Pawn Stars (2009–…): Season 3, Episode 20 - Case Closed - full transcript

Male announcer: ON THIS
EPISODE OF PAWN STARS...

- I'VE GOT DOCUMENTS
FROM THE INVESTIGATOR

ON THE LINDBERGH
KIDNAPPING CASE.

- IT WAS THE CRIME
OF THE CENTURY.

- I'VE ALSO GOT RANSOM NOTES.

YOU'RE THE FIRST ONE TO
SEE THIS SINCE THE EARLY 1940s.

- WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?

- IT'S A LITTLE RIFLE I PICKED
UP AT AN ESTATE SALE.

- IT'S A MUSKETOON.
IT LOOKS COOL.

THESE WERE REALLY
POPULAR IN THE 1700s.

LOOK HOW MANY PIECES OF
GLASS OR NAILS YOU COULD SHOOT.



- IT'S A 1974 LOTUS EUROPA.

- THIS SURE LOOKS PRISTINE.

- YOU MIND IF I START IT UP?

- I DON'T KNOW
IF YOU'LL FIT IN IT.

OH, MY GOD.

IT'S A LITTLE CAR.

I'M RICK HARRISON, AND
THIS IS MY PAWN SHOP.

I WORK HERE WITH MY OLD
MAN AND MY SON, BIG HOSS.

EVERYTHING IN HERE
HAS A STORY AND A PRICE.

ONE THING I'VE
LEARNED AFTER 21 YEARS,

YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT IS
GONNA COME THROUGH THAT DOOR.

HEY, HOW'S IT GOING?
WHAT DO WE HAVE HERE?

- IT'S A LITTLE RIFLE I PICKED
UP AT AN ESTATE SALE.

- WHAT IS IT, A MUSKET?
- IT'S A MUSKETOON.



- DOES IT PLAY A SONG?

- I'M COMING DOWN TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO TRY AND SELL MY MUSKETOON

THAT I PICKED UP
AT AN ESTATE SALE.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT I
HAVEN'T REALLY SEEN BEFORE.

I PAID $200 FOR IT.

JUST HOPING MAYBE
I'LL GET A BIG PAYDAY.

- OKAY, IT DEFINITELY
LOOKS COOL.

DO YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT?

- IT LOOKS LIKE IT'S
MAYBE FROM LONDON.

I REALLY DON'T KNOW
ANY HISTORY OF IT AT ALL.

- THESE WERE REALLY
POPULAR IN THE 1700s,

ESPECIALLY WITH
THE ENGLISH NAVY.

THEY WERE A REALLY EFFECTIVE
WEAPON WHEN THEY BOARDED A SHIP.

I MEAN, LOOK HOW MANY
PIECES OF GLASS OR NAILS

COULD SHOOT OUT
THE END OF THIS THING.

IT WAS MADE FOR CLEARING DECKS.

- AND IT'S SO HEAVY, YOU
KNOW, THAT IT'S ALL METAL.

- IT WOULD MAKE AN
INCREDIBLY GOOD CLUB LIKE THIS.

AND THAT'S WHAT
THEY USED THEM FOR.

ONE SHOT, TURN IT AROUND,

AND START BEATING
PEOPLE WITH IT.

A MUSKETOON IS JUST
WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE,

A SHORTER,
HIGHER-CALIBER MUSKET.

THEY WERE DESIGNED FOR
MAXIMUM DAMAGE AT SHORT RANGE.

AS YOU CAN EXPECT,
PIRATES LOVED 'EM.

THERE'S DEFINITELY A
FEW PROBLEMS WITH IT.

THE SPRING THAT HOLDS
DOWN THE FRIZZEN IS MISSING,

AND WE HAVE A BUSTED STOCK HERE.

THE WHOLE LOCK MECHANISM
LOOKS IN ROUGH SHAPE.

- DO YOU THINK IT'S OLD?

- I THINK IT IS, BUT THEN
AGAIN, THEY FAKE THINGS

AND PUT THEM IN ROUGH
SHAPE SO THEY CAN RESELL 'EM.

ANTIQUE GUN COLLECTORS
LOVE RARE WEAPONS,

BUT THERE'S A LOT I
DON'T KNOW ABOUT IT.

