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beyond belief
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fact or fiction
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hosted by jonathan frakes
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tonight your challenge is to separate
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what is true
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from what is false five stories some
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real
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some fake can you judge which are fact
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and which are fiction
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to find out you must enter a world of
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both truth and deception
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a world that is beyond belief
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a curious illusion to the naked eye this
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appears to be
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a perfect triangle yet here's the truth
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a disconnected shape the two sides
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separated by a significant space
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so it is with our stories tonight at
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first glance they may seem connected to
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the truth
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but viewed from the proper perspective
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your opinion might change
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we'll tell you which are real and what
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you're fake at the end of our show
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judge carefully because as always there
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are two sides to every story
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or in some cases
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there might be three
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do you believe that dreams foretell the
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future millions do walk into
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any library it's easy to find books on
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the subject some cultures believe in the
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power of dream catchers
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nightmares get caught in the webbing
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while you sleep and only the good dreams
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filter through
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debra wilkins could use a dream catcher
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these days she's having a dream
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that's most disturbing the nightmare
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returns night after night
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and it's more than just frightening it's
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the kind of dream that can scare one to
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death
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stop stop
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[Music]
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morning sir did you have a good workout
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i felt comfortable and accepted by
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everyone
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i hated to spoil our idyllic lifestyle
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with my erotic dreams but i had to share
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my fears with brian
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it was too upsetting to envision the man
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i loved being murdered night after night
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i just couldn't keep it to myself
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morning andy morning mr wilkins garden
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looks beautiful
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morning
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[Music]
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you're right
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i had the nightmare again
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the same man attacked you from behind
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with the long bladed knife
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i still can't see his face debra it's
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just a dream
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nothing more i'm so afraid of losing you
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you're not gonna lose me
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i'm yours forever forever
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i love you brian
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[Applause]
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no no please
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no don't don't
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can you help me
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brian brian brian
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i saw him this time i saw his face calm
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down honey call me no no
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i saw him it was andy the groundskeeper
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he murdered you with a long knife you
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have to get rid of him
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he has to go please brian honey let's
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try to be rational here
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andy's been with the family for 20 years
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i i admit he's a little strange but he'd
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never hurt me can you be absolutely sure
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can you
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andy i have to talk to you
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yeah look uh this isn't easy for me
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i've been having some financial problems
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financial problems
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you what i'm trying to say is
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i'm gonna have to let you go i'm sorry
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what it's nothing personal it really
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isn't i just have to make some changes
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here
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well how come i'm the one that's got to
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go i've been here longer than anybody
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your daddy hired me 20 years ago i know
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i told you i don't feel good about it
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you ought to feel good about it it ain't
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right
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it just ain't right look i always done a
