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beyond belief
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fact or fiction
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hosted by jonathan franks tonight
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your challenge is to separate what is
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true from what is false
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five stories some real some fake
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can you judge which are fact and which
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are fiction
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to find out you must enter a world of
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both truth
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and deception a world that is beyond
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belief
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examine if you will two sculptures
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of different sizes obviously
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this one is larger than this one
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but is it really now you can see they're
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exactly the same size
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remember this illusion as you make your
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judgments on our stories tonight
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we'll tell you which are true and which
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are false at the end of our show but
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keep this in mind
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in measuring the amount of truth very
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often
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size matters
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this is always a sight you'd rather not
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see a memorial to a recently departed
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one
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often they're displayed in front of
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places that the deceased was associated
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with a school a church
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community center matt and denise russell
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have just lost their son danny
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a victim of a cowardly hit and run they
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want a memorial placed at the deadly
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intersection to remind people of the
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potential danger
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and like their son's memory what they're
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about to experience
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will live in their hearts forever
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danny russell was only nine years old
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when a hit and run snapped out his life
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and i bet the creek didn't even look
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back there were no witnesses and no
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suspects
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all i had was a chip of blue paint from
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the fender of danny's mangled
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hey phil thanks for doing this no
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problem
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how are you two holding up it hasn't
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been easy
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still no leads no nothing sorry
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i think it's ready for us
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i've become very close to matt and
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denise russell danny's parents
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so when asked for my help i couldn't
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refuse
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they lost their only child and they
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simply wanted to erect a small memorial
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to him at the sight of his death
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but first they had to get past civil
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servant andrew burke
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mr and mrs russell i can't possibly
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approve your request for a memorial
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if if we started doing this type of
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thing there'd be memorials going up all
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over town
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but mr burke i'm sorry for your loss
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but my hands are tied on this mr burke
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where danny was killed is a very
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dangerous intersection people speed
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through there all the time running that
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stop sign
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now if they saw a memorial and knew a
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child died there
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maybe they'd slow down you're making me
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look like a very bad person detective
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duncan and i'm not
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i feel your pain but you you don't
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understand the amount of work
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and money that goes into getting an
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approval on this type of request
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mr burke we're more than willing to pay
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for whatever costs come up
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good that's good
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it's not the hard part though the hard
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part is getting the special permit
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so how do they get the special permit
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they would need an executive
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waiver and those are very difficult to
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get
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i'm sorry i can't be of more help to you
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on this
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now you'll have to excuse me i'm gonna
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be late for a meeting
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i'm sorry thank you all for coming in
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just a second
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you just gonna brush us off like that
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can't you see these people are hurting
