Hoaxes?

[FanfromES]

A lot of years ago there was a show called "Its Incredible!", one day it presented a man who could move a pencil inside a glass box through his mind powers. Some time later, he appeared in "Believe or Not!" where his trick was debunked (he used his breath to move the pencil).

I guess if some of the cases showed in UM could have been hoaxes too...obviously i dont think the producers would have wanted the audience to know this so we'll never know if that was the situation.

I got at least 3 candidates of stories that i think were possibly false:

1. The girl who got telekinesis powers, i dont remember her name, but UM showed one picture of her levitating a phone. They mentioned too she was caught making some arrangements (wires perhaps?) and there was a photo of her doing that. I think she's in prison now for killing her own baby.

2. The Mann Family ghost. This was the story of the 300 pounds guy that was assaulted by his 90 pounds wife who was possesed by the ghost of Isabella. When I watched this episode i got the feeling each member of the family was smiling knowing they lied in national TV and got away with it!

3. A man who discovered he had a twin brother when people started telling him they had seen him in places he wasnt. He discovered he was adopted and then he looked for his lost brother. I dont think there's an update of this story so i think his brother never showed up. Maybe he died, maybe they didnt want to show the reunion for some reason, but i dont think the man never realized his brother was looking for him, after all, he lived in the same area and his picture was showed (well, his brother's who was identical). Or maybe he never existed. It was a good story, maybe too good to be true.

What do you think?

[Ireneparalegal]

The show was actually called "That's Incredible".

[PrettyinPink55]

Many people say the Heidi Wyrick case was a hoax...the little girl who claimed to be able to talk to the dead and identify people long gone.

And I do remember hearing about the telekinetic Tina Riesch, (sp?) I think it was, being a hoax. I remember that picture of the phone flying across the room too.

I know some people have mentioned other cases being revealed as hoaxes, but nothing else really sticks out to me right now...

[James T]

That has to be the funniest segment ever- even better than The Magic Rock, Megadeath dude behind the till selling cigarettes, Tin Foil Woman, The woman who was healed by little UFO'S, L'Enfant & The Wackers. The guy was obviously 300+ pounds of sex appeal to the other side and there were probably lots of dead women waiting to pounce on him.


[QUOTE=FanfromES]2. The Mann Family ghost. This was the story of the 300 pounds guy that was assaulted by his 90 pounds wife who was possesed by the ghost of Isabella. When I watched this episode i got the feeling each member of the family was smiling knowing they lied in national TV and got away with it!QUOTE]

[ididn'tdoit]

Well how about that family in Nevada and their TV ghost...

[Jediknight1823]

Originally Posted by James T

That has to be the funniest segment ever- even better than The Magic Rock, Megadeath dude behind the till selling cigarettes, Tin Foil Woman, The woman who was healed by little UFO'S, L'Enfant & The Wackers. The guy was obviously 300+ pounds of sex appeal to the other side and there were probably lots of dead women waiting to pounce on him.

But nothing can top the Sammy Wheeler segment.

Hoaxes, you've got Tin Foil Woman, Confess Your Crime, and Guardian.

[kamy]

Originally Posted by FanfromES

A lot of years ago there was a show called "Its Incredible!", one day it presented a man who could move a pencil inside a glass box through his mind powers. Some time later, he appeared in "Believe or Not!" where his trick was debunked (he used his breath to move the pencil).

I guess if some of the cases showed in UM could have been hoaxes too...obviously i dont think the producers would have wanted the audience to know this so we'll never know if that was the situation.

I got at least 3 candidates of stories that i think were possibly false:

1. The girl who got telekinesis powers, i dont remember her name, but UM showed one picture of her levitating a phone. They mentioned too she was caught making some arrangements (wires perhaps?) and there was a photo of her doing that. I think she's in prison now for killing her own baby.

2. The Mann Family ghost. This was the story of the 300 pounds guy that was assaulted by his 90 pounds wife who was possesed by the ghost of Isabella. When I watched this episode i got the feeling each member of the family was smiling knowing they lied in national TV and got away with it!

3. A man who discovered he had a twin brother when people started telling him they had seen him in places he wasnt. He discovered he was adopted and then he looked for his lost brother. I dont think there's an update of this story so i think his brother never showed up. Maybe he died, maybe they didnt want to show the reunion for some reason, but i dont think the man never realized his brother was looking for him, after all, he lived in the same area and his picture was showed (well, his brother's who was identical). Or maybe he never existed. It was a good story, maybe too good to be true.

