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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
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and which are fiction to find out you
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must enter a world of both truth and
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deception
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a world that is beyond belief
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the truth is often difficult to
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recognize take this illusion
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hidden among this confusion of lines is
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the outline of a bird
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yet it's impossible to see but by simply
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sliding this glass plate
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our bird begins to fly before our eyes
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this example can apply to our stories
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tonight remember some stories are
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inspired by actual events
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while others are totally made up but
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like the bird their reality may be
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hidden from sight
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beyond the alert and you may capture
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truth in flight
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all you have to do is look between the
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lines
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these are the inner workings of a
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typical computer
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how can this arrangement of circuits and
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wires produce everything from
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three-dimensional drawings to email
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is this really just hardware or as in
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the world of physical science
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are there some unexplained mysteries in
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the field of computer science
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richard austin loves computers but his
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wife vicki can't afford to buy him a new
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one
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what she does next will have a profound
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effect on both her life
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and the life of her husband and it's not
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going to stop there
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i went against my best instincts on
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richard's 30th birthday
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i bought him a previously owned computer
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i knew it would make richard happy
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but he wasn't so sure about me i don't
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believe this it's a new computer
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not exactly i bought it used i hope it's
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okay
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it's great vicki thank you sweetheart
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happy birthday honey
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i'm gonna set it up right now right now
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but i made reservations for dinner
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order in
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a special birthday dinner just for the
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two of us
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i guess i couldn't blame him even though
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the computer was used it was much more
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sophisticated than the one richard had
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before
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my gift was a big hit but that was just
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the beginning
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he spent the rest of the day and well
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into the evening setting up all his old
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programs
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and a few new ones
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richard your food is getting cold
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i can't believe how fast this thing is
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it has so much more power than my old
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one i was afraid he'd become obsessive
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about it
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and all my fears were coming true wow
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look at it go
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that night i prepared to do battle with
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my new electronic rival
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richard that's enough come to bed it's
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your birthday
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what did you say something honey
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come to bed i've been working on that
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thing for the past eight hours
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it's got so many new features why would
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anybody sell this this is a great
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computer
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i just put all my student files on it
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this is gonna save me so much time at
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school
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honey that's all wonderful
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don't be offended if i fall asleep just
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give me five more minutes
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five more minutes turn into hours
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2am had to get so late
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what was that
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the computer came back on by itself
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by itself yeah i turned it off
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i was coming to bed and it just popped
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back on
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i'll try it again
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well there must be something wrong with
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it oh okay with the warranty i'll call a
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store in the morning
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now pull the plug
