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Mysteries of the Abandoned

So,when the contractor came in and started the excavation, the contractor hitsomething...

So,
when the contractor came in and started the excavation, the contractor hit
something very solid and what it hit
was the buried cells. [narrator] These buried cells
are relics from a time [narrator] These buried cells
are relics from a time when Missouri was virtually
Wild West territory

Full Transcript

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So, when the contractor came in
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and started the excavation,
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the contractor hit something very solid
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and what it hit was the buried cells.
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[narrator] These buried cells are relics from a time
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[narrator] These buried cells are relics from a time
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when Missouri was virtually Wild West territory.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:57:31
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 • 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
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...