How about:
I wasn't creeped out while watching a true crime documentary on TV late one night about a brutal murder until they showed a picture of the crime scene and the victim. It was a picture of me in my living room and the TV was showing a true crime documentary.
No matter how much he pointed to his white beard as proof, the witch didn't believe Grumbles when he insisted he wasn't a child and wouldn't taste good in a nice meat pie.