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beyond belief
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fact or fiction
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hosted by jonathan frakes 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 and deception
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a world that is beyond belief
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can you really believe your eyes look at
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this checkerboard design
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your eyes will tell you that this square
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is darker than this one
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now let's take a closer look as you can
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see
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both squares are exactly the same shade
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so it is with our stories tonight but
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might at first seem to be black or white
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they turn out to be equal shades of grey
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and be very careful about trusting us
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too much
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after all we have a checkered past
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[Music]
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book signings are pleasant rituals for
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both authors
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and fans writer gets an ego boost
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the reader of personal momentum of
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course not every author achieves the
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prestige to warrant a book signing in
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fact
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the clients of agent stan trask never do
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but the next situation that stan will
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face is so monumental
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he can't possibly write it off
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literary agent stan trask has run his
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own one-man operation for the past
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12 years he specializes in handling
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writers of pulp fiction and romance
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novels
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no no no no no i told you i told you i
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love it
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i think this is the best thing you've
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ever written it made me cry yeah
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it did yeah i'm talking hardcover i'm
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talking
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paperback a movie deal seven figures no
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less
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being an agent is not an easy profession
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a lot of late nights and competition is
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fierce
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but stan's done very well for himself
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mainly by ripping off his clients
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right so all i need from you is
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another 5 000. why
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well there's printing there's publicity
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costs i can't keep going into my own
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pocket on this deer
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right we are so close yeah great
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wonderful all right listen dear i need
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you to make that check out the cash
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that's right yeah
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um i gotta go hon i gotta go
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okay let's have dinner soon right
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bye-bye
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hey jane what are you doing here we
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didn't have a meeting set did we
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no stan we didn't have a meeting set oh
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you sound a little uptight
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what's happening with love ties your
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manuscript it's right here
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i love it i told you i think this is the
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best romance novel i've ever read
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it's made me cry yeah this one's gonna
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get published i guarantee it
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all i need from you is uh another uh 2
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500.
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that's all stan only 2 500. do you know
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how much money i've given you since you
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became my agent
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oh now look mary jane almost 12 000
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and you haven't gotten one thing of mine
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published okay that's not my fault
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all right the other stories had problems
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this one's different this one's
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compelling this one is really great it's
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going to get published forget it stan
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honey it's over honey wha what do you
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mean i'm getting a new agent stan
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somebody reputable
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okay so i'd like my money back please
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all of it or else i'm going to the
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authorities okay look you can't do that
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why not
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you're a thief and you stole from me now
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i'm not now look calm down
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stop telling me to calm down and stop
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touching me goodbye
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hang on a second let me talk to you it's
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it okay it's over stop it