What do you think?

The girl who was caught with the flying phone was proved to be a hoax and I believe is currently serving time in jail for the murder of her daughter. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

I always thought the Wyrick case was shady, but that is just me.

The case of the man with the twin who he was continually being confused with, struck me as odd, not becuase I felt it was a hoax but because the people who made the mistaken identity, you would have thought would have heard about or seen the UM, and if the missing brother was in such a close vicinity to the man, surely he would have been found.

I always liked the Georgia Rudolph case, the one where the woman had visions of her past life as Sandra Jenkins. I've heard rumors where this was proved as a hoax. Anyone know?

[James T]

Either I saw it many years ago when it was being shown here or I have never seen it as I did a search but it did not come up for any of the DVD'S and I have no idea what that case was.

Originally Posted by Jediknight1823

But nothing can top the Sammy Wheeler segment.

[wiseguy182]

Tina Resch admitted to faking one incident, but had a plausible explanation for it: some reporters were in her house and kept bugging them because they wanted to see an 'occurence', so to get them off their back, she staged an occurence. reporters can certainly be annoying at times, so i tend to believe the story. one fake incident does not mean all the rest were.

[crystaldawn]

Originally Posted by wiseguy182

Tina Resch admitted to faking one incident, but had a plausible explanation for it: some reporters were in her house and kept bugging them because they wanted to see an 'occurence', so to get them off their back, she staged an occurence. reporters can certainly be annoying at times, so i tend to believe the story. one fake incident does not mean all the rest were.

It seems like I read somewhere that after she broke her leg all these mysterious things stopped which would lend credence to the theory that she was faking which I tend to agree with. I wonder if she claims all these strange things are happening to her currently in prison.

[FanfromES]

I do think Tina Resch was faking the whole incident. She seemed a person who needed a lot of attention.

The "lost twin" story is perfecly posible but what make me think is false is the fact that if this person existed somebody could have located him.

I agree with Confess a crime and Guardian been hoaxes too, but i dont know about Tin Foil Woman or this Sammy Wheeler person. What were their stories?

Dont forget Rainboy.

[wiseguy182]

I'm changing my mind and say Tina Resch is a fake. I wouldn't say the segment was totally worthless, though. I always get a kick out of seeing the appliances malfunction and the eggs going through the refrigerator.

[pardilia]

Originally Posted by FanfromES

The "lost twin" story is perfecly posible but what make me think is false is the fact that if this person existed somebody could have located him.

I agree. I know I'm an 'only child' (at least of my parents together!), but I've been asked a couple of times in public if I'm one of two other names, and one time when I told someone that I wasn't, they acted as if I was lying to them!

It was really bizarre, but the only chance I have of other siblings would be through my father, and I don't really look much like anyone on his side of the family...

It could have just been a case of two men with similar coloring, similar haircuts, and similar clothing style...most people don't really recall much beyond that.

(I should mention, though, that an old friend found a half-sibling he was unaware of while he was taking college classes, so anything is possible!)

[Jediknight1823]

Originally Posted by FanfromES

I agree with Confess a crime and Guardian been hoaxes too, but i dont know about Tin Foil Woman or this Sammy Wheeler person. What were their stories?

Confess Your Crime was proven to be a hoax, so I cheated with that one. Guardian, while I believe in UFOs and extraterrestrial life, was a hoax.

Sammy Wheeler was someone who was murdered. It wasn't a hoax, I was just saying that nothing can top it in terms of how funny it was. Seriously the segment was 3 people accusing each other of the murder. You have to see it to believe it, you'll be laughing your Air Wheelers off.

Tin Foil Woman was a woman who claimed to be psychic and would sweat tin foil and cry diamonds.

[Todd Mueller]

Originally Posted by Jediknight1823

Tin Foil Woman was a woman who claimed to be psychic and would sweat tin foil and cry diamonds.

Katie... that was a hoot. Honest to freaking God... sweating tin foil? Crying diamonds?!?

If she can cry diamonds, then Tom Shane from the Shane Company is going to put her in a room full of onions and tell her to "Get choppin'!"

Good grief.

Hoaxes are funny....