i'm jamie colby for "strange inheritance."so much for watching, and remember, you can't take it with you. ♪ >> a farmer with an unusual hobby hands down a humongous collection to his family. >> anybody that collects 150 tractors -- doesn't that make you eccentric? ♪ >> he spent a lifetime, and a pretty penny, amassing it. >> definitely a method to grandpa's madness. >> is it a treasure trove of valuable americana? >> it was almost out of control maybe you would say. >> or a herd of white elephants? >> dad, are you ever gonna stop? you know, for one thing, you're running out of room. where are you going to put them all? [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] ♪ >> i'm jamie colby, and i'm just pulling intoe

i'm jamie colby for "strange inheritance."s so much for watching, and remember -- you can't take it with you. >> a daughter inherits a mysterious diary from her father, an artist who survived the holocaust. >> he had to live so that he could show the scenes that he witnessed. >> his words become her quest. >> i made a promise to my father that i would show his artwork to the world. >> these pages, her road map. >> here is a man who went through so much horror. >> but can she recover what the nazis stole from him? >> what do you think went on in that room? ♪ i'm jamie colby, and, today, i'm in rockland county, new york, an hour north of new york city. i am meeting a viewer who wrote me about her strange inheritance and how it turned her into a sort of time traveler, right back to her father's harrowing past. >> my name is miriam friedman morris. my father, david friedman, a painter and holocaust survivor, left me a diary, "tagebuch fuer miriam friedman." as i read it, the diary led me on a remarkable journey that continues to t

i'm jamie colby for "strange inheritance."tching, and remember -- you can't take it with you. do you have a strange inheritance story you'd like to share with us? we'd love to hear it. send me an e-mail or go to our website, strangeinheritance.com. >> he was the man who had everything... >> this has about 750 to 800 horsepower. >> ...but never enough of these. >> he told me he was bringing in about one tank a week. >> i imagine a small country could win a war with these. >> yeah, i hear that a lot. >> my dad started a tradition of getting an old, beat-up car, and then he would crush it with a tank in the field out here. >> his death puts his heirs on a mission. >> is this what your dad would want? >> you push up on that. >> start. [ engine turns over ] >> just like that, she comes to life. >> and talk about sticker-shock and awe. >> was the auction a nail-biter? >> you bet it was. >> $300,000. $350,000. sold. ♪ >> i'm jamie colby, and, today, i'm driving up a long, steep hill in portola valley, california, near san francisco.

just strange. no love. well, there is love, but not in the name. it's just dr. steven strange. look, they're not tricks. they are -- they're ancient mystical incantations to defend this world against other dimensional threats. you can't just do those at a children's party. >> jimmy: oh. can you like make balloon animals? like maybe you can twist up a giraffe or something? for us? yeah? [ balloon sounds ] oh. [ applause ] that's good. >> jimmy: oh. well, all right. don't do that at the party. okay? all right. thank you. that's dr. strange. [ applause ] he's magic. thanks to benedict cumberbatch. here is the world premiere trailer for marvel's "doctor strange." [ cheers and applause ] >> steven strange. might i offer you some advice? you know. >> you're a man looking at the world through a keyhole. you expect your life, you tried to widen it. what if i told you that reality is one of many? >> i don't believe in fairy tales about chakras or energy or the power of belief. >> you want to know what i see in your future? possibility. >> why are you doing this? >> there are other ways

"strange inheritance." thanks so much for watching, and remember -- you can't take it with you. [ bat cracks, crowd cheers ] ♪ >> a century-old movie theater -- the passion of a small-town businessman. >> his dying words were, "angela, don't let the theater go." >> but from here to eternity could be a long haul. >> anything that could go wrong went wrong. >> are the final credits about to roll? >> did he know that you would step up? >> i didn't get to tell him. i'm sorry. >> or will there be an encore performance? >> do you ever think to yourself, "i wish my grandfather would've just left me the house?" >> i wished that so many times -- more than you know. [ door creaks ] [ wind howls ] [ thunder rumbles ] [ bird caws ] ♪ >> i'm jamie colby, and today i'm driving along the mighty susquehanna river that winds its way through central pennsylvania. i'm on my way to berwick, population 11,000, a tough old manufacturing town that built stuart tanks during world war ii. today it's best known for its wise potato c

