1 00:00:01,980 --> 00:00:04,540 My name is Earl. 2 00:00:04,650 --> 00:00:07,710 [Earl Narrating] Ernie's Crab Shack was named after three things: 3 00:00:07,820 --> 00:00:09,720 The food they're most famous for... 4 00:00:09,820 --> 00:00:13,250 the type ofbuilding it was and the owner- Ernie Belcher. 5 00:00:13,350 --> 00:00:16,080 And after 54 years ofbeing in business... 6 00:00:16,190 --> 00:00:18,320 the crabs and the Shack are still around... 7 00:00:18,430 --> 00:00:20,520 but old Ernie's been missin'for years. 8 00:00:20,630 --> 00:00:23,890 And until today, we never thought we'd find out what happened to him. 9 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,660 It's comin' on! Oh, my God! It's comin' on! 10 00:00:26,770 --> 00:00:30,570 It's comin' on, it's comin' on, it's comin' on, it's comin' on. 11 00:00:30,670 --> 00:00:32,830 Our Inside Probe is finally comin' on. 12 00:00:32,940 --> 00:00:35,140 - Man, I can't believe they're finally gonna air that. - [TVOn] 13 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,340 It's been, like, eight years. I wonder what took 'em so long. 14 00:00:38,450 --> 00:00:41,510 Actually, that's my fault. Now that I'm no longer in Witness Protection... 15 00:00:41,620 --> 00:00:43,520 I was able to finally sign the release papers. 16 00:00:43,620 --> 00:00:45,310 Next week, my Wheel of Fortune will air. 17 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:47,980 All day long with that Witness Protection mess. 18 00:00:48,090 --> 00:00:49,490 How long you gonna milk that thing? 19 00:00:49,590 --> 00:00:51,580 We all got stories we're proud of. 20 00:00:51,690 --> 00:00:53,590 I went to the prom as a sixth grader. 21 00:00:53,690 --> 00:00:56,360 Now shut up. It's startin'. 22 00:00:56,460 --> 00:01:00,460 ## [Theme: Synthesizer, Piano] 23 00:01:00,570 --> 00:01:02,970 Hi. I'm Geraldo Rivera sitting in for Stone Phillips... 24 00:01:03,070 --> 00:01:05,940 who's recovering from some pretty serious plastic surgery. 25 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:08,470 Welcome to another edition of Inside Probe. 26 00:01:08,580 --> 00:01:11,600 Eight years ago, we visited the small town of Camden... 27 00:01:11,710 --> 00:01:15,080 where a search for the missing owner of a seafood restaurant... 28 00:01:15,180 --> 00:01:17,810 uncovers some fishy details... 29 00:01:17,920 --> 00:01:20,320 and an ocean of possibilities. 30 00:01:20,420 --> 00:01:23,480 Tonight on Inside Probe- a small-town bar. 31 00:01:23,590 --> 00:01:26,920 A likable restaurant owner, Ernie Belcher, disappears. 32 00:01:27,030 --> 00:01:30,260 Was it murder? And if so, who did it? 33 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:33,460 Why would someone want Ernie Belcher out of the picture? 34 00:01:33,570 --> 00:01:36,870 What surprises do the local police have in store for them? 35 00:01:36,970 --> 00:01:39,130 And what is this guy talking about? 36 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:43,140 Two days to find a way to get four Floridas on time... 37 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:46,410 and ride out of here for where you and your sister's bedpost... 38 00:01:46,510 --> 00:01:49,480 wanted me to go in the first place. 39 00:01:49,580 --> 00:01:53,420 Join us for the next 30 minutes as we probe inside the case... 40 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:56,820 of the disappearance of the Crab Shack's Ernie Belcher... 41 00:01:56,920 --> 00:01:59,550 in "Claws of Death: Unknown." 42 00:02:06,170 --> 00:02:08,930 It's back on! It's back on! 43 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:12,730 ## [Theme Plays] 44 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,600 To fully understand the disappearance of Ernie Belcher... 45 00:02:15,710 --> 00:02:18,540 first you have to understand the town of Camden. 46 00:02:18,650 --> 00:02:20,550 And to understand the town of Camden... 47 00:02:20,650 --> 00:02:23,170 you have to understand the people who live here... 48 00:02:23,280 --> 00:02:25,910 in this town nestled in the heart of America. 49 00:02:26,020 --> 00:02:27,720 - [Horn Honks] - [Earl] Hey, "Gerardo"! 50 00:02:27,820 --> 00:02:31,190 - [Bleeps] you! - [Both Laughing] 51 00:02:31,290 --> 00:02:34,020 [Geraldo Narrating] Earl Jehosophat Hickey. 