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you are about to enter the world of
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strange
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truth a world where the line between
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fact and fiction is almost imperceptible
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beyond belief fact or fiction
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hosted by james brolin
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live in a world where the real and the
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unreal live side by side
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where substance is disguised as illusion
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and the only explanations
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are unexplainable can you separate truth
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from fantasy
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to do so you must break through the web
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of your experience
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and open your mind to things beyond
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belief
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this word may look like it spells faults
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to you
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a closer look shows that it can also be
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true
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the stories you will see tonight will
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challenge your power to separate what is
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true from what is false
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each story may seem to you beyond belief
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and in fact some of them
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are totally fictitious created solely
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for your entertainment
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but others are inspired by actual events
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that have been documented as happening
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to real people
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we've changed the names in certain
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details and yet the basics of the story
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remain the same
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at the end of the program we'll tell you
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which stories are totally false
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and which ones have true written on them
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can you recall ever seeing something
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that wasn't really there
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a movement of a curtain that looked
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momentarily like an intruder a
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figure in the fog that turned out to be
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a shadow the mirage of water on a
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distant stretch of highway shimmering in
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the heat
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mona watson has been seeing things
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lately frightening things
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will her visions turned out to be
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reality
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or just another illusion
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the world seemed to be closing in on me
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that spring things weren't going so well
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in my marriage
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plus i'd lost my mom and dad within
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months of each other
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years ago i'd had what everyone called a
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nervous breakdown
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i was even hospitalized for it i'd come
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back from that living hell
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but lately i'd been experiencing a
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disturbing hallucination
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i only saw it when i looked into the
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mirror in our second floor hallway
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i was terrified about my mental state
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and about that frightening image that i
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couldn't get out of my head
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what i'm worried about dr hayes is
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having a relapse mona i really don't
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think that's what this
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is then why do i keep seeing that woman
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mona you're working on a lot of stuff
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right now
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your mother just died and you're under a
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lot of stress
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you're not sleeping well but why does it
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only happen with that mirror
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i'm scared to death i don't want to go
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back into the hospital
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the chances of that are so slim mona
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look you're stronger than that well what
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if we got rid of the mirror
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i'm all for that i don't think the
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mirror is the problem mona
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now look i want you to go home and get
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some sleep
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call me tomorrow we'll talk about it
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some more
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that night i did everything i could to
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delay going up to bed i knew the doctor
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was right i had to conquer my own fears
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by myself
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but i just didn't want to pass that
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mirror again so i rearranged the things
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in the house
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because i couldn't rearrange the
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thoughts in my head
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i thought you said you were coming i'm
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coming right now george was already in
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bed
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my fear of the mirror was doing nothing
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to solve the very real problems we had
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in our relationship
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yet deep down i felt we still loved each
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other and i wanted to be a strong
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partner for him
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but i felt myself losing him and my mind
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at the same time
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you forgot to turn out the hall light
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you want me to do it no
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get it
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i knew that george was trying to force
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me to confront my demons
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he just didn't know how real they were
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to me
