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[narrator] This process, known as liquefaction
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Mysteries of the Abandoned

This process,known as liquefaction, created the mudflowsthat submerged Balaroa. created...

[narrator] This process,
known as liquefaction, created the mudflows
that submerged Balaroa. created the mudflows
that submerged Balaroa. More than 1,700 homes
and at least 600 lives
were lost that night. Entire houses,
livestock and vehicles were swallowed by debris
and churned up
with soil and sediment

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[narrator] This process, known as liquefaction,
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created the mudflows that submerged Balaroa.
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created the mudflows that submerged Balaroa.
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More than 1,700 homes and at least 600 lives were lost that night.
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Entire houses, livestock and vehicles
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were swallowed by debris and churned up with soil and sediment.
Duration
23 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:20:47
Uploaded
Jul 08, 2025
Season
9
Episode
15
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 • E02 And he was forced to retire and live the rest of his life - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
And he was forced to retire and live the rest of his life
S09 • E07 [narrator] When the refugees finally left in 2003, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:15
[narrator] When the refugees finally left in 2003,
S09 • E13 [narrator] Two years later, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:29
[narrator] Two years later,
S09 • E21 They had a new suit made for him regularly by his own personal tailor. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
They had a new suit made for him regularly by his own person...
S09 • E08 Now they had a system - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
Now they had a system
S09 • E10 It's clearly been abandoned for some time. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:15
It's clearly been abandoned for some time.
S09 • E11 The urban sprawl ends and suddenly, there's this vast expanse of countryside. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
The urban sprawl ends and suddenly, there's this vast e...
S09 • E17 [narrator] Today, a memorial stands at Ponte Dirillo - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:19
[narrator] Today, a memorial stands at Ponte Dirillo
S09 • E12 [Jaega] Currently, a large-scale conservation project - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
[Jaega] Currently, a large-scale conservation project
S09 • E06 Unfortunately, corruption happened - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
Unfortunately, corruption happened
S09 • E02 Really, his name was in tatters. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
Really, his name was in tatters.
S09 • E14 And then after that, they would turn off the machine, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:18
And then after that, they would turn off the machine,
S09 • E09 [narrator] This is a Maunsell Fort, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
[narrator] This is a Maunsell Fort,
S09 • E21 [Nusbacher] Everybody in the whole country - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
[Nusbacher] Everybody in the whole country
S09 • E08 [Steven] And for the next few centuries, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:18
[Steven] And for the next few centuries,
S09 • E02 [narrator] Richter's fraud was a national embarrassment, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:15
[narrator] Richter's fraud was a national embarrassment...
S09 • E16 as a national historic area dedicated to the Aleut people. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:25
as a national historic area dedicated to the Aleut people.
S09 • E22 [translation] There are no more visitors, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
[translation] There are no more visitors,
S09 • E05 [narrator] Later that year, El Negro's friend, President Portillo, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
[narrator] Later that year, El Negro's friend, Presiden...
S09 • E11 It looks like most of this area is surrounded by fences with barbed wire - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:16
It looks like most of this area is surrounded by fences with...