History Series / BeyondBeliefFactOrFiction

** One of the better segments: ''Titan'', subverts this trope. The story was about a guy who wrote a book detailing the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything events of a ship called the Titan crashing and sinking due to an iceberg]] fourteen years before the actual Titanic sank. The actual [[http://www.amazon.com/Wreck-Titan-Futility-Morgan-Robertson/dp/0899668216 book]], which is available through Amazon, more or less ''is'' eerily similar to the events of Titanic.

* EveryEpisodeEnding: Creator/JonathanFrakes always delivered a pun at the end of every story, which always related to the story's theme or content. The only time he ''didn't'' do this was in the case of a woman and her daughter being reunited with the woman's [[spoiler: long-lost mother, a [[UnacceptableTarget a Holocaust survivor.]]]]

* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: A couple of the stories during the first season were simply narrated by the host like a campfire tale instead of being filmed for us to see ourselves. Perhaps this was due a lack of budget.

** There was another one about a woman's mother disappearing from a hospital room. According to ''{{WebSite/Snopes}}'', its centuries-old, but again Beyond Belief presented it as "fact."

* EveryEpisodeEnding: Creator/JonathanFrakes always delivered a pun at the end of every story, which always related to the story's theme or content.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The recently deceased hero of the segment, "Where Have All The Heroes Gone" is a western actor named Lash Connors. However, several details about his life, IE a death by gunshot ruled suicide but believed by many to be murder, the fact that he died right before slated to make a comeback in a new TV show, and that he played a beloved character that stood for justice, seem to indicate that he was actually based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reeves George Reeves,]] who reportedly does still [[http://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2010/11/tv-superman-george-reeves-still-haunts.html haunt the house where he died.]] Not unlike Lash, his spirit also been seen in full costume. [[spoiler: Since the segment was labeled true, it would indicate that the real story was about Reeves and the writers tweaked the details to avoid any legal issues.]]

** One of the better segments, ''Titan'', subverts this trope. The story was about a guy who wrote a book detailing the [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything events of a ship called the Titan crashing and sinking due to an iceberg]] fourteen years before the actual Titanic sank. The actual [[http://www.amazon.com/Wreck-Titan-Futility-Morgan-Robertson/dp/0899668216 book]], which is available through Amazon, more or less ''is'' eerily similar to the events of Titanic.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The recently deceased hero of the segment, "Where Have All The Heroes Gone" is a western actor named Lash Connors. However, several details about his life, IE a death by gunshot ruled suicide but believed by many to be murder, the fact that he died right before slated to make a comeback in a new TV show, and that he played a beloved character that stood for justice, seem to indicate that he was actually based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reeves George Reeves.]], who reportedly does still [[http://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2010/11/tv-superman-george-reeves-still-haunts.html haunt the house where he died.]] Not unlike Lash, his spirit also been seen in full costume. [[spoiler: Since the segment was labeled true, it would indicate that the real story was about Reeves and the writers tweaked the details to avoid any legal issues.]]

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* BeethovenWasAnAlienSpy: NapoleonBonaparte sat in ''[[ArtifactOfDoom The Hooded Chair]]'' before he lost at Waterloo.

''[[Series/BeyondBeliefFactOrFiction Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction?]]'' (usually shortened to simply ''Beyond Belief'') was an anthology TV show that ran for four seasons on {{FOX}} from the years 1997-2002. Each episode featured five short stories that involved unbelievable coincidences or the paranormal, and viewers were challenged to judge which were InspiredBy real events and which were entirely fictional. The show was hosted by James Brolin for the first season and by ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' alumnus Creator/JonathanFrakes thereafter. Although some of the stories, even factual ones, were extremely far-fetched and the acting was incredibly cheesy at times, it remains a cult favorite and a great source of nostalgia for anyone who watched it during its original run.

* ShoutOut: In one episode, a character is reading aloud from a ''{{Goosebumps}}'' book.

* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: The first season was released on DVD in August of 2007, but no other seasons have been released. The show does air on the Chiller Channel in the US but very sporadically.

* TheOtherDarrin: The show was originally hosted by James Brolin before Creator/JonathanFrakes took over.

** There was another one about a woman's mother disappearing from a hospital room. According to [[http://www.snopes.com Snopes]], its centuries-old, but again Beyond Belief presented it as "fact."

* TwinTelepathy: A set of identical twins (both played by JewelStaite) were able to sense the other's pain, and one was able to use this sense to save the other's life when she was in a serious car accident.

''[[Series/BeyondBeliefFactOrFiction Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction?]]'' (usually shortened to simply ''Beyond Belief'') was an anthology TV show that ran for four seasons on {{FOX}} from the years 1997-2002. Each episode featured five short stories that involved unbelievable coincidences or the paranormal, and viewers were challenged to judge which were InspiredBy real events and which were entirely fictional. The show was hosted by James Brolin for the first season and by ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' alumnus JonathanFrakes thereafter. Although some of the stories, even factual ones, were extremely far-fetched and the acting was incredibly cheesy at times, it remains a cult favorite and a great source of nostalgia for anyone who watched it during its original run.