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good job for you and your wife hadn't i
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well hadn't i okay take it easy
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i'll give you six months severance and
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references
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you can't afford to keep me on you can
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afford six months pay for no work
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that's the way it is i want you to leave
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today
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fine i don't need your stinking
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[Music]
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references
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you look so beautiful today
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have a good ride a little bit more
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skittish than usual here let me have a
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look
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he's the easy one he's easy easy boy
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it's me just not easy one easy
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easy easy
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easy no no oh no
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[Music]
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not
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brian died of the wound inflicted by the
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hedge trimmer
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it had been left in the bushes by andy
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when he was dismissed
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my husband died just as in my dream
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stabbed in the back by our groundskeeper
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debra wilkins never recovered completely
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from her husband's death
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she continued to blame herself of course
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logic would tell us that her husband's
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death was just accidental
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a terrible coincidence but then how do
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you explain the recurring dream that
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identified the gardener as her husband's
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murderer
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doesn't this go past coincidence even
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past irony
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is this story based on an actual
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happening
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or are we simply leading you down the
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garden path
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a story based on fact or a work of
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fiction
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we'll tell you at the end of our show
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next another premonition
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and a deadly stalker
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sometimes the simplest of objects can
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get us through periods
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of emotional pain take this compact
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fifteen-year-old rina newland is never
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without it
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it was a gift given to her by her father
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before his untimely death
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this small uncomplicated little gift has
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sustained her through the most
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terrifying years of her life
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but rina's terror is far from over and
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the mysteries of what's contained inside
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this compact
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are about to come to light
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[Music]
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it had been almost three years since the
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death of my husband
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he was an air force pilot who died in a
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training mission over the persian gulf
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the loss devastated both my daughter and
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me but that wasn't the reason we moved
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cross country from new york to oregon
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my husband's death had left me extremely
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vulnerable
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that's when i met another man named
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jeffrey walker
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to my [ __ ] jeffrey turned out to be a
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violent and abusive man
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when i tried to get rid of him my life
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became a living hell
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he stalked me day and night finally
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jeffrey was arrested and sent to prison
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for assaulting me
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ah don't you just love this place the
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fresh air and all the trees
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it's okay the experience with jeffrey
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coming right on top of the loss of her
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father
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had left reno with emotional scars i
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hoped we could start over
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far away from the past
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despite all my optimism there was a
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strained relationship between reyna and
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me
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and i couldn't help but feel guilty
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about what my terrible relationship with
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jeffrey had put her through
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it was about then that i noticed the odd
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light on the cabinet
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what's that sweetheart the compact
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daddy gave me he told me we'd always be
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together
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if i just looked inside he was right
