The Story

Liz Kite's house got struck by lightning. Not once, not twice, but three times. And then, a car without a driver rammed through her living room picture window. Liz was not a believer in the great beyond, but something about these accidents made her start thinking that her dad, who passed away a few weeks before the first lightning strike, had something to do with them. Liz talks to Dick about how she got her home remodeled thanks to some very strange events.

When Jerry White served in the Vietnam War, he was warned of a beautiful girl named Tuyet who was collaborating with the Viet Cong. Jerry met Tuyet and was smitten. When the Viet Cong tried to assassinate Jerry with a bomb, Tuyet was hit instead. She survived, and thirty years later Jerry went back to Vietnam to find her.

James Morrow's experience with foster care was a nightmare. James is now living with a friend. He says if the state knew where he was, it might put him in a foster home - or at least make him quit his job and go back to school. As he tells Dick Gordon, he feels like his life is finally on the right track. James joins his employer, Dianne Reinhardt, in talking about how learning the trade of baking is helping him learn how to take care of himself. Also in this epsiode: seeing the Queen.

Matt Kiley has heard our call for “Your Story” and he wrote in to tell us the story he will never forget. It all began with an art show. Matt and his wife were scheduled to participate in a big event, the kind of event where they expected to net a big chunk of their yearly income. But the show changed venues, and Matt didn’t make much money. That night, for some reason, he went to the track. And then he got a hot tip. And then he began to win. But Matt’s story doesn’t stop there.