52 00:02:34,130 --> 00:02:36,030 Born and raised in Camden County... 53 00:02:36,130 --> 00:02:38,890 Earl epitomizes the Camden experience. 54 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,990 Brought into the world as an innocent young child... 55 00:02:42,100 --> 00:02:45,400 full ofhopes and dreams, only to eventually realize... 56 00:02:45,510 --> 00:02:48,530 he is stuck in this dead-end town for the rest ofhis life. 57 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:50,540 Hope turns to despair. 58 00:02:50,640 --> 00:02:52,540 And often in towns like this... 59 00:02:52,650 --> 00:02:54,910 - crime is seen as the only way out. - [Siren Wails] 60 00:02:55,020 --> 00:02:57,850 - And Mr. Hickey is no stranger to crime... - [Police Radio Chatter] 61 00:02:57,950 --> 00:03:00,390 With 77 misdemeanors under his belt. 62 00:03:00,490 --> 00:03:03,180 Hickey steals anything he can get his hands on... 63 00:03:03,290 --> 00:03:05,590 including, apparently, one of our cameras. 64 00:03:05,690 --> 00:03:08,090 Whoo-hoo! Look at me! 65 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,630 I'm Gerardo! [Laughs] 66 00:03:10,730 --> 00:03:13,260 And when he's not committing petty thefts... 67 00:03:13,370 --> 00:03:16,460 he's at his favorite restaurant, Ernie's Crab Shack... 68 00:03:16,570 --> 00:03:19,510 enjoying his favorite food-beer. 69 00:03:20,670 --> 00:03:23,700 Everyone loved Ernie. He was funny. 70 00:03:23,810 --> 00:03:26,610 Sometimes when you weren't lookin', he'd drop a peanut in your beer. 71 00:03:26,710 --> 00:03:28,610 Then when you'd get to the end of your beer... 72 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:31,910 you'd be, like, "Whoa, where'd that peanut come from?" 73 00:03:32,020 --> 00:03:34,450 Sure enough, every time, you'd look up... 74 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,650 and there'd be old Ernie with a smile on his face. 75 00:03:36,760 --> 00:03:39,490 Like that dude who ate a canary. 76 00:03:39,590 --> 00:03:41,490 [Geraldo Narrating] Randy Hickey- 77 00:03:41,600 --> 00:03:44,760 the younger and, if you can believe it, stupider brother of Earl Hickey. 78 00:03:44,870 --> 00:03:49,130 Randall Doo Hickey was Camden County's first ever... 79 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:51,530 unintentional underwater birth. 80 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:54,610 At an early age, he developed a love for guns... 81 00:03:54,710 --> 00:03:57,110 smashing things with shovels... 82 00:03:57,210 --> 00:03:59,510 and balancing things on his head. 83 00:03:59,610 --> 00:04:02,380 But eventually, Randy turned to crime as well. 84 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:05,610 Also with 77 misdemeanors under his belt... 85 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:10,380 Randy is a classic example of"Dummy see, dummy do." 86 00:04:10,490 --> 00:04:14,860 Like everyone in this town, Randy has his own fond memories of Ernie. 87 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,490 Ernie taught me how to tie my shoes. 88 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,730 I've known him for a long time- almost two years. 89 00:04:20,830 --> 00:04:23,460 Ernie used to let me play the claw machine for free. 90 00:04:23,570 --> 00:04:27,200 But if I got a prize bigger than my fist, I had to throw it back. 91 00:04:27,310 --> 00:04:30,330 I don't know where he went, but I'm sure he'll come home soon. 92 00:04:30,440 --> 00:04:33,640 Sometimes people just go away for a while. 93 00:04:33,750 --> 00:04:36,220 Aliens take 'em for a ride on their spaceship. 94 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:38,550 I'm always on the lookout for aliens. 95 00:04:38,650 --> 00:04:40,550 I'm not scared of'em. 96 00:04:40,650 --> 00:04:43,320 I just wanna make sure I don't miss my turn to take a ride. 97 00:04:43,420 --> 00:04:47,260 Randy! Are those your toenails in the ice cube tray? 98 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:50,820 [Geraldo Narrating] Joy Farrah Hickey- wife of Earl Hickey. 99 00:04:50,930 --> 00:04:54,700 Born Joy Farrah Darville, this blonde-haired, blue-eyed beauty... 