was her money but dirk was chasing an empty dream
unlike her first husband milo cassie did believe in banks and right after milo died
she removed the million dollars from the strong box and put it directly into her
mutual fund account who was it that led dirk to his untimely demise was it really the ghost of
cassie's late first husband if not then who led dirk into the barn that night did the foreman jake have something to
do with all this but if the apparent ghost was real why was dirk unable to shoot him and how
do you explain the fact that the box fell at just the right time is this story of greed based on reality
for all to see or have we stashed the truth away in a lock box we'll find out if this story is true or
false at the end of our show next three girls solve a frightening mystery on beyond belief
fact or fiction let me show you a picture study it for a few moments now how reliable an eyewitness would you
make what color with the man's eyes what about his hair how long was his hair did he have any
identifying scars mustache beard glasses what kind of clothes was he wearing police rely on descriptions to track
down criminals but very often the eyewitness accounts are inaccurate in many cases there are no eyewitnesses
at all three high school students are about to find out how crucial a witness can be
and their reliable source is truly beyond belief [Music] this is supposed to be better than
spirits within or any of the sequels hey guys hey i got the pictures from the party cool
that's a good one of your age oh my god i look so fat i should never stand next to melissa she
looks like a model where is she anyways uh melissa's always late come on let's go in
she can find us by following your [Applause] screams i can't believe you made me miss the
last 20 minutes i told you i don't like scary movies something's going on come on let's go
[Applause] hey what happened there's been a shooting was it a drive-by sometimes i see gangs
around here did you girls see me tonight i know we're in the movie i'm gonna need to take your names anyway
i might have some questions for you [Music] later it's been two weeks and the police still
don't know who did it this is awful i wish there's something we could do i miss melissa so much i can't believe
they haven't found anybody who saw it happen yeah seems like the only witness was
poor melissa maybe there is something we can do let's all meet back here tonight after
dark we wish to summon the spirit of our friend melissa and ask the spirit world to allow a door
to open between our dimensions our beloved melissa we ask that you commune with us and move among us
our beloved melissa we ask that you commune with us and move among us our beloved melissa we ask that you
commune with us and move among us if you are there melissa please rap once what just happened
[Music] okay that is so not funny what i am doing this to help melissa and you two are trying to scare me i didn't
write that me either i swear then she's really here we shouldn't have done this i wanna go home
no wait if we summon melissa's spirit we're not gonna abandon her now melissa if you're here and if there's any way
please please tell us you fired the shop that killed you [Music] you've reached the butlers we're not
home right now please leave a message after the beep what's that supposed to mean jessie
[Music] it's it's melissa you guys it's melissa she's telling us the name of her killer
jesse hall jesse hall that's the guy that got kicked out of school for having a gun in his locker yeah i heard he
dreaded gang he even shaved his head we've got to call the police they're gonna think we're nuts if we say
melissa's ghost called us i i just won't give them my name i'll say there was a witness i just won't say
it was melissa detective patterson we spoke the night of the shooting oh yeah hi i stopped by to let you know
we found your friend melissa's killer an anonymous tip led to the arrest of jesse hall a gang member he confessed
while in custody miss butler did you know when a call comes into 9-1-1 the caller's address is displayed on a
computer screen oh i guess i didn't but i'm not the witness i made a call for a friend
well then you did the right thing and your friend is very special yet she was could melissa really have been the key
witness in her own murder did the seance really work or was one of the girls harboring a terrible secret one which
she used the seance to reveal or did the three girls imagine they were hearing their dead girlfriend's message
does this story sound like a lie or does it capture the spirit of truth we'll find out if
this story is true or false at the end of our show next a good samaritan and a strange
reward on beyond belief fact or fiction there's a popular philosophy that says if a good deed has been done for you the
best way to express thanks is by doing a good deed for someone else which brings us to the small town
of good samaritan it's not that good deeds necessarily happen here it's the opportunity that keeps arising
cal russert is about to enter the town of good samaritan and opportunity is about to knock
i hope he's okay i'm sure he's fine he just ate something he should name cal russert and his wife rosie
were visiting friends near the town of good samaritan when they got a call from their babysitter
their only child cal junior had suddenly taken ill with stomach problems it's the last time
i leave him with that babysitter it ain't her fault no little cow i know i'll just feel better when we get
home you'll be home in no time kyle's job was driving 18-wheelers and he knew the roads in the area like
the back of his hand what's that oh cal that looks bad real bad you wait here well be careful
cal had some basic training in first aid and life-saving techniques but he wasn't sure he'd be able to
handle this situation hey hey can you hear me i gotta get him out of there hal are you all right stay in the truck
[Music] road [Music] [Music] how is he there's no heartbeat and he's not breathing
come on come on breathe come on oh god you did it you did it you did it take it easy buddy you're
gonna be all right we're gonna get you to a hospital thank you i'll pull the truck over
all right hang in there you're gonna make it cal russert saved the life of sam singley that day
on a lone stretch of road on the outskirts of the town of good samaritan five years later
the opportunity to pay the good deed forward occurred i hope he's all right don't worry we'll
