Mysteries of the Abandoned
The world's most incredible engineering projects are revisited to uncover why places full of mysteries and untold secrets are now abandoned ruins.
Genre: Documentary
Cast:Steven Kearney , Dominic Selwood , Michele Mitchell , Kasper Michaels , Rob Bell , Andrew Gough , Lynette Nusbacher , Sascha Auerbach , Saul David , Lucie Green , Martin Archer , Daniel Dickrell , Geoffrey Wawro , Roma Agrawal , James Meigs , Alicia Gutierrez-Romine , Andrew Lambert , James S. Corum
S1.E1 ∙ Nazi Ghost Town
Some of the world's most incredible engineering projects are now deserted. Revisit a Soviet megastructure, a massive Nazi brainwashing complex, and a dangerous desert pass (the Goat Canyon Trestle in Carrizo Gorge, California) to find out how they were built and why they were mysteriously abandoned.
S1.E2 ∙ Curse of Hell Island
Some of the world's most incredible engineering projects are now deserted. Explore a ghost town that was once a dangerous industrial hellscape, a giant warship at the bottom of the ocean, and a top secret relic that could have changed the Cold War.
S1.E3 ∙ Phantoms of Chernobyl
Exploring various historical sites, who built them and why they became abandoned...the Kinzua Viaduct from Pennsylvania to the Great Lakes region, built by the Phoenix Steel Company in 1882 and brought down 44 years after it becomes a tourist attraction by an F-1 tornado which topples over half the bridge in 2003; Chernobyl in Pripryat, Ukraine built in 1970 by the USSR a restricted, technologically advanced city that could house around 50,000 people, which fell to disaster on 26 April 1986 when reactor 4 melts down and the residents are only evacuated after 30 hours, never to return; 52 Tunnel Road, Monte Pasubio Italy, carved 4 miles long at 6,600 feet elevation through the top of the Italian alps in 1916, in only 9 months during brutal winter weather, in an attempt to stop the WWI troops from invading through the mountains to Venice, which costs hundreds of lives in the making but at completion accomplishes its goal, only to be abandoned by the Italian army in 1936 after several major accidents and deaths, though it is still open to the public who dare to traverse the rubble; in the shallow waters of Mallows Bay, Maryland on the edge of the Potomac River, lie the remains of over 200 wooden steamships, some up to 300 feet in length, built by 87 companies in 1917 to ship supplies of munitions to the Allies in Europe during WWI, never to be used for their purpose because of budgetary, engineering and time constraints, which now form part of a huge nature reserve providing refuge for ospreys and water fowl.
S1.E4 ∙ Wild West Apocalypse
Some of the world's most incredible engineering projects are now deserted. Explore what happened to a massive military site that was once a hotbed for nuclear testing, a top secret airbase hidden inside a mountain, and an otherworldly power plant.
S1.E5 ∙ Soviet Doomsday Device
Some of the world's most incredible engineering projects are now deserted. Explore what happened to a classified Soviet machine built to prevent all-out nuclear war, a top secret Nazi facility, and a strange tower that left an enduring legacy.
S1.E6 ∙ The Tesla Conspiracy
Some of the world's most incredible engineering projects are now deserted. Explore what happened to a cutting-edge research complex built by a visionary genius, an ambitious Nazi project that met a sinister end, and a Cold War relic that changed history.
S1.E7 ∙ The Devil's Road
Some of the world's most incredible engineering projects now lie in ruins. These deserted places are home to extraordinary mysteries and untold secrets, and we revisit them to understand how they were built, and why they were abandoned.
S2.E1 ∙ Armageddon Highway
A strange Cuban prison, an eerie escape route built for Armageddon, and an underwater marvel that changed history are mysterious deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
S2.E2 ∙ Curse of the Haunted Prison
A mysterious American pyramid built out of Cold War paranoia, a haunted prison, and a strange cluster of structures in the Atlantic are mysterious deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
S2.E3 ∙ Arctic Hell Pit
Traces of a Russian hole to hell in the Arctic, a military base in America's wild west, and a strange looming tower are mysterious deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries real how they were built and why they were abandoned.