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shut up
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mary jane
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[Music]
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mary jane
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oh look what you made me too
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[Music]
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stan trask had never killed anyone
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before but he took to it like a natural
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he buried the body in a raised planter
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box inside the building's atrium
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there was only a small mention in the
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newspaper about mary jane layton being
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missing
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no one knew she was at his office that
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night and stan felt
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he had gotten away with murder
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and then another plan began to take
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shape and stan's
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twisted mind mary jane's manuscript was
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good
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and he was sure he could get it
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published and with mary jane out of the
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way
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stan could keep all the money he created
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a fictitious
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author by the name of lucille carnes and
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sent
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love tides to a publisher who bought it
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immediately
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on its release love tides by the
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non-existent lucille carnes
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became an instant best seller no no no
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no i told you
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she doesn't do any book signings or
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personal appearances
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lucille carnes is a very private person
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she wouldn't even let us take her
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picture for the book jacket
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look what can i tell you she won't do it
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everything was going according to plan
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and then stan got a message that would
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haunt him
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for the rest of his days
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an anonymous caller informed stan of the
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impossible
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that lucille karns was at robin's
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bookstore
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signing copies of love tides
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stan had to see who the impostor
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claiming to be lucille karns was
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what is going on here how could this be
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she looked exactly like mary jane lately
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excuse me may i look at your book
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okay
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strange isn't it changing the name on
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the cover to mary jane layton
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i asked her what it meant she wouldn't
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tell me look she even signed it on the
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inside
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marry jane layton
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who do you think that is i don't know
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this is impossible
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she's got to be
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[Music]
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the homicide division had received an
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anonymous tip to follow stan trask
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that day what they found was more than
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enough evidence to convict him of murder
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in the first degree
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after serving only six months of a life
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sentence ex-agent stan trask
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stepped off a pile of books from the
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prison library
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and hanged himself
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[Music]
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so who was the mysterious woman at the
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book signing was it the ghost of mary
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jane layton
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or was it just a look-alike if so where
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did you come from
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did mary jane have a twin sister met
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upon getting revenge against stan
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or was it stan's own guilty conscience
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that caused him to imagine the entire
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incident
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is this story of the ghostly autograph
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true
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or does it bear the signature of the lie
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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 three students are threatened by
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the ghost of a confederate general on
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beyond belief
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fact or fiction movies is easier than
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it's ever been
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there are thousands of budding steven
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spielberg's out there creating their own
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film ideas with the help of equipment
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that's both
