1 00:00:02,060 --> 00:00:04,420 [Earl Narrating] A week ago, the show Inside Probe... 2 00:00:04,530 --> 00:00:07,550 aired part one of an investigation they shot eight years back... 3 00:00:07,660 --> 00:00:10,390 about the disappearance of Crab Shack owner Ernie Belcher. 4 00:00:10,500 --> 00:00:13,300 It's on! The second part is really on! 5 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:17,000 Hmm. I guess we are in the central time zone. 6 00:00:17,100 --> 00:00:19,230 Sorry for doubting you, Sam. 7 00:00:19,340 --> 00:00:23,800 Last week's episode of Inside Probe was our highest rated ever. 8 00:00:23,910 --> 00:00:26,510 It seems all of America wanted to know... 9 00:00:26,610 --> 00:00:29,010 what happened to this man eight years ago- 10 00:00:29,120 --> 00:00:32,550 Camden's popular restaurant owner Ernie Belcher. 11 00:00:32,650 --> 00:00:37,180 It seemed like everyone we talked to in the small town of Camden loved Ernie... 12 00:00:37,290 --> 00:00:41,160 - from dirtbags- - Everyone loved Ernie. He was funny. 13 00:00:41,260 --> 00:00:44,920 - to the mentally disabled- - Ernie taught me how to tie my shoes. 14 00:00:45,030 --> 00:00:48,000 I've known him for a long time. Almost two years. 15 00:00:48,100 --> 00:00:50,370 - to coworkers- - Ernie was a genius. 16 00:00:50,470 --> 00:00:53,440 - to hot women- - Ernie was cool. 17 00:00:53,540 --> 00:00:55,440 To NASCARdrivers- 18 00:00:55,540 --> 00:00:58,030 I met Ernie at a autograph signing, and we just hit it off. 19 00:00:58,150 --> 00:01:01,380 - and even a so-called celebrity. - I liked Ernie. 20 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:05,710 Ernie was a respected businessman and beloved member of the community. 21 00:01:05,820 --> 00:01:07,720 Or was he? 22 00:01:07,820 --> 00:01:12,020 Because on the warm summer night of April 9, 2001... 23 00:01:12,130 --> 00:01:14,120 Ernie Belcher vanished. 24 00:01:14,230 --> 00:01:17,430 But how could hejust evaporate into thin air? 25 00:01:17,530 --> 00:01:18,960 Was he murdered? 26 00:01:20,470 --> 00:01:22,960 The Camden police sure thought so. 27 00:01:23,070 --> 00:01:26,270 And their investigation led them to these two men. 28 00:01:26,370 --> 00:01:29,540 Angry letters from Randy Hickey found in Ernie's office... 29 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:31,580 uncovered a motive for murder. 30 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:35,110 [Randy's Voice] How dare you stop providing free toothpicks? 31 00:01:35,220 --> 00:01:39,850 How dare you only serve my favorite item- 32 00:01:39,950 --> 00:01:43,080 fish wings- on "Wenedsdays"? 33 00:01:43,190 --> 00:01:46,060 [Geraldo Narrating] Had Randy Hickey murdered Ernie in his outrage... 34 00:01:46,160 --> 00:01:49,220 over the lack of toothpicks and fish wings in the Crab Shack? 35 00:01:49,330 --> 00:01:51,920 - The Camden police sure thought so. - [Squealing] 36 00:01:52,030 --> 00:01:54,190 And after 24 hours of interrogation... 37 00:01:54,300 --> 00:01:56,900 they had a forced confession to prove it. 38 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,970 Then we did it! We killed Ernie! 39 00:01:59,070 --> 00:02:02,470 [Geraldo Narrating] Randy Hickey, town simpleton, had confessed. 40 00:02:02,580 --> 00:02:06,570 He and his brother, Earl, were notorious lowlifes in Camden. 41 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:10,410 And the arrest sent the town of Camden into virtual chaos. 