1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,680 This program is about unsolved mysteries. 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:06,280 Whenever possible, the actual family members and police 3 00:00:06,280 --> 00:00:09,280 officials have participated in recreating the events. 4 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:12,280 What you are about to see is not a news broadcast. 5 00:00:16,280 --> 00:00:18,880 For nearly 20 years, Nancy Meier has 6 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:21,880 proved an invaluable tool for law enforcement. 7 00:00:21,880 --> 00:00:24,800 But Nancy is no ordinary investigator. 8 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:27,000 She apparently employs psychic powers 9 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:30,600 to divine clues that might otherwise go unnoticed. 10 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:32,560 Tonight, she'll see Nancy in action, 11 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,200 as she searches for answers in the tragic murder 12 00:00:35,200 --> 00:00:38,840 of a young girl in Florida. 13 00:00:38,840 --> 00:00:43,240 In 1980, 15-year-old Michelle Donohoe ran away from home. 14 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:46,880 On route to Texas, Michelle was befriended by three good Samaritans 15 00:00:46,880 --> 00:00:49,480 who guided her through her dangerous journey. 16 00:00:49,480 --> 00:00:52,360 Michelle needs your help to find her protectors 17 00:00:52,360 --> 00:00:55,880 so she can finally say, you're not going to get away with it. 18 00:00:55,880 --> 00:00:59,680 She can finally say, thank you. 19 00:00:59,680 --> 00:01:02,200 And one of the great mysteries of the sea. 20 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,600 In 1872, a schooner christened the Mary Celeste 21 00:01:05,600 --> 00:01:09,000 wait anchor in New York Harbor and set sail for Europe. 22 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:12,360 Four weeks later, she was found drifting in the Atlantic Ocean 23 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:13,920 near Portugal. 24 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:17,080 The Mary Celeste was in virtually perfect condition. 25 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:19,600 Yet the captain, his family, and the crew 26 00:01:19,600 --> 00:01:23,200 had inexplicably vanished. 27 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:25,400 For more than a century, the mysterious fate 28 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:27,800 of the ghost ship has tantalized storytellers 29 00:01:27,800 --> 00:01:29,920 and historians alike. 30 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:33,360 Join me with this intriguing legend and much more 31 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:35,360 on Unsaw Mysteries. 32 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:34,000 What if your mind worked like a television set? 33 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:36,280 What if you could change channels at will, 34 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:39,200 tune into programs no one else could see? 35 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,520 And what if you could never turn the set off? 36 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,840 You're about to meet a remarkable woman named Nancy Meyer, who 37 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:49,080 apparently has the extraordinary mind of a psychic. 38 00:02:49,080 --> 00:02:50,560 She didn't ask for it. 39 00:02:50,560 --> 00:02:52,280 She doesn't always like it. 40 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:56,840 Yet she has learned to put it to good use. 41 00:02:56,840 --> 00:02:59,160 When you are working with individuals yourself 42 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:02,160 in the field, I am sure, because many cops have said this to me, 43 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:03,720 I'm not psychic. 44 00:03:04,680 --> 00:03:07,600 Nancy Meyer of Greensburg, Pennsylvania 45 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:10,160 has been working with police departments around the country 46 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:12,240 for nearly two decades. 47 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:15,440 Her track record would be the envy of any detective. 48 00:03:15,440 --> 00:03:18,040 In some 300 criminal investigations, 49 00:03:18,040 --> 00:03:21,360 Nancy says she has turned up crucial new information, 50 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:24,400 more than 80% of the time. 51 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:26,200 It's like the ultimate challenge, 52 00:03:26,200 --> 00:03:29,440 because most of my cases are murders. 53 00:03:29,440 --> 00:03:33,120 Only two people knew what happened, the victim and the killer. 54 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:36,600 The only way to find out is telepathy. 55 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:39,960 When you find someone like her, and of course, 56 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,040 after you get her where she wants to become involved, 57 00:03:43,040 --> 00:03:47,000 then you have yourself a tool, a fantastic tool. 58 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,360 It's not going to solve your crimes in a lot of cases, 59 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,560 but it's going to give you that extra bit of information 60 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:55,840 where your investigators have the opportunity of going out 61 00:03:55,840 --> 00:03:58,160 and continuing the case. 62 00:03:58,160 --> 00:04:00,480 This is the neighborhood where it all occurred. 63 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:02,080 I see. 64 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:05,520 Nancy's first major case came in 1977, 65 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:08,080 when a desperate detective in Wilmington, Delaware 66 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:11,080 asked her to help him track down an unknown serial rapist. 67 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,200 The interesting thing, though, is I didn't really 68 00:04:14,200 --> 00:04:17,880 have any faith at all in psychics or whatever. 69 00:04:17,880 --> 00:04:19,640 We had never used one. 70 00:04:19,640 --> 00:04:22,040 I had never considered using one. 71 00:04:22,040 --> 00:04:27,920 But the women were hesitant about making identification, 72 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,760 looking at pictures and stuff like that. 73 00:04:30,760 --> 00:04:33,240 And we was just kind of stuck, really. 74 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:34,680 Most people in the department were 75 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,760 very skeptical of the psychic. 76 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:41,440 As a matter of fact, to the point of it was a joke, 77 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:44,920 that there goes poor Leroy Landon, my partner, 78 00:04:44,920 --> 00:04:48,560 off with his psychic, and he must be getting old. 79 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:50,560 Do you remember what he looked like? 80 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:51,080 Yes. 81 00:04:51,080 --> 00:04:53,800 The detectives had given Nancy no specific details 82 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:55,720 about the rapes. 83 00:04:55,720 --> 00:04:57,880 At the home of the first victim, both men 84 00:04:57,880 --> 00:05:01,360 were stunned when Nancy was able to improve upon the victim's 85 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:02,800 own sketch of the rapist. 86 00:05:02,800 --> 00:05:06,080 Something with the eyes that's different about this. 87 00:05:06,080 --> 00:05:09,480 Do you mind changing the eyebrows a little bit? 88 00:05:09,480 --> 00:05:10,120 Sure. 89 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:14,320 The shape was a little bit off to me. 90 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:16,960 And she thought about it, and she said, I think you're right. 91 00:05:16,960 --> 00:05:19,600 And then she made the change. 92 00:05:19,600 --> 00:05:22,400 You're right. 93 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:25,400 And she said to the detectives, that's more accurate. 94 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:27,600 She said, I knew there was something wrong with it. 95 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,560 That's more accurate. 96 00:05:29,560 --> 00:05:31,040 Thanks again, Mrs. Williams. 97 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:32,720 We appreciate everything you've done for us. 98 00:05:32,720 --> 00:05:33,320 We'll be in touch. 99 00:05:33,320 --> 00:05:38,160 When we were leaving, she reached out and grabbed my hand 100 00:05:38,160 --> 00:05:41,280 and forearm with her hands. 101 00:05:41,280 --> 00:05:43,240 All this stuff came pouring into my head, 102 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:46,960 and all of a sudden I was getting much clearer pictures. 103 00:05:46,960 --> 00:05:49,200 It's like trying to watch a car and get the license number 104 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,040 when it's traveling at an excessive speed. 105 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:52,880 It's very hard to do that. 106 00:05:52,880 --> 00:05:57,520 And you have to sort of let all the information flow through. 107 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:02,000 And then try to slow it down and rerun it. 108 00:06:02,000 --> 00:06:04,360 And then I could see one image of him sleeping, 109 00:06:04,360 --> 00:06:08,160 so I could really study his features. 110 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,560 Interspersed was this uniform. 111 00:06:10,560 --> 00:06:13,080 And I could see a number, but it was faded. 112 00:06:13,080 --> 00:06:15,120 And I could see an emblem, but it was faded. 