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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
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some real some fake can you judge which
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are fact and which
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are fiction to find out you must enter a
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world of both truth and deception
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a world that is beyond belief
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[Music]
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sometimes you have to check things out
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from all angles to understand the big
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picture
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take these photos they appear to be
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snapshots of nature
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animal and plant life all of various
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species and families
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let's take a step back to view the big
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picture
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now you can see a truly endangered
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species the television host
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depended for survival upon the nielsen
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family
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the lesson found in this picture within
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a picture can guide us in judging our
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stories tonight
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some may seem one way to you on first
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look step back
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you might find a whole new perspective
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we'll tell you which stories are true
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and which are false at the end of our
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show
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and by the way if you miss the big
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picture tonight
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don't despair just put on your best face
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[Music]
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you ever visited a truck stop those
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special places along the highway that
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truck drivers adopt as their favorite
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eating spots on long hauls
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they're usually famous for their
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atmosphere great coffee
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sausage eggs and apple pie
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there's a lot of folklore about truckers
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they're supposed to be experts on food
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driving life and friendship
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trucker dan weaver's about to learn a
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lot more about all of them
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my driving buddy hal dickey was closer
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to me than my own father
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we met once a week at our favorite truck
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stop dickie and i had a lot of great
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get-togethers hey dad
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henry this is one i will never forget
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gloria could you bring me you got sugar
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two donuts and a cup of joe
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after five years you finally know what i
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always order
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it's absolutely amazing well you know
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you got yourself a world-class safe food
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right happening here dan
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i'm not gonna be the one to break that
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street
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say dan what you gonna do start without
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me
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hey good to see you buddy
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you okay yeah see if you see uh thank
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you
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looked outside for your rig where the
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hell you parked uh it's up the road
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any trouble gloria
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what's a guy got to do to get a donut in
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his joint yeah you tip no wonder she
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ignores you hey
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dig in oh sweetie uh coffee and two
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glazed would you
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what's wrong with those oh i see you
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think he got cheated because they got
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holes in them
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funny just bring me another round flying
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with me gloria don't say hi
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she in the mood today or what boy what's
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he so
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weird about
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pal i need your help i've been up half
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the night out of my mind
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it's a real dilemma and i'm just torn
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all right this is that uh truck you've
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been looking at
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so you're wondering if you can afford it
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or not
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oh no no i can't decide to go with the
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speed options or the towing package
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and this is the dilemma you've been
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wrestling with yeah it's a big decision
