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Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack - Season 4, Episode 10 - Full Episode

May 22, 2019 / 46:09

This episode covers UFO sightings in Belgium, the mysterious death of a police chief in Ohio, and a woman's search for her long-lost mother. It features discussions on the Belgian Air Force's involvement in UFO tracking, the tragic story of Chief Robert Hamrick, and the emotional reunion of a mother and daughter.

The Belgian UFO sightings began on November 29, 1989, when multiple witnesses, including police officers, reported seeing a large triangular object with bright lights. The Belgian Air Force later confirmed radar tracking of unidentified objects, leading to a press conference in July 1991 where military officials presented evidence of these sightings.

In Ohio, Chief Robert Hamrick attempted to combat a gang terrorizing Rock Creek. After a series of threats and harassment, he died in a suspicious car accident, which many believe was a cover-up for foul play. Eyewitness accounts suggest he was murdered by gang members.

The episode also highlights the emotional story of Carla Downing, who reunited with her biological mother, Mary Maxwell, after years of searching. Their reunion was facilitated by viewers of the show, bringing joy and closure to their long-separated family.

Finally, the episode discusses Philip Breen, a businessman who vanished after embezzling millions. His wife, Kathleen, was left to deal with the fallout of his actions, leading to a painful divorce and financial ruin.

TL;DR

This episode covers UFO sightings in Belgium, a police chief's suspicious death, and a woman's emotional reunion with her mother.