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richard what
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nothing let's just go to sleep
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i should have told richard about the
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pharah's face but i was hoping that i
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was just imagining things
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what happened the next morning showed me
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i wasn't imagining things after all
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well it checks out fine there's nothing
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wrong as far as i can tell
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of course not i knew it wouldn't act up
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with the repair guy here
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i'm telling you i turned it off and it
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came back on twice well it's staying off
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now
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um maybe you were doing something wrong
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i wasn't doing anything wrong
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ah see there it is
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maybe you did something wrong what's it
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doing
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i don't know i've never seen anything
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like this before
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those are hieroglyphics what's going on
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here
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there's mail that's weird how can i get
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mail
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it's probably just junk mail it can't be
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i haven't plugged the modem in yet
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your mailbox seems to be working
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you might want to check it
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what should i do find out who it is
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dr stadler that's the guy that sold us
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this computer
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i remember he said he was an
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archaeologist and he was going away on a
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dig
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egypt i'm trapped in thiebin's tomb i'm
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dying please help me
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we have to do something i'll call the
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state department and have them get in
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touch with the egyptian embassy
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ask dr statler how much time he's got
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left on his laptop battery
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how is that possible
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i don't know i don't know anything
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anymore
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what's wrong
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after i reported the incident dr david
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statler was found and rescued from
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theben's tomb
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there was no computer anywhere in sight
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the rescue of dr david stattler has been
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documented
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but one question still remains how is
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the doctor
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able to send email without a computer
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does the mind have enough power to send
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out a signal that can be received
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through cyberspace
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is there such a thing as esp mail
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and how do you explain the hieroglyphics
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that appeared on the screen
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were dr statler's thoughts somehow being
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channeled by the spirit of the pharaoh
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and now the decision is yours did we
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program the truth in this tale
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or is it merely garbage in garbage out
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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 hallucinations of murder haunt an
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accident victim
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on beyond belief fact or fiction
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do you have a favorite method of falling
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asleep some prefer a cup of
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hot chocolate or tea others take a warm
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bath listen to music
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read but as you can see by the number of
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sleep remedies available at any
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drugstore or supermarket
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sleep doesn't come easily to millions of
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people
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jeff is having lots of trouble sleeping
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these days and he can't figure out why
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his dreams are filled with haunting
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images of unexplained violent acts
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and his waking moments are about to be
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filled with real nightmares
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i'd been living with katie for about six
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months i was happy and comfortable with
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our relationship but nothing prepared me
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for what was in store for both of us
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i had been in a serious motorcycle
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accident spent the last two weeks in the
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hospital recovering from my injuries
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the doctor said i was going to be fine
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but i noticed a complete turnaround in
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my personality
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i finally told katie that i was
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hallucinating about a man committing