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i see that and i understand
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but what you're asking for would set a
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very dangerous precedent
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now i really am late
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dangerous dangerous
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[Music]
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this building is just full of
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bureaucratic weasels like him
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nothing but double talk well you did
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your best phil yeah i did nothing
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i keep letting you people down that's
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not true you have been a rock to us both
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i don't know what we would have done
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without you i just want to find the
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person who took your boy
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away thank you
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thanks for trying
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just when i thought it was all over
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something unexplainable happened
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a permit signed by the mayor approving a
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memorial for danny russell
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turned up on andrew burke's desk the
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following day
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burke thought the russells and i went to
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the mayor but we didn't
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the permit simply appeared and no one
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knew how it got there
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i found out later that the mayor didn't
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even remember signing it
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thank you all for coming today
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my wife and i want to thank mayor
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cousins for approving this memorial
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to our son danny we uh hope that this
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memorial will serve as a reminder that a
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young life was taken here for no reason
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maybe it will save other parents the
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agony of
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such a loss
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and we'd especially like to thank
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detective phil duncan
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for all the support he's given us
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my wife and i would now like to
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officially dedicate this memorial or
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someone's memory
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to this day i truly believe there was
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something that was not of this
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world about the wind that day it just
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came up
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out of nowhere and started blowing
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strong warm wind stranger the month of
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november
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what that wind did next will be talked
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about 30 second district long after i'm
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gone
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[Music]
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i've never seen anything like it in my
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life nobody had
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the blue car running that same stop sign
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that was when i got to thinking it
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didn't seem possible but i decided to
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check it out anyway
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i ran the chip of paint through the lab
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and it came out a match to the blue
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paint i found on the front of danny
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russell's bike
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the case was finally solved i thought i
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was working it alone
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but i guess i had a partner
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how do you explain this series of
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coincidences a mysterious last minute
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permit granted by the mayor suddenly
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appears
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a change in the weather kicks up winds
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strong enough to blow the wreath into
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the air
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and the car it knocks off course belongs
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to the hit-and-run driver
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it seems that the hand of fate may have
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reached in to ensure that justice was
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done
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will you remember this story as being
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built on a series of lies
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or have we erected a memorial to the
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truth
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we'll find out if this story is true or
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false at the end of our show
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next a quiet night at home is
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interrupted by terror on beyond belief
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fact or fiction
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have you called a plumber to your home
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lately some of them charge more than
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doctors
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you usually don't have time for a second
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opinion
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and sarah cummings are about to have a
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crisis that no plumber can possibly fix
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in fact they won't just be living in an
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apartment with plumbing problems
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they're about to live in a state of fear