42 00:02:10,520 --> 00:02:13,280 I'm freaking out. 43 00:02:13,390 --> 00:02:15,290 I've seen those boys. 44 00:02:15,390 --> 00:02:17,720 The dancers at the club call them "Mustache" and "B.O." 45 00:02:17,830 --> 00:02:20,120 I call them "B.O. One" and "B.O. Two." 46 00:02:20,230 --> 00:02:23,860 The fact that they murdered someone is the least of their problems. 47 00:02:23,960 --> 00:02:26,930 I hope those Hickey boys fry for what they did. 48 00:02:27,030 --> 00:02:29,560 I'm gonna miss Ernie. He was a gentleman. 49 00:02:29,670 --> 00:02:31,570 I remember one time... 50 00:02:31,670 --> 00:02:35,040 I was performing a sexual act on him, and it started to rain... 51 00:02:35,140 --> 00:02:39,040 and he held his shirt out over my head so my hair wouldn't get wet. 52 00:02:39,150 --> 00:02:43,640 [Chuckles] Oh, made me feel a little bit like a princess. 53 00:02:43,750 --> 00:02:47,550 [Geraldo Narrating] And with the cheapest lawyer in town at their side... 54 00:02:47,650 --> 00:02:50,450 - it wasn't looking good for the Hickey brothers. - Oh. 55 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:55,820 But the Hickey brothers were provided with an alibi from a reliable witness... 56 00:02:55,930 --> 00:02:59,230 two-time Daytona 500 winner Michael Waltrip... 57 00:02:59,330 --> 00:03:03,960 whose testimony counts for as much as three regular Americans. 58 00:03:04,070 --> 00:03:07,560 Fortunately for those guys, I'm a bit of a shutterbug, and I had my camera with me. 59 00:03:07,670 --> 00:03:10,470 I got a pretty complete record of what happened that night. 60 00:03:12,080 --> 00:03:15,480 The police were stymied and gave up their case. 61 00:03:15,580 --> 00:03:19,580 How is it possible that Ernie Belcher could simply disappear? 62 00:03:19,690 --> 00:03:22,620 Inside Probe decided to dig... 63 00:03:22,720 --> 00:03:25,780 a little deeper... into the Earth... 64 00:03:25,890 --> 00:03:27,990 to find the treasure chest... 65 00:03:28,100 --> 00:03:30,690 of the truth... of this mystery. 66 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:32,700 Tonight on Inside Probe. 67 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,600 ## [Theme] 68 00:03:50,650 --> 00:03:53,180 My name is Earl. 69 00:03:55,720 --> 00:03:58,020 I can't wait to find out who killed Ernie. 70 00:03:58,130 --> 00:04:01,190 I'm just glad it wasn't me. Although that would've been an awesome twist... 71 00:04:01,300 --> 00:04:03,290 'cause I've always thought I was such a nice guy. 72 00:04:03,400 --> 00:04:07,060 I bet it was the Cheese Grater Killer that got Ernie. Remember that time in the parking lot... 73 00:04:07,170 --> 00:04:09,860 we found that big pile of ground beef with the sock in it? 74 00:04:09,970 --> 00:04:14,270 I hope that wasn't Ernie, 'cause I ate that. And I'm wearing that sock. 75 00:04:14,370 --> 00:04:16,140 [Darnell] We don't even know if he's dead. 76 00:04:16,240 --> 00:04:19,240 It could be a perfectly normal thing, like the government forced him to leave town... 77 00:04:19,350 --> 00:04:21,310 change his identity, marry a hot blonde. 78 00:04:21,420 --> 00:04:23,750 Who marries a hot blonde and doesn't brag about it? 79 00:04:23,850 --> 00:04:26,110 I mean, you get a trophy, you put it on a shelf. 80 00:04:26,220 --> 00:04:28,120 Ernie was our friend. 81 00:04:28,220 --> 00:04:31,490 If he was still alive, he would've found a way to get in touch with us. 82 00:04:31,590 --> 00:04:34,060 And if all he did was move away, he would've said good-bye. 83 00:04:34,160 --> 00:04:36,060 I'm sticking with the Cheese Grater. 84 00:04:37,860 --> 00:04:40,730 So once it was established that the Hickey boys were not responsible... 85 00:04:40,830 --> 00:04:44,100 which came as a shock to everyone here at Inside Probe... 