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Mysteries of the Abandoned

Season 1 2017
TV-14

  • 2017-04-21T01:00:00Z on Science
  • 42m
  • 4h 27m (6 episodes)
  • United States
  • English
  • Documentary
They were once some of the most advanced structures and facilities on the planet, standing at the cutting-edge of design and construction. Today they are abandoned, dangerous, some of them even deadly. From uninhabited cities to empty factories, these long-forgotten engineering marvels are scattered around the globe. Science Channel uncovers why some of the world's most advanced architectural achievements were eventually left behind in the all-new series Mysteries of the Abandoned.

6 episodes

Series Premiere

2017-04-21T01:00:00Z

1x01 Nazi Ghost Town

Series Premiere

1x01 Nazi Ghost Town

  • 2017-04-21T01:00:00Z45m

Revisiting deserted engineering projects to find out how they were built and why they were mysteriously abandoned.
Stories:
1) Goat Canyon Trestle Bridge, California, USA;
2) Duga Woodpecker, Duga, Ukraine;
3) Prora, Germany;
4) Grand Goulets Road, France

2017-04-27T01:00:00Z

1x02 Curse Of Hell Island

1x02 Curse Of Hell Island

  • 2017-04-27T01:00:00Z45m

Exploring a top-secret relic that could have changed the Cold War, a ghost town that was once a dangerous industrial hellscape, a wooden road, and a giant warship at the bottom of the ocean.
Stories:
1) H.A.R.P. Super Gun, Yuma, Arizona;
2) Hashima Island Coal Mine, Japan;
3) Plank Road, California, USA;
4) Half Moon Bay, Victoria, Australia

2017-04-28T01:00:00Z

1x03 Phantoms Of Chernobyl

1x03 Phantoms Of Chernobyl

  • 2017-04-28T01:00:00Z45m

Exploring the Kinzua Bridge in Pennsylvania; what happened to the large town located just outside of Chernobyl on the eve of disaster in Pripyat, Ukraine; a dangerous mountain road in Italy that changed history; a fleet of ghost ships in Maryland.
Stories:
1) Kinzua Viaduct, Pennsylvania, USA;
2) Pripyat, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, Ukraine;
3) 52 Tunnel Road, Monte Pasubio, Italy;
4) Mallows Bay, Maryland, USA

2017-05-05T01:00:00Z

1x04 Wild West Apocalypse

1x04 Wild West Apocalypse

  • 2017-05-05T01:00:00Z45m

Stories of incredible engineering projects that are now deserted.
Stories:
1) Launch Complex 33, White Sands, New Mexico, USA;
2) Zeljava Air Base, Croatia;
3) Kelenföld Power Plant, Budapest, Hungary;
4) Scapa Flow, Orkney Islands, Scotland, UK

2017-05-12T01:00:00Z

1x05 Soviet Doomsday Device

1x05 Soviet Doomsday Device

  • 2017-05-12T01:00:00Z42m

Abandoned engineering projects include a strange tower that left an enduring legacy in Russia; a top-secret Nazi facility in Peenemunde, Germany; the Marx generator in Istra, Russia; the Mam Tor road in The United Kingdom; an abandoned road in Cape Town, South Africa. Stories: 1) Shukhov Tower, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia; 2) Peenemunde, Usedom, Germany; 3) Marx Generator, Istra, Russia; 4) Mam Tor, Derbyshire UK; 5) Foreshore Freeway Bridge, Cape Town, South Africa

Season Finale

2017-05-19T01:00:00Z

1x06 The Tesla Conspiracy

Season Finale

1x06 The Tesla Conspiracy

  • 2017-05-19T01:00:00Z45m

An ambitious Nazi project in the Czech Republic; a Cold War relic in Rochester, England; a cutting-edge research complex built by Nikola Tesla; and a research station in the California mountains.
Stories:
1) Borovsko Bridge, Švihov, Czechoslovakia;
2) B39 Black Widow, Rochester, England;
3) Wardenclyffe Tower, Long Island, USA;
4) Barcroft Field Station, California, USA

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