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and i've been wanting something i could
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tow a boat or a trailer with but
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on the other hand do i want to give up
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highway speed and i already decided to
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go with the oversized tires and chrome
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wheels so that's not an issue for me
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anymore
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oh that's a relief
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or you sure are in motor math today
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what the heck is that supposed to mean
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[Laughter]
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no no look seriously no i need your
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advice you know what the heck am i gonna
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do
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to be honest i'd say it's time to get
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your priorities straight
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so you're leaning towards the towing
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package you know you know how to hunt
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you'd go that way
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save your money that thing hasn't been
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working for a week gloria won't dance
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for the road
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watch it buster i i didn't do nothing
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i'm working on one of my migraines you
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picked the wrong day to mess with me
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gloria i i didn't mess with you that was
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it was him
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him you need to take some time off
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and you need to keep your damn hands to
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yourself or else
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why don't you say something you're
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getting me in trouble here i'm trying to
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keep you out of trouble danny boy
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ah yeah i better go out and uh come back
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in because
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because you lost me on the curb
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you asked me how you ought to spend your
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money
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i know you haven't saved a dime and
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before you commit yourself to six years
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of payments
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you ought to put a little something
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aside for your wife no emergency fund
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i don't need no emergency fund
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my wife like you has never been able to
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hold on to a dollar
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so i set up a bank account she doesn't
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even know about it
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each week i put away a little well
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something ever happens how's she even
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gonna know about it
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you're clued in now anything ever
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happens to me you let her know it's
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there
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and you ought to set something aside for
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your wife just in case
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i'm young i'm a good driver nothing's
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gonna happen
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you never know when it's your time
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now you're spooking me worse than gloria
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and all this is off the subject what
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about my truck
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what about your family
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uh that's dispatch
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better check in yeah you gonna make your
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call
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i'm wasting music here
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oh yeah yeah i know i can make jersey
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city by four no problem
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yeah i'll call you when i get in
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yeah i got it barney pass it along
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where'd he go
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who what do you mean who how
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dan i don't know how to put this but um
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house rig was in a crack up down at the
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i-80
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it was real bad
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were you talking about he was at the
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table with me i just got the call
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hal didn't make it
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i'm really sorry i i know how close you
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two were
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[Music]
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poor guy he's been acting out ever since
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he got here
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[Music]
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at that moment i needed to make sense
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out of something that made no sense at
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all
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the whole afternoon gloria was acting
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like hal was invisible
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maybe he was to everyone but me
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but just like hal asked i let his wife