I NEED TO KNOW IF IT'S REAL,

AND I NEED TO KNOW HOW THE
CONDITION AFFECTS ITS VALUE.

I WISH THERE WAS A WAY I
COULD PROVE THESE CRACKS

ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN BATTLE.

THAT WOULD REALLY
RAISE THE PRICE.

SO DID YOU WANT TO
PAWN THIS, SELL IT?

- I WANT TO SELL IT.

- MY PROBLEM IS, I JUST DON'T
KNOW ENOUGH ABOUT THIS THING

TO EVEN MAKE YOU AN
OFFER AT THE MOMENT.

- OKAY.

- SO IF YOU DON'T MIND, I'D
LIKE TO MAKE A PHONE CALL,

GET SOMEONE DOWN HERE,
HAVE HIM CHECK IT OUT,

AND WE CAN GO FROM THERE?

- SURE. ALL RIGHT.
- OKAY.

LET ME GIVE HIM A CALL.
- GREAT. THANKS.

I THINK IT'S COOL HE'S
CALLING AN EXPERT IN.

THAT WAY, WE REALLY
KNOW WHAT I HAVE,

IF IT'S JUST A
REPRODUCTION OR A FAKE

OR IF IT'S THE REAL THING.

- SOMEONE JUST PULLED
UP TO THE SHOP IN A LOTUS.

THESE CARS ARE AMAZING,
SO I'M BRINGING ALONG

THE SHOP'S MECHANIC JOHNNY
TO MAKE SURE IT'S IN GOOD SHAPE.

SO THIS IS IT?

- YES, THIS IS WHAT I
WANTED TO SHOW YOU.

IT'S A 1974 LOTUS EUROPA.

- HOW MUCH WERE YOU
LOOKING TO GET OUT OF IT?

- ABOUT $20,000,

'CAUSE I ALSO HAVE EXTRA
THINGS THAT GO WITH IT.

- WHAT EXTRA THINGS YOU GOT?

- I HAVE ANOTHER ENGINE.
- DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER CAR?

- I CAME DOWN TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO TRY TO SELL MY
1974 LOTUS EUROPA.

IT'S IN MINT CONDITION.
IT DRIVES BEAUTIFULLY.

I'M HOPING FOR $20,000.

MY MINIMUM RIGHT NOW IS $15,000.

- SO WHERE DID
YOU GET THIS THING?

- MY HUSBAND BOUGHT
THIS ABOUT FOUR YEARS AGO

FROM A GENTLEMAN IN ALABAMA.

IT'S GOT 24,000 MILES ON IT.

IT'S JUST ABOUT ALL ORIGINAL.

- NICE.

I DON'T KNOW HOW IT RUNS,
BUT IT SURE LOOKS PRISTINE.

- MY HUSBAND PASSED
AWAY THREE MONTHS AGO.

ALTHOUGH THIS WAS
MY HUSBAND'S PASSION,

I PERSONALLY THINK IT'S
UGLY, SO I'M GOING TO SELL IT.

- LOTUSES ARE REALLY NEAT.
THEY STARTED IN THE 1950s.

THEY WERE REALLY POPULAR
IN THE '60s AND THE '70s.

THEY MADE THESE IN ENGLAND

AND THEN IMPORTED THEM
TO THE UNITED STATES.

DO YOU MIND IF I START IT UP?
- SURE.

I DON'T QUITE KNOW IF
YOU'LL FIT IN IT, THOUGH.

LOTUS HAS BEEN MAKING
SOME OF THE COOLEST CARS

ON THE PLANET FOR 60 YEARS,

AND THEY'VE APPEARED IN
SEVERAL JAMES BOND FLICKS.

AND BACK IN THE '60s AND '70s,

THEY DOMINATED FORMULA 1 RACING.

I MEAN, MARIO
ANDRETTI DROVE ONE.

IT'S A LITTLE CAR.

OH, MY GOD.

- SEEMS TO BE PURRING
LIKE A KITTY CAT.

- IT SOUNDS LIKE
IT RUNS PERFECT.

- IT'S GOT A FIBERGLASS BODY,

A LIGHTWEIGHT STEEL
FRAME, MID-ENGINE.

I BET IT'S JUST SUPER FAST.

- I'M ALWAYS AMAZED
AT WHAT COMES IN HERE.