S2.E4 ∙ Desert Ghost Fort
A secret Russian military base in the Gobi Desert, a strange complex in an American wasteland, and a relic high atop a mountain are mysterious deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
S2.E5 ∙ Conspiracy on Devil's Mountain
A secret structure on a sinister mountain, an industrial compound swallowed by a forest, and a mysterious run in a sand dune are strange deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
S2.E6 ∙ Secrets of the Alien Shrine
A strange alien shrine on a mountain peak, a bridge built in the Alaskan wilderness, and an American castle with a dangerous secret are mysterious deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
S2.E7 ∙ Amazon Ghost Town
An American ghost town in the Amazon jungle, a secret Nazi base, and a deadly concrete fortress 866 miles long are mysterious deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
S2.E8 ∙ Sea Fortress of Doom
A terrifying sea fortress, a highway in the Amazon that suddenly vanishes, and a mysterious structure in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty are deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
S3.E0 ∙ Chernobyl's Deadly Secrets
Go inside the abandoned city of Chernobyl to follow an investigation into the truth behind the nuclear meltdown there over 30 years ago. New evidence reveals that this accident may be one of the greatest sabotages in history.
S3.E1 ∙ Doomsday at Dragon's Teeth
Eerie ghost ships stranded in an alien desert, sinister ruins known as the Dragon's Teeth, and a ghostly complex with a bloody past are deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
S3.E2 ∙ Nightmare on Blood Mountain
A ghost ship thousands of miles away from where anyone expected, a bridge to nowhere in Florida's Hurricane Alley, and a haunting mountain complex with a bloody secret are deserted engineering projects; new discoveries reveal why they were abandoned.
S3.E3 ∙ Tower of Death
An alien Nazi structure that changed history, a strange Soviet monolith known as the Tower of Death, and a concrete ocean giant are deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
S3.E4 ∙ Underwater Ghost Prison
An entrance to the underworld in the American wild, a haunting Soviet underwater prison, and a strange complex of towers in a forest of ice are deserted engineering projects, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
S3.E5 ∙ America's Doomsday Town
A strange deserted city in America's heartland, an eerie gigantic wall deep in snow-capped mountains, and a mysterious top-secret Soviet facility are deserted engineering projects. New discoveries reveal how they were built & why they were abandoned.
S3.E6 ∙ City of the Damned
A deserted town in Spain with a bloody past and a ghost fleet heading nowhere are homes to dark American secrets, and new discoveries reveal how they were built and why they were abandoned.
S3.E7 ∙ The Town That Disappeared
A haunted lighthouse on Lake Michigan, a town where everyone seems to have vanished all at once, and a secret complex of tunnels beneath London are deserted engineering projects.
S3.E8 ∙ Twisted Relics
This episode is a mashup of S03E06, "City of the Damned" and S03E04, "Underwater Ghost Prison".
S3.E9 ∙ Nazi Death Star
A Nazi fortress that could have changed history if it was finished, an underwater graveyard of unexpected American treasures, and a network of tunnels hiding a secret history of New York were abandoned for mysterious reasons.
S3.E10 ∙ Secrets of Alien Stonehenge
New discoveries reveal why a sinister alien Stonehenge is abandoned
S4.E1 ∙ World's Strangest Ghost Towns
The world's strangest ghost towns are home to dark secrets, creepy buildings and eerie sights; new discoveries reveal why they were abandoned.
S4.E2 ∙ Secret of Supervillain Island
Yugoslav strongman Josip Broz Tito's secret Cold War military compound on the Croatian island of Vis, San Francisco's Sutro Baths, Australian Convict Sites in Port Arthur, Tasmania, and Hitler 's unfinished Deutsches Stadion in Nuremberg.
S4.E3 ∙ Escobar's Castle
The ruins of a once-palatial compound contain the secrets of one of history's most notorious criminals, and new discoveries reveal why this high-security estate was built and why it was abandoned.
S4.E4 ∙ Labyrinth of the Dead
Tunnels filled with human bones lie beneath the streets of Paris, and this horrifying engineering marvel points to a dark secret. New discoveries reveal why this grisly underground death maze was built, and why it was abandoned.
S4.E5 ∙ Treasure of Outlaw Valley
A ghost town in the American West was once a Gold Rush hotspot and one of the most violent places in America. Today, there are legends of a secret treasure buried in the surrounding hills, and new discoveries might finally reveal its true location. Also, in remote southern Poland, the Nazis used slave labor to create a vast underground maze of tunnels, the purpose of which still is not fully understood. And, at the southwestern tip of England in Cornwall, bizarre circular mounds are found near ruins. Copper and tin were mined here, but the production of a deadly chemical surged in the 19th century when the mines began to play out. Also, a site in Germany (Wünsdorf) that changed drastically in March 1994 is examined.