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what what's wrong i just get these bad
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feelings sometimes
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like jeffrey's going to come back reina
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i told you he's never going to bother us
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again
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i'm sorry i'm sorry that jeffrey ever
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happened baby
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i really am
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i felt so sorry for rena she would go
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from periods of quiet isolation
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to being an exposed nerve ending and i
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never knew when the next explosion
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was coming
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[Music]
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it's right outside my window i don't see
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anyone
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i don't see him are you sure he was he
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was him he looked he looked horrible i
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i saw him in my compact mirror he was
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staring at me
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no remake he knows where we are no honey
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no no you're sure yes you're absolutely
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sure
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okay okay yes thank you for your time
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marina the man at the prison says that
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jeffrey is still locked up
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but i saw him i saw him no honey but
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sometimes the mind plays tricks and
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and jeffrey couldn't possibly have been
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here
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i know what i saw i i i
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okay i know i think at any age two days
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later reena saw
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jeffrey's reflection in the compact
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mirror again and just like the time
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before she became hysterical
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i called the psychologist dr david
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blauschel jeffrey
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obviously created some sort of trauma in
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her mind
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she has a great fear of him oh i'll just
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never forgive myself for bringing him
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into our lives
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well irina said that her father gave her
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the compact before
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he died yes he did and it means so much
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to her yeah
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you know it could be a contributing
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factor maybe you should put it away for
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a while
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[Music]
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it's important that we try to break the
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cycle i'll do anything
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i just i can't stand to see him go
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through this
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let's set up a session for next week
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honey you didn't get the compact out of
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my drawer did you
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oh why
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nothing how's your homework coming
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fine well if you need any help let me
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know i'm gonna go jump in the shower
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okay mom
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reena seemed to be feeling uneasy but
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that was nothing compared to what we
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were both about to experience
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[Music]
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it was that light again the same one
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i've been seeing for the last few days
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it seemed to be coming from rena's
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compact but that didn't seem possible
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[Music]
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hi there jeffrey
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you surprised i thought we could try to
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remind somebody
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did you get out i was easy just like
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finding you i called your mother and
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told her i was an old friend from high
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school
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here i am in the flesh jeffrey you don't
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want to do this
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no no please stop it
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look at us back together again
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just one big happy family
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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[Music]
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oh
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the police extradited jeffrey back to
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the same new york state prison he had
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escaped from three days before
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rena and i moved to another location and
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have felt safe ever since
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and now when reina looks in the compact
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the only thing she sees is her face next
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to her father's
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[Music]
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how could rina have possibly seen the
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stalker's reflection while he was still
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thousands of miles away was it only her
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imagination if so how do you explain his
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appearance so soon afterwards