86 00:04:44,200 --> 00:04:47,540 our investigation moved on to something a little more... 87 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:49,580 out of this world. 88 00:04:50,780 --> 00:04:55,840 Well, Randy's got an interesting hypo- poth- 89 00:04:55,950 --> 00:05:00,250 uh, hyp- uh-hypo... thesis. 90 00:05:00,350 --> 00:05:02,290 A-A theory. 91 00:05:02,390 --> 00:05:05,520 Aliens, from outer space. 92 00:05:05,630 --> 00:05:09,030 [Geraldo Narrating] Stories of alien abduction are nothing new. 93 00:05:09,130 --> 00:05:13,620 Even cavemen recorded these primitive drawings of the phenomena. 94 00:05:13,730 --> 00:05:15,630 [Earl] You can ask my wife all about it. 95 00:05:15,740 --> 00:05:18,860 She saw some sort of alien thing, right on that very night. 96 00:05:20,310 --> 00:05:22,280 That's a great 'stache, by the way. 97 00:05:22,380 --> 00:05:24,210 Do you put some kind of conditioner on that? 98 00:05:24,310 --> 00:05:26,640 Yes, but it's very expensive. 99 00:05:26,750 --> 00:05:29,580 It was this strange whooshing noise, then a loud boom. 100 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:31,650 Then I saw these amazing lights. 101 00:05:31,750 --> 00:05:33,720 For a minute there, I thought it was Jesus. 102 00:05:33,820 --> 00:05:37,350 But then why wouldn't he just say, "Hey, Joy. What's up?" So it must've been aliens. 103 00:05:37,460 --> 00:05:39,430 Yeah, I was coming out of the Crab Shack... 104 00:05:39,530 --> 00:05:42,090 fixing to sell Wilfrid Dierkes some muscle relaxants... 105 00:05:42,200 --> 00:05:44,220 which were reallyjust leftover birth control pills... 106 00:05:44,330 --> 00:05:48,320 when we were both awestruck by this blinding light from above. 107 00:05:50,170 --> 00:05:54,040 [Geraldo Narrating] While officially the police discounted the alien theory... 108 00:05:54,140 --> 00:05:58,440 there was one officer who had a different point of view. 109 00:05:59,710 --> 00:06:01,650 [Stuart] I remember that night well. 110 00:06:01,750 --> 00:06:04,050 Earlier, the captain was giving out assignments... 111 00:06:04,150 --> 00:06:06,590 and one of us had to go investigate... 112 00:06:06,690 --> 00:06:11,650 some sort of underground gay homosexual party at the park. 113 00:06:11,760 --> 00:06:16,220 And I drew the long straw, so I was forced to do it. 114 00:06:16,330 --> 00:06:18,700 Isn't it usually the short straw that loses? 115 00:06:18,800 --> 00:06:21,270 No. It's the long straw. The long straw loses. 116 00:06:24,810 --> 00:06:27,830 - ## [Dance] - We set up some surveillance cameras ahead of time. 117 00:06:27,940 --> 00:06:32,810 And then, to make sure that I would blend in with the gay-sexuals, I went undercover. 118 00:06:36,180 --> 00:06:38,710 Nothing criminal seemed to be going on. 119 00:06:38,820 --> 00:06:41,720 Just a lot of well-built men letting off some steam. 120 00:06:41,820 --> 00:06:46,490 And then I ended up being the meat in a dance sandwich. 121 00:06:46,590 --> 00:06:48,490 It was terrible. 122 00:06:48,600 --> 00:06:51,260 Where'd you get that shirt? 123 00:06:51,370 --> 00:06:55,030 To stay in character was one of the toughest professional challenges of my career. 124 00:06:55,140 --> 00:06:56,800 Whoo! 125 00:06:56,900 --> 00:07:01,070 Then suddenly, there were these incredibly bright lights in the sky. 126 00:07:01,170 --> 00:07:03,570 I didn't know what to think. 127 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,480 One of the guys said it was like being at a Cher concert... 128 00:07:06,580 --> 00:07:11,310 but all I could think was... U.F.O.'s. 129 00:07:11,420 --> 00:07:14,050 [Geraldo Narrating] Aliens were spotted all over Camden... 