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my husband and i loved our old
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brownstone apartment
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we enjoyed it so much we hardly went out
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anymore
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especially when the weather was bad do
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you hear something
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the rain
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now there's something dripping in the
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bathroom
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i think we got a leak maybe it's just a
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faucet
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yeah let's hope that's all it is this is
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so annoying
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[Music]
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good
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you were right it was just a faucet
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one of us didn't turn up tight enough
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oh i don't believe it it's dripping
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again i guess one of us didn't turn it
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off tight enough
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funny jeff's just let it drop
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it's not bothering me yeah well it's
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bothering me i can't concentrate
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[Music]
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i should do
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i it it this time oh my big strong man
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there's no faucet you can't handle put
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that book down
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what now
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oh no jeff it sound like something broke
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oh god
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jeff i thought you said you tried it off
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yeah i did
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i don't get it how can it come back on
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there is definitely something wrong
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[Music]
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just the camera all by itself i know
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[Music]
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what is going on here
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i'll call a plumber in the morning i was
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too upset to sleep
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jeff tried to calm me down but it was
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probably just to build up bear in the
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pipes
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do you really believe that well what
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else could it be
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[Music]
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it's just air in the pipes that's all it
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is
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i've never heard pipe sound like that
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before it's like there's something dying
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inside the walls
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okay let's go
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how is this happening the drains must be
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plugged
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jeff you're getting water all over the
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place there's nothing wrong in here
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shut it off i'm trying
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[Music]
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do you think it's over i don't know
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there's water everywhere we better check
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on the tenant under us i bet it leaked
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through i'm gonna go wake up the super
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that is the weirdest thing i've ever
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heard i know i just couldn't turn it off
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did nothing happen in your apartment no
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you didn't hear the sound of the pipe no
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i mean all i heard was the rain outside
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this whole thing is so bizarre
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mrs flores it's roy i know it's late but
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we got a plumbing problem
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mrs flores
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there's something wrong here she's
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always here
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this is flores flores
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call 9-1-1 agnes flores the widow who
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lived below us had suffered a heart
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attack that night
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while she was drawing a bath for herself
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if our plumbing hadn't gone haywire we
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never would have found her in time to
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save her life
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[Music]
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jeff and i thought it was just a weird
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coincidence
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until we got back to our apartment what
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a night
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[Music]
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sounds like running water now what
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[Music]
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how do you account for all of this was
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it just a case of bad pipes
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if so how do you explain the fact that
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jeff and sarah never had any other
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problems with the pipes
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before or since and how about the word
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thanks that appeared on their bathroom
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mirror
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was it really there just an optical
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illusion
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did the downstairs neighbor somehow send
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an unconscious cry for help
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through the running water is this the