100 00:04:54,800 --> 00:04:57,000 always had dreams of stardom. 101 00:04:57,100 --> 00:05:02,010 But when those dreams faded, she, too, turned to a life of crime. 102 00:05:02,110 --> 00:05:04,840 This low-rent Bonnie to Hickey's half-wit Clyde... 103 00:05:04,950 --> 00:05:09,250 has a rap sheet with crimes ranging from impersonating the handicapped... 104 00:05:09,350 --> 00:05:12,680 huffing stolen paint and robbing the Afro Hut. 105 00:05:12,790 --> 00:05:16,880 We caught up with Joy at her home in the Pimmit Hills Trailer Park. 106 00:05:17,930 --> 00:05:19,830 [Joy] I knew Ernie... 107 00:05:19,930 --> 00:05:22,450 but I didn't know Ernie as good as everybody else. 108 00:05:22,560 --> 00:05:25,090 I'm not originally from Camden. 109 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:29,030 I grew up one town over, in Nathanville- much classier. 110 00:05:29,140 --> 00:05:32,470 My family owns a very successful water bed business. 111 00:05:32,570 --> 00:05:34,800 Anyway, Ernie was cool. 112 00:05:34,910 --> 00:05:39,000 One time, this drunk guy tried to dry-hump me in the parking lot- 113 00:05:39,110 --> 00:05:42,480 - [Heavy Breathing] - while I was bendin'over picking up this nickel I found. 114 00:05:42,580 --> 00:05:45,280 Ernie sprayed him with a water hose. 115 00:05:45,390 --> 00:05:48,250 He was always there for his customers. 116 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:49,950 Oh, yeah. Ernie. 117 00:05:50,060 --> 00:05:53,960 That crazy son of a bitch was always sprayin' me with a hose. 118 00:05:54,060 --> 00:05:55,960 [Geraldo Narrating] If you recognize this man... 119 00:05:56,060 --> 00:06:00,120 you may be among the dozens who have enjoyed his work on the small screen. 120 00:06:00,230 --> 00:06:03,400 He is Camden County's own TV's Tim Stack. 121 00:06:03,500 --> 00:06:05,600 Supposedly born in Camden County... 122 00:06:05,710 --> 00:06:09,970 Tim was found naked, except for a diaper, in a cucumber patch. 123 00:06:10,080 --> 00:06:12,340 He was 14 years old. 124 00:06:12,450 --> 00:06:16,040 Taken in by former FatherJoe and former Father Ed... 125 00:06:16,150 --> 00:06:20,020 Tim has blocked out nearly every memory ofhis childhood... 126 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,520 and now considers himself to have a healthy addiction to vodka. 127 00:06:23,620 --> 00:06:25,850 I liked Ernie. We had a deal. 128 00:06:25,960 --> 00:06:29,550 I used to do a little dinner theater here a couple nights a week... 129 00:06:29,660 --> 00:06:32,760 and he wouldn't bother me when I needed to use the bathroom... 130 00:06:32,870 --> 00:06:35,800 to, uh, "powder my nose"... 131 00:06:35,900 --> 00:06:38,930 with a little white lightning. 132 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:42,200 Let's just say it used to snow a lot back in the day. 133 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:45,300 I'm talking about cocaine. 134 00:06:47,280 --> 00:06:49,580 Tim, man, what was that pill you gave me? 135 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:52,020 I don't know. What color was it? 136 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:54,750 Is this real life, man? 137 00:06:54,860 --> 00:06:56,910 Is it gonna be like this forever? 138 00:06:57,020 --> 00:06:59,790 [Screaming] 139 00:06:59,890 --> 00:07:02,560 [Geraldo Narrating] Wilfrid Dierkes- Tim Stack's agent. 140 00:07:02,660 --> 00:07:05,630 Wilfrid Dierkes was a weird little kid... 141 00:07:05,730 --> 00:07:08,500 who grew into a morbidly obese teenager... 142 00:07:08,600 --> 00:07:11,400 who shrunk back into a weird little adult. 143 00:07:11,510 --> 00:07:15,000 Yeah. Tim's a pretty good actor, and I've got an online law degree. 144 00:07:15,110 --> 00:07:17,470 We got a little side business where Tim does slip-and-falls... 145 00:07:17,580 --> 00:07:19,480 and I settle things out of court. 146 00:07:19,580 --> 00:07:21,480 Last year, we did close to four figures... 147 00:07:21,580 --> 00:07:24,350 which pretty much covered Tim's medical bills. 148 00:07:24,450 --> 00:07:26,610 Wilfrid, this one didn't go through either. 149 00:07:26,720 --> 00:07:28,950 I think it's your library card. 150 00:07:29,060 --> 00:07:32,220 [Geraldo Narrating] Darnell Turner-A.K.A. "The Crabman." 