selling off their strange inheritance -- 800 rare vintage baseball cards.he collection is valued at around $3 million. an initial auction of their best cards has already brought in $566,000, and the family still has plenty of high-grade hall of famers to sell. in october 2012 and may 2013, two online auctions -- with some help from legendary manager connie mack -- rack up $419,000. then, in august 2013, in chicago, a psa 8 "miner" brown pitches in to help the team ring up another 228k. and in the big apple, in february 2014, a psa 8.5 johnny evers and mint 9 frank chance assist in a $300,000 haul. two more online auctions raise the total to $1.7 million. on july 31, 2014, i join karl and his cousin karla at the 35th national sports collectors convention in cleveland for their latest auction. >> we've got a fired-up crowd here tonight. what do you think, karl? >> it's exciting watching everybody and listening to the on-floor bids. you just -- you get into the feel of it, the mood of it. >> bid what you want. the last person standing with their hand in the ai

it is not only this strange edited holiday environment but also on this strange island. the strangest island i've ever been to. not only the wind, but it has this same kind of history and on thentemporary life point where people are heading out of africa and being processed. living inre all denial of that. denial is also a character in the film. we look to see if harry is maligned or touched. i think he is both most of the time. >> there is another important piece there. they are both artists. role.ere is an important the island is a secondary or ambient character but rock 'n roll is another. tilda: not just artists, collaborators and rock 'n roll are's. age,don't die, they don't and they don't go on vacation for a month. they keep it. ao scott: there is that anxiety of aging and becoming obsolete. you're not supposed to be a areer or father, you supposed to be a turn aaliyah full and rebellious. tilda: the character is also important to cousin she is not only the newly discovered daughter, but a strange echo about the possibility. you get the sense that she didn't and i

strange play. now the inn feel apply rule. umpire at third base call it. batters automatically out and the runners run at their own risk. a run scores. they tie the up three-three. and that led to this. seventh inning three-three. after an appeal by san diego earlier in the inning against nola. the bunt that scores the run. four-three. san diego wins it. aaron nola pitched well but not well enough. phillies just don't score a lot of runs. but today is not about the phillies. >> no. >> too bad but, too bad for a lot of reasons. we'll all miss ed snider. >> you guys just got to know him over the recent time. >> you've known him for so many years. so much history. >> yeah, it's not even about the history it's about the person. >> um-hmm. >> i wish i can tell all the stories. some of them you'd have to understand the relationship we had, and it wasn't anything near what he had with his players and what the people that work for him the man was a true gem to the steve philadelphia. >> impacted so many especially young lives. >> the kids. it's just unbelievable w

. >> life is strange sometimes. in this case, it's really strange. >> reporter: the story begins with the woman who was the victim of a crime that set the whole avery story in motion. >> i remember thinking this is gonna be my last breath. >> reporter: her name is penny beerntsen, and though she was not interviewed for the netflix series, she sat down with us in 2005 for this rare tv interview. for penny, life in manitowoc was sweet, literally. her family owned a popular candy store that has been a local fixture for generations. but on july 29th 1985, that serenity was destroyed. >> if i had an opportunity to take back one day, i wouldn't have to think twice about what day i would take back. >> reporter: penny had gone to the beach with her husband and one of her two children. a dedicated runner, penny left her family to go for a jog along the shore. that's when she noticed a man acting suspiciously. >> he ran out from behind the bush and was headed towards me, and i immediately knew what he wanted. >> reporter: she

. >> reporter: waiting at the scene, a man with a strange story. and waiting for detectives, a strange video. >> how creepy was that video? >> it was creepy. >> reporter: an affair to remember. >> he was the one. >> reporter: an affair to forget. >> i shouldn't have done it. >> reporter: and one more secret still to be revealed. >> she said, i need you to sit down. i have something to tell you. and the hairs on the back of my neck stood up. >> reporter: i'm lester holt, and this is dateline. here's andrea canning with tangled web. >> reporter: sarasota, florida. the perfect backdrop for romance. beautiful beaches for long walks, gorgeous sunsets and the slow rhythm of a gentle gulf tide. stories of love abound in this city by the sea. but not all have ended happily ever after. like the one that unfolded here back in the summer of 2012. when secrets, lies, and infidelity led to murder. >> 911, what's the location of your emergency? >> a man's been shot. >> it's really a twisted love story. >> it's so twisted. it's tangled. it's a knot. i'm not sure

