[ bird caws ] im jamie colby, and today im on old route 66 in central illinois. Im heading to the small farming town of lincoln, where the strangest of inheritance stories unfolded. On a monday morning in july 2012, farmer bob pharis heads out to mow hay on some land he leases from an old friend named ray fulk. And it was very uncommon for ray not to come out and talk to me. And then i smelled something. I happened to look over and the bin door was open and that was not a good sign. I just went over there, and then i found him. And then i called 911 and. The county coroner, acting on info from a neighbor, contacts attorney don behle to inform him his 71year old client has died of heart failure. Behle cannot even remember fulk. I hadnt seen him in 15 years, and so i had no idea who theyre talking about. How strange is it that were here right now talking to you about this guy you barely remember . [ laughs ] its very strange. Don checks his files and realizes he indeed worked with someon
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
Jamie i am jamie colby today i am driving along the mighty river, that wind throughs central pennsylvania. I am on my way to ber berwick population 11,000. A tough old manufacturing town, that built stew art tanks for world war ii, it is best known for the poe pay potato chip factory and Nuclear Power plant this strange inheritance is about a smaller business. One that goes to heart and soul of cities like berwick across america. I am angela diaugustine in july 2013, my father passed away he left us a inheritance that none of us whether or not knew what to to with at the time. Jamie this weathered Movie Theater looks like a place you might pass and think how does a businesslike this make it in todays world. And angela inherited the theater, but like most berwick residents she spent time here, as a teenager. Teenager. I remember i came to movies it was hushhush sweet charlotte with bette davis this is a scene her hand gets chopped off it was so scary to me, i slept with my hands under t
Its a short distance from sioux city. Im about to meet a family thats farmed this land for generations and learn about a very strange inheritance. My name is roma lancaster. After my dad passed away, we knew that there would be a lot of things that would have to be sorted out and gone through on the farm. Romas father, dave hawkins, has deep roots in this part of iowa, going back more than a century. My fathers ancestors immigrated to the United States in late 1800s. They moved westward with the expansion of the railroad, and my grandfather, my dads father, albert hawkins, farmed just south of here, about a mile. Dave hawkins grew up hearing stories of his ancestors plowing this land behind a team of horses. As a young farmer in the 1950s, just out of school, dave spots a tractor rusting in the weeds. It sparks his imagination. The 1920 9d is the tractor that belonged to my grandfather. Thats what got my dad into the collecting again was when he restored that tractor that had originall
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