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murders
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it wasn't me in these dreams but they
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were so real they left me shaking
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do i call
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he said they'll be using that story you
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did before the accident in the next
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issue
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isn't that good news
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yeah great
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hot tomato soup
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good for the soul
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i'm not real hungry
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jeff you you've got to snap out of this
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i'm sorry katie
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i know i'm trying i really am
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i really am
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i love you
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i love you too
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what would you try to eat something
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please
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here
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jeff
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my god it's happening again jeff
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jeff
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jeff
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painting
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you killed her you're here with me now
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it's okay
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it's okay
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it was so real like i was there watching
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the whole thing it was the same man that
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i saw stabbing at a woman with a knife
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it was horrible
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what's happening to me katie
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i don't know
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i know this is going to sound strange
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but the hallucination started right
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after i had that blood transfusion
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what does that have to do with anything
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what if there was something in the blood
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something evil
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and it takes possession of my mind
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anytime it wants to
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jeff that's crazy a blood transfusion
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can't do that
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i know i i know
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but something's wrong katie something is
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definitely wrong
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the hallucination didn't come back that
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night and i finally got some sleep
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i was hoping that it was over but it
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wasn't
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what is it
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another woman was murdered last night a
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few miles from here
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she was stabbed to death no witnesses
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there's a picture
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it's her katie it's the same woman i saw
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being murdered
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are you sure yeah
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something is drawing me to the killer
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and i think it's because i have his
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blood inside me
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after reading that story in the
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newspaper i became obsessed with finding
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out who my blood donor was
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i learned a few dirty tricks while i was
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in college and one of them was how to
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hack into databases
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the hospital records were very secure
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but after lots of tries i was getting
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close to breaking into the files
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it was always a challenge to find the
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right combination but i had plenty of
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time
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i got it what that's my blood donor
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lowell germain 1201 norwell boulevard
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that's less than a mile from here i'm
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scared jeff
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we should call the police no
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not until i'm absolutely sure it's the
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same man
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it's him that's the face i keep seeing
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what are you doing call the police i'm
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going to follow yeah jeff
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i don't believe this is happening
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there was a woman walking alone luckily
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i was watching jermaine's every move
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jermaine
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lowell jermaine died instantly stabbed
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in the heart by his own knife
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i was called a hero for saving a young
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woman's life and stopping a killer's
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reign of terror
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but i'm no hero it was something i had
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to do
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something that was in my blood
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could the donated blood of a killer
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cause images of murder in the
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recipient's mind
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certainly the chemical components of our
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own blood such as sugar levels can
