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beyond
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belief fact or fiction
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posted 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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[Music]
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belief
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you're about to witness an illusion
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known as the impossible fork
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observe this illustration at the top we
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see the start of a fork with the tines
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directed downward
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certainly possible now focus on the
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bottom half of the illustration
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here we see the tines of the fork also
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definitely possible
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but viewed together at the same time we
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see two tines that begin at the top
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become three times at the bottom
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an impossible situation so observe our
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stories tonight carefully
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we'll tell you which are true and which
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are false at the end of the show but
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right now keep an open mind
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for just when you think you're traveling
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down the clear pathway of truth
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you may encounter an impossible fork in
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the road
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in these days of handheld video and
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digital photography
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there's still a richness and fascination
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to the art of good old film recording
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in fact under certain conditions film
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may still be the most reliable recording
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method of all
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for one thing you can't erase it by
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mistake with the push of a button
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and for another it's not altered by
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various atmospheric conditions which can
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make videotape inoperable
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albert wainwright believes in film and
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its ability to capture things even the
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eye can't see
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then again you must take into account
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his profession
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you see albert wainwright is not a
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filmmaker he's a ghost hunter
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i had been working with ghost hunter dr
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albert wainwright since i graduated from
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cal berkeley three years before
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he scanned again scanning again
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[Music]
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scanning finished anything
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nothing oh they're here
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i know they're here i can feel them
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opinions were divided on dr wainwright
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some thought i'm crazy others a genius
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he was determined to capture the image
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of a ghost on film and once and for all
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prove that they do exist
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appearing am i doing wrong
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no one had ever done it before i
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believed in him
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and so did ron nothing doc
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just more rats there'd be hundreds of
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them in the walls
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we'd been working at the old malone
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estate for the past three weeks
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in this house 40 years ago stephen
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malone strangled his wife
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marsha to death and then hanged himself
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from the second floor banister
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through the years people swore they saw
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the ghosts of stephen and marcia
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still at war as they roamed through the
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house
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[Music]
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show yourself malone dr wainwright was
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becoming more and more obsessed
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i know you're here but he was running
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out of time and money
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i can feel you he knew he had to find
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something
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he sent for roslyn sarno a renowned
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psychic despite her young age
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she had a reputation for being able to
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raise the dead
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dr wainwright had used psychics on other
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cases with mixed results
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but he believed that rosalind truly had
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the gift
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what is it i sense a really strong
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presence here
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do you feel it the electromagnetic
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readings are very high all around the
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house
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they would be this house is a powerpoint
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[Music]
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camera's down get this 16 millimeter
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what's wrong i just saw a man with a
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rope
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where where do you see it
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i hear a woman's high-heeled shoes
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running across the floor i hear it too
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okay they've come forward what's a young
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woman
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she's afraid
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are you saying that through the lens are
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you getting it all time audio's down
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keep shooting jar get it off oh he's
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strangling her
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stick with us tara get it all
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[Music]
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he's angry rude is angry he does not
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want you to be filming him
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keep shooting tara stop it
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okay
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we had all seen the same thing and i was
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positive that i got it on film
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i gave the reel to dr wainwright he was
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going to take it to an all-night lab in
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town and have it developed immediately
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there we go
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[Music]
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we all made history tonight
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you know
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[Music]
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thank you thank you thank you
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[Music]
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okay can we get this to the lab
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and then
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we shall eat okay
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fantastic thank you we'll meet up with
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you in a bit dr
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congratulations dr wainwright took off
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on his own
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we packed up the equipment and we were
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going to meet him the next morning at a
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press conference