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was it a premonition of impending danger
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or was it a warning sent by the spirit
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of a dead father still trying to protect
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his daughter
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is this story of the strange mirror a
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series of lies or does it reflect the
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truth
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a story based on fact or a work of
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fiction
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we'll tell you at the end of our show
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next we continue our theme of dreams and
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revenge have you thought about buying a
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used car lately
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there's lots of ways to do it everything
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from visiting the used car lots in
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person to surfing the internet
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but most people still rely on the
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hundreds of listings in the classifieds
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and handout publications
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ronnie mercer has been combing through
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these of late for a bargain
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he's getting ready to start college and
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his parents have promised him a car of
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his own
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but ronnie's dream is about to unravel
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and it may just turn out to be more than
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he ever bargained for
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bob mercer was an honest hard-working
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accountant employed by john cutler
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a dishonest devious boss well i
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certainly couldn't ask for anything more
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except a smarter accountant for each of
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the last three quarters i asked you to
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write off those research costs look mr
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cutler
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as i indicated before those costs can't
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be claimed as research
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isn't your son going off to college soon
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yes next month
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you have another chance to make it right
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bob
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the fourth quarter report can be a happy
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ending
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for everybody but those expenditures
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netted an asset which is a taxable
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event and how's this for an event you
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pathetic bean counter
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you're fired and so bob mercer's career
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at john cutler and associates was ended
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by john cutler himself
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that night bob broke the news to his
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wife susan
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i think it'd be best if i talked to him
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okay
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but the hardest part would be to tell
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his son ronnie who had been counting on
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a new car
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paid for by dad in fact it seemed that a
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car
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was the only thing on ronnie's mind
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[Music]
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nice work how many does this make
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stop counting at 200. 200.
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wow
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what's wrong dad
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i was fired today mr cutler fired me
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you'll get something better dad i know
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it we'll see
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but until i do school's starting
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and now this i'm sorry but i think we're
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gonna have to wait on the car
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well
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it'll just give me more time to shop
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around
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that night ronnie would have the
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strangest dream of his life
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just one dollar guys that's right
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one dollar drives this car off no down
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payment
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no finance terms just one dollar
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one dollar one now one dollar
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one now one now
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one dollar this can be yours
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[Music]
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by this beauty that's right one dollar
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drives this car off
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no down payment no finance terms just
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one dollar one dollar one dollar
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the next morning ronnie couldn't get the
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dream out of his mind
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i had a dream about the classifieds last
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night
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wow it was so weird i was in front of
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this huge house
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and uh there was this car that was for
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sale out front and the most awesome part
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about it was it only cost a dollar
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no one sells a car for a dollar stop
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dreaming