113 00:06:17,720 --> 00:06:19,800 And it looked like a work suit. 114 00:06:19,800 --> 00:06:23,800 And it had these kind of cloudhoppery black shoes 115 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:25,040 and the white socks. 116 00:06:28,200 --> 00:06:29,800 After the meeting, Nancy suddenly 117 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:32,760 went into a trance-like state and literally took off 118 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:34,720 down the street. 119 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:39,560 The same thing would happen after she met each rape victim. 120 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,160 First we would start off riding, then we would get out of the car 121 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,920 and physically walk. 122 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:47,520 And when she would go into her little, 123 00:06:47,520 --> 00:06:50,640 I guess you could call it, bloodhound type, 124 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:55,640 tongue hanging out, scouting or patrolling 125 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:58,960 or whatever you want to call it, we 126 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:03,320 would be doing like a canvas but on foot. 127 00:07:03,320 --> 00:07:06,120 And you would have to watch her. 128 00:07:06,120 --> 00:07:08,160 I mean, because she definitely didn't pay attention 129 00:07:08,160 --> 00:07:09,400 to what she was doing because she'd 130 00:07:09,400 --> 00:07:11,960 walk right out in the street or across the street or whatever. 131 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:18,560 Nancy always seemed to end up at the same street corner 132 00:07:18,560 --> 00:07:21,320 in a residential area near downtown Wilmington. 133 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:22,960 Stop. 134 00:07:25,520 --> 00:07:27,400 He's around here somewhere. 135 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:27,920 Which way? 136 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:30,200 Left, right, up the street, down the street? 137 00:07:30,200 --> 00:07:32,960 I just kept looking up the street and saying, 138 00:07:32,960 --> 00:07:34,440 this is the street he's coming back to. 139 00:07:34,440 --> 00:07:36,760 I just followed him. 140 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:37,260 This way. 141 00:07:37,260 --> 00:07:38,840 Down here on the left, the right, which one? 142 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:40,920 So then, you know, well, which house? 143 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:43,240 Give me the house number, you know. 144 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:44,400 We don't want a little bit. 145 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:45,880 We want more. 146 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:46,880 I want to give you the street. 147 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:48,480 What do you want? 148 00:07:48,480 --> 00:07:50,520 The house number would be real nice. 149 00:07:50,520 --> 00:07:52,680 And I just refused to go up the street. 150 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:55,240 And they really pastored me. 151 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:57,440 But they both knew me well enough to know that I wasn't 152 00:07:57,440 --> 00:07:59,720 budging. 153 00:07:59,720 --> 00:08:02,400 I sort of was afraid he might walk out the door of the house 154 00:08:02,400 --> 00:08:03,840 and there I'd be nose-to-nose with him. 155 00:08:03,840 --> 00:08:07,400 And I didn't want that to happen. 156 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:13,080 The clues kept adding up, but nothing concrete emerged. 157 00:08:13,080 --> 00:08:15,040 Finally, Nancy accompanied one victim 158 00:08:15,040 --> 00:08:19,480 to the actual spot where the rape had happened. 159 00:08:19,480 --> 00:08:21,920 Nancy instinctively focused on the telephone. 160 00:08:25,400 --> 00:08:29,040 Did he use the phone when he was here? 161 00:08:29,040 --> 00:08:32,760 Amazingly, Nancy's hunch jogged the victim's memory. 162 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:35,320 The rapist had used the phone. 163 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:38,800 And more importantly, the yellow pages. 164 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,080 We took the phone book, and actually sent it down 165 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:45,680 to the FBI and Washington Laboratory. 166 00:08:45,680 --> 00:08:47,240 And we did get a couple fingerprints. 167 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:54,320 Without a suspect, the fingerprints were useless. 168 00:08:54,320 --> 00:08:56,920 As the investigation progressed, Nancy found herself 169 00:08:56,920 --> 00:09:00,120 drawn back to the same street corner time after time. 170 00:09:00,120 --> 00:09:02,840 We've got to go down that street now. 171 00:09:02,840 --> 00:09:05,480 Now she knew she had to go farther. 172 00:09:05,480 --> 00:09:06,440 We got cuts. 173 00:09:08,840 --> 00:09:09,740 OK. 174 00:09:15,120 --> 00:09:17,280 Half a block down Shell Cross Avenue, 175 00:09:17,280 --> 00:09:19,240 Nancy stopped dead in her tracks. 176 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:28,120 This is it. 177 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,680 This is the house. 178 00:09:30,680 --> 00:09:33,920 He definitely comes and goes from here. 179 00:09:33,920 --> 00:09:39,360 By that time, I wasn't so skeptic anymore, personally. 180 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,000 Of course, my partner, he still thinks 181 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:42,920 I'm nuts at that point for fooling with her. 182 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:44,840 But that's beside the point. 183 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:46,080 So I had a little faith in her. 184 00:09:46,080 --> 00:09:48,200 Whatever she more or less said, I 185 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,520 would definitely try to do something about it 186 00:09:50,520 --> 00:09:52,280 and make something out of it. 187 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:54,520 Because I was, I guess, a convert. 188 00:09:54,520 --> 00:09:56,920 Then I was a believer in her. 189 00:09:56,920 --> 00:09:57,960 Sorry about these files. 190 00:09:57,960 --> 00:09:59,680 They probably should be a little bit sharper. 191 00:09:59,680 --> 00:10:01,640 The detectives immediately questioned 192 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:03,800 the owner of the building. 193 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:06,840 This guy came in about a week ago. 194 00:10:06,840 --> 00:10:08,080 Yeah, he and his girlfriend. 195 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,520 They take over a week this Monday. 196 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:10,920 There you go. 197 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:11,600 Take a look. 198 00:10:11,600 --> 00:10:12,200 Sure. 199 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:14,760 He gave me the name of the applicants 200 00:10:14,800 --> 00:10:18,240 for the apartment that was being refurbished. 201 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:19,800 Derek Stevens, I know that name. 202 00:10:19,800 --> 00:10:21,480 Why do I know that name? 203 00:10:21,480 --> 00:10:25,680 The man's name, I recognized myself 204 00:10:25,680 --> 00:10:27,240 from another case previous. 205 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:29,040 Can't be the same guy. 206 00:10:29,040 --> 00:10:30,640 No way, because he's still being jailed. 207 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,400 So anyway, I called the jail. 208 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:36,480 And I find out that he's on this work furlough release 209 00:10:36,480 --> 00:10:38,680 program or something. 210 00:10:38,680 --> 00:10:43,400 And that he's out every day looking for a job. 211 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:47,040 Suddenly, the pieces of the puzzle fell into place. 212 00:10:47,040 --> 00:10:51,240 Incredibly, the man's prison uniform mirrored Nancy's vision. 213 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:53,240 A navy blue shirt. 214 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:56,200 A serial number patch on the breast pocket. 215 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:59,000 Black shoes and white socks. 216 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,640 But it was a prisoner's fingerprints that sealed his fate. 217 00:11:02,640 --> 00:11:07,360 They matched the prints lifted from the yellow pages. 218 00:11:07,360 --> 00:11:09,800 Number three? 219 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:11,880 In the end, the suspect was identified 220 00:11:11,880 --> 00:11:13,040 by six of the victims. 221 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,320 It's him. 222 00:11:15,320 --> 00:11:16,680 I'm positive. 223 00:11:16,680 --> 00:11:18,720 He was eventually convicted and sentenced 224 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:22,200 to a total of 150 years in prison. 225 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,880 When I was called and told what had happened, 226 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:28,360 it was like I had to keep asking them. 227 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:30,400 And finally, one of the detectives said, 228 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:31,840 you don't really believe you did it, did you? 229 00:11:31,840 --> 00:11:32,960 And I said, no, I don't. 230 00:11:32,960 --> 00:11:37,480 It was just incredible, because that one, 231 00:11:37,480 --> 00:11:41,760 I was able to produce more result each time I worked. 