At
Indianaunclaimed.com
you can find out if the state is holding money or property that's rightfully yours.
24-Hour News 8 got an inside look at some of that property Friday. Among the items, a baseball signed by Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig that belongs to a man named John Hollis.
24-Hour News 8 tried to find Hollis Friday but had no luck.
Attorney General Greg Zoeller told 24-Hour News 8 about a man he was able to track down.
"So I started calling every Sturgeon I knew, finally someone said, 'Well that's my Uncle Ed.' So I called up Ed Sturgeon, he met with us, had a little meeting, $18,000. His nickname is 'Catfish' because he has this mustache that comes down. It had been in his retirment account, the company went bankrupt, everybody thought they had lost everything but $18,000 for Eddie 'The Catfish' Sturgeon," Zoeller recalled.
Zoeller says in most cases it takes about three or four weeks to get back your unclaimed goods or money.
The Indiana unclaimed website had 50,000 page views Thursday, setting a record.
Thirteen thousand people have found money owed to them, on average about $280.
Our own web numbers show an intense interest from viewers about the unclaimed money, so much so that we've decided to add a tab on our homepage offering easy access to our coverage of the unclaimed money and the state's website where you can find out if you're owed money.
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