The Worst Episodes of Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction

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   6.5/10(124 votes)

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

   S1:E46/15/1997

   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

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

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   6.5/10(67 votes)

   #2 - Second Sight, The Fine Line, The Wrong Turn, Who Was I & You Are Next

   S4:E47/4/2002

   "Second Sight" - A woman is blind, but when another women is murdered, she gets her sight restored and a second chance to see. While eating at a restaurant in the country, she sees a man that she can't stop looking at. The man approaches her and asks demandingly why she is staring at him, and she just said that he was familiar looking and she was sorry. When she went back to her hotel to pack her bags and leave the town, he came up behind her and handcuffed her and threw her on the bed, and he asked her why she was staring at him. She was upset and said she was sorry. He pulled up a chair next to the bed and said that he would sit there all night until he got the real answer out of her. After a little bit of time passed, and he fell asleep in the chair after drinking liquor, so she opened the door and ran to the owner of the hotel. He called the police, and they came and arrested the man. The policeman told the lady that he was wanted for the murder of a women, only to found out that he murdered the person she got her eyes from, and the eyes witnessed the murder and couldn't stop watching him. "The Fine Line" - Two female twins seemingly have an amazing ability to share each others' feelings, such as one sister getting poked by a knitting needle, while the other also feels the pain. One night, one of them drives out alone and is involved in an off-road car accident. The sister at home feels strange and senses trouble. A male friend who is with her at the moment witnesses radio music somehow coming from the TV set, which is broadcasting a basketball game. The mysterious radio signals, alongside the twins' phenomenal ability leads the sister and her friend to investigate. After pinpointing the exact location of the accident with ease, the other sister is sent to the hospital and saved. "The Wrong Turn" - A man had been living in his hometown for ten years, but couldn't remember where to make his delivery. He was shocked because he couldn't find anything correctly. He saw an old lady in the road waving her arms, so he swiveled out of the way before he hit her and he drove up near a building with his truck and mattress. He suddenly heard a thump on the car and crying. He saw a little boy on the mattress in the back of his truck who looked to be alright. The boy said he fell from the building. Suddenly, a man cleaning up near the street said he knew that the boy lived upstairs, so he and the truck driver went in their room and saw an old lady lying on the floor. When they turned her over, the truck driver was shocked to realize this was the lady that was waving her arms frantically in the street. They revived her, and she said that she had passed out because she forgot to take her medicine. It ended up that the lady left her body to direct the man to her house at the exact time the boy fell. "Who Was I" - A man goes under hypnosis to resolve his fear of closed spaces only to discover a past life. After the session the man starts to draw and remember certain places. These places lead him to his past life's body buried under a building. "You Are Next" - A heavy gambler husband hires a hit-man to kill his wife after they eat at a Chinese Restaurant, so when she read her fortune cookie at the restaurant, it said "you're next." When they were in a dark alley, a truck pulled up near them, and a man in a trench-coat said "You are next." The husband then said "I canceled the hit!" and then he had a heart attack. Before realizing he was in pain, the man from the truck said "You just won a trip to Hawaii! How do you feel"? The woman was hysterical, but then she saw her husband dead near their house.

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   6.5/10(61 votes)

   #3 - Caitlin's Candle, The Flower Jury, The Mentor, The Old Bike & The Music Teacher

   S4:E88/1/2002

   "Caitlin's Candle" - A father and daughter live alone together after their Mom passed away, she was a very good craft maker. One particular craft stuck out in her daughter's mind - a candle with an inscription in it. While being robbed in a house robbing, the father struggles to stop the burglary but suffers a stroke in the process. Now he is in a wheelchair going through therapy to recover,...