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but dad it was so real
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i'll be in the den i'll take the help
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wanted ads with me
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[Music]
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mom mom look at look at this it's here
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look at this oh come on honey your dad's
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right nobody sells a car
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what for one night we gotta go right now
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let's go
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no it's a mistake ronnie it's either a
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misprint or it's a joke there isn't even
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a phone number
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this was exactly like my dream would you
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do me a favor and not mention this again
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okay your dad's got a lot mom we have to
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go right now
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all right okay i will drive you
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it's gonna be a big waste of time come
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on
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when ronnie and his mother arrived at
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the address ronnie couldn't believe his
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eyes
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the house was just like the one in his
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dream susan mercer decided not to try
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and calm her son down
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you would learn soon enough the dreams
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don't come true very often
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especially impossible car dreams
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the mother braced herself for the
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inevitable disappointment that her son
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was about to experience
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it didn't seem to make any sense the
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woman at the door had invited ronnie
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inside
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susan was beginning to feel very strange
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about the entire incident
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[Music]
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mom come on come see my new car
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it was the same shiny sports car that
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ronnie had described in his dream
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and from the way he was acting he had
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actually bought it for one dollar
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ronnie ran off to use the car phone to
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tell his dad while susan stayed behind
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to learn
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exactly what was going on your son is a
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delight thank you
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i'm just not sure i understand what's
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going on here i mean surely you're not
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selling this for one dollar why you
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think it's too much
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no i i just don't get it that's a story
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i'm sure you've heard before
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after 30 years of marriage my husband is
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trading me in on a newer model
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he was always afraid some creditor would
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come after his beloved car
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so it's in my name selling it is gonna
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break his heart
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in fact he should be home from work any
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time now
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i hope your son enjoys this car as much
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as my husband did
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oh oh he will he will
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and who was the man who lost his most
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precious possession for one dollar
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where's my car where is my car
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it was john cutler your precious car
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traded you in john cutler and for a much
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younger model i should add
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but don't worry i drove a very
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hard bargain the same john cutler
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who had fired ronnie's father
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[Music]
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was this just an astounding coincidence
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or did young ronnie want his dream
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car so badly that he made it happen
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can people control their own future by
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sheer force of will
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and what about the irony of his father's
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boss becoming the victim of ronnie's
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dream
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is this story of the impossible used car
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deal based on reality
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or have we traded in the truth for
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another lie
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a story based on fact or a work of
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fiction
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will tell you at the end of our show
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next another firing
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results in terror
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one of the pleasures of life for many
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people is window shopping
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mannequins like these in creative poses
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provide
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hours of eye candy along some of the
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most famous streets of the world
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gerald stanley has been dressing
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mannequins for over 25 years