151 00:07:32,330 --> 00:07:35,560 Ernie's favorite employee was evasive about his past... 152 00:07:35,660 --> 00:07:37,560 which could only mean one thing. 153 00:07:37,660 --> 00:07:39,150 [Whispering] Witness Protection. 154 00:07:39,270 --> 00:07:42,290 But he could not deny that he knew more about Ernie... 155 00:07:42,400 --> 00:07:44,500 than anyone else in Camden. 156 00:07:44,600 --> 00:07:47,000 Ernie was a genius. He understood that if you introduced... 157 00:07:47,110 --> 00:07:50,080 a very low grade of seafood to a population a little bit at a time... 158 00:07:50,180 --> 00:07:53,080 peoples' stomachs would adapt- and he was right. 159 00:07:53,180 --> 00:07:56,240 You should see some of the stuff we serve. Basically it's chum. 160 00:07:56,350 --> 00:07:58,380 Aside from coworkers and the regular customers... 161 00:07:58,490 --> 00:08:00,390 did Ernie have any other friends? 162 00:08:00,490 --> 00:08:03,460 Oh, yeah. He was really good friends with Michael Waltrip. 163 00:08:03,560 --> 00:08:05,490 [Geraldo Narrating] NASCAR's Michael Waltrip... 164 00:08:05,590 --> 00:08:08,860 an unlikely friend to this small-town restauranteur. 165 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:13,260 While in Camden, Michael Waltrip likes to stay at the Palm Motel... 166 00:08:13,370 --> 00:08:15,390 where, according to their brochure... 167 00:08:15,500 --> 00:08:17,900 if a hooker comes to your room by mistake... 168 00:08:18,000 --> 00:08:20,060 you don't have to pay her. 169 00:08:20,170 --> 00:08:23,800 I met Ernie at a autograph signing at a NAPA auto parts store in Mount Trace. 170 00:08:23,910 --> 00:08:25,380 And wejust hit it off. 171 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,500 After that, we started hangin'out whenever I came through town. 172 00:08:27,610 --> 00:08:29,310 He really understood me. 173 00:08:29,420 --> 00:08:32,510 We both had brothers that competed with us in the same business. 174 00:08:32,620 --> 00:08:35,320 My brother, Darrell, was a race car driver also. 175 00:08:35,420 --> 00:08:38,410 And his brother, Quizno- he invented the toasted sub. 176 00:08:38,530 --> 00:08:40,620 So how'd you guys blow off steam together? 177 00:08:40,730 --> 00:08:42,630 Walk me through a typical day... 178 00:08:42,730 --> 00:08:45,060 in the friendship of Ernie Belcher and Michael Waltrip. 179 00:08:45,170 --> 00:08:48,760 Oh, pool, pinball, makin'left-hand turns. 180 00:08:48,870 --> 00:08:50,630 You know, guy stuff. 181 00:08:50,740 --> 00:08:53,600 Aside from you, is there anyone else special in Ernie's life? 182 00:08:53,710 --> 00:08:58,300 Oh, yeah. Ernie had some lady friends he was very fond of. 183 00:08:58,410 --> 00:09:02,580 [Geraldo Narrating] One of those women was Catalina Rana Aruca... 184 00:09:02,680 --> 00:09:04,670 Camden County's first hot immigrant. 185 00:09:04,790 --> 00:09:07,980 Catalina was born in the small town of Guadalatucky... 186 00:09:08,090 --> 00:09:10,610 and came to Camden in a box... 187 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:14,020 to seek fame and fortune in the land of opportunity. 188 00:09:14,130 --> 00:09:16,100 The other woman in Ernie's life... 189 00:09:16,200 --> 00:09:18,760 was daytime hooker Patricia Michelle Weezmer. 190 00:09:18,870 --> 00:09:20,770 Come back when you're alone, sweetie. 191 00:09:20,870 --> 00:09:23,960 Got a Father's Day special all month long. 192 00:09:24,070 --> 00:09:27,600 Half Cherokee, Patty spent the first several years ofher life... 193 00:09:27,710 --> 00:09:29,610 on an Indian reservation... 194 00:09:29,710 --> 00:09:32,940 before her mother divorced her father, Chasing Squirrel... 195 00:09:33,050 --> 00:09:35,310 and moved to their new home in Camden. 196 00:09:35,420 --> 00:09:39,980 Patty splits her time between selling her body to strangers during the day... 197 00:09:40,090 --> 00:09:43,680 and starring in local community theater productions in the evening. 198 00:09:43,790 --> 00:09:48,390 Ernie was the best- quick, clean, very polite. 