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know about the money he'd put away
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sure enough she had no idea it even
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existed just like hal said
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as for me let's just say i finally got
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my priorities straight
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thanks to my weekly visit with my
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driving buddy
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was dan actually visited by the spirit
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of hal or was it just his overtired mind
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playing tricks on it
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but if dan was only imagining things how
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could he have possibly known about hal's
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secret bank account
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was it something hal told him years ago
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that became part of a hallucination
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but if dan was hallucinating who ate
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house food
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if we're seeking the truth should we
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stop here
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or should we keep on trucking
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we'll tell you whether this story is
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true or false at the end of our show
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next a life is changed by the strange
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power of a magical box
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on beyond belief fact or fiction
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the charm of a music box these
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intricately crafted objects can cost
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anything from a few dollars to thousands
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but in most cases the importance of
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these items is found in their
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sentimental value
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music boxes are often special gifts
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given to us by special people
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ellen lippert has an emotional
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attachment to a music box she's never
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owned
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she's only seen it in a movie the movie
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had a happy ending
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but the ending in store for ellen is
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completely unpredictable
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some things just can't be explained take
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the vacation that changed my life
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it was my birthday week so i decided to
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visit my best friend gail in california
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gail and i had been close since grade
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school and i hadn't seen her since she
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moved away several years ago
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eating lunch in the sunshine in february
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ellen
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just promise me you won't let this get
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out to the people back home we'll be
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overrun here my little secret
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this town really is paradise yeah i love
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it
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ladies oh thank you
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hey the only thing that would make it
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more perfect
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is if i was here with a guy wow how
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politically incorrect
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sad but true i love you
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bye
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i think you're still carrying the torch
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for ted ted
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it's been six months out it's
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over really we've been friends since we
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were kids and
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i gotta tell you that's about the most
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pathetic
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least convincing denial i've ever heard
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when we were still seeing each other i
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don't think either ted or i
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truly appreciated the good times we had
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together
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he's really a terrific guy
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just sometimes we get into these stupid
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arguments over nothing
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maybe it was me i don't know anyway
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that's why we broke up another stupid
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argument
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what was it about
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that's the really funny thing i don't
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even remember
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have you been out dating much no one's
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serious
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whatever happened old ted i wish i knew
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he took the first out-of-town job he
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could get something in sales i heard
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anything to get away from me i guess hey
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if you guys argued as much as you said
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it wasn't all like that well still
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you're probably better to be rid of the
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guy i guess