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portable and affordable zach rothbard is
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a bold young filmmaker
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with the energy and courage of youth
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but for his latest film project he's
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going to need all the courage at his
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command
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in fact as a director he may discover a
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darker meaning for the term
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cut
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there was a new storm blowing in the
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night
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zach maddie and i went to the local
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cemetery to do a student film about
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confederate general wesley vanderborn
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the legend was that the general rose
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from his tomb once a year
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and carved the letter v for vanderborn
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on the bodies of his local victims using
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his famous sword
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hey what are you doing this place
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creeped me out man i'm not even sure we
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should even be here
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that's right we never got permission
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and you guys agreed to do this you can't
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back out now
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stop complaining and and act scared
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yeah yeah that's perfect keep that keep
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that right there stop
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there's something out there
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maybe it was just a squirrel yeah maybe
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or maybe it's chairman wesley vanderborn
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ready to lop off a few yankee heads with
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his sword
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you know a close friend of my brother's
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best friend actually knew somebody
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that got murdered with a confederate
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sword right here in the cemetery
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yeah i heard that story too it's an
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urban legend how do you know it's not
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true
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it's not true because there's no such
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thing as ghosts well then there's
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nothing to be afraid of there is there
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[Music]
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zach was a creative genius with lots of
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great ideas
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but i was beginning to think this wasn't
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one of them come on go check the door
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eric
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[Music]
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that's weird why wasn't it locked
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i don't know maybe so the general can
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get out and mutilate somebody with his
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sword
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stop it zach okay okay okay i'm sorry
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just just trying to create a little mood
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here all right go on go on
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go ahead
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[Music]
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man this is so cool
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all right man you got your shot now
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let's just leave no wait hold on hold on
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what open up look off and i need to get
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a good shot of the general
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why no way are you crazy just just go on
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do it and then and then we'll leave okay
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i promise all right
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go on go ahead come on let's just do it
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eric
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get out of here
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okay okay okay it's off okay somebody
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please tell me how those moths got into
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an airtight cough
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maybe there's a crack somewhere
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caterpillar was crawled in
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leave the cocoons and then they hatched
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or maybe zach put them in there to scare
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us
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no i've never been in here before in my
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life i swear i don't
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care how they got in there okay i just
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want to leave right now okay
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i'm serious this time me too zach
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wait wait wait we're here i mean
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shouldn't we just see what the guy looks
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like huh come on
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oh that's so gross
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yeah oh yeah you got your shine now
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let's lean
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what are you doing i'm taking the sword
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you can't do that man you're stealing
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from
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the debt you're desecrating the body
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zach okay
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okay okay i'll put the hand back but i
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am taking this sword man