199 00:09:48,500 --> 00:09:50,550 "No" really meant "no" with him. 200 00:09:50,660 --> 00:09:53,060 We both kinda dated Ernie as a team. 201 00:09:53,170 --> 00:09:55,930 He'd come see me dance for a while, get all worked up... 202 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:58,230 and then take Patty out in the parking lot. 203 00:09:58,340 --> 00:10:01,900 She'd shake up the bottle, and I'd pop the cork. [Pops Lips] 204 00:10:02,010 --> 00:10:04,810 It seemed as if everyone loved Ernie... 205 00:10:04,910 --> 00:10:07,400 and they thought Ernie would be around forever. 206 00:10:07,510 --> 00:10:12,750 And that was true, if by "forever" they meant April 9, 2001. 207 00:10:12,850 --> 00:10:14,750 It was a pretty quiet morning. 208 00:10:14,860 --> 00:10:18,420 Um, Officer Lisa- 209 00:10:18,530 --> 00:10:21,430 I don't know her last name. She's around here somewhere. 210 00:10:21,530 --> 00:10:25,190 - Tall, decent face. Small boobies. - Oh. 211 00:10:25,300 --> 00:10:29,200 Anyway, she had brought in some bagels with pumpkin cream cheese. Delicious. 212 00:10:29,300 --> 00:10:32,860 It's like a little pumpkin pie, but a bagel, you know, so it's good for you. 213 00:10:32,970 --> 00:10:35,440 We werejust enjoying the heck out of those things. 214 00:10:35,540 --> 00:10:36,940 - [Ringing] - Then the phone started lightin'up. 215 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:39,010 [Woman On Tape] 216 00:10:53,030 --> 00:10:54,930 [Man On Tape] 217 00:11:08,710 --> 00:11:10,730 - [Beeps] - [Woman On Tape] 218 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:12,740 - [Randy On Tape] Baba Booey! Baba Booey! - [Beeps] 219 00:11:12,850 --> 00:11:15,080 It's police policy not to waste resources... 220 00:11:15,180 --> 00:11:17,550 Iooking for a missing person in the first 24 hours... 221 00:11:17,650 --> 00:11:19,550 because they usually show up on their own. 222 00:11:19,650 --> 00:11:22,650 And after 24 hours, if they're still missing... 223 00:11:22,760 --> 00:11:25,730 usually means they're dead, so we don't look for them that hard then either. 224 00:11:25,830 --> 00:11:27,820 - Are you wearing makeup? - No. 225 00:11:27,930 --> 00:11:30,400 Anyway, when Ernie didn't show up, we started to think the worst- 226 00:11:30,500 --> 00:11:32,430 murder. 227 00:11:35,740 --> 00:11:38,000 - You're wearing makeup. - Fine. Yes. I am. 228 00:11:38,100 --> 00:11:41,470 You saw me on Cops. I looked like I hadn't slept in weeks. 229 00:11:41,580 --> 00:11:43,740 [Geraldo On TV] Could Ernie have been killed? 230 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,240 It's possible. But if so, by who? 231 00:11:46,350 --> 00:11:48,250 In a town where all the Little League teams... 232 00:11:48,350 --> 00:11:52,610 are sponsored by bail bondsmen, pawnshops and methadone clinics... 233 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:54,980 how do you narrow down the suspects? 234 00:11:55,090 --> 00:11:57,110 Was it the petty thief... 235 00:11:57,220 --> 00:11:58,920 his simpleton brother... 236 00:11:59,030 --> 00:12:01,190 the stay-at-trailer mom... 237 00:12:01,290 --> 00:12:03,160 the black coworker... 238 00:12:03,260 --> 00:12:05,030 the immigrant stripper... 239 00:12:05,130 --> 00:12:07,120 the so-called "celebrity"... 240 00:12:07,230 --> 00:12:09,170 the small-time agent... 241 00:12:09,270 --> 00:12:10,600 the black coworker... 242 00:12:10,700 --> 00:12:12,430 or the daytime hooker? 243 00:12:12,540 --> 00:12:15,770 We'll learn more when Inside Probe returns. 244 00:12:18,410 --> 00:12:22,040 - Did they just show me twice? - I don't think so. 245 00:12:22,150 --> 00:12:24,140 I think they showed me twice. 246 00:12:27,490 --> 00:12:29,850 ## [Theme Plays] 247 00:12:29,960 --> 00:12:31,650 Now back to our story. 248 00:12:31,760 --> 00:12:35,560 Eight years ago, local Camden restauranteur Ernie Belcher... 249 00:12:35,660 --> 00:12:37,630 vanished without a trace. 250 00:12:37,730 --> 00:12:42,230 The problem was figuring out which small-town lowlife was responsible. 251 00:12:42,340 --> 00:12:44,900 With no motive, no body... 252 00:12:45,010 --> 00:12:47,570 and a police department fishing trip looming... 253 00:12:47,670 --> 00:12:50,840 Ernie Belcher's case looked like it was going to be closed. 254 00:12:50,940 --> 00:12:52,840 But then police caught a break. 255 00:12:54,650 --> 00:12:57,080 Uh, we were just going through the victim's office. You know, standard procedure. 