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Family Ghosts

1: The Family Jewels

Family Ghosts

Sam Dingman

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.84.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2017

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

One afternoon in 1961, a mysterious woman in sunglasses wandered into my grandfather's jewelry shop and stole his heart. Two years later, she vanished without a trace, leaving his life and career in ruins. For years, that's all I knew about her - until a few months ago, when I decided to start asking questions.

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0:00.0

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0:52.6

I'm happy.

0:53.6

You are happy and present in the work.

0:55.4

No, I mean in life.

0:56.8

In life.

0:57.8

I am happy.

0:58.8

Oh, I know.

0:59.8

It's my mom and me.

1:01.6

Mom's an artist, mostly a photographer, but also a sculptor.

1:05.5

And growing up, her work was my world.

1:09.1

We called our house the homemade house, because mom actually built most of our furniture.

1:14.1

We sat on this couch she made out of reclaimed wood from shipping crates.

1:18.2

We read by light from lamps she made out of flattened soda cans.

1:22.1

And we rested our coffee mugs on tables with legs made out of mild little league bats.

1:28.2

Mom also made the coffee mugs.

1:32.2

But mom also made other things.

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