i m jamie colby here in savannah, georgia, today on my way to meet a woman whose strange inheritance was built with blood, sweat and gears. my name is sherri anderson. my dad was a farmer who worked more than 5,000 acres of potatoes, beer barley and sugar beets, but his real bumper crop was growing inside his barns. sherri. hey. i m jamie. nice to meet you.to savannah. oh, it s gorgeous and so great to meet you. inside, sherri shows me some old photos that tell the story of her father s 20-plus years restoring cars and trucks in his barns near paul, idaho. what variety. absolutely. he had cars dating from 1919 up to 1982. he got a 1968 mustang, which was mom s cruising car, a 1928 rolls-royce. this looks special. the 1950 bentley, my personal favorite, too. the restoration wizard, callan cal phillips, born 1925. he spends his childhood working on the family wheat and potato farm in south-central idaho. cal serves in the pacific in world war ii, returns
[ bird calling ] i m jamie colby, and today, i m in south west florida, driving through the marshy flatwoods outside punta gorda. you know, not every strange inheritance offers unexpected riches. sometimes it can bring on a massive, screeching headache and a huge mess to clean up. i m lauri caron. in 2005, i inherited an exotic zoo-type wildlife sanctuary from my husband and continues to be wild every single day. [ lion roars ] [ birds chirping ] hi, lauri. hi. i m jamie. nice to meet you, jamie. great to meet you, too, at this animal retirement home? yes, it s pretty much like a nursing home/retirement village. we re not talking about kitty cats or puppies. i heard a roar already. can i take a look? absolutely. come on. as lauri gives me a behind-the-scenes tour, i catch a glimpse of the 100-plus creatures that currently live at the octagon wildlife sanctuary. [ lion growls ] clearly, the sound of feeding day. yes. .in the air. yes, absolutely.
south houston, texas, on my way to meet an heir who wrote me. he said he had an incredible and highly valuable inheritance linking him to a texas legend and, by the way, a baseball team that won its first world series in 2017. my name is robert harper. when my father died in 2012, i inherited a customized luxury railcar, and there s some really colorful texas history behind it, and i still don t know what the heck to do with it. hi, i m jamie. robert harper. it s a pleasure to meet you. welcome to south houston. okay. robert leads me into a warehouse to show me his strange inheritance. what is it exactly? it s a full-size railcar 44 feet long, 12 feet wide. it weighs 50,000 pounds. it sat here for 41 years. it belonged to judge roy hofheinz. judgewho,you ask? roy hofheinz, a boy wonder who had his own law firm at age 19, became a county judge, pioneered fm radio, and was elected mayor of houston in 1952. from the mayor s office, the judge, as he was known, promi
i m jamie colby here in savannah, georgia, today on my way to meet a woman whose strange inheritance was built with blood, sweat and gears. my name is sherri anderson. my dad was a farmer who worked more than 5,000 acres of potatoes, beer barley and sugar beets, but his real bumper crop was growing inside his barns. sherri. hey. i m jamie. nice to meet you.to savannah. oh, it s gorgeous and so great to meet you. inside, sherri shows me some old photos that tell the story of her father s 20-plus years restoring cars and trucks in his barns near paul, idaho. what variety. absolutely. he had cars dating from 1919 up to 1982. he got a 1968 mustang, which was mom s cruising car, a 1928 rolls-royce. this looks special. the 1950 bentley, my personal favorite, too. the restoration wizard, callan cal phillips, born 1925. he spends his childhood working on the family wheat and potato farm in south-central idaho. cal serves in the pacific in world war ii, returns
i m jamie colby, and today i m headed to palm harbor, florida on the gulf coast, about 20 miles northwest of tampa. you know, sometimes the strange things that people inherit on this show reflect timeless american values. sometimes, though, they tell us how much times have changed. this is one of those stories where the heir is faced with a gorilla-sized challenge. my name is debbie cobb. my grandmother, anna mae noell, passed away in october of 2000, leaving behind her 53 primates that i had to figure out how to care for. debbie, i m jamie. nice to meet you. glad to meet you. you know, i see there s a lot of retirees here in florida. yours are a pretty wild bunch. well, you haven t seen the half of it. what a beautiful place. it s a 12-acre primate sanctuary, full of irresistible characters. like pongo, a 400-pound male orangutan. he really, really likes you jamie, because he doesn t just purr for anybody. [ pongo vocalizing softly ] that s purring. that