256 00:12:57,180 --> 00:12:59,850 We say we're looking for clues, but it's reallyjust to find stuff... 257 00:12:59,950 --> 00:13:03,480 to auction off at our department fund-raiser. [Chuckles] 258 00:13:03,590 --> 00:13:07,360 [Geraldo Narrating] As they tried to raise money for their break room foosball table... 259 00:13:07,460 --> 00:13:10,360 the police found one thing they could not auction off- 260 00:13:10,460 --> 00:13:13,190 hundreds of threatening letters addressed to Ernie... 261 00:13:13,300 --> 00:13:16,460 all from this man- Randy Hickey. 262 00:13:19,540 --> 00:13:24,500 [Randy's Voice] Dear Ernie, how dare you stop providin'free toothpicks? 263 00:13:24,610 --> 00:13:28,170 What kind ofjerk serves corn and pulled meat... 264 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:30,270 and doesn't offer his customers... 265 00:13:30,380 --> 00:13:34,620 a way to get those items unlodged from their teeth? 266 00:13:34,720 --> 00:13:40,630 Attached is everything I've had stuck in my mouth for the last two weeks. 267 00:13:40,730 --> 00:13:42,790 I hope you choke on it. 268 00:13:42,900 --> 00:13:45,060 And the threats didn't stop there. 269 00:13:45,170 --> 00:13:47,070 [Randy's Voice] Dear Ernie... 270 00:13:47,170 --> 00:13:51,000 how dare you only serve my favorite item- 271 00:13:51,100 --> 00:13:54,600 fish wings- on "Wenedsdays"? 272 00:13:54,710 --> 00:13:58,940 I have included a list of famous people who agree... 273 00:13:59,050 --> 00:14:02,500 that fish wings should be sold every day. 274 00:14:02,620 --> 00:14:06,210 Do as we say, or somethin'bad will happen. 275 00:14:06,320 --> 00:14:08,880 Is it possible that a man could lose his life... 276 00:14:08,990 --> 00:14:11,650 over toothpicks and fish wings? 277 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:13,730 That's what police wanted to know. 278 00:14:17,160 --> 00:14:20,390 "Bad things will happen if fish wings aren't served every day"? 279 00:14:20,500 --> 00:14:22,660 What kind of bad things will happen, Randy? 280 00:14:22,770 --> 00:14:25,170 I don't know. People will be angry. 281 00:14:25,270 --> 00:14:27,670 Fish wings are great. 282 00:14:27,770 --> 00:14:31,970 The only bad part is sometimes the real chewy pieces get stuck in your teeth... 283 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,170 which wouldn't even be a problem if they still offered free toothpicks. 284 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:37,940 But no! Ernie got rid of the toothpicks... 285 00:14:38,050 --> 00:14:40,750 because he said people were just usin' 'em to poke each other. 286 00:14:40,850 --> 00:14:42,750 [Shouting] But what he didn't realize... 287 00:14:42,860 --> 00:14:46,310 is that some of us are usin' 'em to get stuff out of our teeth... 288 00:14:46,430 --> 00:14:48,330 before we poked each other! 289 00:14:48,430 --> 00:14:50,760 Now we're gonna have to poke each other with our fingers... 290 00:14:50,860 --> 00:14:53,300 while we got fish wings stuck in our teeth! 291 00:14:53,400 --> 00:14:56,860 Damn it! Why are you making me relive this again? 292 00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:59,130 [Geraldo Narrating] Obviously full of rage... 293 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:02,700 police were happy to have this monster off the streets. 294 00:15:02,810 --> 00:15:06,370 - But even though they had a suspect in custody... - [Toilet Flushes] 295 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,040 Police were not convinced that a man who is routinely arrested... 296 00:15:09,150 --> 00:15:12,310 for getting stuck in the return box while trying to steal videos... 297 00:15:12,420 --> 00:15:15,220 could kill someone and hide the body all by himself. 298 00:15:15,320 --> 00:15:17,290 So they started looking for an accomplice. 299 00:15:17,390 --> 00:15:19,290 - [Gags] - [Stomach Gurgling] 300 00:15:21,730 --> 00:15:23,700 [Hoyne] Would you like a cup of coffee? 301 00:15:27,100 --> 00:15:30,800 Tell me where the hell you and your lowlife brother were the night Ernie disappeared! 302 00:15:30,900 --> 00:15:32,800 Come on, man. It was night. 303 00:15:32,910 --> 00:15:35,240 I don't know where we were. We were drunk. 304 00:15:35,340 --> 00:15:37,240 We were getting pretty desperate... 