Deep in the heartland of America stands a
remnant of a once-thriving family. A family that for generations, built their fortune on
the booming industries that shaped the nation. Since the late 1800s, the Myers family played
a significant role in the region's prosperity, dominating the mining and
processing of valuable minerals, while also contributing to the
vast agricultural landscape. As the area flourished, so did
the Myers' wealth and influence. However, fate had a different plan for
the once-proud family. The passage of time saw the decline of the industries
that once defined this region, and as people sought better opportunities elsewhere,
the Myers family faced a devastating reality. Their once-vast fortune dwindled, forcing
the family to make a life-changing decision. In 1981, the Myers family
reluctantly packed their bags, leaving behind their magnificent home and a
treasure trove of memories, never to return. Despite its current state of decay, the
mansion remains a remarkable testament to the family's wealth and the region
's history. Built in the 19th century, it was a grand and opulent home that
boasted every luxury one could dream of. Join us as we step back in time and
unlock the secrets of the Myers Mansion, uncovering the stories and memories
that still echo within its walls. Welcome back, everybody, to
the Bros of Decay. I'm Lesley, like usual, behind the camera is Danny.
Hello, hello! Welcome back, my friend, and we are showcasing an amazing episode today
in the United States, probably one of the best ones we have found so far. Do you think so?
We're just at the top? Oh yeah, pretty sure it's one of the best ones we've found, pretty
sure. Look at this! What do you think this is? I think it's the driveway. You're exactly right! This place got abandoned
four decades ago by John and his family. They left it behind and never came back here, and this
is four decades of overgrowth, nature taking back, and it feels like we are literally in a
lush jungle or a lush forest right now. It's absolutely insane! But trust
me, right behind these trees over here is a magnificent mansion with
everything still left inside of it. When the industry in this area started to
decline, John made the decision to move his family out of here and move to a better area
of the United States. They literally left everything in this place in an instant. They were
people of money, they had enough money to spend, but I don't know why they left all their
memories inside of their abandoned house. Oh yeah, it's over here. Oh yeah, I see the
roof. Yeah, wow! You almost don't see the house, exactly. And when you approach it, you
think it's nothing, but when you get inside, your mind is just blown. Okay, I'm going to
let you pass over here. Thank you, there we go. Isn't that absolutely beautiful? All the
vines, the ivy, and the trees taking it over, and the house is also very natural, completely
made out of wood. Of course, because we are in the United States, but the outside also feels and has
a sort of an architecture that looks like a cabin. It totally fits in with the
surrounding area. I would say this over here used to be steps
that led up to the porch, but yeah, you don't even see them anymore, just vines.
Yep, the ivy has completely overtaken it. Wow, this is just the best porch we've
seen so far! Oh yeah, and it's a big one. Like I've said this many times before,
but porches are a very American thing, especially with all the chairs on top of it
and in the front of the house. In Europe, we don't see it like that. We normally have
our garden furniture in the back of the house, and we sit mostly in the back of the house.