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the bad weather continued all month long
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and then a major
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storm hit that was stranding commuters
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like george in the city
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hello oh george hi
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uh-huh well the one are gonna be home
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can't you come home tonight
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wait are you sure
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hello george please try
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no i'll be fine
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yeah i'll just sleep with the lights on
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i love you too
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i was trembling inside but i was
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determined to hold on to my
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sanity i don't know why i didn't just
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sleep downstairs that night
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i guess i didn't want george to come
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home and find me there
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on the way upstairs i made up my mind i
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would compromise
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i didn't care what dr hayes might think
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i was home alone
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and i was going to do something to calm
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my fears
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i've replayed that night's events over
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and over in my head
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and it says real to me now as it was on
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that terrible evening
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ugh
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uh
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ah aah
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i didn't know who he was but i knew he
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had seen the lady in the mirror too
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and that's what saved my life
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the prowler was picked up a few blocks
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away by the police talking incoherently
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about the woman in the mirror
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when his record sheet was checked it was
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founded in the last year he had escaped
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from the police after murdering a woman
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well they printed the picture of the
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murdered woman in the local paper
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mona saw it and recognized it as the
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same woman she had been seeing in the
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mirror
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after that day she never saw the image
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again
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is this story inspired by actual events
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or merely smoke and mirrors
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fact or fiction we'll find out at the
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conclusion of tonight's show
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next a condemned man faces his last
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moments in a tale that's
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beyond belief
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how many of us take our comfort for
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granted to be seated in a warm
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safe place as you are right now is
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something we never give a second thought
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but what if the circumstances turned our
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world upside down
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what if we were accused of a crime for
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which we had no alibi
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then would our comfortable seat feel
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quite as safe and secure
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the electric chair is a relatively
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simple contraption composed of little
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more than wood
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leather straps and electrical wiring yet
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it's one of the most reliable execution
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devices of modern times
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as gruesome as it is effective
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all right
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[Music]
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it's time
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even the most hardened criminal can't
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escape the fear of knowing he's about to
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die
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the man behind bars would be next to
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take that long lonely walk
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but for now another man had an
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appointment to keep an appointment
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booked by a judge and jury
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the straps are to keep the body down to
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receive the powerful charge
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the blindfold goes back to the days of
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the firing squad
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for electrocutions it also holds the
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eyes in place
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the final touch and now all that remains
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is the level
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time
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[Music]
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within days it would be time for this
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man to take his seat in the death
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chamber
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raymond michael edmundson convicted of
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first-degree murder
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it was attorney lee calvin's first case
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as public defender
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he believed in the innocence of his
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client but he couldn't convince the
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state
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ray edmondson's execution was drawing
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closer it was a meal
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and then a walk back to his solitary
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cell where he would have time to think
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about the circumstances that brought him
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to this point
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and how much different his future might
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have been a future that right now
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had only a few hours left
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i'm sorry ray i
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did my best it's okay
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you did what you could do okay ray back
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to the cell
