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Mysteries of the Abandoned

Something catastrophic caused this well-built wallto collapse. If there's a failure in...

[Steven]
Something catastrophic caused this well-built wall
to collapse. [Claire]
If there's a failure in either
the masonry structure or an explosive failure, then you're basically sitting
on a bomb of energy

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[Steven] Something catastrophic
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caused this well-built wall to collapse.
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[Claire] If there's a failure
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in either the masonry structure
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or an explosive failure,
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then you're basically sitting on a bomb of energy.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
19
Timestamp in Movie
00:23:04
Uploaded
Jul 07, 2025
Season
9
Episode
8
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 • E01 [narrator] At the end of the 20th Century, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
[narrator] At the end of the 20th Century,
S09 • E02 You've got these long corridors. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
You've got these long corridors.
S09 • E10 [narrator] By the 1920s, more than 30,000 - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:32
[narrator] By the 1920s, more than 30,000
S09 • E18 [narrator] The only way to discover the secret this doorway guards... - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:15
[narrator] The only way to discover the secret this doorway ...
S09 • E13 [narrator] On the hillside, just a few miles north, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:19
[narrator] On the hillside, just a few miles north,
S09 • E17 [Bell] This is where one of the most shocking scenes - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
[Bell] This is where one of the most shocking scenes
S09 • E03 [Oscar in Spanish] We are entering the place where Antonio got inspired. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[Oscar in Spanish] We are entering the place where Antonio g...
S09 • E06 There's a bit of industrial equipment. It's clearly something was going on here. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
There's a bit of industrial equipment. It's clearl...
S09 • E15 [Rob Bell] And as you peer out of what used to be a doorway, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
[Rob Bell] And as you peer out of what used to be a doorway,
S09 • E12 [narrator] In the New Mexico desert - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:21
[narrator] In the New Mexico desert
S09 • E07 This facility was at the vanguard of technology at a time - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
This facility was at the vanguard of technology at a time
S09 • E04 A long tunnel contained a cooker tank, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
A long tunnel contained a cooker tank,
S09 • E14 [narrator] Once the Cold War ended, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
[narrator] Once the Cold War ended,
S09 • E22 When lots of people lived here, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
When lots of people lived here,
S09 • E15 [narrator] But on the artwork-dobbed walls - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[narrator] But on the artwork-dobbed walls
S09 • E11 [narrator] But a ruined building nearby suggests that this place - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
[narrator] But a ruined building nearby suggests that this p...
S09 • E02 [narrator] In the beginning, this site stood - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
[narrator] In the beginning, this site stood
S09 • E06 One of the reasons that this space is interesting - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
One of the reasons that this space is interesting
S09 • E08 [Steven] As the pieces of this stone jigsaw come together, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
[Steven] As the pieces of this stone jigsaw come together,
S09 • E19 [narrator] On the coast of West Africa - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
[narrator] On the coast of West Africa