Allison Liddi-Brown
Director
Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997)
Season 2
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.
Released May 25, 1997
Episode 43 min
12+
Genres: Crime, Documentary, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Reality
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Watch Providers: Amazon Prime Video, The CW, The Roku Channel, fuboTV, Peacock Premium + 6 more, Peacock Premium Plus, Plex, Amazon Prime Video Free with Ads, Plex Channel, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Fawesome
Production Companies: Dick Clark Productions
Network: FOX
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S2E1 - The Plane / The Gun / The Portrait / The Pass / The Caller
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.
Jan. 23, 1998, midnight
S2E2 - Firestation 32 / The Computer / The Girl Next Door / The Wallet / The Woods
Little Stevie Hansen is just dying to become a firefighting hero.
Jan. 30, 1998, midnight
S2E3 - The Wall / The Chalkboard / The Getaway / The Prescription / Summer Camp
This episode features the following cases: The Wall; The Chalkboard; The Getaway; The Prescription; Summer Camp.
Feb. 6, 1998, midnight
S2E4 - The Wrestler / The Escape / Dead Friday / Ghost Visitor / The Lady in a Black Dress
This episode features the following cases: The Wrestler; The Escape; Dead Friday; Ghost Visitor; The Lady in a Black Dress.
Feb. 13, 1998, midnight
S2E5 - The Land / Titan / The Diary / Town of Remembrance / The House On Barry Avenue
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.
Feb. 27, 1998, midnight
S2E6 - Bright Light / Magic Mightyman / The Student / Scribbles / Count Mystery
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.
March 6, 1998, midnight
S2E7 - The Mummy / The Perfect Record / Grave Sitting / Murder on the Second Floor / They Towed My Car
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.
March 20, 1998, midnight
S2E8 - Kirby, Dust, Malibu Cop, A Joyful Noise & The Hooded Chair
"Kirby" - Ted is a special effects expert, experimenting with his favorite creation, a mechanical gorilla named Kirby. However, his cruel boss, Harry, demands he finishes Kirby or Ted is fired. That night, Kirby receives a malfunction and attacks Harry, causing him to fall down the stairs and break his neck. The police and Ted find his body, while Ted finds Kirby had somehow moved across the room. But how could that happen if Ted removed Kirby's Driver Board?
"Dust" - Two boys jog and help a young girl enter her home when she forgets to bring the key. One boy is hugely attracted to her. She never has any physical contanct with them, epecially when getting them lemonade. The next day they come the same house and discover it has been abandoned for 20 years since a girl commited suicide. They enter the house with a real estate agent, to find it dusty and full of webs and three sets of footprints and the imprints of three glasses on the table. What frightened them most is that one glass i
April 3, 1998, midnight
S2E9 - Rock and Roll Ears, The Bucket, The Bridesmaid, Voice from the Grave & The Chess Game
"Rock and Roll Ears" - Lionel was a music shop owner, one day, these 2 teenagers come in the shop and suddenly, one of the teens try out a guitar and Lionel tries to out rock-and-roll him, he does. Lionel was nearly deaf so he could barely hear the music he was playing. At night, the two teens come back for revenge, this time, they have an amp about the size of their van. They turn the volume up until the windows break. Lionel suddenly claims that he can hear again and starts laughing while the two teens leave.
"The Bucket" - A young farm family receives their weekly milk shipment from Gus, their elderly neighbor. The following week after a storm, the empty milk bucket starts moving on its own and later the lid flies off twice. The husband takes the bucket to Gus Hob's farm and finds him suffering from a stroke
"The Bridesmaid" - Lucy Robbins, always a bridesmaid, takes in her sister after the brother-in-law dies in a boat accident. Cory, Lucy's new cyber boyfriend turns out to be Al
April 17, 1998, midnight
S2E10 - The Motorcycle, Blind Man's Dog, Deer Hunters, Tribal Curse & The Card Game
"The Motorcycle" - Greg Hansen inherits his grandfather's horse ranch which has had all the horses sold off to pay medical bills except for his favorite "Nugget". Nugget helps locate an old motorcycle which Greg plans on selling to pay off some of the bills, but the motorcycle is worth more than a local dealer lends on..
"Blind Man's Dog" - Lloyd Week and his guide dog "Buff" are encouraged to move out after Buff howls each time an hour before a tenet in their apartment building dies. The last howling will signal the end of the clairvoyance.
"Deer Hunters" - Jed and a friend haven't had luck finding deer to shot with their high-powered bows. Jed decides to trespass on the Indian reservation and finally sees and shots at a deer. The deer runs away and Jed is stopped by his friend from pursuing, due to the sound of drums playing. Driving back, they see the deer in the road and try to run it over, however Jed is killed in the accident and the friend and police officer can't find the de
April 24, 1998, midnight
S2E11 - Bon Voyage/Man in the Model T/The Scoop/Angel on Board/Buenos Dias
A farmer takes drastic measures to create his own field of dreams.
May 1, 1998, midnight
S2E12 - Merry-Go-Round, Red-Eyed Creature, Used Car Salesman, Surveillance Camera & Graffiti
"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 death
July 17, 1998, midnight
S2E13 - The Warning, Bus Stop, The Cure, The Guardian & The Gift
"The Warning" - A couple goes into a hotel when the husband sees a man pushing a casket. Rob and his wife split up to look for the seminar room and he instead finds the casket and the casket salesman he saw earlier. The couple leaves and heads to the elevator to go downstairs. The salesman is on the elevator and Rob is afraid of him, not realizing his wife can’t see the man. The husband wants to take the stairs, when all of a sudden the elevator and all it’s passengers fall to their deaths. The salesman had saved the couple’s lives even though he was never found.
"Bus Stop" - Jerry Wright stops next to a bus stop and meets Terry and gives her a ride home. The next day he gets enough confidence to look for her to ask her out and meets her younger sister, Laura, who invites him inside. While looking at the pictures on the mantel, Laura recounts when Terry died almost eight years ago and Jerry pays dumb initially. After introducing himself, Laura tells him that Terry promised to send he
July 24, 1998, midnight
Network: FOX
Episode Runtime: 43 min.
Season Runtime: 1935 min.
Released: May 25, 1997
Last Air Date: Sept. 5, 2002, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-PG
Common sense age: 12+
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