Welcome back to open house. Now we head down to charleston, South Carolina to tour what is widely considered to be its oldest home. It was built in 1712, and has seen the entire city grow around it. And, come to think of it, the entire nation. Its filled with gorgeous intricate detail, and is one of the original examples that distinguishes charleston style architecture. And with one of the largest private gardens in the city, it is a true urban retreat. Check this out. Hello. Im andrew drury of carolina one real estate. Welcome to charleston. Im excited to show you one of the most significant houses in the entire city. So follow me. Come on this georgian style home was built in 1712, 20 years before the birth of george washington. Theres even the original carriage stone and the two hitching posts. Its known as the colonel William Rhett house, after its builder and original owner. The property is a half an acre, including the main house and two carriage houses. Lets take a look at the main house. One of the distinguishing characteristics of Charleston Homes are its piazzas, to catch the sea breeze. Right here, youll notice something very charleston. These are called jalousies. They were part of the entrance of piazzas to provide privacy. Another distinguishing charleston characteristic is this joggling board. In the old days, a woman would sit on one side. A man would sit on the other. And theyd bounce until they met in the middle. This home is on the National Register of historic places, and its georgian features greet you, the moment you walk in, characteristics like the carpenter lock, this mahogany banister. Another interesting feature is this newel post and the mortgage button. The folklore was that youd receive this button after you paid your mortgage off, and you would put it on top of your newel post, to let everyone know that your home was debt free. Follow me into the living room. This is the largest room in the house. And its a great place to entertain. Or just put your feet up with a good book by the fireplace. 12 foot high ceilings, with intricate dental molding, and wainscotings around the room. And this is a grand living room, where youd do most of your entertaining. For more intimate gathering, follow me. We call this the silver room, because of its ornate silver wallpaper. Originally, when the house was constructed, this was considered the receiving room, where you greet your guests. Today, its an intimate nook, perfect for sitting by the fire with a glass of wine or a cup of coffee. Theres a hidden bar behind this door, and even a hidden elevator. This beautiful dining room is most decorative room in the house. Just look at this gorgeous rococo plasterwork. It was installed by the original owners daughter in 1745. And its the earliest example of rococo plaster work in the country. This room is also interesting because of the pieces of furniture in it. This table has seated generals and governors, and the charles lamier pair table is one of two. Its twin is in the white house. And if the dinner conversation happens to get a little boring, just turn on a little music over here. What would you like to hear . This music box is the original ipod. [music playing] its pieces like this that add a touch of whimsy to this formal dining room. When the weathers this nice, we spend a lot of time outdoors. And looking around, its easy to see why. Spread out over half an acre are five separate garden rooms, each with their own purpose, designed by world renowned Landscape Architect umberto innocenti. The overall effect is organization, tranquility, and of course, beauty. The first room was designed for herbs and medicine. The center room is perfect for outdoor parties, and can easily handle 300 people. And they elliptical curve in the bar terre is perfect for a band. We call this the oak forest. It leads to the formal garden. And this is known as the garden of the four seasons. Out here, you feel like youre in your own private park. So there you have it. I hope you enjoyed taking a look around with me. Just remember, whether youre here for a generation or a century, this gracious Historic Property in charleston will always welcome you home. Thanks for stopping by. Sara gore coming up next on open house, we are touring a grand home in connecticut. Well be right back. Welcome back. Our next stop today is an exclusive gated community in connecticut. We are touring a grand georgian style home with elegant details throughout. Also, its not often you find a house with its own observatory and ice rink. Check this out. Good morning. Im rick ayre. Im the estate manager at 21 Hurlingham Drive in backcountry greenwich on conyers farm. I cant wait to show you around this beautiful home. This 13,000 square foot home is this incredible 1985 brick georgian. Eight bedrooms, eight bathrooms, and is incredible for entertaining. The lower level is home to an elegant wine cellar, and a home theater. And through the french doors, it opens up to the pool. The house sits on 13 acres, and it has anything you could ever wish for, and more. Youve got your pool, pool