be home soon sam singley the man who was given the gift of life through a stranger's good
deed was rushing home with his wife to tend to their sick child sam what is that
be careful sam [Music] [Music] hey hey uk are you okay sam are you all right just stay in the
truck there's diesel fuel leaking be careful [Music] [Music] it can't [Music] that's be working
[Music] come on breathe come on breathe okay man you're gonna be all right you gotta make it is he all right
hey we gotta get him to the hospital you saved his life sam that's what happened this is kyle
russert same man that saved my life five years ago could this story be true could a man
whose life was saved by a good samaritan end up saving that same man's life years
later was this simply an amazing coincidence or did fate actually bring sam to the right place at
exactly the right time in looking for reality should we stop here for the truth or should we just keep on trucking we'll
find out if this story is true or false at the end of our show next a woman is haunted by a terrifying
dream on beyond belief fact or fiction since the earliest days of civilization there have been people who claim to
interpret dreams books such as this one offer some examples if you dream of flames
it can indicate passion dream of money you may be expressing personal power a dream about driving might be a
statement of independence pleasant enough diversion but sometimes dreams go beyond mere symbols
sometimes they can take hold of your entire life witnessed the strange case of ivana
turner my wife ivana had been having bad dreams ever since she was a child i always thought the nightmares were a
reaction to her troubled childhood ivana was born in the soviet union but defected to this country with her
grandmother when she was only six right after the death of her parents i thought you said you were going to
quit when you turned 30. i still have one day left hey i'm surprised my birthday girl made
reservations in giuseppe's no no i can't oh and look i know you think it's expensive but you only turn 30 once
brian it's very thoughtful of you but i just want to stay home come on you deserve a night of fun julian doug
said they'd join us i said no it's what's going on ivana is it the dreams that are bothering you or is it
something else i'm gonna die on my birthday brian i see it in my nightmares over and over all these years
it's the same nightmare what well what is it you see it's my 30th birthday and i hear this loud noise like a
popping sound there's a flame and then i hear this horrible screeching and then i'm laying on the floor
ryan i see my own death while ivana played with her friend julie's son i talked to julie
she's so good with children ivana was born to be a mother well i'd start a family right now but
ivana's been reluctant it's because of the nightmare isn't it oh wow i'm glad she finally told you
she doesn't want to get pregnant because she thinks she's going to die brian ivana needs you to be understanding
about this i'm trying to be but i'm just confused as to why a dream would upset her so much
but ivana doesn't believe that it's just a dream she thinks it's a premonition just like the one she had about her
parents death when ivana was a child she had a recurring nightmare that her parents
were going to be killed it happened brian just like she saw it in her dreams it was almost midnight and we'd stayed
in all night waiting for the day to end sorry i can arrange better weather for your birthday
in the dream i never saw it as a stormy night well it's a good thing right i'm sorry i never told you sooner
i thought you'd worry or think i was crazy why are you so good to me because i love
you honey it's just a storm but that noise that popping sound i heard it in my nightmare it's
the transformer blue knocked out the lights it can't hurt you the flame the flame was in the nightmare
too [Music] ryan it's happening that screeching sound was in the nightmare too listen to me listen to me it's just a
car alarm the wind set it off okay look two minutes to midnight your birthday's over all right what
could happen in two minutes okay i'm sorry all right i'll be okay okay now sit down sit here
okay i'll go shut the car alarm off and i'll be right back come on [Music] come on
[Music] despite the bruise ivana survived her birthday and her nightmare never came again
one year later ivana celebrated her 31st birthday and by then we had a lot more to
celebrate ivana had finally become pregnant and given birth to a beautiful baby girl
her uncle demetri even traveled from russia to pay us a visit oh she is so beautiful
just like a mother start thinking of your wish doll i already got my wish we should get some
pictures with your uncle and the baby okay i'll get the camera from the bedroom ivana looks radiant oh i am so glad she
has found such happiness she was such a sad little girl it was tragic losing her parents when she was
only five five ivana's grandmother said she was six oh no no no i remember it well it was a very
frightening time when i escaped it from the soviet union my grandmother you know was confused
no no no no iran was five then ivana's not turning 31 today she's only 30. lucky fellow you get a younger wife
and you get to live a year over with her [Music] suddenly the details of ivana's dream
came flooding back the popping sound the flames i knew i had to get to her but it was
too late she was dead just like in her dream medical reports show that ivana turner
suffered an aneurysm resulting in her sudden death on her 30th birthday was it really a curse on her life
communicated through her dreams or did she put herself into a fatal condition remember she was a smoker
is this story of the deadly dream adorned with fact after fact or is it as bare as a birthday suit
we'll find out if this story is true or false at the end of our show next party tricks turn to fear on beyond
belief fact or fiction we all know a life of the party somebody who lights up a room simply by
walking in and putting a lampshade on their head i know a few tricks myself now don't try
this at home i've been practicing for years claire netfight is a true life for the
party her specialty lies in tricks of mental telepathy with the help of her husband george she
dazzles all their friends but soon it'll be very clear that the party's over george and claire natwig love to