But this is a very American thing. And see, they had a beautiful setup outside here
where they could relax, sit in the summertime, enjoy themselves. I love the chairs
and the rocking chairs also. Yeah, they're absolutely amazing, but I was most
fascinated by the swing here at the back. Still see these two children
enjoying this one, Jack and Coral. Wow, and I also really like the bench
behind you here, Danny. Isn't that one just magnificent? It is! It's like an antique
bench but then for the outside of the house. Yeah, you can have a light switch behind
here. Oh, probably had some chandeliers. Oh, they have some lights out there. Gotta
light up the porch outside here, wow! Absolutely love it. Must have also been very beautiful
to live here, completely in nature, away from everything, the forests around here. Even a barbecue still left outside here,
wow! Saw some debris from the grills, from the grilling sessions that John did
back in the time. Cooked meat for the family, they enjoyed it outside here on the
porch. Must have been absolutely amazing. Okay, and then from the porch, we come
right to the front door of the house. Ring the bell... after four decades,
it's not working anymore, unfortunately. But here we have this beautiful wooden door
that opens up inside of their household, and we are immediately greeted by a
fantastic room. This was the living room, the place where the family came together in
the evening, enjoyed each other's company, and I absolutely adore this one. Let's
have a look at the couches and everything that's inside of here. Beautiful antique
pieces, nicely upholstered with leather. These people, they were people
of money. They had industry, they mined minerals and processed minerals,
and that's how they made their fortune. But we also believe that they were a noble
family, Danny, because it looks like it. It looks like it. You see that? John, his surname, John Myers the Third. And he has some noble
touches in the things and how he writes in the letters and stamps he does. So in that
way, we believe, we are not for certain, we say that out loud, we are not for
certain, but we believe that he was noble. Well, they tried to fix this one up. Look at that chair, compared to the other one. I
also really... yeah, exactly what you're saying, this one, it's amazing. But in the
corner there, it's broken, falling apart. It's actually interesting, here you can see
the insides of one of these chairs, yeah, one of these sofas. And this is straw, right?
This just plain old straw. And then that's how they made it. Like you can definitely fix this
one up. You can attach it again, yeah, no problem. Lovely carvings above here. And then over time, you also see on the couch all
the paint chips lying here. And that's just the four decades of abandonment. Yeah, the ceiling,
all over the floor, also literally everywhere. You can see on the screen, everything white. Yeah, if
you look at the ceiling, you know where it comes from. Yeah, it's a very, very slow process,
but over the years, the glue behind the paint just slowly chips off. And do you think this is
wallpaper or paint? I feel like it's paint. Yeah, I feel like this is paint. Yeah, definitely.
Oh, yeah, it breaks apart. Yeah, absolutely. I also had a wonderful brick fireplace
over here. Absolutely adored. Even if we take this fire screen away, you can see
all the wood is still inside of there. Even the last ashes, yeah, from the time that they
were still in here. I think this one was used a lot. Yeah, this room was a common room. They would
all sit here together, all have fun in here. It must have been wonderful. This painting is a
little bit out of the ordinary in the room, but I like it, I must say. Yeah, I do like
it. It fits exactly on the switch too. Yeah, a little bit of modern touch to it. Yeah, and
these couches, they're also magnificent. Oh, wow. So there's one strange thing about the story of
this house that we still have to discuss. We had John, he had his wife Mary, but we also found
evidence that he had another wife, Jacqueline, and we also found evidence that she lived inside
of this place. We're going to see it in a minute because there are pictures of her. So we believe
that John, at the time, had two wives inside of this house. And I was imagining these two red
chairs, that they were sitting there, both next to the fireplace. But that's just a thought of
mine. I'm sorry for that thought. No worries. Then we also have this wonderful cabinet over here,
again beautiful design, beautiful, beautiful. Let's see if the drawers still function. Lots
of things in here, even VHS tapes from the time they left, still left in here. The Night of This
Studio, I still remember from when I was a child. I woke up in the morning fast to the recorder to
record my favorite TV videos on the VHS player. Oh, this one is still in a very good
condition, yeah, absolutely wonderful. Oh, a lot of dust on it, yeah, your fingers were
there. And now we have this piece here at the end of the room, a lot of little artifacts in there.