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affect our personalities
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then again maybe jeff was just
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hallucinating
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but why did those hallucinations start
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right after his blood transfusion
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and how do you explain the accuracy of
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those hallucinations
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could it have been a mere coincidence is
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this story of the murderous donor
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flowing with
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reality or is it just another bloody lie
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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 cemetery is the setting for the
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unexplained
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on beyond belief fact or fiction
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observe the tools of the trade that is
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if your trade happens to be carving
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headstones for grave sites
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it's an honorable craft because it
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honors the memory of the dearly departed
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it is with these tools that otto chenkel
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has carved headstones for the past four
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decades
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and although he's proud of the dignity
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he's provided for hundreds of families
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he's getting ready to retire and take a
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well-deserved rest from his daily grind
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but his next job is about to prevent any
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immediate plans for otto to spend that
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rest
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in peace
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i'd been a stone cutter for almost 40
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years and i took great pride in what i
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did
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i approached each tombstone as if it
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were a work of art
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i always tried to satisfy the wishes of
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my clients
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but you meet all kinds of people in this
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business and
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well some of them just don't appreciate
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fine craftsmanship
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mr schenkel excuse me mr shankle
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did you find something you like mrs
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richards yes i believe i have this one
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this is exactly what my poor john would
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have wanted something simple
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tasteful nothing ostentatious
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i looked at her choice it was simple all
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right
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well if i may suggest perhaps a
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marble or granite will hold up much
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better than the uh
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the cement stone you chose and how much
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more money would that be
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it's about twice the price for that side
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stone
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twice the price i see
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i think we'll stay with the cement my
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husband wanted a very simple funeral and
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headstone and
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i want to honor his wishes all right and
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uh
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yeah how would you like that engraved
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you charged by the letter yes all
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cutters do
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well this isn't about what i want this
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is about what
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my husband would have wanted just his
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name and and date of birth and death
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nothing more all right the funeral is in
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five days and uh mr dunbar from the
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sunny hill cemetery will be coming by to
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approve the work
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thank you for everything especially in
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this trying time
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thank you thank you i had learned over
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the years not to try and figure out why
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people pick the stones they do
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and mrs richard seemed to know exactly
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what she wanted
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that's why i was so surprised by what
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happened next you are those jingle
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yes uh hi motto shankle can i help you
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i'm
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here to say about mr richard's tombstone
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but it seems i'm a bit late
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you must be mr dunbar from sunny hills
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yes i'm from sunny hills
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i'm sorry but this just won't do it it
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won't do at all
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but it's exactly what mrs richards
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wanted she said something simple
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she had a change of heart we're gonna
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pay you for all the work you've
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completed already but
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she's decided on a more elaborate
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modulus
