Melvin Dummar entered the public eye when he claimed to have rescued reclusive billionaire tycoon Howard Hughes on a Nevada desert road in 1967. Listen to an interview with Melvin below.
He gave the dishevelled stranger a ride and and says that during a conversation about planes, the man claimed to be Hughes.
Melvin dropped him at the Sands Hotel in Las Vegas - which was owned by Hughes at the time - and thought nothing more of it.
Then in 1976, Melvin received a handwritten will, apparently penned by Howard Hughes himself – and Melvin stood to inherit over $150 million.
The dispute over the authenticity of the "Mormon Will" changed Melvin’s life forever.
Originally produced for Love & Radio by Ben Bombard and Nick van der Kolk. Edited by Nick van der Kolk and Rehman Tungekar, and special help from John Barth, Brendan Baker, Melba Lara, and Robin Amer.
Click to hear a longer version of 'The Man in the Road' from Love & Radio.
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I heard the interview with Melvin Dummar and thought it was excellent. I have just finished writing a fictional history about the USA in those years following John F. Kennedy's assassination and Howard Hughes is in it! If Mr. Dummar is interested, I could send him some enlightening materials. One which I would recommend is on the Internet: Mae Brussell wrote and broadcast an excellent tale about Hughes' disappearance. The Mormon connection is highly significant...
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