S4.E6 ∙ Alaska's Fort Apocalypse
A huge derelict compound near Alaska's frigid coast. A park in Spain stands forgotten despite vast numbers of visitors. Concrete structures form a line through Western Germany. Budapest is home to an abandoned industrial complex.
S4.E7 ∙ Alien Hell Portal
A strange complex of tunnels on the grounds of a bizarre mansion were under lock-and-key for a century, and since its rediscovery, some believe its mysterious place is a gate to hell. New discoveries reveal its secret purpose and why it was abandoned.
S4.E8 ∙ Pompeii's Gate to Hell
Berlin's mysterious prison complex and office block. A massive pit carved out of the Western U.S. coast. An underground labyrinth crumbles in the shadow of Mt. Vesuvius. An Island off the Pacific coast of Costa Rica hides a dark past.
S4.E9 ∙ Haunting on Plague Island
A strange complex of buildings on a remote tropical island was once home to a large seaside community, but today, locals avoid the area and claim that it's haunted. New discoveries reveal why this eerie place was built and why it was abandoned.
S5.E1 ∙ Jungle of the Damned
At an infamous prison in the Amazon, the most dangerous criminals on earth faced hard labor, a hostile environment, and death by guillotine; today, it's deserted, and new discoveries reveal why this compound was built and why it was abandoned.
S5.E2 ∙ American Atlantis
An abandoned town in the Nevada desert are the ruins of an American Atlantis, destroyed by catastrophic floods when the Hoover Dam was built; today, experts investigate the secrets of this town as water levels recede.
S5.E3 ∙ Haunting of Heartbreak Castle
A mysterious castle was once a fairy tale estate, but today, the building is said to be haunted, and experts investigate the secrets of this eerie fortress and the ghostly stories inside.
S5.E4 ∙ Kingdom of the Vanished
A mysterious town in the hills of South Africa was once a booming community, but today, the eerie place is deserted; experts reveal the cataclysm that caused the people of this once-prosperous town to suddenly leave and never come back.
S5.E5 ∙ Journey to Outcast Island
On a desolate island near Greece, abandoned buildings are evidence of a group of people that were forbidden to leave; experts reveal who was forced to stay here and if there was a cover-up to conceal what really happened at this strange place.
S5.E6 ∙ Secrets of the Doomsday Caves
A vast network of subterranean bunkers in the American west was home to the power to destroy nations, but today, this facility is deserted, and new discoveries reveal why this eerie place was built and why it was abandoned.
S5.E7 ∙ The Devil's Prison
A haunted prison with a terrifying past once housed America's most notorious criminals, but today, the fortress stands in ruin, and experts reveal evidence of ghostly secrets hidden in the crumbling jailhouse walls.
S5.E8 ∙ Curse of Satan's Catacombs
An abandoned system of caves was once the meeting place of a secret society that worshiped Satan and performed black magic, and new discoveries at this mysterious site reveal what really happened here and why a Founding Father was a frequent guest.
S6.E1 ∙ The World's Strangest Disaster Zones
Special access to the world's strangest disaster zones reveals buried secrets. The Top 10 Strangest Disaster Zones: 10) Dallol, Afar Region, Ethiopia; 9) Muynak, Karakalpakstan, Uzbekistan; 8) Exclusion Zone, Plymouth, Montserrat; 7) 921 Earthquake Faultline, Nantou County, Taiwan; 6) Vajont Dam, Bellund, Italy; 5) Tomioka, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan; 4) Centralia, Columbia County, Pennsylvania,USA; 3) Porong District, Java, Indonesia; 2) Villa Epecuén, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina; 1) Longyearbyen, Svalbard, Norway.
S6.E2 ∙ Swamp of Despair
In a remote Louisiana swamp, the ruins of a massive industrial operation suggest that something evil once happened here.
S6.E3 ∙ End Times on Lake Michigan
An abandoned industrial complex by Lake Michigan was once a top-secret military compound; new discoveries reveal what really happened here and why the government turned its back on this juggernaut.
S6.E4 ∙ Hell on Blood Island
An island of dense jungle is home to an abandoned complex with a dark past of bloodshed and rebellion, and new discoveries reveal why it was built and the circumstances of its downfall.
S6.E5 ∙ Florida Doomsday Castle
Silos, channels and railroad lines hidden behind a forest in Poland has an explosive WW II history; a rare structurally protected bunker in Florida was part of an intricate network; Ghana's Gold Coast Fort hides the horrors of greed; a 1901 industrial complex in Belgrade, Serbia has a bloody past.