Oh, this, this one is super interesting, Danny. DM from the family, oh, Myers, Myers, wow! I
was going to point out all the paint, yeah, around it, everywhere, and the floor, and
everywhere, completely surrounded by paint. What a piece! But now it's time, Danny, for
one of my favorite rooms in the whole house. It's my favorite room; it's my favorite
room as well. You're not going to believe your eyes. Let's go in there. Welcome to the
lounge area of the house, the centerpiece of this mansion. I'm going to ask you, Danny, spin
around, show this room. On every single wall, there's one of the ladies of the house depicted
and shown. Well, I absolutely adore this one. One more thing, above you, they had sort
of a skylight, but we think it's more of a ventilation shaft inside of the house. I find
that a very beautiful addition to this house. It's a lovely architectural piece, but I would
have loved to see the top of it as a skylight, but that's unfortunately not the case in
this one. Yeah, it's a really dark room, especially because there's no windows, so
we have to light it up a lot to show it. A little bit, you can see the lights. So
somebody in this house, we believe it's Carol, the daughter, right? She was artistic,
and she loved to paint and everything, and we believe that she made every single picture
inside of this house. And we're going to show you later on why we think that is. This is one of
his wives, I believe this is Mary or Jacqueline, and down below it, we have literally thousands and
thousands of peacock feathers inside of this vase. Isn't that just beautiful? Wow, I
really love them in this room. Yeah, they're deteriorating a lot, but it's
beautiful, and the vase down below it, it's also beautiful. And then, right
next to it, this is a common chair, and I already showed it a couple of times on
the channel. I will link it up here. I found it in a castle in Luxembourg and in Belgium in
a house, but this is called a "Witcher’s chair." And, uh, yeah, it's not an antique piece, but
it's a very interesting design and a unique style and shape of a chair. I really love
it, though. I really love it, I must say. Nice clock on the wall there with an iron clock. I'm not sure who this lady is that's hanging
on the wall. I don't think it's one of his daughters because the one next to her is his
daughter, but he only had one daughter. It's also not one of his wives because she's way
too young, but I'm not sure about this one. Down below is a wonderful red upholstered chair
that complements the walls inside of this place, and the carvings on it are just magnificent. Look
at that, it looks like two birds kissing each other in midair, yeah, wow!
Oh, but actually, the couch, you sink into it; it's
pretty nice, yeah, it's pretty low actually. I love it, wow! I'm right next to the sofa
here, when you were sitting down, you could call somebody, lift up the phone. Oh, I love
these telephones, aren't they absolutely amazing? Now we have a postcard, I believe. Oh, wow,
look at this. Yeah, this is a postcard from the son, Mr. Jack Myers, and he sent
a letter. "Dear Jack, I have been— oh, this is written to Jack— I've arrived to you
for many months. Thank you for your note and photographs and your lovely home." Isn't
this one just fantastic? It's sent from somewhere in Europe, I believe Greece or
Italy. I cannot pinpoint this monument. It's lovely to see. This stand that we are
standing next to is also pretty unique. I really love it, yeah, me too. And
there are some lovely books down below, encyclopaedias and books, and is this a photo
album? It looks like it, with a leather cover. Oh, it's unfortunately empty, and
it's falling apart, literally. Oh, okay, carefully, thank you, Danny, for
placing that back. That's how we do things. And then over here on the wall, we have their
lovely daughter Carol, and we believe that she even painted this picture herself. Carol was the
one who made all the drawings and the artworks inside of the home, and she just loved to
do that. And right below it are, again, two beautifully upholstered chairs, and they are a set
because you can see over here, first and foremost, the carvings are the same as with the one we saw
on the sofa, and the upholstery is also completely the same in this one. Sort of gargoyles that they
have here at the end, I would say, but they are birds for sure. You can see they have like a beak
at the front and then a paw underneath it as well. Literally, all the pictures of the family are left
behind. Over here is one of their daughters, this is probably Carol. This might have been her again
over here. Down below, we have a family picture; this might be Jack, Carol, so we have John, Jack,
Carol, and Mary, I think, Mary or Jacqueline. I'm not going to lie, it's a bit weird, but
that's not the house. No, it's a bit weird, like you said. Let's get back to the two wives.
Yeah, it's not common, let's say that. This is not a house, no, because those are two stories.
Yeah, those are different houses. Maybe they lived somewhere else before, and they were a rich
family. Maybe they had multiple houses. Yeah, and we see somebody in the Navy as well.
