Mystery Places: Dr. Seuss House, Ghost Towns and the Edible Bird’s Nest | Free Documentary

[Music] [Music] [Music] our first mysterious place lies in Italy it looks spooky things that were left behind covered in dust in the middle of deserted houses as you can clearly see from up above it's a ghost town [Music] we learn the ghost town is called Apogee today you can still watch tragic incidents like the one that happened in Apache on TV a heavy earthquake was the reason why the inhabitants left 36 years ago allegedly there are still people around in this deserted town which is in danger of collapsing [Music] we head towards Italy the ghost town is supposed to be about 100 kilometers from Naples all of a sudden a roadblock behind it you can already see the mysterious town but we are not allowed to carry on by car from the internet we know it's not illegal to enter the town but it is dangerous because many houses are close to collapsing and that's why they have all these roadblocks [Music] even from the outside there are things to discover the former inhabitants have even left very personal belongings behind [Music] there are even cars there is nothing comparable in Europe noises coming out of a building who else is here apart from us we go to check it out and can hardly believe our own eyes unbelievable a barbershop in a seemingly deserted town there are actually people here so the rumors were correct sono molto llegado a quiz shows in Rosario became a dot o la vida me Cara Mia famiglia fair tanto angry Sasori mastered the solo p EP are shaytans Oh Tom's Oh Laura finge a competitor that no visa la salud Attila or Aryan Cora the hairdresser Tommaso is the only one who comes to a pitcher every day even though he doesn't live there anymore he continues to cut and shave his customers from the neighboring villages just like he did for the last 60 years because his barbershop is situated on the fringes of the town and is not in danger of collapsing it is officially tolerated but the earthquake dating back 36 years has changed tomorrow's life forever in the area around Naples earthquakes are a common occurrence but the one in 1980 was especially bad he remembers it very well [Music] [Applause] here the dominica a Duomo retail de Partie the share of repartee is again a revolt important he went as Intel Laura solitude abrasive error to Tino moment the gourami asado quokka caused incredible pre-cana Nemo avid Watty ave de la Gazza cozy norm oasiz i Barossa no more enorme veramente Paul Verona Liberty this is what it sounded like this original soundbite was recorded by accident during a concert luckily there were no casualties in Apogee but almost all buildings were close to collapsing after the earthquake even if they were still standing many were uninhabitable reconstruction would have cost a fortune most inhabitants fled in panic after the quake they left many things behind others weren't so easily chased away like the hairdresser Tommaso but since the state didn't pay for the reconstruction everyone left after a short while the lively uh pitcher turned into a ghost town the state of Italy built a new modern aperture for the victims of the earthquake it was a lot cheaper than rebuilding the old town for a new person Valerie Valerie familiar glory unity Curtis in T with the una portal and Redeemer kaalia me she said no to two-pronged authorities go me to Aurora Antrim Salam o tu tienes la e dispersive o por trabajo de poder Lanka say unirii Alta at dispersive Alaura she opened I am appalled by over seductive allure the nostrils sparing a new finish capacity presento in new grantee meeting professor Liu Shante Antonio kilo Viacom Venera 50 paisa Becky Kenosha was a male epidemic is a referral possibly arranger the did a tutorial above all Antonia knows where it's safe he knows the town inside-out this is where he came out of the church at his wedding right here once was a village fair [Music] Antonio shows us the street where he was born the earthquake has completely destroyed it we have rebuilt the street according to his description [Music] Porthos Tirana in Summa la widget as soon as mr. commercially the sister per area probably and Odell dis parts me and Aquino Jacopo should you neva more when a local Google incontro error la nostra Piazza where the pool August Otto to Lugo dubious volto parte della Vita Antonio shows us the old house he used to live in as an adult equal a distant siren Agassi brave dorsolateral Tom d'Italia Baltic Sea give abou el al trabajo sufficiently the exchanger steal a cigarette Turkey has merit election Dina cause he present fair only with a lotta Lotta people lived in extended families until today the inhabitants mourn over the old aperture and dream of rebuilding it [Music] anger possible a per que cuando per diem qual cosas HR okay poi near-record Oh lame for see from the ballot or a inverse e ma - 200 or so define the domino and the percent Oh a reality we the sham Oh cake will lo de una volta a embodies a burden but not all is lost yet this old Palazzo is one of the most intact buildings it's actually quite safe to enter this used to be the old office of the local notary the files are just lying around and they are in extraordinarily good shape after all they have been