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i don't understand she was so certain
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this woman's prerogative changed her
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mind mr shankle
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she's prepared to pay a lot of money for
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a much better tombstone
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something more befitting her late spouse
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i didn't really understand what made mrs
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richards change your plans
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but like i said i never tried to figure
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out why
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mr dunbar wanted everything first class
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and he spared no expense
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when it was completed he was the
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happiest man i ever saw and was gracious
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with his praise
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he even added a generous bonus to the
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new contract
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i went to the gravesite the day of the
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funeral anxious to unveil my work
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it was one of the finest monuments i'd
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ever created
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i thought it's strange that mr dunbar
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wasn't present but
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the burial proceeded on schedule
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couldn't wait to see mrs richard's
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reaction
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as the crowd hooed and odd mrs richard
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seemed to be speechless
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i was very moved
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[Music]
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this was one of those moments that makes
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my work worthwhile
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when the family expresses their personal
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thanks
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what have you done that's not the
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headstone i ordered
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this is it uh i was instructed by by
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your representative to do this mr dunbar
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he said you'd had a change of heart
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you authorized this no i'm nathan dunbar
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and
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i didn't order any of this but it can't
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be mr dunbar came to my studio three
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days ago he authorized the work
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wait that's the man there that's the man
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that ordered the new tombstone
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that's mr dunbar that's my dead husband
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you idiot
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what are you trying to pull
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the signature on the contract for the
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new stone turned out to be not nathan
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dunbar
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but john l richards the dead man
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it was examined by a handwriting expert
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and found to be authentic
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the contract was predated three days
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prior to his death
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mrs richards had no choice but to pay me
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the full price of the new stone
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48 thousand dollars
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i guess i mentioned it before i never
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try to figure why
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did john l richards hire a look-alike to
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carry out his final instructions
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or did he have a twin brother that
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nobody knew about but then who signed
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the contract remember it was
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authenticated by a handwriting expert
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maybe it was the ghost of john l
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richards who showed up to defy the
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wishes of his loveless wife
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do you think this mysterious tale of the
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grave marker a fleeting lie
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or is it carved in stone
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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 single mother is visited by a
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midnight vision
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on beyond belief fact or fiction
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the fine art of sewing by hand
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once a necessity now an example of the
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highest quality of work
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when you see a label that reads hand
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sewn you're assured that care and
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craftsmanship went into the final
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product
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many people so at home comfortable in
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knowing that their gifts will be handed
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down to future generations
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and that way they maintain a presence in
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the lives of their families long after
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they have passed on
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olivia schwab's mother was an expert at
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sewing she passed the skill down to her
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daughter
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but now unlike the strong stitches that
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hold together her mother's work
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olivia's life has begun to unravel
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this is what it was like on one of the