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this program is about unsolved mysteries
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whenever possible the actual family
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members and police officials have
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participated in recreating the events
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what you are about to see is not a news
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broadcast March 1990 NATO tracking
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stations and Belgium pick up a strange
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unidentified aircraft on radar the
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Belgian air force deploys two fighter
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jets to intercept the intruder only to
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have a dart out of range and disappear
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at supersonic speed it is the most
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dramatic of thousands of recent UFO
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sightings invented in the late 1960s
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rock creek ohio is besieged by a wild
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gang of street toughs a Robert Hamrick
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took charge of a police force he was
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determined to run the gang out of town
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six months later Hamrick was killed in a
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suspicious car accident Philip Breen is
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a successful businessman with a
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remarkable knack for making money and
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for taking money in 1990 he vanished
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after defrauding his employer out of
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millions of dollars and leaving his
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unsuspecting wife to pay the debt also a
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woman's search for her long-lost
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mother's finally ended thanks to our
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viewers join me for their heartwarming
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reunion
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solve mysteries
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Brussels Belgium is known as the capital
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of capitals an ancient city of charm and
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elegance it was seemed unlikely that
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old-world Brussels would be the focal
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point of a very contemporary controversy
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since the fall of 1989 several thousand
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people from all walks of life
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and reported that Belgium as being
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invaded from the skies
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basically what we saw is this big
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triangle object with three bright white
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lightning in the corners and it was in
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mobile above the motorway in the middle
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was a flashing red light it passed by
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approaching the roofs since it was
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flying so low you could see three white
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lights which formed an equilateral
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triangle what exactly is it that
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thousands of people have been seeing in
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the night sky over Belgium these
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drawings were generated from the
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testimony of hundreds of eyewitnesses
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almost without fail they described an
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immense triangular object with bright
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lights at the corners and another light
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in the center then on July 11th 1991 an
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extraordinary press conference was held
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high-ranking members of the Belgian
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military briefed the media on a UFO
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which Air Force jets had attempted to
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chase down and remarkably have recorded
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on their radar screens tonight we will
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show you the evidence presented at that
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conference for the first time on
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American television UFO sightings here
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in the United States have traditionally
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been met with skepticism in most cases
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justified by government and military
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officials the reports have elicited
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either denials or in most cases a simple
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no comment but you are about to see is a
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first this story was filmed with a
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complete cooperation of the Belgian Air
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Force in the shaandaar Marie a national
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law enforcement agency Belgium lies in
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the southeast edge of the North Sea
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bordered by Germany France Luxembourg
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and the Netherlands the mystery of the
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Belgian UFOs began on the night of
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November 29th 1989 just outside of the
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small town of you pan less than seven
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miles from a German border
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Jean dimes Heinrich Nico and he bare von
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won t even a routine patrol
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Hey and I got Runa
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yes mr. Chuck let's go set up all
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support shoulder as we approach the
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crossroads no horse rode our attention
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was drawn to an unusual sight we saw a
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field near the road that was all lit up
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it was like a football field though a
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garage we thought it was strange and of
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course we wanted to know what was
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causing those lights
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ask mom all along so she pulled over to
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the side of the wall
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Noma platform there was a huge
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triangular platform and underneath it
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the strong headlights and in the middle
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was this blinking or processing orange
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light the whole thing was floating in
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the air
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open dispatch these colorful multitudes
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immediately call the dispatcher Anupam
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Albert Kreutz as if we saw safer sex ed
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I'm only missing ya know suddenly they
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told me they were seeing a strange
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object in the sky he saw me it made no
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noise on a blog he joked about it and
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said it might be Santa Claus trying to
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land the service area ya ya quelque
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chose locked in a pod telephony approval
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corralled and bound to our senior para
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maana we detail over what that's noted
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the unusual report on his log but
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remains skeptical
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luminaria Wartrol
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yeah the shonda rhimes follow the
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unknown object is a sword across the
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belgian countryside toward hippo
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blue Hotel poubelle ofwhat you'd see it
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here because the headlights were very
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strong we could also see the flickering
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orange board underneath ago we were
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driving very slowly because it seemed
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like there was someone in that object he
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killed and that someone was trying to
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observe what was happening on earth if
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it is bhature frenzy sputter moments
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later a strange light flashed across the