232 00:11:41,760 --> 00:11:45,000 When you come to a dead end and you have no place to go, 233 00:11:45,000 --> 00:11:47,520 if you have someone who can open a door and say, hey, 234 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:49,280 I think I can help you. 235 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:51,600 And just through her psychic powers, 236 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,880 she's able to put us out into another lead. 237 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:55,720 Then through good investigation, techniques 238 00:11:55,720 --> 00:11:58,120 we can go on and continue and solve the crime. 239 00:11:58,120 --> 00:12:00,480 And that's what we've done. 240 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:03,840 Being a psychic involves being able to pick up 241 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:07,080 a great deal of information from a variety of things. 242 00:12:07,080 --> 00:12:10,800 What are we to make of the apparent powers of Nancy Meyer? 243 00:12:10,800 --> 00:12:13,760 Does she have the uncanny ability to see and sense 244 00:12:13,760 --> 00:12:16,240 things that the rest of us can't? 245 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:19,680 Last summer, we asked Nancy to travel to Brooksville, Florida, 246 00:12:19,680 --> 00:12:21,680 where the Sheriff's Department was investigating 247 00:12:21,680 --> 00:12:25,960 a particularly tragic murder case. 248 00:12:25,960 --> 00:12:29,000 12-year-old Jennifer Odom was a bright, vivacious seventh 249 00:12:29,000 --> 00:12:30,200 grader. 250 00:12:30,200 --> 00:12:33,400 On the afternoon of February 19, 1993, 251 00:12:33,400 --> 00:12:37,840 she got off the school bus at a stop just 200 yards from her home. 252 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:39,360 Then Jennifer vanished. 253 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:43,760 The community mobilized. 254 00:12:43,760 --> 00:12:46,320 For nearly a week, hundreds of friends and neighbors 255 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:48,560 combed the woods. 256 00:12:48,560 --> 00:12:51,080 Finally, six days after Jennifer disappeared, 257 00:12:51,080 --> 00:12:53,040 her body was found. 258 00:12:53,040 --> 00:12:55,440 She had been brutally murdered. 259 00:12:55,440 --> 00:12:57,760 16 months later, Nancy Meyer would 260 00:12:57,760 --> 00:13:01,640 be brought into work with local detectives. 261 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:04,880 I'll put these kind of over there because these are the ones 262 00:13:04,880 --> 00:13:05,920 I'll be working. 263 00:13:05,920 --> 00:13:08,680 The crime scene photographs in the Jennifer Odom case 264 00:13:08,720 --> 00:13:11,960 are classified, so Nancy was not allowed to view them. 265 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:13,960 Now I'm getting two individuals. 266 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:16,400 What you are watching is real. 267 00:13:16,400 --> 00:13:19,480 Even with the photographs turned face down on the table, 268 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:23,880 Nancy was able to visualize not one, but two killers in detail. 269 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:27,520 Six foot one. 270 00:13:27,520 --> 00:13:29,440 He is of medium build. 271 00:13:33,320 --> 00:13:37,760 He looks to me to be quite, I'm going to say, almost 272 00:13:37,800 --> 00:13:39,640 wirely looking in the arms. 273 00:13:39,640 --> 00:13:44,200 His arms are not powerful in the sense of muscle building, 274 00:13:44,200 --> 00:13:49,080 but powerful in the sense of someone who works and lifts, 275 00:13:49,080 --> 00:13:51,560 or has lifted heavy things. 276 00:13:51,560 --> 00:13:53,480 Where did the friend say she was? 277 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:54,520 Over there? 278 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,880 The next day, Nancy visited the scene of the abduction, 279 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:00,880 Jennifer's school bus stop. 280 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:03,120 Nancy began to tell the sheriff's detectives 281 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:04,720 what she was sensing had happened. 282 00:14:04,720 --> 00:14:07,720 The area is right now is where they stopped. 283 00:14:07,720 --> 00:14:09,360 And then the one guy came walking back, 284 00:14:09,360 --> 00:14:14,280 held her, started asking her directions. 285 00:14:14,280 --> 00:14:16,880 The detectives listened to everything Nancy said, 286 00:14:16,880 --> 00:14:18,800 but at the time made no comment. 287 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:22,680 With the situation, she starts to move. 288 00:14:22,680 --> 00:14:26,400 It's like being in a movie in my head, 289 00:14:26,400 --> 00:14:30,160 and I stand beside the victim, and I try to describe everything 290 00:14:30,160 --> 00:14:32,800 that I'm seeing as it unfolds. 291 00:14:32,800 --> 00:14:34,600 In a minute, she turned around. 292 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:36,640 And a lot of times, that's really helpful to the police 293 00:14:36,640 --> 00:14:37,960 officers, because sometimes they have 294 00:14:37,960 --> 00:14:39,800 odd pieces of evidence at the scene 295 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:41,800 they don't understand the significance of. 296 00:14:41,800 --> 00:14:44,200 And when I describe the sequence of events, 297 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,160 it sometimes makes sense out of odd little pieces 298 00:14:47,160 --> 00:14:50,840 that they couldn't make any sense out of. 299 00:14:50,840 --> 00:14:53,240 The spot where Jennifer's body was discovered 300 00:14:53,240 --> 00:14:55,560 is marked by flowers and a cross. 301 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:58,760 This is where you found her? 302 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:00,200 I don't think this is where she died. 303 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:03,080 I'm sure you took this whole place apart. 304 00:15:03,080 --> 00:15:08,280 Did you find some small metal jewelry of hers up in this area? 305 00:15:08,280 --> 00:15:11,680 A medallion or something back in that direction. 306 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:13,680 We did find some of her jewelry. 307 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:14,680 OK. 308 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:15,680 I was feeling something there. 309 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:25,560 She was extremely accurate on some things that kind of led us 310 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:28,600 to look in other areas that we hadn't thought of. 311 00:15:28,720 --> 00:15:33,000 And so we basically obtained a lot of information 312 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:34,720 from what she had to offer. 313 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:37,000 I was impressed with Nancy. 314 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,880 Some things she said were so darn accurate, it's scary. 315 00:15:40,880 --> 00:15:44,480 And then some things she said were a little bit off the wall. 316 00:15:44,480 --> 00:15:46,200 But I was impressed, and I would definitely 317 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:47,280 recommend her again. 318 00:15:51,200 --> 00:15:54,240 Nancy Moronda suggests that there was evidence in the area 319 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:55,520 yet to be found. 320 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,880 There should be more stuff back in there. 321 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:04,440 And there should be what would have looked like the strep 322 00:16:04,440 --> 00:16:10,680 off of some kind of a carry case or something. 323 00:16:10,680 --> 00:16:15,120 And it would have been black with lettering in bluish colors. 324 00:16:15,120 --> 00:16:16,320 I would have looked fairly new. 325 00:16:19,320 --> 00:16:21,320 I was used to restrain her. 326 00:16:22,320 --> 00:16:25,720 The hardest part of this is dealing with the devastation 327 00:16:25,720 --> 00:16:28,880 that people wreak on each other. 328 00:16:28,880 --> 00:16:31,840 I find it particularly difficult working on the cases 329 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:33,480 of the children that have been killed. 330 00:16:36,120 --> 00:16:39,160 My heart just goes out to the families. 331 00:16:39,160 --> 00:16:42,240 I mean, it's frustrating to me when everything 332 00:16:42,240 --> 00:16:43,800 doesn't just fall into place. 333 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:46,000 I walked over the other side. 334 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:47,600 I walked over the other side. 335 00:16:47,600 --> 00:16:49,040 I walked over the other side. 336 00:16:49,400 --> 00:16:51,400 I walked over the other side. 337 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:53,400 I don't pick up any feeling on the other side, 338 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:55,560 but I'm going to walk back up there as a cross check. 339 00:16:55,560 --> 00:16:57,360 But it just feels like you're starting out. 340 00:17:02,640 --> 00:17:04,720 Near the memorial to Jennifer Odom, 341 00:17:04,720 --> 00:17:07,000 Nancy Meyers spoke of the possible existence 342 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:09,840 of a carrying case with lettering on it. 343 00:17:09,840 --> 00:17:11,720 The Sheriff's Department has since revealed 344 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:14,120 that Jennifer Odom had her cousin's clarinet with her 345 00:17:14,120 --> 00:17:16,120 when she was abducted. 346 00:17:16,120 --> 00:17:19,480 The letters LO were on the carrying case. 347 00:17:19,480 --> 00:17:23,440 The name Odom was carved into the clarinet itself. 348 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:26,800 Neither the clarinet, the case, nor Jennifer's white zip-up 349 00:17:26,800 --> 00:17:29,600 pet club sweatshirt, with the word Hooters and Orange 350 00:17:29,600 --> 00:17:31,960 on the left sleeve has ever been found. 351 00:17:38,760 --> 00:17:42,280 Next, the century-old mystery of the Mary Celeste. 352 00:17:42,280 --> 00:17:44,080 What happened when the captain and crew 353 00:17:44,360 --> 00:17:45,960 went to the legendary ghost ship? 354 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:01,880 It was a glorious time, the golden age of sailing ships. 