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he was going to announce our findings to
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the world i'd never seen him so excited
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dr weymore's car is still here
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why would he still be here
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dr wayne right
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[Music]
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at first i couldn't tell what was
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wrapped so tightly around his neck
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by the time ron looked inside i knew it
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was the exposed film
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he's dead
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i think about dr wainwright all the time
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his death remains a mystery to this day
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the police said that somebody probably
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tried to rob him when he entered his car
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but why would they strangle him with the
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film why would anyone do that
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i don't know
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i think it was the ghost of stephen
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malone
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everyone present swore they saw two
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ghosts that night
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but without the film there was no proof
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further investigation revealed that
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psychic
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rosalind sarno was an accomplished
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hypnotist
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think back was this a case of group
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hypnosis
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was everyone seeing only what rosalind
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told them to see but then
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who murdered professor wainwright and
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why was it a jealous colleague or
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perhaps
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an angry ghost have we presented you
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with a documentary of fact
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or has the truth been left somewhere on
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the cutting room floor
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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 compulsive gambler suddenly finds
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he can't lose
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on beyond belief fact or fiction
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the seduction of gambling bright colors
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constant action
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the surge of adrenaline as you put your
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stakes in the line
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most gamblers know that they're
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prisoners to the whims of fortune
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the best you can do is know the odds and
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take a chance
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but what if you could beat the odds what
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if you could eliminate chance
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jimmy welsh has an unfortunate name for
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a gambler
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and the bad luck to go with it he's
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hoping
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all that's about to change but what are
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the odds on that
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i was a regular at the royale casino
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reno nevada it was one of the older
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joints and i like gambling there
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no more bets please hey i got to get
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lucky one of these days right
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sure jimmy come on baby do it for me
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just this one time
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number 30 rad i always said i should
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have just signed over my paycheck to the
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royal
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because that's where it all went anyway
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that's it for me
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what'd he drop 400.
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he does that every week he's a born
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loser
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i fit the pattern of the addicted
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gambler i'd lose most of my paycheck
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swear to quit forever and then come back
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as soon as i got paid
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but my routine was about to change
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whoa just my luck i'll be electrocuted
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today
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want me to warm that up for you jimmy no
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i'm going home nina
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oh tough night huh yeah murder
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hey can i flip you for the check sure
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why not
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college heads
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heads it is maybe your luck's changing
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right
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tails
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heads
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tails the most amazing thing was
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happening
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i flipped that coin 26 times in a row
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and 26 times i called it right
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it was like i could will it to come up
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the way i wanted it to
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tails for the first time in my life i
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was in control
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no more bets please i wanted to see if
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my new power worked on the roulette
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wheel
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22 22
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number 22 wins
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i always kept the 10 bill in my shoe in
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case of an emergency place your bets
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please
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money place i never once used it to
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gamble
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until that day
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seven
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number seven wins
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thank god finally
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number 33 when
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drinks for everyone
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i just couldn't lose every number i
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called came up
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i suddenly heard a word that was never
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connected to me before
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i wasn't sure why this was happening but
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i wasn't about to quit
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it didn't take long and i was almost a
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hundred thousand dollars ahead
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this is beginning to seem like a dream
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i've been playing for two hours and i
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was up almost a half million dollars
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hold on to those for just a minute
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i'll be right back yes sir
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i could have cashed in my chips right
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then and there but hey
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i'm a gambler i kept thinking about all
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the money i lost to that casino
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throughout the years and how i was going
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to get it all back
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with interest
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you're not getting me this time
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i'm gonna have to talk to somebody about
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that
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place your bets please let's make this
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interesting
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100 grand
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26.
