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beyond belief
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fact or fiction
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hosted by jonathan frakes
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tonight your challenge is to separate
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what is true
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from what is false five stories
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some real some fake can you judge which
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are fact and which
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are fiction to find out you must enter a
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world of both truth and deception
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a world that is beyond belief
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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the world of illusion and reality are
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often difficult to separate
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this frame contains a three-dimensional
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sculpture of the face of albert einstein
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by moving the frame the sculpture moves
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too we see both the left and right sides
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of einstein's face
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you can even move it up or down
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but here's a surprising truth there is
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no sculpture on this side
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in fact the space where the face appears
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is concave the real face of einstein is
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actually on the other side
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so it is with our stories tonight what
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appears real may be hollow on the inside
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your challenge is to decide which are
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true
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and which are lies we'll tell the
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answers at the end of our show
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reality or illusion not an easy decision
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but don't ponder too hard the choice may
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be difficult
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but it certainly doesn't take an
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einstein
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comic books are serious business these
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days
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where once cartoons seem to be centered
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around characters like a clever mouse
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or a sassy bunny they're now more about
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terrorizing the reader into being a
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frightened mouse or reduced to a
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to a scared rabbit our story is about a
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cartoonist
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who once had the ability to draw terror
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in every panel
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but lately he's lost his touch what's
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about to happen to his life
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is anything but comic
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[Music]
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izzy wilson was once respected as the
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king of horror
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he made lots of money creating a variety
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of truly twisted comic books
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but respect is the last thing he's now
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getting from his publisher
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the overbearing incentive
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kip sherman come on izzy what are you
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doing to me
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i'm not doing anything to you kip i'm
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i'm just trying to deliver something
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scary like you asked me to
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izzy this is garbage
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belongs in a trash can all right it
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would work
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i think it's some of my best you gonna
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argue with me
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i just think it could really score for
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you yeah yeah maybe a two
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i need a tent the kids today are a lot
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more sophisticated than they used to be
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izzy don't you know that
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hey i i can't even show my face at a
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comic book convention anymore man
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they're laughing at me
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it's gotta be the real thing is it's
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gotta be real
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maybe i could add a little more blood or
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something
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izzy any idiot can add blood
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what in the world happened to you it's
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the something you're not getting okay
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it's the something that you're not
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getting and i don't know what happened
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to you man you used to be good
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[Music]
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maybe if you just gave me a little more
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direction direction
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oh is he what more direction do you need
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is he
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i want you to scare me that's all don't
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you understand
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scare me izzy i want you to scare me man
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i want you to scare me to death
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okay okay kip i'm sorry i'm sorry i
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didn't hit it for you okay
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all right just just get out of here man
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just go just go
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you better hit it this time as a year
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it's over