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   6.5/10(60 votes)

   #4 - The Mystery of Douglas Hibbard, Wheelchair Man, The Vigil, The Mandarin's Bowl & Ghost Writer

   S4:E118/22/2002

   Segment 1: ""The Mystery Of Douglas Hibbard"" - Douglas Hibbard, a business man, is on a buisness trip with a bad case of the flu. He wants to meet his wife the next day for their tenth wedding aniversary, but he is afraide that he wont make the five hour drive home so he and his wife agree that he should stay at a hotel. Douglas tried to get sleep that night, but the flu was so overbearing tha he couldn't get rest. Douglas then went downstairs to the hotel manager to ask for directions to a local drug store. After the manager gives the directions, a little while later Douglas comes in with a wet and d muddy rain coat and a gift bag. He tells the hotel manager to keep the gift bag in the hotel safe, so the manager does so. After the wife and hotel manager cannot reach Douglas, the mager goes into his room to see what happened and the manager didn't see a thing - not Douglas, not even drippy mud. After the hotel manager goes back downstairs, a cop waiting in the lobby reveales that Dougla

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   6.5/10(58 votes)

   #5 - Witness to Murder, Roulette Wheel, The Phrenologist's Head, The Bridge & The Cigar Box

   S4:E128/29/2002

   Segment 1: ""Witness To Murder"" - Back in the days, scientists wanted to catch something incredible on tape - ghosts. One scientist, although, was obsessed with capturing one on tape, and he was also running out of time and money. One night, a called a paranormal investigor who could possibly raise the dead spirits of a house. When they went inside, they saw two ghosts and a murder that happened years before. A man choked his wife with a rope, but then when the ghost saw the crew and paranormal investigator, he was mad. The crew left happy because they were the first to get the whole incident on film, but when they went out to the car of the scientists', they found the film wrapped around his neck - he was choked to death. Segment 2: ""Roulette Wheel"" - A man who always goes to casinos never wins, he always spends his whole paycheck on gambling at the Roulette Wheel. After he spends his whole check, he goes into the pathroom to wash his face and dry his hands, but when he goes to dry his

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   6.5/10(60 votes)

   #6 - The Hand, The Battered Doll, Poker Justice, Above the Clouds & Screen Saver

   S4:E139/5/2002

   Segment 1: ""The Hand"" - In a bar called the Bloody Hand, named after a brutal murder of a woman whose only remains found were her bloody hand, a drifter finds the hand is pointing at him. Is it a practical joke or is he the killer? Segment 2: ""The Battered Doll"" - A maid kills her employers and claims innocence until one of the prize possessions of the mistress, tells otherwise. The only problem it's a doll. Segment 3: ""Poker Justice"" - In the early 1900s, in an Irish bar, three poker players kill another one when he's revealed to be a cheat, and the only way to get back their losings is to enlist the aid of a ""good man"". They give the winnings to a boy found in the church and precede to play poker with him to win their money back. The only problem is that he's good and proceeds to win more of their money! Is he a cheat too? Segment 4: ""Above the Clouds"" - Melanie continues to have a dream where she is trapped in an elevator and it terrifies her. When she must travel in an elevator wit

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   6.6/10(120 votes)

   #7 - Firestation 32 / The Computer / The Girl Next Door / The Wallet / The Woods

   S2:E21/30/1998

   Little Stevie Hansen is just dying to become a firefighting hero.

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   6.6/10(86 votes)