130 00:07:14,150 --> 00:07:18,420 including at the Crab Shack, the night of Ernie's disappearance. 131 00:07:18,530 --> 00:07:22,260 I remember that night. I was working on the Crab Shack bathroom. 132 00:07:22,360 --> 00:07:24,330 I had just finished pouring the new cement floor... 133 00:07:24,430 --> 00:07:27,490 and I was heading out to my truck, when I saw the flash in the sky. 134 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:29,500 It about blinded me, and I was, like, "Whoa! 135 00:07:29,600 --> 00:07:32,660 I need to get some Radnor 6400 welding goggles." 136 00:07:34,710 --> 00:07:36,440 You know what I'm saying? 137 00:07:36,540 --> 00:07:38,440 I saw a U.F.O. Once. 138 00:07:38,550 --> 00:07:40,600 It was like a big, silver football. 139 00:07:40,710 --> 00:07:43,240 It was from the planet Goodyear. 140 00:07:43,350 --> 00:07:45,320 See, I tried to shoot it down... 141 00:07:45,420 --> 00:07:49,050 but their force field technology must have been too strong. 142 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:51,120 [Geraldo Narrating] It turns out that in Camden... 143 00:07:51,220 --> 00:07:54,660 it's harder to find someone who had not seen a U.F. O... 144 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:56,960 - than somebody who had. - Next! 145 00:07:57,060 --> 00:07:59,760 Oh, I believe in alien life. 146 00:07:59,870 --> 00:08:02,430 I've seen some freaky-deaky things in my day. 147 00:08:02,540 --> 00:08:04,830 And just when you think you've seen it all... 148 00:08:04,940 --> 00:08:07,300 along comes a guy with a green wiener. 149 00:08:07,410 --> 00:08:09,310 Explain that. 150 00:08:09,410 --> 00:08:11,310 [Whispers] Aliens. 151 00:08:11,410 --> 00:08:14,440 Listen, don't believe too much of what you hear around here. 152 00:08:14,550 --> 00:08:16,520 Forty percent of the town, including the mayor... 153 00:08:16,620 --> 00:08:18,980 claim they've seen a leprechaun in the woods. 154 00:08:19,090 --> 00:08:20,990 Trust me, Ernie wasn't abducted by aliens. 155 00:08:21,090 --> 00:08:23,150 But I'll tell you what I think happened to him- 156 00:08:23,260 --> 00:08:25,350 [Geraldo Narrating] What was Darnell Turner about to say... 157 00:08:25,460 --> 00:08:29,360 before we realized this would be a good dramatic breaking point? 158 00:08:29,460 --> 00:08:33,190 If it wasn't a U.F.O. That took Ernie, then where is he? 159 00:08:33,300 --> 00:08:37,790 Is it possible that Ernie's disappearance is a result of the Civil War? 160 00:08:37,900 --> 00:08:41,140 We'll stick the probe even deeper inside... 161 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,210 when Inside Probe returns. 162 00:08:44,850 --> 00:08:47,370 What in the hell were you about to say? 163 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:08,690 Darnell, what were you about to say on that TV show? 164 00:09:12,510 --> 00:09:14,800 [Swallows] I don't remember what I said. 165 00:09:14,910 --> 00:09:17,670 Eight years is a long time ago. 166 00:09:17,780 --> 00:09:20,580 ## [Theme] 167 00:09:20,680 --> 00:09:24,880 The mystery of Ernie Belcher's disappearance was raising more questions than answers. 168 00:09:24,990 --> 00:09:27,510 - Was it murder? - [Gunshots] 169 00:09:27,620 --> 00:09:30,590 Was it alien abduction? 170 00:09:30,690 --> 00:09:34,790 Or could it have been something of historic proportion? 171 00:09:34,900 --> 00:09:37,690 - ## [Banjo] - History. 172 00:09:37,800 --> 00:09:39,860 During the Civil War, Camden County was reluctant... 