IT'S A 1974,

AND IT LOOKS LIKE IT JUST
CAME OUT OF THE SHOWROOM.

MAN, ARE THESE EUROPEAN
SPORTS CARS SMALL,

BUT THAT'S NOT GONNA STOP ME
FROM HAULING ASS IN THIS THING.

SO HOW MUCH DID YOU WANT FOR IT?
- $20,000.

- YOU SAID THAT CAME
WITH AN EXTRA MOTOR?

- MM-HMM.

- THE EXTRA MOTOR AND THE OTHER
PARTS, I REALLY WOULDN'T WANT.

SO THE CAR BY ITSELF?
- $17,000.

- UM... I'M THINKING
MORE LIKE $12,000.

IT'S JUST A THIN
COLLECTOR MARKET.

- YES, BUT IT'S VERY PRETTY.

- A LITTLE WHILE AGO,
THE CAR WAS UGLY.

NOW IT'S PRETTY.

- I'LL GO $12,500 ON IT.

- THAT'S ALL
RIGHT. I'LL KEEP IT.

I MEAN, WHAT'S YOUR
BOTTOM DOLLAR ON IT?

- $15,000.
- THAT'S REALLY YOUR BOTTOM?

- MM-HMM.

- I MEAN, I WOULD GO $13,000.
I KNOW IT'S A BEAUTIFUL CAR.

IT'S IN IMMACULATE SHAPE.

BUT TOP DOLLAR I'M GONNA
GET OUT OF THIS THING IS $15,000.

YEAH, $13,000 IS WHAT I CAN DO.

- OKAY, I'LL ACCEPT THAT.
- OKAY, THANKS.

- OKAY.
- ALL RIGHT.

LET'S GO DO SOME PAPERWORK.
- WE AGREED ON $13,000.

HE DID NOT WANT ANY
OF THE EXTRA PARTS,

SO I FEEL THAT IS A GOOD DEAL.

- I'D PAY TO SEE THE
OLD MAN GET IN THIS CAR.

YEAH, RIGHT.

HEY, WHAT CAN I HELP YOU WITH?

- I'VE GOT SOME
PAPERS AND DOCUMENTS

FROM THE LINDBERGH
KIDNAPPING CASE.

- IT WAS THE CRIME
OF THE CENTURY.

HAS ANYONE SEEN
THIS STUFF BEFORE?

- YOU'RE THE FIRST
ONE TO SEE THIS

SINCE THE EARLY 1940s.

I DECIDED TODAY TO
COME INTO THE PAWN SHOP

WITH MY LINDBERGH PAPERS.

THEY WERE GIVEN TO MY
GRANDMOTHER BY A DETECTIVE.

IF IT'S WORTH
ENOUGH, I MIGHT SELL IT.

THERE'S A PICTURE OF THE BABY,
PICTURE OF THE RANSOM NOTE.

- SO WHERE DID YOU GET THESE?

- THESE WERE WILLED
TO MY GRANDMOTHER.

LEON HOAGES, THE INVESTIGATOR,

RENTED A ROOM AT THE HOTEL
THAT MY GRANDMOTHER MANAGED.

AND HE USED TO TELL US ABOUT
FAMOUS CASES HE HAD BEEN ON.

HE WAS HIRED BY
CHARLES LINDBERGH

TO WORK ON THE CASE.

- AMERICAN DREAM
STORIES DON'T GET BIGGER

THAN CHARLES LINDBERGH.

AT THE AGE OF 25, HE WAS
AN UNKNOWN AIRMAIL PILOT,

AND HE DECIDED TO
BE THE FIRST PERSON

TO FLY SOLO ACROSS THE ATLANTIC.

IN 1932, CHARLES LINDBERGH
HAD JUST BOUGHT A HOUSE

IN NEW JERSEY, REALLY RURAL.

RIGHT AFTER HE MOVED IN,
HIS LITTLE BOY WAS KIDNAPPED.

RIGHT AROUND 10:00 AT NIGHT,
A NANNY WENT UP TO THE ROOM.

THE KID WAS GONE.

THERE WAS A LADDER
GOING UP TO THE WINDOW.

WEEKS AFTER THE KIDNAPPING,

THEY ENDED UP
FINDING THE BABY'S BODY.

