Before school started a couple weeks ago, I was channel surfing and stopped on an episode of MTV’s Teen Cribs, a spin-off of their awesome show, Cribs, which profiles the homes of the rich and famous. Now, I am by no means a fan of MTV these days, but Cribs is just my weak spot. I mean I needed some ideas for my future residence(s)…
Anyway, to my point. The episode on that day featured a house from where I grew up. The kid showing it was definitely way younger that I am, and it was on the west side. (I grew up on the east side) The house though was absolutely amazing! There was all sorts of new age tech in every room of the house. There were secret passages, an indoor basketball court, a huge aquarium, a cataloged library and wine cellar, and even a fossilized tyrannosaurus that they dug up! I mean this place was “dream house” worthy!
After all the excitement, I told myself that I needed to find out how I had never heard of this house, and who owned it. A few Google searches later, I had my answer. The owner was Scott A. Jones, the inventor of the modern voicemail system.
These days he is just your run-of-the-mill, successful entrepreneur and inventor. He is involved with several of his start-up companies and sits on several boards. I linked to his website in the previous paragraph if you want to find out more about him.
Unfortunately, I can no longer find the streaming video of the episode, so hit this link to the local Indy news tour of the house. It is not as good, but maybe one day you will catch the episode.
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