In an age when there was no unemployment insurance, no Social Security, no SSI, no welfare, banks were uninsured, and people often lost everything in bank failures, it's not surprising that some people became obsessively miserly. On the other hand, there are still people like that even now.
My father suffered from the same delusions. He was always frugal, but the last 7 years of his life were crazy! He would lie, cheat, do anything to save a dime! When I told him I wanted to sign him up for a program that delivered 2 meals for $3, he said “I can eat a lot cheaper than that!” In the end the state got most of his money and I got nothing but an empty bank account from paying his bills, and many lost tools and equipment he sold to people for penny’s on the dollar. This is a mental illness.
@@Peizxcv depends on the deceased's will..."nothing to my boy" means just that. States are benefactors to situations like this with monontonous regularity.
I have no spouse or children (and I have no desire to acquire either before I die). I would much rather that my estate go to the Government than to my numerous cousins with whom I have no relationship. Sadly, they are me heirs at law so I need to have a formal will drafted to ensure that my wishes are carried out.
My grandfather screwed my mother, aunty and uncles, my grandmother passed so he went unchecked with his stinginess. They had a horrible childhood, when he died god damn it they couldn’t understand how he left them so much when in life they had so little. In fairness there was 14 siblings and so dividing that up so long ago not much went around without contesting.If he could have, and from talking to my relatives he would most definitely would have took it with him if he could.
The answer is this, firstly he had a will that gave everything to my brother and me. My mom had already passed. But he did a division of assets and then a pay down with moms half and then accepted Medicaid for her care. Then the same for himself 4 years later. We weren’t told it by the lawyer then, but after his passing the state can come back and take anything that is left to reimburse them for the money paid for his Medicaid care. There was no money left of his approximately half a million dollars of cash. He had used the pay down for home improvements and a new car. The state was waiting right there to take his home when he passed. They took it all, after about $12,000 I was owed for qualifying expenses. Some say that is fair. But I wonder what all of those taxes were good for that he paid for 80 years? My advice is for elderly to think ahead and sign it all over to their heirs at least 5 years before their deaths. Then the state cannot touch the money. That is what I am going to do shortly. Consult a professional Medicare expert. They are worth the money. DO NOT ask government Medicare/Medicaid! That will reset the clock and you will be screwed. A will means NOTHING if they accepted Medicaid. It’s complicated. Various States are somewhat different I am told. We are in Missouri.
As a banker for over 30 years from a rural area it was not uncommon to have clients whose parents and themselves went through the Great Depression. The consumptive nature of money hoarding and miserly living was terrible. Millionaires forcing their families to scrimp in such ways , that to me, was laughable and at the same time appalling. Like measuring tooth paste ,not replacing women’s underwear elastic, jumping over a gate so as not to wear out the hinges. The worst was that this miserly way of living was passed on to their children.
It reminds me of the oldest living British aunties in the family who came up in the WW1 or 2 eras and it was so very very deeply impressed in their minds to absolutely scrimp and save. They would 'darn socks' which nobody even believes me was when they'd sow up holes in socks to get more out of the sock. They'd clean and hoard any tin, any plastic container. in the case of one aunty, at around 84 she STILL clung to every penny and would walk blocks to find a market where she could get very cheap bananas that were turning black, take them home and use them to cook banana breads. bank account: well over 2 million dollars. Yet, she'd carry a little 'change purse' and carefully pick out precisely 15 pennies a piece for the overripe bananas and walk home (not wasting $1 on expensive bus fare!). 2.4 million the last I heard.
@@jonathandewberry289 Well, as they say..."waste not, want not". Yes a person can be too miserly BUT I tend to think that is better than being the kind of person that goes through every penny they have on foolishness. Not saving a single penny for those emergencies that inevinevitably will come our way during life.
My parents and grandparents lived through the Great Depression, and I’ve had to unlearn some of the habits they taught me, such as saving bent nails to try to reuse them. I’m still working on it, to be honest.