   #8 - One for the Road, The Music Box, Two to One, Damsel & The Horn

   S3:E25/26/2000

   "One For The Road" - A truck driver is in his favorite diner and meets a friend of his. Everyone in the truck stop thinks the truck driver is acting strange. Later the truck driver finds out that the friend he was talking too was killed in an accident earlier in the day. "The Music Box" - Two women were shopping and one woman discovered a special music box that reminded her of a lost love. When she found out it did not work she decided not to buy it. When having second thoughts and returns to buy it only to find out that her lost love was there and bought the item for her birthday and now the music box began to work. "Two to One" - A man pawns his grandfathers watch for extra cash. When borrowing the money from a friend he returns to get the watch back only to find out they sold it the day before. That night the guy had a dream that the pawn shop lied to him and had the watch and a robber was going to steal it. The guy turned to the store to find things happened like his dream to only this time he got his watch back. "Damsel" - A woman looking for that special an in her life goes to a fortune teller to find out that she was looking too hard and that the special man would find her. A few days later the woman spots a good looking hitchhiker and assuming this was her man which turns out to be a killer. During the attack a hikers comes from the woods and saves her and he turns out to be the man that finds her. The man also turns out to the son of the fortune teller. "The Horn" - A mortician visits his friend an antique dealer and discovers a special item called a death horn. The mortician makes a bet with the dealer that he could not sell an item associated with death. The dealer loses the bet and the mortician arrives to collect on the bet and find no one in the shop. At the last minute the mortician hears the death horn and discovers the dealer has a heart attack and saves his life.

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   6.7/10(119 votes)

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

   S1:E56/22/1997

   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

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    6.7/10(96 votes)

    #10 - The Mummy / The Perfect Record / Grave Sitting / Murder on the Second Floor / They Towed My Car

    S2:E73/20/1998

    The Mummy: A Museum displays a rare mummy only to discover a beautiful woman floating off the floor. The Perfect Record: A security guard is working on a perfect record while training a new guard. Grave Sitting: A challenge is put up to spent two hours at the grave site of a serial killer. Murder On The Second Floor: Witnesses see an eighteen-foot tall man murder another man on the second floor balcony. They Towed My Car: A man wanders the town looking for his towed car. No one helps the stranger except a small boy.

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    6.7/10(78 votes)

    #11 - E-Mail, Blood Donor, Epitaph, Stitches in Time & The Soldier

    S3:E46/16/2000

    "E-Mail" - A couple get a used computer from a professor. But when Statler, the man whom they bought it from, becomes trapped in a tomb with no computer. But if that is true...who's sending the e-mail calling for help? "Blood Donor" - After recieving a blood transfusion, a man finds that he can see murders as they happen. So he uses this to help him trap the killer, whose blood he recieved during a transfusion. "Epitaph" - A gravestone craftsman is given orders by a strange man to create an elaborate gravestone for a dead man against the wife's wishes. Later it turns out that the man that ordered the expensive gravestone was the wife's dead husband. "Stitches in Time" - A mother and her daughter are in poverty when the mother has a dream of when she and her own mother stitched a quilt together. When she wakes up, she takes out the quilt, only to discover that hidden inside was lots of $100 bills. "The Soldier" - A soldier from Vietnam recalls what happened to him during a devastating battle. Almost near death, his father, who went missing in action years ago, shows up and carries him to safety. The soldier thinks he's dreaming, until the paramedics find his father's dog tags in the boy's hand.

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    6.7/10(74 votes)

    #12 - The Nightmare/The Stalker/The Impossible Car Dream/The Dresser/The Burial

    S3:E56/23/2000

    A woman has a recurring dream that her husband will get stabbed by their grounds keeper; a woman and her daughter use a compact to protect them from a stalker; a teenage boy has a vivid dream about owning a classic car being sold for a dollar; a young fashion designer finds that the mannequins at a department store are possessed; a southern gentleman gets the surprise of his life at his wife's funeral.

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    6.8/10(134 votes)

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

    S1:E36/8/1997

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

    Director:D.J. Caruso

    Writers:Scott Peters, Naomi Janzen

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    6.8/10(128 votes)

    #14 - The Plane / The Gun / The Portrait / The Pass / The Caller

    S2:E11/23/1998

    A plane flies itself and saves a man from disaster, a gun that refuses to fire on innocent people, an artist has the power to end suffering, two boys at a hospital decide to visit the morgue and one of them discovers the body of his identical twin brother, a radio psychiatrist gets calls from his deceased son whom he had abandoned years ago.

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    6.8/10(102 votes)

    #15 - The Wrestler / The Escape / Dead Friday / Ghost Visitor / The Lady in a Black Dress

    S2:E42/13/1998

    This episode features the following cases: The Wrestler; The Escape; Dead Friday; Ghost Visitor; The Lady in a Black Dress.

