15 Secret Hidden Places People Found In Their Homes

every home has its secrets especially old houses if those walls could talk am i right from hidden treasures in the crawl spaces or secret doors to creepy mysterious passages and dark attics filled with ancient valuables history is all around us in these unintentional archaeological discoveries some of the artifacts are tiny like coins hidden in the secret safe while others are more permanent features to the structure of the building like an ancient city hiding behind the wall or what about an entire pool that incredibly appears after cleaning up a backyard hopefully make our way up here without falling whatever the treasure and no matter where it's found there are clues that tell us about time past here are 15 secret hidden places people found in their homes [Music] number 15. the treasure hunt this little girl couldn't believe her amazing discovery imagine your seven-year-old self finding a secret doorway in your childhood bedroom well that's exactly what happened to her except what she didn't know is that her dad was responsible for the deluxe treasure hunting treat it was an elaborate production he had created for her amusement she was beyond thrilled the little treasure hunter couldn't stop showing off her amazing discovery to her mother and grandmother it was enough to keep her occupied for hours obviously dad's creative idea and hard work paid off big time the little girl spent the rest of the day pouring over the box of treasures her parents and grandmother seemed just as excited to spend time playing with her finds as well after all they haven't seen the contents of the box in more than half a decade one look at this delighted daughter's face was all it took to know that she'd cherish these memories forever and dad of the year goes too you want to know a little secret if you smash the like button subscribe and click the notification bell you'll have super powers for the rest of your life so what are you waiting for time to fly number 14 an ancient museum israeli authorities have identified a rare well-preserved 2000 year old jewish ritual bath hidden under the floorboards of a home in jerusalem the discovery shines new light on ancient jewish and early christian communities in the areas but the people that owned the home literally kept the treasure hidden under a rug for three years before choosing to come clean the family found evidence of the mikvah or jewish ritual bath while renovating their home construction workers were using heavy machinery that sunk through a hole leading the crew to discover the bath the family was unsure of the significance and continued with the planned construction but they also preserved the discovery to allow access to the bath concealing the entrance with a rug cool right the estimated ritual bath dates back to the first century bc around the time of the second jewish temple the bath remains largely intact and includes a staircase leading to what was once a pool archaeologists also found pottery and unique stone vessels dating to the same period number 13 the gold mine ever wonder what it would be like to discover a gold mine what about a gold mine on your property and nobody knows about it that's exactly how this epic discovery unfolded anthony doolin took a stroll around his 16 and a half acres of land when he came across a tunnel opening in the ground remarkably dueling had uncovered an entrance to a gold mine he purchased the property three years before but was not aware of the mine shaft present in the woodland outside of his home upon closer inspection of the mine it was discovered that it was 40 feet deep with the iron bank still intact but what about the gold there was a lot of mining at the turn of the century and in those hills there are quite a few little mines however during his time owning the hidden gold mine mr doolan never ventured in to find if there was gold in there does that just not blow your mind how could you not hunt for hidden treasure the property was sold for 1.35 million dollars the same price mr doolin paid when he bought it number 12 hit an ancient city it isn't every day that you knocked down the walls of your house only to stumble on a strange chamber behind it which turns out to have a secret passage that leads to an entire city below the ground but this was indeed what happened to one man when he was renovating his house in 1963 in turkey it extends as much as 250 feet into the depths of the earth and was designed to offer shelter for roughly twenty thousand people multi-layered this subterranean city contained everything is people needed in times of trouble only eight levels can be accessed nowadays and here archaeologists and researchers have stumbled on all kinds of dwellings kitchens and separate facilities for storing food or oil and wine bathrooms and rooms for sleeping bigger structures for larger groups of people have also been found even the smallest voids in the rocks found use most usually as tombs it's not the biggest nor the oldest of all the known underground cities in the area however with its 18 levels it's the deepest one in the entire world this might not come as a surprise its name darin kuyu means deep well number 11 singer castle with its stone walls hidden panels and passages and empty suits of armor singer castle appears to be the quintessential hunt it's located on the ominously named dark island and advertised as having possible hauntings the new york times once called it the castle of mysteries there's a tall tale that former president george h w bush or george bush senior haunts the upstairs closet george h.w bush father of president george bush died in 2018 but the hoax's origin dates back to when he was very much alive singer castle was built on dark island in 1902 by self-made millionaire frederick gilbert bourne president of the singer