Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction
tv show

45 total episodes
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4 seasons
First Aired May 25, 1997
Genres:
Overview
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.

Merry-Go-Round, Red-Eyed Creature, Used Car Salesman, Surveillance Camera & Graffiti
Season 2 - Episode 12 - 1h 43m
Air Date
July 17, 1998
Overview
"Merry-go-round" - Penny and boyfriend George restore a carousel that is cursed in Florida. Ike, the operator who used to run the ride, stops by and insists the couple burn the carousel due to the curse. When the couple ignores him and puts on a promotion to stimulate business, the boyfriend is bitten by a snake hiding in the horse's head and dies. "Red-eyed Creature" - A boy sees a creature in the shadows that had glowing red eyes. The parents didn't believe him but the nanny did for some reason. Later, the mother saw the creature as well and was scared. The nanny cheers the boy up and after she left, her eyes started glowing with the color red. "Used Car Salesman"- Sonny Rhodes, a crooked car salesman sells cars to people, which are unsafe, and rips them off. One day, he sells a van with no brakes to Lenny Height, leader of a small four-man group called the Society Kings, who needed to get to Vegas for a show. Sometime later, his co-workers show him a newspaper showing their deaths when their van crashed because of the failed brakes, but he coldly dismisses it. That night, after Sonny is the last salesman left, as he closes up, three cars turn on and surround them. He thinks his co-workers are playing a joke on him. Then a fourth vehicle arrives, the same van he sold the society kings, and it runs Sonny over, killing him "Surveillance Camera" - Alec, an immigrant, takes over a convenience store and is saving up to bring his family to the U.S. Later that day, a robber holds him up and seems to know about Alec's savings in a cashbox. A few minutes later, two teenagers come in and rob him again. When the police review the surveillance tape, the first robber is not on the tape and the cashbox is back where Alec normally stores it, with the cash still in it. Two days later, one of the officers stops in and tells him, they caught the teenagers and they confessed to murdering the previous owner years ago, who was also the first robber. "Graffiti"- In 1941, Harvey Black was a high school principal who loved his car and his school. When he blames a delinquent named Johnny Evans for defacing the school and the principal's car with "Remember Pearl Harbor", he has to let the boy go since some of the damage happened while the kid was in the office. Two days later, Pearl Harbor was bombed.
Guest Stars
Pasha D. Lychnikoff
as
Alec Wizowski (segment "Surveillance Camera")
Jennifer Crystal Foley
as
Penny Bell (segment "Merry-Go-Round")
Henry Darrow
as
Ike (segment "Merry-Go-Round")
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Matt Flanders
as
George (segment "Merry-Go-Round")
Michael Potter
as
Reporter (segment "Merry-Go-Round")
Maree Cheatham
as
Maggie (segment "Red Eyed Creature")
Coleman McClary
as
Don Sterling (segment "Red Eyed Creature")
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Jamie Austin
as
Sally Sterling (segment "Red Eyed Creature")
Colton James
as
Billy Sterling (segment "Red Eyed Creature")
Robert Cicchini
as
Sonny Rhodes (segment "Used Car Salesman")
Byron Minns
as
Walt Dunbar (segment "Used Car Salesman")
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Jon Melichar
as
Lenny Height (segment "Used Car Salesman")