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window of crisis office in new pond
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over $1 away it often the distance I
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could see something bright but I didn't
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know what it was but suddenly I saw
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something that looked like a laser beam
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shoot out of the light and then come
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back to the light
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we continue to observe the object as
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it's circled over the city a Lupin
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it's appeared to be heading to the
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forest
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Jean Durham Nicole and his partner were
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mesmerised they began to suspect that
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this visitor had some special purpose it
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did a party on each side of the object
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there was a kind of laser beam and a
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ball that was leaving the object and
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coming back as if the ball were to
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measure something so it was easy for us
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to keep track of it in the sky when
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Nicole next called it a dispatch Kreutz
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reported that he had contacted four
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local airports each had reported no
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unusual activity in the skies followed
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for a full thirty minutes
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the shonda rhimes watched in awe as the
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object hovered in the distance then the
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remarkable episode took another
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unexpected turn at the convenience all
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of a sudden it came out of nowhere
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little Fievel the one who had been
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following was still over there and now
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the second one was rising up into the
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sky at a given moment tipped it slightly
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we could see again the shape of a
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triangle with bright headlights and one
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in the middle it was exactly like the
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first object we could see some kind of
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dome on the top with two or three small
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windows and there was a light inside the
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object by the time we realized what it
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was the object fell away
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moments later whatever doubts dispatcher
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Kreutz still had evaporated not tea
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through the open window I saw a strange
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machine floating about 500 feet away
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from me it looked like a large ship
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floating in the air it drifted in front
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of me for a few seconds then flew away
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in the direction of La Cala mean it was
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a horrible thing to see her shape
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six minutes later two other Jean dimes
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encountered a similar object to the
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small village of la colony eight miles
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to the north
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oh no the desert ecology had held our
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colleagues talking about this flying
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object in the beginning we thought it
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was some sort of joke but then we saw
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something it wasn't funny anymore
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innovative so both of us had a strange
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feeling it was impossible to explain
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what the object was we thought it was an
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American airplane or something we had no
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other explanation for what it might be
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but it was real
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it was above us then another object was
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leaving the main object it was a red
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light pulsating and descending
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vertically forms object it turn to the
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right side and moved off behind the
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building according to Jean de primo and
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his colleague the episode culminated
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with a stunning climax
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the crafts seem to transform into a
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single beam of light
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then it disappeared
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all four of these extraordinary
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sightings occurred within 20 miles in
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one hour of each other that same day 11
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other sound arms and more than 100
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private citizens came forward with
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similar reports suddenly Belgium was
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buzzing with talk of UFOs that
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remarkable evening in 1989 was just the
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beginning of an incredible wave of
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sightings which continues to this day
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it may seem unbelievable but when we
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return we'll present startling evidence
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of the first acknowledged military
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tracking of a UFO a video radar
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recording provided by the Belgian Air
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Force which has never been seen before
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by the American public
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on November 29th 1989 Jean Dom's and
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Belgian reported sightings of an
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unidentified flying object over the next
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few months hundreds of witnesses would
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come forward all describing a similar
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triangular object then in April of 1990
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this extraordinary photograph was taken
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it shows the same array of lights which
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was described by the eyewitnesses by
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using a computer to enhance the film's
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contrast the triangular shape becomes
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clearly visible
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that remarkable image is currently being
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analyzed by scientists in Belgium it
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offered what many believe is the first
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photographic evidence that UFOs was
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recording the Belgian sky in the last
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two years Belgian authorities have been
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deluged by thousands of sightings the
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difficult task of deciphering and
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coordinating the reports has been
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undertaken by a privately funded
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organization of scientists and citizens
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known as so BAPS working hand-in-hand
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with the Belgian military in a jean de
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Marie so BEPS opened lines of
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communication and set up procedures
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anticipating future encounters they did
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not have to wait very long
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in March of 1990 the next wave of
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Belgian UFO sightings began captain
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Jacques past summer the Jean de Marie
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was called to a residence outside of
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Brussels when dinner guests reported a
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series of strange lights in the sky
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these points of light were very
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different than the other stars they were
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much bigger and much brighter and not
