History YMMV / BeyondBeliefFactOrFiction

* GrowingTheBeard: The first season was not exactly bad, but the show's more memorable segments (and [[IncrediblyLamePun groan-worthy puns]]) started when Creator/JonathanFrakes (the TropeNamer himself) was cast as the host in the second season.

** The segment "The Newsstand" features a young Justin Chatwin, years before ''Series/ShamelessUS'', ''Series/AnotherLife2019'' and ''Film/DragonballEvolution'' (the last one he'd likely wish was more obscure than this).
** The segment "Shared Vision" features a young Kristen Prout, years before ''Film/{{Elektra}}'' and ''Series/KyleXY''.

** It's also common to compare these question montages to the infamous "Timmy" scenes from ''Film/Airplane!''.

** It's also common to compare these question montages to the infamous "Timmy" scenes from '''Film/Airplane!'''.

* SpiritualSuccessor: To ''Series/OneStepBeyond'', which was also a GenreAnthology based on allegedly true stories of the paranormal.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: ''Beyond Belief'' was a relatively popular show in Germany (called "X-Factor") during its run, perhaps even more so than in its parent country the United States. It has aired on Sundays for the last ''17 years'' due to its constant high popularity. In fact, it's so popular in Germany that the show was revived in 2021, with the show now produced and set in Germany (except for Frakes' introductions, which are recorded in Los Angeles). ''The Paranormal Borderline'' and ''Scariest Places on Earth'' were also advertised as being part of the show, but were soon ditched in Germany as the format proved too different and thus unpopular.

* RecycledScript: A large number of stories follow this basic formula: the spirit of a dead person warns someone of an impending doom, rescues someone in danger, or exacts revenge on the person who killed them. Another common theme is an apparently inanimate object coming to life (an animatronic gorilla, mannequins, a wax figure, a rubber hand, a doll). This doesn't make the stories poorly-written or unenjoyable, just similar.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: ''Beyond Belief'' was a relatively popular show in Germany (called "X-Factor") during it's run, perhaps even more so than in its parent country the United States. It has aired on Sundays for the last ''17 years'' due to its constant high popularity. In fact, it's so popular in Germany that the show was revived in 2021, with the show now produced and set in Germany (except for Frakes' introductions, which are recorded in Los Angeles). ''The Paranormal Borderline'' and ''Scariest Places on Earth'' were also advertised as being part of the show, but were soon ditched in Germany as the format proved too different and thus unpopular.

* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: ''Beyond Belief'' was a relatively popular show in Germany (called "X-Factor") during it's run, perhaps even more so than in it's parent country the United States. It has aired on Sundays for the last ''17 years'' due to its constant high popularity. ''The Paranormal Borderline'' and ''Scariest Places on Earth'' were also advertised as being part of the show, but were soon ditched in Germany as the format proved too different and thus unpopular.

** Anatole. Who can possibly look into those defenseless looking eyes and not feel instant sympathy? May also count as WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds considering the events that follow.

* GrowingTheBeard: The first season was not exactly bad, but the show's more memorable segments (and [[IncrediblyLamePun groan-worthy puns]]) started when Jonathan Frakes (the TropeNamer himself) was cast as the host in the second season.

* MemeticMutation: It's become a popular practice to edit clips of Jonathan Frakes' segments into rapid-fire compilations of him saying certain things for 47 second (and it ''has'' to be 47 seconds). It started in earnest with [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM-e46xdcUo "Jonathan Frakes telling you you're wrong for 47 seconds"]], then quickly expanded to him doing other things, like [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC3FhA3_DDs asking rhetorical questions]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxPSApAHakg interrogating you]] and, yes, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MCT80HJWQ2A telling you you're RIGHT]]. Frakes himself [[https://twitter.com/jonathansfrakes/status/1118964356337680384 shared]] one of the videos on Twitter and said that he's "proud to be a meme."

** The story "The Candidate". During a senatorial debate at a hotel, a dishonest political candidate suddenly CannotTellALie, unwittingly endorses his opponent, and blows the election. What made him do it? It turns out the hotel at which the debate took place was recently renamed the Lincoln Hotel, meaning it must have been Honest Abe's spirit that intervened, of course. One of the more farfetched and unintentionally hilarious stories.

-->''"I'm Milo Younstun, and I want you to leave my '''Cassy''' alone."''

-->'''Talbot''': I will not be destroyed by a chair!

** The widow in "Epitaph" was portrayed as a heartless shrew just because she didn't want to spend tens of thousands of dollars for an elaborate tombstone for her dead husband. While the stonecutter was written to be empathetic, a case could be made that he was just a busybody sticking his nose into a situation that was none of his business.

* HilariousInHindsight: "Kirby" involves an animatronic gorilla seemingly coming to life at night to kill a human being, over 10 years before the popular ''VideoGame/FiveNightsAtFreddys'' franchise debuted.