. >> that's not the only strange thing in this mystery on the hudson. angelika graswald has been in jail almost a year, not yet telling a jury her version of events but telling us. it's your chance to decide, is she guilty or not? >> reporter: the hudson river snakes 315 miles from the peaks of the adirondacks all the way down to new york harbor. just before you reach the city, though, hidden between storm king mountain and breakneck forgotten place known as bannerman's island, a deserted island, crowned by the tumble down ruins of a castle. >> i love that place, yeah. >> why do you love it so much? >> the history, the -- it's just beautiful. have you ever been? >> i have. >> it's -- i just love it. >> reporter: angelika graswald, a native of latvia, living in poughkeepsie, new york, was drawn to the strange magic of the place, captivated by its eerie charm. >> you wouldn't expect a place like that in new york with a castle. who expects a castle here? i come from europe. there's castles all over the place there, but here, it's surreal. >> felt like a li

. >> it's strange. it's strange. you tend to look to all the other passengers.t's strange. >> increased police patrols remain in effect. along the platform, handwritten notes on the station wall expressing condolences for those killed in the attacks. >>> president obama is sending an additional 250 special operation troops to syria. those u.s. forces will not do any direct fighting. instead, their goal will be to advise syrian forces. a syrian administration official said the president decided to send more troops because of recent successes against isis. >>> and new video shows an extremely close call as a giant sinkhole opens in a busy intersection in china. just in time, a police officer was able to set up cones to alert the drivers. the gaping sinkhole swallowed part of a cross road in the city last week. no one was hurt, luckily. now the cause is under investigation. >>> now let's get a check of weather with roberta gonzalez. >>> hi, everybody. from the kpix studios in san francisco, 60 miles to the south to san jose, where we have wind-swept blue skies, not

>> it's been consistently strange. >> okay. bruce, what's coming up in sports? anything strange? >> yes, the nhl regular season is winding down and the islanders and rangers tangle one last time. coming up in sports, the isles try to do the blue shirts something they've never done before, sweep the season series. we've got highlights and we have a dilemma. we'll hear from the mets' ace in a moment. >> and here's what jimmy fallon has tonight. >> russell crowe is my guest here tonight. and do not change the channel. >>> the tables are turned on a would be robber when he tried to steal from a butcher shop. big mistake. it happened in kentucky, four employees chased him down after he snatched a couple hundred bucks. they waited for police to finally arrive and make the arrest. the suspect is facing robbery charges. >>> a norral trip to the nail salon is an ordinary day. until this deer came and then everyone scattered to get away from that flailing deer which managed to get back on its feet and hoof it right out of the salon. nobody was hurt. >> thankfully he was able to get up fina

. >>> plus the strange story of an uber passenger taking over the wheel to get away from police. back in two minutes.

the way this went down with hinkie was very strange.he calls last night to tell one of the owners he was resigning. after meeting with all of those owners on tuesday in new york and said nothing. it then got real strange sam minute key sending a 13-page letter with his resignation. and in the letter, he quotes many including famous surgeons an author, a physicist, the founder of tesla and that quote is priceless. you should -- how this relates to basketball i don't know. you should take the approach that you are wrong. your goal is to be less wrong. he also quoted abraham lincoln. but the abe lincoln quote turn out to be up correct. very strange way to say i'm do done. so brett brown concerned about his job in the future? >> i'm not concerned, you know, i think the discussion that is i have had with david and josh harris months ago when they extended my contract and we talked. you know, freel freely about dit things that we're all trying to do gives me confidence that -- that we're going to move on. >> they better. another brutal day fo

. >> the entire scenario is strange enough. it's the next exchange that astonishes the officer. >> what do you do for a living? >> i drive a school bus. >> officials in frederick county say at the time of the incident, she hadn't driven for the school system in two years. she later tells a frederick county judge she let the kids ride in the trunk because he wanted to be a "cool mom." she's convicted of reckless endangerment and sentenced to 18 months of probation and community service. >>> coming up, tow yard employees fear for their lives. >> am i going to die today? >> mcnuggets rage sparks a rage at this drive-through. >>> a vengeful man opens fire at a tow yard. [ gunshots fired ] >> you could hear him say "i'm going to kill them all." >> just kept going and going and going. i was wondering, is somebody going to take him out? >> it's the start of the day, just after 9:00 a.m. on october 22nd, 2008. a lake park towing owner cathy gadori is faced with a disgruntled customer who insists on getting to his car that's been towed.