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i'm gonna hire one of these new kids
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right out of art school i'm sorry man
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listen i'm tired of carrying izzy i've
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been carrying you for 10 years man
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i understand and make it quick
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burnout
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[Music]
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that evening kip sherman collapsed on
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his couch
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it was easier to collapse than to try to
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sleep with a guilty conscience
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[Music]
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huh wait a minute wait a minute
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hold on take it easy
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what time is it ah man
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ungodly hour yeah
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sir i'm sorry to bother you so late are
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you kipp sherman
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yeah do you have an employee by the name
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of izzy wilson
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yeah why i hate to have to tell you this
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but he committed suicide
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kip had destroyed izzy he had broken his
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spirit
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and taken away his will to live oh but
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he wasn't about to admit it
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is he this is izzy
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oh is he i can't believe this
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he jumped off the golden gate bridge
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yeah we pulled him out of the bay a few
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hours ago
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last time you saw him were there any
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problems no no he was in good spirits he
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this is too much this is it's like
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losing a member of the family you know i
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i mean i was his boss but we were we
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were good friends you know
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i mean really we were brothers
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oh man
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kip made several stops before he
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stumbled home in the early hours of the
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morning
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[Music]
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what's this
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oh man that's weird he must have sent a
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messenger before he killed himself
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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the envelope was addressed to kip from
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izzy
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and from the feel of it it contained
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illustrations
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what a day
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izzy
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[Music]
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[Music]
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where is he
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oh my god
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the wacko drew his own suicide oh
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[Music]
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this is really sick this
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is really sick
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[Music]
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oh wait a minute
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how did you know i went to the morgue
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that's me standing there
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[Music]
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what do you think kip scary enough
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for you are you scared yet kip
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am i scaring you now kim is he no
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no did i have to die to scare you can't
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ah are you scared can't uh
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die die ah
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kip sherman was pronounced dead from a
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heart attack he suffered while reviewing
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drawings for a new comic book
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when the police arrived all they found
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were kip's body
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the drawings and some seaweed from the
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san francisco bay
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did is he really commit suicide did he
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somehow
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fake his own death to terrorize his boss
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perhaps the police officers were paid to
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lie
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was the morgue tended in on the
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deception too or did izzy's spirit
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actually come back to wreak revenge on
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his insensitive boss
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how else could the final panel have been
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so accurate
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is this story a sketchy diagram of lies
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or is it drawn from the truth we'll tell
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you whether this story is true or false
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at the end of our show
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next a pickpocket encounters the
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strangest crime of his life
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on beyond belief fact or fiction
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planning a trip soon how will you
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protect your valuables
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how about a belt with a secret
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compartment
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or a pouch that you could wear under
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your clothes
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now this is a fake soda can
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which can hide your valuables
