“Home is where the heart is.” Think about it: most people grow up in one place, living out their early years, experiencing so many remarkable milestones, all within the same four walls. Eventually, they move on, move out, and start new lives in a new home, but the memories always linger. When a Florida couple found their dream home for sale, they were so excited for the memories to come. What they didn’t know, though, was that someone else’s memories had refused to leave…
Full of Secrets
Your average newlywed couple, Megan and Bobby Kapsidis, married in the spring of 2017. When they had saved up to purchase their first home, they found the home of their dreams and were ecstatic when the owner accepted their offer. There was renovation work to be done, certainly, but this was the start of a new chapter for the couple. When they began construction, however, something came falling from the ceiling, something they could have never predicted…
Kitchen Fixin’
Their top priority for renovations was the outdated kitchen. The kitchen was a big and expensive job to take on, so before they hired any help, they wanted to get their hands dirty themselves and do as much of the work themselves as they could handle. They started by tearing down a large ceiling structure called a soffit. It needed to go…
Up Top
Not only was the soffit an eyesore, but it was painted a terrible baby blue color that dated it back to the 1970s. Bobby got to work on the demolition, hacking away at the structure, when someone fell from the ceiling, hitting him in the head on the way down…
The Strange Handbag
The ceiling work was a big mess. Dealing with drywall was always a dirty job, but that wasn’t the only thing adding to the mess. An odd-looking purse had fallen from the soffit when Bobby had busted it open. The couple was shocked—why on earth was there a strange alligator purse hidden in their ceiling?
The Contents of the Purse
Megan grabbed her phone and started recording. Whatever was hidden in this purse had to be something pretty interesting for someone to hide it inside the ceiling structure. When he opened it up, they couldn’t believe their eyes…
Looking Inside
The strange alligator purse was EMPTY! It made no sense. Why would the previous owner have gone to such trouble to hide an empty purse? Bobby was disappointed, but all he could do what get back to work on the project at hand. There was more to be found, he just didn’t know it yet…
A Little Elbow Grease
Bobby and Megan fantasized about what else might be hidden up there, but they knew that chances were pretty low. As Bobby continued to remove the soffit, something else had fallen to the floor, and this item was loud and heavy when it hit the floor…
The Mystery of the Album
With a loud “THUD” the object slammed to the floor. Shook, they looked at each other and raced over to see just what it was. With visions of riches in their heads, they cleared the debris and were admittedly, a bit confused at what they saw lying there. It was a photo album, filled with secrets from the past…
A Wedding and a Baby
Photo albums were a common sight to behold in family homes in the days before everything went digital. They captured and saved treasured memories and important moments in people’s lives. Bobby and Megan opened the photo album and to find photos of a wedding dating back to 1963. Why was this important family memory hidden in a ceiling and left behind?
Meet the Garguilos
Bobby realized he most likely had opened up what was once a crawl space. The album had a name printed on it that read “The Garguilos. According to the album, the wed in New York on September 14, 1963. But why was it left behind?
The Invitation
The album told the love story of this beautiful couple. It even contained their wedding invitation which had been kept as a keepsake from their big day. Whoever had left this memory behind surely missed it… didn’t they? Megan and Bobby had an idea…
Lost Memories
The photos in the album depicted a lavish celebration. It detailed the whole beautiful day; from pictures of the bride, Marguerite, getting ready with her bridal party to her walking down the aisle. The Garguilo family had lost these important memories, surely they would want them back…
Figuring It Out
Even though in 2018, we take photos every day without putting much thought into it, back in 1963, this wasn’t the case. The Garguilos had lost such an important memory and Megan thought it was heartbreaking. She decided to track them down…
The Power of Social
Having the physical album helped Megan and Bobby set up a search for its lost owners. Using the power of social media, Megan hopped on Facebook to track down the owners of this album. When the post went viral, it was only a matter of time before they found a connection…
TV Interview
A media outlet in New York reached out to Megan about doing an interview. The couple was interviewed on a television news source in New York and the segment aired that night during the evening news…
Leading Them On
Loads of leads came through after the interview aired and other stations had picked up the story as well. The bride’s father’s name brought forward someone that believed they might be one of the bride’s relatives, however, it turned out there was no relation…
Speculating Why
Megan and Bobby had no luck for a while and thought that this might be one mystery that wouldn’t be solved. One of Megan’s Facebook friends had an interesting theory. She thought that maybe the bride remarried and stashed the album away from her new husband…
Where It All Went Down
Luckily, the invitation provided a bit more information they could use. The man who owned the venue heard the story and offered to have a 54th-anniversary celebration for the couple in the very place they celebrated back in 1963. But the couple still hadn’t been identified…
Where is Marguerite?
After a week of searching Megan and Bobby found just who they were looking for. Megan revealed the big find on Facebook, stating, “We found her! I want to thank you for your help in my search for Marguerite. I would never have been able to find her without you.” Now, all they had to do was get the album back in the rightful owners’ hands…
Mystery Solved
Marguerite was shocked when the couple shared the story of how they’d found her photo album. Megan told her Facebook followers that meeting Marguerite was emotional and amazing for the both of them. She shared some important information with them, though…
Joseph’s Passing
Megan and Bobby not only found Marguerite’s wedding album, but they also found a new friend. Marguerite told them, though, that unfortunately, her husband, Joseph had passed away nine years after they were married. She had remarried years later, though, and was so glad to get these memories back in her hands. You really never know what past lives your home has witnessed until you do a little digging!