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saddest days of my life
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i was being forced to move out of the
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house i had lived in since i was a
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little girl as i stood there
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all the happy memories washed over me
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only to be dashed against reality
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i was a single mother with no job
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so it was moving day
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my husband tim was sick for almost a
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year i sold everything to pay the
00:25:46
medical bills
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things were hard for a long time after
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he died i moved to a small apartment
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the only place i could afford i didn't
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want my daughter to see it
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but i was losing all hope i can't sleep
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mommy
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can i sleep with you tonight
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come over here sweetie
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[Music]
00:26:24
you know i used to love to climb into my
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mother's bed too
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sometimes she'd be reading or sewing
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and i'd pretend to be asleep
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did she ever catch you i'm sure i never
00:26:42
pulled her
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but i think she enjoyed having me there
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just like i enjoy you
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sometimes she would tell me stories
00:26:52
about the family
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[Music]
00:26:55
or we talk or just snuggle up
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just like we do that's right
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just like we do
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[Music]
00:27:27
[Music]
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um
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i just can't believe that in a few short
00:27:41
weeks you're going to be married
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i'm so excited do you think we'll be
00:27:45
ready
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there's still so much to do honey even
00:27:48
though it's a slip stitch it has to be
00:27:49
done just so
00:27:51
just like in life a stitch in time saves
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nine
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i love the colors you chose we'll
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surround you both with warmth
00:28:01
i hope it gives you a feeling of
00:28:03
security and comfort
00:28:06
let it remind you of what hard precise
00:28:08
work can bring
00:28:10
there'll always be challenges but every
00:28:13
cloud
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has a silver lining if you know where to
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look
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oh go it's the florist
00:28:23
you've done a beautiful job i can see
00:28:26
you've learned well
00:28:27
i'll finish it alone now after all
00:28:31
it is my gift to you
00:28:41
every cloud has a silver lining if you
00:28:44
know where to look
00:28:49
with my mother's voice still ringing in
00:28:51
my ears something pulled me over to our
00:28:53
old hope chest
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[Music]
00:29:03
as my sleep left me i realized i was
00:29:05
looking for something i hadn't thought
00:29:07
of for a while
00:29:09
until that dream
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just then something caught my eye
00:29:16
that's your wedding quilt who is on your
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bed in the old house
00:29:20
grandma and i made it
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here let me wrap you up in it
00:29:42
[Music]
00:29:51
look mommy thread is loose a whole row
00:29:54
of stitches can come off be careful
00:29:55
don't pull anything
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i'll get the sewing basket and fix it
00:30:00
stitch in time
00:30:01
saves nine what's that mean anyway nine
00:30:04
what
00:30:05
nine more stitches silly if you fix it
00:30:09
right away
00:30:09
you can avoid doing more work later
00:30:13
[Music]
00:30:18
it looks like there's more than a few
00:30:24
wait i feel something strange
00:30:38
[Music]
00:30:41
oh my god there's more
00:30:50
[Music]
00:30:54
these are stock certificates
00:30:57
mommy it's grandma's of the whining
00:31:01
i know
00:31:15
please put the table in the dining room
00:31:16
lengthwise the way it used to be
00:31:19
[Music]
00:31:21
and so it's moving day again but this
00:31:23
time i'm moving back in
00:31:25
thanks mom
00:31:39
was it just coincidence that olivia
00:31:40
remembered the quilt in her dream
00:31:42
and how do you account for the loose
00:31:44
stitching on the quilt after all
00:31:46
she had worked in that quilt hand in
00:31:47
hand with her mother she knew exactly
00:31:49
how carefully it was sewn together
00:31:52
did her mother sneak the money in the
00:31:53
quilt sometime before the wedding
00:31:55
or as little cali believes did grandma's
00:31:58
spirit come back in the middle of the
00:31:59
night and plant the money for them to
00:32:00
find in their time of need
00:32:02
is this story of the prophetic dream
00:32:04
stitched together by the threads of
00:32:06
truth
00:32:07
or is it merely a crazy quilt of lies
00:32:10
we'll tell you whether this story is
00:32:12
true or false at the end of our show
00:32:14
next a wounded soldier is surrounded by
00:32:16
the ghosts of war
00:32:17
on beyond belief fact or fiction
00:32:23
in the military they call it the uniform
00:32:25
of the day
00:32:27
it's the order of what to wear that goes
00:32:29
out from your commanding officer
00:32:31
millions of americans have proudly worn
00:32:32
a version of this uniform in the various
00:32:34
armed forces
00:32:36
for some caught in the nightmare of
00:32:37
battle it is the last clothing they will
00:32:40
ever wear
00:32:41
kevin yablonsky is one of the lucky ones
00:32:43
that is if you consider
00:32:44
severe injuries and constant medication
00:32:46
lucky
00:32:47
but kevin's alive he has survived a
00:32:50
situation that had him marked for
00:32:51
certain death and the amazing tale
00:32:53
of how he survived is what our next
00:32:55
story is all about
00:33:14
the year was 1966 and the vietnam war
00:33:17
was showing no sign of ending
00:33:19
i'd been assigned to working at the base
00:33:21
hospital for the last six months
00:33:23
it wasn't easy work but i felt honored
00:33:25
to do it
00:33:27
[Music]
00:33:28
i worried about all the men in my care a
00:33:31
lot of them were my age and some weren't
00:33:33
gonna make it
00:33:35
this'll help you sleep for some reason i
00:33:37
was especially drawn to one young
00:33:38
private
00:33:40
kevin yablonsky i wasn't sure why
00:33:43
at the time
00:33:47
so do you have a date tonight i did but
00:33:49
captain bonafil extended my shift
00:33:52
no
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no no no
00:34:00
watch out incoming get over
00:34:12
we're having a nightmare i was in the
00:34:15
jungle
00:34:16
it was that day all of them again