* EveryEpisodeEnding: Jonathan Frakes always delivered a pun at the end of every story, which always related to the story's theme or content.

* TheOtherDarrin: The show was originally hosted by James Brolin before Jonathan Frakes took over.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The recently deceased hero of the segment, "Where Have All The Heroes Gone" is a western actor named Lash Connors. However, several details about his life, IE a death by gunshot ruled suicide but believed by many to be murder, the fact that he died right before slated to make a comeback in a new TV show, and that he played a beloved character that stood for justice, seem to indicate that he was actually based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reeves George Reeves.]], who reportedly does still [[http://www.phantomsandmonsters.com/2010/11/tv-superman-george-reeves-still-haunts.html haunt the house where he died.]] Not unlike Lash, his spirit also been seen in full costume. [[spoiler: Since the segment was labeled true, it would indicate that the real story was about Reeves and the writers tweaked the details to avoid any legal issues.).]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The recently deceased hero of the segment, "Where Have All The Heroes Gone" is a western actor named Lash Connors. However, several details about his life, IE a death by gunshot ruled suicide but believed by many to be murder, the fact that he died right before slated to make a comeback in a new TV show, and that he played a beloved character that stood for justice, seem to indicate that he was actually based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reeves George Reeves.]] [[spoiler: Since the segment was labeled true, it would indicate that the real story was about Reeves and the writers tweaked the details to avoid any legal issues.).]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The recently deceased hero of the segment, "Where Have All The Heroes Gone" is a western actor named Lash Connors. However, several details about his life, IE a death by gunshot ruled suicide but believed by many to be murder, the fact that he died right before slated to make a comeback in a new TV show, and that he played a beloved character that stood for justice, seem to indicate that he was actually based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reeves George Reeves.]] [[spoiler: Since the segment was labeled true, it would indicate that the "real" story was about Reeves and the writers tweaked the details to avoid any legal issues.).]]

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The recently deceased hero of the segment, "Where Have All The Heroes Gone" is a western actor named Lash Connors. However, several details about his life, IE a death by gunshot ruled suicide but believed by many to be murder, the fact that he died right before slated to make a comeback in a new TV show, and that he played a beloved character that stood for justice, seem to indicate that he was actually based on [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Reeves George Reeves.]] [[spoiler: Since the segment was labeled true, it would indicate that the "real" story was about about Reeves and the writers tweaked the details to avoid any copyright problems.).]]

* DonLaFontaine: And yes, he does say "In a world."

* HeyItsThatGuy: David Kaye (who played [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Megatron]] [[UnicronTrilogy twice]] and [[TransformersAnimated Optimus Prime]] twice) plays a husband in one story.
** Also Sara Paxton and Kirsten Prout made appearances before becoming young stars as children in two different stories.
** [[AmericanDragonJakeLong Dante Basco]] plays a ghost student in one episode.
** [[{{CSI}} Lauren Lee Smith]] is in one segment (and another featured a guy who may or may not have been Gerald [=McCulloch=]).
** After Season 3, DonLaFontaine was replaced with [[WesternAnimation/BeastWars Protoform X]], who also appeared in the segment "The Cigar Box" as [[spoiler: the ghost]].
** [[HeyItsThatVoice Maggie O'Hara and Meghan Black]] also star in segments of their own. There was also one with [[LeaveItToBeaver Tony Dow]]. Seriously.
** Self-proclaimed "big minor celebrity" Rachel Reenstra appeared in one episode.
** Paul Gleason from TheBreakfastClub and ''Film/DieHard'' had a role in one story called "Creepy Comics".
** ChristopherTitus (who had [[{{Titus}} his own show on FOX for a time]]) played the heir to a struggling ranch.
** Angus Scrimm(the Tall Man from {{Film/Phantasm}}) played a misanthropic drunken gravedigger in "The Gravedigger's Nemesis".
** JewelStaite [[ActingForTwo acted for two]] as both of a pair of identical twins with TwinTelepathy.

''[[BeyondBeliefFactOrFiction Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction?]]'' (usually shortened to simply ''Beyond Belief'') was an anthology TV show that ran for four seasons on {{FOX}} from the years 1997-2002. Each episode featured five short stories that involved unbelievable coincidences or the paranormal, and viewers were challenged to judge which were InspiredBy real events and which were entirely fictional. The show was hosted by James Brolin for the first season and by ''Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration'' alumnus JonathanFrakes thereafter. Although some of the stories, even factual ones, were extremely far-fetched and the acting was incredibly cheesy at times, it remains a cult favorite and a great source of nostalgia for anyone who watched it during its original run.