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unbelievable what this
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music box
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ted and i looked everywhere for one just
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like it i first saw it in this movie
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a charles bronson film believe it or not
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charles bronson was there like a
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a bomb in the music box did the the
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little dancer shoot tiny machine guns
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it was actually a romance called from
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noon till three
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charles bronson spends a few romantic
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hours with this young widow played by
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what's her name
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his wife jill ireland that's her anyway
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they danced together in this movie and
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the woman owned a music box just like
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this one
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with a dancing couple on it
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[Music]
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you're getting me all teary-eyed ted and
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i hit probably every antique store and
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jewelry shop in baltimore trying to find
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one of these
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never had any luck honey ted's out of
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your life
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don't torture yourself forget the music
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box okay
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it's all settled good
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i'm gonna buy it
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what do you think a little birthday gift
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from me to me
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if you've sunk to buying yourself
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birthday presents you definitely
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need a boyfriend charming peace isn't it
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unfortunately it doesn't work the
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figurines
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they don't dance anymore take my advice
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on this one hun
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you buy a broken music box it's only
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going to remind you of a broken romance
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[Music]
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probably right
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[Music]
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thanks
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i know just what somebody in your frame
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of mind needs right now
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what there's an ice cream parlor in the
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next vlog
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[Music]
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ellen you have to admit i was right
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don't you feel like a new woman
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got to be the double fudge mocha that'll
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be
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i'm about to do something really stupid
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does this have some connection with ted
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by any chance
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ellen i don't know if you've noticed but
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whenever ted comes into the conversation
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the word stupid pops up a lot
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i'm gonna buy the music box
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well maybe not
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oh i'm so so sorry dear
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the music box was just so you're kidding
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i told the young man it didn't work
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and i told her it didn't matter
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hello ellen
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hello i love ted
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gail i don't think you've met
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this is unbelievable i'm sorry i have a
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chance to get a gift wrapped
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happy birthday
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it's perfect it's the best present i've
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ever gotten
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like i always say some things just
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can't be explained
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is this a romance rekindled by the fates
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or is there a more
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cynical explanation perhaps ellen's
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girlfriend gail set up the entire
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chance encounter with ted but did she
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plant the music box to
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and how do you explain the broken music
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box suddenly playing
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is this story of a couple reunited by
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the waltzing figures on a music box real
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or are we just dancing around the truth
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we'll tell you whether this story is
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true or false at the end of our show
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next a pawn shop becomes the scene of a
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nightmare
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on beyond belief fact or fiction
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storefront symbols the barbershop
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a drugstore a pawn shop