rotting here for 36 years the apartment next door belongs to a hardware dealer approaches richest inhabitant it looks absolutely intact to us downstairs a bar the wine bottles are full maybe someone was just about to open them when the earthquake started why everything is still here Antonio is unable to say the cars are a different story Antonio reveals to us that the owners wanted to save the scrap charges and therefore just left the cars here a policeman shows up will we get into trouble for entering the houses legal no-man's land after a short conversation local police chief loves in Porcelli doesn't want to chase us away but actually wants to help he organizes a ladder the chief of police wants to show us the old church and the old cinema both are in this same building he used to work in the cinema all of the entrances are bricked up and this is the only way to get in quest affinity Corendon una parte an Olympian de letra Benson she saw Xcode she does you like a logo a serie perform a ritual meant a shame that I pour you know off to sully the crossover which stands area but the chair helps us to enter the building as well [Music] we have obviously entered the priests bathroom the Church of a pitch a especially interesting for thieves almost everything was stolen apart from a few statues and the confessional box it was obviously too heavy to carry away thanks to a wedding photograph from Antonio we know what the inside of the church looked like [Music] but there are also horrible memories antonio tells us that 500 years ago 50 people fell through the floor and died during an earthquake later on the cellar also served as a tomb we discover a human skull and bones this is where generations of former inhabitants lie a spooky place let's go to the cinema instead it was run by the church that's why it's right next door [Music] films were displayed every weekend after the earthquake people celebrated Mass there for a while that's why there is a provisional altar the reason the floor of the actual church was threatening to collapse and couldn't carry the weight of many people anymore [Music] Chief of Police Porcelli shows us the tiny projection room where he used to work as a film projectionist this is where he kissed the woman he would later marry but apart from that people were rather prudish they send up cinema and just heated all the lucky is a quirky a channel Papa's kambrose because my Lagaan bump or scope err - Doretta yatta epic which do every contingent john amato synchronic Oh Hill in films on opening but even still the chief of police describes his former home using the exact same words as everybody else see us tremendously on Paradiso portal maybe there is a ray of hope for the lost paradise the mayor shows up unexpectedly she wants to give an interview [Music] certo no ever meant a punchy amo molto su recupera a Sulha reiative RF la centro storico no yama Jerry Cooper Otto Costello quindi no samosa Kubrick a party dog of course we don't know whether these are false promises but we wish the former inhabitants that their ghost town will soon be a lively place once more from Italy we travel to our next mysterious place which lies in Malaysia here in the jungle of Borneo lies a hidden place with a culinary secret a secret for which the workers risk their lives this is Dylan I know Laura Kiely died in these caves swallow nests are collected this youth is a million dollar industry in Asia in Cambodia there are huge breeding shelters where the swallows build their nests female workers refine the nests in so-called cleaning shops in Thailand from there they go to China the Chinese swear by the health-promoting effects the swallow nests is half and sometimes a portion can cost up to 120 euros it's a true delicacy [Music] the secret of this delicacy begins on Borneo in the Malaysian part of Borneo to be precise the go man tongue caves are situated here in the midst of the jungle many swallows build their nests in the caves of this region on top of the mountain are a few huts from here the swallows nest collectors climbed down into the cave the whole thing seems a bit improvised but for them it's everyday life look if I add a Papa got to Punta de cruz cartoon receptor easy kid Sherif oisin is the eldest worker he is especially nervous when his colleagues descend the typical pond in green down what because sometimes Sharif has already lost 8 colleagues [Music] jahar must an was accident pulled down from Delhi what happened to him this because of EAD goodness by his debate this is still alive no nor actually died incredible the only safety device is this a thin rope our cameraman is not allowed to descend for that reason the collectors wear helmet cameras the descent into the caves alone takes almost 30 minutes there are metal ladders hanging down 80 metres above the ground of the cave the bird's nest collectors use them as platforms they are very skillful that's important because ever nest falls to the ground they lose 40 euros Roland is the boss of the bird's nest hunters he takes us to the lower entrance of the cave Roland hired a security team to ensure that the valuable birds nests are not stolen the team guards the cave for 10 days before the next team takes over have you been getting along