house, formal gardens, and green house, observatory, and one more surprise right this way. Down here, you have your very own private ice rink. And in the summer, it converts back to a tennis court. Its just one more feature of opulence on this already magical estate. Thank you for joining me today for this glimpse of the very best of backcountry greenwich. Still sara gore ahead on open house, anna burke shares her inspiring design secrets. Well be right back. We are wrapping things up today with young, up and coming interior designer, anna burke. Anna is known for making home looks collected, not decorated. Take a look at how anna incorporated her clean and classic sensibility in her clients home. Hi, im interior designer anna burke. Today, im going to be taking you on a tour of one of my favorite projects on the upper east side, a manhattan house. My design aesthetic is clean and classic. I like to create spaces that feel lived in and collected, not overly decorated. Design, for me, is not just about making the home look beautiful. Its about making people look beautiful within the home. And one of the simplest ways to do that is through lighting. In this home, i use light at all different levels. Lamps on console tables, wall sconces, as well as overhead fixtures, to create a warm, soft glow. It really makes people look their best. In the living area, i used soft, neutral upholstery to create a backdrop for fun and wild pillows. When it comes to pillows, i love mixing different patterns and textures. Another way that i define the spaces in this apartment was through the use of area rugs. This home has absolutely gorgeous floors, so i sought to use rugs that were neutral but soft underfoot. One of the reasons i like this coffee table is it doesnt have a glass top. I think for people who have kids, glass top coffee tables are always dirty. The coffee table also serves as a great clean contrast to the more ornate rope chairs, which are two of my favorite pieces in the apartment. My favorite piece in the dining area is this massive gold iron pendant light. It creates an incredible cascading pattern on the ceiling, especially at night. This light was a bit of a risk for the client, and for me, too, because of its large size. But once it went up, we knew it was the Perfect Piece for the room. I used antique french dining chairs with a more modern bronze tulip based dining table. I love using antiques with more contemporary pieces. For me, dining spaces in the city should feel funky, casual, and modern. A place where you can feed your kids, and also host an elegant dinner party. We lacquered the library a bright cornflower blue. Its the biggest pop of color in the apartment, and i love the way that it reads off of the living room. I think every room needs one strong color, or as i like to call them, shock colors. In this room, this deep shade of magenta was the perfect shade. Libraries dont have to be stuffy. They can be a cozy place where you can display family photos, books youve collected over the years, and still use funky textiles and prints. Thanks for coming on a tour with me of this fun yet sophisticated family home. I hope it inspires you to create a space thats true to your own personality. Thats all for now. We hope you enjoyed the show. To see any of these amazing homes again, head to openhousetv. Com, and connect with us, openhousetv. Before you go, i want to remind you about our newest weekend tradition. Check out my breakfast with open house videos on facebook every weekend morning, and be sure to share what you are having with us. Join open house for breakfast. Thanks for watching, and well see you next week. I never dreamed somebody could do this. I didnt know why anybody would want to kill him. You watch it on tv. You see it all the time. You just dont think it can happen to you. They were a young couple in a hurry to make their fortune. 50s, 100s, 20s. Piles of money. Building a life. Until one life ended. All too soon. What happened to your husband, maam . I believe hes hes dead. He was laying on the floor, and i got scared, and i ran out of the house. A young father murdered in broad daylight. Didnt look like a robbery. Lots of valuables left behind. Lots of secrets too. It just kind of sent chills up my back. Something was tearing a family apart. I dont even know where to start. Or was it someone . The most coldblooded, evil person. A family feud, and an innocent man, caught in the middle. You know these shows you watch that people see the ghosts of their loved ones . I wanted that so bad, so bad. Im lester holt, and this is dateline. Heres Keith Morrison with the root of all evil. Reporter the hunting is good here in the arkansas delta. Twice a year, a horde of migrating mallards descends on flooded rice fields. Deer stare out through thickets of hardwood. You have to be quiet, surefooted, your aim true. Thats what marc despains dad taught him. Thats what marc taught his own son. Before hatred wormed its way in. Sometimes its overwhelming that anger, isnt it . It is. It is. Reporter the anger that pitted father against