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now while the first two are familiar to
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most of us the pawn shop is less widely
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understood
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here's how it works if you need a quick
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cash loan you take something of value
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say your 300
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watch a pawn broker might give you say
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100
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cash for your watch he keeps the watch
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you get a claim ticket
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to get your watch back you must come
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back in the agreed upon time
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pay back the 100 plus an additional
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finance charge
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if you fail to return in the agreed upon
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time limit the pawn broker is free to
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sell your watch to someone else
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this whole exchange process is very
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important to our next story
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a story in which a young man named ron
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morrison finds he's holding a ticket
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with fate
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i never thought i'd be doing business
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with a pawn shop but i got myself into
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bad money trouble
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so i pawned the watch my folks gave me
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for college graduation
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probably cost them a thousand dollars
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all i got for it was 150 bucks cash
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lucky for me my buddy jerry came through
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with the money so i could get the watch
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out of hawk
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here you go 150 still hot from the atm
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machine
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you saved my butt man gee here i thought
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i was saving your watch
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come on let's get this over with
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hi how are um
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i'm here for a pickup there you go
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yeah nice watch i remember it
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did you remember it come on what are you
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talking about fella came in and bought
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it
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yesterday it says here
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no there must be some kind of mistake
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can you check the number again see i
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called two days ago
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for an extension hey kid you can have
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all the extensions you want as long as
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the item isn't sold
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but that's not what you told me over the
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phone look at the back of your ticket
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that shows you how we operate
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obviously there's been a
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misunderstanding on your part
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are we talking about the same watch can
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you just check the number one more time
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look
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here's all the watches i got you see
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your watch anyway
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oh my god you lied to me man you know i
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called and i asked you very specifically
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about my work
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his phone rings all day long maybe i
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talked with you maybe i didn't so now
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you're calling me a lot
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about you settle this like gentlemen but
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uh i'll handle this guy jer
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look it you were late with your payment
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the watch got sold that's the way the
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business works
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end of story this is not the end of the
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story and you better believe that
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kid all i have to do is push three
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little numbers 9-1-1 and the cops are
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hauling you downtown
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ron come on man forget this jerk let's
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get out of here
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listen to your friend he's giving you
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good advice he's right
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yeah he's right about you being a jerk
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this isn't over old man
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oh how am i gonna explain this to me i
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think you were just ripped off man okay
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well i need to get that watch
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see that sign you know what those mean
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two to one you won't get it back
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okay well you know what we'll see about
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that
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the next day i went back to the pawn
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shop there was a guy with a red cap