the verona police department received a strange e-mail. >> a student in the uk, verona suicide.t must be verona, new jersey. while stadium speedway. a whole slew of drivers. bill: is that someone's but in the window? >> am chasing a woman's derriÈre that is so sexy and scandalous the penalty for having it is over thousand dollars in fines per day and 90 days in jail. here in inglewood, and i can't see. i'm going to go inside. you really cannot see it from the streets. >> you can't expose. one woman show your cleavage and the other pictures the backside. so i spoke to the gallery owner who says that she feels targeted by this summons of thousand dollars in fines and 90 days in jail >> there is nothing wrong. >> it's art. >> she explained that this beautiful painting used to be in the window of the gallery. >> if i can't use it in my window a place of business, i suffer. >> moved it inside the gallery, still in violation of the ordinance because she is not allowed to have nude pictures exposed. >> i feel what is happening is so different from what i am trying to do, and i'm being

now i know. >> reporter: we ask her about her strange behavior after vince's death. remember she posted that cartwheel, and sang "hotel california" at that bar. >> some people thought your behavior after the drowning was strange. >> well, i never liked crying in public. i -- that's just not me. i much rather put on a happy i mean, i just lost my fiance. i was in shock. i was in denial. >> what do you mean by in denial? did you feel like it wasn't real? >> it still feels unreal. >> it still feels unreal? >> sorry. >> which part of it feels unreal? >> the part that he's gone. there i go crying in public. >> reporter: angelika denies she confessed to that detective on the island. but after her interrogation, she was arrested and charged with murder. >> was there part of you that was in disbelief when they charged you? >> absolutely. >> i mean -- >> absolutely. like who, me? it's ridiculous. >> reporter: so how plausible is the police theory? still ahead, we return to bannerman's island and put it to the test. >> we actually performed an experiment on the river. >> repor

strange island. i mean it is of all islands pretty of the strangest island i have ever been to. it's volume cantic. it's got not only the winds but it has this incredibly brutal history and also contemporary life as being right on the point where people are heading out of africa and being what they call processed. and these four people are living in denial of that. so this denial i think is also a character in the film. and it's interesting, you ask whether you know we look to see whether harriet is either-- harry is being mall ianed or genuinely touched. i think it can be both. i think most of the time. >> well, and these people are also, i mean, there's another important piece there. they're both artists. and i think there is an important role, i mean the island is sort of one secondary or am beent character. but rock 'n' roll is another one. >> they're not just artists. they're collaboratedders but they're also rock 'n' rollers and as we know rock 'n' rollers don't die. they don't age and they don

>> reporter: is it strange to you? >> yes. i think a little strange. >> reporter: you live here?like it here. >> reporter: she says she is not exactly feeling the joie de vivre. and apparently almost no one else is either. >> these may have copied so much else about the west in these developments, they mf hnd deman. oth spul real estate currently gripping china roiling stock markets worldwide. paris now virtually a ghost town. streets empty. stores vacant. they've got the laundry hanging right in front of their house. for so few people there seems to be quite a lot of laundry hanging almost everywhere. there's laundry on the tree. fourth floor. >> yeah. >> reporter: so you have the penthouse. >> yeah. you want to see? >> reporter: yeah, yeah, yeah. the very top. in paris it would be a dream to have this view. wow. >> the view is good. >> reporter: yeah. >> the view. >> reporter: in fact, the view is getting better and better because this is no isolated phenomenon. all over china copycat european cities from mock london to faux venice sprouting up by the hundreds. >> these are not

>> reporter: and a very strange way of expressing sympathy. >> i didn't want another one to die in the house. >> why is that? >> because houses are nasty after somebody's died in it. >> reporter: so who's left in the family, if they can survive long enough? >> did you think somebody else was going to be next? >> reporter: talking on camera for the very first time only to "20/20." the daughter who did live to tell. >> i consider them as killers -- who hate me. >> reporter: what's wrong with these people? >> what were you thinking at that point? >> oh, god. another one. >> reporter: a family plot. >> good evening, i'm david muir. >> and i'm elizabeth vargas. tonight, we're taking you inside an investigation that "20/20" has been working on for more than two years. >> and right here tonight, the clue in a secret diary that would tie everything together. an ominous line that say, only the quiet ones will be left. >> we'll be tweeting throughout, so weigh in as it unfolds. here's debra roberts. >> reporter: at the foothills of the ozarks, sits branson, missouri, the las vegas of the midwest

owner/operator of four groundbreaking and much loved food trucks, among the first to harness the strangecial media to alert customers to where to find delicious food. >> roy choi: this was the command post. from here, you know, you could look, and you could see if fires were going on. >> anthony: when the los angeles riots happened in 1992, roy was 22 years old. and this plaza's rooftop played a central role for koreans defending their town. but let's back up a bit. after the immigration act of 1965, thousands of koreans began arriving in l.a. the first to arrive were mostly middle-class, college-educated, hoping to make a lateral move into american society. but unless you had a medical or engineering degree, that turned out to be tough. they found work as merchants, store owners, opened liquor stores, groceries, massage studios, dry cleaners. they did that in an area that was, as it's called, underserved. where major chains feared to tread, where others preferred to abandon, koreans moved in. so, 1992. [ shouting ] four l.a. police officers are on trial for what sure as hell looked to m