son. It almost got physical. It just it breaks my heart. Reporter and husband against wife. I just wanted to go into protective mode and protect us all. Reporter and brought the hunting to town on a deathly quiet summer afternoon. Can you please hurry . Okay. Im going to get them out there. Please send an ambulance. Reporter what could be left but the bitter taste of recrimination. He is evil. He is not the kind person that hes got the public convinced that he is. Reporter jonesboro is both a college town and a farm town. Tends to the needs of young minds and rice farmers on the vast plain of sticky, fertile clay west of the mississippi river. Its where marc despain breezed through school with his easy charm. Tana is his mother. He was the only freshman that we know of that was chosen by a senior to go to the senior prom. Reporter marc became a High School Football star and his sister jacque watched him bring his trophies home to lay at the feet of his father, jack. He really did look up to dad. And he you know, he always wanted to, you know, impress him and stuff. Reporter and then well, its an old story, really. When i was 18 and he was 19, we just bumped into each other. Reporter pretty michelle. She was sitting on top of a car when marc spotted her one night. Tiny, doeeyed, and, before long, pregnant. The way i was brought up, you know, if you got a girl pregnant, you married her. Thats just that was just what you did. Reporter so there was a shotgun wedding. Two families thrown together, marc and his parents, jack and tana. Michelle and her long divorced parents, her mom kathy and her dad carl. Michelle also brought along a baby from an earlier relationship. And he never treated her like she was not his. Never. Reporter together they had two boys. He loved his kids. I mean, just anything they ever dreamed of, he would do his damndest to get it. Anything. Reporter the Little Family moved into a trailer marcs parents bought them. And marc studied hard to become a real estate appraiser, like his mom, and went into business with his parents, which, said michelle, is about when things began to go wrong. Marc didnt like to be pushed around by his dad. He was an independent person. Reporter the growing tension spilled over at the kitchen table. Marc demanded a bigger share of the money. They argued. And then michelle chimed in. Oh boy. Oh my goodness, when she opened her mouth, dad just flipped off the handle. And, of course, marc just, i dont know, stepped in as a husband, like a husband should do. Reporter thats how it began, the trouble between father and son. The trouble that was going to get so much worse. Marc split away from the family business. Michelle helped with the bookkeeping. I was just amazed at what they were able to accomplish. Reporter and they were a good team, said michelles mom, kathy. They both just had the ability to Work Together to and make money. Reporter marc got into real estate investment. His first, a trailer park no one else would touch. I couldnt believe he bought that. I was just, what are you thinking . Have you lost your mind . He flipped it. Made him about 100,000 profit. Reporter and so having done it once, he figured hed do it again. Absolutely. Reporter and again and again. Absolutely. Reporter and the money seemed to roll in. Marc moved his family to an upscale neighborhood in the southern part of town. Adrift from his own parents, he spent more and more time with michelles, taking them on family trips. Even hired michelles dad, carl, to be his rent collector. I remember a lot of times walking in and carl would be sitting at the dining room table. And must be 50s, 100s, 20s. He was counting them like a drug dealer. Reporter just piles of money . Piles of money. Reporter and then, one august afternoon, michelle came home from work early. When i walked in, there werent any lights on. Everything was knocked onto the floor. Reporter and then she got to the kitchen. And there he was. And hes laying in the floor, and there was blood coming all out from behind him. And i shook his leg and said his name. And i looked around, and there was stuff in the floor everywhere. And i got scared. Reporter she ran outside, terrified, and called 911. 911, whats your emergency . My my my husband. I just came home maam, i need you to take a deep breath. Okay . And tell me whats going on. I dont know. Reporter michelle ran across the street to a neighbors house, desperate to hide. Shes not answering the door, okay . Do you want me to stay on the phone with you . No. I need to call my mom. Okay. Call your mom. Im going to get them en route. It was a voice that scared me. You know you pick up the phone. You hear one of your kids on the phone, and you hear crying. Reporter kathy raced over there, found michelle sobbing on the curb. And shes i got to get to him. I got to get to him. I just kind of grabbed my daughter by the shoulder. And im like, michelle, hes gone. Hes gone. Reporter so he was. Dead on his own kitchen floor. A young wife is now a widow and the horror of what she witnessed is unforgettable. Reporter is it a sight that lives in your mind a lot . A lot. Her familys good life suddenly gone or maybe it hadnt been so good. He was kind of embarrassed to have to come and get money from me. Money, is that a clue . Ntures with toothpaste or plain water. And even though their dentures look clean, in reality theyre not. If a denture were to be put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists on the denture, and that bacteria multiplies very rapidly. Thats why dentists recommend cleaning with polident everyday. Polidents unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99. 