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>> at that time he works with a -- >> with a hat maker. >> he was a hat maker. >> hat maker? i'm pretty sure he said hat maker, which i have to say disappoints me a lot. the whole elusive wing of mysterious south american bourdains were project red carpets of their day? >> madam lynch was fond of things like french couture? >> yes. and that changed the way of dress. >> madam lynch might have been good for business. i tried to put this in a light i can be enthusiastic about, like how clearly forward-thinking my relatives were. his customers were a hat maker, the very people that treated madam l...

So are you suggesting something untoward? >> weapons. >> weapons. >> yeah. >> he was a merchant of death? awesome. my aunt always said he was a gun runner. we figured she was full of shit. she also said she was in the resistance, but everybody in france said that. >> arms. so was he ever a hat maker? was this a cover job? was he a hat maker/arms? are all these historians on the money here? was great, great, great grampy an arms dealer? what hat maker needs 200 pounds of gunpowder. i've got you now jean bourdain. i've got you now. or was he simply a party supplier selling fine french hats and l...

Good for business. >> he put this in a light i can be enthusiastic about, by how forward-thinking my relatives were. >> his customers were a hat maker, the very people that treated madam lynch with utter contempt, did they live in the old colonial homes, the mansions we see still? >> yes. >> times were changing in south america too, in those days. society ladies craved the latest in french fashion. there was money to be made. ah, i'm bummed. >> after this episode with the new bordeaux group came a triple alliance. >> he died in 1858. >> yes. >> it was a goodod time to die, this way he didn't h...

>> 1850, john bourdain moves. >> this is the document we have showing him arriving. >> there he is. >> at that time, he was a -- >> he was a hat maker. >> hat maker? i'm pretty sure he said hat maker, which i have to say disappoints me a lot. the whole elusive wing of bourdains were red carpets of their day? >> madam lynch was fond of things like french couture? >> yes. and that changed the way of dress. >> madam lynch might have been

My aunt always said he was a gun runner. we figured she was full of shit. she also said she was in the resistance, but everybody in france said that. arms. so was he ever a hat maker? was this a cover job? was he a hat maker/arms? are all these historians on the money here? was great, great, great grampy an arms dealer? so what hatmaker needs 200 pounds of gun powder. i've got you now jean bourdain. i've got you now. or was he simply a party supplier, selling little firecrackers and party hats to school kids? i don't know what to believe. >> and in 1858, unfortunately, he died. >> right. >> an...