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thieves are difficult to outsmart
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especially pickpockets
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in fact the crime of pickpocketing was
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once a capital offense in england
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it's punishment a public hanging and
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while the convicted pickpockets were
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being hanged in the town square
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other pickpockets were walking around
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picking the pockets of the crowd
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louis woolsky comes from a long line of
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pickpockets who have preyed upon the
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weak and unsuspecting
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the sad truth is louis is proud of his
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disreputable heritage
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but he's about to make a move that will
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take his foolish pride
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i've been a pickpocket for most of my
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life my uncle willie was a grifter and
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he taught me all the tricks of the trade
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when i was just 10 years old
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he even gave me my nickname louie the
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dip said i was the best little
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pickpocket he ever saw
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a crowd isn't just a crowd to me it's a
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hundred different opportunities
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and when opportunity knocks i answered
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of course i had to be careful i had two
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prior convictions and another one would
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set me up for life
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last week i was one number off this week
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i got them all right
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i'm telling you i won four million
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macaroons i got the ticket right here in
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my wallet
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down at charlie's groceries i go there
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all the time
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did i get lucky
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[Music]
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laughing when you see me pulling up in
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my brand new candy
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everyone knew the mark was a big bag of
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air but i wasn't so sure
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besides this was too easy just in case
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the big blowhard did have a winner
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it now belonged to me i couldn't wait to
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check the numbers
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i don't believe it you're telling me
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this ticket is worth four million
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dollars
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that's right baby everybody in the bar
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was laughing at the guy but i figured it
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was worth a shot
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man can i pick him i just got it you
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know when you got it
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you got it now what do we do well the
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guy said he bought it at charlie's
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groceries
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so i go down there tomorrow morning put
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down the ticket claim my money
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it's his word against mine and then we
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are out of this dump
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could we go someplace tropical we can go
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anywhere you want
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come on baby let's celebrate me and
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penny celebrated well into the night
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i finally did it i hit the big score
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[Music]
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i was too excited to sleep and besides i
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was feeling a little paranoid
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so i decided to hide the ticket in a
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safe place
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my uncle willie taught me a long time
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ago that you can't be
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too careful and you shouldn't trust
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anybody
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let's face it uncle willie never even
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dreamed of a score like this
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hey wake up it's payday
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hey how come you slept down here uh no
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reason uh
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i guess i just passed out
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what are you doing i hid the ticket you
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know in case somebody broke interest
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what's wrong louie it's not here
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look i put the ticket in here it's it's
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not here you sure that's where you put
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it
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you're a little out of it check your
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wallet
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i thought maybe in my sleep i did put it
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back in the wallet
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it had to be somewhere
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[Music]
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no it's not here either you didn't take
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it did you
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shut up louie i didn't steal it you
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probably lost it you [ __ ]
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no no that's not possible
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i was going nuts i had the ticket i put
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it in the can