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the color of stars the main colors were
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reddish or yellow and the others were
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green later they began to travel short
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distances in an erratic manner thirty
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miles away at a NATO tracking station
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radar had detected an unknown object to
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the exact location the dinner guests
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have reported seeing the lights it
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showed up as a COS circling with a tail
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in the lower left quadrant of the radar
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screen we phoned to order civilian and
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military radar sites like same exact
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burtom santa bear and they had precisely
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the same echo at the same place we were
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unable to identify this echo as being
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either enemy either friendly it was not
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very clear for us that it was an
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aircraft can you check the pending
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confirmation we have four different
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radar stations the belgian air force was
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all over
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something very unusual was in the skies
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over Belgium yes coming
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two f-16s from the Belgian Air Force
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were immediately deployed our mission to
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locate and identify the object
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the pilots gave chase and soon locked
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onto the object with onboard radar Delta
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five seven this is to confirm that we
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now have a lock-on but after just five
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seconds the object bolted out of range
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at a blistering speed we measured some
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exceptional accelerations which cannot
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be related to conventional aircraft that
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is that is clear for the next hour the
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pilots reported that the object seemed
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to be playing a high-tech game of cat
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and mouse
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each time they achieved lock-on the
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object darted out of range
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the pilots confirmed that it was
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impossible for them to accelerate as
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quick as to target was doing an
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examination of the onboard radar footage
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astonished the military this is a
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portion of the actual footage recorded
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that evening the UFO appears in the
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center of the screen is a diamond shape
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the figure in the upper right-hand
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corner indicates the altitude of the
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object in thousands of feet and the
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pilots first locked on the object was at
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7,000 feet but within seconds it had
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climbed at 10,000 feet then incredibly
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the object plummeted to just 500 feet in
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a span of only five seconds
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at the same time the object accelerated
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to 990 knots more than 1,000 miles per
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hour
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halftimes a speed of sound this
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fantastic combination of acceleration
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and descent would have been fatal to a
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human pilot
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and there is yet one additional energy
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even though the craft exceeded the speed
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of sound remarkably no one on the ground
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ever reported hearing a sonic boom
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the data done at all these performances
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which who are registered during the
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locum of the radar
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it was totally outside of the normal
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performance envelope of any airplane
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despite the fact that the UFOs have been
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observed by thousands of eyewitnesses
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despite the fact that they even recorded
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on military radar and despite the fact
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that one unknown object is easily evaded
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sophisticated high-tech fighter jets
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skeptics continue to dismiss the
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sightings as nothing more than mass UFO
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hysteria they believe that the radar
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reports can be attributed to false
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echoes or changes in atmospheric
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conditions some people don't believe us
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the things we have seen to believe us it
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doesn't matter to me but I have seen
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something and what else can I say it was
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not some invention of my mind it
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happened just as I have said I got out
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of the car and hovering over us was a
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big black trying
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it was very dark the triangle had a
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large light on top of it and the light
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circled around while the triangle
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remained it's suspended in the air there
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have been thousands of observations in
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Belgium and I think it's it's sort of
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job to try to find out if there is
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really something in the air where it
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comes from what the origin is and what
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the intentions are indeed there is
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something going on in Belgium which is
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beyond our control
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[Music]
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there is one curious fact which bears
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mentioning despite thousands of
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sightings in Belgium there have been
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just a handful of UFOs reported in the
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neighboring countries of France Germany
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and the Netherlands for skeptics this is
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additional proof that the sightings are
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nothing more than fantasy however some
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people speculate that the objects may be
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attracted of Belgium's highway system
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which is so brightly lit at night that
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it was visible even to the astronauts on
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the moon
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[Music]
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a September 26 1991 an emotional joyous
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reunion took place in Temple Hills
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Maryland thanks to our viewers
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Mary Maxwell and Carla downing came
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together as mother and daughter for the
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first time grandmother girls are here I
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got my homework done moans I think good
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it all began in 1965 when Carla was 16
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years old
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shortly after her mother's death she met
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a mysterious woman at her grandparents
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house this is Mary Mary was a friend of
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your mom's in high school hey you look
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fair familiar at the time Carla had no
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idea who the woman really was
