i was worried to kill him herself? and then a revelation, the dead man had a dangerous dream. we ended up finding a lot of paperwork, relating to the oil business. i remember telling, us i m going to make millions of dollars. a big money bencher, oozing with outlaws. a violent individual, in prison for robbery. a big man, probably 250 pounds. steroid, rock muscle. significant criminal history. greed as would kill my dad. what caused all of. this a thirst for oil, it lost for blood. i trusted a con artist. i trusted a sociopath. what is going to happen to the quiet little prairie town, when oil comes along? among the green and pleasant landscapes of american privilege, is a fine historic rise of land, called the south hill. here, for 100 years, it is been the home of spokane s washington elites, in their queen and craftsman manage, it s quiet, rectitude, and certainly not the kind of story we are about to tell. the kind of story with ambitious men, dark plo
to seattle. 350 miles from the little town in oregon where they lived back then. her church kept her going. well, doug, here s the story according to bertie. he kept guns, said bertie, lots of them. and lost and alone, he decided to use one on himself. as he crawled toward those guns, he said he heard this horrid voice that said he s mine. and then he heard another voice that said no, he s not. he belongs to me. and he said it was a thunderous, authoritative, shook the whole room voice. and the next thing he knew, he felt arms picking him up. and putting him on the bed. he told you this. yes, he told me this months later. quite a story. the one that got doug saved and back with his family. after that, he started an excavation business, and as his kids grew up, six of them, many
flat as if practiced. it bothered him. how long had you been home? it happened instantly. when we got home, it was like somebody ambushed him. the way she told her story about a masked man killing her husband of 42 years. it almost seemed like it was rehearsed or like she thought about this and what could i say? rehearsed is a good word. it sounded that way to you? yes, it did. but you don t have to take it from the detective. we were able to arrange an interview with elberta, too. my whole life was over as i knew it. elberta told us that when she and her husband returned from church that evening they drove through the gate of their property as usual. he says i ll get the gate, you get the door. did everything look pretty much the same as when you left? no. no. it just didn t feel right. i started heading up the stairs and i got all the way to the top of the stairs and i started down the hall when i heard muffled noices. headed right down the stairs, i got back
doug carlile wasn t the only victim of the weird goings-on around the oil patch. coming up for this investigator, a tantalizing tip at his fingertips. i clicked on it and a flyer came up that basically said beware of these two people. and then a potential suspect gives cops the brush-off. he leaned out the door and slapped me on the shoulder, and then he shut the door. when dateline continues. when dateline continues when dateline continues why don t you do cool spins? uh, people need to read it. i can t read it. [ chuckles ] that s cause you re like 4. 4 1/2. switch to progressive, and you can save hundreds. you know, like the sign says. if you have to pre-rinse your dishes, you could be using the wrong detergent.
shane and seth ran the business. he d give the shirt off his back to anybody. he just had a huge heart. he had enough room in it for everybody. huge heart. and taught you what you know. absolutely. every aspect of business. every aspect of life. when the kids were grown, doug and bertie ended up in spokane, to be near their favorite church, whose pastor preached the prosperity gospel, that is, the idea that god rewards true belief with financial success. well, they certainly looked successful when they bought that sprawling house on the south hill. they wanted to get an older house like that. it s something they loved. but they also always wanted all the family to come for all the holidays and spend it with them. so there s a bedroom for everybody. we all had our own room. worked out pretty good. did it look to you as if your dad and your mom were finally at the place where they were on the top of the hill? they were doing the best i ever saw them do. they were happy.