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Mysteries of the Abandoned

[Buckle speakinglocal language] They gave Gaddafia lease of over 30 years, and within two...

[Buckle speaking
local language] [translator] They gave Gaddafi
a lease of over 30 years, and within two years,
his people came and put in place big
plans for renovation. and put in place big
plans for renovation. [narrator]
Gaddafi was now in charge
of a multi-million dollar refit of the hotel decor,
but not for long. [Mabry] In 2010, a clean
up of the war-torn
building began, but relations were
turning sour between the Liberian
government and Gaddafi, and so the project
kept being delayed. Gaddafi was killed
by his own people, and with his demise
came the collapse
of his projects including the rehabilitation
of the Ducor Palace Hotel

Full Transcript

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[Buckle speaking local language]
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[translator] They gave Gaddafi a lease of over 30 years,
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and within two years, his people came
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and put in place big plans for renovation.
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and put in place big plans for renovation.
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[narrator] Gaddafi was now in charge of a multi-million dollar
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refit of the hotel decor, but not for long.
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[Mabry] In 2010, a clean up of the war-torn building began,
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but relations were turning sour
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between the Liberian government and Gaddafi,
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and so the project kept being delayed.
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Gaddafi was killed by his own people,
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and with his demise came the collapse of his projects
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including the rehabilitation of the Ducor Palace Hotel.
Duration
41 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:50
Uploaded
Jul 08, 2025
Season
9
Episode
19
Genres
documentary
Production
Mosfilm

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Movie Summary

The world's most incredible engineering projects are revisited to uncover why places full of mysteries and untold secrets are now abandoned ruins.
S09 • E10 [narrator] But something much more mystical lingers here. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
[narrator] But something much more mystical lingers here.
S09 • E15 [narrator] In the Bulgarian seaside resort of Sozopol - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
[narrator] In the Bulgarian seaside resort of Sozopol
S09 • E04 This project was the brainchild - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:32
This project was the brainchild
S09 • E16 [Sascha] Then perched high on this hillside is a building - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
[Sascha] Then perched high on this hillside is a building
S09 • E18 [narrator] It's been over 70 years - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:26
[narrator] It's been over 70 years
S09 • E09 [narrator] Known as The Rock, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:14
[narrator] Known as The Rock,
S09 • E03 This kind of project, having things in mind, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:16
This kind of project, having things in mind,
S09 • E06 You've got high level conveyors with machinery and cogs and hooks. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
You've got high level conveyors with machinery and cogs...
S09 • E01 [narrator] An eclectic mix of broken buildings - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:20
[narrator] An eclectic mix of broken buildings
S09 • E22 [narrator] In Cleveland, Ohi - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
[narrator] In Cleveland, Ohi
S09 • E02 As you move through the thick trees of the jungle, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
As you move through the thick trees of the jungle,
S09 • E17 To look at it through the brand new window, brand new balcony, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
To look at it through the brand new window, brand new balcon...
S09 • E11 When I look at this place, I see a lot of Disney. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
When I look at this place, I see a lot of Disney.
S09 • E07 [narrator] In Mexico, an extensive collection of ruins - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[narrator] In Mexico, an extensive collection of ruins
S09 • E16 [Dominic] The top is carpeted in vegetation, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
[Dominic] The top is carpeted in vegetation,
S09 • E06 [narrator] At the heart of the massive complex, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:15
[narrator] At the heart of the massive complex,
S09 • E21 [narrator] For almost seven hours, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:33
[narrator] For almost seven hours,
S09 • E08 [Steven] On the flatlands of central Belarus - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[Steven] On the flatlands of central Belarus
S09 • E10 [Sascha] But what was this place? - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:14
[Sascha] But what was this place?
S09 • E11 It's sophisticated, symmetrical. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
It's sophisticated, symmetrical.