WHAT MOST LIKELY HAPPENED IS,

WHEN THE KIDNAPPER
TOOK THE CHILD,

THE KIDNAPPER EITHER
KILLED THE KID IMMEDIATELY

OR, WHEN HE WAS COMING DOWN
THE LADDER, HE DROPPED THE KID.

IN 1932, WHEN 20-MONTH-OLD
CHARLES LINDBERGH JR.

WAS KIDNAPPED, THE STORY
CONSUMED THE WORLD.

THE KIDNAPPERS WANTED $50,000,
AND EVEN THOUGH IT WAS PAID,

THERE WAS NO SIGN
OF THE LINDBERGH BABY.

THEY HAD WRITTEN DOWN ALL THE
SERIAL NUMBERS ON ALL THE MONEY.

SO TWO YEARS
AFTER THE KIDNAPPING,

SOME OF THE BILLS SHOWED UP.

WHAT WAS THE GUY'S NAME, THE
GUY WHO WAS CONVICTED OF IT?

- BRUNO HAUPTMANN.

- THEY TRACED THE
MONEY BACK TO HIM.

THEY FOUND SOME OF THE
RANSOM MONEY IN HIS HOUSE,

AND HE ENDED UP GETTING
THE DEATH PENALTY FOR IT.

- THESE MIGHT INTEREST YOU.

INSIDE THE ENVELOPE
HERE ARE THE ACTUAL NAILS

THAT CAME OUT OF THE FLOORBOARD

OF THE GARAGE WHERE
SUPPOSEDLY THE LADDER WAS MADE.

YOU HAVE THE FILES FROM
THE PRIVATE DETECTIVE

THAT WORKED ON THE
LINDBERGH BABY CASE.

- THAT IS CORRECT.

THESE ARE THE ACTUAL NAILS

THAT CAME OUT OF THE ATTIC
FLOORBOARD OF BRUNO HAUPTMANN,

WHERE SUPPOSEDLY THE LADDER
IN THE KIDNAPPING WAS MADE.

- WHY WOULD HE PULL
FLOORBOARDS OUT OF HIS ATTIC

AND BUILD HIS OWN LADDER?

- ONE OF THE RUNGS IN THE
LADDER WAS BROKEN, RIGHT?

- THAT'S CORRECT.

- SO IT HAD TO BE
REPLACED WITH A BOARD,

SO HE JUST PULLED A BOARD
OUT OF HIS ATTIC OR SOMETHING.

- THEY WERE COMPARING IF
ANY OF THE NAIL HOLES LINED UP

WITH THE NAIL HOLES IN
THE STUDS OF THE ATTIC.

SO THEY WERE TRYING TO
DO SOME CS I BACK IN THE DAY.

I GOT YOU.
- CORRECT.

- MUST HAVE NOT BEEN TOO SMART
OF A CRIMINAL, OR HE WAS FRAMED.

- MOST CRIMINALS
ARE PRETTY STUPID.

BACK IN THE 1930s,

FORENSIC SCIENCE WASN'T
NEARLY LIKE IT IS TODAY,

BUT THEY WERE MAKING ALL
KINDS OF LEAPS AND BOUNDS.

SO LIKE MOST CRIMINALS TODAY,

THEY DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT
TECHNOLOGY COULD DO

UNTIL IT WAS TOO LATE.

- I'VE ALSO GOT RANSOM NOTES
ADDRESSED TO CHARLES LINDBERGH.

THERE WERE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE

TRYING TO GET IN ON
THE ACT BACK THEN.

- SO PEOPLE WOULD ACTUALLY
SEND BOGUS RANSOM NOTES,

HOPING THAT HE WOULD
SEND THEM SOME MONEY?

- THAT'S CORRECT.

- ANYONE WHO WOULD WRITE
A RANDOM RANSOM NOTE

IS JUST A DOUCHE BAG.

BEYOND JUST RECORDS,

THIS GUY SEEMS TO HAVE ACTUAL
EVIDENCE FROM THE CASE ITSELF.

THERE'S ORIGINAL RANSOM NOTES

AND ACTUAL NAILS FROM
THE HAUPTMANN HOUSE.