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Karla darling had grown up in a happy
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close-knit family but shortly after her
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brother was born she began to feel that
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she somehow did not fit in the whole
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time I was growing up always needed yeah
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there was just something not right
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mainly because of the difference between
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my brother and I he had blue eyes and
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blond hair and it was curly you know I
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had straight dark hair dark eyes olive
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complexion it was just obvious to me
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even that we just weren't alike
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but until her father's death in 1990 did
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Connors tangled family history finally
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begin to unravel this belong to your dad
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and he wanted you to have it in her
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father's briefcase she would come across
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documents which unveil a startling
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family secret the father and mother who
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raised her were not her natural parents
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Karla learned that in 1948 her mother
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Mildred met a recent immigrant from
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Belgium named Mary Mary was all alone
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and pregnant she knew that she would be
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unable to care for her baby
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the two women concocted a scheme to
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switch ID cards in the hospital her name
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is Mildred Graham failed in doing so
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builded would be listed on the birth
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certificate as Carla's mother
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I just had this need to find Mary I want
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to be in the same room with someone I
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resemble I want my mother I want
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somebody that I've been looking for for
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a long time on the night of our
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broadcast Karla Downing's prayers are
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finally answered her natural mother Mary
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Maxwell was still very much alive and
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very anxious to see her daughter Karla
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was also overjoyed to discover she had
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two half-sisters eight days later Tana
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traveler from her home in Tennessee to
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Maryland where she was finally reunited
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with her mother
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[Music]
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[Music]
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I knew it was her I couldn't believe it
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and all I could say was cool and I ran
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out the door and she ran almost tell out
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the car I think and we couldn't do
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nothing else but hold each other and
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cried
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[Music]
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when I saw her for the first time I just
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can't describe that feeling it's a home
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at last I can breathe again it's just
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the happiest moment in my whole life
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you know just the happiest moment my
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whole life this is your grandfather when
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they got married it's like a miracle
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I couldn't believe it I couldn't believe
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it for the longest to Isis this this is
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not happening to us it only happens to
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other people that they find somebody
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they're looking for another us but yet
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it happened to us when I found out that
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my mom was alive and healthy and okay
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that was just the best news in the world
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haven't been the extra bonus was I have
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two sisters and a nephew
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so it's it's a happy ending it's a
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fairytale come true
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[Music]
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next a small-town cop who stood up to a
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gang of thugs harassing his community
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and then died under unusual
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circumstances
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[Music]
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in the late 1960s a group of young men
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began terrorizing tiny Rock Creek Ohio
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once quiet and peaceful Rock Creek
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became a community held hostage by fear
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they were involved in fights they were
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involved in threats they pretty much had
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the entire village under their thumb
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when they spoke the village pretty much
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listened at the time a town relied on
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the Ashtabula County Sheriff's
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Department for protection but with
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limited resources the department seemed
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unable to stem the crime wave of golfing
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Rock Creek the town's people decided to
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fight back they organized their own
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Police Department I Robert Henry soundly
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swear in July 1969
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Robert Hamrick became the third man in
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less than six months to take charge of
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run creeks Police Department his
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predecessors both left after allegedly
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receiving threats from members of the
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Rock Creek gang but Robert Hamrick was
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confident that he could clean up the
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town well come on give him a kiss he
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tried to do the best job that he knew
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how to do he wanted it to be a nice
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friendly town and he wanted you know to
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get these this gang off the streets so
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that people wouldn't have to be afraid
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of him
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almost immediately
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chief Hamrick and his family became the
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targets of a systematic campaign of
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harassment they just did anything that
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they could to aggravate him when they
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knew he was home then you know he would
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get fed up take off out there after him
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and then at least it would quiet down
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there by the house
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five months after he was sworn in chief
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Hamrick investigated an abandoned
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building on the edge of town inside he
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found an expensive sports car a check of
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the license plate revealed that the car
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was stolen we come across two found it
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fingerprinted it and we bugged the
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building because we didn't know who was
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there and we put a bug in the building
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put a radio in our car and just drove
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around and listened until the guys come
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back Bob was hiding in the office and
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when they set up by which I've done and
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busted the suspects were believed to be
