Abandoned Engineering

Series 8

2021 · 12 episodes · 8h 48m in all · 7.5/10

Episodes

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   1. Heroes & Villains

   30 Jul 2021 · 44 min · 7.0/10

   The home of an African dictator and a sporting hero, and the facility that held apartheid's greatest critic are abandoned, but still have unique stories to tell.

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   2. Paradise Lost

   6 Aug 2021 · 44 min · 9.0/10

   Exploring a ghost town in Colorado, the remnants of an industrial enterprise in Puerto Rico, and a remote village on Cyprus.

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   3. A Royal Deception

   13 Aug 2021 · 44 min · 8.0/10

   Exploring a jungle refuge concealing a story of royal deceit, nuclear bunkers infiltrated by outsiders, and a haunted hospital marked by scandal.

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   4. Mafia Seaside Resort

   20 Aug 2021 · 44 min · 7.0/10

   Exploring a beachside resort with ties to the Russian mafia, a windswept base hiding lifesaving technology, and a site in Iowa plagued by its past.

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   5. The Giant Speaker

   27 Aug 2021 · 44 min · 7.0/10

   Exploring a bizarre block in Taiwan resembling a giant speaker, a pioneering venture in Alaska, and an alpine village that masks a military beast.

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   6. Cathedral of Sewage

   3 Sept 2021 · 44 min · 7.0/10

   An ominous tower in the forests of Croatia, a New York City complex that broke the mould, and a grand facility guarding the London riverbanks.

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   7. The Secret Bunker

   10 Sept 2021 · 44 min · 7.0/10

   Exploring a desert island with an infected past adrift from the US mainland, the brutalist palace of a mad Bulgarian dictator, and a doomed top-secret Nazi project.

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   8. The Battle of San Pietro

   17 Sept 2021 · 44 min · 8.0/10

   Featuring Italian ruins immortalised by Hollywood, a crumbling Chilean city with two lives and a brutalist Scottish relic whose prayers went unanswered.

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   9. Divine Intervention

   24 Sept 2021 · 44 min · 7.0/10

   Exploring a luxury resort that conceals a top-secret facility, a mysterious complex in Bali struck by disaster, and a relic of hope near Jerusalem.

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    10. Shadow of the Wars

    1 Oct 2021 · 44 min · 7.0/10

    Exploring a dystopian powerhouse in Pennsylvania, USA, a fairy-tale castle in Poland and AngloSaxon religious ruins across vast plains of Scotland.

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    11. Death In Paradise

    8 Oct 2021 · 44 min · 8.0/10

    Exploring a bloody battleground on the Pacific Island of Peleliu and an ominous military stronghold in Russia.

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    12. Before The Crown

    15 Oct 2021 · 44 min · 8.0/10

    This episode travels to Chile, the Maltese capital Valleta, Havana and Germany, to reveal: honeymoon home of a young princess that offered her a glimpse of freedom; grand monuments designed by the most notorious dictator of the twentieth century; a sprawling industrial complex?the site of a ruthless disappearance; and?the artistic dream of?a revolutionary now in?ruins.