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checking out a gun
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you again i told you kid i ain't got
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your watch yeah well let's have a look
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why don't you open the safe
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that's a good idea probably got lots of
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other goodies in there too
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do what the man says open the sink
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all right all this water got it you can
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have anything you want just don't use
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that thing
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must really be something i could use me
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a fancy watch
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whoa hey then what happened what
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happened what happened is i woke up
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i was sweating like a pig the dream was
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so real
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what do you think it means your dream
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yeah i don't know
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don't eat spicy food before you go to
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bed
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it was just a dream it doesn't have to
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mean anything
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this was more than a dream it was too
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real
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i mean you know what i think i think
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that pawn broke lied to me
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i think it's some kind of scam i think
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he never sold my watch
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because of your dream sounds like a long
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shot to me
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maybe but if it's a long shot it's the
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only shot i got right
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i'll be right back
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it was exactly like my dream
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watch this open the safe and get my
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watch
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i know you still got it when you get the
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safe open
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give me the watch and all the other
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goodies got in there
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back out of here you're not stealing my
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watch
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i'll bet that thing ain't even loaded
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two to one
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you're wrong
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[Music]
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[Music]
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thanks pal but you know
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there's no shells in this shotgun
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i know i know
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just like i know you still got my watch
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even though i was right about the watch
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i'd never done anything as stupid as
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grabbing that shotgun
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i was lucky very lucky
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from now on i'm going to keep out of
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money trouble during the day
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and try not to dream at night
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[Music]
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was it just happenstance that ron had
00:23:45
that dream then how do you account for
00:23:47
such strong similarities between his
00:23:49
dream
00:23:49
and the actual incident in the pawn shop
00:23:51
was it a case of premonition
00:23:53
ron has never experienced one before or
00:23:56
since and can you answer an even bigger
00:23:57
question
00:23:58
did this story really happen or is it
00:24:01
just another pawn in our game of lives
00:24:05
we'll tell you whether this story is
00:24:06
true or false at the end of our show
00:24:09
next a chance encounter becomes a moment
00:24:11
of terror
00:24:12
on beyond belief fact or fiction
00:24:18
from adam and eve to today's
00:24:20
best-selling novels the world's oldest
00:24:22
story is boy meets girl
00:24:24
that's why papers are always filled with
00:24:25
personal listings and people seeking
00:24:27
relationships
00:24:28
in addition video cassettes where you
00:24:30
can meet potential mates on tape and of
00:24:32
course the internet
00:24:33
where you can now surf for a partner on
00:24:36
a hope and a motive
00:24:37
sandy bowman is running out of hope
00:24:39
she's tried every method of finding the
00:24:41
right guy
00:24:43
and now she's prepared to seek him out
00:24:44
in ways that are beyond belief
00:24:50
i don't know how i get myself in these
00:24:52
situations
00:24:53
it's not that i'm desperate well
00:24:56
okay i guess i am a little desperate man
00:25:00
trouble
00:25:01
here's the deal relationships just don't
00:25:04
seem to work for me
00:25:05
at least not for very long
00:25:17
[Music]
00:25:22
i've read all the self-help stuff done
00:25:24
couples counseling
00:25:26
worked on my inner child meditated
00:25:29
and prayed in every religion known to
00:25:31
man all without a bit of luck
00:25:34
then my friend marsha had a strange
00:25:36
suggestion
00:25:37
she recommended this woman sort of a
00:25:41
now don't laugh a gypsy fortune teller
00:25:45
her name was the strangest thing of all
00:25:48
mrs hatchigan
00:25:49
hello hi you've come a long way
00:25:54
yes yes i have how did you know
00:25:57
out of state license plates
00:26:06
you were the youngest in your family all
00:26:10
sisters that's right
00:26:13
all married except you
00:26:20
no ring
00:26:26
you're engaged last year
00:26:30
it didn't work it never seems to work
00:26:34
i'm starting to believe
00:26:37
i'm afraid really that i'm never gonna
00:26:40
find the right guy
00:26:42
that's why i came here to have you see
00:26:44
what you can see
00:26:49
will i find him no
00:26:56
wow that is because
00:26:59
he is destined to find you
00:27:02
you've been too busy looking to be found
00:27:06
when she said that so much seemed to
00:27:08
make sense
00:27:10
my own desperate search for the right
00:27:11
man forcing relationships
00:27:14
trying so hard to make something work