Nothing on their back, unfortunately. I don't know who this person is, but it could have
been John, though, maybe in his earlier days. Two lovely ladies over here as
well, two lovely girls, I must say. Then, right next to them, we have the same kind
of upholstered chair, also with the same carving, but the upholstery on this one is different,
though. So I don't know why they did it, but I would make them all the same, of course. But maybe
it ripped, and they just wanted to redo it. Yeah, because it's nice, though, it's very nice. And then the centrepiece of the room,
the piano, and this is a very unique one, I must say. I don't know the exact name and style
for this piano, but I do know that this is a very American style of piano. We don't see these that
much in Europe. I've already found three of these pianos inside of abandoned places, and this one
also still plays, wow! Let me just do this tune. See, the keys are falling off, that's how old
this piece is and how long it has been standing over here. But the snares and everything still
look pretty good, I must say. Yeah, you're right, it looks tuned, kind of, kind of. And then, above
it, all the pictures of the family are still left behind. Most likely Carol over here, this is a
very old picture, though, so I'm not sure. Yeah, then we got a historical family picture, maybe
of their ancestors still left here. Look at that frame, though, it's amazing, it's beautiful.
You can tilt it, place it like that. I love the carvings. A very big family, though, a very
big family. Lovely pictures over here as well. I love the one of the two ladies over here, the
two girls. That was really an event back in the time when your parents said, "Get ready because
we're going to take pictures." That was literally the event of the year, and nowadays we just click
away all day long. Can I just point out one thing? Yeah, of course. I think these, yeah, and that is
the same woman. Oh yeah, that might have been Mary or Jacqueline, or maybe a grandmother from the
family, but she looks lovely. I love the hats that she's wearing. The hats, a particular style, it
was a big thing, the hats back in the day. Yeah, the one Carol, she was very, very talented
in painting. And then this time, everybody, to welcome you to one of the children's
bedrooms. I'm not sure which child, which of the two children, slept
in this one because there are three children's bedrooms throughout this
house. So let's figure that out together. A lovely bed over here, it seems like a bed that
was used by a young lady or something like that, yeah, a girl, I must say, but I'm not 100%
sure about that. I love the style of the bed, the vases carved into here, and
then down below, it's still made; all the pillows are still lying on it. Isn't
that just wonderful? After four decades, you just gotta remember that everything inside of
this house has been literally standing here for 40 years like this. That's longer than I'm alive,
longer than that is alive. Yeah, for most people, it's longer than they are alive. So it's crazy to
think about that it all has been left like this, and then slowly over time, it starts tearing
apart. Animals come inside and eat on it, and yeah, that's just it; it's just time. Time
takes it over. I love that the curtains in this room are also complementary to the bed
linen on the bed; they're exactly the same. And then we have this drawer over here, and it's
also super, super interesting. A lot of pictures, as you can see over here as well. Let's look at
all the people and then all these bound envelopes. I was curious to see which area they are from
and who wrote them. Mr. and Mrs. Wilford, it says on there, 1976, only five years before the
house got abandoned. There are a lot of letters left over here; I'm going to leave them because
they are historical. They need to stay like this. A couple more pictures here. The
girl over here might have been, I don't know about the other people in the
pictures, though. And this might or might be our beloved charm; it could be, but I'm not sure about
that either, so I'm sorry about that. And then we have a letter written on a typewriter. By this
time, you must be wondering what happened to me; neglecting friends has no way to keep them
going. I'm not going to read it in full, but I'm going to show you for the people
that want to read it. There you go, take your time to read it. Back on top of it,
these are like portraits of different girls; one of them must be Carol, but I'm not 100% sure
which one is hers. Wow, but what do you think, Danny? Check, I don't know. There are things
written on the back here. Oh, that's okay, yeah, Carol, we found her! Carol Smith, this
was the daughter. Wow, she looks lovely, wow! Then to the side here, we have some shoes
still neatly standing in front of it, and then the sofa right next to it. A couple of books in here, and
right above it, we have a picture. Maybe Carol when she was younger. And they had—oh, sorry, before we go further to that door, I just
have to show you this drawer/vanity combination. Again, some lovely things on there, wow! Oh, a lot
of pictures inside of this room. These look like pictures that were taken when the whole class
attended school or something, but I'm not sure about that. Maybe they exchanged pictures back
in that time. Such as lovely, and every single picture that we see inside of here has the name
of the person written on it: Mary Lynn [Music]. All the people that she used to accompany with. Family dinner, we have over here. Oh my God, have
you seen this one? These are two police officers, and they are like, yeah, not going to
say it, they're humping each other. Oh my gosh, okay, I'm sorry for showing that.