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he treats them with respect and takes
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pride in his every display
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lately gerald has been a mentor for an
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eager assistant craig vinton
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but some have noticed the assistant is a
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little too eager lately
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his next move may put his mentor in a
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financial crisis but before it's over
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it will cost much more than an arm and a
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leg
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something's not right what do you think
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craig
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yeah i agree there's something off
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i mean it just doesn't look right
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i loved my job and part of it was
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teaching the ropes to green young kids
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like craig
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that's it that's exactly what it needed
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you're a genius when it comes to the
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little touches gerald
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that's what it's all about
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little touches that make up the big
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picture
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i know i've told you this before but
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working for you has really been a great
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education
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for me well someday you'll be a chief
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decorator somewhere and then you can put
00:26:23
all you've learned to good use yeah i'll
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definitely put it to good use
00:26:29
of course i didn't know that craig did
00:26:31
his best work behind my back
00:26:34
mr duncan yes gerald's making the window
00:26:39
look like jurassic park
00:26:40
it's prehistoric not to mention it's
00:26:43
taking him forever
00:26:46
i hate to say it but he's so far behind
00:26:48
schedule he'll never be ready for the
00:26:50
spring fling opening what
00:26:54
wait a minute what are you telling me
00:26:56
spring fling starts the day after
00:26:57
tomorrow
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and gerald is not ready i thought you
00:27:01
should know sir
00:27:04
i can't delay that opening or cost us a
00:27:06
fortune
00:27:07
i don't want to start trouble but i
00:27:09
could redo the entire window tonight
00:27:11
and it would be more like the times we
00:27:13
live in you know edgier
00:27:15
edger edger
00:27:18
okay
00:27:30
i don't believe this you want to give
00:27:33
craig
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vinton the spring fling display
00:27:38
he's just an assistant listen gerald
00:27:42
you're falling farther and farther
00:27:43
behind in your work and quite frankly
00:27:46
your displays are somewhat old-fashioned
00:27:50
old-fashioned management wants something
00:27:54
a little younger
00:27:55
hip you know edgier
00:28:00
and they don't think you could give us
00:28:02
that anymore you're firing me
00:28:06
i really don't have a choice after 25
00:28:11
years
00:28:12
sorry gerald it's business
00:28:22
i took one last look at the figures in
00:28:24
my shop
00:28:26
they were almost like real people to me
00:28:32
craig wasted no time he dismantled my
00:28:35
display before i even had the chance to
00:28:37
clean out my desk
00:28:41
what are you doing to my troops
00:28:48
these aren't your troops gerald they're
00:28:51
just plastic dummies
00:28:53
they're just tools for my art i'm
00:28:56
creating something new
00:28:58
different something you wouldn't
00:29:00
understand
00:29:01
you know what you are craig you're a
00:29:04
miserable two-faced little suck-up
00:29:08
yeah but i got your job old man you
00:29:11
back off geraldo i'll call security
00:29:14
[Music]
00:29:22
there was so much i wanted to do and say
00:29:25
but i had to maintain my dignity if not
00:29:27
for craig then at least in front of my
00:29:29
figures
00:29:30
the only true friends i had
00:29:34
you'll be sorry you did this yeah right
00:29:37
i feel real bad
00:29:46
he was trying to hurt me by hurting them
00:29:49
it was almost as if i felt their pain at
00:29:52
craig's abusive treatment
00:30:00
craig couldn't wait to reveal his edgy
00:30:02
new concept
00:30:04
a wild display of disembodied body parts
00:30:07
scattered around the floor in
00:30:09
eye-catching poses
00:30:11
what's going on like craig himself his
00:30:13
ideas were imaginative and creative
00:30:16
and sick where's the display
00:30:20
i i don't understand i worked on it all
00:30:23
night
00:30:24
it was here when i left it was beautiful
00:30:27
i had pieces of mannequin everywhere
00:30:29
with clothes draped over them
00:30:32
it's gerald i mean it has to be him
00:30:35
look i don't know what your game is but
00:30:38
either i get a spring fling display by
00:30:40
tonight
00:30:40
or you're out of here yes sir i'll
00:30:43
recreate it at once
00:30:44
[Music]
00:30:46
craig thought i had sabotaged his
00:30:48
display
00:30:50
but i was out of town i don't believe
00:30:52
this
00:30:53
that maniac put them all back together
00:30:56
[Music]
00:31:02
again
00:31:05
we may never know the truth but this is
00:31:08
what craig
00:31:09
claims happened to him that night in a
00:31:11
completely empty store
00:31:13
[Music]
00:31:17
did that happen
00:31:21
[Music]
00:31:25
gerald gerald
00:31:28
where are you come out and face me
00:31:34
[Applause]
00:31:35
gerald where are you i know you're doing
00:31:37
this to me i know you are
00:31:46
[Music]
00:31:48
[Applause]
00:31:58
[Music]
00:32:00
[Applause]
00:32:00
[Music]
00:32:06
gerald gerald i know you're in here come
00:32:10
out and face me
00:32:13
gerald where are you i know you're doing
00:32:16
this to me
00:32:17
i know you are
00:32:18
[Music]
00:32:21
craig quit the next morning and i was
00:32:23
reinstated
00:32:25
who could have possibly attacked craig
00:32:27
that night
00:32:29
it couldn't have been me i was out of
00:32:32
town
00:32:40
were craig's problems with the
00:32:42
mannequins just a result of his own
00:32:43
clumsiness
00:32:44
if not what could have possibly caused
00:32:46
the mannequin's assault on craig
00:32:49
was the deposed gerald controlling
00:32:51
things from behind the scenes
00:32:52
or is the explanation more mystical
00:32:55
could it be
00:32:56
the mannequins actually had human
00:32:57
feelings of hatred for their new dresser
00:32:59
do you think this story puts the truth
00:33:01
on display
00:33:03
or is it merely window dressing
00:33:06
a story based on fact or a work of
00:33:09
fiction
00:33:10
we'll tell you at the end of our show
00:33:12
next a mysterious tale
00:33:14
of the old south
00:33:20
southern hospitality a genteel refined
00:33:23
way of life
00:33:25
of course like all regions of our
00:33:26
country the south has endured political
00:33:29
social and sometimes violent change yet
00:33:32
a quick visit to any southern city
00:33:33
reminds us
00:33:34
that the concept of southern hospitality
00:33:36
is alive and well
00:33:38
our story tonight takes place before the
00:33:40
time of scarlet and red
00:33:42
it evokes memories of warm southern
00:33:44
breezes weeping willows
00:33:46
and things beyond belief
00:33:52
i write these words in my journal it is