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two eyewitnesses had identified rey as
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the man they saw
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gunned down the owner of a convenience
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store there was no physical evidence
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the weapon used to commit the murder was
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never found
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ray had no alibi calvin had no defense
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it's time ray
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ray michael edmondson was a vietnam vet
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drafted out of school
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after he came back to the states he
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lived on the streets one of the
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thousands of homeless
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for months after his arrest he had
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proclaimed his innocence
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then gradually he started to realize
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nobody was listening now the only
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emotion he had left
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was the one he was trying to hide fear
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test
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good bring in the prisoner
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all right
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he's ready
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time
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check it
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[Music]
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all right again
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take him back to his cell what his
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lawyer couldn't do
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had been accomplished by fate edmondson
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was granted a 24-hour reprieve
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prison officials worked all night and
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found no electrical defect
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it's time right
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at the exact same moment the execution
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failed another crime was taking place
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in the city where rey had been arrested
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a gunman was caught holding up a liquor
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store
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detectives called to the scene of the
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robbery were the same ones who had
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investigated ray's case
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they were startled by the resemblance of
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the robbery suspect
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to ray
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even before the ballistic tests were
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completed the gunman confessed to the
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murder for which ray had spent more than
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six years behind bars
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two days before his 50th birthday ray
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was free
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free to make something of his life at
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last
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could this story be true could an
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electrical system that was working
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flawlessly suddenly fail at the moment
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of execution
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twice and consider the fact that ray
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edmondson was innocent
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because of that some might consider the
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power failure to be
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divine intervention or is the
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explanation as simple as those mornings
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when your
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car engine won't turn over for several
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times
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and then suddenly kicks right in
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or that bulb in your house that only
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goes on
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when it wants to
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is this story true or false
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we'll tell you in the final moments of
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our show
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next a family reunion with a surprise
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twist
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those born with the talent to entertain
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others often find their lives to be a
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series of trade-offs
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the next story is about such a woman the
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road offers her acclaim for her singing
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every night
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but it also keeps her away from her
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family far too many nights a year
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so it's very important to keep her
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family together
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no matter how far away she is
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it will be forever
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or i'll never fall in
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in a restless world
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like this is
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[Music]
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love has ended before it's begun
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yes cow
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interview on the 29th should be no
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problem let me just check the calendar
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that's me behind the desk i'm in charge
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of vicki sawyer's career
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i'm also her husband vicky spends weeks
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at a time on the road which means our
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daughter molly and i are left alone a
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lot
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it isn't always smooth going for the two
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of us but since i started to let molly
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help out things are a lot better
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yeah got it here 29th looks perfect
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now let me just check it out with vicky
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once she gets to jacksonville
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all right talk with you then thanks paul
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how would you like to keep mom company
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in new york
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cool can we stay threats
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why not could you take these to the post
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office phone
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sure it's the least i could do since
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you're letting us stay at the ritz
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hello yeah vicky