I saw Parkinson’s ravage my step great grandfather . When he got dementia man I’ve never seen anything like that. He thought my granny was his sister from before the war. His sister had passed away when his mind was sound. It was the worst thing I’ve ever seen. He would snap back to reality and beg for us to not let him suffer anymore. It didn’t traumatize me, it showed me how strong he really was because he fought that fight for almost 10 years .
Reminds me of a day back in the early 80s in N.Y...some friends and I (all of us were college students) were leaving a diner in the upper east side of Manhattan ..we were approached by a sweet looking elderly gentleman who asked if we could give him a dollar..we were just about to give it to him when the manager of the diner stoped us..and told us that the elderly man was his landlord and owned three buildings on the block. I can still remember how angry the old miser got. I have zero sympathy for people like that.
I remember reading about her in school. The book said she was a very rich recluse who kept soaps in a tin because she was so cheap. That was 50 years ago, thanks for the updated story about her, History Guy! There are a few like her, I used to deliver groceries to some really old women in NYC in the 1970s and would have to keep the food outside their door and get an envelope of cash as payment under the mat. I always thought of Ida each time I delivered to such, on two occasions at different households I had one time before seen the woman in her 90s (at least). It's a memory you have refreshed after watching Ida's bio.
My parents grew up during the great depression and suffered through WW2. Both their families were poor farmers in the South. Being thrifty and miserly was a big part of just surviving. My parents and many of the older folks I grew up around saved everything. Yes a person can be too miserly BUT young people today, maybe people in general also, are way too wasteful. Every thing is made to be disposable so now look at what we are doing to our landfills and how we are burning through earth resources.
Well-stated on all points. We had a similar upbringing. My parents lived through the Oklahoma Dustbowl, the Great Depression and WW II. I lived to never disappoint them or let them down, though sometimes I did. They both taught me and my brother that squandering the earth's natural resources is wrong. They died six weeks apart after 60 years of marriage. I miss them every single day.
Good Monday morning History Guy and everyone watching. Happy Independence Day. There is a boulevard named Ida E Wood that runs through Grapevine and Colleyville TX.
this story is absolutely bananas! I swear everyone from around that turn-of-the-century era was absolutely nuts lol thank you again History Guy - that was a great one!
I recommend the book "The Richest Woman in America, Hetty Green in the Gilded Age". Hetty lived during the same period as Ida, but while Ida was the Howard Hughes of her day, Hetty was much like Warren Buffett.
Wow, yet another story that is utterly new to me, and absolutely fascinating. So many compelling lines you follow in such a short, wonderfully-written and narrated way. Your videos are gems of light, and I am really grateful for all the skill and care you bring to us.
This was intriguing because my paternal great-grandmother's name was Ida Mae Wood after she married my great grandfather in 1904. I'm sure there are other people with that name but probably none so famous as the lady you speak of. Love your show! 🙂
Your modern, first world, comfortable view of life….there was a time where chronic starvation was REAL and some ladies had to resort to WORSE to survive! 🤦🏻♀️
@@KellyfromMemphisDD214 Anyone who would do anything to survive doesn't deserve to because in doing so they demonstrate the only thing they really care about is themselves.
Wow! How sad. The things she could have done. Hope she enjoyed her world tour with Mary and Emma. A great detective story. Mental illness is a tragic thing. Despite her riches, I pity her. One wonders, aside from her fear of poverty, what or whom caused her to hide?
As always, you have given us a fascinating video with much to ponder. BTW: Have you ever considered doing one on the unsolved murder of Dot King? I've been reading about her and I believe there is much information there for you to work with.
These are my very favorite kind too. If I knew of a TH-cam channel that focused solely on these sort of eccentric people, I would probably watch it every day... well, almost every day!
Interesting and sad story. Her paranoia was based on truth: she had been a fraudster all her adult life so she looked at every event and/or interaction with others as a scam or their “scheming” to con her. Some things can only be providential or simple karma. She created her own prison cell for eternity.
THG, that vest with the tie gave me Bret Maverick flashbacks. You probably could have been the 4th brother, Bret, Bart, Brent, and the other brother, Lance.
What luck those 10 relatives of hers had. Inheriting about $100,000 each (about $2,220,000 today) during the height of the depression. And they probably never met her or even knew she existed.