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no more bets please
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26 26 26 26
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6 26
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that ball was taking its sweet time
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falling in 26
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but i wasn't worried he said i could
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wait a few more seconds for my adults
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number 18 red what
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that can't be my number was 26. yeah
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and you lost
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i thought maybe i didn't concentrate
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enough that time
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but i still had plenty of money left so
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i figured i'd give it another shot
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place your bets please
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from then on i was going to forget about
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the blonde next to me
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forget about my bankroll and just wheel
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that ball into the slot
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are you in
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i had gone through almost 500 000 in 20
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minutes
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whatever was happening before wasn't
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happening anymore
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but guess what i'm hanging in there till
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it comes back
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jimmy welsh never again experienced the
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amazing power he had that day
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what caused it to happen did the
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electric shock he received from the
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dryer give him some kind of
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psychokinetic energy and then take it
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away again
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was it just a once in a million lucky
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streak
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or did lady luck who had always given
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jimmy the cold shoulder
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decided to smile on him for a while is
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there really a way to determine whether
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this story is fact or fiction
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or is it simply a roll of the dice
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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 doctor encounters the paranormal
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on beyond belief fact or fiction
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the practice of phrenology basically the
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reading of bumps on the head
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has long been replaced by high-tech
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brain scanning procedures which can
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pinpoint the smallest problem
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still models and charts like these
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provide a layman's point of view of the
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brain and its areas
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in much the same way astrology gives us
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a layman's look at the heavens
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dr dale cullen is an expert on problems
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of the brain
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he's always looked at phrenology as a
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frivolous activity but what he's about
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to experience
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will make his own brain spin
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i've been a successful neurologist for
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the past 12 years
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i loved my work and there was nothing
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more gratifying than to use my skills to
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help save a life
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but the one thing i had never gotten
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used to was
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giving a patient bad news i'm sorry
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martha but there's definitely a tumor
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oh no
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what does this mean dr cullen i'm afraid
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it's quite serious
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in a very dangerous spot it's deep
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inside the left lobe
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it's very hard to get to what do we do
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i suggest we operate as soon as possible
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and if we don't
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it's hard to know what we have until we
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get in there but uh
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from the looks of this
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these types of tumors are usually fatal
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i thought i was just having migraines
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it's a very technical operation and
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because of the location of the tumor
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there's about a 50 chance of success
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i want the operation
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i want to see my babies grow up
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i couldn't get martha blaine out of my
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mind
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she was a young wife and mother with
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everything to live for
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why did it happen to her usually those
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types of tumors show up in people a lot
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older
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i knew you'd still be here annette
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i'm sorry i was supposed to meet you oh
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that's okay it's all part of being a
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doctor's wife i'm sorry
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it's okay hey i got your present
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what oh dale you are not gonna believe
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what i found
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you know that little antique shop in the
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village well i was just passing by
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when i saw this in the window
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oh heavy
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a phrenologist's head don't you love it
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oh i thought it would just look so
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perfect right here in your office
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oh and look it's all divided into
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numbers and sections
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and this guide that explains what all
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the numbers mean
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i love it oh and i haven't even told you
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the best part yet
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okay just guess who this once belonged
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to
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i don't know who sigmund freud really
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sigmund freud it came with documentation
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i believe you oh what is that
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it's a smudge right over the left ear
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there oh god you know
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that might have been dr freud's
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fingerprint you just wiped off
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no oh you
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no so you need to be at the hospital by
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let's see three o'clock for prep
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all right now look i know you're worried
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martha
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but you gotta have faith okay all right
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i'll see you there bye
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[Music]
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i performed this type of surgery several
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times with mixed results
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i was very concerned i really wanted it
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to work out for martha blaine
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i was always tense before surgery but i
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was feeling more stressed than usual
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then i happened to look over at the head
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the spot annette grubbed off was back in
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the exact same place
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that's odd
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i was about to leave to prep for
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martha's surgery when i noticed the spot
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was back again
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it was in the exact same place section
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11
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above the left ear why did it keep
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reappearing
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and what was section 11.