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and then it disappeared i tore the house
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apart and went through my wallet a
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hundred times
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the big score of my life was gone i had
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to go back to work
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it was a busy saturday afternoon at the
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bar most of the folks had gotten paid
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the day before
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i spied a woman with an open shoulder
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bag it was no four million dollars
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but it might buy groceries for the
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weekend i couldn't believe i was doing
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this again
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but i lost my ticket to the good life i
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was back to being louie the dip
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[Music]
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smooth just like always
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bullets hey what's going on i didn't do
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anything
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easy easy take it easy we're police
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officers and you're under arrest for
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pickpocketing
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oh you are out of your mind yeah right
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wow where did this come from
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empty your pockets and let me see some
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id
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i knew they had me there was no way
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around it
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then they asked me for my id and i
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couldn't believe what happened next
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mr daley yeah is this your ticket
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this is it it's my lottery ticket
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how did that get in there i lost that i
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mean
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i never had it i mean that ain't nothing
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the mark cashed in his lottery ticket
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and became another
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instant millionaire as for me this was
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my third strike and i'm now serving 25
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years to life in folsom prison
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and i still can't figure out what
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happened
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not for the life
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how did the missing lottery ticket find
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its way back into louie's wallet
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a wallet he had searched through many
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times could a sharp-eyed guy like louis
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possibly have overlooked it on every
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occasion
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that again maybe he was set up by his
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girlfriend
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or is it possible that louis had finally
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become prey to the ultimate predator
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the one none of us can escape perhaps
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louis was a victim of fate is this story
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of an unlucky pickpocket to be believed
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or have we switched to the truth for a
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pocketful of lies
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we'll tell you whether this story is
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true or false at the end of our show
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next a mystery writer finds real life
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terror on beyond belief
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fact or fiction
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for many people one of the true joys of
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life is to settle down with a good
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mystery novel
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especially one that has twists and turns
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and an unexpected scare or two
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but what about the writers who create
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these stories what are their own lives
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really like
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frank young is a mystery writer who
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tries hard to lead a normal life
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recently he and his wife have moved into
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a house that seems perfect for the scary
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style of stories that frank creates
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but before too long the author is going
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to wish he were in a different
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profession
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[Music]
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my wife brenda and i haven't been
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getting much sleep lately
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it's been the same thing every night
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ever since we moved into this new house
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it's a great old house built in the
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1920s by mo
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fitz he was a notorious gangster and
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bootlegger who was shot to death in the
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living room back in 1928
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[Music]
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it might seem strange that anyone would
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want to live in a house with such a dark
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history
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but i'm a mystery writer and i'm
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fascinated by every detail
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uh
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maybe we should stay in a hotel i just
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can't stand the thought
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other sleepless night you still think
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it's the wind brenda
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frank this house is not haunted all old