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story of plumbing with a mind of its own
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or is it just another pipe dream we'll
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find out if this story is true or false
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at the end of our show
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next a portrait artist selects an
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unusual new subject on beyond belief
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fact or fiction what can you learn from
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looking at a portrait
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some believe through the genius of an
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expert artist you can actually see the
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soul of the subject
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that by gazing at a portrait long enough
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a story
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actually begins to form in your mind
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this picture has a fascinating story
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behind it
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some would say unbelievable how it came
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to be
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what happened as a result of its
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existence are about to unfold
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i sold my first painting when i was 12
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years old
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it was to my uncle ben but it was a
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start
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since then i've been lucky enough to
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have showings and top galleries in this
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country and europe
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one saturday i went down to the local
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park near my studio to do some sketch
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work as i often did
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and that's when i saw her for the first
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time
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the old woman looked so lonely and sad
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yet there was such a great strength and
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beauty in her face
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and her eyes were so intense and so
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knowing
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i had to paint her
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[Music]
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what's up
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i'm sorry for staring i'm beth abrams
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i'm an artist
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i have a studio right down the street
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i'd love to do an oil painting of you
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why would you want to paint a portrait
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of me
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i'm old and tired painted children
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they're still beautiful and full of life
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i have enough paintings of children i'd
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like to paint you
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you have an amazing face it's just a
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face
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i'd rather not
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well it's up to you but i think you'd be
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pretty happy with the painting
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i could pay you for your time
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do you have tea at your house tea
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i have so much tea i don't know what to
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do with it
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do you have chamomile
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mostly chamomile i
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love a cup of tea in the afternoon
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so do i what's your name
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call me tents
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hello hello
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[Music]
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that first day with tents i worked as
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fast as i could i i didn't want to
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exhaust her
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she wouldn't take her coat off i don't
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think she was cold she just didn't want
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to part with it
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all right i'm fine stop bullying
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we can take a break if you want i don't
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need a break
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and don't paint so fast
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you might make a mistake on miss arinko
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there was something about those eyes
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that were mesmerizing to me
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they were hard to capture but they had a
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deep strength that went beyond her sad
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lonely face
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[Music]
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you're chamomile
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thank you i just
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love a cup of tea in the afternoon
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it's a habit i developed from my father
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a long long time ago
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i'd sit on his lap and he'd tell me
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stories about when he was a boy
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he would hold my teacup so i wouldn't
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burn myself
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i still remember those stories and my
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father
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that's a beautiful memory i have some
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you noticed my mark
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yes i did i was for three years
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a prisoner at auschwitz
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the camp was liberated one day before i
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was to die
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i lost my whole family my parents