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oh boy the connection's so bad i can
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hardly hear you
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oh i love you too hon what's going on
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you're kidding it's 11 15. you should be
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in jacksonville by now
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sure i can meet you where
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sure hon yeah love you
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the place where vicky wants me to meet
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her is a sentimental one for both of us
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a lot of what we are today started out
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as a handful of dreams in our little
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neighborhood club
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i haven't been here in years but it's
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close to the airport
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a perfect spot for a quick get-together
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between planes
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i think he's always full of surprises
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and she did say she has a special gift
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for me
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that's funny place looks like it's
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closed but i can't be
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that's strange
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i wonder what that gift's all about
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she's probably gonna come out of some
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dark corner and surprise me any minute
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vicky
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vicky
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our table the one where vicky and i
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would sit for hours making plans for the
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future
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two kids who didn't know the odds
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against her becoming a star and
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didn't care
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vicky dad
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what are you doing here i
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got this call from mom she said to meet
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up with you guys here did she
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say anything about her flight being
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canceled i asked her what the deal was
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i don't think she heard me she just did
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meet you
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[Music]
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i've been here since i was a kid yeah
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it's been a long time
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yeah i don't even remember why we used
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to come here
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it was the food that good no
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it wasn't the food this is where mom and
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i had our first date
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she's in high school she always liked
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coming back here
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[Music]
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it's where we fell in love
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how'd you know you were in love it was
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how i felt the first time she touched my
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hand
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i wanted to be with her all the time and
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i i miss her when she's not with me
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like now yeah like now
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never bothers you that mom's the one
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that gets all the attention
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really your mom's the talented one
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and she'd be the first to tell you that
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we've all helped and sacrificed for her
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success
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you never get jealous you read her fan
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mail
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you go to her concerts you see how those
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guys look at her
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yeah yeah it bothered me at first but uh
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hey we're way past that now i trust your
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mom and she trusts me
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do you remember how i used to always let
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me pick up the songs in the jukebox that
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was over there
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oh yeah once you started dancing we
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could never get you to come back to the
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table
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[Music]
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you know what else i remember i remember
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you
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me and mom all dancing together god
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that's so great i want my kids to have
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those kind of experiences
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they will sweetheart you know i remember
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the night your mom gave you one of the
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earrings she was wearing
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yeah and she said together they make a
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pair
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so as long as we both had them we'd
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always be together
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yes cow oh i can't hear you hold on a
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second
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yeah who is this hello yeah yeah i can
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hear you now
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what's up man what kind of accident oh
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is vicky okay
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just tell me what happened
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oh my god dad
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oh my god i can't believe this look what
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i just found over on the stage
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same earring i swear it is
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what's wrong
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mom called me at 11 15. i know i looked
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at my watch
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what time was it when she called you um
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i just got back from the post office so
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it had to be before 11 30. that's when i
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left for here
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why who called
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this bill morgan from jacksonville
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set the plane with your mom and fellas
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in the band crashed
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coming into jacksonville 10 30 this
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morning
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that can't be there must be some kind of