S6.E6 ∙ The Killer in the Castle
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 happened here.
S6.E7 ∙ Towers of Blood
A monstrous, high-tech aircraft in Ukraine is left abandoned; scenic ruins on Scotland Loch Ewe mask a hostile past; ghostly wartime facilities with slides in rural Indiana house secrets; and towers in Greece have violent, bloody ties to The Maniots, descendants of Spartans.
S6.E8 ∙ The Thing on Hell Mountain
An 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.
S6.E9 ∙ Anarchy on Ireland's Alcatraz
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.
S6.E10 ∙ House Of Horror
An eerie set of buildings in Paris is evidence of unspeakable evil; new discoveries reveal the horrific things that happened here, and why they were abandoned.
S6.E11 ∙ Nightmare at Fort Paranoia
A strange bunker in a treacherous landscape once belonged a notorious dictator who's paranoid fantasies drove bizarre and elaborate feats of engineering. New discoveries reveal the secrets of these structures.
S7.E1 ∙ Into the Murder Labyrinth
An underground labyrinth can warp the mind and turn friend into foe.
S7.E2 ∙ American Ghost Park
An abandoned theme park is home to secrets of a forgotten, imaginary world.
S7.E3 ∙ Secrets of Mafia Island
Experts reveal how mafiosi were imprisoned on a Mediterranean Island.
S7.E4 ∙ Greatest Icons
Experts reveal ten of the world's most iconic abandoned places.
S7.E5 ∙ Factory of Death
Experts investigate a classified military wasteland in Wales with a deadly past; an abandoned waterfront facility on Malta; the remains of an ill-fated mill town in rural Pennsylvania; and the remains of a partially built tunnel in Kiev.
S7.E6 ∙ Ghosts of Black Mountain
Ghostly remnants of a beautifully constructed town in the remote backwoods of Kentucky suggests a forgotten tale of utter catastrophe and devastation; experts investigate and uncover the dark and oppressive history of a deadly industrial mining complex.
S7.E7 ∙ The Doom of El Dorado
The haunting remnants of a settlement in the Nevada desert lie scattered with decaying machinery and remain trapped in a bizarre time-warp; experts uncover a forgotten mine where dreams of discovering a fortune were met with chaos and murder.
S7.E8 ∙ Ruins of the Rust Belt
A complex of tall, windowless buildings in the American Rust Belt holds the secrets to a lost empire of industry and wealth; experts investigate these mysterious structures to reveal why this once powerful metropolis is now home to abandoned ruins.
S7.E9 ∙ Fortress of the Spy
A battle-scarred ruin in the Middle East is evidence of espionage that resulted in tremendous violence on a vast scale; experts expose the truth behind the strange building that holds the secrets of one of the world's most infamous deceptions.
S7.E10 ∙ Mystery of the Alien Base
Abandoned hangers and bunkers populate a bizarre facility in the middle of nowhere, but among them are other structures whose purpose are oddly obscured; experts investigate a highly-classified military cover-up with extraterrestrial objectives.
S7.E11 ∙ Ghosts of the Cursed Castle
The ruins of a historic Scottish castle are now a bewitching wilderness of hidden dangers with deadly booby traps obscured afoot; experts and historians reveal a bygone Second World War military hospital with bizarre ties to an infamous Nazi occupant.
S8.E1 ∙ The Good, the Bad, and the Abandoned
The world's abandoned structures hold new evidence about the lives and deeds of history's greatest heroes and villains, and using the latest discoveries at these mysterious sites, experts count down the ten most significant.
S8.E2 ∙ Ruins of Disaster Park
A collection of ramshackle structures with a mystical facade lie mysteriously deserted on the tropical island of Bali; experts investigate and uncover the ruins of a bizarre amusement park complex with a disastrous past.
S8.E3 ∙ Fortress of Nuclear Secrets
Long, dome-like structures camouflaged by a rural landscape conceal the remains of concrete vaults with a hidden history; experts investigate and uncover state-of-the-art bunkers built to conceal and protect a deadly nuclear secret.
S8.E4 ∙ Plague on Hell Island
A strange sea fortress that guards icy waters is home to a grim secret; experts investigate the mysteries at this eerie structure, which fought an invisible enemy far more deadly than ever imagined.
S8.E5 ∙ Florida Death Fortress
A desert island adrift in the Gulf of Mexico contains a massive and marooned structure with a contagious past; experts investigate and uncover a desolate military fortress turned prison and plagued by a deadly disease.