Reminds me of an old relative of mine who reclused herself and hoarded money. When she finally passed away, her money was so full of mold it was unusable and had to be thrown out.
And exactly what would they hsve done if they left? Begged on the street? There were no ‘social supports’, no welfare, medical assistance or nedicare. Only private charity… which is why there eere mixers.
Great, entertaining and educational. My Grannie was kinda like that but, she had all her affairs in order. She was tight fisted though. Wish I'd gotten that trait from her. But, it was just good to have her for 94 years. Lots of good times you can't get back.!
One thing makes me wonder - in 1929 US currency was demonetized; old large format bills were replaced with smaller ones. Did Ida's enablers continue accepting obsolete bills? Seems that the banks would stopped taking them at some point.
Ida's story is so much like the latter days of Howard Huges that it makes me wonder if they both didn't suffer from some malady great wealth brings about.
I live in England (Irish, Welsh and Scottish ancestry). There was a family tale that we were relatives of an American millionairess and we should have received part of an inheritance. Never really believed it until I found a letter dated from the 1930's from a London solicitor saying we did actually have a claim. He came from London to meet with my family but because we could not afford the fees to make the claim in America we didn't take it any further. The name was Ida Wood/Ellen Walsh whose mother was Ann Crawford. My family name is Crawford. My granddaughter looks very much like Ida too.
Somewhere around 8 minutes, I lost track. Just after I heard that Ida's daughter was her sister, and that Ida did not know this. This would not work as a movie plot, it is just too nuts.
It’s all about the money! You could have no relatives at all and still people would come out of the woodwork to claim a share. Or all if they thought they could!
Having it all doesn’t seem to be a great thing for Ida. Quite a sad end really, and then there’s the “family” vultures. Disgusting creature’s, they sadly appear in many families. I have had the displeasure of witnessing some personally. Rest In Peace Ida.
@@RetiredSailor60 like minded except I prefer southern potato salad with salad dressing instead of mustard. BUT will settle for mustard if necessary.😀😍
Not unlike Howard Hughes who became a hermit. First secluded in a hotel in Managua then moved to Las Vegas after a major earthquake. Except Hughes was fastidious about cleanliness.
Wish Eye'd owned stock in Kleenex napkins & Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream then ! I was there in basement of the main Harris County Courthouse bldg. in Houston when Mr. Hughes' body was brought to Dr. Jachimczyk's (sp?) the coroner's office. Clandestine pix of the poor emaciated man/ Mr. Hughes... 'floated' around the various government offices. He was murdered?/allowed to die @ the hands of his so-called bodyguards: a contingent of Mormons. The chief bodyguard, a former white-shirted/black pants-wearing bicycler, ended up q Multi-Gazillionaire after Mr. Hughes' death. 👎🏻👎🏻to the Mormon Church for not censoring one of its 'apostles'!
In an age when there was no unemployment insurance, no Social Security, no SSI, no welfare, banks were uninsured, and people often lost everything in bank failures, it's not surprising that some people became obsessively miserly. On the other hand, there are still people like that even now.
My father suffered from the same delusions. He was always frugal, but the last 7 years of his life were crazy! He would lie, cheat, do anything to save a dime! When I told him I wanted to sign him up for a program that delivered 2 meals for $3, he said “I can eat a lot cheaper than that!” In the end the state got most of his money and I got nothing but an empty bank account from paying his bills, and many lost tools and equipment he sold to people for penny’s on the dollar. This is a mental illness.
How the state got it and not children? Usually it’s spouse followed by children no?
@@Peizxcv depends on the deceased's will..."nothing to my boy" means just that. States are benefactors to situations like this with monontonous regularity.
I have no spouse or children (and I have no desire to acquire either before I die). I would much rather that my estate go to the Government than to my numerous cousins with whom I have no relationship. Sadly, they are me heirs at law so I need to have a formal will drafted to ensure that my wishes are carried out.