305 00:15:37,340 --> 00:15:41,210 so I had to deploy a somewhat advanced interrogation technique- 306 00:15:41,310 --> 00:15:43,870 a little thing my grandma called "lying." 307 00:15:44,980 --> 00:15:46,680 Well. 308 00:15:46,790 --> 00:15:48,720 Your brother confessed. 309 00:15:48,820 --> 00:15:51,690 And if you want to get the same deal he got, you'd better confess too. 310 00:15:51,790 --> 00:15:53,550 Or you're gonna get the death penalty for sure. 311 00:15:53,660 --> 00:15:55,360 He didn't confess. 312 00:15:55,460 --> 00:15:58,160 You're just trying to get me to admit something I didn't do. 313 00:15:58,260 --> 00:16:00,890 I know all about reverse biology, buddy. 314 00:16:01,000 --> 00:16:03,200 I'm not an idiot. This isn't gonna work. 315 00:16:03,300 --> 00:16:05,100 Think it'll work on your brother? 316 00:16:07,170 --> 00:16:09,840 My brother said we did it? We killed Ernie? 317 00:16:09,940 --> 00:16:11,740 Yep. He said you guys were drunk... 318 00:16:11,850 --> 00:16:13,610 and there wasn't anything good on TV that night... 319 00:16:13,710 --> 00:16:16,340 so you decided to go down to the Crab Shack and take Ernie's life. 320 00:16:16,450 --> 00:16:18,440 - Any of that ring a bell? - Maybe. 321 00:16:18,550 --> 00:16:21,040 I mean, if he said we did it, we probably did. 322 00:16:21,150 --> 00:16:23,050 But I don't know. It sounds a little strange. 323 00:16:23,160 --> 00:16:25,750 There's usually something pretty good on TV. 324 00:16:25,860 --> 00:16:27,760 Randy! Don't do it! 325 00:16:27,860 --> 00:16:31,260 Don't confess! They're lyin' to you! 326 00:16:31,360 --> 00:16:33,230 - [Muffled Pounding] - What's that? 327 00:16:33,330 --> 00:16:35,820 Oh, that's your brother. They're bangin' his head against the wall... 328 00:16:35,940 --> 00:16:37,560 until you confess to killing Ernie. 329 00:16:37,670 --> 00:16:40,640 He'll probably die in the next few seconds if you don't confess. 330 00:16:40,740 --> 00:16:42,770 Then we did it! We killed Ernie! 331 00:16:42,880 --> 00:16:46,110 We killed Ernie! We killed Ernie! We killed Ernie! 332 00:16:47,810 --> 00:16:50,650 With a trial approaching and very limited funds... 333 00:16:50,750 --> 00:16:55,650 the Hickey boys were forced to hire the only lawyer they could afford. 334 00:16:55,760 --> 00:16:58,160 Wilfrid Dierkes- lawyer for poor people. 335 00:16:58,260 --> 00:17:01,460 "Se llamo Espanol." 336 00:17:01,560 --> 00:17:03,460 [Geraldo Narrating] After a brief negotiation... 337 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:07,900 that ended with a $35 check written by us to their lawyer... 338 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:11,600 the Hickeys agreed to sit down with Inside Probe. 339 00:17:11,700 --> 00:17:15,440 Your trial's a couple days away. It doesn't look good. What's your strategy? 340 00:17:17,440 --> 00:17:22,350 Oh. Oh, um, well, with the mustached one, I'm gonna plead insanity. 341 00:17:22,450 --> 00:17:25,080 And for the big fella here, I think I'm gonna plead, uh, retardity. 342 00:17:25,180 --> 00:17:26,650 Sounds good. 343 00:17:26,750 --> 00:17:28,780 Gerardo, we didn't do this. You gotta help us, man. 344 00:17:28,890 --> 00:17:31,520 I can't go to jail. I had a dream the other night. 345 00:17:31,620 --> 00:17:35,250 I went to jail, then I got out and got hit by a car and was in a coma. 346 00:17:35,360 --> 00:17:38,730 Me in a coma? Come on, man. Nobody wants to see that. 347 00:17:44,740 --> 00:17:47,540 With public opinion against them, a confession... 348 00:17:47,640 --> 00:17:49,970 and a lawyer with a law degree from Haiti... 349 00:17:50,080 --> 00:17:52,740 the Hickeys looked to be going away for a long time. 350 00:17:52,850 --> 00:17:54,310 Or were they? 351 00:17:54,410 --> 00:17:58,320 Remember this man- two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip? 352 00:17:59,820 --> 00:18:01,510 Yeah, I remember the night Ernie disappeared. 353 00:18:01,620 --> 00:18:04,780 [Geraldo Narrating] Waltrip agreed to reenact that night for us... 354 00:18:04,890 --> 00:18:06,620 with the help of our Inside Probe Actors. 355 00:18:06,730 --> 00:18:10,360 - [No Audible Dialogue] - [Waltrip] I was drivin'through Camden between races... 356 00:18:10,460 --> 00:18:14,130 and I thought why not stop off and see my old buddy Ernie? 