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Mysteries of the Abandoned

Traditionally, when the fedswould raid a still, they would use dynamiteand blow up the...

Traditionally, when the feds
would raid a still, they would use dynamite
and blow up the still. They didn't wanna blow it up because they
would have damaged or destroyed the racetrack. So they took heavy equipment
and just totally crushed it and buried it. [Dr. Landdeck] The sheriffs
did a really thorough job of destroying this. of destroying this. They just decimated it
completely to the point that today,
all that you can find is a hole on the ground
and the only thing we really know about
it is old photographs

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Traditionally, when the feds would raid a still,
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they would use dynamite and blow up the still.
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They didn't wanna blow it up
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because they would have damaged
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or destroyed the racetrack.
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So they took heavy equipment and just totally crushed it
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and buried it.
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[Dr. Landdeck] The sheriffs did a really thorough job
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of destroying this.
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of destroying this.
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They just decimated it completely
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to the point that today, all that you can find
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is a hole on the ground and the only thing
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we really know about it is old photographs.
Duration
31 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:25:35
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 And as they approached, he was trying to persuade them not to land, you know, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
And as they approached, he was trying to persuade them not t...
S09 • E07 The purpose of this facility was to pump water from the Hackensack River - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
The purpose of this facility was to pump water from the Hack...
S09 • E10 You see the newer beams and original beams. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
You see the newer beams and original beams.
S09 • E17 [Wawro] This place had everything, it had an indoor pool, it had an outdoor pool, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
[Wawro] This place had everything, it had an indoor pool, it...
S09 • E16 [Rob] Building this factory was an utterly remarkable engineering feat. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:14
[Rob] Building this factory was an utterly remarkable engine...
S09 • E18 [narrator] Yet Hitler was convinced - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:42
[narrator] Yet Hitler was convinced
S09 • E19 [narrator] This was the Ducor Palace Hotel. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
[narrator] This was the Ducor Palace Hotel.
S09 • E08 They constructed a series of dams to impound - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:46
They constructed a series of dams to impound
S09 • E09 On board, was a German, a business associate of his father's. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
On board, was a German, a business associate of his father&#...
S09 • E10 So, this is wood that is so solid, like, literally - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
So, this is wood that is so solid, like, literally
S09 • E06 The one thing that the soviets needed, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
The one thing that the soviets needed,
S09 • E15 Apparently, "Delilah" by Tom Jones was big hit here. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
Apparently, "Delilah" by Tom Jones was big hit her...
S09 • E14 Its name is actually Greek, but we're in Italy. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:34
Its name is actually Greek, but we're in Italy.
S09 • E22 And they don't just see a village, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
And they don't just see a village,
S09 • E09 And the man said that he'd just done some business deal with Michael's father, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
And the man said that he'd just done some business deal...
S09 • E11 And it's so sensitive, so volatile, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
And it's so sensitive, so volatile,
S09 • E07 [narrator] The steam-powered pumping station began by siphoning water - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:19
[narrator] The steam-powered pumping station began by siphon...
S09 • E10 The cost of a building like this, I can't even imagine. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
The cost of a building like this, I can't even imagine.
S09 • E21 [narrator] These rural ruins and battered brick shells six miles away - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:15
[narrator] These rural ruins and battered brick shells six m...
S09 • E22 [narrator] In 1963, the tow was earmarked for demolitio - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:23
[narrator] In 1963, the tow was earmarked for demolitio