My grandfather screwed my mother, aunty and uncles, my grandmother passed so he went unchecked with his stinginess. They had a horrible childhood, when he died god damn it they couldn’t understand how he left them so much when in life they had so little. In fairness there was 14 siblings and so dividing that up so long ago not much went around without contesting.If he could have, and from talking to my relatives he would most definitely would have took it with him if he could.
The answer is this, firstly he had a will that gave everything to my brother and me. My mom had already passed. But he did a division of assets and then a pay down with moms half and then accepted Medicaid for her care. Then the same for himself 4 years later. We weren’t told it by the lawyer then, but after his passing the state can come back and take anything that is left to reimburse them for the money paid for his Medicaid care. There was no money left of his approximately half a million dollars of cash. He had used the pay down for home improvements and a new car. The state was waiting right there to take his home when he passed. They took it all, after about $12,000 I was owed for qualifying expenses. Some say that is fair. But I wonder what all of those taxes were good for that he paid for 80 years?
My advice is for elderly to think ahead and sign it all over to their heirs at least 5 years before their deaths. Then the state cannot touch the money. That is what I am going to do shortly. Consult a professional Medicare expert. They are worth the money. DO NOT ask government Medicare/Medicaid! That will reset the clock and you will be screwed. A will means NOTHING if they accepted Medicaid. It’s complicated. Various States are somewhat different I am told. We are in Missouri.
As a banker for over 30 years from a rural area it was not uncommon to have clients whose parents and themselves went through the Great Depression. The consumptive nature of money hoarding and miserly living was terrible. Millionaires forcing their families to scrimp in such ways , that to me, was laughable and at the same time appalling. Like measuring tooth paste ,not replacing women’s underwear elastic, jumping over a gate so as not to wear out the hinges. The worst was that this miserly way of living was passed on to their children.
And looking over their glasses instead of through them because they don't want to wear them out.
It reminds me of the oldest living British aunties in the family who came up in the WW1 or 2 eras and it was so very very deeply impressed in their minds to absolutely scrimp and save. They would 'darn socks' which nobody even believes me was when they'd sow up holes in socks to get more out of the sock. They'd clean and hoard any tin, any plastic container. in the case of one aunty, at around 84 she STILL clung to every penny and would walk blocks to find a market where she could get very cheap bananas that were turning black, take them home and use them to cook banana breads.
bank account: well over 2 million dollars. Yet, she'd carry a little 'change purse' and carefully pick out precisely 15 pennies a piece for the overripe bananas and walk home (not wasting $1 on expensive bus fare!).
2.4 million the last I heard.
@@jonathandewberry289 Well, as they say..."waste not, want not". Yes a person can be too miserly BUT I tend to think that is better than being the kind of person that goes through every penny they have on foolishness. Not saving a single penny for those emergencies that inevinevitably will come our way during life.
My boss grew up this way. One day he forgot his lunch and complained so bad. He thought $3 for a burger and fries was so expensive.
My parents and grandparents lived through the Great Depression, and I’ve had to unlearn some of the habits they taught me, such as saving bent nails to try to reuse them.
I’m still working on it, to be honest.
I saw Parkinson’s ravage my step great grandfather . When he got dementia man I’ve never seen anything like that. He thought my granny was his sister from before the war. His sister had passed away when his mind was sound. It was the worst thing I’ve ever seen. He would snap back to reality and beg for us to not let him suffer anymore. It didn’t traumatize me, it showed me how strong he really was because he fought that fight for almost 10 years .
This story reminds me a bit of how Howard Hughes ended up living. So sad, really. Thanks, @TheHistoryGuyChannel; I enjoyed this very much!
Proof once again that you can't take it with you. If it were possible, I'm sure she would have found a way! Thanks for another great story.
Reminds me of a day back in the early 80s in N.Y...some friends and I (all of us were college students) were leaving a diner in the upper east side of Manhattan ..we were approached by a sweet looking elderly gentleman who asked if we could give him a dollar..we were just about to give it to him when the manager of the diner stoped us..and told us that the elderly man was his landlord and owned three buildings on the block. I can still remember how angry the old miser got. I have zero sympathy for people like that.
I would have had a good laugh, at his expense.
Was his last name Goldstein?
