Favorite Story - Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (1997) Discussion

[–] agswain1987 14 years ago

this question should have at least a hundred answers by now

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[–] IHealy05 14 years ago

Just because of the historical ties to it, I love Mysterious Strangers, the story about Frank and Jesse James helping the old lady.

I was very happy, albeit skeptical, to see that it was fact.

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[–] luckyluvr22 14 years ago

The one where the woman went to a funeral that nobody else went to,and she got the guy's money.

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[–] thereseuphemiaabernathy 13 years ago

I think the reason is that this is so incredibly difficult to answer! ;) I don't think I could ever pick a single favorite from the dozens of standouts on this show...some are particularly moving, some are wonderfully chilling, and some just combine a lot of memories, feelings, and associations--representing to me the show's overall magic. That's why it would be so tough to name my "favorite story." ^^'

I like you, Um. I like largeness...

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[–] agswain1987 13 years ago

The only complete season ive seen is the first season, because I have it on dvd, I wish they would put seasons 2, 3 and 4 out on dvd too, I really shouldn't have ever asked what other people's favorite story or episode is because I haven't seen most of them myself.

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[–] PopSixSquish 13 years ago

Aw, that's okay! I own the complete series because years ago I was able to buy it on iOffer.com. I'm not sure whether there are any copies available anymore. They definitely should have released the other three season on official DVDs; why they started and then quit right away, I may never know. I did buy Season 4 from a German website because, for whatever reason, that was the only season that had been officially sold in Germany. The listing said that it included an English language track--alas, it doesn't. D: But, at least that means I've got a German copy of the one story missing from my complete set ("The Old Bike.") At any rate, I hope you're able to somehow see the rest of the show as soon as possible, whether on TV or a recording. :)

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[–] TheSchmoo 14 years ago

I like the one where the guy thinks he's a werewolf in the mental hospital and gets locked in a padded room and tears it up. I'm waiting for it to show up again on Chiller, but to no avail.

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[–] alriclover1 13 years ago

The one where the woman dies and her husbands rescues her from the grave. She ends up giving birth to Robert E. Lee after that.

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[–] thereseuphemiaabernathy 11 years ago

All right, this really SHOULD have had a hundred answers, at least. I went ahead and picked a lot of favorites from each season, totaling 134...

S1:
1. The Apparition
2. The Subway
3. Cup of Joe
4. On the Road
5. Wheezer
6. The Diner
7. Secret of the Family Tomb
8. Mystery Lock
9. Kid in the Closet
10. Number One With a Bullet
11. The Viewing
12. Toy to the Rescue
13. The Magic Rose Garden
14. The Prophecy
15. Couch Potato
16. The Tractor
17. The Candlestick

S2:
18. Town of Remembrance
19. The Getaway
20. The Land
21. The Caller
22. The Bucket
23. Bright Lights
24. Dead Friday
25. Murder on the Second Floor
26. Malibu Cop
27. Graffiti
28. Surveillance Camera
29. The House on Barry Ave.
30. Red-Eyed Creature
31. The Hooded Chair
32. Grave Sitting
33. The Merry-Go-Round
34. The Wall
35. A Joyful Noise
36. They Towed My Car
37. The Chess Game
38. The Warning
39. The Motorcycle
40. The Portrait
41. Titan
42. The Card Game
43. The Scoop
44. The Girl Next Door
45. Bon Voyage
46. Blind Man's Dog
47. The Gift
48. Count Mystery
49. Escape
50. The Pass
51. The Gun
52. The Plane

S3:
53. Gravedigger's Nemesis
54. Precious
55. The Gathering
56. The Horn
57. One For the Road
58. Last Rites
59. The Ice Box
60. Halloween
61. Trucker
62. Creepy Comics
63. Get Your Kicks at Motel 66
64. Epitaph
65. Cook-Out
66. Screwdriver
67. Mirror of Truth
68. The Bloody Hand
69. Phantom Drifter
70. The Nightmare
71. Stitches in Time
72. The Sewing Machine
73. Connie
74. The Sleepwalker
75. The Cake
76. Gratuity
77. Two Sisters
78. The Wailing
79. The Find
80. The Golden Cue
81. Ring Toss
82. Where Have All the Heroes Gone
83. The Landlady
84. For the Record
85. Wax Executioner
86. Blood Bank
87. Damsel
88. The Burial
89. Anatole
90. Ghost Town
91. Eclipse
92. The Handyman
93. The Stalker

S4:
94. House of Shadows
95. Room 245
96. The Doll
97. The Mystery of Douglas Hibbard
98. The Grave
99. The Mandarin's Bowl
100. When I Was Big
101. Second Sight
102. Who Was I
103. The Phrenologist's Head
104. The Hand
105. Mail Order Degree
106. Hot Car
107. Hubert's Curse
108. The Witness
109. Terror Night
110. Mental
111. Bad Dreams
112. The Battered Doll
113. You Are Next
114. Teasdale's Motor Car
115. Night Walker
116. The Wrong Turn
117. The Vigil
118. Tants
119. The Murder of Roy Hennessey
120. The Flower Jury
121. The Music Teacher
122. Poker Justice
123. The Bridge
124. Crypt Ghost
125. The Cigar Box
126. Aspen Sunny Side
127. Moonstruck Beach
128. Witness to Murder
129. Seven Hours of Bad Luck
130. Mysterious Strangers
131. The Greedy Investor
132. The Wealthy Widow
133. Out of Service
134. The Old Bike
135. The Mentor

I guess I want to say that Town of Remembrance is my overall #1 favorite. I just love it; so memorable. It really sums up what I love about the show. It's well acted, very eerie...a cool, haunting story with a great twist and a lot of good lines. Love that diner with the old-fashioned gas station in front, and the cemetery, etc. Kinda cute, a bit funny...it was always one that I really liked. But, again...soooo many awesome segments, and there's not a one of the 225 total that I don't love! Whether the story was fact or fiction never seemed to have any bearing on how good the segment was; all were produced with the same effort to make them as cool as possible.

Saluki mom

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[–] agswain1987 11 years ago

Yeah this show is one of the best shows of all time, I could never get tired of watching it, even the episodes ive seen over and over again, if you know where I can get seasons 2-4 on dvd please let me know.

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[–] thereseuphemiaabernathy 11 years ago

http://www.ioffer.com/search/items/BEYOND%20BELIEF%20FACT%20FICTION

The entire series is still available on DVD--from several different sellers at different prices, it seems. All the prices are very low for an entire series! :D

And yeah, I couldn't agree more! I'm a little past the middle of re-watching it now...don't know how many times I've seen it, but it never ever gets old or boring...such a joy to put on.

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[–] agswain1987 11 years ago

Thankyou very much! , I thought I would never find the other three seasons, I had never heard of ioffer.com until now, it seems alot like Amazon.com which is where I bought the first season.

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[–] thereseuphemiaabernathy 11 years ago

No problem! iOffer is essentially the exact same thing as eBay, actually, so I still have no idea at all why it exists, lol. But for some reason, some sellers must prefer it to eBay, and that's where the Beyond Belief DVDs have always been sold. I was so grateful to whomever told me that a bunch of years back when I ordered my set, because otherwise I'd have been trying to record the whole show off of TV myself--and that would have been a bit of a pain. It stinks that Season 1 was the only officially released one, I know. (Well, in English, anyway. Season 4 was released in German, but when I bought THAT set, I learned that it DIDN'T include the promised English-language track.) They did that, then conked out...didn't even get to Jonathan Frakes, the BB poster boy. :P

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