IT'S BEEN OVER SIX DECADES
SINCE ANYONE'S SEEN THIS STUFF.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE.

- SO DID BRUNO HAUPTMANN
ACTUALLY DO IT OR...

- I BELIEVE HE PROBABLY DID IT.

- I PERSONALLY
DON'T THINK HE DID.

- YOU THINK HE WAS FRAMED?
- I THINK HE WAS FRAMED.

THERE'S ENOUGH EVIDENCE IN HERE

THAT IT WOULD CONVINCE
YOU ALSO THAT HE WAS FRAMED.

LEON HOAGES FELT IT
WAS A RUSH TO JUDGMENT.

THE PUBLIC WANTED
SOMEBODY HELD RESPONSIBLE,

AND THEY EXECUTED
AN INNOCENT MAN.

- OKAY, SO DID HE HAVE
AN IDEA WHO DID IT?

- YES, HE DID.

IT WAS BRUNO HAUPTMANN'S
FRIEND FROM GERMANY.

THAT MAN STAYED AT
BRUNO HAUPTMANN'S HOME.

AFTER THE KIDNAPPING,
HE DISAPPEARED,

AND LEON HOAGES' THEORY
WAS THAT HE HAD LEFT

SOME OF THE RANSOM
MONEY IN A TIN CAN

AS AN APPRECIATION FOR
LETTING HIM STAY THERE

WITH BRUNO HAUPTMANN.

- OKAY.
- AND THAT BACKFIRED.

FOR HELPING HIM OUT, HE
ENDED UP GETTING HIM EXECUTED.

- THIS IS ONE OF THE
MOST INCREDIBLE ITEMS

EVER TO COME IN THE SHOP,
BUT I HAVE NO WAY OF KNOWING

HOW REAL THIS STUFF IS WITHOUT
SOMEONE TAKING A LOOK AT IT.

LET ME HAVE SOMEONE
LOOK AT ALL THIS STUFF,

'CAUSE I'M A LITTLE
OVERWHELMED WITH IT,

AND HE CAN HELP US OUT.

- GREAT.
- OKAY. THANKS.

- THANK YOU.

- HOPEFULLY I CAN GET
SOMEONE DOWN HERE RIGHT AWAY,

'CAUSE I'M REALLY INTRIGUED.

EARLIER, A GUY BROUGHT
IN AN ANTIQUE MUSKETOON.

IT LOOKS LEGIT, BUT I DON'T KNOW

ENOUGH ABOUT THESE
THINGS TO BE SURE,

SO I INVITED MY BUDDY
SEAN DOWN TO TAKE A LOOK.

- ALL RIGHT. HOW YOU BEEN?
- ALL RIGHT. HOW ARE YOU?

- THIS IS WHAT I
CALLED YOU ABOUT.

- OH, COOL.

MY NAME IS SEAN RICH. I
OWN TORTUGA TRADING.

AND I SPECIALIZE IN
ANTIQUE ARMS AND ARMOR.

THIS IS A PRETTY
GOOD-LOOKING BLUNDERBUSS.

- THAT'S A BLUNDERBUSS,
NOT A MUSKETOON?

- NO, MUSKETOONS
WERE THE EARLIER FORMS

OF THE BLUNDERBUSS.

YOU KNOW, AS TIME WENT
ON, THEY GOT MORE REFINED.

THEY USED THESE THINGS

FOR ALMOST ANY
PRACTICAL APPLICATION.

THEY WOULD USE THEM
FOR SHIP-TO-SHIP COMBAT

BUT, MORE IMPORTANTLY,

AS A PERSONAL DEFENSE
WEAPON ON THE COACHES.

WEALTHY PEOPLE ALWAYS TRAVELED
IN A COACH, NOT ON A HORSEBACK,

SO THEY NEEDED GUNS
LIKE THIS FOR PROTECTION.

- HOW OLD IS THE GUN?

- I WOULD SAY THIS
WOULD DATE TO ABOUT 1750.

- SWEET.

- WHAT'S REALLY NICE
IS THIS SIDE PLATE,

BECAUSE IT DEPICTS
A PANOPLY OF ARMS.

THAT'S VERY ORNATE.

THIS WAS MADE FOR
SOMEBODY WEALTHY.

- OKAY.