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members of the Rock Creek gang they were
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arrested and released on bail shortly
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after these guys was arrested for the
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stolen car is when the threats came in
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on the telephone and I don't really know
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how many threats came in because if he
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was home most the time he answered the
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phone but this one day I was in the
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kitchen and the phone rang
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hello it was a man on the other end and
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he said tell your husband delete things
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alone and get him out of town or he's
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gonna be hurt and he's gonna be hurt bad
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[Applause]
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[Applause]
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85 to 528 I mean one month later on
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March 10th 1970 during the routine
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patrol the chief Hamrick notified the
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Sheriff's dispatcher that he was in
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pursuit of a car heading west out of
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town
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and I own a half past with no further
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radio contact
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finally at around 3 a.m. the dispatcher
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requested the sheriff's deputies try and
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locate the missing chief t1 he had I
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speed chase Cohen west on calendar Road
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from route 45 four hours later sheriff's
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deputy Denny Chapman discovered Henrik's
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patrol car on an isolated Road just
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outside of town
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the car had collided with a tree chief
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chief Hamrick was semi-conscious and
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barely alive 11 this is 528 send out a
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signal 29 chief Hamrick has hurt real
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bad
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he had head and facial injuries the
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right side and west side both
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I was surprised to find you moving when
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I got there you know and then my next
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thing was to get him to keep him from
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moving so that he wouldn't do further
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injury to himself from the onset the
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investigating deputy suspected foul play
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they found blood covering the backseat
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Hamrick service revolver a nightstick
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were missing in fact nothing at the
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scene seem consistent with an accident
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[Music]
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the patrol car's ignition and light
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switches really off position but why
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would Hamrick who was barely conscious
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turn off the engine and headlights but
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not radio for help
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[Music]
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Robert Hamrick never regained
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consciousness
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ten days later he died despite
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compelling evidence to the contrary am
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Rick's death was officially ruled an
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accident I didn't believe that and I
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still don't believe to this day that all
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the injuries that Bob received was a
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result of that car accident
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I believe my husband's death was not a
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car accident and that he was beaten to
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death and that it was covered up there's
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so many questions and there is evidence
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and people just have ignored that
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evidence and they've ignored the
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circumstances at the time and what was
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going on in the village at the time six
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hours after the crash the car that
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Hamrick had been chasing was found at a
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local gas station
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it was splattered with mud and had
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tired the owner stated that she had
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taken the car in for repairs of previous
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day one of the station employees was
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known to be a member of the Rock Creek
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are you driving this car last night no
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the owner told us when she dropped the
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car off the car was in very clean
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condition there was no flat tires on the
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car when she dropped it off in fact I
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think she was a little surprised that
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they had to keep it overnight knowing
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that he was from hung around the Rock
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Creek area and I had had trouble with
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him in the past from answering calls
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down in the Rock Creek area I felt that
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he was directly involved but say early
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21 local woman claims that she overheard
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members of the Rock Creek gang bragging
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that they had murdered chief Hamrick
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then they they were saying we killed us
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a cop and we got away with it and they
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proceeded to tell how they killed him
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how they beat him in the head
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they had it all planned they set him up
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get him down here on this dirt road and
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they took his billy club and they
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started hitting him with
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[Music]
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[Music]
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they put him back into his car and then
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they left him there left him to die they
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said we'll never get caught and I knew
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in my heart I knew they were right they
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would never get caught they were above
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the law
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I've been checking into it for twenty
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years constantly if somebody actually
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hurt that man more than likely I know
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them probably called him a friend and I
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would hate to think that somebody that I
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knew and somebody that I called a friend
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would leave a man in the condition he
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was in there's no way my father's death
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could have been an accident
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because I have read the files and
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there's enough material in there to
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point to other things and I I just can't
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believe it
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[Music]
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I just hope that we find out what
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actually happened and if by some miracle
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we find out who is responsible that they
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pay for what they did they took my
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father from me and they've lived a life
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thinking that they got away with it for
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over 20 years now and I think it's time
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that they that they got something taken
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from them the case of Robert Hamrick has