00:33:54
the year 1806 and i'm looking back on a
00:33:57
life honored by my service to the united
00:33:59
states of america
00:34:01
i've been a calvary commander held a
00:34:03
seat in congress
00:34:05
finally i attained the governorship of
00:34:07
virginia
00:34:08
but the best thing that has ever
00:34:10
happened to me is my beautiful young
00:34:11
wife ann
00:34:13
she's barely 26 years old and she's
00:34:15
already given me three beautiful
00:34:18
children
00:34:20
you must stop working and see what i
00:34:21
bought today this moment darling i'm
00:34:23
almost finished
00:34:26
there now you can see everything you are
00:34:29
incarnate
00:34:31
all right you have my full attention oh
00:34:33
harry it's all so beautiful it's all the
00:34:35
latest fashions from paris
00:34:36
look at this one this is my favorite
00:34:43
there what do you think do i look
00:34:46
parisian
00:34:49
i think that that hat is lucky to have
00:34:51
your pretty head to sit up on
00:34:55
oh harry why are you so good to me well
00:35:02
that's quite simple my darling
00:35:04
i love you
00:35:09
[Music]
00:35:11
my evenings on our plantation were most
00:35:13
comfortable there were many pleasant
00:35:15
dinners with good friends and all
00:35:16
political allies
00:35:18
i really wish you would consider writing
00:35:20
for my newspaper harry
00:35:22
i know you're a busy man but your views
00:35:24
on federalism should be read by the
00:35:26
people
00:35:27
you compliment me alexander i agree
00:35:30
you're a fine author harry your
00:35:33
description of george washington is
00:35:35
first in war
00:35:36
first in peace and first in the hearts
00:35:39
of his countrymen
00:35:41
we'll go down in history thank you
00:35:44
thomas
00:35:45
of course i esteem your opinion
00:35:47
alexander and i will consider your offer
00:35:49
i'm sorry to interrupt gentlemen
00:35:52
but i'm suddenly feeling unwell
00:35:59
what is it then i'm sure it's nothing
00:36:02
there
00:36:03
perhaps you should retire for the
00:36:05
evening
00:36:11
excuse me gentlemen
00:36:15
i'd never seen annie take an ill before
00:36:18
i was shaken by it and extremely
00:36:22
[Music]
00:36:24
concerned
00:36:28
[Laughter]
00:36:32
what's the matter what's wrong with her
00:36:34
she has a very high fever and is in and
00:36:36
out of consciousness
00:36:38
i'll be honest with you sir i don't know
00:36:40
what the malady is
00:36:42
she's young strong she will recover
00:36:46
i truly hope so i'm going to prescribe
00:36:49
sulfates perhaps they'll help
00:36:52
all we can do is keep an eye on her
00:36:57
thank you doctor thank you for coming to
00:37:03
[Music]
00:37:06
us
00:37:10
[Music]
00:37:19
but anne's condition did not improve it
00:37:21
only continued to worsen
00:37:23
dr bradley used everything at his
00:37:25
disposal but she did not respond
00:37:27
[Music]
00:37:31
eric
00:37:33
[Music]
00:37:38
i've given you three fine children
00:37:44
maybe my time here is done you mustn't
00:37:47
say
00:37:47
that don't give up and fight on
00:37:52
i love you i love you harry
00:38:16
huh
00:38:19
don't leave me please
00:38:33
and never regained consciousness after
00:38:34
that dr bradley pronounced her dead
00:38:37
later that day
00:38:39
i found myself frozen in place unable to
00:38:41
move
00:38:42
that weathered so many battles and seen
00:38:44
so much death in my
00:38:46
time but nothing had ever left me so
00:38:48
devastated
00:38:50
grave diggers were to start their work
00:38:52
that evening
00:38:53
i wanted the moment of annie's actual
00:38:55
burial to be a private one
00:38:57
it was shared by the two of us how can i
00:39:00
put you in the ground
00:39:01
my beautiful darling
00:39:07
what's going crazy
00:39:11
help me
00:39:19
[Music]
00:39:24
oh my
00:39:27
what god
00:39:31
in hindsight dr bradley guessed that
00:39:33
annie must have been in a living
00:39:34
death once the illness had run its
00:39:36
course she revived
00:39:38
one year later my wife ann lee gave me
00:39:41
another
00:39:42
child he was a boy my dreams were that
00:39:45
he would follow in my footsteps and
00:39:46
become a leader of men
00:39:48
we named him robert e lee
00:39:54
there are many recorded incidents of
00:39:55
premature burials in the early 1800s
00:39:58
medical science was still growing and
00:40:00
diagnosis were
00:40:01
often wrong is that what happened here
00:40:04
or did fate step in
00:40:06
was ann lee brought back to life because
00:40:08
history had plans for her yet unborn son
00:40:11
robert e
00:40:12
is this story that takes place in the
00:40:14
antebellum era inspired
00:40:15
by an actual event or have our writers
00:40:18
gone south on us
00:40:22
next you'll find out which of our
00:40:24
stories are fact
00:40:25
and which are fiction when beyond belief
00:40:28
fact or fiction returns
00:40:31
[Music]
00:40:32
and now it's time to see which of our
00:40:34
stories are inspired by actual events
00:40:36
and which are totally made up let's look
00:40:39
back at the story of the premonition
00:40:41
dream that resulted in death
00:40:43
true or false
00:40:46
no no please
00:40:52
no don't cut it please
00:41:09
[Music]
00:41:14
if you guessed this one was based on
00:41:15
fact we played a trick on you it never
00:41:18
happened
00:41:22
how did you judge the one about the
00:41:23
young girl who saw the stalker in her
00:41:25
compact mirror
00:41:26
real or unreal
00:41:29
hi there oh jeffrey surprised
00:41:35
i thought we could try to remind
00:41:36
somebody did you get out it was easy
00:41:38
just like finding you i called your
00:41:40
mother and told her i was an old friend
00:41:41
from high school
00:41:42
here i am in the field jeffrey you don't
00:41:44
want to do this
00:41:45
no no please stop it
00:41:49
look at us back together again just one
00:41:52
big happy family
00:41:58
if you thought this tale was fiction we
00:42:00
fooled you
00:42:02
our research shows this happened to a
00:42:03
family in the washington dc area in the
00:42:05
early 80s
00:42:06
in fact
00:42:09
[Music]
00:42:10
how did you judge the one about the
00:42:12
college student whose dream of buying a
00:42:14
car for one dollar came true
00:42:16
is this real or fake looking for a used
00:42:18
car my friend
00:42:19
well just one dollar by the disability
00:42:22
that's right
00:42:23
one dollar drives this car off no down
00:42:25
payment
00:42:26
no finance terms just one dollar
00:42:29
one now one now one
00:42:32
now one knowledge one now
00:42:39
certainly no one doubt this
00:42:48
what does our research show on this one
00:42:50
absolutely nothing we made it up
00:42:52
it's false
00:42:56
let's look at the story of the ambitious
00:42:58
window dresser who meets his match in
00:42:59
mannequins
00:43:00
true or false
00:43:13
gerald gerald
00:43:16
where are you come out and face me
00:43:23
gerald where are you i know you're doing
00:43:25
this to me i know you are
00:43:26
[Music]
00:43:32
did you think this one was based on
00:43:33
reality not this time
00:43:35
it's a fake how about the tale of the
00:43:40
old south
00:43:41
the premature burial and the birth of
00:43:43
general robert e lee
00:43:45
history or hogwash
00:43:50
how can i put you in the ground my
00:43:52
beautiful darling
00:43:58
that must be going crazy
00:44:02
help me
00:44:05
help me
00:44:11
[Music]
00:44:17
if you thought we made this story up
00:44:19
you're wrong it's based on actual
00:44:21
published stories about robert e lee and
00:44:23
his father
00:44:23
light horse harry
00:44:28
how did you do it separating fact from
00:44:30
fiction tonight
00:44:31
we've tried to demonstrate that it's not
00:44:33
an easy task
00:44:34
for sometimes truth and falsehood live
00:44:37
in the same world
00:44:38
a world that's beyond belief i'm
00:44:41
jonathan franks
00:44:43
the story entitled the stalker is based
00:44:45
on first-hand research conducted by
00:44:47
author robert treylands
00:44:49
for beyond belief fact or fiction this
00:44:51
is don lafontaine
00:45:04
[Music]
00:45:33
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