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The Best Episodes of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Season 1

Every episode of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction Season 1!

Can you tell the difference between fact and fiction? Several stories of strange, mysterious and incredible occurrences are chronicled during each episode. It is up...
Genres:DocumentaryMysteryReality
Network:FOX

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Apparition / The Electric Chair / On the Road / Number One with a Bullet / Dream House" is the best rated episode of "Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction" season 1. It scored 6.9/10 based on 182 votes. Directed by Skip Schoolnik, Alison Maclean and written by Scott Peters, Thomas C. Chapman, Paul Chitlik, J. Larry Carroll, David Bennett Carren, it aired on 5/25/1997. This episode is rated 0.1 points higher than the second-best, "The Viewing / The Subway / Kid in the Closet / Justice is Served / The Tractor".

  • The Apparition / The Electric Chair / On the Road / Number One with a Bullet / Dream House
    6.9/10182 votes

    #1 - The Apparition / The Electric Chair / On the Road / Number One with a Bullet / Dream House

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 5/25/1997

    A frightening image in a mirror turns out to be both a curse and a blessing for a woman; a man, facing the electric chair, gets an unlikely reprieve during his execution; a father and daughter get an improbable invitation to meet at a sentimental place; the best friend of a woman murdered by her philandering husband fires a errant revenge shot which "reappears" years later; a house hunting woman comes across a large house which exactly matches the one in her dreams.

    Director: Skip Schoolnik, Alison Maclean

    Writer: Scott Peters, Thomas C. Chapman, Paul Chitlik, J. Larry Carroll, David Bennett Carren

  • The Viewing / The Subway / Kid in the Closet / Justice is Served / The Tractor
    7.0/10135 votes

    #2 - The Viewing / The Subway / Kid in the Closet / Justice is Served / The Tractor

    Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 6/1/1997

    The son of a funeral owner gets a late night visitor who defies logic; a couple's eerie experience on the subway has life changing consequences for an elderly neighbor; a child's irrational fear of the closet leads to tragic consequences; a man on trial for killing his partner is distracted on the stand by the ghost of the deceased; a bitter man, confined to a wheelchair, is put to the test when his granddaughter gets in danger's path.

    Director: Skip Schoolnik, D. J. Caruso, Allison Liddi-Brown

    Writer: Scott Peters, J. Larry Carroll, David Bennett Carren

  • The Prophecy / Couch Potato / Love Over The Counter / Imaginary Friend / Last Man On Earth
    6.8/10112 votes

    #3 - The Prophecy / Couch Potato / Love Over The Counter / Imaginary Friend / Last Man On Earth

    Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 6/8/1997

    This episode features the following cases: The Prophecy; Couch Potato; Love Over the Counter; Imaginary Friend; Last Man on Earth.

    Director: D. J. Caruso

    Writer: Scott Peters, Naomi Janzen

  • E-Mail / Cup of Joe / Secret of the Family Tomb / Wheezer / The Unknown Patient
    6.8/10100 votes

    #4 - E-Mail / Cup of Joe / Secret of the Family Tomb / Wheezer / The Unknown Patient

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 6/15/1997

    A paralegal gets an email from the beyond urging her to stop a will from being executed; three women, on their way to a party, are veered off course by a severe storm and a mysterious billboard; a mother and daughter die within weeks of each other and placed together in a nearby tomb which takes on a life of it own; a pet dog's final trick is one that defies rationality; a mysterious obituary draws the relatives of a recently deceased John Doe to the hospital.

    Director: Jeanne Van Cott

    Writer: Thomas C. Chapman, Paul Chitlik, Naomi Janzen, Emily Skopov

  • Needle Point / Toy to the Rescue / Mystery Lock / The House on Baker Street / The Train
    6.9/1097 votes

    #5 - Needle Point / Toy to the Rescue / Mystery Lock / The House on Baker Street / The Train

    Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 6/22/1997

    This episode features the following cases: Needle Point; Toy to the Rescue; Mystery Lock; The House on Baker Street; The Train.

    Director: Allison Liddi-Brown

    Writer: Thomas C. Chapman

  • Candlestick / The Diner / From the Agency / The Magic Rose Garden / The Jeep
    7.0/1089 votes

    #6 - Candlestick / The Diner / From the Agency / The Magic Rose Garden / The Jeep

    Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 8/3/1997

    A detective suspects that a man murdered his wife but has no evidence until an unlikely witness speaks up; an elderly couple, who runs a diner that puts hopeless patrons out of their misery, takes in someone who is literally close to home; a mysterious woman uses unconventional methods to try and save a child from suffocating inside a bank safe; a rose garden in the backyard becomes both a gift and a curse for an elderly woman; a soldier finds that shrapnel, intended for him, has a familiar imprint on it.

    Director: Allison Liddi-Brown

    Writer: Naomi Janzen, Malcolm Marmorstein