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then i remembered the map that came with
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it
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i couldn't understand why i was taking
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this head so seriously but that spot was
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too strange to ignore
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the map had nothing to do with science
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it was based on old beliefs and
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superstitions
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every human emotion with corresponding
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numbers to the numbers on the head was
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written on the map
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i looked at number 11. written next to
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it was the word
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cautiousness
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[Music]
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i had no explanation but there it was
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back again
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i didn't want to accept what was
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happening but it was
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the spot was in the exact same place as
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the tumor in martha's brain
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as a precaution i decided to check the
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records in radiology
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and that's when i got the shock of my
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life
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wait stop martha
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there was a mix-up in radiology the mri
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wasn't yours
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what are you saying i'm saying you're
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fine
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you can go home
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the mri actually belonged to an 88 year
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old man named martin blaine
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not martha bling it was a simple filing
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error but
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how it was discovered there was no
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simple answer to that
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the phrenologist's head still sits on my
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desk
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and the spot never came back again
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the switching and confusing of patients
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records is certainly not unheard of
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is that all that actually happened here
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but then how do you explain
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the smudge on the phrenologist's head
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that kept coming back
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and why did it turn up in the exact spot
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as the tumor in the mri
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and is it just coincident that the
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section where the smudge showed up
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is marked cautiousness on the model
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is this story of the mysterious head
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based on fact
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or are we up to more skullduggery
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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 nature hike becomes a matter of
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life and death
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on beyond belief fact or fiction
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do you love to go a wandering beneath a
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clear blue sky
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hiking is no longer just the pursuit of
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boy scouts or hardy mountain men types
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it's now a huge industry geared to both
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men and women with entire stores devoted
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to its pursuit
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of course it's always safer to hike in
