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Mysteries of the Abandoned

The brutal construction, at odds with the serene beautyof the surrounding land, suggests...

[narrator]
The brutal construction, at odds with the serene beauty
of the surrounding land, suggests it was built
by people a long way
from home. suggests it was built
by people a long way
from home

Full Transcript

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[narrator] The brutal construction,
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at odds with the serene beauty of the surrounding land,
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suggests it was built by people a long way from home.
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suggests it was built by people a long way from home.
Duration
7 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:21
Uploaded
Jul 08, 2025
Season
9
Episode
9
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 The prison administration was under a court order - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
The prison administration was under a court order
S09 • E04 So, when the contractor came in - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:20
So, when the contractor came in
S09 • E09 It's design is typical of the pentagon-shaped fortresses found across Europe. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
It's design is typical of the pentagon-shaped fortresse...
S09 • E09 But here it's on the remote island of Banda Neira in Indonesia. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:16
But here it's on the remote island of Banda Neira in In...
S09 • E04 [Jim] Missouri was almost frontier land at that time. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
[Jim] Missouri was almost frontier land at that time.
S09 • E09 [Amma] From the outer wall, still armed with cannons, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
[Amma] From the outer wall, still armed with cannons,
S09 • E09 [Sascha] So clearly, this was set-up - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
[Sascha] So clearly, this was set-up
S09 • E04 And it housed a lot of famous prisoners - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:31
And it housed a lot of famous prisoners
S09 • E09 [narrator] What was it here that required such immense protection? - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
[narrator] What was it here that required such immense prote...
S09 • E09 [Rob] This relic was once the site of a furious battle. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[Rob] This relic was once the site of a furious battle.
S09 • E04 They would open up the wooden door - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
They would open up the wooden door
S09 • E04 To keep from going insane, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
To keep from going insane,
S09 • E09 [narrator] The Indonesian island of Banda, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
[narrator] The Indonesian island of Banda,
S09 • E04 And when he got out, he wrote a book - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:18
And when he got out, he wrote a book
S09 • E09 [Lukman] My profession is a photographer, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
[Lukman] My profession is a photographer,
S09 • E04 A gas chamber was added and by the 1930s, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
A gas chamber was added and by the 1930s,
S09 • E04 And the prison was the economic base - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
And the prison was the economic base
S09 • E09 [narrator] For hundreds of years, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:22
[narrator] For hundreds of years,
S09 • E04 It was a huge operation - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
It was a huge operation
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