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my husband my darling little daughter
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everyone i loved i'm so sorry dance
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i keep the mark so the world will never
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forget
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what happened
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[Music]
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don't cry toddler i've cried enough for
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both of us
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always remember as long as there's
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life there's hope
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[Music]
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i began spending a lot of time with
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dance not only for the painting but just
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to be around her
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i made her smile and we made each other
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feel good
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there was a strong connection it was
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like i'd known her for a lifetime
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beth mom
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hi
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[Music]
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you
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how was your goose wonderful your father
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finally relaxed a little and
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uh i caught up on my reading so
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how's your work going oh pretty good
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i've got a show coming up in late april
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in manhattan
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i'm a little worried i won't be ready oh
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you'll be ready
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that's how you motivate yourself by
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making yourself
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crazy you know me mom
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do you like it
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who is this woman you painted just
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someone i met in the park
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what's wrong those eyes
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i know she has the most beautiful eyes
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who is she an interesting old woman i
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met in the park
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her name is tense
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[Music]
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tense yeah
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can you take me to see her
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[Music]
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my mother was holding my hand so tight
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that it hurt
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i asked her what was wrong she wouldn't
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tell me
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she just wanted to see dance
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[Music]
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dance mama
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is it really you sir
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my little baby yes
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mama it's your little silver
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you're alive
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[Music]
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but i i know i thought you were dead too
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my mother was one of the lucky children
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who escaped from germany
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just in time to avoid the concentration
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camps
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her parents were sent to auschwitz and
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according to the records
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they both died there but the records
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were wrong
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tantz was my grandmother
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the woman known as tantz moved in with
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her long-lost daughter
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and lived out her days in peace and
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comfort
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was this family reunited through mere
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happenstance
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there was some greater power at work
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here
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we'll find out if this story is true or
00:25:06
false at the end of our show
00:25:08
next an unseen power becomes part of a
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political campaign
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on beyond belief fact or fiction there's
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nothing noisier more spirited or
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competitive than an old-fashioned
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political campaign no matter how it
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turns out it's democracy in action
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flaws and all senator wilton quigley
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represents the flaws in the system
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and he's represented them brazenly and
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arrogantly for over four decades
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in that time he's handled every young
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challenger to his senate seat
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with ease but this is quigley's last
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hurrah
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and this time his opponent may be fate
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[Music]
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itself
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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welcome quickly i'm running for u.s
00:26:05
senate again i'd appreciate your support
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son
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i was hired to run the re-election
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campaign for senator wilton quigley
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senator quigley had been a member of the
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u.s senate for the past
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40 years senator wilton quigley ma'am
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i'd appreciate your support
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during that time he racked up one of the