walk four times a year the men can harvest for eight days during this time the workers sit on ladders at the roof of the cave the climbers are the ones who earn most in the cave they receive a sort of hazard pay they get 1700 euros for these eight days an amount many people in Borneo don't even make in an entire year but danger is always lurking around the corner made from bamboo it's a light material like this and then spin it like that so the bristle the bird nests will fall down to there but the workers are very skillful with the self-made giant scraper nest oftenest ends up in their baskets the workers spent the whole day on the ladders to climb up for a break would be too much of a hassle but it's not the only way to harvest nests from caves we travel to Cambodia a breeder has agreed to show us how they produce in vast quantities the safeguarded concrete bunker is a Swallow nest farm here - safety comes first so now Owen is the owner and the Builder of the farm [Music] you just want to observe our bird that's why we installed a video camera inside we call it bird hair and we build this how because because we want to get their nests you want to see if we can you can take you to go inside so now Owen has just recently put the Swallow nest farm into operation the entrance door is solid nobody should be able to enter easily there's also a water barrier which prevents insects from entering it's incredibly loud inside the house but there are no birds here the house is empty the noisy singing comes from loudspeakers we make them feel like in the house has some birthday idea this is this is the bird but we put bird sit here we have we won them well you want them to believe that have some birthday in this how are they that's why they have their [ __ ] [Music] the birds are supposed to find ideal conditions to build their nests important not just little corners because this is the corner of nesting plane if you put that corner the building and operating of bird houses like these has become a mega business in Cambodia along the coast whole bird villages have developed swallows prefer to breed in colonies for more birds there are in a house the more birds will be attracted in this business you don't give food to the button they find and then they eat by the old way it's not like chicken or cow or that several thousand birds with their mates are supposed to have space in so now owns new house he leads us to the second floor had to quickly do a recap as you can turn up turn on the lights mr. stoner is very worried about the well-being of his I cannot count it but maybe maybe on this floor alone he harvests around six thousand nests the squares in the corners force the birds to build larger nests the swallows make their nests from their saliva after the breeding season they leave them behind [Music] or oneness around $8 that way he makes almost 44,000 euros a year in a country where the average income lies at under 110 euros a month to transport the nests to his customers in China so now or needs a middleman the dealer doesn't just send the nests to China there's still some refining to do sweaty cap pom-pom corn me tiny did Hamlet half took home but it's at a I'm long knock back on cleanliness has top priority here [Music] first the workers wash the nests the bird feathers must under no circumstances end up in the suit afterwards each single nest is washed by hand there is a whole cleaning division at work even the tiniest feather particle is sorted out because only a perfect product is able to realize a decent price in China after the cleaning a worker brings the nests back into shape the dissolved nests are turned into so-called cookies the cookies are once more checked and dried afterwards [Music] after a few days they are ready for delivery I thought you were maddening wouldn't England was on hand back off you law the speciality is sold in supermarkets [Music] the swallow nests from the breeding bunkers cost three euros per gram in the shop the nests from the Malaysian cave are more than double the price but the harvesting is a lot more dangerous over there it takes several men to move the ladders up and down in the cave there are many teams gathered together at the same time to prevent arguments the government has set strict rules for 100,000 euros a year you can buy a harvesting license for a particular spot without it you are not allowed to sell the nests afterwards each year the cave yields about 400 kilos of birds nests the natural cave produces the best nests but there are differences according to size and quality one has to be precise about it that's why the boss himself takes care of the valuable yield [Music] first grade second grade third grade and portrayed the most valuable nests are black they are built by a very rare swallow species I specified the secret of the cave workers on Borneo at the same time a secret of the Chinese cuisine from Malaysia we travel on to Milan we are at a prison in Milan the palatte looks quite ordinary fences high walls cameras we have to pass the Sallyport the gate in front of us only opens once the gate behind us has closed afterwards the grille clunks shut and from now on this prison is anything but ordinary this is the front desk we feel as if we're at the