This is a biggie 1911 Shoeless Joe Jackson signed photograph. [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] hi. Im jamie colby, and im heading along the shores of lake erie in cleveland, ohio. Today im meeting a woman who inherited a rare item that recalls the most notorious episode in baseball history an episode thats inspired books and movies and retains an air of mystery to this day. My name is sharon bowen. After my husband, bill, passed away, i started to receive lots of phone calls about a scrapbook that he had kept in a trunk in our bedroom. I knew very little about Shoeless Joe Jackson, but now i do. Bill and sharon bowen raise two children in a cleveland suburb. How long were you married . We were married 39 years. Bill, a professional fundraiser, works for local universities and the salvation army. Hes a native clevelander and a baseball nut. This is bill, probably around 5 or 6. Bill started collecting at a very early age. And never stops. Card collecting
[ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] [ midtempo music plays ] im jamie colby, and today im heading to the annual blueberry festival in plymouth, indiana. Its not exactly the kind of place youd expect to see a massive california redwood, but this tree rocks because it rolls. My name is jamie allen, and, in 1985, when i was 23, my father passed away, and he left me something that his father left him, and its kept me on the road all my life. Jamie . Jamie . [ chuckles ] how are you . Its really great to meet you. And how funny we have the same name. Lets get started, then. All right, here we go. This is one serious tree trunk. [ midtempo folk music plays ] and the root of the story, according to jamie, is in the late 1930s. When her grandfather, james allen, is a lumberjack in northern california. James, a widower with a son in the army, sees redwood trees so massive that several men can easily fit inside the hollowed trunks. One day, during a sudden rain squal
Im jamie colby, and today im in birmingham, alabama, which is in the rolling foothills of the appalachians. They say that wars are fought to change maps, and this episode of strange inheritance is actually about a map, a very old map, and one that survives in a family whose history spans from texas to virginia and then back here to alabama. My name is Patrick Martin. My parents died in 1999, and my sister and i inherited the house and contents. We were surprised when we figured out what it contained. The house that patrick and his sister, peggy, inherited here in birmingham is now their home. Patrick, thank you so much for having me over. Its our pleasure. Patricks parents moved to alabama from maryland and bought the house in the 1960s. Patrick, an architect, returns to take care of his ill parents in 1994 but then has his own health scare. I had a quintuple bypass surgery here. Patricks heart trouble leads him to an early retirement at age 47. With lots of time on his hands, he start
Damian and we begin with the shop with a Cop Foundation here on comunidad del valle. Darrel cortez is a retired san jose cop. He is the leader of shop with a cop Silicon Valley. And danny acosta is a police chief. Tell us where you are the chief at, danny. Danny acosta im a chief over at foothillde Anza Community College District. Damian wow. Well, welcome to the show. We know all about the shop with a cop, darrell. Its a Great Organization that helps the community all the time, but, you know, you need the help, and thats why youre having a fundraiser. Darrel cortez well, great. Thank you for having us, damian. Its a pleasure. Yes, we wereso we are celebrating 16 years of being involved in our local community. Were a latinoled nonprofit, all volunteer. Danny is on our board. Hes been with us since day one. Hes very, very active participant and donated his time for the marieta programs that we promote in the community. And so we are having our annualour one and only fundraiser called fi