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houses make noise
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i just know what it sounded like to me
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right
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like a little girl crying out for help
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it could be
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in one of her books it could be
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in reality it's just the wind blowing
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across the roof and down the chimney
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but i closed the flue last night
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remember
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i have to get to work we'll talk about
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it tonight
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all right i love you
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i love you too
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[Music]
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six cups of coffee later and i'm ready
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to work at least i don't have a long
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commute
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my office is right here at home
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[Music]
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the only problem is i can't get that
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noise we keep hearing out of my mind
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it's a wailing sound brief and
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inconsistent just when we doze off it
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starts up again
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almost like it knows when we fall asleep
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like it's trying to contact us
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[Music]
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i have to stop thinking about it and get
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to work i'm on a deadline
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deadline or not i have to find out what
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that sound is
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[Music]
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that's not the wind and i'm not crazy
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hello
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who's there where are you
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[Music]
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hello
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[Applause]
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so
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i don't know what's going on but i've
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got to keep searching
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it's so hot in here i can hardly breathe
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come on out of there i can't they'll
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shoot me
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i have to hide don't be afraid
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nobody's gonna shoot
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[Music]
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somebody help us
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[Music]
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it's just so unlike frank he'd never go
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anywhere without telling me or leaving
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me a note
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we get a lot of these calls mrs young
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they usually end up okay
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he probably just ran out to pick up
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something or he had a meeting he forgot
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to tell you about
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no way that's not my husband he never
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leaves the house when he's on a deadline
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i paged him three times and he didn't
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answer
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look i know this sounds weird but
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i think he might have been kidnapped why
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is that
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he's a successful mystery writer and he
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has some obsessive fans
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we need 24 hours before we can file a
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missing persons report
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you're just gonna have wait a minute did
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you hear that
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what there
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that we've heard that every night for
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the past week
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[Music]
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i don't believe this
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[Music]
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frank oh my god
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frank what happened i couldn't breathe
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in there
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i thought i was gonna die it's okay
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you're safe now
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the little girl there's a little girl in
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here
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i saw her before i passed out
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i'm okay i'm fine
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[Music]
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over there in the corner
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[Music]
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everyone thinks i was hallucinating but
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i know i was talking to the ghost of
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leslie fitz
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mo fitz's 12 year old daughter she
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disappeared the night of moe's murder
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and was never found until now
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she obviously hid in the secret chamber
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on the night her father was murdered
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and now that i've found her her spirit
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can rest in peace
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[Music]
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what happened here was frank really
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rescued by the cries of a long
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dead spirit or was the wailing sound
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that saved his life
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just the wind blowing through the cracks
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of an old drafty house