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just moved oh that is it i'm sorry wait
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we gotta help him
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you shouldn't be treating the cemetery
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like a playground
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a crypt is a sacred place you should
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leave the dead bee
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hurry give me a hand
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oh man your hands bleeding
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that's general's mark he left that on on
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every man he killed
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you're lucky to be alive oh come on
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that's ridiculous the general's dead
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look the sword
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how did the sword get back into his hand
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[Music]
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what do you believe did the spirit of
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the general actually come to life to
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protect his crypt
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or did zach simply panic and cause his
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own terrifying problems
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but then how do you explain the v cut
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into his hand
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is this story of a civil war ghost
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anchored in solid ground
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or this time is truth gone with the wind
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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 the teacher falls under the spell
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of a mysterious child
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on beyond belief fact or fiction dolls
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seem to have their own personalities
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their own needs
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some would say their own souls almost
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every little girl has a favorite one
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that provides her with hours of
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uncomplicated playtime been a while
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since susan franklin was a little girl
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but a special doll is about to enter her
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life
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the result is anything but uncomplicated
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it was the end of my first day as a
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teacher and i felt it went
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very well all the kids were great
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i was feeling exhilarated and a little
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exhausted
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all i ever wanted was to be an
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elementary school teacher
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see you tomorrow there i was
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[Music]
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you're ashley aren't you
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you know class is dismissed sweetheart
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you can go now
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your mom's probably waiting out front
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for you can you please give me my
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doll back your doll
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what doll is that ashley rebecca is
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wearing her pink dress
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and she has long brown hair and a
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blinking eye
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i'm sorry honey but i don't have your
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doll
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yes you do and i want you to bring her
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back tomorrow
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ashley maybe one of your friends has
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your doll i don't
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you do you do why are you saying you
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don't
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[Music]
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hi mom well school must be out
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how was your first day honey that was
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fine
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that's it just fine i thought you'd be a
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little more excited
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how'd you like your students well
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this one little girl what about her
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nothing i don't know i'm just tired
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26 8 year olds can be a handful
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do you want some tea no i'm i'm all
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right thanks
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is my doll collection still in the
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garage i think so
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why do you ask just curious about
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something
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i just couldn't get ashley off my mind
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what are you looking for susan i'm not
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sure
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just
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mom is this my dog
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[Music]
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actually belonged to a friend of yours
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which friend her name was ashley
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i had a friend named ashley and this was
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her doll
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how come i don't remember her i remember
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all of my friends
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oh susan i was always afraid this day
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would come
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what do you mean um
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okay
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when you were eight years old ashley was