355 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,680 100 years ago, graceful briggs and clippers 356 00:18:04,680 --> 00:18:09,120 rode the winds, linking Europe, America, and the exotic east. 357 00:18:09,120 --> 00:18:11,600 But not every ship reached her destination safely. 358 00:18:15,040 --> 00:18:18,040 On a crisp November morning in 1872, 359 00:18:18,040 --> 00:18:21,000 a brigand team named the Mary Celeste sailed from New York 360 00:18:21,000 --> 00:18:25,880 Harbor and into legend, enshrined as the most infamous ghost 361 00:18:25,880 --> 00:18:26,640 ship of them all. 362 00:18:31,880 --> 00:18:34,040 Four weeks after embarking for Europe, 363 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:36,720 the Mary Celeste would be found drifting several hundred miles 364 00:18:36,720 --> 00:18:39,400 off the coast of Portugal, abandoned 365 00:18:39,400 --> 00:18:42,120 but curiously still on course. 366 00:18:42,120 --> 00:18:44,280 The veil of mystery stretches back to the evening 367 00:18:44,280 --> 00:18:46,640 before the Mary Celeste departed. 368 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:48,720 When her captain, one Benjamin Briggs, 369 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:52,760 his wife, and a guest shared a quiet farewell dinner. 370 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:54,320 Mrs. Briggs, you must be looking forward 371 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:56,520 to the weather in the Mediterranean this time of year. 372 00:18:56,520 --> 00:18:57,920 Oh, I am. 373 00:18:57,920 --> 00:18:59,040 Sarah and I feel that the day we were born. 374 00:18:59,040 --> 00:19:01,320 Benjamin Briggs of Marion, Massachusetts 375 00:19:01,320 --> 00:19:03,560 had already captain ships for a decade 376 00:19:03,560 --> 00:19:07,720 when he took the helm of the Mary Celeste. 377 00:19:07,720 --> 00:19:10,480 He came from a family of seafarers. 378 00:19:10,480 --> 00:19:13,480 He was considered quite a religious man. 379 00:19:13,480 --> 00:19:16,400 Captain Briggs was a noted good captain. 380 00:19:16,400 --> 00:19:18,560 He could be stern and so on, but he was always 381 00:19:18,560 --> 00:19:20,360 noted as being fair. 382 00:19:20,360 --> 00:19:21,640 Are you bringing the children? 383 00:19:21,640 --> 00:19:23,840 Sophie will be coming with us, and Arthur 384 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:25,440 will remain here in school. 385 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:27,480 Benjamin's wife, Sarah, was herself 386 00:19:27,480 --> 00:19:29,480 a veteran of several voyages and would 387 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:33,600 be along for the fateful trip. 388 00:19:33,600 --> 00:19:36,080 Much speculation is centered on the Briggs's guest 389 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:38,560 that evening, Captain David Morehouse, 390 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:42,120 his ship, the Diagratia, would sail for Europe eight days 391 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:44,800 after the Mary Celeste. 392 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:47,160 Morehouse will be swept up in the bizarre events 393 00:19:47,160 --> 00:19:49,160 that were about to unfold. 394 00:19:49,160 --> 00:19:53,960 But some have asked whether by chance or by design. 395 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:56,520 Well, here's to a smooth crossing in calm seas. 396 00:19:56,520 --> 00:19:57,520 God willing. 397 00:19:57,520 --> 00:19:58,520 Perfect. 398 00:20:02,360 --> 00:20:05,560 The next morning, November 5, 1872, 399 00:20:05,560 --> 00:20:08,560 the Mary Celeste weighed anchor and set sail for Europe. 400 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,760 Stoed securely below deck were more than 1,000 barrels 401 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:20,040 of pure alcohol, highly prized in the Italian wine trade. 402 00:20:20,040 --> 00:20:22,920 It was a valuable but dangerous cargo. 403 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:26,400 Alcohol fumes were notoriously volatile, even explosive. 404 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:33,880 From New York, Captain Briggs set a course almost due east. 405 00:20:35,680 --> 00:20:38,440 The Mary Celeste would sail more than 5,000 miles 406 00:20:38,440 --> 00:20:41,640 past the Azores, through the Strait of Gibraltar, 407 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:45,080 and into the Mediterranean, finally docking at Genoa, Italy. 408 00:20:50,560 --> 00:20:52,960 10 days out of port, the Mary Celeste 409 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:55,480 was buffeted by a howling storm. 410 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:57,880 Good to see you. 411 00:20:57,880 --> 00:20:59,640 Come in. 412 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:01,800 Excuse me, Captain. 413 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:04,480 I've taken in the topsills, but she's still freezing up. 414 00:21:04,520 --> 00:21:07,560 Winter winds whipped the Mary Celeste for better than a week. 415 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:09,520 I'd like to take in more sail. 416 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:10,640 Let's have a look. 417 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:12,680 According to the captain's logbook, 418 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:14,800 the Mary Celeste stayed on course. 419 00:21:19,880 --> 00:21:22,840 On the 10th day, the weather cleared. 420 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,600 In his law, Captain Briggs placed the Mary Celeste 421 00:21:25,600 --> 00:21:28,200 in the air six miles off the Azores. 422 00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:32,320 The date of the entry was November 25, 1872, 423 00:21:32,320 --> 00:21:35,280 the last entry ever made by Captain Briggs. 424 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:44,000 10 days passed. 425 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,240 Mr. Wright, Captain. 426 00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,640 On board the Diagratia, Captain Morehouse 427 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:50,520 was about to make a discovery that would 428 00:21:50,520 --> 00:21:52,400 plunge him into controversy. 429 00:21:52,400 --> 00:21:55,480 Mr. Boeck, something strange off the starboard bow, Captain. 430 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:00,320 Looks like she's floundering. 431 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:02,640 A couple of sails have blown away. 432 00:22:02,640 --> 00:22:05,600 Can you tell yet who she is? 433 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:06,680 It's the Mary Celeste. 434 00:22:13,160 --> 00:22:15,880 The Diagratia's first mate, Oliver DeVoe, 435 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:20,040 led a boarding party to the Mary Celeste. 436 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:24,280 They came nearer, tried to signal it, 437 00:22:24,280 --> 00:22:27,920 received no return signal, came closer to it, 438 00:22:27,920 --> 00:22:29,600 saw no one on deck. 439 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:32,840 They thought maybe at first that it might have been like what 440 00:22:32,840 --> 00:22:34,720 they called a fever ship. 441 00:22:34,720 --> 00:22:35,960 And they thought that maybe people 442 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,240 were aboard down below dead of some sort of fever. 443 00:22:44,480 --> 00:22:47,480 A holding silence shrouded the Mary Celeste. 444 00:22:47,480 --> 00:22:50,080 If a killer fever had swept through the ship, 445 00:22:50,080 --> 00:22:51,800 it had left no victims behind. 446 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:55,360 You check below. 447 00:22:55,360 --> 00:22:56,260 I'll go ask. 448 00:23:00,560 --> 00:23:01,600 I don't like this at all. 449 00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:07,420 Hello? 450 00:23:11,760 --> 00:23:12,680 Anybody below? 451 00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:19,920 DeVoe was concerned to find the ship's compass shattered. 452 00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:22,000 And he was mystified by a long rope 453 00:23:22,000 --> 00:23:24,880 that snaked across the deck and off the stern of the ship. 454 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:33,280 In the cabins, personal possessions, money, and gold jewelry 455 00:23:33,280 --> 00:23:35,520 lay undisturbed, as though everyone 456 00:23:35,520 --> 00:23:40,600 had been on board one moment, gone the next. 457 00:23:40,600 --> 00:23:42,840 The captain's navigation instruments and the ship's 458 00:23:42,840 --> 00:23:44,440 papers were missing. 459 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:47,920 But Oliver DeVoe claimed he found no evidence of foul play, 460 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:50,840 no reason for the Mary Celeste to have been abandoned. 461 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:59,560 Only one fact was certain. 462 00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,560 The Mary Celeste and her precious cargo of alcohol 463 00:24:02,560 --> 00:24:04,680 could be worth a fortune in salvage rights 464 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,160 to whoever brought her to port. 465 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:09,200 Morehouse seized the opportunity. 466 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:15,920 With first mate DeVoe now at the helm of the Mary Celeste, 467 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:18,760 the two ships set a course for Gibraltar. 468 00:24:18,760 --> 00:24:20,880 There, a British vice admiralty court 469 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:23,160 would review Morehouse's salvage claim. 470 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:29,600 His arrival in Gibraltar provoked an immediate uproar. 