- THERE ARE SOME ISSUES I
WANT TO POINT OUT, THOUGH.

THE RESTORATION PROCESS
ON THIS WOULD BE VERY DIFFICULT

THE WOOD HAS
STARTED TO WARP, OKAY?

SO IT'S NOW BOWING OUT.

SO TO TRY TO PUT THIS BACK IS
GONNA BE VERY, VERY DIFFICULT.

- OKAY.

- THE HAMMER IS A
REPLACEMENT OF THE PERIOD.

IT'S NOT THE ORIGINAL.
- SO THIS ISN'T ALL ORIGINAL.

- NO.
- OKAY.

- THE AVERAGE GUNSMITH IS
GONNA HAVE A VERY DIFFICULT TIME

TRYING TO RESTORE THIS GUN.

SOMETIME THESE PARTS
HAVE TO BE HANDMADE

IN THE SAME WAY THAT THEY
WERE MADE BACK IN THE DAY.

- OKAY, SO WITH ALL
THAT, WHAT'S IT WORTH?

- AS IS, IT'S WORTH...

PROBABLY $1,000 TO MAYBE $1,500.

- THANKS, SEAN.
- ABSOLUTELY.

- OKAY.
- NICE TO MEET YOU.

- ALL RIGHT. TAKE CARE.

- UM...

WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING
TO GET OUT OF IT?

- WELL, I'M THINKING $1,250.

THINK AGAIN.

- HOW ABOUT $1,000?

- NO, 'CAUSE I'M PROBABLY
GONNA SELL IT FOR $1,000.

I'LL GIVE YOU 600 BUCKS.

- $750.

- I DON'T LIKE THINGS LIKE THIS
WALKING OUT THE DOOR, BUT...

ANY MORE THAN $700,
I'M GONNA LET IT WALK.

- OKAY, THAT'S MORE
THAN I GOT IN IT, SO...

- ALL RIGHT. CHUM, YOU
WANT TO WRITE HIM UP?

- YEAH, LET'S DO THIS.
MEET YOU OVER THERE.

- OKAY.

WE SETTLED ON $700,

SO I'M WALKING AWAY
WITH 500 BUCKS PROFIT,

SO I'M LOVING IT.

- EARLIER, A GUY BROUGHT
IN A COLLECTION OF EVIDENCE

FROM THE LINDBERGH
KIDNAPPING CASE.

I HAVE A HUNCH
THIS IS ONE OF A KIND,

BUT I DON'T KNOW FOR SURE,

SO I'VE ASKED MY BUDDY MARK
TO COME DOWN AND CHECK IT OUT.

- YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE
WHAT WE GOT FOR YOU HERE.

- I NEVER BELIEVE WHAT YOU
HAVE FOR ME MOST OF THE TIME.

I'M THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
CLARK COUNTY MUSEUM SYSTEM.

SO WHAT DO WE HAVE?

- NEW EVIDENCE IN
THE LINDBERGH CASE.

- OKAY.

- I DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHERE TO START.

- ALL RIGHT, SO WHAT'S
THE STORY BEHIND THIS?

- THESE WERE HANDED DOWN TO
MY GRANDMOTHER BY LEON HOAGES.

- OKAY.

OKAY, LET ME TAKE A
GLANCE. DO YOU MIND?

- SURE. NO, GO RIGHT AHEAD.

- THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE CASES

THAT CAUGHT UP EVERYBODY
IN THE UNITED STATES.

CHARLES LINDBERGH WAS
PROBABLY THE MOST FAMOUS PERSON

IN THE UNITED
STATES AT THAT TIME,

AND THE WHOLE IDEA OF
CHARLES AUGUSTUS LINDBERGH JR.

BEING KIDNAPPED WAS JUST HUGE.

THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT PEOPLE
THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES

WERE FOLLOWING DAY
BY DAY, STEP BY STEP.

COULD THEY FIND WHO DID THIS?

MOST OF LEON HOAGE'S
PAPERS ARE AT UCLA.

LEON HOAGE GOT INVOLVED WITH
DOING SOME OF THE RESEARCH

ON THE ATTIC AT THE
BRUNO HAUPTMANN HOME.

THE NAILS FROM THE
HAUPTMANN ATTIC,

THAT'S AN INTERESTING PIECE.