entertain their friends with telekinetic tricks let's just cleanse the air a little bit
and if you could all take your hands nobody's touching the table please they went to great lengths to
convince people that claire was born with a special gift okay focus focus clare that's it
okay the only things moving here are the hands on my watch come on though you're gonna break her
concentration okay and that's it focus it's moving that's i enough have your down slough no
no doubts george claire you're amazing did you see the look on lou's face [Laughter]
she was so great though no you focus claire focus you know what i thought that was a
nice touch [Laughter] oh it amazes me that nobody ever thinks about looking under the table i know
i know they really want to believe that you were telekinetic oh honey without your magnets i'm nothing
oh we make a good team don't we i thought we left the light on inside the ball must have burned out
yeah that must be hey what's going on here shut up look uh take anything you want just just
don't hurt us okay i told you to shut your mouth tape him up and gag him george come
for the past three months there had been a series of home invasion robberies in the neighborhood
the newspaper quoted some of the victims as saying they were beaten badly by two
men in ski masks okay go upstairs i'm gonna get everything down here what about the two in the garage i'm
thinking about it after reading about all those robberies george and claire had a special alarm
system installed in their home that went directly to the police station but it was disabled
by the two thieves george where are the police here yet they must have disconnected the alarm
what are we gonna do i don't know but they could come back out here and kill us stop
look we're gonna have to try to get up okay do this together put your knees in front of you
okay on three one two three oh okay i have to try to stand okay one two three push like push
okay we have to get that alarm to go off here's your taconiesis george that's a trick we do at parties i don't have any
powers no no no you're wrong claire you do have the gift you do i just never told you before
cause i didn't want to scare you what are you talking about i didn't use the magnus tonight what
i always told you claire you moved those things on your own george are you serious
listen to me you can do this claire okay you can save our lives right okay move with me
focus honey that looks so good [Music] freeze criminal demi ryan was arrested for armed robbery
his partner milt stevens was taken to a local hospital it was discovered that some unknown
electromagnetic force had short-circuited his pacemaker claire and george became neighborhood
heroes did claire really use telekinetic powers to save herself and her husband george
that night or was the timing coincidentally linked to a local power surge george said he didn't use the magnets
for their trick at the party is he telling the truth or desperately grasping for straws
the fact is claire was never able to summon up the powers of telekinesis again did this story really happen or was it
just another mind game 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 let's review the story of the husband
who married for money but wound up with an early demise who are you i'm milo youngston
and i want you to leave my casa yellow yeah right i know who you are pal and what you're up to
milo youngston's dead now if you know where the strongbox is you better tell me you'll never
find it then you're dead where are you where'd you go did you think this story really happened
not this time it's a lie how about the story of the three teenage girls who solved a crime
through a seance our beloved melissa we ask that you commune with us and move among us
our beloved melissa we ask that you commune with us and move among us our beloved melissa
we ask that you commune with us and move among us if you are there melissa please rap once
what just happened was this story based on a real happening yes our research shows a similar
incident happened in michigan in the 90s what was your opinion of the man who saved the life of the man who saved his
life [Music] [Music] this strange story has to be fake right wrong it's fact a similar story happened
to two men in the state of texas about 70 years ago what about the woman whose terrible
prophecy of death was fulfilled on her 30th birthday fact or fiction the flame the flame was in the nightmare
too ryan it's happening that screeching sound was in the nightmare too listen to me listen to me it's just a
car alarm the wind set it off okay look two minutes till midnight and your birthday's over
what could happen in two minutes did you think we made this up you're right it's a fake
the woman who found out that she actually had the gift of telekinesis at just the right time
how did you judge that one you can do this claire okay you can save our lives okay move with me
you can make this happen focus claire focus did you think this was real if you did
you were right it was inspired by an event that happened to a midwestern couple in the late 80s
so how was your judgment tonight were the differences between truth and lies clear-cut or did they blend together
can we ever say with confidence which stories are fact and which are fiction or are we wiser to say that certain
tales are just beyond belief i'm jonathan frakes the witness and mental are true based on
first-hand research conducted by author robert traylands for beyond belief this is campbell lane
[Music] you

This episode features the following cases: The Wealthy Widow, The Witness, The Accident, Bad Dreams, Mental.

Brief Summary

Five stories challenge viewers to identify fact from fiction, including a haunted dream and a life-saving good deed.

Key points

The Challenge of Truth. Can you separate fact from fiction in five stories?
A Hidden Fortune. Dirk Sidwell is devoted to finding his wife's late husband's hidden cash.
A Ghostly Seance. Three girls attempt to summon their deceased friend for answers.
A Life Saved. Cal Russert saves a life on a lonely road, leading to a twist of fate.
A Deadly Dream. Ivana's nightmares foreshadow a tragic fate on her 30th birthday.
Claire's Telekinetic Moment. In a tense situation, Claire is encouraged to use her telekinetic powers to save herself and George.

Episode highlights

Episode quotes

Where the real truth lies may remain a mystery.

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