471 00:24:29,600 --> 00:24:32,080 Rumors that Captain Morehouse was guilty of fraud 472 00:24:32,080 --> 00:24:37,280 and conspiracy swept the city, even as a court convened. 473 00:24:37,280 --> 00:24:40,920 And you were the first to board the Mary Celeste. 474 00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:42,240 Is that correct? 475 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:45,720 That's right, myself and my second mate, Mr. Wright. 476 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:49,000 And when you boarded her, what was the condition of the ship? 477 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,720 She was in relatively good condition. 478 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:52,400 The government's chief investigator 479 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:57,240 was a flamboyant Irishman named Solly Flood. 480 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:58,880 He was very suspicious. 481 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:00,920 He had a certain bend for the dramatic, 482 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:06,480 I think he kind of immediately saw foul play involved. 483 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:08,800 And all during the proceedings, he 484 00:25:08,800 --> 00:25:14,400 tried to indicate that there had been some sort of conspiracy 485 00:25:14,400 --> 00:25:15,800 involved here. 486 00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,280 And Captain Morehouse and Captain Briggs of the Mary 487 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:20,280 Celeste were friends. 488 00:25:20,280 --> 00:25:21,760 They were colleagues. 489 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:23,680 In fact, they had dinner together the night before the Mary 490 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:25,440 Celeste left for Italy. 491 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:28,840 The night before the Mary Celeste set off. 492 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:33,400 Do you think it's possible that the two of them 493 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:35,400 might have been in collusion? 494 00:25:35,400 --> 00:25:39,160 Sir, Captain Morehouse is an honorable man. 495 00:25:39,160 --> 00:25:39,960 Yes, of course. 496 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:41,800 Lack of evidence eventually forced 497 00:25:41,800 --> 00:25:43,800 Flood to drop his allegations. 498 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:46,800 But he quickly dreamed up a more sensational scenario, 499 00:25:46,800 --> 00:25:50,480 mutiny, and murder. 500 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:51,800 And how many are empty? 501 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:53,720 Well, I found five of six right here. 502 00:25:53,720 --> 00:25:55,880 The Mary Celeste was impounded. 503 00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:58,320 Inspectors under Flood's personal supervision 504 00:25:58,320 --> 00:25:59,480 combed the ship. 505 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:02,840 So what do you think, Mr. Tobi? 506 00:26:02,840 --> 00:26:06,160 They discovered that nine of the alcohol barrels were empty. 507 00:26:06,160 --> 00:26:09,320 Flood rejected all but his own explanation. 508 00:26:09,320 --> 00:26:12,280 No, I think it more likely that the crew of the Mary Celeste 509 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:13,960 opened up these casks. 510 00:26:13,960 --> 00:26:15,120 Maybe we should investigate. 511 00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:16,920 It was in Captain Briggs' cabin 512 00:26:16,920 --> 00:26:19,000 that Solly Flood found what he believed 513 00:26:19,000 --> 00:26:23,080 was proof positive of mutiny. 514 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:26,640 Mr. Stadman, are you familiar with this sword? 515 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:28,200 Hi, sir. 516 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,280 And what kind of a sword is it? 517 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:35,160 I take it to be Italian, a boat to the turn of the century. 518 00:26:35,160 --> 00:26:36,520 And what was a sword like this? 519 00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:39,120 Flood had concocted a wild theory. 520 00:26:39,120 --> 00:26:42,320 The crew of the Mary Celeste had broken into the alcohol. 521 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,080 And in a drunken fury, slaughtered 522 00:26:44,080 --> 00:26:46,120 Captain Briggs and his family. 523 00:26:46,120 --> 00:26:48,720 Then they fled in a lifeboat. 524 00:26:48,760 --> 00:26:51,880 And could a sword like this inflict a wound? 525 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,280 You can inflict a wound with almost anything. 526 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,800 Well, I suggest a wound was inflicted. 527 00:26:56,800 --> 00:26:59,280 Look at the stain on the sword. 528 00:26:59,280 --> 00:27:00,800 Beg in your pardon, sir. 529 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,840 But I think you'll find that to be rust. 530 00:27:03,840 --> 00:27:06,120 Well, I'll have a medical expert. 531 00:27:06,120 --> 00:27:10,400 No, a team of medical experts examine this. 532 00:27:10,400 --> 00:27:16,040 And then we'll see whether it's rust or not. 533 00:27:16,040 --> 00:27:17,520 Thank you, Mr. Stadman. 534 00:27:17,520 --> 00:27:20,880 The tests would later reveal that the stains were not blood. 535 00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:24,600 The mutiny theory collapsed. 536 00:27:24,600 --> 00:27:27,640 Flood just absolutely refused to admit 537 00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:30,200 that there hadn't been a murder. 538 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:34,240 But he never did get any satisfaction from the government. 539 00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:39,400 And they just repudiated everything that he said. 540 00:27:39,400 --> 00:27:42,000 The Mary Celeste is released from custody. 541 00:27:42,000 --> 00:27:45,400 A salvage settlement is awarded to David Morehouse 542 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,720 in the amount of 1,700 pounds. 543 00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:50,800 The court can find no reasonable explanation 544 00:27:50,800 --> 00:27:53,280 for the abandonment of the Mary Celeste. 545 00:27:53,280 --> 00:27:54,880 She is hereby returned to her own. 546 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:58,000 The Mary Celeste guarded her secret well. 547 00:27:58,000 --> 00:28:00,440 Today, many believe the answer lies 548 00:28:00,440 --> 00:28:05,800 with the ship's explosive cargo and the nine empty barrels. 549 00:28:05,800 --> 00:28:09,040 That many barrels of alcohol leaking into the hold 550 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:10,840 would have created a lot of fumes. 551 00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:13,920 Conrad Byers believes that on November 25, 552 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,720 the last day Briggs and his crew were known to be on board. 553 00:28:16,720 --> 00:28:18,400 The weather had finally cleared enough 554 00:28:18,400 --> 00:28:20,280 to allow the hatches to be opened. 555 00:28:22,960 --> 00:28:23,920 Oh, my God. 556 00:28:23,920 --> 00:28:24,960 Mr. Richardson, come here. 557 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:29,000 Carrier water in there. 558 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:29,920 We'll have to vent the hatches. 559 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:30,880 All alert the captains. 560 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:33,240 I think immediately he sounded the alarm, 561 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:35,360 knowing the dangers of this cargo 562 00:28:35,360 --> 00:28:37,720 and its chances of spontaneously. 563 00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:38,720 Overwhelming. 564 00:28:38,720 --> 00:28:39,640 What's to be done? 565 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:40,600 Seat authority. 566 00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:43,680 I think he planned to get everyone in the lifeboat 567 00:28:43,680 --> 00:28:46,480 and trail behind the main ship. 568 00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:50,880 With the idea, the cargo would either vent itself and cool off 569 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:51,880 or explode. 570 00:28:51,880 --> 00:28:52,880 Huge. 571 00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:53,880 Man the peak. 572 00:28:53,880 --> 00:28:54,880 Cut. 573 00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:55,880 Let's go. 574 00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:56,880 Move it. 575 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:57,880 Move it. 576 00:28:57,880 --> 00:28:59,880 Come on. 577 00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:03,680 Byers believes the sails were lowered to prevent the Mary 578 00:29:03,680 --> 00:29:05,880 Celeste from picking up the hatches. 579 00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:09,000 To prevent the Mary Celeste from picking up speed once all 580 00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:12,560 hands at a band-aid ship. 581 00:29:12,560 --> 00:29:15,080 A single rope was all that would tie the lifeboat 582 00:29:15,080 --> 00:29:16,200 to the Mary Celeste. 583 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:22,480 They're away, right? 584 00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:23,720 You until they got the boat. 585 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:26,040 Mr. Richardson, sort of, take the equipment. 586 00:29:26,040 --> 00:29:28,040 As soon as we're away, get in exact position. 587 00:29:28,040 --> 00:29:29,040 All right? 588 00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:31,000 What destroyed their plan really was 589 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:33,360 that they didn't have time to get all of the sail off 590 00:29:33,360 --> 00:29:34,360 of the vessel. 