Because thats not there. [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] im jamie colby on the outskirts of chicago on my way to meet a guy whose strange inheritance takes us back to a time when american cars rule the road, america herself leads the free world, and a workingclass kid from the midwest just dreams of making it home. My name is Matt Litavsky. My father meant the world to me, and he left me a very special car that meant the world to him. He chose me to preserve it, but there came a time when i had to let it go. Hi, matt. Im jamie. Hi, jamie. Its nice to meet you. I know i came here to see your inheritance, this magnificent car, but when were done, you got to take me for a ride in this. All right. Well see about that. Im on my best behavior. Okay. To appreciate the car, says matt, you first need to know about his dad and why his 1967 corvette meant so much to him. Keith litavsky is born in lisle, illinois, in 1944. World war ii is drawing to a close. The co
[ bird caws ] im jamie colby in new york city, here to meet an heir whose strange inheritance not only unraveled her life. It left her hanging by a thread. My names charlotte smith. What do you do when your godmother leaves you 70 huge boxes of dresses . One thought send them right back. But then i realized these werent just dresses. They were oneofakind pieces of history. Charlotte . Hello. Hi. Im jamie. Lovely to meet you. Charlotte, a native of philadelphia who now lives in australia, is in manhattan to meet with fashion students at the famed Parsons School of design. This is my inheritance, all pieces bequeathed to me from my american godmother. Why cant i get so lucky . Charlottes wardrobe is filled with fashion gems that are as timeless as they are priceless. So elizabeth taylor, cleopatra. Yeah this is 1930s. It was all decadence. It was the silver screen. It was hollywood. This was about 1915. Over 100 years old over 100 years old. And this is just a small sampling of the valua
Im jamie colby, in laguna beach, california, about an hour south of l. A. I think my favorite strange inheritance stories are about regular folks who discover something in moms attic or grandpas basement that not only changes their lives but reveals something i never knew about american history. My name is marty dolan. For decades, a few boxes collected dust in my mothers attic. When i opened them, i discovered my familys link to some of the most sensational crime stories of the 20th century. I meet marty, a 70yearold retired anesthesiologist. Hi, marty. Im jamie colby. Welcome to my home. He tells me this true detective story begins in 1960, when martys greatuncle, mike malone, a longtime irs employee, passes away. Martys grandmother, molly, heads to st. Paul, minnesota, to collect her brothers personal effects. Its there she makes a bizarre find under the pillow a gun. No serial numbers on the gun. They were etched out. Why would he, as a government employee, have a gun with no seria