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Mysteries of the Abandoned

It was a huge operation with two million square footof building space. Despite its sheer...

It was a huge operation with two million square foot
of building space. [narrator]
Despite its sheer scale, it was still bursting
at the seams

Full Transcript

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It was a huge operation
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with two million square foot of building space.
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[narrator] Despite its sheer scale,
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it was still bursting at the seams.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:59:16
Uploaded
Jul 08, 2025
Season
9
Episode
4
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 • E04 One time, they had almost 4000 some inmates in here - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:18
One time, they had almost 4000 some inmates in here
S09 • E09 [Rob] We've all heard the phrase, "money doesn't grow on trees." - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[Rob] We've all heard the phrase, "money doesn...
S09 • E09 [Sascha] Space was really the most valuable commodity of the age. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:24
[Sascha] Space was really the most valuable commodity of the...
S09 • E04 [narrator] On September 22nd, 1954, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
[narrator] On September 22nd, 1954,
S09 • E04 A couple of inmates pretended to be sick, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:16
A couple of inmates pretended to be sick,
S09 • E04 Within hours, thousands of prisoners - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
Within hours, thousands of prisoners
S09 • E09 [Amma] What value would you put on something - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:42
[Amma] What value would you put on something
S09 • E04 [narrator] The burnt out buildings - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[narrator] The burnt out buildings
S09 • E04 When the dust had settled, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
When the dust had settled,
S09 • E04 Into this caldron of fire - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
Into this caldron of fire
S09 • E04 One day in June 1950, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
One day in June 1950,
S09 • E04 He had been arrested for armed robbery - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
He had been arrested for armed robbery
S09 • E09 [narrator] The Dutch were next to discover the islands - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:48
[narrator] The Dutch were next to discover the islands
S09 • E04 [narrator] The 24th of his abusive father's 25 children, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
[narrator] The 24th of his abusive father's 25 children...
S09 • E04 Sonny as a child is picking cotton - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
Sonny as a child is picking cotton
S09 • E04 His strength is such that - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:27
His strength is such that
S09 • E09 [Sascha] This extraordinary violence - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
[Sascha] This extraordinary violence
S09 • E04 But in Sonny Liston's case, it landed him somewhere else, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:17
But in Sonny Liston's case, it landed him somewhere els...
S09 • E09 And so, what began as, you know, trade. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
And so, what began as, you know, trade.
S09 • E09 really involved colonization and occupation. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:27
really involved colonization and occupation.