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your best friend
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you did everything together you're
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inseparable like sisters
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one day ashley was over at the house
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and you were playing tea party you both
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loved playing with your dolls
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anyway um it was getting late and
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ashley's mother
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came to take her home ashley wanted to
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leave her favorite doll with you because
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well she was gonna be over the very next
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day
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but it never happened ashley and her
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mother lucille
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were killed by a drunk driver
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in a head-on collision i tried to
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explain it to you
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but ashley's death was so traumatic that
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you refused to accept it the doctor said
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you blocked the whole thing out
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i didn't know what to do so i never
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mentioned ashley again
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and now i remember oh
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oh it's okay it's good
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[Music]
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i brought the doll to school the next
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day i knew i would have to show it to
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ashley
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i just didn't know how she would react
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the playground monitor told me that you
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wanted to see me miss franklin
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thanks for coming in ashley
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is this the doll that you were talking
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about
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rebecca i missed you i missed you so
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much
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are you absolutely sure that that's your
00:21:09
doll oh yes
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i know becca and she knows me right
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rebecca
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she said yes
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you know ashley there's a lot of dolls
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with
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pink dresses and long brown hair and
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broken eyes
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i know but they don't have a big red
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heart like rebecca
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a big red heart
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don't you remember
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[Music]
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bye bye susan thank you for taking care
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of rebecca
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and suddenly i did remember and i
00:22:00
couldn't help thinking how this ashley
00:22:02
looked just like my childhood friend
00:22:07
what was the connection here was ashley
00:22:08
really the reincarnation of susan's
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friend
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maybe not after all there are lots of
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little girls named ashley around
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but how could this ashley have possibly
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known about the doll with a painted
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heart
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could susan's own mind have been playing
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tricks on her is this tale based on
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plain or simple truth
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or have we taken a lie and dolled it up
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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 strange curse hangs over a
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factory on beyond belief
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fact or fiction
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it's a wise craftsman who knows his own
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tools but if you're the handyman around
00:22:44
your house you're probably used to
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having your tools disappear
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somehow they vanish mysteriously like
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the matching sock we're always looking
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for
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hubert woodcock uses his tools for a
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living so he doesn't like them to
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disappear in fact
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if you borrow one you may be doing so at
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some risk
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to your own life
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[Music]
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it was my first day on the job at ellis
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bainbridge furniture makers and i was
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excited
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[Music]
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they were known around the world for
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their expert craftsmanship and i felt i
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had finally found a company that would
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appreciate my skills
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[Music]
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the crew seemed like a great bunch of
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guys there was only one who was a
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little odd his name was hubert
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and he'd been there for years he was
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from london and everyone said he was a
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snob
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but i did my best to get along with them
