Im jamie colby. And today, im in tulsa, oklahoma. Im here to meet the son of a remarkably successful businessman and epic hoarder. File this under 80 years of grit and true metal and 40 acres of scrap metal. My name is john hemphill. In february 2016, my father passed away. He left me a Thriving Company thats a testament to his business acumen. He also left me a 3 millionpound headache that says a lot about my dad, too. I meet john in the lobby of hemphill corporation. And this was your dad. Yeah, this is dad. He started the business back in the 50s. And im running it now. Come on. Ill show you. As john drives me around the company, i come to understand the jekyll and hyde nature of his strange inheritance. These look like cell towers. Yeah, these are guide towers for wireless communication. And thats our Main Business now. But his dad built that business while indulging his industrialstrength urge for collecting. Big stuff iron, scrap metal, machinery. Things you cant squirrel away in
Im jamie colby. And today, im in tulsa, oklahoma. Im here to meet the son of a remarkably successful businessman and epic hoarder. File this under 80 years of grit and true metal and 40 acres of scrap metal. My name is john hemphill. In february 2016, my father passed away. He left me a Thriving Company thats a testament to his business acumen. He also left me a 3 millionpound headache that says a lot about my dad, too. I meet john in the lobby of Hemphill Corporation. And this was your dad. Yeah, this is dad. He started the business back in the 50s. And im running it now. Come on. Ill show you. As john drives me around the company, i come to understand the jekyll and hyde nature of his strange inheritance. These look like cell towers. Yeah, these are guide towers for wireless communication. And thats our Main Business now. But his dad built that business while indulging his industrialstrength urge for collecting. Big stuff iron, scrap metal, machinery. Things you cant squirrel away in
[ bird caws ] im jamie colby, and today and im in the pocono mountains of pennsylvania on my way to meet an heir with a headspinning story that will take us back to 1970s manhattan, the era of punk rock, disco and wild parties at studio 54. My name is hugh hooper. Back in 2008, my brother hoop received a very strange inheritance. When he died three years later, he left one twice as strange to me. Hugh, hi. Im jamie. How are you doing, jamie . Nice to meet you. So great to meet you. You know, i dont come out of manhattan for just anything, but i heard your inheritance is way cool. It is. Its crazy. But you can keep manhattan. Ill take the country. All right. Lets see it. You wanna see it . Go ahead. Absolutely. Hughs strange inheritance is actually two separate art collections that belonged to two separate people. Heres some of the first, parked on the pathway outside his home. What is this . Well, this is hoops cars. They call this the musicmobile. Christmas albums, paul simon. [ playi
[ bird caws ] im jamie colby, and today and im in the pocono mountains of pennsylvania on my way to meet an heir with a headspinning story that will take us back to 1970s manhattan, the era of punk rock, disco and wild parties at studio 54. My name is hugh hooper. Back in 2008, my brother hoop received a very strange inheritance. When he died three years later, he left one twice as strange to me. Hugh, hi. Im jamie. How are you doing, jamie . Nice to meet you. So great to meet you. You know, i dont come out of manhattan for just anything, but i heard your inheritance is way cool. It is. Its crazy. But you can keep manhattan. Ill take the country. All right. Lets see it. You wanna see it . Go ahead. Absolutely. Hughs strange inheritance is actually two separate art collections that belonged to two separate people. Heres some of the first, parked on the pathway outside his home. What is this . Well, this is hoops cars. They call this the musicmobile. Christmas albums, paul simon. [ playi