In the latest Old Stories, Sam tells the story of spying on a female boarder having a middle-of-the-night adulterous tryst at his house when he was young.

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In the latest Old Stories, Morris remembers the day he was held up at gunpoint at his pharmacy in Manhattan.

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In the latest in the Old Stories series, Shirley recounts her years when she received her own education as a door-checker in the dining hall at John Carroll University in Ohio.

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In the latest Old Stories, Ernestine tells the story of how, as a teacher in small-town Tennessee, she got a lesson from her children on picking strawberries under the hot sun.

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In the latest Old Stories, Vera looks back on her days working at a sportswear company, where she was discovered and became a model.

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Just two days ago, we found out that Kathryn Jones Faulkner had passed away during the night. Our condolences go out to her family, friends, and Ernie, her husband whom she married a little over a year ago. Kathryn quickly became a good friend of ours, and Ashley and I are very sad to lose her. What a wonderful, wonderful woman she was. In addition to being so genuinely and deeply caring, friendly, and welcoming, she possessed a youthful energy and humor that could set the world on fire.

I told her a few months ago, when we screened the Old Stories at TVN, that whenever I edit her footage, I can’t stop smiling and laughing. She just had a special, unassuming, life-abounding presence about her. Her smile was contagious and her laughter inspiring. Yesterday, after visiting with Ernie for a while, I continued working on a scene where she gives Ernie two chocolate chip cookie cakes for Valentine’s Day that she had made, one inscribed with the word “love”. I marveled as she walked with her true Texan gait into her closet to uncover the two cookie cakes that she had hidden there. She snickered, turned to us on camera, and, pausing for a moment to let us in on the secret before beckoning to Ernie, informed us in playful delight, “That’s a big cookie”. Classic Kathryn.

Every time we visited the newlyweds, Kathryn would take our hands and tell us how much both she and Ernie enjoyed spending time with us, smiles all around. I hope the following video, the latest addition to the Old Stories series, can speak even just a little to her beautiful humanity and grace, as she takes us back to her youngest years, when she was a feisty little troublemaker. We miss you, Kathryn.

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In the latest of the Old Stories, Eddie dishes up the excitement of being a high roller in Vegas and getting comps because of his and Ceil’s winnings.

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In the latest of the Old Stories series, Bill takes us back to the day that he bought a new car, donned a disguise, and playfully tried to pick up his wife for a ride after work. She wasn’t having any of it.

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In the latest Old Stories, Mathilda takes us back to the night before her wedding when her wedding dress narrowly escaped a flashflood of sorts.

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In the latest Old Stories, Jordan hazes us for fraternity rush at a satellite NYU campus. Er, wait… it turns out hazing ain’t what it used to be back in the 1930s and 40s. No alcohol, no drugs, just good, old, clean fun, all in good spirits. In fact, it was something to be proud of.

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