Oh, look at that, having fun on vacation, absolutely lovely. I feel like this was a boy's
room from everything that we've seen so far, but I'm not sure, I don't know. Me neither, you
can't even tell with the hat and everything still hanging here. I was like, maybe this is a boy's
room, I don't know, you can't tell that much. I just want to have a quick look at
it. Okay, yeah, this gives it away, right? Yeah, these are all men's clothes,
so most likely this was a boy's room. Yep, from door to door, to the next door
over there. Oh, this is a common bathroom space that divides the two rooms, the two
children's rooms. They used it together, lovely bathtub over here, a toilet, very simple
but elegant. I love the curtain above there, yeah, beautiful pink curtain. And then
all the cleaning products and everything, all the grooming products are still left inside
of here [Music]. Then a little washing table. What do we have over here? That's a
toothbrush, that's a toothbrush inside of this little mythical animal, it's a cover,
yeah, nice. But then we enter into the next room, and then you have already looked at it,
and we believe that this is Jack's room. So welcome you inside, oh my gosh, these doors.
I'm gonna welcome you inside of Jack's room. He had a simple, very simple room, I must say,
way more simple than the other one we just saw, but still, it's very elegant. Again, a very small
bed in here, and I think this is rugby, right, this ball? American football, American
football, sorry, in Europe we call this rugby. So Jack might have played rugby or
football when he was back in high school or college. Even his helmet and everything
is still left here from that time period. I'm just gonna place it like this,
pretty cool. Uh, three places like this, nice, small bath next to it, we have his drawers,
nightstand, pretty intrigued by this over here, the stone La Mach, La Marhold F1, it says on
it, lovely stone, maybe he collected those. Is this a rocking chair? Yeah, wow, a Wall Street
rocking chair. And I think that's a bow and arrow, yeah, but it's been broken, unfortunately.
See, but whatever, on top of it, wow. And then they also had a couch inside of this
room, lovely leather couch. And for some reason, this whole suitcase behind here is filled
with tile, why? Yeah, mysterious. Yeah, even underneath it, it's completely filled
with tile. Everything is falling out of here. That's pretty strange to add that in a room,
why would you do that? That's super strange. Even more pictures of the family left over
here as well, funny bodies. People when they were in the house, any of these photos, they
don't look like they are from this house. No, that's true, you're completely right about
that, so that's strange, right? Yeah, this looks like Geraldo, but I'm not 100% sure
again. No one, unless you're not tired, no, off, I don't know. Yes, so there are some strange
things going on in here, like a lot of different pictures. This one is this, however, though, in
front of the house, you can see the porch there. Do you think so? This maybe not,
no, no, no, there's also no door, there's no door, yeah, so that's not it. It's
from January 1946. Wow, this was from 1956. Well, those are old, yeah, these are very old
photographs. You should show this one better. And this one might have been from Jack when
he was still very young, and it's from 1957. That's amazing. This is absolutely amazing. And here's a letter. One last name I'll show you,
this Rule, and this is directed to Jack Mayers. Okay, it's time to show you the other two
bathrooms, and they are, to be honest, thumbs up, they're better than these, oh yeah, hands down.
Thank you. From the centrepiece of the house, here we can
walk into this hallway, and this leads us into two other beautiful bathrooms. But first, there
is another bathroom. It was a two-bathroom house. Over here, to the right side, lovely bathroom
again with a bathtub and a shower combination. Even the towels, Mary and John, are still laying
there. Look at the picture of awesome lightning. Doesn't happen anymore. It's a
little lovely. Oh, the mirror. Cleaning and grooming products, baby powder up
there. I was looking if there's also like a razor blade hole somewhere here, but I don't think
so. And over here, they also have the shower inside of this one. Not even this, washing
clothes and everything is still down there. And right in front of us here, we have
the master bedroom where John and Mary, or John and Jacqueline, used to sleep together.