wait a minute, that makes it a little strange that miley's been wearing that 3.5 caret engagement rings, we came one a few reasons she brought out the rock. she wants to say i do. two, it mat my out three, it just shows miley's commitment to liam, even if he's not ready. and sean penn and mika kelley? each walked the reddcarpet separately but back together inside. our source told "e.t," when i left at 2:00 a.m., they were still at the party, which was raging by the way, outside smoking cigarettes together. >> it doesn't get much more adorable than justin timberlake and jessica behl as hollywood's couple. we were with them last night as they enjoyed a date night. >> we had a good working relationship. >> jessica telling us she worked with her hubs but he made a quick dash off the red carpet at the tribecca film festival world premier leaving her in the spotlight. >> i would like to say that i was his boss, but i wasn't really acting as his boss. it's fun to say that, even though we don't micromanage, especially an artist like that, he's much better left to his own devices. >> we loved je

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it is just very strange. we do need higher rates to get efficient and proper allocation of capital and to get the economy going again. the central bank -- doesn't wnat want to do it. francine: we also have to give the economies to give them time to start growing. money fromback central banks right now, do you not think we would see a global recession? actually, history is full of recession and boom. and actually a recession is when you clear out the rubbish and g et economies back into order again. we have not had one. francine: we have not seen it done by central banks? jon: central banks have been this time trying desperately to avoid having a downswing. me, go back tot 2008 when it looked like the banking system was going to blwo ow up. they are completely hooked on q.e. francine: it's the markets that are hooked on q.e. jon: no, it's both. the centrali f banks decide they would be preparative tolerate some pain, volumes, for the better long-term, we would get out of this unpleasant embrace of low growth a

on its far east as fresno and far south as southern california the response to hear more about the strange text message that came in from friday. >>pam moore: 48 your call tim died on march 24th of injuries that he suffered in the february 80 the type image and tom he was walking with his knees on upholstery in franklin about a 30 in the evening when a man and woman and grabbed his back the surveillance video of the virtual attack on the victim refused to give up his bank's a male suspect to the to the street is that some when the victim refused to suspect lunged at him with a knife the man was taken to mean the hospital with injuries not considered life- threatening. >>pam moore: we were the first to break the story last week and has a report tonight police have good reason to believe that they're more victims out there. >>haaziq madyun: concord police investigators said panels are upset because they're concerned the children may have been sedated and molested by the dental assistant sometimes the more concerned and others not bothering to call the hot line but instead will into the polic

and i won it. >> it was a bit of a strange, you know, strange atmospheres because two different households the divorce difficult for stan and chris? >> i think it was. and i think it was because i didn't talk to them enough about it. >> sometimes when my mom's described her relationship with her mother, about how she appeared sort of as a beautiful figure sometimes, i remember feeling that with my mom, too, because she was busy doing lots of things and involved in theatrical pursuits and painting's always there. i do remember that feeling of her being a little bit more distant than i would have wanted her to be. but i think that's how her mother was to her, and it was a natural thing. >> right. >> and over the years, you know, it's changed a lot, and we're able to talk about all that. my brother's a year and a half younger than me. chris likes his privacy. to a great degree. >> chris has disassociated himself from us all. he never wants to see any of us again. >> when was the last time you heard from him? >> when he was 22. >> how old would he be now? >> he's now in his late 50s. and it's,

man threatens to blow up a building with a hostage inside proving -- >> hostages always face such strange situations. >> what happens when they turn the hoses on him. >>> it's a scary video that's making millions. >> never want to go snowboarding in japan. >> now get the story behind the snowboarder and the bear. >>> uno, dos, tres. >> a woman on vacation enters a booty shaking contest. but find out why it cost her her job. >>> and -- this dude is rattled by a ghost noise in that closet. why this college kid fears he may have a haunted dorm. >> he's going to come back to get the fears out. >>> well, this is quite a bizarre scenario. a whole bunch of firefighters out in front of a building inine waiting to make entry because they've been told there's a gas leak. but out front they met this guy and it turns into a bit of a standoff. the guy goes back into the building for a brief moment. firefighters continue to set up their gear. by now you can tell the firelines are charged. this firefighter ready with his hose when the guy comes out of his apartment again. and it's another face-off. but