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that's beautiful work
00:23:53
thank you i'm george remson
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i hear you're from england that's
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correct i'm here with woodcock
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hi well don't let me interrupt
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every place you work has its own
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unwritten rules
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you sort of learn them as you go along
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and i was about to learn one
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big time
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you have got some great tools here
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hubert
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no
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i'm so very sorry ouch hey man are you
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okay
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uh yeah i think so i apologize for not
00:24:38
warning you first about the curse
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curse hubert's curse oh what the heck is
00:24:44
hubert's curse read the plaque
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[Music]
00:24:52
if this tool art borrowed by a friend
00:24:55
good fortune
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follows thou but if taken without
00:24:59
permission or
00:25:00
pilfered from me woe unto thee because
00:25:03
hubert's curse
00:25:04
shall be upon thine head
00:25:08
you got to be kidding actually it's
00:25:10
quite true
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you were just an unfortunate victim i
00:25:14
tried to warn you but
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it was too late
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so his tools are cursed how they are
00:25:23
i come from a long line of woodworkers
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dating back to the 5th century
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one of my ancestors also named hubert
00:25:31
actually helped construct king arthur's
00:25:32
round table
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no kid no kidding my ancestor forged a
00:25:38
close friendship with merlin the
00:25:40
magician
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great admirer of his work to protect my
00:25:44
ancestors tools
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merlin put a curse on anyone who took
00:25:48
them without permission
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the plaque was my uncle's idea he
00:25:53
thought it only polite to warn people
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first
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and you guys buy into this oh yeah look
00:26:01
what just happened to you
00:26:02
simply ask me first and then nothing bad
00:26:05
will happen to you
00:26:10
guys the head was loose on the hammer
00:26:13
there's no such thing as curses
00:26:18
isn't that
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after that things went okay for the rest
00:26:25
of the week but then i decided to stay
00:26:27
late one night to get a jump on the next
00:26:29
day
00:26:30
i couldn't help thinking about what
00:26:31
happened that first day in hubert's
00:26:33
so-called curse
00:26:34
i just didn't buy into that whole merlin
00:26:36
the magician story
00:26:38
i got to admit temptation got the best
00:26:40
of me
00:26:41
i couldn't help but i just had to test
00:26:43
that curse i needed an electric
00:26:45
screwdriver
00:26:46
and hubert's was right there begging to
00:26:48
be borrowed
00:26:53
some curse
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[Music]
00:27:18
good morning hubert good morning daddy
00:27:36
you got a better bit than this denny
00:27:38
what happened to your hand
00:27:40
oh nothing i just cut myself george
00:27:43
were you using my screwdriver your
00:27:45
screwdriver no man me in
00:27:50
okay fine i was using your screwdriver
00:27:52
it's an electric screwdriver
00:27:53
why didn't you listen to me and ask
00:27:55
permission
00:27:57
because it was not your curse hubert it
00:28:00
was a freak accident okay
00:28:02
be careful george you don't know what
00:28:04
you're dealing with
00:28:10
for the next few days i kept my own
00:28:12
tools and there were no accidents
00:28:19
but then
00:28:22
oh great not now
00:28:26
i was on a deadline and i really needed
00:28:28
to finish the table i was working on
00:28:30
that's when i noticed hubert's ladder
00:28:31
leaning against his workbench
00:28:34
hey hubert my light just blew out
00:28:39
could i please borrow your ladder of
00:28:42
course george
00:28:43
be my guest
00:28:46
thank you
00:29:10
ow are you all right
00:29:14
yes i'm fine which is amazing
00:29:17
since i just fell off the top of your
00:29:19
ladder what happened
00:29:21
i asked your permission i did what your
00:29:23
plaque said so why'd i fall
00:29:26
well i'll tell you why cause you're a
00:29:28
crazy phony
00:29:33
oh look at that now see if you touched
00:29:35
that you'd been electrocuted
00:29:38
there's your answer you asked permission
00:29:40
george and good fortune followed
00:29:42
the curse saved your life
00:29:46
[Music]
00:29:51
do you believe in hubert's curse did it
00:29:53
really cause george rempson's injuries
00:29:55
and then
00:29:56
protect him at the end is the curse just
00:29:59
a mind game set up by hubert or has it
00:30:01
actually existed for thousands of years
00:30:04
in assembling this story
00:30:05
have our writers use the tools of their
00:30:07
trade to fool you
00:30:09
are they really hammering home the truth
00:30:12
we'll find out if this story is true or
00:30:14
false at the end of our show
00:30:16
next the doctor's office becomes the
00:30:18
setting for the unexplainable
00:30:19
on beyond belief fact or fiction
00:30:25
have you had your hearing tested lately
00:30:28
with all the loud sounds we're exposed
00:30:30
to throughout our lives
00:30:31
hearing loss is more common than ever
00:30:33
fortunately today's hearing devices are
00:30:35
smaller than ever
00:30:37
still 10 year old katie conway has been
00:30:38
refusing to wear her hearing aid lately
00:30:41
and the reason may not lie inside her
00:30:43
ear it may reside
00:30:44
within the secrets of her mind
00:30:48
after you've been a doctor for a while
00:30:50
the long hectic days in the office
00:30:52
often run together but this day was
00:30:54
gonna be one that would stand out
00:30:56
forever katie conway she's ready for you
00:31:00
in room five
00:31:01
that's odd katie was just in
00:31:04
are you new i'm sarah i'm a temp just
00:31:07
filling in for today
00:31:11
[Music]
00:31:13
katie was a quiet bright little girl
00:31:15
that i'd been treating for about a month
00:31:20
this is connolly dr spalding how are you
00:31:23
just fine question is how is your
00:31:27
princess today
00:31:29
this is about katie's hearing aid yes i
00:31:32
noticed she's not wearing it
00:31:33
and she knows she's supposed to but i i
00:31:35
can't get her to keep it in
00:31:38
see did you bring the unit with you
00:31:42
yeah i see it of course
00:31:48
katie knows how important it is to wear
00:31:50
it for school
00:31:52
and for safety's sake when she's playing
00:31:54
or
00:31:55
riding her bike
00:32:00
well it seems to be operating fine
00:32:03
so katie
00:32:06
i just need you to tell me if this hurts
00:32:10
you in any way
00:32:11
okay i'm sure it's uncomfortable at
00:32:14
first but
00:32:15
she she just she just has to wear it
00:32:18