Yeah, it's strange. Look at this beautiful oak wood bed, still made, and all the
carvings in the top are just wonderful. Pillows still lying here on the bed, still made
after all those years. Even in front of us here, we have this basket. It's filled with all the
bed linens and an extra pillow. Somebody was getting uncomfortable. John and his wife,
they loved books, they loved magazines, they loved all of this. Everything is
completely filled with books and magazines. A plush chair over here. Have you
seen the corner of this room, Danny? Yeah, oh, watch out. I got you, I got you, almost
fell over. Yep, but this bookshelf over here has completely fallen apart, and it's a little sad
how everything fell on the ground here. There are even some handwritten
letters over here, look at that. It's amazing. Hello, are you here? You are here. My question is about whether Jack
and Caroline can... oh, so bad, it really comes, it's complicated, it's true because we don't do it
anymore nowadays. And I have learned to read it, but still, it's difficult for me. A
lot more magazines and books in here. Cope the hawk that became a friend to Josephine
and myself, George E. Meyer. Myers, that's maybe one of the family members, probably friends
or family, yeah, probably family. This whole book talks about a hawk, or that's a hawk, right?
Yeah, yeah, I think so. Yeah, Jack the hawk, wow. That's lovely, that's absolutely lovely. Somebody
made this complete book, and I just love it. Over here, we got some diplomas, as you can
see, from a former family member. They're not directed to John or anybody in the house
that we have over here. Cadillac LaSalle Club, what's this? Maybe he was
part of the Cadillac Club. This man was, of course, wealthy. John, these
are pictures I took that I got in Virginia when I bought it, says over here, and they were looking
for a Cadillac. Look at that, wow, that's amazing. Amazing pieces, they're just wonderful, and I
probably bought it and it might be somewhere. I love it, completely directed to John himself. Well, that is beautiful. Even the
inside and everything is on it, so he's a part of the Cadillac
Club. Yeah, this man was wealthy. Even some atlases left here, maybe he also
enjoyed going out to hunt from time to time. A picture of his beloved lady right next
to it, and I think here in the corner, that's supposedly a car radio of some sort.
That is, yeah, it looks like it's playing here in this room. You can even see there's
a speaker down below it and everything. And then we have a jacket of his. Is this a flute? A
flute, sorry, we call it "fluit" in Dutch, but oh, it's a whistle, right? I'm sorry, sometimes I mix
things up with Dutch, but this was John's whistle, as you can see. Oh, and this is from the US Army,
look at that, really? Wait, I cannot see Army. So he might have been in the Navy. That picture
that we just saw might have been of his. Wow, and look at this: John H. Mayers, excuse me,
but that's a, uh, especially for him. Wow, I absolutely love it, that's in London. Wow, but
behold, because the room that I'm going to show you now is absolutely mind-blowing, not because
of the furniture but because of the story. The story inside of this room tells the whole
story of the house. This is the room of Carol, the daughter of the house, and like I told you
before with the paintings and pictures that were hanging around the place, she was an artist. She
loved to draw, and I think her parents allowed her to draw on the walls of her room and make artworks
because you can see all throughout the room, Mrs. Carol drew paintings and pictures everywhere. She drew all the furniture, everything on the
walls, and as precisely as possible, it is also in place, like the bed standing
over here with the clock above it, the clock face above it. I just love it, it makes
sense, that's what it is, it makes absolute sense. Oh, this, oh, oh my God, that creeped me out,
that creeped me out. The batteries in this one, oh no, no, no, please, please, that's creepy.