00:27:20
it wasn't the answer i was hoping to get
00:27:23
but it put everything into focus
00:27:25
i was too intent on finding love instead
00:27:28
of keeping my heart open
00:27:30
and allowing love to find me
00:27:34
several days later i was driving out to
00:27:36
the country to visit my friend marsha
00:27:38
to tell her all the details of my talk
00:27:40
with mrs hatchigan
00:27:42
including the best news of all that mrs
00:27:44
hatchigan saw someone special coming
00:27:46
into my life
00:27:47
very soon i didn't realize just how soon
00:27:59
i'd never picked up a hitchhiker in my
00:28:00
life
00:28:02
sorry but this guy was gorgeous besides
00:28:06
here was a fella trying to find someone
00:28:08
for a ride
00:28:09
maybe i was the one he was looking to
00:28:11
find
00:28:12
you saved my life i borrowed my buddy's
00:28:15
car
00:28:16
i can't change the flat there's no tire
00:28:18
iron for the jack
00:28:19
i'm chad sandy
00:28:23
how you doing hi i could check the trunk
00:28:27
that'd be great uh let me just park
00:28:44
appreciate it think it's under the mat
00:29:10
here
00:29:12
what are you doing just checking to see
00:29:14
if you got a cell phone so i can call my
00:29:15
friend
00:29:16
i'm really late you don't mind do you
00:29:22
give me my purse back i'd like i'd like
00:29:25
to go now
00:29:26
i can't do that it'll ruin all my plants
00:29:31
get in the trunk i'm gonna take a little
00:29:32
ride where you going
00:29:45
[Music]
00:29:51
shouldn't have done that now i'm gonna
00:29:53
have to punish you
00:30:08
don't worry we got a cell phone call 911
00:30:28
you sure you're gonna be okay yeah i'll
00:30:31
be fine
00:30:31
i am fine thanks to you i'm just
00:30:35
glad i found you in time what did you
00:30:38
just say
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[Music]
00:30:41
i'm glad i found you
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[Music]
00:30:45
yeah you did find me didn't you
00:30:49
i'm sorry i think am i missing something
00:30:52
no
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no i um it's nothing i don't know your
00:30:56
name oh
00:30:57
steve sandy steve hatchigan
00:31:02
hatchikin really i know it's a
00:31:06
it's a pretty unusual name
00:31:09
actually i i've heard it before okay
00:31:12
no kidding
00:31:16
do you want to get a cup of coffee
00:31:20
i'd love to get a cup of coffee yeah
00:31:22
[Music]
00:31:24
this experience went way beyond
00:31:26
coincidence
00:31:27
it was steve's mother who had predicted
00:31:29
i would find the perfect man
00:31:31
i mean that he would find me thank you
00:31:34
mrs hatchigan
00:31:39
was this just a chance meeting or is it
00:31:41
possible that the hiker had seen sandy
00:31:43
getting a reading from his mother maybe
00:31:46
he was waiting for the right moment to
00:31:47
introduce himself but then
00:31:49
how could he have known exactly where
00:31:50
sandy was going to be
00:31:52
it wasn't her idea to go into the woods
00:31:55
now
00:31:55
it's your job to judge this tale is it a
00:31:58
story of boy meets girl
00:32:00
or fact meets fiction we'll tell you
00:32:04
whether this story is true or false at
00:32:05
the end of our show
00:32:07
next learn what secrets are contained in
00:32:09
the horn of death on beyond belief
00:32:11
fact or fiction
00:32:15
it's not always easy to guess exactly
00:32:17
what certain items are used for
00:32:19
take this device looks like a miniature
00:32:22
space capsule or perhaps
00:32:24
a small torpedo but it's actually
00:32:27
an early air conditioning unit for
00:32:29
automobiles this part would fit into
00:32:31
your open window while the fan unit
00:32:32
would circulate the air
00:32:34
inside your car now
00:32:37
how about this it could be a stapler
00:32:39
hole puncher
00:32:41
in fact it's a cherry pitter one easy
00:32:43
step and you can eat a cherry that's
00:32:45
both pit
00:32:46
and worry free the object in our next
00:32:49
story is a bit more exotic
00:32:51
its use a bit more unusual it's about to
00:32:54
enter the world of antique dealer hugh
00:32:56
santelli and exactly what this piece is
00:32:57
used for is about to be discovered by
00:33:00
both mr centelli
00:33:01
and you
00:33:05
i had thought i'd given up all belief in
00:33:07
the supernatural as a young lad and as
00:33:10
an adult the profession i've chosen
00:33:11
doesn't allow the indulgence of such
00:33:13
things
00:33:14
i am forced to deal in cold reality
00:33:17
you see i'm a mortician
00:33:22
hugh santelli dear fellow ran an antique
00:33:25
shop next door
00:33:26
a boisterous gentleman perhaps but i was
00:33:28
pleased to call this colorful man my
00:33:30
friend
00:33:30
i clearly remember the day and exact
00:33:33
manner our little wager began
00:33:36
got it you got it you got it i got it so
00:33:38
you got it you don't got it
00:33:40
a number of new pieces i see hey
00:33:43
how you doing very well thank you good
00:33:47
yeah yeah the peterson estate i bought
00:33:49
everything that wasn't locked down
00:33:51
peterson oh yes i handle the funeral
00:33:54
arrangements
00:33:55
okay we make a good partnership huh you
00:33:57
bury them and i pick up all the pieces
00:33:59
and they just don't make pieces of this
00:34:01
quality anymore huh
00:34:02
hey i picked up an item you might be
00:34:04
interested in a carved umbrella stand
00:34:07
out well how's that for luck huh one of
00:34:10
the items i'm about to toss out almost
00:34:12
does me in
00:34:13
you have no idea what this is do you no
00:34:16
not the foggiest
00:34:20
got the shade over there here
00:34:24
[Music]
00:34:26
it still works but i don't have an
00:34:28
orchestra in the country that could use
00:34:30
one
00:34:31
this is not a musical instrument
00:34:32
santelli this is a
00:34:34
death horn once commonly used in my
00:34:37
profession
00:34:38
run that by me again a death horn
00:34:41
decades ago before sophisticated medical
00:34:43
procedures were widely known
00:34:45
it was not unheard of for people to be
00:34:46
mistakenly buried
00:34:48
often they were comatose patients who
00:34:50
simply showed no signs of life
00:34:53
where does the horn fit in many people
00:34:55
had a fear of premature burial
00:34:57
so they had one of these installed in
00:34:58
the casket reaching from the burial
00:35:00
vault to the surface of the ground
00:35:02
you're kidding the theory went if you
00:35:05
wake up in your coffin you'll give one
00:35:06
of these a toot and keep tooting till
00:35:08
help arrives
00:35:09
of course modern medicine has made these
00:35:11
items as useless as a buggy whip
00:35:13
still as an oddity of my profession i
00:35:16
could take it off your hands for say
00:35:20
25 you got to be kidding this little
00:35:23
baby's off the wall enough for me to
00:35:25
sell to one of my
00:35:26
how shall i say this eccentric buyers oh
00:35:29
good theory perhaps but if you tell them
00:35:32
what this item was really used for i'm
00:35:34
afraid it'll be a hard selling deed
00:35:36
you forget who you're talking to i know
00:35:38
only too well the curse of all things
00:35:40
associated with the death trade
00:35:42
i needn't remind you of my dating
00:35:44
history hey
00:35:45
if i could sell antique bed warmers to
00:35:47
rich old ladies with central heating
00:35:49
i could sell this puppy a foolhardy
00:35:52
boast
00:35:53
i assure you
00:35:57
perhaps you'd care to back it up with a
00:35:58
little wager wager
00:36:01
happy to i'll tell you what if i don't
00:36:04
sell this
00:36:05