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    6.8/10(83 votes)

    #16 - The Find, The Golden Cue, The FBI Story, The Gravedigger's Nemesis & Last Rites

    S3:E36/2/2000

    "The Find" - A newlywed couple run across an old motorcycle. The motorcycle is an out of production mint condition classic bike. The man takes a joy ride on the bike and hits a woman that disappears along with the motorcycle. The EMT describes the same accident the man had but it happened 54 years before to a young couple and the man was the only one to ever ride the bike which they believed that they released the spirits. "The Golden Cue" - An older man purchased a pool hall only to lose it to the young pool hustler. The old man stays around sweeping floors. The owner gets mad at the old man for talking about the golden cue while he was shooting. At closing time a strange man enters the pool hall and challenges the owner. The owner keeps running the table until the stranger makes one final bet for the pool hall. The stranger takes down the golden cue, breaks and sinks the 9 ball. The stranger turns out to be a legendary pool hustler that quit pool 15 years before because he went blind. "The FBI Story" - A young local cop had a dream of becoming an FBI agent. The young cop was accepted to the FBI academy and then disappeared on his way to the acedemy with some money. 5 Years later an FBI agent arrives in town to investigate a counterfeit ring. The sheriff starts to suspect the FBI agent and asks him along on a body that was found in the swamp. The body was the young cop and the FBI agent confesses that he killed the young cop. In the attempt to flee the swamp the FBI agent was sucked into the bog and died. "The Gravedigger's Nemesis" - Two young boys hire on as grave diggers and work for an evil grounds keeper. The two boys and grounds keeper hear and see an old woman. The old woman haunts the grounds keeper until he dies in the old woman's grave. "Last Rites" - A woman is called into an attorneys office because she attended a funeral. The women was there researching the artwork of the cemetery. The woman sees the chapel and decides to enter. While inside she finds out it is a funeral and she stayed because no one else showed up. The lawyer informs the woman that she gets the dead man's estate of 34 million dollars do to the fact she was the only one who showed up for the funeral.

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    6.8/10(77 votes)

    #17 - Red Line/Two Sisters/Eclipse/The Ice Box/The Gathering

    S3:E66/30/2000

    A race car driver gets veered off course by an unlikely ally; a vindictive woman schemes to marry her late sister's husband; a prisoner believes that he will die if he is exposed to an eclipse; a doctor uncovers a mysterious ice box that holds sentimental memories to him; a trio of old ladies use unorthodox methods to protect them from a burglar.

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    6.8/10(76 votes)

    #18 - Connie, Positive I.D., Trucker, Cook-Out & The New House

    S3:E77/7/2000

    "Connie" - Dead woman's spirit lives on in her husband's new wife. "Positive I.D." - Man accused of a robbery that he didn't commit. After the real culprit is found, the two learn they are twin brothers separated at birth. "Trucker" - A hitchhiker is trying to get a ride from a trucker, one of them spot him and takes him to a gas station. The hitchhiker then sees that a man is in pain at the station, a car is on top of him. The hitchhiker tries to lift up the car on top of him and cant do it until the trucker comes and helps him. When the police come, the hitchhiker says that the trucker helped him when the police claim that the trucker died 7 years ago. "Cook-out" - Uncle Harry's spirit saves his family for eating poisioned hamburgers during a family reunion cookout. "The New House" - An old painting saves people's lives.

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    6.8/10(72 votes)

    #19 - Writer's Agent, Crypt Ghost, The Doll, Hubert's Curse & Shared Vision

    S4:E26/27/2002

    "Writer's Agent" - A writing agent promised to give his client, Mary-Jane Layden, a deal to get her book, "Love Tides" published, but he wanted her to give him $2,500.00. She refused, saying she already gave him $12,000.00. They started fighting for a little while, until the writing agent pushed her to the floor and she died. The man hid her body beneath the company's plants, and took off. The...

