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Mysteries of the Abandoned

Something much moredestructive than just time has reduced this placeto near-rubble. On...

Something much more
destructive than just time has reduced this place
to near-rubble. [narrator] On the edge of town
is a brutish construction that at first glance
appears entirely unrelated. [Auerbach] Surrounded by lush
green farmlands is a series of stout
concrete structures that seemed to serve no
agricultural purpose at all

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Something much more destructive than just time
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has reduced this place to near-rubble.
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[narrator] On the edge of town is a brutish construction
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that at first glance appears entirely unrelated.
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[Auerbach] Surrounded by lush green farmlands
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is a series of stout concrete structures
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that seemed to serve no agricultural purpose at all.
Duration
26 seconds
Views
23
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:07
Uploaded
Jul 08, 2025
Season
9
Episode
21
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 • E14 [narrator] When this village died, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[narrator] When this village died,
S09 • E03 [Oscar in Spanish] They gave the land back to us completely ruined. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:15
[Oscar in Spanish] They gave the land back to us completely ...
S09 • E12 [narrator] In 1870, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:20
[narrator] In 1870,
S09 • E15 [narrator] Drinks were not the only attraction. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
[narrator] Drinks were not the only attraction.
S09 • E10 [narrator] The new Negro movement - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:26
[narrator] The new Negro movement
S09 • E06 The discovery of atomic fission confirmed - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
The discovery of atomic fission confirmed
S09 • E20 Unfortunately for Dezman, Lady Sram would go on - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
Unfortunately for Dezman, Lady Sram would go on
S09 • E02 Prisoners were expected to tends pigs - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
Prisoners were expected to tends pigs
S09 • E19 [narrator] In the 1950s and 60s, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:24
[narrator] In the 1950s and 60s,
S09 • E09 [narrator] On an artificial island known as Sealand - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:19
[narrator] On an artificial island known as Sealand
S09 • E08 [Kasper] These gun ports face down the valley - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:25
[Kasper] These gun ports face down the valley
S09 • E11 [Dominic] The discovery of new chemical compounds, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
[Dominic] The discovery of new chemical compounds,
S09 • E04 So this idea of the moonshine distillery - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
So this idea of the moonshine distillery
S09 • E05 It could house over 1,000 soldiers, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:42
It could house over 1,000 soldiers,
S09 • E20 [narrator] He didn't give up hope - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:14
[narrator] He didn't give up hope
S09 • E14 [narrator] The ghost town of Roghudi Vecchio sits in a precarious position. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:22
[narrator] The ghost town of Roghudi Vecchio sits in a preca...
S09 • E15 When one played, the other rested. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:21
When one played, the other rested.
S09 • E02 [narrator] The people in charge of the prisoners - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:30
[narrator] The people in charge of the prisoners
S09 • E22 There's not only food, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
There's not only food,
S09 • E06 Almost from the start, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
Almost from the start,