THEY TRIED TO PROVE THAT ONE
OF THE SIDE RAILS ON THE LADDER

CAME FROM THE ATTIC AREA
OF THE APARTMENT BUILDING.

THIS KIND OF NAIL WOULD
MAKE THIS KIND OF A GROOVE

IN THE BOARD ONCE
YOU TOOK THEM OUT.

- SO WAS IT THE SAME?
- YEAH, IT WAS.

RANSOM NOTES THAT...
THEY WERE PART OF THE CASE,

BUT THEY WERE NOT THE
ACTUAL RANSOM NOTES.

- THIS STUFF IS JUST
SO OVERWHELMING.

I JUST WANTED YOU TO LOOK
AT IT AND TELL ME, IS IT REAL?

- THEY'RE THE RIGHT TIME PERIOD.

THEY APPEAR TO BE
THE RIGHT CONDITION,

AS YOU CAN SEE ON
THE NEWSPAPERS.

FROM WHAT I'M SEEING HERE...

- THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE CASES

THAT CAUGHT UP EVERYBODY
IN THE UNITED STATES.

THE WHOLE IDEA OF CHARLES
AUGUSTUS LINDBERGH JR.

BEING KIDNAPPED WAS JUST HUGE.

- THIS STUFF IS JUST
SO OVERWHELMING.

I JUST WANTED YOU TO LOOK
AT IT AND TELL ME, IS IT REAL?

- FROM WHAT I'M SEEING HERE...

LOOKS TO ME THAT THIS IS ALL

LEGITIMATELY LEON
HOAGE'S PAPERS.

I THINK YOU HAVE A
FASCINATING COLLECTION HERE.

- AND I'D LIKE TO KNOW WHETHER
THE GUY WAS INNOCENT OR GUILTY.

- THE EVIDENCE THAT I HAVE HERE

SUGGESTS THAT BRUNO
HAUPTMANN WAS INNOCENT.

- IF YOU'VE GOT $13,000
FROM THE RANSOM,

YOU'RE IN A BAD PLACE.

- YEAH.

- OF COURSE, THERE'S ALL
KINDS OF CONSPIRACY THEORIES

THAT HAVE BEEN
SPUN OUT AROUND IT.

YOU KNOW, THERE HAVE
BEEN BOOKS PUBLISHED

PROBABLY EVERY TEN YEARS

CLAIMING THAT THEY'VE FINALLY
FOUND WHO WAS ACTUALLY AT FAULT.

SO THE INTEREST
IN THIS IS STILL HUGE.

- I MEAN, I KNOW YOU
DON'T GIVE VALUES,

BUT IS THIS, LIKE, COLLECTIBLE?

- CERTAINLY.

THERE'D BE RESEARCHERS WHO
WOULD LOVE THIS KIND OF STUFF.

THERE'S ENOUGH
CONSPIRACY THEORISTS

THAT THEY WOULD WANT
TO, YOU KNOW, GET INTO THIS.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING
THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIND

ON THE OPEN
MARKET, BY ANY MEANS.

- THANKS FOR WHAT HELP IT WAS.
- OKAY. THANK YOU.

I AM REALLY GLAD THAT THE
FAMILY WHO HAD THIS HELD ON TO IT.

IT'S WONDERFUL MATERIAL.

- SO ARE YOU LOOKING TO SELL IT?

- YEAH, I THINK I WOULD.

- HOW MUCH DID YOU WANT FOR IT?

- I HAVE NO IDEA.

- OKAY, THAT MAKES TWO OF US.

FOR ONCE IN MY LIFE, I'M
OVERWHELMED WITH SOMETHING.

I WOULD GIVE YOU $1,000,

AND I AM JUST TAKING A
COMPLETE SHOT IN THE DARK.

THAT'S WHY I'M NOT GONNA
OFFER SOME CRAZY NUMBER.

IT'S A NEAT COLLECTION.
I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE IT.

BUT YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND,

IT IS GONNA BE
DIFFICULT TO SELL.

- WOULD YOU GO $2,000?

- UM... NO. $1,500 WOULD BE IT.

- IF I WAS TO SHOP
AROUND A LITTLE BIT...

- MY OFFER WILL STAND.

- BOY.