99 of odor causing bacteria. For a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day. I tabut with my back paines, i couldnt sleep and get up in time. Then i found aleve pm. Aleve pm is the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. Im back. 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When i first walked in, i noticed that were some papers that appeared to be knocked on the ground. And there was some broken glass and stuff like that on the floor. Reporter investigators snapped photos of the chaos. Drawers pulled out in a bedroom. Clothes thrown into the bathtub. A jewelry case toppled over. Like somebody was looking for something . Possibly. Reporter they asked around the neighborhood, did anyone see any strangers that afternoon . And yes, someone did, investigators told prosecutor, scott ellington. An African American was seen in the neighborhood wearing a certain colored shirt. Reporter it wasnt just that. Later somebody said they saw an aging and beat up blue mercedes circling the neighborhood. So, thieves casing the house . Maybe. And yet, as detective brooks looked around the house, he could see this just didnt have the hallmarks of a robbery. The valuable stuff tv sets, guns, computers were untouched. And look at this photo. Sitting next to marcs keys and a cell phone on the kitchen island, is a container of ice cream. It appeared that he had just walked in and set these items down, and then was caught totally off guard. Reporter all of that seemed to shriek of a planned ambush dressed up a little to look like robbery. The way investigators pieced it together, somebody was waiting for marc to get home, then crept up from behind, shot him twice. He had suffered two gunshot wounds, one that appeared to have entered on his left side, and then another shot that he had sustained to his face. Reporter that was a kind of what is a kill shot or something . Yes, sir. Reporter somebody making sure. It appeared so, yes. Reporter why would someone want to kill marc despain . I was so confused. I just i didnt think marc had any enemies. And i didnt know why anybody would want to kill him. Reporter detective brooks soon discovered a possible reason. Even though theyd been living lavishly, marc had serious money trouble. He was kind of embarrassed to have to come and get money from me. Reporter it was a couple of months before the murder, said michelles mother kathy. Marc asked her for cash to help pay for michelles birthday present. You know, thats very unusual. Because usually they just go out and buy whatever they want. Reporter not anymore. That summer, 2011, jonesboro real estate was far from recovered. Many of marcs rental properties were underwater. The bank was closing in. Tenants were being forced out of their homes. So you know, was anybody upset with marc . Was this any of his tenants . Could this have been somebody like that . Reporter and then, an ugly little surprise crawled out of marcs own troubled family. Marc and his parents were lobbing lawsuits at each other over some shared property. The prosecutor heard that marcs dad, jack, was a hothead. Jack was very, very angry at marc for mishandling this property that they coowned together. Reporter yes. But it went deeper than that, went to a very dark place, as you will see. And because of it, marc hadnt spoken to his parents in years. So when jack showed up at the crime scene, the suspicion was, well, audible. Michelles dad, carl, started yelling at him. Cursing very loudly. Calling him all kinds of names. Reporter but what was he saying . Theres that son of a bitch, jack despain. Reporter did you think jack was somehow responsible . Oh, yeah. Marc had told multiple people, if anything ever happens to me, yall look at my dad. Reporter so, of course, detective brooks invited jack down to the Police Station. Just maybe this mystery would have a quick, if very disturbing, solution. Coming up a young girl makes a troubling accusation that defines a family oh my god. Could this have possibly happened . But was that the motive for murder . Was it even true . When dateline continues. Reporter its an unpleasant thing to think about. Parents murdering their own children. But it happens. Is an old story, frankly. Some awful glitch, perhaps, in the human recipe. Had it happened here, in jonesboro . Suspicion fell quickly on marcs dad, jack despain. Michelles mom heard about it when she called to tell a relative that marc was dead. Somebodys murdered marc. And he was like, oh my god. He said, have they