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    6.8/10(61 votes)

    #20 - The Wreath, Terror Night, Tants, The Candidate & The Ring

    S4:E77/25/2002

    "The Wreath" - After a young boy gets killed in a hit-and-run, the parents try to get him a burial plot and stone near the highway he was killed in, and after the major signs the documents (but fails to remember he did), they get the stone. While at the funeral of their son on a nice weather day, suddenly wind picks up and the wreath flies at a car covering up the driver's vision, causing him to crash. It turns out that the driver of the car was the man that hit the young boy in the hit-in-run. "Terror Night" - After the faucet and shower goes awry, the residents at their apartment discover a lady who just had a heart attack and sent them a message to help her from beyond her unconsciousness. "Tants" - After and artist pains a portrait of an old lady named Tants, the artist's mother discovers that that Tants is her mother and the artists grandmother. "The Candidate" - While staying at the Lincoln Hotel, Abraham Lincoln makes a candidate in an election tell the truth instead of lies to win the election. "The Ring" - After a love affair with a rich man, Tiffany the Hairdresser tries to kill a lady in the salon with a hair dryer, but accidentally kills herself because the ring responds to the electricity in the machine.

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    6.8/10(57 votes)

    #21 - Moonstruck Beach, Healing Hands, Aspen Sunny Side, Night Walker & Hot Car

    S4:E108/15/2002

    Segment 1: ""Moonstruck Beach"" - A struggling writer, ""Valerie Simms,"" rents a cabin in ""Moonstruck Beach"" in the hopes of getting away from it all and writing the great American novel. She meets the village caretaker, Jerry Corbin, who seems to be a friendly man. While strolling along the beach, she sights what appears to be a dead female body, but when she looks again, it's gone. Returning to her cabin, she finds that her printer has printed a page she did not request. The message is backwards, but when she holds it up to the window, she reads the reflection. The name ""DEANNA LINDSAY"" is repeated all over the paper. She asks the caretaker, Jerry, about Deanna Lindsay, who it turned out committed suicide about a year ago. She had been staying in that very same cabin. After another walk, Valerie returns home to find another printer message, which instructs her to get out because ""Jerry killed me!"" She narrowly escapes being killed by Jerry herself, knocking over Jerry with her car. Jerr

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    6.9/10(216 votes)

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

    S1:E15/25/1997

    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.

    Directors:Skip Schoolnik, Alison Maclean

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

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    6.9/10(115 votes)

    #23 - The Wall / The Chalkboard / The Getaway / The Prescription / Summer Camp

    S2:E32/6/1998

    This episode features the following cases: The Wall; The Chalkboard; The Getaway; The Prescription; Summer Camp.

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    6.9/10(95 votes)

    #24 - The Land / Titan / The Diary / Town of Remembrance / The House On Barry Avenue

    S2:E52/27/1998

    The Land: A farmer makes the ultimate bargain to make his land fertile for his family in the future. Titan: A writer creates a short story that parallels the fate of the Titanic. The Diary: A high school girl's computer diary seems to predict the future. Town of Remembrance: An amnesiac women on her way to a doctor's appointment discovers a town that she finds familiar. The House On Barry Avenue: In a house mysterious fires continue to break out without explanation.

    Director:Al Schwartz

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    6.9/10(99 votes)

    #25 - Bright Light / Magic Mightyman / The Student / Scribbles / Count Mystery

    S2:E63/6/1998

    Bright Light: A lost woman turns down a local bar regular. When she continues her travel, she is being tailgated by a truck. Magic Mightyman: While jogging in the park, a comedy writer is mugged. A homeless lady lends him a costume to wear, which gives him super strength. The Student: A frustrated teacher questions her dream of teaching until a student named Rudy inspires her again in an essay he wrote. Scribbles: A widow cannot find the life insurance policy for her late husband to claim the much-needed money. Count Mystery: When a search for a missing little boy yields no results, a local news crew decides to ask a horse with psychic abilities for help.

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