I'VE HELD ON TO 'EM
FOR 65 YEARS PLUS, SO...

FROM WHAT I JUST LEARNED TODAY,

I THINK I'LL JUST PASS ON IT.

- SORRY WE COULDN'T
MAKE A DEAL, MAN.

- I DIDN'T WANT TO
SELL IT FOR $1,500.

I DON'T THINK $1,500 IS THAT
MUCH MONEY IN THIS DAY AND AGE.

IT COULD WELL BE WORTH
MORE. I'LL HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE.

- SO WHAT HAVE
YOU GOT HERE, SIR?

- LASONIC BOOMBOX.

- WE COULD HAVE A
DANCE-OFF WITH THIS THING.

- YEAH. NO.

- COMING DOWN TO
THE PAWN SHOP TODAY

TO TRY TO SELL MY
VINTAGE BOOMBOX.

I GOT THE BOOMBOX
PROBABLY 30 YEARS AGO.

SOMEBODY LEFT IT AT
MY HOUSE AFTER A PARTY.

I'D LIKE TO GET 250
BUCKS OUT OF IT IF I COULD.

- SO HOW OLD IS IT?
- MID-'70s.

- DOES IT WORK?
- IT WORKS GOOD.

- BACK IN THE '70s AND
'80s, BIGGER WAS BETTER.

YOU DON'T NEED THAT MUCH
SPACE FOR MUSIC ANYMORE.

- THIS IS ABOUT STYLE, BOSS.

- YEAH, IT'S WAY OUT OF STYLE.

THESE BOOMBOXES HAVE
BEEN ANNOYING THE OUT OF ME

SINCE THE LATE '70s.

THEY WERE POPULAR
BECAUSE THEY WERE STEREOS,

THEY WERE PORTABLE, AND
THEY WERE REALLY LOUD.

CHUMLEE, TURN IT OFF.

- WHAT?
- TURN IT OFF!

- IT'S A GENERATION GAP.
HE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND.

- WALKMANS AND IPODS
CHANGED THE WAY

THAT WE LISTEN TO MUSIC,

BUT THESE MACHINES ARE
NOW CONSIDERED CLASSICS,

AND PEOPLE LIKE CHUMLEE
GO BANANAS OVER THEM.

HE KNOWS THEIR MARKET VALUE,

SO I'LL GO AHEAD AND
LET HIM MAKE THIS DEAL.

- SO YOU WANT TO
SELL IT OR PAWN IT?

- SELL IT.

- OKAY, WHAT WERE
YOU LOOKING FOR?

- $250.
- $250?

THIS ANTENNA HERE
IS BROKEN. THAT'S OFF.

THIS HERE IS COMING UP.

IT'S MISSING A BUTTON HERE.

I'D BE WILLING TO
SPEND ABOUT $75 ON IT.

- $100.

- HOW ABOUT $85, MAN?

- HOW ABOUT $90?

- I CAN DO $90.
- ALL RIGHT, MAN.

- I'LL MEET YOU OVER THERE
TO DO THE PAPERWORK.

- WELL, THE YOUNG
GUY TURNED IT ON,

KIND OF HELPED
ME SELL IT TO HIM.

I SETTLED ON $90.
I'M HAPPY WITH THAT.

- HEY, RICK, SOMEBODY'S
GOT TO TAKE THE LOTUS

OVER TO THE COUNT FOR A TUNE-UP.

- YEAH, GIVE ME THE KEYS.

- YOU'RE TOO BUSY.
I'LL TAKE IT FOR YOU.

- NEITHER ONE OF Y'ALL
WOULD FIT IN THE DAMN THING.

- OH, LIKE YOU'RE
GONNA FIT IN IT.

- I'M NOT GONNA TRY.
- I'LL TRY.

HE'S TOO TALL. I
HAVE A BETTER SHOT.

- WITH A DAMN SHOEHORN.

- YOU'RE TOO TALL
TO FIT IN THERE.

YOU CAN'T FIT IN THERE.
YOU'RE OVER SIX FOOT.

- GIVE ME THE KEYS.
- ARE THESE THE KEYS RIGHT HERE?

- HOW ABOUT GETTING
YOUR ASS BACK TO WORK?

- LATER, GUYS.

- WHAT? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?