173 00:09:39,970 --> 00:09:42,060 to make a commitment to either the North or the South... 174 00:09:42,170 --> 00:09:44,260 so they decided to create a neutral country of their own... 175 00:09:44,370 --> 00:09:47,340 a tiny nation they would call "the Central." 176 00:09:47,440 --> 00:09:49,570 Even though it happened over a hundred years ago... 177 00:09:49,680 --> 00:09:51,640 Ernie was profoundly loyal to the Central. 178 00:09:51,750 --> 00:09:53,710 He even flew the Central flag on the roof. 179 00:09:53,810 --> 00:09:57,770 Central is number one! Central is number one! Whoo! 180 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:03,450 My great-great-great-great-great- 181 00:10:03,560 --> 00:10:05,750 Wait, that's too many. 182 00:10:05,860 --> 00:10:08,950 He was my great-great- 183 00:10:09,060 --> 00:10:12,120 Anyway, he was around during the Civil War... 184 00:10:12,230 --> 00:10:14,290 and- and he led the Central. 185 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:19,030 [Geraldo Narrating] General Jefferson Washington Hickey, leader of the Central. 186 00:10:19,140 --> 00:10:21,270 [Man's Voice] We shall not be forced to pick sides... 187 00:10:21,370 --> 00:10:23,570 between the North's industrial economy... 188 00:10:23,680 --> 00:10:26,080 or the South's tradition of slavery. 189 00:10:26,180 --> 00:10:28,650 We deserve and demand and shall have both. 190 00:10:28,750 --> 00:10:30,720 [Crowd Cheering] 191 00:10:30,820 --> 00:10:35,120 It's sad, you know, 'cause my great-great whatever- 192 00:10:35,220 --> 00:10:38,520 Hejust wanted to get the North and South to come to an agreement. 193 00:10:38,630 --> 00:10:41,460 [Geraldo Narrating] And the North and South did come to an agreement... 194 00:10:41,560 --> 00:10:44,330 that they needed to massacre the Central. 195 00:10:44,430 --> 00:10:48,300 The Central was formed at 3:30 on March 10, 1861. 196 00:10:48,400 --> 00:10:50,700 By 3:45, it was gone. 197 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:53,970 Like I said, Ernie insisted on flying the flag of the Central on the Crab Shack roof... 198 00:10:54,070 --> 00:10:56,510 even though some people thought it was an embarrassment to the town's history. 199 00:10:56,610 --> 00:10:58,510 It's not an embarrassment. 200 00:10:58,610 --> 00:11:01,780 When the Civil War II starts, the Central will rise again. 201 00:11:01,880 --> 00:11:05,040 Rise again! 202 00:11:05,150 --> 00:11:08,350 People get pretty worked up. 203 00:11:08,460 --> 00:11:12,320 If you really wanna talk to somebody about Central pride, you should talk to Ernie. 204 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:16,190 Oh, he-he's missing, isn't he? 205 00:11:16,300 --> 00:11:18,320 That-That's the whole reason you're here. 206 00:11:18,430 --> 00:11:21,700 I just got carried away with all that Central stuff. 207 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:23,740 [Man] Earl Hickey! 208 00:11:23,840 --> 00:11:27,710 Hey, man. Can't you see I'm doing an interview with Gerardo? 209 00:11:27,810 --> 00:11:29,740 Sorry 'bout that. 210 00:11:29,840 --> 00:11:34,010 So, was it overzealous loyalty that led to the end of Ernie? 211 00:11:34,110 --> 00:11:36,080 Or was it something darker? 212 00:11:36,180 --> 00:11:40,640 Could it have been Ernie's involvement in the world of underground kinky sex? 213 00:11:40,750 --> 00:11:43,880 [Gasping] 214 00:11:43,990 --> 00:11:45,890 I'd bet on the sex. 215 00:11:45,990 --> 00:11:49,890 He had a Internet business that catered to clientele of straight-up freaks. 216 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,020 Just how freaky was Ernie Belcher? 