I remember reading about her in school. The book said she was a very rich recluse who kept soaps in a tin because she was so cheap. That was 50 years ago, thanks for the updated story about her, History Guy! There are a few like her, I used to deliver groceries to some really old women in NYC in the 1970s and would have to keep the food outside their door and get an envelope of cash as payment under the mat. I always thought of Ida each time I delivered to such, on two occasions at different households I had one time before seen the woman in her 90s (at least). It's a memory you have refreshed after watching Ida's bio.
The History Guy: Best video in ages thank you :)
My parents grew up during the great depression and suffered through WW2. Both their families were poor farmers in the South. Being thrifty and miserly was a big part of just surviving. My parents and many of the older folks I grew up around saved everything. Yes a person can be too miserly BUT young people today, maybe people in general also, are way too wasteful. Every thing is made to be disposable so now look at what we are doing to our landfills and how we are burning through earth resources.
Well-stated on all points. We had a similar upbringing. My parents lived through the Oklahoma Dustbowl, the Great Depression and WW II. I lived to never disappoint them or let them down, though sometimes I did. They both taught me and my brother that squandering the earth's natural resources is wrong. They died six weeks apart after 60 years of marriage. I miss them every single day.
So you went from your parents growing up in the depression and WW2 to kids throw away too much stuff. Strange. But ok.
Good Monday morning History Guy and everyone watching. Happy Independence Day. There is a boulevard named Ida E Wood that runs through Grapevine and Colleyville TX.
Interesting. There is more to this story.
What a great story to start your day with!
This is the greatest story I've heard in a long time
this story is absolutely bananas! I swear everyone from around that turn-of-the-century era was absolutely nuts lol
thank you again History Guy - that was a great one!
obviously you haven't been watching the news since 2015
They weren't nuts, just grew up in a lot of sad situations
@@clutzwinstead279 That made them nuts? Anyway, no, that's not how it works.
@@rhuephus Why do you say that? I didn't tell you anything about the world of the last 7 years.
I recommend the book "The Richest Woman in America, Hetty Green in the Gilded Age". Hetty lived during the same period as Ida, but while Ida was the Howard Hughes of her day, Hetty was much like Warren Buffett.
I think her son was more interesting...both the inverted airmail stamp and rarest nickel are due to him i think....
A very strange case of social history. Money & neglect, tragic & sad.
Real history between our family make this sound like a kindergarten report.
Yes, this is truly history worth remembering. Thanks.
Excellent, as always. I'd hate to be ruled by money.
Wow, yet another story that is utterly new to me, and absolutely fascinating. So many compelling lines you follow in such a short, wonderfully-written and narrated way. Your videos are gems of light, and I am really grateful for all the skill and care you bring to us.
This was intriguing because my paternal great-grandmother's name was Ida Mae Wood after she married my great grandfather in 1904. I'm sure there are other people with that name but probably none so famous as the lady you speak of. Love your show! 🙂
Poor Ida. How sad for a person who started out with so much confidence.
Quite a bold gold digger to write to a married man she's never met and outright offer to be his mistress. And he went for it!
Thought the same thing!
Girls gotta do what a girls gotta do. Smart move on her part.
Back then it was seen as a sin. Just like today things haven't changed. If two people agree upon a open marriage then I suppose it's ok.
Your modern, first world, comfortable view of life….there was a time where chronic starvation was REAL and some ladies had to resort to WORSE to survive! 🤦🏻♀️
@@KellyfromMemphisDD214 Anyone who would do anything to survive doesn't deserve to because in doing so they demonstrate the only thing they really care about is themselves.
Wow! How sad. The things she could have done. Hope she enjoyed her world tour with Mary and Emma. A great detective story. Mental illness is a tragic thing. Despite her riches, I pity her. One wonders, aside from her fear of poverty, what or whom caused her to hide?
As always, you have given us a fascinating video with much to ponder.
BTW: Have you ever considered doing one on the unsolved murder of Dot King? I've been reading about her and I believe there is much information there for you to work with.
The song Fancy is in my head now. Thanx, History Guy.
Congratulations on 1.25 MILLION! subscribers!
