The WORST episodes of Mysteries of the Abandoned

#1 - The Killer in the Castle

Season 6 - Episode 6 - Aired 4/30/2020

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 really happened here.

#2 - End Times on Lake Michigan

Season 6 - Episode 3 - Aired 4/9/2020

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. Stories: 1) Nike Missile Sites and Gary, Indiana, USA; 2) Vindolanda, Northumberland, UK; 3) Dire Dawa Railway Yard, Ethiopia; 4) Kaunas Fortress, Lithuania

#3 - The Good, Bad and Abandoned

Season 8 - Episode 1 - Aired 5/20/2021

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.

#4 - Psychiatric Ruins of Scotland

Season 9 - Episode 12 - Aired 5/26/2022

Ruins of an imposing mental health institution lie deserted in Scotland.

#5 - Derelict Housing of Protest

Season 9 - Episode 1 - Aired 1/2/2022

The bizarre remnants of a housing complex lie mysteriously deserted in an Ohio industrial town; experts investigate and uncover the dark, turbulent past of an oppressive steel company and labor strikes that resulted in deadly riots.

#6 - Ruins of Variety Theater

Season 9 - Episode 17 - Aired 7/7/2022

A once majestic theater now lies mysteriously derelict in Cleveland.

#7 - The Thing on Hell Mountain

Season 6 - Episode 8 - Aired 5/14/2020

A massive, alien-like fortress built into a mountainside is the central node to a network of pipelines that race outwards like tentacles. Stories: 1) Shuinandong Smelter, Jinguashi, Taiwan; 2) Chanute Air Force Base, Campaign County, Illinois, USA; 3) Pidhirtsi Castle, Ukraine; 4) Fort Hermann, Bovec Basin, Slovenia

#8 - The Real Shawshank

Season 3 - Episode 9 - Aired 12/4/2018

An eerie prison with a dark past that became the setting of an iconic Hollywood movie and alien monoliths on a strange and remote island are deserted engineering projects. Stories: 1) Ohio State Reformatory, Mansfield, Ohio, USA; 2) Batterie Mirus, Guernsey, UK; 3) Jussarö Island, Raseborg, Finland; 4) Orford Ness, Suffolk, UK

#9 - Ruins of the Nazi Resort

Season 9 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/21/2022

A majestic estate for the rich and powerful now lies abandoned in the highlands of Argentina; experts investigate and uncover a once struggling hotel that was transformed into a luxurious resort outpost for elite Nazi German sympathizers.

#10 - Curse of Cowboy Mountain

Season 9 - Episode 18 - Aired 7/14/2022

The bizarre remains of an Old West mining town lie mysteriously deserted high in the mountains of Maggie Valley, North Carolina; experts investigate and discover an abandoned ghost town theme park that some local residents believe carries a curse.

#11 - Towers of Blood

Season 6 - Episode 7 - Aired 5/7/2020

Abandoned towers in southern Greece are the ruins of a fearsome warrior civilization descended from the Spartans, and new discoveries reveal the role these towers played during generations of violent blood feuds among the clans that lived here. Stories: 1) Antonov AN-225, Kiev, Ukraine; 2) Loch Ewe, Scotland, UK; 3) Kingsbury Ordnance Plant, Indiana, USA; 4) Mani Peninsula, Greece

#12 - Hidden Tunnels of Gibraltar

Season 9 - Episode 14 - Aired 6/9/2022

A forgotten military fortification lies hidden in the Rock of Gibraltar.

#13 - The World’s Strangest Disaster Zones

Season 6 - Episode 1 - Aired 3/26/2020

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

#14 - Ghosts of Mount Fortune

Season 8 - Episode 10 - Aired 7/22/2021

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.

#15 - Bangkok's Ghost Tower

Season 9 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/14/2022

A luxurious skyscraper in Bangkok is now an eerily derelict ghost tower.

#16 - Ghosts of the Cursed Castle

Season 7 - Episode 11 - Aired 2/25/2021

The ruins of a historic Scottish castle is 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.

#17 - Remnants of Rocket Complex

Season 9 - Episode 15 - Aired 6/30/2022

The remains of rocket testing facility lie in the Florida Everglades.

#18 - Plague on Hell Island

Season 8 - Episode 4 - Aired 6/10/2021

Experts investigate the deadly legacy of an abandoned sea fort.

#19 - Remnants of Alien Contact

Season 9 - Episode 11 - Aired 5/19/2022

#20 - Hell on Blood Island

Season 6 - Episode 4 - Aired 4/16/2020

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. Stories: 1) Royal Hospital Haslar, Hampshire, UK; 2) Sloss Furnaces, Birmingham, Alabama, USA; 3) Sazan Island, Albania; 4) Cinnamon Bay Plantation Ruins, St. John, US Virgin Islands

#21 - Chinese Nuclear Box

Season 8 - Episode 11 - Aired 7/29/2021

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.

#22 - Historic Remains of USS Hornet

Season 9 - Episode 21 - Aired 10/27/2022

A legendary US Naval war vessel now stands as a monument to space exploration in Alameda, California; experts investigate and reveal how a formidable WWII aircraft carrier served a vital roll in historic Apollo spaceflight recovery missions.

#23 - Desolate Remnants of Agdam

Season 9 - Episode 13 - Aired 6/2/2022

The remnants of a desolate ghost town are uncovered in Azerbaijan.

#24 - Florida Doomsday Castle

Season 6 - Episode 5 - Aired 4/23/2020

A strange bunker near the Kennedy Space Center once served a top-secret military function should doomsday ever come; experts use declassified intel to reveal the purpose of this forbidding facility. Stories: 1) Christianstadt Dynamite Factory, Krzystkowice, Poland; 2) AT&T Bunker, Florida, USA; 3) Coastal Forts, Gold Coast, Ghana; 4) The Sugar Refinery, Belgrade, Serbia

#25 - Ruins of the Zoo Fortress

Season 9 - Episode 7 - Aired 4/28/2022

The ruins of a coastal fortress sit atop a jagged outcrop along the beaches of Wales; experts investigate and uncover a derelict 19th-century British fortification that housed a series of occupants, including an exotic, private zoo.