sewing machine company the castle and island were a surprise for his wife and their 12 children four stories tall with 28 rooms the castle has a workshop powerhouse dungeons and underground passageways just your typical castle for entertaining purposes he had a two-story ice house built as well but one of the most surprising architectural features is a secret passageway in the walls of the library one of the portraits on the wall tips backward so he could spy on his guests number 10 cold war mansion this property had a long list of things that could and would scare away most prospective home buyers galvanized piping a pending heritage designation and a leaky old nuclear bunker in the basement but for some reason trish and conan lear couldn't keep away the canadian couple were searching for a home with character when they found themselves on the doorstep of a 19th century victorian farmhouse in the center of town and what was left behind had them hooked they had fallen for the property known as aurora's diphenbunker in the basement a large concrete reinforced room is still up as an operations room flanked by large hand-drawn maps and status boards depicting the toronto area and the york region that were drawn by military cartographers this is where rescue operations would have been directed from one board includes space to document both the casualties dead rescuable and wounded and radiation data included the dose rates and exposures the shelter also includes a call center with 100 telephone lines two large water tanks that would serve as the emergency water supply and an escape hatch leading to a storage shed outside number nine the victorian grottoes when john and lisa harris moved into their attractive victorian home they had no idea that large plot that came with it concealed an extraordinary subterranean garden the extensive underground caverns pools tunnels fountains waterfalls and fern-filled grottos had been hidden from sight for decades buried under soil concrete and dense undergrowth for six months workers dug out the tunnels and used machinery to strip soil and debris from the surface along with concrete laid in the 40s when the land was part of a farm they spent years returning to grounds to their former glory while researching the history of the elaborate underground gardens the first feature you encounter inside is a dimly lit grotto with a large pond and waterfall around the outside are ferns that thrive in the shadowy conditions turn the corner and there's another funnery that was once topped by a glass-domed roof the floor of this room has narrow channels to allow water to flow through while a group of faux stalactites almost touch the surface of a dark pool a complete marvel of a discovery 8 backyard treasure horde matthew and maria emanuel were excited after finding a rustic rotting metal box submerged in dirt at their home while having new trees planted but they were then stunned to learn the box was actually a safe with fifty two thousand dollars worth of valuables inside including wides of wet one hundred dollar bills and baggy stuffed with diamonds gold and jade and of course you're going to ask where did it all come from who did it all belong to and furthermore did they keep it the treasure had to be returned to its rightful owner so the curious couple looked into possible robberies locally and found out that this huge treasure trove of valuables belonged to someone close by their neighbors why did you return it but it wasn't even a question we it wasn't ours they've been robbed and the nypd confirmed that the safe was stolen during a burglary at the neighbor's home in 2011. the owners of the safe declined to comment but were thrilled to have their stuff returned the safe's owner believed the robbery was the work of robert costanzo the notorious ninja burglar who was convicted of 160 robberies on staten island but the da's office couldn't say whether costanzo was responsible still it's a great story with a happy ending number 7 driveway air raid shelter watch out for potholes you never know what's beneath the dangerous road hazards but what if the pothole is in your driveway a man discovered what is thought to be an air raid shelter under his driveway after the car wheel got stuck in a hole simon marks who lives in luton england was reversing out of his driveway when his wheel got trapped i thought it might be a sinkhole or a badly constructed garden he said i was just terrified the whole house was going to vanish but after a good close look mr mark said signs of a ladder could be seen down the hole so we used a selfie stick to see who and what was down there he found that part of the driveway of his house was covering a two-room shelter they got to the bottom of the mystery pretty quickly though mark's dad saw it and instantly said it's an air raid shelter a freaking bunker experts agreed the shelter was likely built after a german bomb landed close to the house in the war whatever it is probably a good idea to preserve it number six hidden comic treasure a very important copy of action comics number one that a minnesota man discovered in the wall of a 1938 house he was renovating sold at auction for 175 thousand dollars comics are a big deal contractor david gonzalez purchased the fixer-upper in elbow lake minnesota for ten thousand and one hundred dollars and while demolishing a wall david found the rare comic amid newspapers used for insulation and meant condition as well but not for long the back cover was ripped in an exchange between gonzalez and his wife's son a tear that diminished the value by 75 thousand dollars still 175 000 bucks that's some serious loot about 100 copies of action comics number one are thought to exist but relatively few are in decent condition but the story was basically man basically the superman is the first superhero a near-mint copy