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i m jamie colby. today i m in picturesque roanoke, virginia. the name roanoke is believed to come from an algonquin word that means shell money, which is very appropriate to the story of this strange inheritance. my name is ryan givens. in 1992, my mother, melva givens, died at the age of 79. as executor of her estate, i found a lock box in her closet which contained a strange envelope. ryan, this is the box? this is the box that she kept it in in her bedroom closet, and she kept it along with other things in this envelope right here. so, it says, this is a changed date, and what else does it not real ? not the real one. changed date, not real, 1913. melva s terse note reflects what she d been told about the coin inside that it s a clever fake of one of the rarest and most valuable coins ever minted the 1913 liberty head 5-cent piece. coin expert and auctioneer paul montgomery wrote a book about the nickels. from 1883 to 1912, the libe ....
i m jamie colby. today i m in picturesque roanoke, virginia. the name roanoke is believed to come from an algonquin word that means shell money, which is very appropriate to the story of this strange inheritance. my name is ryan givens. in 1992, my mother, melva givens, died at the age of 79. as executor of her estate, i found a lock box in her closet which contained a strange envelope. ryan, this is the box? this is the box that she kept it in in her bedroom closet, and she kept it along with other things in this envelope right here. so, it says, this is a changed date, and what else does it not real ? not the real one. changed date, not real, 1913. melva s terse note reflects what she d been told about the coin inside that it s a clever fake of one of the rarest and most valuable coins ever minted the 1913 liberty head 5-cent piece. coin expert and auctioneer paul montgomery wrote a book about the nickels. from 1883 to 1912, the libe ....
[ 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, absolu ....
this is a biggie 1911 shoeless joe jackson signed photograph. [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] hi. i m jamie colby, and i m heading along the shores of lake erie in cleveland, ohio. today i m meeting a woman who inherited a rare item that recalls the most notorious episode in baseball history an episode that s 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. he s a native clevelander and a baseball nut. this is bill, probably around 5 or 6. bill started collecting at a very ....
i m on the road in lawrence, kansas, on my way to the university of kansas home of the jayhawks, one of the most storied teams in all of basketball. now, kansas is actually not where the tale of this strange inheritance begins, but through a turn of events, it does wind up here. in 1939, my grandfather, dr. james naismith passed away and left us an artifact that dates back to 1891. he was my great-grandfather, and what he left us was the magna carta of basketball. naismiths. jamie. i m jim. good to meet you. hi, jim. how are you? jamie, i m sean naismith. great to meet you both. likewise. i am interested to hear about your strange inheritance. i m awfully curious what the connection is to k.u. we d love to show you. my great-grandfather, dr. james naismith, started the first basketball teams here at k.u. [ whistle blows ] but time out! let s reset the clock. the boy who would grow up to invent basketball, james naismith, is born in ontario, canada, ....