[ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby, and today im in brooklyn, new york, on my way to meet three brothers at a selfstorage joint in historic coney island. Thats where they found their strange inheritance, left to them by a homeless relative with a big surprise under lock and key. My names seth lerner. Our second cousin, howard frank, died mysteriously in 2012. Thats when my brothers and i found out that we inherited the contents of his five Storage Units. We were shocked the first time we rolled up those doors. Hi, guys. Im jamie. Im ian. Good to meet you. Hi. Im seth. Nice to meet you both. You wrote me about a wild story about a cousin and that he left all his belongings here . His whole life is here in this storage bin. Howard rented five of these 10x15foot units. When we opened up the lockers, we actually found a place where he might have been sleeping. Wow. We didnt really know until we found this place. He never really told us. They did not need to be told back in th
[ bird caws ] im jamie colby in new york city, here to meet an heir whose strange inheritance not only unraveled her life. It left her hanging by a thread. My names charlotte smith. What do you do when your godmother leaves you 70 huge boxes of dresses . One thought send them right back. But then i realized these werent just dresses. They were oneofakind pieces of history. Charlotte . Hello. Hi. Im jamie. Lovely to meet you. Charlotte, a native of philadelphia who now lives in australia, is in manhattan to meet with fashion students at the famed Parsons School of design. This is my inheritance, all pieces bequeathed to me from my american godmother. Why cant i get so lucky . Charlottes wardrobe is filled with fashion gems that are as timeless as they are priceless. So elizabeth taylor, cleopatra. Yeah this is 1930s. It was all decadence. It was the silver screen. It was hollywood. This was about 1915. Over 100 years old over 100 years old. And this is just a small sampling of the valua
Im jamie colby driving through dallas, texas. What do you get when you couple a onetrack mind to a boxcar full of bucks . A strange inheritance that im told is just the ticket. My name is jane sanders. My husband, steve, was always into his model trains. But when he got sick, they became much more than a hobby. They took him on the trip of a lifetime. I meet jane at her home here in dallas. She leads me upstairs, and i am transported to a railroad wonderland. [ train whistle blows ] oh, my goodness. Unbelievable. Its massive, 2,000 square feet, taking up an entire wing of janes house. Oh, my gosh. Thats so fantastic the locomotives drive past hundreds of handcrafted figurines and intricate details. Theres two men sharing lunch on the stairs, a blonde bombshell hitchhiker, a 1950s gas station. Theyre cleaning the windshield like the good, old days. Yes. And a scene from main street, usa. Theres the diner with people actually sitting in there eating. Absolutely spectacular, to every deta
Im jamie colby driving through dallas, texas. What do you get when you couple a onetrack mind to a boxcar full of bucks . A strange inheritance that im told is just the ticket. My name is jane sanders. My husband, steve, was always into his model trains. But when he got sick, they became much more than a hobby. They took him on the trip of a lifetime. I meet jane at her home here in dallas. She leads me upstairs, and i am transported to a railroad wonderland. [ train whistle blows ] oh, my goodness. Unbelievable. Its massive, 2,000 square feet, taking up an entire wing of janes house. Oh, my gosh. Thats so fantastic the locomotives drive past hundreds of handcrafted figurines and intricate details. Theres two men sharing lunch on the stairs, a blonde bombshell hitchhiker, a 1950s gas station. Theyre cleaning the windshield like the good, old days. Yes. And a scene from main street, usa. Theres the diner with people actually sitting in there eating. Absolutely spectacular, to every deta