217 00:11:53,130 --> 00:11:56,100 Pretty freaky. We will be right back. 218 00:11:59,940 --> 00:12:02,200 All right, everybody. I got $20 that Ernie was that torso... 219 00:12:02,310 --> 00:12:04,280 they found floating in the Camden swamp. 220 00:12:04,380 --> 00:12:07,680 I got 20 that he was torn to shreds by that half-dog, half-coyote... 221 00:12:07,780 --> 00:12:09,750 that hangs out behind the truck stop. 222 00:12:09,850 --> 00:12:11,870 You think Dog-ote did it? 223 00:12:11,990 --> 00:12:14,450 You can't take bets on what happened to Ernie. 224 00:12:14,550 --> 00:12:18,620 Why not? We took bets on what was wrong with that blue kid we found at the park. 225 00:12:18,730 --> 00:12:22,680 But this is different. Ernie was a friend. He was part of our everyday lives. 226 00:12:22,800 --> 00:12:25,730 L-I don't know about you guys, but that matters to me. 227 00:12:25,830 --> 00:12:28,430 Hush up, princess. It's coming back on. 228 00:12:30,340 --> 00:12:32,800 If Ernie Belcher's mysterious disappearance... 229 00:12:32,910 --> 00:12:36,310 was not a result of anti-Centralist zealotry... 230 00:12:36,410 --> 00:12:39,740 could it be because this pillar of the community... 231 00:12:39,850 --> 00:12:42,370 had a secret, darker side? 232 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:44,450 For anyone out there who is not aware... 233 00:12:44,550 --> 00:12:47,920 of the vast array of pornography on the Internet... 234 00:12:48,020 --> 00:12:50,550 you're about to become far less productive. 235 00:12:50,660 --> 00:12:55,490 Ernie had a little side business where he shot fetish videos and sold 'em on his Web site. 236 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:59,050 I starred in some. Made a little money on the side. 237 00:12:59,170 --> 00:13:01,130 It got a little weird. 238 00:13:01,230 --> 00:13:03,790 ## [Disco] 239 00:13:05,970 --> 00:13:08,440 - Who's been a bad boy? - Me. Right-Right here. 240 00:13:08,540 --> 00:13:10,480 I've- I've been a bad boy. 241 00:13:12,250 --> 00:13:15,110 Yep, yep, yep, yep, yep... 242 00:13:15,220 --> 00:13:17,120 yep, yep, yep, yep, yep... 243 00:13:17,220 --> 00:13:18,980 yep, yep, yep, yep, yep. 244 00:13:19,090 --> 00:13:21,280 Yeah, I was in some of Ernie's videos. 245 00:13:21,390 --> 00:13:24,750 He told me I could have all the free crabs I could eat forever. 246 00:13:24,860 --> 00:13:26,830 Of course, Ernie's missing now... 247 00:13:26,930 --> 00:13:31,060 and apparently he never told anyone else who works here about it! 248 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,630 So I'm a little pissed about that. 249 00:13:34,800 --> 00:13:37,770 - ## [Instrumental] - [Sniffs] 250 00:13:37,870 --> 00:13:39,770 Oh, man. 251 00:13:39,870 --> 00:13:44,210 It's a size 11 from, like, 1988. 252 00:13:44,310 --> 00:13:48,370 And look, it's filled with macaroni and cheese. 253 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:51,780 This is gonna be so good. 254 00:13:55,220 --> 00:13:57,120 Mmm. 255 00:13:57,220 --> 00:14:00,520 Wow, this is good. Do I really get to eat the whole shoe full? 256 00:14:00,630 --> 00:14:04,360 No, I didn't appear in any of Ernie's sex videos. 257 00:14:08,670 --> 00:14:10,970 [Man, Low Voice] Are you pretty? 258 00:14:11,070 --> 00:14:13,040 Yes, I'm pretty. 259 00:14:16,580 --> 00:14:18,480 [Quiet Sobbing] 260 00:14:20,910 --> 00:14:23,680 Yeah, I did some kinky videos for Ernie. 261 00:14:23,780 --> 00:14:27,880 I mean, how often is it that you get to work with a real TV star? 262 00:14:27,990 --> 00:14:30,890 [Gurgling] 263 00:14:30,990 --> 00:14:33,080 [Grunting] Nice. 264 00:14:33,190 --> 00:14:37,430 I don't remember doing any fetish videos. 