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[narrator] By the mid-1990s
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Mysteries of the Abandoned

By the mid-1990s, it had becomethe world's tallesturban slum. 10,000 peoplecrammed into a...

[narrator] By the mid-1990s, it had become
the world's tallest
urban slum. 10,000 people
crammed into a space originally designed to house
a third of that number. It was years before anybody
really wanted to touch it

Full Transcript

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[narrator] By the mid-1990s,
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it had become the world's tallest urban slum.
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10,000 people crammed into a space
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originally designed to house a third of that number.
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It was years before anybody really wanted to touch it.
Duration
18 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:06
Uploaded
Jul 08, 2025
Season
9
Episode
3
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 One of the first things he did was to add more attractions, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:21
One of the first things he did was to add more attractions,
S09 • E15 [Wise] The question is did the biggest solid rocket fueled engine ever built - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
[Wise] The question is did the biggest solid rocket fueled e...
S09 • E20 The Turkish armed forces airdrop a thousand - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
The Turkish armed forces airdrop a thousand
S09 • E14 There's a door on that side. There's a door on this side. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
There's a door on that side. There's a door on thi...
S09 • E02 But this test facility had actually been abandoned - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
But this test facility had actually been abandoned
S09 • E10 The remains of the Chateaude la Mothe-Chandeniers - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:21
The remains of the Chateaude la Mothe-Chandeniers
S09 • E01 [narrator] The buildings were sold as homes of the future. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
[narrator] The buildings were sold as homes of the future.
S09 • E22 [narrator] Completed in 1965 - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:15
[narrator] Completed in 1965
S09 • E04 This is only one of over a hundred such palaces - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:21
This is only one of over a hundred such palaces
S09 • E08 [Steven] In the 1870s, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:39
[Steven] In the 1870s,
S09 • E11 [narrator] In 1997, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:35
[narrator] In 1997,
S09 • E02 So it becomes a target for your ekranoplans - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
So it becomes a target for your ekranoplans
S09 • E09 [Rob] They were the fanatics of the Germany army, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
[Rob] They were the fanatics of the Germany army,
S09 • E20 And, there is an amphibious invasion of about 3,000 - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:17
And, there is an amphibious invasion of about 3,000
S09 • E13 [Jaega] By 1994, Armenia had captured the region - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[Jaega] By 1994, Armenia had captured the region
S09 • E14 [narrator] This clandestine complex - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:20
[narrator] This clandestine complex
S09 • E21 [narrator] How would America's most high-profile space mission - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[narrator] How would America's most high-profile space ...
S09 • E06 [narrator] The tailrace was key to Rankine's promise - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
[narrator] The tailrace was key to Rankine's promise
S09 • E12 In Scotland is an abandoned 19th century psychiatric asylum, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:29
In Scotland is an abandoned 19th century psychiatric asylum,
S09 • E03 Ponte, the region around it, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:35
Ponte, the region around it,