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been officially closed for more than 20
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years however authorities have prepared
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to reopen the investigation should any
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new evidence come to light
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next authorities need your help to find
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a businessman accused of embezzling
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millions of dollars
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every year in the United States
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thousands of adult men and women
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seemingly vanished without a trace
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sadly in many cases the missing person
00:35:37
is a victim of foul play however there
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are those who engineer their own
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disappearances leaving family and
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friends to wonder not only where they
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are but what happened Philip and
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Kathleen bring her married in Detroit
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Michigan in the spring of 1988 Philip
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was a dashing high-powered corporate
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executive Kathleen a young successful
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businesswoman together they enjoy the
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good life complete with a vast array of
00:36:06
expensive brolic toys apparently paid
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for by Philips investments of the stock
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market for Kathleen the marriage was a
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dream come true
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there were a lot of things that were
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really great about him I think it was
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his sense of humor was one thing that I
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thought was really great and we were
00:36:30
crazy about each other I mean I really
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love this person and I believe that he
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really loved me and I believed that I
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could trust him great Philip was a
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president of a highly successful Detroit
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mortgage company his position gave him
00:36:44
the authority to purchase mortgages with
00:36:46
a company to service I can't wait to
00:36:48
call he's gonna be very excited about
00:36:49
this by the way we hear anything back on
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that commercial property on 15-mile he
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always came across kind of as a
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happy-go-lucky guy a wizard in the stock
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market mean he was always coming saying
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oh I made a great killing today I made a
00:37:04
hundred grand I made this I bought these
00:37:06
options I sold these options you just
00:37:08
thought this person had a certain knack
00:37:10
that nobody else had hell yeah he'll
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Breen I got some good news Philip Breen
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was also generous when a friend's
00:37:20
business hit hard times
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Philip loaned him $100,000 no problem
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you can pick up a check tomorrow who
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wrote me a check with no questions asked
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never came off as the big wheeler dealer
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he came off as a kind and good person
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and wanting to share what he had with
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other people
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he certainly shared it with me
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in the spring of 1989 Breen purchased
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the Orlando juice baseball team for
00:37:50
$700,000 the team was one of feat
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franchises in the newly formed senior
00:37:56
professional baseball Association my
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league builder all retired big-name ball
00:38:01
players the venture was risky and
00:38:04
Breen's worked at the mortgage company
00:38:06
soon took a backseat to his role as a
00:38:08
team owner
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it seemed like it was something that he
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really wanted to do it was important to
00:38:15
him
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but in a lot of ways I didn't like it
00:38:19
because I thought that it put an awful
00:38:22
lot of pressure on him and it seemed
00:38:24
like he was just at that point running
00:38:28
himself into the ground you know it
00:38:30
didn't make sense to me to do it by
00:38:42
year's end the enterprise seemed doomed
00:38:44
to failure
00:38:44
Phillips investment had ballooned to
00:38:46
more than two million dollars and he'd
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begun drinking heavily great during a
00:38:53
two-week vacation at their Florida condo
00:38:56
Kathleen became concerned about her
00:38:58
husband's mental state I said well I'll
00:39:05
send the cash oh I noticed a change in
00:39:08
him he seemed to be spending more money
00:39:13
it just seemed like as time went on the
00:39:16
money was going more and more to his
00:39:18
head
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so you have no lien on this property
00:39:24
back in Detroit the mortgage company
00:39:27
where Philip was Employee made an
00:39:29
unsettling discovery
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they'd been servicing loans at Brainerd
00:39:33
purchased with companies that simply did
00:39:35
not exist the company suspected Philip
00:39:39
dream of investing it was just
00:39:43
mind-boggling I mean something like that
00:39:45
could happen you know the things that
00:39:47
ran through your mind is my god you know
00:39:49
we trusted this guy you know how could
00:39:51
he do this to us on Friday January 5th
00:39:58
1990 Philip and Kathleen returned from
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their Florida vacation to their home in
00:40:02
Detroit yes all right all right just a
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minute just a minute
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Oh something seemed to be not right and
00:40:26
I didn't know what and so I took his
00:40:30
briefcase into him in the room where he
00:40:32
was on the phone and that room was a
00:40:35
complete disaster area
00:40:37
he had records piled all over the floor
00:40:41
papers were strewn all over he looked
00:40:49
very upset I mean he had a very funny
00:40:52
expression on his face and it frightened
00:40:54
me to see him freaked out like that that
00:41:00
evening he revealed to me that he had
00:41:04
somehow been the victim of people
00:41:09
selling phony mortgages he said to us
00:41:14
don't don't worry I'll get these guys I
00:41:17
know they can explain it there's there's
00:41:20
not a problem
00:41:21
you know it kept reassuring us there's
00:41:23
not a problem I'll get ahold of them
00:41:25
over the weekend I kept saying
00:41:28
shouldn't we be contacting an attorney
00:41:30
should you be talking to a lawyer what
00:41:34
what do we need to do I was just
00:41:38
confused I didn't know what to do I was
00:41:41
afraid I was afraid for him I was afraid
00:41:44
for us by Monday morning Philip had
00:41:51
convinced Kathleen that he could
00:41:52
straighten everything out he left for
00:41:54
work at around 8 o'clock explaining at
00:41:56
an early meeting
00:41:59
Philip Breen never arrived at his office
00:42:04
[Music]
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that night Kathleen's hopes at Philip
00:42:11
would return were dashed when she
00:42:12
discovered he had taken some of his
00:42:14
clothes and luggage
00:42:16
[Music]
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I was really upset the idea that he
00:42:26
would have actually gone just was
00:42:31
incomprehensible to me I couldn't
00:42:34
believe it
00:42:37
an investigation by the FBI revealed a
00:42:40
magnitude of Philip Greene's
00:42:42
embezzlement scheme in less than two
00:42:44
years that created at least 99
00:42:47
fictitious loans netting in more than 10
00:42:49
million dollars Green allegedly used the
00:42:54
money to support his extravagant
00:42:56
lifestyle I see they're pretty
00:42:57
substantial the FBI also discovered that
00:43:01
12 years earlier Philip Breen had been
00:43:03
convicted for fraud and embezzlement in
00:43:05
Florida
00:43:08
there was just this whole person that I
00:43:11
didn't even know existed I think that I
00:43:14
was really just numb with shock and then
00:43:18
I I questioned my own sanity my own
00:43:23
intelligence and well how could you not
00:43:25
know and why didn't I know I mean I
00:43:30
found myself questioning absolutely
00:43:32
everything on the advice of her attorney
00:43:36
Kathleen filed for divorce it was too
00:43:40
late the courts held her legally
00:43:43
responsible for Philips debts she was
00:43:46
forced to sell nearly everything she and
00:43:48
Philip owned their cars boats Florida
00:43:51
condo and Detroit home
00:43:56
for Kathleen Breen
00:43:58
the dream was not just over it had been
00:44:00
shattered
00:44:01
[Music]
00:44:05
I felt like I was married to a monster
00:44:08
from outer space and it almost just
00:44:10
sickens me in a way like just just
00:44:15
haunted by it and still even know it's
00:44:18
it's just very difficult to believe that
00:44:21
that someone that you think that you
00:44:23
know would be capable of just picking up
00:44:26
and and just leaving like that
00:44:32
[Music]
00:44:45
on our next unsolved mysteries captain
00:44:49
Jeffrey Digman was a textbook
00:44:51
picture-perfect marine then he was found
00:44:53
shot to death in his own band
00:44:55
when police ruled it a suicide diglettz
00:44:58
paris began their own investigation and
00:45:00
set out to prove that their son had been
00:45:02
murdered also thanks to our viewers a
00:45:07
man water for kidnapping and attempted
00:45:08
murder is now in custody join me next
00:45:12
time perhaps you may be able to help
00:45:14
solve a mystery
00:45:15
[Music]
00:45:46
[Applause]
00:45:50
[Music]
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you
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[Music]