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groups but sometimes
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a solitary walk in the woods is just
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what the soul needs
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tricia coburn is about to go for a hike
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her goal is to get in touch with nature
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however she's about to get in touch with
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much
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much more
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[Music]
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i was a grad student at washington state
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university
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when the incident that changed my life
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forever occurred
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every chance i'd get i'd grab my
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backpack and take off for a while into
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the wilderness
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nothing was unusual about the way this
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hike started it's just me
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wanting to be alone with nature i
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thought it'd be pretty uneventful stuff
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boy was i wrong
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[Music]
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my parents loved the outdoors they
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taught me everything i knew about
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surviving in the wild
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i even climbed mount rainier with them
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when i was only 12 years old
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but nothing prepared me for what i was
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about to face
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[Music]
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like always i checked the weather report
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which called for fair skies
00:26:08
but the barometer was falling i was
00:26:10
taught to always respect mother nature
00:26:13
dad liked to say that she had a pretty
00:26:14
face but her mood could change in a
00:26:16
split
00:26:17
second
00:26:22
i could feel a slight change in the air
00:26:24
as i approached the trail to sykes
00:26:26
bridge
00:26:27
i'd heard a lot about the bridge but i
00:26:29
had never crossed it before
00:26:31
i knew that it was built right at the
00:26:33
start of world war ii
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so i felt a sense of history as i got
00:26:37
closer
00:26:51
the bridge looked a little sketchy but
00:26:53
there was no other way to the other side
00:26:58
felt pretty solid so i decided to go for
00:27:04
it
00:27:08
once i set foot on that bridge a
00:27:10
powerful force took hold of me
00:27:12
i didn't feel in danger but i certainly
00:27:14
didn't feel safe either
00:27:15
it was like i'd lost my ability to take
00:27:17
charge of the situation
00:27:24
that bridge seemed to take on a life of
00:27:26
its own i was never afraid of heights
00:27:28
before but i suddenly felt dizzy and
00:27:30
weak
00:27:31
every time i step down my legs seemed to
00:27:34
be made of rubber
00:27:36
i could feel my heart beating faster and
00:27:38
my breath was catching in my chest
00:27:40
it was like all the warning signals in
00:27:42
my body were telling me to run to safety
00:27:45
but i couldn't run the way that bridge
00:27:47
was shaking i could barely walk
00:27:48
i was doing all i could not to surrender
00:27:50
to my fears
00:28:12
i didn't think it was possible that
00:28:13
things were getting worse the bridge was
00:28:15
shaking
00:28:16
more than ever and i was becoming a
00:28:17
victim of my own fear
00:28:19
i was now in a state of panic i was sure
00:28:22
i was going to die and that i'd never
00:28:23
seen my parents again
00:28:28
don't be afraid stay calm i'll help you
00:28:34
where did she come from i know there was
00:28:36
no one else on the bridge
00:28:41
thank you i saw our name tag it read
00:28:44
margaret lang
00:28:45
it's a name i'll never forget you have
00:28:47
to get off the bridge
00:28:48
right away
00:28:49
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00:28:53
something about her gave me the strength
00:28:54
and courage to move again
00:29:24
so
00:29:33
i was sure that margaret lang went down
00:29:35
with the bridge
00:29:36
i owed my life to her
00:29:42
oh thank heavens you're all right
00:29:46
dad oh we got pretty sick
00:29:49
how are you doing are you okay i'm fine
00:29:52
what about the nurse
00:29:54
there was no sign of her we'll go out
00:29:57
again first thing in the morning
00:29:58
what nurse
00:30:01
the nurse on the bridge she saved my