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worst voting records in senate history
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i'll be working for you in
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washington god bless you son
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he was often absent during critical
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votes and when he was there
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he only voted for bills that he was paid
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to vote for by his wealthy backers
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just want you to know i'm for the little
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guy right before i signed on quigley had
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agreed to a televised debate with his
00:26:46
young opponent
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dave bridges and bridges was sharp
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good to see so many of my supporters
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here and i'm looking forward to my
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debate with my opponent dave
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on top of everything quigley's memory
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was beginning to fail i'll give you my
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word i'll go easy on him
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he he'd forget what to say at times and
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often confused his words
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that's why he hired me i was one of the
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best spin doctors in the business
00:27:14
we arranged for the debate to take place
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at the oldest hotel in the state
00:27:18
the hunnicutt it's where the senator
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stayed the first night he was elected to
00:27:21
the senate 40 years ago
00:27:23
and for 40 years he considered it his
00:27:26
good luck hotel
00:27:27
he insisted that only good things
00:27:29
happened at the honeycutt
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good evening my name is judith bartel
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i'd like to call the room to order and
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thank you for being here this evening
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to witness this very important debate i
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would like now to introduce the two
00:27:52
candidates running for the seat in the
00:27:54
united states senate
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please welcome the honorable senator
00:27:58
wilton quigley
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and mr dave bridges
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the senator was worried about his memory
00:28:13
problem so we planted a tiny receiver in
00:28:15
his ears so i could feed him answers
00:28:17
from our hotel suite
00:28:19
i'd done this before with other
00:28:20
candidates and it was foolproof
00:28:22
stop scowling senator you look too angry
00:28:27
good it's good the first question
00:28:31
goes to the challenger mr bridges mr
00:28:34
bridges
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do you believe that big industries
00:28:36
should be allowed to set their own
00:28:38
pollution standards
00:28:39
no i don't that's something my opponent
00:28:42
has always ignored
00:28:44
if i were elected i would immediately
00:28:46
push to toughen our state's
00:28:47
environmental laws
00:28:49
under senator quigley's leadership our
00:28:50
state has compiled one of the worst
00:28:52
environmental records in the entire
00:28:54
country it's been a health hazard for
00:28:56
all of our citizens and i believe
00:28:58
a change is needed thank you mr bridges
00:29:01
thank you
00:29:02
senator quigley same question good
00:29:05
question judith
00:29:06
say my opponent is absolutely wrong
00:29:12
say it my opponent is absolutely wrong
00:29:17
my opponent is absolutely right
00:29:22
what are you doing you just agreed with
00:29:24
him
00:29:25
say i have always put the health of the
00:29:28
people ahead of the interests of big
00:29:30
business
00:29:32
as your u.s senator i've always put the
00:29:35
interest of big industry ahead of the
00:29:36
health of the people
00:29:38
what are you doing wait wait
00:29:41
that's not what i meant you're not
00:29:43
listening to me
00:29:45
okay calm calm down senator calm down
00:29:47
touch your chin if you can hear me
00:29:50
uh senator quigley would you like to
00:29:52
retract that last statement
00:29:54
yes yes say yes say i was misunderstood
00:29:57
i have never been in the back pocket of
00:30:00
big business
00:30:02
i was misunderstood and i've always been
00:30:05
in the back pocket of big business
00:30:07
no yet this can't be happening
00:30:10
i didn't mean that well what i meant was
00:30:13
i i think it's time for a change and and
00:30:16
i believe that you would be the best man
00:30:18
to make those changes
00:30:19
thank you senator for that endorsement
00:30:22
wait wait
00:30:23
i just mean that
00:30:34
i just don't understand what happened
00:30:35
i've repeated every word i heard you
00:30:37
saying other words kept coming out of my
00:30:39
mouth
00:30:39
can't believe you endorsed bridges i
00:30:41
didn't mean to it just came out
00:30:43
it's over senator basically conceded the
00:30:45
election to him i don't want to go out
00:30:47
like this looking like a damn
00:30:48
fool yeah well so much for your lucky
00:30:51
honeycut hotel
00:30:53
no it ain't called the honeycutt no more
00:30:55
what's that
00:31:03
yeah the new owners changed the name
00:31:05
because they found out old honest abe
00:31:07
himself gave a speech right here in this
00:31:09
hotel
00:31:10
you believe that senator
00:31:18
looking back it wasn't me feeding quigly
00:31:20
his lines that night
00:31:22
it was abraham lincoln
00:31:26
what happened here did the spirit of
00:31:28
abraham lincoln actually seize hold of
00:31:30
senator quigley and force him to tell
00:31:31
the truth
00:31:33
or did the senator just crack under the
00:31:35
pressure of one too many campaigns
00:31:37
how do you explain his inability to say
00:31:39
what he wanted to was it the symptom
00:31:41
of a failing mind in debating the
00:31:44
veracity of this story
00:31:46
will you vote for a victory for truth or
00:31:48
will you demand a recount
00:31:50
we'll find out this story is true or
00:31:53
false at the end of our show
00:31:54
next lust and murder in a beauty salon
00:31:57
on beyond belief
00:31:59
fact or fiction the beauty salon
00:32:03
how many secrets have been told here
00:32:04
between stylist and client
00:32:08
how many confidences have been shared or
00:32:09
betrayed in places like this
00:32:12
tiffany sands is a beautician with a
00:32:14
secret the secret
00:32:16
she doesn't dare tell her client eileen
00:32:17
wyatt and as for eileen's future
00:32:20
well-being
00:32:21
only your hairdresser knows for sure
00:32:36
so i thought spago you know tiffany
00:32:38
sands had been working as a hairdresser
00:32:40
for only bonnet salon for the past year
00:32:42
ever since she put her dream of becoming
00:32:43
an actress on hold no
00:32:45
no we have to have the golden globes
00:32:47
party at our house
00:32:48
and it's so much more personal that way
00:32:51
you know i had to agree with him
00:32:53
i swear he is always right it's why he's
00:32:56
such a good lawyer
00:32:58
eileen wyatt loved having her hair done
00:33:00
by tiffany they acted like a couple of
00:33:02
old girlfriends
00:33:03
the only thing that separated them was a
00:33:05
beverly hills address and a few million
00:33:07
dollars
00:33:07
you're the best tip hey reese and i
00:33:11
are having a party on saturday night
00:33:13
everybody is gonna be there i'd love it