reception desk of a hotel a senior prison officer hands us the visitors passes they do have a sense of humor as these posters and the smoking prohibited sign with the tank Buster's show coloured walls mural paintings and colored grills catch our eye all of which are designed by the prisoners the intention behind it whoever is kept busy and feels at least somehow at home in this environment stays peaceful whether this idea actually works is something these two prisoners can tell us the 60-fold bank robber Stefano men yes you heard correctly he robbed about 60 banks or post offices he has spent 27 years behind bars lalala Malthus economy and our peril infinita solo come attend the coffee represent people until I got on my car a our second interview partner is Franco and me feely he was sentenced because of international drug trafficking he was also a member of the Italian mafia that's why his sentence was so severe he still has ten years to go dientes Oh pagando Lamia Condon encryption Olivet inquest Okarche report anatomy intercultural mundo para toda Mila possibility' about 1,100 men are serving their sentences here amongst them felons sexual offenders and even serial killers Vallarta is not for model prisoners the program is for everybody the prisoners are not constricted to their cells they are allowed to move around freely in designated areas during the day the only rule they have to always carry these papers with done that gives us a queasy feeling this is our first impression of the worldwide unique occupational and reintegration program the theater group is rehearsing a new piece it's about hostile gangs and about violence a great problem in every prison worldwide many of these men are imprisoned for life some will never leave frustration and aggression are inevitable but thanks to the openness and the many possibilities violence is not a problem in Vallarta [Music] [Applause] the prison warden tells us the second reason for this concept a window privado Episode II develop providential personalmente our experience led motoki you saw dr. John okay non-fan ent a chaplain katha video DePrima a ligament equities and penguin reality the statistics back him up the relapse rate for normal Italian prisoners is at about sixty percent in vallata it's not even eighteen percent and that saves money because every single detainee cost the taxpayer about forty five thousand euros in spite of the openness there are definite rules of course for safety reasons visitors are not allowed to enter the cells we are the first camera team to be allowed to film we meet the former drug dealer Franco while he's cleaning up his cell and we are surprised how homely it looks single cells such as this one we here are only given to prisoners on good behavior but all prisoners are allowed to design their cells in whatever way they want even paint them paying with self earned money she'll to são Paulo resolve okay Dallas insertion idea perto duj pas de Libertad call new computer que la pochamma quest RSM Prannoy a non je internet televisual will free go gasps improv we started on oil than we didn't want it Wow no she's so low in the paint or the arty game a question Bible beneath to determine ceramic respecting of the culture in Pharaoh then another one in ten gentle coffee nice watches photos of children everywhere Franco has a son and a daughter issue Russia to attend our in Montreux parashah Moses taught over Dodi Jonny Quest IDO de Charney hua Muto no cream of India the shaman in Spanish in Athens pan he questura cigarette drop reso lead no Manta past revenge' finito la Miran Don para ninos sotn Pomona Bray in a field shows a limiter a syllable on Shan Anza pray take apart a data path dependent the first thing bank robber Stefano does is offer us a self-made espresso then he introduces his fellow prisoner to us a black bird called Gino he rescued it in the yard when one of its legs was injured he built this birdhouse especially for Gino but the bird isn't locked up inside the cage mama Carter you and me buddy raccoon animal in Gambia system a staccato tango at remedial shaandaar I can only say so small pets are allowed in vallata this is something very unique it results in a verifiable decrease of aggression and violence behind bars startup time for the prisoners nursery workshops kitchens everyone is busy here there's even a sound studio [Music] the idea behind it whoever is busy doesn't get into mischief we accompany former drug dealer Franco to his workplace [Music] which is a call center of an Italian electricity and gas supplier right in the middle of a prison we can hardly believe it this too is unique in the world twelve prisoners work here with a regular contract for 800 euros a month external co-workers check and help as needed the prisoners receive about twenty five thousand calls a month it's mostly about bills or reminders the caller's from outside have no idea they're talking to a prisoner important assurance the remember key I'm not Romi and shallow economic chimichanga Margaret the under a disturber alla famiglia if necessity in pop one command re-issues de casa que nos tamale the only measure of security the phones can only be called from outside it's impossible to place a call and the computers like