00:30:03
life
00:30:04
a nurse i know it sounds crazy but but
00:30:08
there was a woman on the bridge in a
00:30:09
nurse's uniform her name tag said
00:30:12
margaret lange r.n
00:30:18
could you excuse us for a minute please
00:30:21
of course
00:30:22
what's wrong
00:30:26
there's something i've been wanting to
00:30:27
tell you for a long time
00:30:31
i don't know the years just slipped by
00:30:32
and we never did
00:30:36
guess i was afraid afraid of what
00:30:42
we adopted you when you were six months
00:30:44
old
00:30:46
your birth parents died in a plane crash
00:30:51
i'm adopted yes darling we love you more
00:30:54
than anything in the world
00:30:57
i love you too they were always afraid
00:31:00
to reveal i was adopted because they
00:31:02
thought it would make me love them less
00:31:04
in truth it made me love them more but
00:31:07
after my experience with margaret laying
00:31:08
on the bridge
00:31:09
this was almost too much for me to
00:31:11
absorb why
00:31:13
why are you telling me this now because
00:31:16
your birth mother was a registered nurse
00:31:20
her name was margaret lange
00:31:36
when we got home my mother showed me a
00:31:38
photograph of my birth mother in a
00:31:39
nurse's uniform
00:31:41
it was her the same woman who saved my
00:31:43
life on the bridge
00:31:48
could this have happened was trisha
00:31:51
coburn's life really saved by the ghost
00:31:53
of her dead mother
00:31:54
could it have been another nurse with
00:31:56
the same name if so
00:31:57
why was no trace of the nurse's body
00:31:59
ever found
00:32:00
detricia imagined the entire encounter
00:32:02
but then how would she know her real
00:32:04
mother's name and profession if she was
00:32:06
unaware of her existence
00:32:08
have we presented enough facts for you
00:32:09
to suspend your disbelief
00:32:11
or have we failed to bridge the gap
00:32:14
we'll find out if this story is true or
00:32:17
false at the end of our show
00:32:18
next a cigar box holds hidden secrets on
00:32:22
beyond belief
00:32:23
fact or fiction you never know what
00:32:27
items you might find in a garage sale or
00:32:29
a swap meet
00:32:30
take this cigar box the cigars that were
00:32:33
inside it have long burned into the air
00:32:35
in their place a lifetime of mementos
00:32:38
who knows why certain people save
00:32:40
certain things
00:32:42
as we know one man's trash can be
00:32:44
another man's treasure
00:32:45
aggie and heather baker are about to
00:32:47
visit a swap meet
00:32:48
it'll turn out to be an experience they
00:32:51
won't want to swap for anything
00:32:57
[Music]
00:33:01
nobody bought it it was a sunday morning
00:33:04
and i was doing one of my favorite
00:33:05
things
00:33:06
spending time with my daughter heather
00:33:12
she was a terrific kid and as a single
00:33:15
mom she made me proud of her
00:33:17
and myself mom
00:33:20
i worked as a waitress at a local diner
00:33:22
could be a little stressful at times
00:33:24
but i was saving money and i loved the
00:33:26
customers
00:33:28
every sunday before work we hit the
00:33:30
local swap meets hunting for bargains
00:33:32
gretchen where are you hiding all the
00:33:33
good stuff ah there's plenty of good
00:33:35
stuff
00:33:35
just gotta look it was a close-knit
00:33:37
neighborhood
00:33:38
we need just about everybody there
00:33:44
uh heather sweetie we gotta get going
00:33:46
okay mom
00:33:53
wow what happened
00:33:56
that box was vibrating really well there
00:33:58
must be something inside
00:34:05
no i don't see anything that would make
00:34:07
it vibrate
00:34:09
come on i gotta go
00:34:15
well it's probably just an old toy
00:34:17
inside that keeps going off
00:34:19
okay now i'm officially late heather we
00:34:21
gotta go mommy can we buy the box
00:34:23
why it's just a box of old junk please
00:34:26
it's magic
00:34:29
how much for the cigar box give me a
00:34:31
buck and it's yours
00:34:40
let's get a move on
00:34:50
hey again the deluxe burger's getting
00:34:52
cold i'll be right there gus
00:34:56
mommy the box is vibrating again i can't
00:34:59
talk right now honey i'm a little bit
00:35:00
busy
00:35:03
then one of our regulars john august
00:35:06
came in
00:35:06
hi taylor hi mr august how are you on
00:35:10
this
00:35:11
fine day good my mom bought me this at a
00:35:14
swap meet
00:35:15
i know how do you know
00:35:18
hi john having the usual
00:35:21
i didn't come in to eat aggie i'm here
00:35:24
because a mistake was made
00:35:26
what kind of mistake this cigar box you
00:35:29
bought
00:35:30
it's actually mine i thought it was
00:35:32
gretchen's
00:35:33
no she bought it at an auction
00:35:36
i was storing it with some other
00:35:38
belongings
00:35:40
i fell behind in my rent and they sold
00:35:43
everything off
00:35:45
if it's yours you should have it back mr
00:35:47
august
00:35:48
no i don't need it now
00:35:51
there's just this one thing inside that
00:35:53
matters to me
00:35:55
may i sure thanks
00:36:00
i'll always remember how he searched for
00:36:03
it
00:36:04
it was so important to him
00:36:14
what's that it's called a purple heart
00:36:19
i got this fighting nazis in the second
00:36:21
world war
00:36:23
i was wounded in germany almost died
00:36:29
i'll never forget the ceremony when they