I had to giggle when your photo first flashed onto the screen!!! Interesting concoction of an outfit i must say!! I'll have a sarsaparilla bar keep😂😂
A half a million in ten thousand dollar bills would be worth five hundred million today WOW!!!!!!
These types of stories are my favorite.
These are my very favorite kind too. If I knew of a TH-cam channel that focused solely on these sort of eccentric people, I would probably watch it every day... well, almost every day!
@@karenhollywood3523 we look beyond the story.
A fascinating story. Thank you once again.
THG you rock! Peace
Absolutely superb storytelling! !
Interesting and sad story. Her paranoia was based on truth: she had been a fraudster all her adult life so she looked at every event and/or interaction with others as a scam or their “scheming” to con her. Some things can only be providential or simple karma. She created her own prison cell for eternity.
Hers, and her companions.
Her trickery came back to bite her in the end.
Not be enemies but herself, her conscience.
1st class...thank you for sharing
I appreciate you, thank you for making content.
AMAZING.....Thanks Mr THG🎀 👍
Love your channel history guy! Happy learner here!
Sad story. Thank you for sharing.
THG, that vest with the tie gave me Bret Maverick flashbacks. You probably could have been the 4th brother, Bret, Bart, Brent, and the other brother, Lance.
Excellent episode! ❤❤❤
Crazy or not crazy, I would have never left that hotel room with all that cash in it.
Can you imagine running around with $10,000 bills in your pocket?🤔🤤
Shoot at least clean the place up inside and make it amazing
What luck those 10 relatives of hers had. Inheriting about $100,000 each (about $2,220,000 today) during the height of the depression. And they probably never met her or even knew she existed.
What an amazing story! Just shows how little we know about the human psyche, and what drives it! Thank you.
the opening made me think of Grey Gardens
Interesting stuff - thanks!
YOU ARE AMAZINE !
I , thoroughly enjoyed this off beat, unexpected, bit of history ! 👍
Amazing video! Simply wonderful!
Ida Wood: "I am going to live in this hotel and never come out again, I will die a recluse."
Howard Hughes: "Write that down!"😂😂
Thank you History Guy
Reminds me of an old relative of mine who reclused herself and hoarded money. When she finally passed away, her money was so full of mold it was unusable and had to be thrown out.
You will never run out of material to work with!
More history gets made every day...
Say what u want about her frame of mind, she was able to care and support her family right up until she died and that's something so few if us can do
agreed
She did not ‘care ‘ for anyone. It sounds like the 2 prior women died of malnutrition effects.
@@appaloosa42 are you saying that she tied them down so they couldn't leave? I thought they were free to leave at any time
And exactly what would they hsve done if they left? Begged on the street? There were no ‘social supports’, no welfare, medical assistance or nedicare. Only private charity… which is why there eere mixers.
Trpy: mixers!
should do more videos like this
Fascinating!
No point to be the richest person in the graveyard, there's no pockets in a shroud.
Hi, I just recently discovered your channel and just found out you're from the Saint Louis area! I still live here ❤ that's awesome 😎
thanks
Absolutely fascinating people were definitely different then but what an enjoyable tale.
I, too take home the little bars of soap left in hotel rooms. Not because I'm too cheap to buy my own, but just because.
I'm still waiting for my rich relatives to leave an inheritance to me.....who ever they are.❤️💵
That was a delightful story.
Very interesting story!
She only took half the winnings? She's more generous than most banks.
Great, entertaining and educational. My Grannie was kinda like that but, she had all her affairs in order. She was tight fisted though. Wish I'd gotten that trait from her. But, it was just good to have her for 94 years. Lots of good times you can't get back.!
Very sad but interesting!
❤ God bless Ida and her dear sisters. May the rest in peace and dearly loved.
Great story! FYI - it’s Safe Deposit Box not Safety Deposit Box.
Happy Fourth!
Fascinating and sad.
You should do the story of Homer Colyer and Langley Colyer. They too were were hoarder recluses in New York.
One thing makes me wonder - in 1929 US currency was demonetized; old large format bills were replaced with smaller ones. Did Ida's enablers continue accepting obsolete bills? Seems that the banks would stopped taking them at some point.