00:34:20
and i lived do you want to talk about it
00:34:26
i want to help you
00:34:31
you never believe it
00:34:37
try me
00:34:44
you can trust me kevin
00:34:51
me and a couple of the guys cal and
00:34:54
jimmy
00:34:55
we were on short time another week and
00:34:58
we'd be
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on our way home the unit was doing a
00:35:03
suite for vc
00:35:04
a couple of clicks from the river
00:35:06
[Music]
00:35:08
we were in heavy bush when they opened
00:35:10
up on us we didn't even see it coming
00:35:12
and they were everywhere
00:35:13
oh god there were everything take your
00:35:15
time
00:35:19
it's okay
00:35:20
[Music]
00:35:26
firefight lasted just a couple of
00:35:28
minutes
00:35:30
we took a direct hit from a mortar and
00:35:32
we didn't even have a chance
00:35:36
when it was all over my buddies were
00:35:39
dead
00:35:41
jimmy and cat everybody
00:35:47
i was the only one still alive
00:35:53
i knew that i was in bad shape i thought
00:35:56
for sure that i'd be dead soon
00:35:58
i was in a lot of pain but i tried to
00:36:00
stay awake
00:36:02
i couldn't feel anything in my hands
00:36:10
i knew i didn't have much time i i had
00:36:13
to get out of there
00:36:17
the vc were getting closer i knew they
00:36:20
were cleaning up
00:36:21
making sure we were all dead
00:36:30
i started thinking about my mom and home
00:36:34
how much i missed it
00:36:37
and then i started thinking about my dad
00:36:40
means a lot to you
00:36:42
he was reported missing in action in
00:36:44
korea 13 years ago
00:36:47
i'm sorry i was six years old and i
00:36:51
i loved him so much i mean he was my
00:36:54
hero
00:36:57
i was thinking about him a lot while i
00:36:59
was laying out there in the mud
00:37:02
and that's when it happened what
00:37:05
[Music]
00:37:07
i sensed that there was someone standing
00:37:10
behind me
00:37:12
i was sure it was vc i reached from my
00:37:15
rifle but my hands weren't working
00:37:19
i got ready to die that's so horrible
00:37:28
and i heard a voice and it wasn't
00:37:32
me see hello kevin
00:37:35
the voice seemed so familiar i rolled
00:37:38
over
00:37:39
trying to get a look at him
00:37:42
he was wearing combat fatigues from the
00:37:44
50s and
00:37:45
he was carrying an m1 rifle and then
00:37:48
finally i
00:37:50
saw his face
00:38:09
he carried me out of the jungle and into
00:38:11
a clearing
00:38:13
he popped a flare and a medic chopper
00:38:15
came and picked me up
00:38:18
that soldier saved my life did you ever
00:38:21
find out who he was
00:38:23
yeah i did i thought that i was
00:38:27
delirious and that i had imagined the
00:38:28
whole thing but i didn't
00:38:32
that soldier was my father
00:38:35
kevin it was him and i'm sure of it
00:38:38
after the medics loaded me in the
00:38:39
chopper they found something in my fist
00:38:42
and what was it
00:38:48
these read them
00:38:54
robert yablonsky regular army
00:38:59
one 421-2918 nine
00:39:02
they're my father's dog tags kevin i'd
00:39:05
i know do you believe me diana
00:39:11
[Music]
00:39:12
yes i do
00:39:14
[Music]
00:39:24
kevin and i began seeing each other
00:39:25
after he was discharged from the
00:39:27
hospital
00:39:28
we fell in love and eventually got
00:39:30
married
00:39:31
at our wedding we left an empty space
00:39:33
next to kevin's mother
00:39:34
where we hung his father's dog tags
00:39:49
what really saved private kevin
00:39:51
jablonski
00:39:52
there have been documented cases of
00:39:54
people who in extreme danger
00:39:56
focus their thoughts on a loved one and
00:39:57
somehow survive
00:39:59
is that what happened to private
00:40:00
jablonski or was he saved by another
00:40:02
soldier who resembled his father
00:40:05
but then what about those dog tags how
00:40:07
did they wind up in kevin's hands wasn't
00:40:09
his father missing in action
00:40:11
as you judge the credibility of this
00:40:13
story
00:40:14
it's up to you to declare the victor in
00:40:16
the battle between fact and fiction
00:40:20
next you'll find out which of our
00:40:22
stories are fact
00:40:23
and which are fiction when beyond belief
00:40:26
fact or fiction
00:40:27
returns now it's time to find out which
00:40:31
of our stories tonight are inspired by
00:40:33
actual events
00:40:34
and which ones are totally false let's
00:40:37
take a look back at the computer that
00:40:39
seemed to communicate
00:40:40
email through telepathy was this one a
00:40:43
real
00:40:45
well it checks out fine there's nothing
00:40:47
wrong as far as i can tell
00:40:48
of course not i knew it wouldn't act up
00:40:50
with the repair guy here
00:40:52
i'm telling you i turned it off and it
00:40:53
came back on twice well it's staying off
00:40:56
now
00:40:57
um maybe you were doing something wrong
00:41:00
i wasn't doing anything wrong
00:41:02
[Music]
00:41:02
[Applause]
00:41:04
ah see there it is
00:41:07
maybe you did something wrong what's it
00:41:10
doing
00:41:11
i don't know i've never seen anything
00:41:13
like this before
00:41:14
if you thought this one was too
00:41:16
outrageous to be true
00:41:18
you're right it's a work of fiction
00:41:22
[Music]
00:41:24
what about the story of the man who
00:41:26
seemed to receive evil blood from a
00:41:28
transfusion
00:41:29
true or false
00:41:37
[Music]
00:41:46
jeff
00:41:49
[Music]
00:41:57
if you thought this one sounded like it
00:41:59
might be true
00:42:01
we got you this one's made up
00:42:05
[Music]
00:42:08
how did you judge the story of the dead
00:42:09
man who returned to see that he had a
00:42:11
proper headstone
00:42:14
what have you done that's not the
00:42:15
headstone i ordered
00:42:17
this is it uh i was instructed by by
00:42:20
your representative to do this mr dunbar
00:42:22
he said you'd had a change of heart you
00:42:24
authorized this no
00:42:26
i'm nathan dunbar and i didn't order any
00:42:28
of this it can't be
00:42:30
mr dunbar came to my studio three days
00:42:32
ago he authorized the work
00:42:35
hey that's the man there that's the man
00:42:38
that ordered the new tombstone
00:42:40
that's mr dunbar did this one sound like
00:42:42
one we might have made up
00:42:44
well we did it never happened
00:42:48
[Music]
00:42:50
how about the story of the mother and
00:42:52
daughter who were saved from poverty by
00:42:54
a prophetic dream and a special quilt
00:42:56
was this one fact or fiction if you fix
00:42:59
it right away
00:43:00
you can avoid doing more work later
00:43:04
[Music]
00:43:08
it looks like there's more than a few
00:43:12
[Music]
00:43:15
wait i feel something strange
00:43:24
if you guessed this one was based on an
00:43:25
actual event you're right
00:43:27
our research shows it happened to a
00:43:28
family in ohio
00:43:31
[Music]
00:43:34
what did you make of the story about a
00:43:36
wounded soldier whose life was saved by
00:43:38
the spirit of his dead father
00:43:40
fact or illusion after the medics loaded
00:43:43
me in the chopper they found something
00:43:44
in my fist
00:43:45
and what was it
00:43:52
fish read them
00:43:57
robert yablonsky regular army
00:44:02
421-291-89
00:44:05
they're my father's dog tax according to
00:44:08
our research
00:44:09
a similar story happened in south
00:44:10
vietnam it's inspired by an actual event
00:44:18
were you able to recognize the truth
00:44:20
tonight or were you thrown off
00:44:22
by lies that were disguised as truth we
00:44:25
are bombarded by so much deception in
00:44:27
our daily lives
00:44:28
that sometimes truth becomes a stranger
00:44:31
we hope that our stories tonight have
00:44:32
demonstrated that very often
00:44:34
stories that seem like lies may simply
00:44:37
be truth
00:44:38
that is beyond belief i'm jonathan
00:44:41
franks
00:44:42
the story entitled stitches in time is
00:44:44
true based upon firsthand research
00:44:46
conducted by author robert treylands
00:44:48
for beyond belief fact or fiction this
00:44:50
is don lafontaine
00:45:05
[Music]
00:45:33
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