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then how do you explain the ironic
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history of the home
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is this story the product of a writer's
00:25:00
imagination or have we unlocked the
00:25:02
truth
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with the turn of a skeleton key
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we'll tell you whether this story is
00:25:08
true or false at the end of our show
00:25:10
next a landlady is frightened by an
00:25:12
invisible presence on beyond belief
00:25:15
fact or fiction
00:25:19
sometimes there's nothing more chilling
00:25:22
than sounds in the night
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the producers of radio drama understood
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this well their sound effects table was
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filled with items
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designed to scare the listener rattling
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sounds
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[Applause]
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subtle sounds of impending doom like the
00:25:38
squeaking of a door
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violent rainstorm
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or the sound of a stranger coming
00:25:52
through a darkened hole
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jail dean collins isn't afraid of the
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unknown or the sound it may produce
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she's a feisty senior citizen who has
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taken control of her own life
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watch closely because the footsteps of
00:26:09
terror
00:26:10
are lurking around the corner
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oh hello baby you want to watch
00:26:24
tv with mommy it's your favorite show
00:26:30
mrs geraldine collins was anything but a
00:26:32
merry widow
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she made extra money each month by
00:26:35
renting a small guest house in her
00:26:36
backyard at the moment
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the guesthouse was empty but that didn't
00:26:41
mean she was alone
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again
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one good shot today
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you see him mimi
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i know you're out there
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[Music]
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i'm armed
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[Music]
00:27:47
come out of there and show yourself you
00:27:49
coward i'm ready for you
00:28:02
who's doing that
00:28:17
i can't give you a description because i
00:28:19
didn't see anybody
00:28:21
how many times do i have to tell you he
00:28:23
was hiding in the bushes
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i saw a move so did mimi
00:28:28
mrs collins this is the third time this
00:28:30
week i've responded to your call
00:28:32
and each time it's the same you hear a
00:28:34
noise outside
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and no one's ever there so what are you
00:28:38
saying i'm nuts
00:28:41
no i'm not saying that i checked the
00:28:44
bushes
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there are no footprints it's been
00:28:48
raining all week
00:28:49
if there was someone there i'd see
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prince if there was nobody there then
00:28:53
what knocked my plants down
00:28:55
well answer me that it could have been
00:28:57
anything the wind maybe a cat brush by
00:29:00
them i don't care what you say there's
00:29:01
somebody snooping on me
00:29:03
mimi doesn't bark at nothing
00:29:06
what are you gonna write down in your
00:29:07
report when i murdered that the wind did
00:29:10
it
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all right i'll check the bushes one more
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time
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[Music]
00:29:19
geraldine collins had no explanation for
00:29:21
what might be happening
00:29:22
but there was at least one person who
00:29:24
did
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officer officer
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yes ma'am i know who the prowler was
00:29:33
who are you i'm norma her neighbor
00:29:37
it was mr harper who's mr harper
00:29:40
he was a tenant of hers mrs collins
00:29:42
until she kicked him out about a month
00:29:44
ago
00:29:45
he was going through a terrible time he
00:29:48
begged her
00:29:49
to give him more time to pay the rent
00:29:51
but she wouldn't do it
00:29:52
it was a really nice man
00:29:55
he died on the streets two weeks ago and
00:29:58
she couldn't care less
00:30:01
so how could he be the prowler if he's
00:30:02
dead
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she thinks he's his ghost
00:30:08
you want to talk about nuts why don't
00:30:10
you just shut up you miserable old woman
00:30:12
you brought all this on yourself and you
00:30:14
know it evil
00:30:16
begets evil why you nosy old bat
00:30:19
what you did to that sweet man will not
00:30:22
go
00:30:22
unavenged oh you shut up you don't even
00:30:24
know what you're talking about you shut
00:30:25
up
00:30:26
oh shut up oh why don't you ladies
00:30:28
ladies
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i want you both to go back to your
00:30:35
houses and cool off
00:30:37
all right fine
00:30:41
but i know what i know
00:30:47
she's completely out of her mind there's
00:30:49
no such thing as ghosts
00:31:16
ah
00:31:28
all right that's it no more cops
00:31:33
he's gonna handle this herself
00:31:40
don't worry it's only the thunder did
00:31:43
you hear that
00:31:45
he's right over there somewhere i'm just
00:31:47
gonna put you down for a second baby
00:31:52
i got you this time whoever you are
00:31:57
you don't know who you're dealing with
00:31:59
buster
00:32:01
come out of there
00:32:22
no this isn't happening
00:32:25
it can't be
00:32:31
geraldine collins barely survived her
00:32:33
night of terror
00:32:35
she moved out of the house the following
00:32:36
day and continued to relocate
00:32:38
four times over the next five months the
00:32:40
only
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was geraldine seeing things were her
00:32:50
delusions brought on by deep-seated
00:32:52
guilt over her treatment of her former
00:32:54
tenant mr harper or was she being
00:32:56
tormented and manipulated by her
00:32:58
righteous neighbor norma
00:33:00
but then how could norma have possibly
00:33:02
created those phantom footprints
00:33:05
is it possible that those prints were
00:33:06
made by a ghost who came back to collect
00:33:08
rent on a greedy landlady's soul
00:33:11
it's a story we've just seen based on
00:33:13
fact
00:33:14
or if we just headed the truth another
00:33:17
eviction notice
00:33:19
we'll tell you whether this story is
00:33:20
true or false at the end of our show
00:33:23
next a teenage girl joins a witch's
00:33:25
coven on beyond belief
00:33:27
fact or fiction
00:33:31
it seems that more and more people are
00:33:32
becoming fascinated with the occult
00:33:35
witchcraft especially among teenagers
00:33:36
appears to have a peculiar
00:33:38
fascination their books movies and
00:33:40
television shows
00:33:41
often deal with the subject sometimes
00:33:44
realistically sometimes
00:33:45
tongue-in-cheek teenager edie jamison
00:33:49
has become a victim of witchcraft's evil
00:33:51
seductions
00:33:52
her gaze is cold her manner is menacing
00:33:56
and what her future holds may be in the
00:33:58
hands of a mysterious
00:34:00
and forbidden world
00:34:07
i can't remember ever being one of those
00:34:08
stupid smiling little daddy's girls
00:34:12
and when i turned 15 i discovered the