found jack despain . Reporter he thought right away it was jack. Uhhuh. Reporter because anyone close to jack and his family knew, a poison far more potent than money had come between father and son. I never saw it coming. I dont think marc ever saw it coming. Reporter it began, said michelle, when her 13yearold daughter told them an ugly story, that her grandpa jack asked her to take nude photos of herself on his phone. Marc called a family meeting. Marc told his dad, theres a problem. We want to help you. You know, were not here to point fingers at you or judge you. Reporter jack swore he did nothing wrong. Marc called in the police. Tana, jacks wife of more than 30 years, left him. Moved in with marc and michelle. Well, how do you prepare for a thing like that . You dont. You dont prepare reporter well, what is that like . You just your mind is is in overdrive, you know, trying to think, you know, oh my god, could this have possibly happened . Reporter but after the police interviewed the girl, and then jack, and then the girl again, and heard her story change, become more elaborate, the investigation was dropped. And tana, driven with guilt for ever suspecting jack abused his granddaughter, went back to him and begged forgiveness. The man ive been married to for over 30 years and went to high school with, and then doubting him, and knowing i shouldnt have. Reporter but marc and michelle, believing the girl, never spoke to his mom or dad again. Cut them off from their grandkids. Disowned marcs sister when she took jacks side. I believe dad 100 . I dont believe he had anything to do with it. Reporter so that was the ugly backdrop to the murder investigation. And detective brooks would have to figure out if this yearsold unproven allegation had so eaten away at marcs dad that it pushed him over the edge. Time to meet potential suspect number one. Im going to close that door, mr. Despain. Reporter detective brooks sat down with jack in an Interrogation Room and watched the man fall apart. I cant. Reporter was this true grief the detective was witnessing . Or regret . Or guilt over something jack had done . Or hadnt done. I was too late. Reporter too late. What did he mean . Jack didnt shy away from discussing those abuse allegations. Heres how it happened, he said. She had taken some nude photos of herself and sent them to her boyfriends. Reporter jack said he found out the girl was sexting, confronted her, said he was going to tell her parents. But she got to them before he did, jack said, and invented the story to get out of trouble. So they took her side, i guess. They took her side and said i was the bad person. Reporter jack told us the same story, eager, he said, to finally set the record straight. You didnt ever ask her to take pictures of herself and give them to you . No, no. Reporter but the accusation, said jack, almost destroyed him. I was at home. I could have opened up my own whiskey store, i think, with how much whiskey i drunk for two months. And typically i dont drink. But that was just to kill the pain. Reporter because everybody assumed that you were abusing your own granddaughter. Yes, yes, yes. Reporter the detective wondered, did jacks pain drive him to seek revenge on his own son . No, said jack, no. He wanted to reconcile with marc, not kill him. I know i aint talked to my son in four, five years but i loved him dearly. Reporter anyway, when marc was murdered, said jack, he was miles away at his own house. I was on the roof trying to put some shingles on. Reporter that alibi would have to be checked out, of course. But even before detective brooks had a chance to do that, other members of the family came down to the Police Station and told him, dont be fooled by jacks tears. He was an angry, possibly violent man. He said, i will ruin you and your family. He said, for you all accusing me of this. He said, i will see you ruined. Reporter this is michelles dad, carl. The man whod been cursing jack out on the street right there at the murder scene. If i was going to point a finger at anybody, if thats what youre asking, id point it at jack despain. Reporter detective brooks could plainly see this was a family with a troubling history. So he made a decision to attend marc despains visitation, take a look around, see what his gut would tell him. I saw a note where you, in your case file, you wrote, this has to be one of the strangest visitations i have ever attended . Yes. It was just a cold feeling. It just did not feel right. Reporter was the killer sitting among the mourners, planning a next move . Coming up a family feud at the funeral. She calls the police on us. And somebody else calls the police with a tip that could crack the case. Reporter thats a nice little gift. It was. This is the time the time for harmony let love be the song that everybody sings fill the air with joyful noise ring the bells and raise your voice let there be peace on earth let there be peace on earth music starts and pgucci guiltyout the fragrances for him and for her. Lets get these dayquil liquid but these liquid gels are new. Mucinex fast max. Its the same difference. This one is max strength and fights mucus. Mucinex fast max. The only cold and flu liquid gel thats maxstrength and fights mucus. Lets end this. 