in any prison deny internet access to prevent crimes from being planned or even executed [Music] apart from that no special supervision for the bad boys they need less security personnel in palatte and therefore save money theoretically every prison could be organized like that as our guide senior prison officer Vito Franchini explains [Music] nafech O'Banion start rody golazeski Tony Aldon amento very intense eeeh Trotta mentally do gitsune obviamente semester D premium Farlow adesso argumentum on manutante l3c duty banasura sister Luke gets alone the paranoia cha mo me NT d diversity' goal okay script or an allergy now a lot determined during his work out at lunch break former drug dealer Franco explains to us why it's working out so well why the charm of it is interacting purely bro a la Prezi was so epic a new TV any volume people solanum entity Trask radio and then on the round we meet bank robber Stefano at his job in the horse stables this is not a classy riding stable the horses are not written many are old sick or were mistreated by their former owners and confiscated by the state the detainees built the stables by themselves from recycled material like for example this volleyball net these prisoners here are training to be grooms for the time after prison including everything there is to learn grooming mucking out cleaning of hooves [Music] they even practice how to saddle horses even if they never get to ride them multiple tonton parties Maggie personal total economic open on depend on auto famiglia employee toboggan experience to vote or personal obstacles are apostasy are important in love or pollute the instructor cloudier via also gives courses in which prisoners can learn more about how to handle horses in general here he demonstrates what to do to make the horse calm down a simple occupational therapy the prisoners are kept busy and their day is structured the main goal here in Bellotti LK Valdano chiju dica comment watch a monoid Roman Turk we lost our iconic evaldo cheadle opportunity today Liberace they feel tree de política no Amana be amo poor quick on Lauro manifest yarmulke Lukas llamo end of work after seven hours but the day is far from over yet animal lover Stefano tends to the birds and the rabbit on his floor if he finds it that is the animals belong to all of the prisoners in this cellblock not just a single one [Music] okay Pole our queasy feeling has vanished even the senior prison officers seem very relaxed Nostradamus tank a per cap we Vivian are diverse Italia to tomentosa gurus you know gage really sent a mope you see Corey Allen Turnagain on Alistair we meet Franco again in this storage room if the prisoners aren't happy with the food they're allowed to order in their meals Franco is just picking up his weekly order he's able to cook for himself in his cell the costs are deducted from his wages the normal prison food is free of charge today it's pasta fish and vegetables doesn't actually look too bad [Music] the prisoners eat in their cells these huge refractories only exist in American prisons and movies [Music] Tomica una batalla parcels page about publishing women's earnings from Margaret a crumpled chart a chart appearance a disability Colonel Peralta to some a demands a be respected each ethnicity to dig a problem under a non-invertible then everything calms down time to think things over Stefano often thinks of his two grown-up sons dw4 to puke article I Berta necessitous Kosova sedan in la patrie gallery Odyssey Quatro Quatro no traitor Paloma [Music] Prabhupada wanted a chocolate apamea coca-cola Co pursue the ephedra family re a libertine second round presence condoms gonna make ex-drug dealer Franco wants to show us a video of the christening of his seven-year-old daughter he wasn't allowed to go on a supervised trip something that's only rarely permitted looking at the images Franco is unable to hide his emotions [Music] survey pursuit of style searching illusion amid 500ma soon the cells will be locked up for 12 hours overnight not everything is different to ordinary prisons but on the whole we have the feeling the concept in this prison actually works [Music] from Milan we go on to Alaska Alaska endless wilderness virgin nature high mountains the 49th federal state is the largest iciest and emptiest state of the USA and it's here we find a truly mysterious place this tower consists of houses built on top of each other it goes up 50 meters into the sky an extraordinary sight that's why our reporter Nora takes a closer look the tower is notorious the architect is said to have died many years ago he allegedly built the tower to have the perfect view of alaska's highest mountain the media calls the tower dr. Zeus house named after the author of How the Grinch Stole Christmas just rumors because we actually found him the Builder of the tower after long investigations we came across the name Philip vibe 'no wine are you so you must be Philip I am I'm Nora nice love the other beaver okay so you are alive Pamela well this morning I woke up Philip vite nur has been living in Alaska for thirty years he is a lawyer but also a civil engineer and he built this house so this is the idea behind this tower why did you built this because I could I wanted to do so