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[narrator] As criminality soared
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Mysteries of the Abandoned

As criminality soared, the police hadnowhere to housethe drunks and drifters now...

[narrator]
As criminality soared, the police had
nowhere to house
the drunks and drifters now littering
the city streets. The solution was this. The Kansas City Workhouse. Its doors first opened
in 1897. This was the front entrance
going into
the administrative side This was the front entrance
going into
the administrative side

Full Transcript

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[narrator] As criminality soared,
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the police had nowhere to house the drunks and drifters
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now littering the city streets.
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The solution was this.
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The Kansas City Workhouse.
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Its doors first opened in 1897.
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This was the front entrance going into the administrative side
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This was the front entrance going into the administrative side
Duration
22 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:55
Uploaded
Jul 08, 2025
Season
9
Episode
13
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 • E18 [narrator] A fact that didn't escape the attention - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:25
[narrator] A fact that didn't escape the attention
S09 • E04 I hope that this place will be a museum for Iraq - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
I hope that this place will be a museum for Iraq
S09 • E10 [narrator] But, Cappadocia wasn't abandoned. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
[narrator] But, Cappadocia wasn't abandoned.
S09 • E05 Everything was dedicated to naked men and women. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
Everything was dedicated to naked men and women.
S09 • E22 No electricity. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
No electricity.
S09 • E09 Eventually, in 1953, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
Eventually, in 1953,
S09 • E17 [narrator] In 1943, with the Nazis desert army defeated in Tunisia, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:22
[narrator] In 1943, with the Nazis desert army defeated in T...
S09 • E16 And that gave the Japanese a new element of surprise. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
And that gave the Japanese a new element of surprise.
S09 • E01 [Zaira speaking Spanish] - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:51
[Zaira speaking Spanish]
S09 • E15 That's what I saw from here. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:26
That's what I saw from here.
S09 • E04 [narrator] Treasury and Homeland Security agents - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
[narrator] Treasury and Homeland Security agents
S09 • E16 [narrator] Steaming through the fog, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:22
[narrator] Steaming through the fog,
S09 • E20 It allows for more cannons to protect the area along the water. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
It allows for more cannons to protect the area along the wat...
S09 • E11 [Geoff] And it's really just staggering, the scale of this place. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
[Geoff] And it's really just staggering, the scale of t...
S09 • E14 [narrator] So more than 40 years ago, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
[narrator] So more than 40 years ago,
S09 • E09 Two of them were sentenced to death. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:31
Two of them were sentenced to death.
S09 • E12 Nebuchadnezzar had an interesting strategy - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
Nebuchadnezzar had an interesting strategy
S09 • E05 The upstairs bedrooms were the venue for numerous orgies. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
The upstairs bedrooms were the venue for numerous orgies.
S09 • E21 [Auerbach] Most of the tunnels date back to the Cold War, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
[Auerbach] Most of the tunnels date back to the Cold War,
S09 • E22 [narrator] Living and skiin this high, though, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[narrator] Living and skiin this high, though,