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It was just a blur. It all still just feels like a blur. Reporter but there was one thing she was clear about. Marcs parents and sister were not welcome at his funeral. What was the funeral like for you . Oh, it was awful. We couldnt sit down on the main level with family. Reporter why . Michelle wouldnt let us. She barred us. Reporter it was the same at the cemetery. Shes literally trying to get him in the ground before we can even walk up. Reporter you mean get them to fill in the grave . Yes. So, we just immediately jump out of our car and we start rushing to the graveside. And she calls the police on us. She calls the police at my brothers funeral. Reporter yet, for all the chatter about jack, that he might have killed his own son, detective brooks instincts said no. Jacks alibi checked out. He was fixing his roof afternoon of the murder. And those tears in the Interrogation Room i did not feel anything as being fake from mr. Despain. He appeared to be a broken man at that time. Reporter so what to make of the fractured family and all the bad blood now tangled up with so much grief . Detective brooks thought back to his interview with michelles dad, carl, the man who pointed a finger at jack on day one. He told him he didnt want to have nothing to do with him. Reporter carl said hed been in marcs house not too long before the murder, dropped off some rent money. Why didnt they shoot me instead of him . I had the money in my hand. Reporter interesting timing . Coincidence . Or, as detective brooks wondered, did carl have something to do with the murder . Maybe not. Carls alibi checked out. Surveillance cameras, in fact, caught carl right where he said he was around the time marc was gunned down, meeting his daughter at the bank where she worked. He could not have shot marc. While the investigation continued, marcs parents spent time at the cemetery, finally able to do what they couldnt when their son was still alive. Wed talk to him. Talk to marc. And rainy days were the worst. I didnt like rainy days. Reporter what do you mean rainy days . I didnt like him getting wet. I knew he was in heaven. But i just didnt like the rain on him. Reporter and then . Pure luck, really. Remember how neighbors reported seeing an African American stranger in the neighborhood . Now, someone called the cops with a tip. Somebody who matched that description was actually boasting about shooting marc despain. That was a nice, little gift . It was. Reporter didnt take them long to find the guy. Street name, qualow. Real name, terrance barker. And he was nervous. I can see your heart beating through that shirt right now. I know youre scared. Reporter he denied everything. I dont know what to tell you, man. I didnt do this. Reporter detective brooks wasnt buying it. Because by then, the police also tracked down the driver of that beat up blue mercedes seen near the house before the murder. And he told the cops he took qualow to meet a man in a Church Parking lot. And that man wanted a job done. Was that job murder . I didnt do that. I did not do that, sir. Reporter by now detective brooks had been working night and day for a week. His store of patience ran out. This is serious [ bleep ] to me. Ive got three kids that are laying over there crying. Reporter was it that angry speech or another long night in his cell . The next day, qualow, came clean. For a promise of 7 to 10 thousand, still unpaid, he said, he took the job to shoot and kill marc despain. You fired the first round and that round hits him where . It hits in the chest area. Reporter he didnt know marc from adam, he said. It was the man from the parking lot who took him to marcs house, told him where to lie in wait for marc, gave him a gun. And then qualow said something rather surprising. Ive been thinking, like, man, what the what what what in the hell kind of people do [ bleep ] like that . Reporter the shooter who executed a stranger for the mere promise of a few grand, said he was appalled. Not at himself, at the man who hired him. People are something else, man. You know, its especially people that you think care about you and love you. Theyre supposed to be these are the same [ bleep ] that be in your face plotting on you. Reporter if the hitman was telling the truth, detective brooks hunch had been right. Someone who claimed to love marc, also plotted his death. But who . Coming up michelle confesses to an affair. My dad didnt know that. Marc didnt i mean, nobody knew that. And there was another surprise. There were two insurance policies, each for the amount of 500,000. When dateline continues. Phil oh no. under his breath hey man hey peter. unenthusiastic oh. Ha ha ha joanne . Is that you . Its me. You dont look a day over 70. Am i right . Jingle jingle. If youre peter pan, you stay young forever. Its what you do. 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