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* CastTheExpert: "The Wrestler" segment casts professional wrestler Terry Funk in the lead role.


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

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** There was another one about a woman's mother disappearing from a hospital hotel room. According to ''Website/{{Snopes}}'', it's centuries-old, but again ''Beyond Belief'' presented it as fact.
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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: During its original run in the US, the show often struggled in the ratings because Fox typically aired the show on [[FridayNightDeathSlot Friday nights]] during the summer months.

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* ScrewedByTheNetwork: During its original run in the US, the show often struggled in the ratings because Fox typically aired the show on [[FridayNightDeathSlot Friday nights]] during the summer months.months, and would often go weeks between airing episodes.
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* FalselyAdvertisedAccuracy:
** One episode presents the "Bride-to-be steals wedding gown from corpse, dies from toxic embalming fluid soaking into her skin" story, an urban legend dating back over half a century, as fact.
** There was another one about a woman's mother disappearing from a hospital room. According to ''Website/{{Snopes}}'', it's centuries-old, but again ''Beyond Belief'' presented it as fact.

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