591 00:29:35,360 --> 00:29:39,480 They piled into the boat and started trailing behind. 592 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:44,160 And suddenly, a gust of wind came up and started moving them. 593 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:46,520 The Mary Celeste lurched forward. 594 00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:47,800 The lifeline snapped. 595 00:29:47,800 --> 00:29:49,800 Mr. Hemmets, man, the line. 596 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:50,800 What about the line? 597 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:51,800 Get out of the line. 598 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:52,800 Get out of the line. 599 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:53,800 Bend your arms. 600 00:29:53,800 --> 00:29:54,800 Get yours in. 601 00:29:54,800 --> 00:29:55,800 We're losing bounds. 602 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:56,800 More locks. 603 00:29:56,800 --> 00:29:57,800 Take the line, sir. 604 00:29:57,800 --> 00:29:59,800 Take four. 605 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:00,800 Come on. 606 00:30:00,800 --> 00:30:03,800 The vessel just sailed on without them and left them there. 607 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:06,240 Oh, boy, we must get to that line. 608 00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,760 The Mary Celeste would drift another 380 miles 609 00:30:12,760 --> 00:30:16,520 until Captain Morehouse came upon the irrespective of the silent 610 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:19,120 abandoned ship. 611 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:21,880 No trace of Captain Briggs, his family, 612 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:23,720 or the crew was ever found. 613 00:30:27,680 --> 00:30:29,760 Some years later, a British newspaper 614 00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:32,320 causes sensation with its account of a skeleton 615 00:30:32,360 --> 00:30:35,440 found bleaching on a remote Pacific island. 616 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,880 Inside a bottle lying near the remains was a message. 617 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,240 They claimed that all those aboard the Mary Celeste 618 00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:44,440 had been kidnapped to serve on another vessel, only to be 619 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:47,400 shipped right off the coast of South America. 620 00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,840 The author of the note claimed to have been the last survivor. 621 00:30:50,840 --> 00:30:53,520 In the end, the story proved to be a hoax. 622 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:55,000 And the secret of the Mary Celeste 623 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:59,000 remains to this day, a tantalizing unsolved mystery. 624 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:05,640 When we return, surprising discoveries 625 00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,360 add an exciting twist to a heartwarming update. 626 00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:20,840 Recently, we took you on a journey 627 00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:23,120 into the magical world of the traveling carnival. 628 00:31:26,800 --> 00:31:30,040 We profiled Brenda Abbey and experienced firsthand 629 00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:35,280 her efforts to unravel a personal, unsolved mystery. 630 00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:38,440 Brenda was adopted as an infant. 631 00:31:38,440 --> 00:31:41,280 She knew little about her birth parents, Elizabeth Hanson 632 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,600 and Walter Perry, except that they were employed 633 00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:49,320 by the Settlin and Wilson Carnival during the 1940s. 634 00:31:49,320 --> 00:31:52,520 Every time I hear over the news that there's a carnival, 635 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:54,200 I will go. 636 00:31:54,200 --> 00:31:59,320 And I go up to every booth, every concession. 637 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:01,920 I go up to every person that's employed by that carnival. 638 00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:05,920 And I look at them just to see if I can find somebody 639 00:32:05,920 --> 00:32:07,920 that looks like me. 640 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:09,960 How long have you been with the carnival? 641 00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:12,720 With a carnival, 18 almost. 642 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:14,800 During a search to spend 30 years, 643 00:32:14,800 --> 00:32:17,200 Brenda talked with countless old timers. 644 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:18,840 Are they with the carnival? 645 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:20,440 Nope. 646 00:32:20,440 --> 00:32:24,280 Each had a story to tell, and some even offered suggestions. 647 00:32:24,280 --> 00:32:27,440 But not one claimed to know Elizabeth Hanson or Walter 648 00:32:27,440 --> 00:32:27,940 Perry. 649 00:32:29,920 --> 00:32:33,440 Inevitably, as each carnival was packing up and hitting the road, 650 00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,360 Brenda Abbey was left behind, no closer 651 00:32:36,360 --> 00:32:39,600 to finding her birth parents. 652 00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:42,400 It seems she might finally be out of options 653 00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:44,480 until the night of our broadcast. 654 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:52,680 The response was far greater than even Brenda had hoped for. 655 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:55,320 Not only did her birth mother call our phone center, 656 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:59,760 but so did a sister and a brother, then another sister. 657 00:32:59,760 --> 00:33:02,920 Additional calls were logged in from friends of still more 658 00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:03,320 siblings. 659 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,240 Brenda Abbey was saddened to learn that her birth father had 660 00:33:09,240 --> 00:33:11,640 died in 1959. 661 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:14,200 But she was thrilled to discover a total of 11 brothers 662 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:15,720 and sisters. 663 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,600 One of them, Martha Oak of St. Clair Shores, Michigan, 664 00:33:18,600 --> 00:33:22,320 hosted a reunion in August of 1994. 665 00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:25,240 Although Brenda's birth mother was unable to attend, 666 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:27,680 Brenda finally met four of her long-lost brothers 667 00:33:27,680 --> 00:33:29,120 and sisters face to face. 668 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:37,560 As hostess for the celebration, Martha 669 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:40,280 was the first to welcome Brenda. 670 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:41,160 Hi, Brenda. 671 00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:41,660 Hi. 672 00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:48,600 A brother, Thomas Chillog, flew in from Louisiana 673 00:33:48,600 --> 00:33:50,200 1,000 miles away. 674 00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:58,120 Another sister, Susan Donner, came in from Port Clinton, 675 00:33:58,120 --> 00:33:58,620 Ohio. 676 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:08,360 Brenda's brother, Frank Smith, grew up in Greenwood, 677 00:34:08,360 --> 00:34:09,520 Mississippi. 678 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:14,640 Like Brenda, he never imagined he had so many siblings. 679 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:19,360 I did my own search and kept running into day it ends. 680 00:34:19,360 --> 00:34:21,840 And finally gave up. 681 00:34:21,840 --> 00:34:26,600 And when I found out about this, it was incredible. 682 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:27,360 It's amazing. 683 00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:28,960 It's unbelievable. 684 00:34:28,960 --> 00:34:30,840 Totally unbelievable. 685 00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:33,120 It's funny to actually walk up to people 686 00:34:33,120 --> 00:34:39,000 and touch their skin and know that they're related. 687 00:34:39,000 --> 00:34:40,960 The Get Together in Michigan promises 688 00:34:40,960 --> 00:34:43,240 to be just the first of many. 689 00:34:43,240 --> 00:34:45,640 And it feels bad. 690 00:34:45,640 --> 00:34:47,640 It feels bad. 691 00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:52,240 Plans are already underway for the next reunion. 692 00:34:52,240 --> 00:34:53,720 These are my flesh and blood. 693 00:34:53,720 --> 00:34:55,720 And it's something nobody can take away from me. 694 00:34:55,720 --> 00:34:57,000 That's right. 695 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:58,920 And it's such a great feeling. 696 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:00,680 It was worth the search. 697 00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:05,400 It was worth the 30 years that it took me to do this. 698 00:35:18,000 --> 00:35:21,800 Next, the uplifting search for three good Samaritans 699 00:35:21,800 --> 00:35:24,960 will be friended or runaway on a bus trip to Texas. 700 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:44,120 In 1980, a girl named Michelle ran away from home. 701 00:35:44,160 --> 00:35:46,360 She was just 15, trying desperately 702 00:35:46,360 --> 00:35:49,160 to make herself appear older and more confident, 703 00:35:49,160 --> 00:35:52,040 even though on the inside she was scared to death. 