but the first idea was to build a house a log Philip doesn't need a permit for the building by the way he simply calls his masterpiece tower I think you heard of the name dr. Seuss house right what sorry behind his name I don't like that oh well people call it that but I do not the Grinch no I'm not going right well maybe some people might think no we are allowed to enter the tower it's not very safe though that's why the timer Brett comes along Phillip only accompanies us halfway up from then on you have to climb up ladders which he is unable to okay at first sight we realize this is not just randomly hammered together the original blockhouse is solid a hole 150 square meters large many locals helped Philip to build this each additional house was a new challenge with every additional floor the weight which the underlying houses have to carry increased [Music] so we snuck in top of this how's your weight done well 14,000 pounds and we picked it up with a crane at midnight was 30 below zero and we dropped that 14,000 pounds of platform on top of those eight pillars and had he had iron caps we figured it all out we just dropped it in Phillip and his friends worked on the tower for three summers and a winter there's still a lot to do but this is all gonna be glass and this is gonna be glass what do you want to continue to build this am I going to yeah well when I get some more money sure wasn't expensive to build this whole thing yeah how much the costs were exactly Phillip doesn't remember he wants to build a large bathroom and a bedroom in the upper floor of the original house eight massive wooden pillars carry the main load the tower has shrunk 30 centimeters due to the continuously heavier weight in order to prevent further shrinking Phillip has to add pillars well it's just that helps that helps carry everything okay a total of 25 tons of steel were used to support the beams it doesn't inspire much confidence but it seems to work the tower has even endured a 7.2 earthquake [Music] even if the legend that Philip built the tower for its view is not correct the higher we get the more breathtaking the view from the window is and originally we're just gonna do this one house on top of house then we got this one up and we started looking at it we thought well we can put another one and we started looking at it that well we can put another one so you kind of addicted in building houses well yeah Philip owns a total of five houses which he designed himself the tower definitely is the most unusual and largest of all of course he doesn't need all of the space just for himself I've got a family and everybody and we're all gonna share it yeah yeah well I can come around sure you're welcome he wants to share the house with two children and four grandchildren with that many houses it's no wonder our reporter loses track but not just her so this is the third house well well it's quite deep I know it's hard to tell but there's there's little side places to that's why people ask how many stories I can't tell and laminae snow is your halfway up the tower there are still no stairs only ladders because he injured his leg the owner can't climb any further we hand Phillip a camera and a walkie-talkie from now on Brett who also helped building is accompanying us Phillip can you hear me okay the views so nice I like it very much I don't think I'll be able to get to looking top at the top is that it's it's pretty stunning we think so too so let's go up but climbing keeps getting more difficult because there's hardly any space left but that doesn't keep Phillip from having big plans for the upper floors too so the upper floors are just you know they're also going to be livable too and some of those upper floors there's going to be places with platforms with beds and things so people can sleep up there and then finally the last ladder almost 50 meters above the ground the perfect view today we can't go up to the very top floor of the church spire because it's too icy and the top there's another building what are the plans for this one I'm gonna put a plastic bubble the plastic bubble is supposed to go up there where the rod is Philip wants to install a radio station in the church spire itself so there are a lot of names what is this we have Joey girl named storm Jesus was apparently here oh great oh but these are all the kids who have gone up here and wanted to show something that they've been here but they aren't allowed together they don't no one's allowed up here okay this is this is invite only of course everybody wants to come up here it's a lot of work to do yeah yeah yeah what do you think how long does it take to finish this house well the basic structure is done now I just got to get the the decks down and get the windows in yeah yeah but that's you know if I really got on it I can do it in the year Phillip right now a man with dreams and one thing is certain by building this house he himself has become immortal thank you very much for having me it was a pleasure yeah and good luck and that was the story behind this mysterious house on top of the house on top of a house on top of the house you

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Length: 52min 18sec (3138 seconds)

Published: Fri Jun 26 2020