00:34:14
dark seductive powers of witchcraft
00:34:17
my parents were frightened by my strange
00:34:19
behavior and demanded that i see a
00:34:21
psychologist
00:34:24
i had heard about dr mary and john
00:34:26
before she supposedly had a lot of
00:34:28
success with girls like me
00:34:30
that didn't bother me at all in fact i
00:34:33
welcomed the challenge
00:34:34
hi edie i'm marion i'm leaving
00:34:38
your parents say you agreed to see me
00:34:40
yeah
00:34:41
well i changed to my mind i don't need
00:34:43
any help i'm not sick
00:34:45
i'm a witch why can't my parents just
00:34:48
live with that
00:34:50
that's kind of a tough pill for most
00:34:52
parents to swallow
00:34:54
don't you think i don't really care
00:34:59
do you know they're afraid of me why do
00:35:02
you think that
00:35:03
don't pull that psychology junk on me
00:35:06
i know what you're all about
00:35:09
[Music]
00:35:10
what am i all about you're trying to
00:35:13
change me back into some sweet little
00:35:14
innocent girl
00:35:16
i was never that i was born a witch
00:35:23
but you wouldn't understand nobody
00:35:26
understands
00:35:28
only other witches do you know many
00:35:31
other witches
00:35:33
i know a lot of witches
00:35:36
we're everywhere you don't know the
00:35:39
power that we have
00:35:41
if you did you wouldn't be messing with
00:35:43
me
00:35:46
you know the dark side of the occult can
00:35:48
be very
00:35:49
enticing especially when you're under a
00:35:51
lot of pressure this is not about
00:35:53
pressure
00:35:56
it's about power my power over you
00:36:01
you have no power over me edie
00:36:04
oh yeah what if i put a curse on you
00:36:08
i can do that you know go ahead
00:36:12
put a curse on me
00:36:27
[Music]
00:36:30
i'm not afraid of you edie
00:36:35
you will be marion
00:36:41
you'll see me in your nightmares and
00:36:44
everything in your life will go wrong
00:36:53
the next time i saw dr john i almost
00:36:56
didn't recognize her
00:36:58
my curse was apparently working
00:37:06
hello i want you to remove the curse
00:37:10
now why you said i have no power
00:37:14
don't mock me edie my fiancee left me
00:37:18
my house had a fire in it my office was
00:37:21
robbed
00:37:22
and your face has been in my dreams
00:37:24
every night for the past week
00:37:26
i want it to stop do you hear me i want
00:37:29
it
00:37:30
over tell me you believe i'm a witch
00:37:35
all right you're a witch
00:37:39
now take off the curse
00:37:44
no what do you mean no
00:37:47
i told you everything you wanted to hear
00:37:50
this is too much fun doctor
00:37:52
you're really helping me you're helping
00:37:55
me learn my craft
00:37:59
i want you out of my life it's too late
00:38:03
i'm joining a coven once i'm a member
00:38:07
i'll be all over for you get out of here
00:38:10
get out sleep well
00:38:24
the night i joined the coven was the
00:38:25
most exciting and frightening night of
00:38:27
my life
00:38:28
i couldn't wait to be officially
00:38:30
inducted and follow their rules for the
00:38:31
rest of my
00:38:32
life
00:38:33
[Music]
00:38:36
even though i knew i was meant to be a
00:38:38
witch i was still terrified by the
00:38:40
intensity of the ceremony
00:38:43
i had never experienced such a
00:38:44
combination of fear and ecstasy before
00:39:02
take me high priestess i'm ready make me
00:39:05
one of you
00:39:06
[Music]
00:39:08
rise before the high priestess
00:39:15
[Music]
00:39:17
[Applause]
00:39:20
[Music]
00:39:25
[Music]
00:39:38
[Music]
00:39:40
peace
00:39:51
repeat these vows and pledge your
00:39:53
allegiance to the coven
00:39:54
as above so below i now become a part of
00:39:58
thee
00:39:59
forever as above
00:40:02
so below i now become part of the firm
00:40:05
[Music]
00:40:07
you are now a sister of this coven and
00:40:10
you must obey our rules forever
00:40:13
i will obey
00:40:20
[Music]
00:40:22
dr john no it can't be
00:40:25
you're not a witch i hexed you it was
00:40:28
all a trick edie
00:40:29
to get you to join this coven what do
00:40:32
you mean
00:40:33
you're now a witch but a good one just
00:40:37
like all of us
00:40:39
[Music]
00:40:40
this coven is devoted to kindness and
00:40:44
beauty
00:40:44
no no no i don't
00:40:48
i don't want that it's too late edie
00:40:51
now you'll see me in your dreams and you
00:40:53
won't be able to wish evil on anyone
00:40:55
else again
00:40:59
that night my life changed forever i
00:41:02
lost the hatred in my heart and became
00:41:03
the happy caring person i was always
00:41:05
meant to be
00:41:11
what really happened here the doctor in
00:41:15
our story claims that she has pioneered
00:41:17
a unique new treatment
00:41:18
to deprogram misguided teenagers from
00:41:21
witchcraft
00:41:22
she tricks them into taking vows for
00:41:24
good
00:41:25
not evil do you believe this or do you
00:41:28
believe the doctor
00:41:29
is really a good witch using her own
00:41:32
positive power to battle evil
00:41:34
could this story possibly be true or is
00:41:36
it an example of our writers
00:41:39
applying their craft
00:41:42
next you'll find out which of our
00:41:44
stories are fact
00:41:45
and which are fiction when beyond belief
00:41:48
fact or fiction returns
00:41:52
it's time to take a look back at our
00:41:53
stories and find out which ones are
00:41:55
inspired by actual events
00:41:57
and which ones are works of fiction now
00:41:59
let's look back at the story of the
00:42:01
cartoonist who haunted his publisher
00:42:03
and scared him to death fact or fiction
00:42:11
what do you think kip scary enough for
00:42:15
you
00:42:16
are you scared yet kip did you think
00:42:18
this one was simply too far out to
00:42:20
really have happened
00:42:21
we fooled you we based this story on an
00:42:24
actual occurrence that took place in the
00:42:25
late 60s
00:42:26
on the west coast
00:42:32
how about the story of the pickpocket
00:42:34
who lifted a lottery ticket
00:42:35
true or false hey look easy easy take it
00:42:39
easy
00:42:39
we're police officers and you're under
00:42:41
arrest oh you are out of your mind
00:42:44
yeah right
00:42:47
where did this come from
00:42:52
if you guessed this one was totally made
00:42:53
up we got you
00:42:55
according to our research this what
00:42:56
happened to a pickpocket in new jersey
00:43:04
what did you think about the story of
00:43:05
the mystery writer who became a part of
00:43:07
a real life mystery
00:43:08
was it true or false maybe we should
00:43:11
stay
00:43:12
in a hotel i just can't stand the
00:43:14
thought of another sleepless night
00:43:16
you still think it's the wind brenda
00:43:18
frank this house is not haunted
00:43:20
did you think this story was too strange
00:43:22
to be true well
00:43:24
research tells us that a similar story
00:43:25
happened in the midwest in the early 80s
00:43:32
what about the tale of the footprints
00:43:34
that haunted the unfeeling landlady
00:43:36
real or hoax come out of there and show
00:43:39
yourself you
00:43:40
coward i'm ready for you
00:43:44
[Music]
00:43:48
did you think this story really happened
00:43:50
not this time
00:43:52
we were tracking lies through the mud
00:43:54
it's false
00:43:57
[Music]
00:44:00
what was your opinion of the teenaged
00:44:02
girl who was tricked into dropping her
00:44:04
evil ways
00:44:05
i'm a witch why can't my parents just
00:44:08
live with that
00:44:10
that's kind of a tough pill for most
00:44:12
parents to swallow
00:44:14
don't you think did you think this tale
00:44:16
of witchcraft was nothing but smoke
00:44:18
our research tells us it happened in new
00:44:20
england around the late 70s it's fact
00:44:24
[Music]
00:44:27
so what is it that separates fact from
00:44:29
fiction
00:44:30
why do things happen to all of us that
00:44:32
have no logical explanation
00:44:34
the more we seek an answer the more we
00:44:36
realize that the only true explanations
00:44:39
are beyond belief i'm jonathan franks
00:44:42
the stories entitled louis the dip the
00:44:44
wailing and curse
00:44:45
are true based upon research conducted
00:44:47
by author robert treylands
00:44:49
for beyond belief fact or fiction this
00:44:51
is don lafontaine
00:45:04
[Music]
00:45:30
foreign
00:45:35
you