704 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,840 Michelle knew she was playing a dangerous game. 705 00:35:57,840 --> 00:35:59,720 Even with a ticket seller, she was 706 00:35:59,720 --> 00:36:02,840 careful to cook up a secret identity. 707 00:36:02,840 --> 00:36:05,560 Hi, my name's Lisa Haley. 708 00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:09,760 I like to buy a one-way ticket to San Antonio, Texas, please. 709 00:36:10,320 --> 00:36:12,240 Four months earlier, Michelle's family 710 00:36:12,240 --> 00:36:16,440 had moved from San Antonio, Texas to Fairfax, Virginia. 711 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:18,640 Michelle felt her parents had callously 712 00:36:18,640 --> 00:36:22,120 up-booted her from friends, family, and school. 713 00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:24,840 Now Michelle was going back to Texas, the place 714 00:36:24,840 --> 00:36:26,120 she thought of as home. 715 00:36:29,480 --> 00:36:32,920 I was scared at that point just because I'd never really 716 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:34,600 been anywhere by myself before. 717 00:36:34,600 --> 00:36:37,480 And this was an environment that I wasn't used to. 718 00:36:37,520 --> 00:36:41,440 I had never been among all these strangers before. 719 00:36:41,440 --> 00:36:43,040 And people would look at you. 720 00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:45,040 And first I thought, well, maybe they're 721 00:36:45,040 --> 00:36:48,000 just wondering why I'm young and I'm on this bus by myself. 722 00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:49,680 But then you kind of get the idea 723 00:36:49,680 --> 00:36:54,080 that people, especially men, are mainly looking to see 724 00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:56,800 that you're alone and try and bother you. 725 00:36:59,720 --> 00:37:02,760 That's when I really started to believe that I was alone. 726 00:37:02,760 --> 00:37:03,760 I was alone. 727 00:37:03,760 --> 00:37:04,760 I was alone. 728 00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:05,760 I was alone. 729 00:37:06,360 --> 00:37:08,120 That's when I really started to be scary, 730 00:37:08,120 --> 00:37:10,640 because I couldn't protect myself. 731 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:15,840 And I didn't, like I said, nobody knew where I was. 732 00:37:15,840 --> 00:37:17,560 So if something would have happened to me, 733 00:37:17,560 --> 00:37:20,840 nobody would know. 734 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:23,040 At a stop in North Carolina, three men 735 00:37:23,040 --> 00:37:25,000 boarded the bus together. 736 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:27,600 Michelle could never have guessed the profound role 737 00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:29,560 these men would play in her young life. 738 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:34,000 I remember thinking, you know, as far as men goes, 739 00:37:34,000 --> 00:37:36,440 I was staying away from as many as I could. 740 00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:40,120 And especially one of them looked pretty scary. 741 00:37:40,120 --> 00:37:43,640 He had really a lot of scars on his body. 742 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:44,840 So I was sitting next to a woman. 743 00:37:44,840 --> 00:37:45,840 I thought that's great. 744 00:37:45,840 --> 00:37:46,960 But they came and they sat around, 745 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:50,200 and they were talking among themselves. 746 00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,120 Take time to couple, man. 747 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:53,520 Like you sleepin' over here? 748 00:37:53,520 --> 00:37:54,520 I'm tired. 749 00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:55,520 I'm tired. 750 00:37:55,520 --> 00:37:56,520 You ain't done nothing. 751 00:37:56,520 --> 00:37:57,520 I'm tired. 752 00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:58,520 I'm tired. 753 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:04,160 The three men dozed off and on. 754 00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:06,320 Michelle stayed nerve-wracked and sleepless. 755 00:38:11,240 --> 00:38:12,640 Sunshine, wake up. 756 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:14,640 Sunshine, time to get up. 757 00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:15,840 They're already dark. 758 00:38:15,840 --> 00:38:17,440 Oh, man, I just need somebody to talk to. 759 00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:18,840 Somebody to boa? 760 00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:20,880 Oh, I hope I wasn't stirring too loud. 761 00:38:20,880 --> 00:38:21,880 Hey, no, man. 762 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:23,960 But Tiny Feet was calling the hogs. 763 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:24,960 Oh, whoa. 764 00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:26,280 Tiny Feet doesn't know. 765 00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:28,160 Thank you very much. 766 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:31,560 The jovial trio completely disarmed Michelle. 767 00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:34,640 She forgot for a moment that she was scared. 768 00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:36,840 Why did they call you Tiny Feet? 769 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:39,640 The one really big guy, his name was Tiny Feet, 770 00:38:39,640 --> 00:38:41,400 because his feet were huge. 771 00:38:41,400 --> 00:38:42,600 Thank you. 772 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:44,560 No, miss, we're truckers. 773 00:38:44,560 --> 00:38:46,320 And Tiny Feet is his handle. 774 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:48,880 See, me, I'm a deacon in my church back in North Carolina. 775 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:51,360 They call me Doc because I got a Bible verse for everything 776 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:53,200 that ails you. 777 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:56,080 My name is Sunshine. 778 00:38:56,080 --> 00:38:58,200 I named after my favorite song, actually. 779 00:38:58,200 --> 00:38:59,200 Why, you hear? 780 00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:01,200 No. 781 00:39:01,200 --> 00:39:02,480 No, really, I can sing. 782 00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:03,480 I can sing. 783 00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:05,000 Yeah, the problem is he doesn't know where to shut up. 784 00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:06,000 Never. 785 00:39:06,000 --> 00:39:08,000 And your name is? 786 00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:09,000 Lisa. Lisa. 787 00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:10,000 I was going to say this. 788 00:39:10,000 --> 00:39:11,000 Pretty name. 789 00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:12,400 Aren't you kind of young to be traveling by yourself? 790 00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:14,160 No, I'm 18. 791 00:39:14,160 --> 00:39:17,160 I'm going to Texas to visit some friends. 792 00:39:17,160 --> 00:39:18,160 Texas? 793 00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:21,200 I did this right outside of Dallas. 794 00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:24,400 My truck jackknife, I went straight through the windshield. 795 00:39:24,400 --> 00:39:26,400 Hey, man, I remember that. 796 00:39:26,400 --> 00:39:28,400 Remember you and I didn't think he was going to make it. 797 00:39:28,400 --> 00:39:29,520 I almost didn't make it. 798 00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:31,360 My family is what pulled me through. 799 00:39:31,360 --> 00:39:32,360 That's right. 800 00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:33,360 You want to see a picture of my family? 801 00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:34,360 Sure. 802 00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:36,160 Hey, hey, be nice. 803 00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:38,840 It just made me feel like it was more a family man, 804 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:41,120 and I didn't really have to worry. 805 00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:43,160 And the rest of them talked about their families, 806 00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:46,880 and Doc kept talking about his church, 807 00:39:46,880 --> 00:39:48,920 and the people in his church, and what they were like. 808 00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:53,200 And I just felt at ease with them then. 809 00:39:53,200 --> 00:39:56,000 I didn't feel like I had anything to fear from them. 810 00:40:00,720 --> 00:40:02,880 By the time the bus pulled into Atlanta, 811 00:40:02,880 --> 00:40:07,440 Doc, Sunshine, and Tiny Feet had practically adopted Michelle. 812 00:40:07,440 --> 00:40:09,280 When they sat down for breakfast, 813 00:40:09,280 --> 00:40:11,920 Tiny Feet noticed a young girl in trouble. 814 00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:14,280 Just leave me alone. 815 00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:15,920 Sweetie, I want you to come take a ride. 816 00:40:15,920 --> 00:40:18,800 Leave me alone. 817 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:20,360 Wait, hey, hey. 818 00:40:20,360 --> 00:40:21,040 Excuse me. 819 00:40:23,240 --> 00:40:24,440 Look, is he bothering you? 820 00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:25,080 Yes. 821 00:40:25,080 --> 00:40:27,000 Listen, we're about to sit down and have breakfast. 822 00:40:27,000 --> 00:40:28,680 Why don't you go join us for breakfast, OK? 823 00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:30,480 Let me just talk, OK? 824 00:40:30,480 --> 00:40:33,080 All right. 825 00:40:33,080 --> 00:40:35,080 She came over, and we bought her breakfast, 826 00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:36,880 and she told us her story. 