The BEST episodes of Abandoned Engineering season 5
Every episode of Abandoned Engineering season 5, ranked from best to worst by thousands of votes from fans of the show. The best episodes of Abandoned Engineering season 5!
As the saying goes – they probably seemed like good ideas at the time. The world is peppered with examples of incredible engineering projects and buildings designed to make life easier for those that used them, amaze those that came to see them, and make money for those that ordered, designed and built them. They were the stuff of dreams. Each and every one of these extraordinary places is home to a wealth of powerful and compelling stories. We’ll see and hear about some of the most spectacular examples of abandoned engineering the world has ever known. We’ll show how and why they were built, consider the financial and social costs of their failure and examine the environmental and ecological impacts.
#1 - Ghosts of the Swamp
Season 5 - Episode 6 - Aired 2/25/2020
Including an exploration of forgotten relics from the defence of America's homeland, at Fort Jackson, USA, concealed by the banks of the Mississippi River; a concrete behemoth at Lorient Sub Base, on the coast of France, that proved invulnerable to enemy bombardment; and a ghostly ruin at Gwrych that is now home to a haunting presence.
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#2 - Escape from Devil's Island
Season 5 - Episode 3 - Aired 2/4/2020
Claustrophobic prison cells that contain a story worthy of international acclaim, and a vast mountainside complex that held the power to change the world.
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#3 - Disaster in the Desert
Season 5 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/21/2020
The desert town that faced a disaster of biblical proportions. Plus, vast coastal ruins that reveal a past once wiped from history.
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#4 - A Nation Torn Apart
Season 5 - Episode 5 - Aired 2/18/2020
Including an exploration of a marooned iron-clad structure in Portland, off the coast of England, that hides a dramatic story of war and resilience; Pratt Cotton Gin Mill, a vast facility in the heart of America's deep south that helped tear apart a nation; and a Mediterranean island fortress at Spinalonga, Greece, that became the scene of a dark conspiracy.
#5 - The Valkyrie Assassin
Season 5 - Episode 2 - Aired 1/28/2020
The underground base with the power to destroy a nation, the site linked with an attempt to kill a dictator, and an ancient world discovered in the American wilderness.
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#6 - Death Behind Bars
Season 5 - Episode 7 - Aired 3/3/2020
An American prison for the violent and deranged with links to an infamous cult leader, and a cavernous tunnel network in France offering shelter from unrelenting bombardment.
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#7 - Behind Enemy Lines
Season 5 - Episode 8 - Aired 3/10/2020
An Albanian village home to Allied secret agents, devastated for resisting the Nazi war machine, and a notorious asylum in America that enforced lobotomies on a terrifying scale.
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#8 - Top Secret Nuclear Arsenal
Season 5 - Episode 4 - Aired 2/11/2020
A secretive underground base that concealed the power to destroy nations, and a sprawling industrial relic clinging to the edge of an unforgiving waterfall.