okay
00:32:20
katie can you tell me why you don't want
00:32:22
to wear your hearing aid
00:32:23
cause i don't like it that's the same
00:32:26
answer i get at home
00:32:28
you just have to tell her she has to
00:32:30
wear it look
00:32:31
i'm at my wit's end mrs conway why don't
00:32:34
we step out for a moment
00:32:36
give us a chance to talk yeah of course
00:32:42
thanks sarah would you stay with katie
00:32:45
please and keep her busy
00:32:47
maybe she'd like to color oh i'd be
00:32:49
happy to doctor
00:32:58
[Music]
00:33:11
maybe a little bit more comfortable to
00:33:12
hide up on the examination table
00:33:18
would you like to color
00:33:28
actually it's kind of cozy down here
00:33:32
you know while they're gone they'll give
00:33:35
us a good chance to play a game
00:33:37
would you like that
00:33:41
how about a guessing game
00:33:44
[Music]
00:33:45
you think of a number between 1 and 100
00:33:49
concentrate real hard and i'll try to
00:33:50
guess what it is
00:33:52
okay here
00:33:58
okay
00:34:02
are you thinking
00:34:12
22 22
00:34:15
22 22
00:34:22
that's it how did you guess
00:34:25
i don't know are you sure that's the
00:34:28
right number
00:34:29
you're not teasing me are you no 22
00:34:33
it's the number for the alabaster red
00:34:35
school
00:34:38
let's play again this time you guess the
00:34:41
name i'm thinking of
00:34:48
[Music]
00:35:00
stuffy
00:35:10
were you thinking of stephanie yes
00:35:14
stephanie's my best friend at school
00:35:18
and you're the best person at guessing
00:35:20
games i've ever known
00:35:28
katie why don't you like to wear your
00:35:32
hearing aid
00:35:37
sometimes a lot of the time
00:35:41
i'm scared of what i hear with my
00:35:44
hearing aid
00:35:47
i'm afraid i'll hear it even more
00:35:51
it hurts inside right in your head
00:35:57
didn't you tell your mother
00:36:01
i did it first but it made her so scared
00:36:05
she cried
00:36:08
and i didn't want her to cry so i said
00:36:11
it didn't hurt anymore
00:36:14
it does it hurts bad sometimes
00:36:19
and i hear those awful sounds
00:36:21
[Music]
00:36:22
scary i know
00:36:27
you heard them chewed in you you heard
00:36:31
the sounds i hear
00:36:33
i believe i did can you make them stop
00:36:38
can you make the sounds go away please
00:37:06
uh
00:37:09
oh hey little one are you okay
00:37:12
are you okay dr spalding
00:37:17
i certainly don't have your training and
00:37:19
experience
00:37:20
but i highly suggest that you order a
00:37:22
cat scan on katie
00:37:24
a cat scan i believe that she has the
00:37:27
beginning signs of a tumor
00:37:32
a tumor what makes you suspect that
00:37:36
let's just say katie and i had a very
00:37:38
interesting visit
00:37:46
don't ask me why but there was something
00:37:48
about that nurse i believed
00:37:51
uh dr spalding i see that uh kd
00:37:55
conway was in again yesterday you
00:37:57
ordered a cat scan
00:37:58
it picked up a tumor putting pressure on
00:38:00
her auditory nerve
00:38:01
early stages we're going to be able to
00:38:03
treat it boy
00:38:05
that was a lucky catch no kidding um
00:38:08
the next time there's an opening on the
00:38:09
nursing staff you should try to bring in
00:38:11
the temp who was working yesterday
00:38:14
sarah excuse me dr spalding
00:38:17
no one was out yesterday we didn't bring
00:38:19
a champ into the office
00:38:21
that can't be are you sure i'm positive
00:38:33
the next time i saw katie she told me
00:38:35
everything that happened between her and
00:38:37
sarah
00:38:38
a nurse we could never find and never
00:38:41
would hear from again
00:38:46
[Music]
00:38:49
who was nurse sarah why was she there
00:38:51
that day
00:38:52
how was she able to make the psychic
00:38:54
connection with little katie was she
00:38:56
really able to hear what katie was
00:38:57
hearing
00:38:58
was she simply just intuitive is this
00:39:00
story of nurse sarah the angel of mercy
00:39:03
based on truth
00:39:04
or is it merely hearsay
00:39:10
next you'll find out which of our
00:39:12
stories are facts
00:39:14
and which are fictional when beyond
00:39:16
belief returns
00:39:19
now let's look back at tonight's stories
00:39:20
and find out which ones are inspired by
00:39:22
actual events
00:39:23
and which ones are totally false
00:39:26
let's have one more look at the agent
00:39:28
who tried to bury his client
00:39:31
forget it stan honey it's over honey
00:39:33
what do you mean
00:39:34
i'm getting a new agent stan somebody
00:39:36
reputable okay so i'd like my money back
00:39:38
please all of it or else i'm going to
00:39:40
the authorities
00:39:40
okay look you can't do that why not
00:39:42
you're a thief and you stole from me now
00:39:44
get out
00:39:45
now look calm down stop telling me to
00:39:47
calm down and stop touching me listen
00:39:49
goodbye
00:39:50
hang on a second let me talk to you it's
00:39:52
it okay it's over
00:39:53
stop it just shut up
00:39:58
mary jane did a similar story to this
00:40:01
one take place
00:40:02
could be but we made this one up
00:40:08
and now let's have one more look at the
00:40:10
students who disturbed the spirit's
00:40:12
final resting place
00:40:17
oh that is so gross
00:40:22
yeah oh and then you got your shot now
00:40:25
let's
00:40:25
leave
00:40:31
what are you doing i'm taking the sword
00:40:34
you can't do that man
00:40:36
you're stealing from the dead you're
00:40:38
desecrating the body zach
00:40:39
okay okay okay i'll put the hand back
00:40:41
but i am taking this sword man
00:40:45
generous head just moved did a similar
00:40:47
story to this one take place
00:40:49
not this time it's a lie
00:40:56
how about the teacher who seemed to
00:40:57
encounter the reincarnation of a
00:40:59
childhood friend
00:41:01
ashley there's a lot of dolls with pink
00:41:03
dresses and
00:41:04
long brown hair and broken eyes i know
00:41:07
but they don't have a big red heart like
00:41:09
rebecca
00:41:11
a big red heart
00:41:18
don't you remember
00:41:25
[Music]
00:41:29
if you thought this story was based on a
00:41:31
real life occurrence you're right
00:41:33
a similar story happened to a teacher in
00:41:35
the florida area decades ago
00:41:41
and what was your opinion of the toolbox
00:41:43
that came with its own curse
00:41:45
[Music]
00:41:47
you have got some great tools here
00:41:49
hubert
00:41:49
[Music]
00:41:51
no
00:41:55
i'm so very sorry ouch hey man you okay
00:41:58
uh yeah i think so i apologize
00:42:02
for not warning you first about the
00:42:03
curse
00:42:05
curse hubert's curse oh what the heck is
00:42:08
hubert's curse
00:42:10
read the plaque
00:42:16
if this tool art borrowed by a friend
00:42:19
good fortune
00:42:20
follows thou but if taken without
00:42:23
permission or
00:42:24
pilfered from me woe unto thee because
00:42:27
hubert's curse
00:42:28
shall be upon thine head
00:42:31
the strange tale of the tools has to be
00:42:33
fake right
00:42:34
wrong it's true a similar story happened
00:42:37
to a factory worker on the gulf coast
00:42:39
about 15 years
00:42:44
how about the story of the mysterious
00:42:46
nurse who was able to connect
00:42:47
psychically with the little girl can you
00:42:50
make them stop
00:42:52
can you make the sounds go away please
00:42:59
[Music]
00:43:18
is this story based on a real happening
00:43:21
not this time
00:43:21
it's fiction
00:43:27
so do you still think that fact and
00:43:28
fiction are polar opposites
00:43:30
do they occupy the exact same space and
00:43:33
trying to find one
00:43:34
without encountering the other is a
00:43:37
challenge that is truly
00:43:38
beyond belief i'm jonathan frakes
00:43:42
the true stories on tonight's show were
00:43:45
based upon first-hand research by author
00:43:47
robert treylands
00:43:48
this is campbell lane
00:43:58
[Music]
00:44:30
you