00:33:15
if you could come i would
00:33:17
love to but i'm busy oh too bad well
00:33:19
maybe next time
00:33:20
yeah reese what are you doing here
00:33:25
i thought i'd come by and surprise you
00:33:27
oh that's so sweet
00:33:29
i don't deserve you oh hey do you
00:33:32
remember tiffany
00:33:33
tiffany of course how've you been fine
00:33:37
so what do you think do you like it is
00:33:40
it too short
00:33:40
what honey no it's perfect it's
00:33:42
beautiful
00:33:44
you're beautiful thank you sweetie
00:33:47
hey do you have time to do lunch oh
00:33:50
honey
00:33:51
don't tempt me no i'm sorry i gotta run
00:33:53
to another meeting
00:33:55
oh i know you work too hard yeah
00:33:58
i love you
00:34:09
what i just can't stand this anymore
00:34:14
why i thought everything was going great
00:34:16
well it's not
00:34:18
look at us the laundry room with the
00:34:20
salon
00:34:21
yeah well i should be in your bed i
00:34:24
should be your wife
00:34:25
tiffany we've been all through this i
00:34:28
want you to divorce that cow
00:34:30
i can't do that why not it would cost me
00:34:32
a fortune so what you're rich
00:34:34
i won't be once eileen gets through it i
00:34:36
don't care i don't want this anymore
00:34:39
tiffany come on can we just have some
00:34:41
fun no i can't
00:34:43
tiffany tiffany wait
00:34:49
[Music]
00:34:52
i got this for you
00:35:03
this must have cost you a fortune it's
00:35:06
just a fraction of what you're worth to
00:35:08
me
00:35:10
[Music]
00:35:11
it looks like the hope diamond
00:35:16
does it come with a curse oh yeah
00:35:19
my wife
00:35:31
that is some ring oh it's
00:35:34
beautiful my boyfriend gave it to me
00:35:37
oh he's an attorney just like rhys
00:35:40
really what's his name gil gil grayson
00:35:44
i don't know he must be a great guy to
00:35:47
give you a ring like that
00:35:49
he is he's the best well you should
00:35:51
marry him sweetie
00:35:54
i'm working on it
00:36:00
it was tiffany's job to close up that
00:36:02
night and she couldn't get reese off her
00:36:04
mind
00:36:05
she had to have him and his money all to
00:36:08
herself
00:36:08
are you busy tonight yeah i am
00:36:12
oh it's too bad i uh i just happen to be
00:36:15
free
00:36:16
i'm sure you'll find something to do
00:36:19
yeah i'm sure i will all right let's see
00:36:23
if this baby works
00:36:26
okay take it easy okay everything's fine
00:36:28
um nothing's on fire
00:36:31
it's probably just a short circuit can
00:36:33
you fix it
00:36:35
yes i can fix anything
00:36:39
you know you're lucky you didn't have
00:36:40
one of your rich clients in here
00:36:42
would have turned their brains to french
00:36:43
fries
00:36:45
really oh yeah there's enough voltage in
00:36:48
here to turn somebody's brain to soup
00:36:52
so tell me ned could you rig one up to
00:36:56
do that
00:36:57
oh yeah easy
00:36:59
[Music]
00:37:03
why what you got in mind
00:37:07
you see this ring
00:37:10
it's worth 150 000
00:37:14
i'll sell it and give you half if you
00:37:16
rig a dryer up to do that when i turn it
00:37:20
on
00:37:24
you got anything that you want to
00:37:26
sweeten the pot with
00:37:30
i think we could work something out
00:37:36
[Music]
00:37:43
well i don't know highlights are you
00:37:46
sure
00:37:46
well you can relax it's gonna look great
00:37:50
for sure yes for sure okay
00:37:53
i trust you
00:37:57
hey has that lawyer asked you to marry
00:37:59
him yet not yet
00:38:00
but he might by the end of the day
00:38:03
really
00:38:04
oh tiffany i'm so happy for you that's
00:38:06
wonderful thank you
00:38:08
listen don't forget to send me an
00:38:10
invitation i won't
00:38:12
so it's time for the dryer eileen oh i
00:38:15
hate sitting under those things can you
00:38:16
just blow it out
00:38:17
no eileen it wouldn't process right come
00:38:20
on you gotta sit under the dryer sweetie
00:38:23
okay fine okay
00:38:30
it's a great retro model we just got it
00:38:33
lucky me
00:38:34
so have a seat
00:38:41
[Music]
00:38:43
how's that all right yeah it's fine
00:38:45
great
00:38:47
goodbye
00:38:48
[Music]
00:38:51
[Applause]
00:38:54
the fatal shock of electricity traveled
00:38:56
from the dryer
00:38:57
to tiffany's expensive ring
00:39:01
when the repair man showed up that
00:39:03
evening he was questioned by the police
00:39:05
eventually he tripped up and confessed
00:39:07
to rigging the dryer
00:39:08
he then received a criminal conviction
00:39:10
in connection with the death of tiffany
00:39:12
sands
00:39:13
was it really a curse in the diamond
00:39:14
tiffany was wearing was she just the
00:39:16
victim of her own greedy treachery
00:39:19
does the story of the deadly diamond
00:39:21
sound like an out and out lie
00:39:23
or does it bear the ring of truth
00:39:26
next you'll find out which of our
00:39:28
stories are fact
00:39:29
and which are fictional when beyond
00:39:31
belief returns
00:39:36
now let's look back at tonight's stories
00:39:38
and find out which ones are inspired by
00:39:39
actual events
00:39:40
and which ones are totally false let's
00:39:43
review the story of the memorial wreath
00:39:45
that caught killer
00:39:57
[Music]
00:40:05
can it be that this story is fact yes it
00:40:08
is
00:40:09
this event was reported as taking place
00:40:11
in the gulf coast area
00:40:12
in the late 80s
00:40:18
let's take another look at the couple
00:40:19
whose night of terror saved a neighbor's
00:40:21
life
00:40:22
this whole thing is so bizarre
00:40:26
mrs flores it's roy i know it's late but
00:40:29
we got a plumbing problem
00:40:31
[Music]
00:40:33
mrs flores
00:40:35
[Music]
00:40:37
there's something wrong here she's
00:40:39
always there
00:40:44
this is
00:40:53
call 9-1-1 is it possible that this
00:40:55
story is true
00:40:57
yes it is there's a published report
00:40:59
that a similar story happened to a
00:41:01
couple on the east coast
00:41:02
in the late 80s
00:41:07
how about the story of the reunion of
00:41:09
the family brought together by a
00:41:10
portrait
00:41:11
[Music]
00:41:13
what's wrong those eyes
00:41:17
i know she has the most beautiful eyes
00:41:23
who is she an interesting old woman i
00:41:27
met in the park
00:41:28
her name is tense
00:41:32
tense yeah
00:41:35
[Music]
00:41:37
can you take me to see her is this story
00:41:40
based on a real happening
00:41:42
yes it happened in new york in the mid
00:41:46
70s
00:41:49
what was your opinion of the dishonest
00:41:51
senator who was forced to tell the truth
00:41:53
in the historic shadow of abraham
00:41:55
lincoln
00:41:56
i've repeated every word i heard you
00:41:58
saying other words kept coming out of my
00:42:00
mouth
00:42:00
can't believe you endorsed bridges i
00:42:02
didn't mean to it just came out
00:42:04
it's over senator basically conceded the
00:42:06
election to him i don't want to go out
00:42:08
like this
00:42:08
looking like a damn fool yeah well
00:42:11
so much for your lucky honeycut hotel oh
00:42:14
it ain't called the honeycutt no more
00:42:16
what's that
00:42:25
was this story inspired by an actual
00:42:26
event
00:42:28
not on your life it's a lie
00:42:34
the story of the beautician who was
00:42:36
killed by her ill-gotten expensive ring
00:42:39
how did you judge that one
00:42:46
[Music]
00:42:52
oh maurice this must have cost you a
00:42:53
fortune it's just a fraction of what
00:42:56
you're worth to me
00:43:01
looks like the hope diamond
00:43:05
does it come with a curse oh yeah
00:43:09
my wife is this strange lesson
00:43:12
on the evils of greed and lust true
00:43:15
sorry it's a fraud
00:43:21
was it easy to find the truth among the
00:43:23
lies tonight
00:43:24
or did they seem to blend together and
00:43:26
are impossible to separate
00:43:28
perhaps real truth can only be found
00:43:30
when you're willing to accept
00:43:32
that very often it's beyond belief i'm
00:43:35
jonathan franks
00:43:41
the true stories on tonight's show were
00:43:43
based upon first-hand research by author
00:43:46
robert treylands this is campbell lane
00:43:58
[Music]
00:44:31
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