Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
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Documentary
Mystery
Reality
Seasons | 4
Episodes | 45
avg.Runtime | 43 min
First EP | 1997-05-25
Last EP | 2002-09-05
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Rating : 7.2
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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 to the viewer to decide which stories actually happened and which were completely fabricated by the show’s writers. The answer is revealed by Jonathan Frakes at the conclusion of each episode.
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Dick Clark Productions
Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1997-05-25
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The Apparition / The Electric Chair / On the Road / Number One with a Bullet / Dream House
1997-05-25
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.
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The Viewing / The Subway / Kid in the Closet / Justice is Served / The Tractor
1997-06-01
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.
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The Prophecy / Couch Potato / Love Over The Counter / Imaginary Friend / Last Man On Earth
1997-06-08
This episode features the following cases: The Prophecy; Couch Potato; Love Over the Counter; Imaginary Friend; Last Man on Earth.
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E-Mail / Cup of Joe / Secret of the Family Tomb / Wheezer / The Unknown Patient
1997-06-15
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.
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Needle Point / Toy to the Rescue / Mystery Lock / The House on Baker Street / The Train
1997-06-22
This episode features the following cases: Needle Point; Toy to the Rescue; Mystery Lock; The House on Baker Street; The Train.
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Candlestick / The Diner / From the Agency / The Magic Rose Garden / The Jeep
1997-08-03
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.
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“I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.” – Walt Disney