by the end of the week it's yours let's
00:36:07
toss in dinner
00:36:08
just to make it interesting deal
00:36:11
one week from tonight
00:36:16
dinner at
00:36:19
piates
00:36:22
i trust you like italian food don't eat
00:36:26
your noodles before they're cooked
00:36:28
[Music]
00:36:32
santelli went about the business of
00:36:34
trying to win our wages
00:36:36
mr yamaguchi good to see you
00:36:40
i have this very special unique item it
00:36:43
was used here in america
00:36:44
years ago in the funeral trade
00:36:49
what about this nice stagecoach
00:36:53
but this is one of a kind your clients
00:36:56
will adore it
00:36:57
solid brass it's called a death horn
00:37:04
this is beautiful
00:37:05
[Applause]
00:37:07
see in olden days these were installed
00:37:09
in castles when people were sometimes
00:37:11
buried prematurely
00:37:13
and if you woke up buried alive all you
00:37:15
did was
00:37:16
[Music]
00:37:18
huh what do you think
00:37:21
hey price is not affected i'm willing to
00:37:24
accept any reasonable offer
00:37:25
anything no sale
00:37:30
see you tomorrow
00:37:37
hi hon yeah i'm afraid you're on your
00:37:39
own tonight
00:37:41
yeah i lost the bet gotta take lockwood
00:37:43
to dinner
00:37:45
well how do you think i feel hey
00:37:48
it'll be fun yeah i'll be home as soon
00:37:51
as i can
00:37:52
i love you
00:38:14
[Music]
00:38:16
haha
00:38:19
santelli
00:38:25
[Music]
00:38:26
santelli
00:38:30
it was odd i had talked to santelli not
00:38:33
half an hour before
00:38:35
i proposed meeting him at the restaurant
00:38:37
he suggested we meet here at the store
00:38:39
and drive together
00:38:41
if he had changed his mind why wasn't
00:38:43
the door locked
00:38:50
[Music]
00:38:52
is that you
00:39:04
[Music]
00:39:06
though he still had a pulse i felt i was
00:39:08
looking into the face of a dead man
00:39:12
yes i need an ambulance 1800 riversides
00:39:15
and telly's antiques
00:39:17
i couldn't figure it out here was
00:39:19
santelli in the middle of the floor but
00:39:20
unmistakably i'd heard the sound of
00:39:28
[Music]
00:39:31
the paramedics arrived just in time
00:39:33
somehow
00:39:34
the death horn had done its job
00:39:39
if the horn hadn't blown hugh centelli
00:39:41
would surely have died on the floor of
00:39:43
his shop
00:39:44
but what made the horn sound when nobody
00:39:46
was around to blow it
00:39:47
is it possible that some air current
00:39:49
from a vent caused the sound
00:39:51
if so how could it have been so loud and
00:39:54
so strong
00:39:56
could it be that hugh santelli
00:39:57
telepathically willed the sound to save
00:39:59
his own life
00:40:00
or did the horn itself summon some
00:40:04
human-like spirit to perform the job it
00:40:06
was built to do
00:40:08
is this story of the possessed antique
00:40:10
based on fact
00:40:12
or are writers just blowing their own
00:40:13
horn
00:40:17
next you'll find out which of our
00:40:18
stories are true
00:40:20
and which are false when beyond belief
00:40:23
fact or fiction
00:40:24
returns now it's time to find out which
00:40:28
of our stories tonight are inspired by
00:40:30
actual events
00:40:31
and which are totally made up how about
00:40:33
the truck stop that was visited by the
00:40:35
invisible spirit
00:40:37
was this true or false i'd say it's time
00:40:39
to get your priorities straight
00:40:41
so you're leaning towards the towing
00:40:42
package you know you know that hunt
00:40:44
should go that way
00:40:45
save your money that thing hasn't been
00:40:46
working for a week gloria one dance for
00:40:48
the road
00:40:49
watch it buster i i didn't do nothing
00:40:52
i'm working on one of my migraines you
00:40:54
picked the wrong day to mess with me
00:40:57
gloria i i didn't mess with you that was
00:41:00
it was him
00:41:01
him you need to take some time off and
00:41:06
you need to keep your damn hands to
00:41:07
yourself
00:41:08
you think we created this story you're
00:41:11
right it never happened
00:41:13
[Music]
00:41:16
what about the romantic story of the
00:41:18
couple brought together by the mystical
00:41:20
music box
00:41:21
fact or fiction
00:41:26
what do you think a little birthday gift
00:41:29
from me
00:41:29
to me if you've sunk to buying yourself
00:41:32
birthday presents you
00:41:33
definitely need a boyfriend
00:41:36
charming peace isn't it unfortunately it
00:41:40
doesn't work the figurines they don't
00:41:43
dance anymore
00:41:46
take my advice on this one hun you buy a
00:41:48
broken music box it's only going to
00:41:50
remind you of a broken romance
00:41:52
does this sound like one we made up not
00:41:55
this time
00:41:56
our research shows it happened on the
00:41:57
west coast in 1995
00:42:04
let's take another look at the story of
00:42:05
the young man in the pawn shop incident
00:42:08
true or false
00:42:11
what's this open the safe and get my
00:42:13
watch
00:42:15
i know you still got it when you get the
00:42:18
safe open
00:42:19
give me the watch and all the other
00:42:21
goodies you got in there
00:42:26
back out of here you're not stealing my
00:42:28
watch
00:42:35
i'll bet that thing ain't even wrong two
00:42:37
to one
00:42:38
you're wrong was this story of a man
00:42:41
trapped in his own premonition based on
00:42:43
a real happening
00:42:45
according to our research it happened in
00:42:46
the midwest around 1990
00:42:48
it's fact
00:42:51
[Music]
00:42:53
how did you judge the story of the young
00:42:55
woman who found her prince charming in
00:42:56
the most
00:42:57
unexpected way fact or fancy
00:43:04
[Music]
00:43:07
what are you doing it's checking to see
00:43:09
if you got a cell phone so i can call my
00:43:11
friend
00:43:12
i'm really late you don't mind do you
00:43:17
give me my purse back i'd like i'd like
00:43:20
to go now
00:43:21
i can't do that it'll ruin all my plants
00:43:26
get in the trunk i'm gonna take a little
00:43:28
ride
00:43:31
this story is based on a real event
00:43:32
discovered by our research staff it
00:43:34
happened in miami florida
00:43:41
let's take another look at the story of
00:43:42
the antique dealer whose life was saved
00:43:44
by an unusual object
00:43:46
this is a death horn once commonly used
00:43:49
in my profession
00:43:50
run that by me again a death hall
00:43:53
decades ago before sophisticated medical
00:43:55
procedures were widely known
00:43:57
it was not unheard of for people to be
00:43:59
mistakenly buried
00:44:01
often they were comatose patients who
00:44:03
simply showed no
00:44:04
signs of life where does the horn in
00:44:07
many people had a fear of premature
00:44:09
burial so they had one of these
00:44:10
installed in the casket reaching from
00:44:12
the burial vault to the surface of the
00:44:13
ground
00:44:14
did you think this one really happened
00:44:17
if you did
00:44:18
we whistled one right past you it never
00:44:20
happened it's false
00:44:25
once again we've demonstrated that fact
00:44:27
and fiction are like two colors side by
00:44:29
side in the same palette
00:44:30
dip the brush in one color at a time and
00:44:32
the result is a basic color but mix them
00:44:34
together
00:44:35
and you end up with a combination whose
00:44:36
color can only be described
00:44:38
as beyond belief i'm jonathan franks the
00:44:41
stories entitled the music box
00:44:43
two to one and damsel are true based on
00:44:46
first-hand research conducted by author
00:44:48
robert treylands
00:44:49
for beyond belief fact or fiction this
00:44:52
is don lafontaine
00:45:05
[Music]
00:45:33
you