Ida's story is so much like the latter days of Howard Huges that it makes me wonder if they both didn't suffer from some malady great wealth brings about.
Well Howard Hughes was in a plane crash at some point in his life and from what I've read, never the same after that.
If Emma won't do it, Ida Wood.
Another historic mystery brought to life by THG, The History God (Guy) 🙂
Ida reminds me of another famous rich recluse. Howard Hughes.
Reminds me of Hettie Green.
Wow that was really interesting.
Back in the Saddle Again Naturally!
To think what a million dollars could even do for an average person today, imagine what it could do then. Greed is a terrible condition.
What a sad story.
Fascinating,,,,,
I live in England (Irish, Welsh and Scottish ancestry). There was a family tale that we were relatives of an American millionairess and we should have received part of an inheritance. Never really believed it until I found a letter dated from the 1930's from a London solicitor saying we did actually have a claim. He came from London to meet with my family but because we could not afford the fees to make the claim in America we didn't take it any further. The name was Ida Wood/Ellen Walsh whose mother was Ann Crawford. My family name is Crawford. My granddaughter looks very much like Ida too.
VERY INTERESTING 👍
Somewhere around 8 minutes, I lost track. Just after I heard that Ida's daughter was her sister, and that Ida did not know this. This would not work as a movie plot, it is just too nuts.
And she was so afraid of dying in poverty that she died in defacto poverty. I would watch that movie.
Wow, that's a movie script. thank you for sharing
Great video, but did anyone notice the view of the original Penn Station in the illustration of the hotel?
Nope. Glad you pointed it out! A low-rent neighborhood??
It’s all about the money! You could have no relatives at all and still people would come out of the woodwork to claim a share. Or all if they thought they could!
Where there's a will, there's a 'relative'.
Wow!! ( I'm speechless.) 😮
This one was really interesting to me.
How bizarre, but reminiscent of Howard Hughes?
Having it all doesn’t seem to be a great thing for Ida. Quite a sad end really, and then there’s the “family” vultures. Disgusting creature’s, they sadly appear in many families. I have had the displeasure of witnessing some personally.
Rest In Peace Ida.
If the money was old and out of date I'm surprised any bank or the treasury could recognize it as being legal tender. What a confusing mess.
She retired her money from the bank in the Panic of 1907 and died in 1932 so the money was only 24-25 years old.
Where did you get your vest? I love it
Bizarre!
Even more bizarre than the life of 'Witch of Wall Street' Hetty Green.
I always find it amusing how when ever someone who claims to be from the South, they usually say New Orleans Louisiana 😂
Some of those people were passing....
A true Scouser. And a real looker too ❤
This is such a sad story.
Hey History Guy, 🤓👋 and Classmates What's Your favorite Sides for a BBQ?
Mustard potato salad, baked beans, and Cole slaw...
@@RetiredSailor60 like minded except I prefer southern potato salad with salad dressing instead of mustard. BUT will settle for mustard if necessary.😀😍
@@korbell1089 Mmmm
@@RetiredSailor60 Mmmm
Corn on the cob. Baked potatoes in tinfoil
Not unlike Howard Hughes who became a hermit. First secluded in a hotel in Managua then moved to Las Vegas after a major earthquake. Except Hughes was fastidious about cleanliness.
Wish Eye'd owned stock in Kleenex napkins & Baskin-Robbins Ice Cream then !
I was there in basement of the main Harris County Courthouse bldg. in Houston when Mr. Hughes' body was brought to Dr. Jachimczyk's (sp?) the coroner's office. Clandestine pix of the poor emaciated man/ Mr. Hughes... 'floated' around the various government offices.
He was murdered?/allowed to die @ the hands of his so-called bodyguards: a contingent of Mormons. The chief bodyguard, a former white-shirted/black pants-wearing bicycler, ended up q Multi-Gazillionaire after Mr. Hughes' death.
👎🏻👎🏻to the Mormon Church for not censoring one of its 'apostles'!
poor old gal. maybe if she had true love in her young days it could have been different. RIP OLD GAL 😔