This series focuses on cases of unallocated inheritances in Catalonia. Our researcher, actor Roger Coma, investigates a different case each week, visiting archives, cemeteries and old houses, and travels as far as necessary to find clues and people who help him to know the life of the deceased.
Cristina Azcona: An Architect Advanced in Her Time
Mar 17, 2022
Cristina Azcona was a mysterious woman, with few friends, single and childless. Born in 1944 in Barcelona, she was one of the first Catalan architects, and managed to accumulate an important heritage that no one has claimed since she died, in 2013, at the age of 69 and without making a will.
Josefa: The Inheritance of the Gothic Neighborhood
Mar 24, 2022
Josefa Durán Alonso was born and died in Barcelona, specifically in the Gothic Quarter of the Catalan capital, leaving a flat that no one has claimed after almost a quarter of a century. In this case, Roger Coma has a difficult job: Josefa was married, but she did not have children or leave a will and there is very little information about her life. Stretching the thread of this woman's life will require a lot of patience, a lot of file visits and a bit of roadwork, but hopefully our particular researcher will find out who Josefa's legacy belongs to.
Maria Antònia: The Arboç Lacemaker
Mar 31, 2022
Maria Antònia Mañé died in L'Arboç in 2004 without making a will and bequeathed an apartment and some current accounts. She was single and had no children, so now it is the mission of Roger Coma, our researcher, to find out who Maria Antonia's inheritance belongs to.
Juan: A Life in Exile
Apr 7, 2022
This case takes us to France, very close to Paris, where Juan Mayoral died in 1997. Originally from La Cerdanya, Juan had to leave for France in the midst of the Civil War, and there he rebuilt his life, married and died a widower, without issue and without making a will.
Janine: The Hairdresser of Northern Catalonia
Apr 21, 2022
Janine Manera was born in 1945 in Pontellà, in northern Catalonia. Janine, of Catalan origin, worked there as a hairdresser, was single and had no children. In 2012, at the age of 66, he died in Perpignan without leaving a will.
Antonio: The Blacksmith of Sants
Apr 28, 2022
Antonio Pous García died in Barcelona in 2011 and left a flat in L'Hospitalet, the flat where he lived with his parents. He died single and childless. He comes from a working class family. On the father's side, farmers from Roda de Ter, in Osona. On his mother's side, originally from Cartagena, who emigrated to Barcelona probably during the mining crisis and to work on the construction of the first metro. Roger will have to travel to Osona to weave Antonio's family tree and locate his heirs.