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This episode stands out for the following:

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  • 90
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  • 85
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  • 80
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Episode Highlights

  • UFO Sightings in Belgium
    Thousands reported seeing a triangular object with bright lights in the sky.
    “What exactly is it that thousands of people have been seeing?”
    @ 03m 18s
    May 22, 2019
  • Karla's Heartwarming Reunion
    Karla Downing reunites with her mother Mary Maxwell after decades apart.
    “I want my mother. I want somebody that I’ve been looking for for a long time.”
    @ 22m 36s
    May 22, 2019
  • Robert Hamrick's Brave Stand
    A small-town cop stood up to a gang terrorizing his community, facing dire consequences.
    “He wanted it to be a nice friendly town.”
    @ 26m 30s
    May 22, 2019
  • The Mysterious Death of Chief Hamrick
    Chief Hamrick was found barely alive after a mysterious car crash, leading to suspicions of foul play.
    “I believe my husband's death was not a car accident.”
    @ 31m 09s
    May 22, 2019
  • Philip Breen's Embezzlement Scheme
    Philip Breen's life unraveled as an FBI investigation revealed a massive embezzlement scheme.
    “In less than two years, he created at least 99 fictitious loans.”
    @ 42m 44s
    May 22, 2019
  • A Shattered Dream
    Kathleen Breen's life was turned upside down after discovering her husband's deceit and embezzlement.
    “The dream was not just over, it had been shattered.”
    @ 44m 00s
    May 22, 2019

Episode Quotes

  • It’s just the happiest moment in my whole life.
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  • It’s a happy ending. It’s a fairytale come true.
    Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack - Season 4, Episode 10 - Full Episode
  • He's gonna be hurt and he's gonna be hurt bad.
    Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack - Season 4, Episode 10 - Full Episode
  • I didn't believe that and I still don't believe to this day.
    Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack - Season 4, Episode 10 - Full Episode
  • They took my father from me.
    Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack - Season 4, Episode 10 - Full Episode
  • I felt like I was married to a monster from outer space.
    Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack - Season 4, Episode 10 - Full Episode

Key Moments

  • UFO Sightings03:18
  • Bravery in Rock Creek26:30
  • Threatening Call28:31
  • Chief's Mysterious Crash29:47
  • Foul Play Suspected30:11
  • Tragic Death30:46
  • Embezzlement Uncovered42:40
  • Life Shattered44:00

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