827 00:40:36,880 --> 00:40:38,920 And she was a runaway also. 828 00:40:38,920 --> 00:40:45,080 And I guess at that point, I kind of just sat back and watched 829 00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:46,960 and saw how they helped people. 830 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:48,400 And it wasn't just me. 831 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:49,280 It was other people. 832 00:40:49,280 --> 00:40:52,880 They were just good Samaritans on the road kind of thing. 833 00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:55,480 You guys? 834 00:40:55,480 --> 00:40:57,080 Yeah. 835 00:40:57,080 --> 00:41:00,080 Um, I haven't completely been honest with you. 836 00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:04,880 My name isn't Lisa. 837 00:41:04,880 --> 00:41:06,880 It's Michelle. 838 00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:08,880 Michelle? 839 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:10,280 And I'm not 18. 840 00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:14,280 I'm 15. 841 00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:17,120 And the reason I'm on this bus is it's because I've 842 00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:18,480 run away from home. 843 00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:20,800 What made you leave home? 844 00:41:21,400 --> 00:41:23,000 Got really bad. 845 00:41:23,000 --> 00:41:24,760 For example? 846 00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:28,000 My parents, they moved me away from all my friends. 847 00:41:28,000 --> 00:41:30,080 And now I have a curfew. 848 00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:31,400 That is not that bad. 849 00:41:31,400 --> 00:41:32,320 Oh. 850 00:41:32,320 --> 00:41:33,720 Felt like it. 851 00:41:33,720 --> 00:41:36,320 Have you at least called them since you left? 852 00:41:36,320 --> 00:41:36,960 No. 853 00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,480 I didn't leave a note, and they don't know where I'm at. 854 00:41:39,480 --> 00:41:41,160 They're probably very worried about you. 855 00:41:41,160 --> 00:41:41,600 That's right. 856 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:42,320 It was my kids. 857 00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:43,960 I've been calling crazy. 858 00:41:43,960 --> 00:41:46,040 It could get real dangerous out here. 859 00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:47,440 Real dangerous. 860 00:41:47,440 --> 00:41:49,720 They pretty much knew that all along, I think, 861 00:41:49,760 --> 00:41:52,000 that I was younger than I was supposed to be. 862 00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:54,000 And then I was running away from home. 863 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:58,920 And they didn't react badly to it. 864 00:41:58,920 --> 00:42:00,960 They were actually really comforting about it. 865 00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:02,200 And they knew that I was scared. 866 00:42:02,200 --> 00:42:04,400 And that's the first time I was actually able to tell somebody. 867 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,560 I'm really scared doing this. 868 00:42:07,560 --> 00:42:10,120 Next morning, the bus rolled into Mississippi, 869 00:42:10,120 --> 00:42:13,240 where the men were to take delivery of three trucks. 870 00:42:13,240 --> 00:42:15,800 The time had come to say goodbye. 871 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:17,840 Listen, I want you to take my card. 872 00:42:17,840 --> 00:42:20,200 It has both my home number and my church number on it. 873 00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:20,520 OK. 874 00:42:20,520 --> 00:42:23,200 And please, if you ever need a place to stay, call me. 875 00:42:23,200 --> 00:42:23,800 All right. 876 00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:25,440 My wife and I have plenty of rooms. 877 00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:27,320 You got to promise to write when you get where you're going, 878 00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:27,720 OK? 879 00:42:27,720 --> 00:42:28,360 I will. 880 00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:29,320 All right. 881 00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:30,320 Bye. 882 00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:36,120 Well, young lady, this is it. 883 00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:37,960 Remember what I told you. 884 00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:39,280 Watch who you talk to. 885 00:42:39,280 --> 00:42:39,600 OK. 886 00:42:39,600 --> 00:42:41,640 OK? 887 00:42:41,640 --> 00:42:44,520 Take care of yourself. 888 00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:45,800 I miss you, kiddo. 889 00:42:45,800 --> 00:42:48,400 High five stay alive. 890 00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:49,300 Be safe. 891 00:42:53,700 --> 00:42:55,560 It turned out the sunshine couldn't 892 00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:59,480 leave without one last request. 893 00:42:59,480 --> 00:43:02,720 Listen, Michelle, all I ask is that you call your mom 894 00:43:02,720 --> 00:43:04,160 and let her know you're OK. 895 00:43:04,160 --> 00:43:04,640 I will. 896 00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:05,040 All right. 897 00:43:05,040 --> 00:43:05,880 Will you do that for me? 898 00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:07,880 You promise. 899 00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:08,880 Good luck. 900 00:43:14,600 --> 00:43:17,240 I was sad to see them go. 901 00:43:17,240 --> 00:43:19,840 So I think they were worried about me. 902 00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:23,480 And I started to worry about me too when they got off the bus 903 00:43:23,480 --> 00:43:26,080 because all of a sudden I felt scared and alone. 904 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:29,400 You know, I didn't have people to protect me anymore. 905 00:43:32,240 --> 00:43:34,680 At another stop later that afternoon, 906 00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:37,840 Michelle decided to keep her promise to sunshine, 907 00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,000 at least in a way. 908 00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:42,040 I got up there and I lost my nerve. 909 00:43:42,040 --> 00:43:44,680 And I didn't have the nerve to talk to my parents 910 00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:46,520 because by this time I realized that they'd probably 911 00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:48,840 be really upset. 912 00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:52,640 So I called a friend of mine and I asked her to call my parents 913 00:43:52,640 --> 00:43:54,200 and let them know I was OK. 914 00:43:54,200 --> 00:43:56,320 Hi, it's Michelle. 915 00:43:56,320 --> 00:43:56,720 No, no, no. 916 00:43:56,720 --> 00:43:57,200 I'm fine. 917 00:43:57,200 --> 00:43:58,280 I'm fine. 918 00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:02,120 After I made the phone call to let my parents know that I 919 00:44:02,120 --> 00:44:07,840 was OK, I got back on the bus and there was a girl there, 920 00:44:07,840 --> 00:44:09,120 probably my same age. 921 00:44:09,120 --> 00:44:10,640 She was young. 922 00:44:10,680 --> 00:44:14,080 She was sitting by herself with a paper bag full of things. 923 00:44:14,080 --> 00:44:15,560 Hi. 924 00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:17,960 Hi. 925 00:44:17,960 --> 00:44:19,640 Where are you headed? 926 00:44:19,640 --> 00:44:21,680 Want to see my boyfriend. 927 00:44:21,680 --> 00:44:24,160 I'm going to go visit some friends in Texas. 928 00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:26,400 Oh, that's great. 929 00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:27,320 You want some donuts? 930 00:44:27,320 --> 00:44:28,680 I have some extras. 931 00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:29,600 Yeah. 932 00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:31,760 I guess I switched somewhere during that trip 933 00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:34,200 to instead of just thinking about myself 934 00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:37,040 and how terrible my life was. 935 00:44:37,040 --> 00:44:38,360 You can tell you I can tell you. 936 00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:39,280 I don't remember. 937 00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:41,080 To thinking about other people. 938 00:44:41,080 --> 00:44:42,640 Want to talk about it? 939 00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:43,480 It's a long story. 940 00:44:46,080 --> 00:44:46,760 We have time. 941 00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:54,560 I had to get away from my old man. 942 00:44:54,560 --> 00:44:57,280 You know, listening to stories of people on the road 943 00:44:57,280 --> 00:45:01,720 and other runaways, I wasn't a typical runaway. 944 00:45:01,720 --> 00:45:04,920 And when I'd listen to their stories 945 00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:07,120 and then think about my reasons or they'd ask me, 946 00:45:07,120 --> 00:45:08,760 you know, why did you run away? 947 00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:12,280 I didn't want to say because it sounded so stupid by then 948 00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:14,640 that, oh, well, my parents gave me a curfew 949 00:45:14,640 --> 00:45:16,480 and made me catch the bus in the morning. 950 00:45:16,480 --> 00:45:18,760 You know, it just sounded so ridiculous compared 951 00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:20,240 to their really tragic stories. 952 00:45:23,000 --> 00:45:25,920 Michelle finally made it to a friend's house in Texas 953 00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:28,720 where her father picked her up. 954 00:45:28,720 --> 00:45:30,760 Michelle was relieved to go back home. 955 00:45:38,920 --> 00:45:39,520 I? 956 00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:56,120 Join me next time. 957 00:45:56,120 --> 00:45:59,960 Perhaps you may be able to help solve a mystery.