00:36:31
gave it to me
00:36:33
my parents were standing there crying
00:36:36
they were so proud grateful that i was
00:36:38
alive
00:36:42
please take it john you sure you don't
00:36:45
want anything else
00:36:47
no just this
00:36:50
aggie order's up yeah i'm coming gus
00:36:58
thanks heather
00:37:06
mr august
00:37:11
sometimes the box vibrates
00:37:14
really maybe it was the purple heart
00:37:20
hearts do beat you know goodbye mr
00:37:23
august
00:37:25
why he had been my customer for years
00:37:29
but i learned something new about john
00:37:31
august that day
00:37:35
so we're gonna do it tonight as we were
00:37:38
walking home that night
00:37:39
we saw an ambulance outside an apartment
00:37:41
building near the diner
00:37:45
i wonder what's going on here
00:37:50
uh what's going on ah one of the tenants
00:37:54
died
00:37:55
really who his name was august
00:37:58
john august john august that's
00:38:03
did right know we just saw him at the
00:38:06
diner where i work a couple of hours ago
00:38:09
a couple of hours ago no that can't be
00:38:12
he's been dead for at least two days
00:38:15
yeah it's a funny thing he uh he had a
00:38:17
medal in his hand
00:38:18
some old purple heart from world war ii
00:38:22
oh mom
00:38:37
there was no earthly explanation for
00:38:39
what happened that day
00:38:40
but the cigar box never vibrated again
00:38:43
on a whim
00:38:44
i took the old baseball cards from the
00:38:46
box into a dealer
00:38:48
i almost fainted when he told me they
00:38:49
were worth almost
00:38:51
50 000 the first thing i did
00:38:55
was set up a college fund for heather
00:38:57
thanks mr august
00:39:02
what happened here did the old soldier
00:39:04
really return after his death to get his
00:39:05
medal
00:39:06
or did the paramedic simply make a
00:39:08
mistake about the time of death
00:39:10
but maybe it was more than just
00:39:12
happenstance that aggie and heather's
00:39:13
lives were enriched by the old soldier's
00:39:15
gift
00:39:16
what about our story have we convinced
00:39:18
you that this is a box filled with items
00:39:20
of truth
00:39:21
or is it a nice try but no cigar
00:39:26
next you'll find out which of our
00:39:28
stories are facts
00:39:30
and which are fictional when beyond
00:39:32
belief returns
00:39:33
[Music]
00:39:37
now let's look back at tonight's stories
00:39:38
and find out which ones are inspired by
00:39:40
actual events
00:39:41
and which ones are totally false let's
00:39:44
review the story of the ghost hunters
00:39:46
who tried to capture the spirits on film
00:39:51
are you seeing that through the lens are
00:39:52
you getting it all dark audio's down
00:40:01
stick with us tara get it all
00:40:11
he's angry spirit is angry he does not
00:40:15
want you to be filming him
00:40:16
can it be that this story is fact yes it
00:40:20
is
00:40:20
this event was reported as taking place
00:40:22
in england in the years following world
00:40:24
war
00:40:24
ii
00:40:29
let's take another look at the roulette
00:40:30
player who found he could control the
00:40:32
wheel
00:40:32
with his mind
00:40:37
[Applause]
00:40:42
seven seven seven seven seven
00:40:45
seven seven
00:40:53
number seven wins
00:41:00
is it possible that this story is true
00:41:03
not this time it's a fraud
00:41:09
about the story of the model of a head
00:41:11
that saved a patient from dangerous and
00:41:13
needless surgery
00:41:16
the map had nothing to do with science
00:41:18
it was based on old beliefs and
00:41:20
superstitions
00:41:22
every human emotion with corresponding
00:41:24
numbers to the numbers on the head was
00:41:26
written on the map
00:41:27
i looked at number 11. written next to
00:41:29
it was the word
00:41:32
cautiousness
00:41:36
was this story based on a real happening
00:41:38
yes
00:41:39
it happened in the state of florida in
00:41:41
the 90s
00:41:46
what was your opinion of the hiker who
00:41:48
was rescued from a collapsing bridge
00:41:50
by her mother's ghost
00:41:58
don't be afraid stay calm i'll help you
00:42:11
thank you
00:42:17
you have to get off the bridge right
00:42:18
away
00:42:23
was this story inspired by an actual
00:42:25
event yes
00:42:27
it was inspired by an incident that took
00:42:29
place in texas in the late 60s
00:42:35
the story of the veteran the cigar box
00:42:37
and the purple heart medal
00:42:39
how did you judge that one thanks
00:42:42
heather
00:42:49
mr august
00:42:54
sometimes the box vibrates
00:42:57
really maybe it was the purple heart
00:43:03
hearts do beat you know goodbye mr
00:43:06
august
00:43:08
bye is this strange story based on
00:43:12
fact yes a similar event took place in
00:43:15
ohio
00:43:15
in the early 80s
00:43:20
were you able to navigate the waters of
00:43:22
deceit to find the islands of truth
00:43:24
tonight is there really a way to set
00:43:26
your course and sail for the star of
00:43:28
truth
00:43:29
or is the voyage itself fraught with
00:43:31
obstacles
00:43:32
that are beyond belief i'm jonathan
00:43:34
franks
00:43:39
phrenologist's head and cigar box are
00:43:41
true based on first-hand research
00:43:43
conducted by author robert treylands
00:43:45
for beyond belief this is campbell lane
00:43:58
[Music]
00:44:31
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