Abandoned Engineering

2017•13 series

Available on U&Yesterday

`Abandoned Engineering' explores some of the world's biggest and most mysterious abandoned constructions, structures that, at the time, were among the most advanced engineering projects ever undertaken. Beyond the structures themselves, the team explores the histories and mysteries behind them, including what happened at infamous locations such as a former pirate city in Jamaica, a Croatian gulag and a Louisiana plantation. Other sites, such as an ancient burial sites in the United Kingdom, reveal past practices that seem haunting.

Episode 1Murder on the Reservation

Exploring an Oklahoman town so wealthy it inspired a Hollywood film.

Episode 2Slam Dunkin' in the USSR

Exploring a derelict stadium in Lithuania that hosted an unlikely Cold War matchup and an industrial relic in England.

Episode 3Nightmare in El Paso

Exploring a crumbling hospital complex in Germany that became the site of unspeakable atrocities and a sprawling Texan farmstead with a hellish reputation.

Episode 4Border Wars

Exploring two ornate buildings in Texas that were once at the heart of the Mexican Revolution and a top-secret facility outside Berlin, used by a ruthless dictator to escape justice.

Episode 5Napoleon's Mistress

Exploring a palatial ruin in Philadelphia built from the riches of an industrial golden age and a country palace in Poland, the scene of a honey-trap devised to ensnare Napoleon.

Episode 6Hell's Waiting Room

Exploring a concentration camp in the Czech Republic used for a publicity stunt to fool the world and a stark facility that once housed Oscar Wilde.

Episode 7Apocalypse Airbase

Exploring a nuclear-armed facility in Arkansas that served as America's last line of defence in the Cold War and an industrial relic in Wales that felt a young Winston Churchill's wrath.

Episode 8Mafia Wars

Exploring derelict villas in Sicily that reveal the island's complicated history with the Mafia and an aristocratic mansion in Ireland embroiled in a bizarre terrorist plot.

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