265 00:14:37,530 --> 00:14:41,760 Of course, I'm told I was on a show called Parker Lewis Can't Lose for three years... 266 00:14:41,870 --> 00:14:44,030 and I don't remember that either. 267 00:14:44,170 --> 00:14:47,230 Can you think of anyone involved in this who might have wanted Ernie gone? 268 00:14:47,340 --> 00:14:51,440 Oh, hell. Anybody who might've found out about his hidden cameras in the bathroom. 269 00:14:51,540 --> 00:14:54,910 - What? - He had secret hidden cameras all over the women's bathroom. 270 00:14:55,010 --> 00:14:57,210 When I found out, I almost killed him my own self. 271 00:14:57,320 --> 00:14:59,050 Why didn't you say anything about this before? 272 00:14:59,150 --> 00:15:03,090 He paid me off not to tell the other girls. That's why I always peed in the alley. 273 00:15:03,190 --> 00:15:05,920 - Can you show me? - Well, I don't really have to go right now. 274 00:15:06,030 --> 00:15:08,690 But if you buy me a beer, I'll see what I can work up. 275 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:11,700 - I meant, can you show me the hidden cameras? - Oh. 276 00:15:13,430 --> 00:15:15,700 Well, buy me a beer, and I'll show you. 277 00:15:15,800 --> 00:15:20,100 Inside Probe went to work and found all of Ernie's hidden cameras. 278 00:15:21,210 --> 00:15:23,370 Yep. They're all still here. 279 00:15:23,480 --> 00:15:28,470 There's overheads one, two, three. 280 00:15:28,580 --> 00:15:31,880 Then there's the behind-the-mirror cam. 281 00:15:36,390 --> 00:15:38,360 And the pee-pee cam. 282 00:15:39,690 --> 00:15:43,650 And we probed a little deeper and found something else. 283 00:15:46,770 --> 00:15:49,790 - [Beeps] - [Mechanism Whirring] 284 00:15:55,210 --> 00:15:58,510 A videotape, just as I suspected. 285 00:15:58,610 --> 00:16:01,840 Could Ernie's sick, perverted, hidden bathroom tapes... 286 00:16:01,950 --> 00:16:04,510 finally shed some light on his disappearance? 287 00:16:04,620 --> 00:16:07,020 Sure, there were innocent things... 288 00:16:07,120 --> 00:16:11,320 like a drunken Randy Hickey stealing tampons and sanitary napkins. 289 00:16:11,420 --> 00:16:13,320 [Giggling] 290 00:16:13,430 --> 00:16:17,690 A local stripper trying to hide the shame ofher secret eating. 291 00:16:19,230 --> 00:16:22,600 A daytime prostitute having a working lunch. 292 00:16:29,410 --> 00:16:31,670 Earl Hickey hiding in the bathroom... 293 00:16:31,780 --> 00:16:34,580 after snatching a bottle ofbooze from behind the bar. 294 00:16:34,680 --> 00:16:38,620 The hidden cameras even caught an icon of American television... 295 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:40,620 putting on his game face. 296 00:16:40,720 --> 00:16:42,880 Never show weakness. Never show weakness. 297 00:16:42,990 --> 00:16:45,510 You're a rock star. You're Geraldo Rivera. 298 00:16:45,630 --> 00:16:48,220 This is what they pay you, because you're worth it. 299 00:16:48,330 --> 00:16:50,590 [Woman] Someone's in here. 300 00:16:50,700 --> 00:16:53,060 [High-pitched Voice] It's not Geraldo. 301 00:16:55,200 --> 00:16:58,530 Hidden cameras, historical grudges, lights in the sky... 302 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,330 a bathroom that was being remodeled. 303 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:03,570 Four seemingly random events... 304 00:17:03,680 --> 00:17:08,080 until we revisited an interview we had done with the black coworker... 305 00:17:08,180 --> 00:17:12,050 who, at the time, we assumed was giving us a fake alibi. 