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mistake because
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it will be we both talked to her
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after 11 minutes
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[Music]
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just be okay right
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they're all dead and the moment
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so that was the gift bringing us all
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together one last time
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she's gone baby
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is when i fall
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[Music]
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in love
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[Music]
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we
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[Music]
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hear
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both molly and cal received their phone
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calls after the fatal plane crash took
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place
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could they both have been mistaken about
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the time
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and how do you explain the earring that
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turned up on the nightclub floor
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was it another earring someone else had
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lost
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or one last souvenir sent by vicky to
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her daughter from the road
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or maybe this story never really
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happened at all
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was this story real we'll find out at
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the end of our show
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next a tale of lust and revenge on
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beyond belief
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fact or fiction
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the gun how many stories of fact and
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fiction are based on its power to change
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the course of human events
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yet the greatest storyteller of them all
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shakespeare
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seemed to do fine without it and
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although shakespeare wasn't above the
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use of violence he always made sure his
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tragedies had plenty of fate and irony
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too
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in our next story fate and irony play a
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major role
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but with apologies to the bard of avon
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we cannot have told it
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without a gun
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you could always find sharon at her
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computer even during lunch break
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she was my boss but we were like sisters
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and there was nothing we wouldn't do for
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each other
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are you still here oh i i just wanted to
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finish the offer on the chasing property
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come on everyone else has already gone
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to the valentine's day party i'm just
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going to be a couple or so
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give me that you have an anniversary to
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celebrate
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would you end up getting him anyway
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airline tickets are you serious where
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are you going
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paris
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we're finally going on our honeymoon boy
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john is going to be surprised
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[Music]
00:27:47
sharon must have known something was
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wrong when she saw the car in the
00:27:50
driveway
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it wasn't supposed to be part of the
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[Music]
00:28:00
picture
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[Music]
00:28:07
she probably should have never gone
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inside but she couldn't help herself
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even with that police car staring her in
00:28:15
the face
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[Music]
00:28:28
honey
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[Music]
00:28:42
john
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[Music]
00:28:59
sharon's husband john was a cop he
00:29:01
trained
00:29:02
other cops and he was well liked what's
00:29:05
wrong
00:29:07
i thought i heard something oh my god
00:29:09
you think it's your wife
00:29:10
no no she never gets home before sex
00:29:13
[Music]
00:29:21
i'm sure i heard something
00:29:25
i'll just check it out
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[Music]
00:29:33
oh my god
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[Music]
00:29:36
get out
00:29:40
both of you get the hell out just give
00:29:41
me a chance to explain
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no i want you out now
00:29:50
sharon put down the gun how could you do
00:29:54
this jess
00:29:55
sharon it's our anniversary
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put the gun down freeze
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[Music]
00:30:04
just give me the gun sharon
00:30:12
when the gun went off sharon never had a
00:30:14
chance
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they said that she died within minutes
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hmm
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to lose a best friend so young is always
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a devastating blow but
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in this case it seemed so absolutely
00:30:43
unfair
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the authorities cleared john of any
00:30:46
wrongdoing and declared the case closed
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but the story doesn't end there
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[Music]
00:30:53
everyone was sure that jon got away with
00:30:55
murder
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but then one day somebody paid john a
00:31:00
visit
00:31:01
somebody filled with hate and revenge as
00:31:04
john worked alone in his yard he was the
00:31:06
perfect target
00:31:09
but that day fate stepped in and took
00:31:11
over
00:31:14
in my heart i knew that one killing
00:31:16
never justifies another one
00:31:20
thankfully the shot missed
00:31:24
john never even heard it
00:31:35
john and his lover eventually got
00:31:37
married she never liked sharon's tree
00:31:40
so she asked john to cut it down
00:31:46
[Music]
00:31:49
i guess it reminded me too much of
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sharon in that terrible day
00:32:03
[Music]
00:32:12
john
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at first it seemed like a heart attack
00:32:19
until the blood appeared
00:32:22
the chainsaw blade had somehow struck
00:32:24
the bullet
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and shot it straight into john's heart
00:32:29
i guess fate has a funny way of evening
00:32:31
things out
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[Applause]
00:32:38
could a bullet shot into a tree be
00:32:40
dislodged years later to
00:32:42
find its original target unexploded
00:32:44
landmines first set in world war
00:32:46
ii have gone off decades later and of
00:32:48
