Mysteries of the Abandoned
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Mysteries of the Abandoned

Some of the world's most amazing engineering projects now lie in ruins. How and why? These are the stories of the extraordinary people who originally designed them and of those whose ingenuity and brilliance is now giving many spectacular new life.
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Episodes

  1. S6 E1 - World's Strangest Disaster Zones

    March 25, 2020
    1 h 24 min
    TV-PG
    Special access to the world's strangest disaster zones reveals the buried secrets, eerie sightings, and long-lost treasures in ruined, apocalyptic hellscapes; new discoveries reveal why they were built and why they were abandoned.
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  2. S6 E2 - Swamp of Despair

    April 1, 2020
    42min
    TV-PG
    In a remote Louisiana swamp, the ruins of a massive industrial operation suggest that something evil once happened here, and new discoveries at this eerie site reveal what these abandoned buildings were for and why they were deserted.
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  3. S6 E3 - End Times on Lake Michigan

    April 8, 2020
    42min
    TV-PG
    An abandoned industrial complex on the shores of Lake Michigan was once a top-secret military compound that protected America from enemy attacks; new discoveries reveal what really happened here and why the government turned its back on this juggernaut.
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  4. S6 E4 - Hell on Blood Island

    April 15, 2020
    42min
    TV-PG
    An island of dense jungle is home to an abandoned complex with a dark past of bloodshed and rebellion, and new discoveries at this deserted place reveal why it was built and the gruesome circumstances of its downfall.
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  5. S6 E5 - Florida Doomsday Castle

    April 22, 2020
    42min
    TV-PG
    A strange bunker near the Kennedy Space Center once served a top-secret military function should doomsday ever come to the Sunshine State. Experts use declassified intel to reveal the sinister purpose of this forbidding facility and why it was abandoned.
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  6. S6 E6 - The Killer in the Castle

    April 29, 2020
    42min
    TV-PG
    An abandoned castle is the site of hundreds of horrific murders perpetrated by the mysterious countess who once lived there, a woman alleged to be one of the most prolific killers in history. New discoveries reveal what really happened here.
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  7. S6 E7 - Towers of Blood

    May 6, 2020
    42min
    TV-PG
    Abandoned towers in southern Greece are the ruins of a fearsome warrior civilization descended from the Spartans, and new discoveries reveal the role these towers played during generations of violent blood feuds among the clans that lived here.
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  8. S6 E8 - The Thing on Hell Mountain

    May 13, 2020
    48min
    TV-PG
    A massive, alien-like fortress built into a mountainside is the central node to a network of pipelines that race outwards like tentacles. Behind-the-scenes access reveals the secrets of why this strange complex was built and why it was abandoned.
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  9. S6 E9 - Anarchy on Ireland's Alcatraz

    May 20, 2020
    48min
    TV-PG
    The ruins of an abandoned prison are evidence of a chaotic riot that put the prisoners in charge. Special access to its burnt-out interior reveal how inmates took over Ireland's Alcatraz and why it is deserted today.
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  10. S6 E10 - House of Horror

    May 27, 2020
    48min
    TV-PG
    An eerie set of buildings in Paris is evidence of an unspeakable evil. New discoveries reveal the horrific things that happened here and why they were abandoned.
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  11. S6 E11 - Nightmare at Fort Paranoia

    June 3, 2020
    48min
    TV-PG
    A strange bunker in a treacherous landscape once belonged a notorious dictator whose paranoid fantasies drove bizarre and elaborate feats of engineering. New discoveries reveal the secrets of these structures and the nightmares that built them.
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