306 00:17:12,150 --> 00:17:14,780 [Darnell] Every night at closing time, I had to go up on the roof... 307 00:17:14,890 --> 00:17:16,790 to take down the flag of the Central... 308 00:17:16,890 --> 00:17:19,080 or else someone would snatch it and destroy it. 309 00:17:19,190 --> 00:17:21,180 I saw some malcontent trying to pull down the flag... 310 00:17:21,290 --> 00:17:24,820 and while I agreed with his sentiment, it was my duty to protect Ernie's property. 311 00:17:24,930 --> 00:17:27,400 So I attacked him with lethal precision. 312 00:17:27,500 --> 00:17:32,270 He was a worthy opponent, and our fight caused us to fall into the flagpole. 313 00:17:32,370 --> 00:17:36,570 The flagpole hit the power line, and there was a pretty big explosion. 314 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:40,670 [Geraldo Narrating] This would explain the U.F.O. That several people saw that night. 315 00:17:40,780 --> 00:17:44,410 And you might be asking, what does any of this have to do with Ernie? 316 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:46,420 Well, we're about to show you. 317 00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:50,460 These were victim Ernie Belcher's final moments. 318 00:17:50,560 --> 00:17:53,220 Here you see Ernie enter the bathroom. 319 00:17:53,330 --> 00:17:57,090 It's awkward because he's avoiding the wet cement. 320 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:01,100 He's presumably going to change the tape in his hidden VCR... 321 00:18:01,200 --> 00:18:05,260 when suddenly he is startled by a commotion on the roof. 322 00:18:05,370 --> 00:18:09,970 As the battle on the roof raged on, the power went out... 323 00:18:10,080 --> 00:18:14,310 and, unable to see, Ernie lost his footing. 324 00:18:14,410 --> 00:18:16,710 And for the semiconscious Ernie Belcher... 325 00:18:16,820 --> 00:18:21,780 the harsh reality was sinking in. 326 00:18:21,890 --> 00:18:24,080 As was his body. 327 00:18:27,530 --> 00:18:30,660 [Crowd Murmuring] 328 00:18:41,870 --> 00:18:44,780 Wow. I always thought that was a nose-shaped doorstop. 329 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:47,570 [Earl] I can't believe it. 330 00:18:47,680 --> 00:18:52,120 Ernie's been right here in the Crab Shack for eight years, and nobody knew it. 331 00:18:52,220 --> 00:18:53,850 You know what's so funny? 332 00:18:53,950 --> 00:18:56,980 For years I've been using that thing to clean gum off the bottom of my shoes. 333 00:18:57,090 --> 00:19:00,790 Well, Ernie, the Crab Shack was always a part of you. 334 00:19:00,890 --> 00:19:03,420 Now you will always be a part of the Crab Shack. 335 00:19:04,830 --> 00:19:07,630 We can finally give you a real good-bye. 336 00:19:09,440 --> 00:19:11,200 Good-bye, friend. 337 00:19:11,300 --> 00:19:13,470 You got a little- 338 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:16,340 I got it. 339 00:19:21,880 --> 00:19:23,820 Well, boss... 340 00:19:23,920 --> 00:19:25,940 you died like a hero from the Central- 341 00:19:26,050 --> 00:19:28,850 quickly and in the bathroom. 342 00:19:31,460 --> 00:19:34,950 Later, Ernie. Say hey to Grandma Nancy for me. 343 00:19:35,060 --> 00:19:38,090 Unless, by some miracle, you ended up in heaven. 344 00:19:42,070 --> 00:19:43,970 Good-bye, pal. 345 00:19:44,070 --> 00:19:47,100 Just in case there's some chance that you're alive down there, breathing through your nose... 346 00:19:47,210 --> 00:19:50,270 I want you to know that I forgive you for the toothpicks... 347 00:19:50,380 --> 00:19:53,740 but I will never forgive you for the fish wings. 348 00:19:53,850 --> 00:19:58,280 Shh.