course a bullet in our story had been
00:32:50
already fired once
00:32:52
could the chainsaw blade have turned it
00:32:54
into a deadly projectile again
00:32:56
or maybe this is simply a fable and our
00:32:59
writing staff is guilty of firing blanks
00:33:04
the truth about this story will be
00:33:06
revealed in our final act
00:33:08
next an eerie tale of a house and a
00:33:11
haunting dream
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on beyond belief fact or fiction
00:33:16
[Music]
00:33:17
for most of us the purchase of a home is
00:33:19
the most important investment we'll ever
00:33:21
make
00:33:22
it's a transaction that includes much
00:33:24
more than money
00:33:25
it also ties in our emotions our hopes
00:33:28
and our dreams
00:33:29
alicia adams wasn't just seeking a house
00:33:32
she was searching for something more
00:33:34
the fulfillment of a haunting dream it
00:33:37
was one of those days that don't come
00:33:38
around very often
00:33:40
the air was crisp and clean the sun was
00:33:43
warm without being too hot
00:33:46
smell of freshly cut grass mixed with
00:33:48
the fragrance of flowers and the
00:33:50
beautiful house completed the picture
00:33:53
it felt like the first day of spring and
00:33:54
the start of indian summer rolled into
00:33:57
one
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there was absolutely nothing wrong with
00:34:00
this ideal scene
00:34:02
except for one thing
00:34:05
it was only a dream
00:34:12
all right up and at them kiddo a lot of
00:34:14
houses to look at today
00:34:17
i found the perfect house
00:34:20
i had a dream about it last night it was
00:34:23
beautiful daniel
00:34:25
two stories huge yard
00:34:28
wonderful trees it could only be your
00:34:31
dream house we're looking for a starter
00:34:32
home remember
00:34:38
hey alicia come on
00:34:46
honey
00:34:48
let me guess no curb appeal
00:34:52
you didn't like the backyard
00:34:55
it was fine what the the kitchen's too
00:34:58
small the bedroom
00:35:01
the house is fine daniel it's just not
00:35:03
it's not the dream house come on alicia
00:35:07
the dream house is a figment of your
00:35:14
imagination
00:35:22
[Music]
00:35:27
that night was like every other night i
00:35:29
dreamed about the house again
00:35:32
and as always it was a lovely beautiful
00:35:34
dream
00:35:36
the home was so inviting i was drawn
00:35:39
inside
00:35:43
everything was just the way i wanted it
00:35:45
to be
00:35:53
as my mind traveled from room to room
00:35:57
i knew that this was a house i could
00:35:59
turn into a loving
00:36:00
wonderful home
00:36:14
and i knew that somehow some way this
00:36:17
house would be my house
00:36:19
alicia hey you okay
00:36:24
you're talking in your sleep i
00:36:29
i had another dream about the house
00:36:33
this time i went inside oh
00:36:36
it was so beautiful hardwood floors
00:36:40
french doors opening onto a garden
00:36:43
that's perfect for us just the place
00:36:45
you're meant to have
00:36:48
it's ideal for raising a family
00:36:52
and someday we'll buy one just like it
00:36:55
but for now let's focus on a place we
00:36:58
can afford okay
00:37:00
[Music]
00:37:03
hey
00:37:07
i okay get to work i love you
00:37:11
bye
00:37:20
one more house in our range it's on
00:37:22
glencoe
00:37:24
didn't we look in that neighborhood last
00:37:25
week yeah but it's a new listing
00:37:29
i'm sure it's not your dream house
00:37:30
though so don't get your hopes up
00:37:32
you can make light of it but i can't
00:37:35
believe i'd be
00:37:36
dreaming about the same place night
00:37:38
after night if there weren't a reason
00:37:40
i can't believe we've spent a month
00:37:41
passing your house stop
00:37:44
that's it that's the house i've been
00:37:46
dreaming about
00:37:48
i can't believe it
00:37:50
[Music]
00:37:54
look at the yard honey oh the garage
00:37:59
hurry daniel it's beautiful hold on
00:38:01
alicia
00:38:02
we can't
00:38:09
it's all here even the french doors
00:38:13
beautiful let me show you the kitchen
00:38:15
sweetheart wait
00:38:21
[Applause]
00:38:27
the cooking island remember i told you
00:38:28
about this
00:38:30
oh stop it
00:38:34
a picture window can i help you folks
00:38:38
i'm margaret i'm the agent representing
00:38:40
this property
00:38:42
oh daniel alden my wife alicia hi
00:38:45
hi sorry we're house hunting well you're
00:38:48
in luck
00:38:48
this place is going on the market today
00:38:50
oh daniel
00:38:52
like me to show you around oh you're
00:38:54
gonna love the backyard
00:38:56
it's got a pool you've always wanted a
00:38:57
pool daniel wait do you see the view
00:39:01
your wife she's been here before
00:39:08
[Music]
00:39:12
even though we knew it was out of our
00:39:14
range i insisted that we put in a bid
00:39:17
daniel was sure we didn't have a chance
00:39:19
but my heart was beating so loud i could
00:39:21
hear it
00:39:23
honey would you relax you're making me
00:39:24
nervous i want this house daniel it's
00:39:27
perfect come on you got to believe me
00:39:29
now
00:39:30
what can i say and it is very beautiful
00:39:34
i mean there's no way they're going to
00:39:35
accept our bid it's way way too low
00:39:40
wow
00:39:43
looks like you've bought yourself a
00:39:44
house daniel
00:39:46
[Music]
00:39:47
but i don't understand the house is
00:39:49
worth a lot a lot more i know what can i
00:39:51
say
00:39:52
the owner instructed me to take the
00:39:54
first offer period
00:39:56
wait oh there's nothing wrong with a
00:39:58
house nothing structurally
00:40:00
it's just
00:40:04
well the owners are convinced that the
00:40:05
place is haunted
00:40:07
i don't care what the owners think we're
00:40:08
taking this house
00:40:10
period oh mrs simes i'd like you to meet
00:40:13
the young couple who bought your home
00:40:16
it's you you're the ghost
00:40:20
you're the one haunting this house
00:40:23
you were here every night
00:40:25
[Music]
00:40:27
i was here every night but that was only
00:40:30
in my dreams
00:40:31
wasn't it
00:40:33
[Music]
00:40:35
did alicia have an out-of-body
00:40:37
experience obviously the owner of the
00:40:39
dream house
00:40:40
was under stress she had been
00:40:42
experiencing abnormal activities in her
00:40:45
home
00:40:46
she claimed to have seen the image of a
00:40:47
woman roaming her property
00:40:49
and when she saw alicia she immediately
00:40:52
connected her
00:40:53
as that woman that could have been her
00:40:55
mind playing tricks on her but the
00:40:57
question remains
00:40:58
how could alicia know every detail of
00:41:00
the house
00:41:01
without having been there before unless
00:41:04
of course
00:41:05
we made the whole thing out next
00:41:08
we'll find out which stories are
00:41:10
inspired by actual events
00:41:11
and which are fabrications on beyond
00:41:14
belief
00:41:14
fact or fiction
00:41:20
[Music]
00:41:25
let's look back on tonight's stories and
00:41:27
see how good we are at separating fact
00:41:29
from fiction
00:41:30
remember some stories are inspired by
00:41:32
actual events and others are completely
00:41:34
fictitious
00:41:36
have we been able to fool you tonight
00:41:38
let's find out
00:41:40
our first story was about the woman who
00:41:42
was haunted by the apparition in the
00:41:46
mirror
00:41:57
did this seem like something that you
00:41:58
might have read about in the papers
00:42:00
well you might have the events took
00:42:03
place
00:42:05
and what about the condemned man who was
00:42:07
saved from certain death
00:42:09
by an electric chair that wouldn't work
00:42:16
[Music]
00:42:28
time
00:42:32
did this story seem impossible to you
00:42:34
congratulations
00:42:36
is total fiction vicky then there was
00:42:39
the story of the family brought together
00:42:41
by a message that may have come
00:42:43
from the other side what's up man
00:42:47
what kind of excellent oh is vicky okay
00:42:52
just tell me what happened did this
00:42:54
story seem to be real
00:42:56
did you think it was based on truth not
00:42:58
this time
00:43:00
it's fiction and how about our tale of
00:43:03
the wronged wife
00:43:04
the flandering husband and the avenging
00:43:10
bullet
00:43:16
did you think this story was false
00:43:18
you're absolutely wrong
00:43:20
the bullet did find its mark
00:43:24
our final plot told of the couple who
00:43:26
were searching for their dream house
00:43:27
and found something totally unexpected
00:43:31
oh mrs simes i'd like you to meet the
00:43:33
young couple who bought your home
00:43:36
it's you you're the ghost
00:43:40
do you think that you've got this one
00:43:42
figured out did the events take place
00:43:45
yes they did so how did you do at
00:43:48
separating the real from the unreal
00:43:50
tonight
00:43:51
three of our stories were inspired by
00:43:53
actual events and
00:43:54
two were complete works of fiction
00:44:01
we hope you found tonight's stories both
00:44:03
entertaining and thought-provoking
00:44:05
and the next time you sense something is
00:44:06
an absolute lie
00:44:08
at least take a moment to consider it
00:44:10
might just be strange truth
00:44:13
goodnight join us next time on beyond
00:44:16
belief
00:44:17
fact or fiction this is don lafontaine
00:44:22
[Music]
00:44:48
foreign
00:44:58
you