357 00:18:14,230 --> 00:18:17,730 I sat in the bar for about an hour or so catching up with Ernie. 358 00:18:20,640 --> 00:18:22,730 That's about when this drunk woman offered to flash me... 359 00:18:22,840 --> 00:18:25,310 if I agreed to buy her a beer and share it with her. 360 00:18:25,410 --> 00:18:27,970 I wasn't drinkin; so I declined. 361 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:30,170 But she flashed me anyway. 362 00:18:32,620 --> 00:18:35,180 The next thing I know, the woman's husband is in my face... 363 00:18:35,290 --> 00:18:38,990 demanding that I not only buy his wife a beer, but I get him one too. 364 00:18:39,090 --> 00:18:40,990 And then his brother-he comes up... 365 00:18:41,090 --> 00:18:44,000 and wants a cheeseburger for pulling his pants down. 366 00:18:45,260 --> 00:18:47,600 Well, since beers were only a dollar... 367 00:18:47,700 --> 00:18:50,430 I went ahead and bought 'em all one, along with the burger. 368 00:18:50,540 --> 00:18:53,700 Unfortunately for the woman, I think that was her "one beer too many." 369 00:18:53,810 --> 00:18:56,000 - [Thud] - [Bottle Shatters] 370 00:18:56,110 --> 00:18:58,010 The other two weren't doin'much better. 371 00:18:58,110 --> 00:19:00,600 But since they were fun, I decided to hang out with them... 372 00:19:00,710 --> 00:19:05,980 and be their designated two-time Daytona 500 winning driver. 373 00:19:06,090 --> 00:19:09,890 Fortunately for those guys, I'm a bit of a shutterbug, and I had my camera with me. 374 00:19:09,990 --> 00:19:12,750 I got a pretty complete record of what happened that night. 375 00:19:12,860 --> 00:19:17,060 [Geraldo Narrating] With an airtight alibi from a two-time Daytona 500 winner... 376 00:19:17,160 --> 00:19:21,290 the Hickey boys were released and sent home to their loved ones... 377 00:19:21,400 --> 00:19:24,200 and Inside Probe was there for the reunion. 378 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:26,270 We're free! 379 00:19:26,370 --> 00:19:28,360 Hey. 380 00:19:30,340 --> 00:19:32,740 [Geraldo Narrating] With the Hickey brothers cleared of all charges... 381 00:19:32,850 --> 00:19:35,010 a lot of questions were answered. 382 00:19:35,110 --> 00:19:37,740 A lot of questions except one. 383 00:19:37,850 --> 00:19:40,050 Where was Ernie Belcher? 384 00:19:40,150 --> 00:19:43,050 We thought our visit to Camden was over... 385 00:19:43,160 --> 00:19:48,030 but the more Inside Probe probed the inside, the more we found. 386 00:19:48,130 --> 00:19:50,790 And you're not going to believe the things we discover. 387 00:19:50,900 --> 00:19:53,200 Next week on Inside Probe... 388 00:19:53,300 --> 00:19:56,270 the baffling case of Ernie Belcher continues. 389 00:19:56,370 --> 00:19:59,930 So ifhe wasn't murdered, what did happen to him? 390 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:02,970 Was it a long-standing historical grudge... 391 00:20:03,080 --> 00:20:06,170 or was it something from out of this world? 392 00:20:06,280 --> 00:20:08,340 And what the heck is this all about? 393 00:20:08,450 --> 00:20:09,570 [Gurgling] 394 00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:12,120 Join us next week for an ending so shocking... 395 00:20:12,220 --> 00:20:14,120 you will- [Bleeps] Your pants. 396 00:20:14,220 --> 00:20:15,690 Inside Probe. 397 00:20:15,790 --> 00:20:18,190 Next Thursday at 8:00. 7:00 Central. 398 00:20:20,960 --> 00:20:25,020 Are you kiddin' me? We have to wait a whole week to find out what happened to Ernie? 399 00:20:25,130 --> 00:20:26,760 - That's ridiculous. - I know. 400 00:20:26,870 --> 00:20:29,770 Why didn't they just show the whole thing in a special one-hour episode? 401 00:20:29,870 --> 00:20:31,800 The network executives probably didn't order... 402 00:20:31,900 --> 00:20:34,030 enough episodes of Inside Probe for a whole season... 403 00:20:34,140 --> 00:20:36,040 so they had to stretch it out over two weeks. 404 00:20:36,140 --> 00:20:38,200 That way, they don't have to air a repeat during sweeps. 405 00:20:38,310 --> 00:20:41,510 Network executives- they sure take the cake. 406 00:20:41,610 --> 00:20:45,640 Plus they don't let people cuss anymore on TV until a certain time at night. 407 00:20:49,890 --> 00:20:51,950 Douche bags.