S8.E6 ∙ Hollywood vs. Nazis
A war-torn Italian ghost town immortalized by a legendary Hollywood director blurs the lines between fiction and reality; experts investigate and uncover a forgotten landscape of ruins captured in a WWII documentary
S8.E7 ∙ Hitler's Nightmare Palace
The ruins of a dreamlike Polish palace hide an astonishingly dark history that's shrouded in mystery to this day; experts investigate and uncover an ornate gothic structure that concealed a nightmare of Nazi experimentation.
S8.E8 ∙ Alien Ghost Tower
A breathtaking stainless steel tower seems otherworldly and out of place in the remote mountain forests of Croatia; experts investigate and uncover a dark past of Nazi-led conflict and a monument to a desperate fight for survival.
S8.E9 ∙ Russian Mafia Resort
A derelict beach side resort along the Black Sea is constructed upon deception and deep connections to the criminal underworld; experts investigate and uncover dark secrets behind a sprawling holiday complex constructed by the Russian mafia.
S8.E10 ∙ Ghosts of Mount Fortune
The haunting remains of an isolated ghost town high in the Colorado mountains suggest a once booming mining community left in devastation; experts uncover an inhospitable land of shattered dreams where fortune seekers chased the American dream.
S8.E11 ∙ Chinese Nuclear Box
An enormous concrete box with bizarre circular openings looms on the coast of an island near mainland China; Experts investigate and uncover tunnels leading to an enormous underground complex that nearly triggered a nuclear war.
S8.E30 ∙ Rock 'N' Roll Island
This Caribbean mecca for rock legends was envisioned by famous Beatles producer George Martin; although many legendary records were made there, the studio had to close after a series of natural disasters rocked the
S8.E41 ∙ Penthouse Palace
A porn baron establishes a hedonistic paradise in hopes of averting nuclear catastrophe -- attracting rich and infamous clients in the process.
S9.E2 ∙ The Beached Leviathan (Castaway of Soviet War)
A war machine is stranded in Dagestan, Russia. Experts investigate and uncover the ruins of an experimental Soviet vehicles.
S9.E5 ∙ Ruins of the Nazi Resort
The local expert and scholars examine the Eden Resort in Cordoba, Argentina.
S9.E8 ∙ Hidden Hell of Angel Island
A cluster of military defensive structures on a San Francisco Bay Island; experts investigate a hidden Civil War outpost.
S9.E15 ∙ Remnants of Rocket Complex
The scholars investigate a derelict industrial complex in the Florida Everglades.
S9.E18 ∙ Curse of Cowboy Mountain
Abandoned theme park Ghost Town in the Sky, located in Maggie Valley, North Carolina is visited. In the country of Georgia, a derelict Soviet cable car system is explored. Guernsey in the Channel Islands is visited to explore abandoned underground tunnels.
S9.E40 ∙ Historic Remains of USS Hornet
A legendary U.S. Naval war vessel now stands as a monument to space exploration in Alameda, Calif.; experts reveal how a formidable WWII aircraft carrier served a vital role in historic Apollo spaceflight recovery missions.
S10.E2 ∙ Castle Kingdom
Half-built castles stand as a whimsical reminder of a neighborhood that was supposed to feature thermal baths and panoramic views; the ambitious project came to an abrupt halt when the construction company began to face
S10.E4 ∙ K-Pop Dreamland
This Seoul amusement park is full of rusted-out rides and unfinished renovations; forced to close due to financial problems, the park has found a second life after being used as the setting of K-pop album covers and
S10.E5 ∙ The True Cross
In a California desert, a once glittering Hollywood hotspot gets converted into a top-secret interrogation center for POWs; before being shuttered, this high-tech facility gathered reams of valuable wartime intelligence.
S10.E6 ∙ Blues Prison
Formerly known as one of the toughest prisons in America, this massive complex was once home to medical experiments and a chaotic hostage situation; it's better remembered as the setting for the iconic opening scene
S10.E7 ∙ Fake News Fortress
Graffiti scratched into the walls of a military base on the British coast sheds light on a secret raid against the Nazis; the story left behind by the soldiers does not match the rosy picture that was painted by the media.
S10.E8 ∙ Turkish Wonderland
In the Turkish capital, ambitious plans for a new amusement park are disrupted by financial, mechanical and political problems, forcing the park to close; now its old roller coasters stand as symbols of excess on the city