owned by nicholas cage sold at auction in 2011 for a record 2.16 million dollars it's so hard for anyone to fathom that in this day and age you could still discover a comic book that nobody has known about in a wall of a house for more than 70 years ever wonder what treasures hide behind your walls it could be comic book gold number 5 the secret swimming pool the 35 year old nurse was left speechless when heavy rainfall shifted debris in her overgrown garden to uncover a huge 32 by 17 foot pool john the owner saved the property from the bulldozers and good thing that he did it had lay vacant for a year when the previous owner passed away it had been occupied by a hoarder for 20 years and was found filled with junk and overgrown garden and home to 100 feral cats after removing old furniture and classic car parts among the discarded items left in the shell there was a pool john spent ten thousand dollars repairing leaks cleaning repainting and refilling the pool then decided to keep the house in texas for himself after falling in love with his daily swim it feels like i had stumbled across a winning lottery ticket he said never in a million years when i bought the property did i think i'd be swimming in my own pool now his friends and family are in every day for hours on end you couldn't wish to find a bigger reward in your back garden and it probably added value to the property as well number four the secret safe people have found plenty of intriguing things hidden in their homes but in order to find stuff you gotta look first so look what this dad found when he lifted a loose tile in his closet of his new home a secret safe set into concrete homeowner joe even posted a photo on social media saying just bought a house found this hidden under the floor how do i open it joe tried to guess the combination with help from his daughter rebecca set into the house's cement foundation they tried to guess the combination to unlock the secret safe but no luck they then asked the internet help us get inside it wasn't long until a licensed locksmith noticed the serial number which led to contacting the manufacturer who then forwarded information to the curious family after finally cracking the safe the little girl was thrilled to find a coin worth 187 dollars which might not be a whole lot of money at the end of the day but so much fun and a real bonding moment between the family and other treasure hunters together we can solve anything number three the creepy doll room while many would be excited at discovering a secret hidden room this particular one was filled with the belongings of the former tenant scary dolls you know like the horror movie annabelle the woman first shared a video of her discovery which has since been watched more than 3 million times the creepy room was discovered while the woman was cleaning out a cabinet and noticed that it could be moved in the video rooney narrates how her family bought the house a few months ago and she's been slowly cleaning out different cabinets and closets it was while working in one such area that she discovered the secret room where the previous owner who happened to be an old lady saved everything rooney is welcomed by a creepy animal-esque doll with the help of a torch she puts light on a collection of different kinds of dolls soft toys and books the room also had bone china cups with faces on it and a blue gown hung up inside so cool but still scary number two house of snakes a picture-perfect five-bedroom rural home that lists for just over one hundred thousand dollars might seem like a real deal unless it sits on a nest of snakes ben and amber sessions got in for what seemed like a steal but soon after moving in they looked around and saw the snakes slithering all around the property and the walls all over they texted their agent and he told her he was going to help them take care of it with traps the problem just kept getting worse and three months after they moved in they had enough of the serpent house of horrors the sessions abandoned the home in 2009 three months after they moved in neil and denise aard owned the home before they did in 2006 they invited a news crew to shoot the piles of snakes they found in the house the video showing buckets all over the house spilling over with snakes now has more than two and a half million hits eventually the yards abandoned the home and tried to sue the real estate agent their lawsuit was eventually dismissed real estate experts say that session's story is a hard learned lesson in the importance of due diligence when searching for your dream home number one the hidden castle robert fiddler lived in a hidden castle in salford surrey since 2002 with his family using bales of hay to hide it yep this guy hit a castle with bells of hay fiddler removed the bells in 2006 exposing the mock tudor dream home complete with cannons and battlements unfortunately he wrongly believed he was safe from any potential planning objections on the castle he built officials did object but he ignored the government order to demolish his million-dollar castle by claiming to have sold it and a decade of legal battles followed he claimed that he could not possibly demolish the house which he compared to a picasso as he had already sold it conveniently he refused to identify the new owner but said they were allowing him and his wife and son to continue living at the property in honey crock farm newer footage shows most of the castle has now been demolished the high court gave mr fiddler a three-month suspended sentence and warned him he would be jailed for his defiance if the property was not destroyed tough break fiddler so there we have it 15 secret hidden places people found in their homes thanks for watching you

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Length: 17min 51sec (1071 seconds)

Published: Sat Nov 07 2020