[Music] I don't like Teletubbies anyways. Can you believe it, how it has batteries? She even had
a telephone next to her, also still functions. It even has an emergency number in the middle over
here, wow. Lovely old books right next to it, bed completely still made with
all her plushies on top of it. Huh, even a baby carriage in front that she
completely filled with her most beloved plushies. You can see her teddy bears, there's
a camel, oh no, it's a llama, yeah. I also really adore the fireplace down here. She
had this fireplace cover and she drew the whole, like the wood burning, on top of it. I love it,
this lady was talented. I believe she's still alive right now, she must be, or she must have
died from some sort of disease, but I don't know. Look at this lady, I'm not
sure if it's Carol, but she looks like the one in the photo, so
maybe when she was older, yeah, exactly. And then we have, I'm sorry, can I just show it
again because I don't think I showed it in detail, yeah, it's not the area of the house because
there are no mountains around the house, but maybe like another house or vacation house
that they had that she drew over here. I love the gable slot she has over here as well. Now we have a small sitting area. She left a
couple of things on here, a beautiful pink hat still left here with the flower at the front
of it. She loved flowers, she loved nature, as you can see. There are some books over here and
then what I also really adore, one of her gloves, red velvet gloves, is also still left
here. Upholstered chair in the corner, oh! And a complete box of jewellery
is also still here. Isn't that just amazing? The clothing pin
and everything still in place. The lamp as well, that broke. Oh,
wow, this is sort of a grooming set with a brush, little mirror,
and everything's still in there. I'm lost for a second, what's this? Is it
a television? It's a really old television, I don't know, 1956? Oh my, that
says, I think that's just dust. Wow, it's just supposed to be black behind
there, that's why I didn't recognise it at first, but this is indeed a television,
definitely like 50s or 60s America, Philco. Never heard of that company, I would
think it's like Phillips, but it's Phil. So, speaker down below here. I love this one,
it's probably very rare and very unique. Yeah, even has the logo of the television written here
at the front. No, Predicta, it's not the logo, but it's nothing else, they're probably the name. Wow,
what a place, and then over here in the corner, oh sorry, I just saw the bird, the birdcage
back there. Wow, I think it's a lovely box. Oh, oh, her hats are still in here. She loved all
those hats, and we saw it in one of the pictures, and I think it's the blue one. Oh
wow, it's beautiful, it's this one, yeah, yeah, absolutely adore it, with
the feather on there and everything. We even got a couple more over here, a red one, a
black one. What are these? Are these sketchbooks? You're kidding me. This, this says, even,
oh, oh, I gotta be careful with this one. Oh, that, that, that's indeed a scrapbook.
Down here, for Mike, it says over here. Oh, this was her hand that she painted, that
she probably did in kindergarten. "Happy Birthday!" This complete scrapbook and she
saved it over the years, everything she made in kindergarten and school and everything.
Might be one of her dogs, clothing pin on there. I'm stunned by this room,
I'm literally stunned. ABC's. Always be Christian, be a Christian. Is there more? Oh yeah, oh, this is
furniture design. She must have become an artist at some point. Something else, oh,
look at that. Can you... it's hard to show. And probably there's more underneath. So many
artefacts of her left in this room. I absolutely love it. Excuse us just for a second because
our camera gear is on the bench, but look, just look past it and look at the bench. That
is... let's take the bags... wait, wait a second, wait a second, and the bags are out, there we are,
the bench is clean, and look at the masterpiece that we have in front of us here. Beautiful
upholstery, beautiful woodwork. I absolutely adore it. When I saw it at first in the home, I was like
this is one of my favourite pieces of furniture in there. Oh yeah, and then I love this sofa also
behind it. Yes, that makes it like extra special. And I'm sorry, I have to point out, I
love that she drew the frame and then around the framework on top of it. All
the teddy bears are also still here, and I love that there's also a cat
number one on the sofa here. Yeah, wow. I hadn't given any attention to this piece of
furniture. Have a look at it. It's like a seat and a little bench where you can read,
especially made for a child, I believe. Absolutely adore it. Wonderful piece of furniture.
And then behind it, we got some paintings she made. Over the top, that's upside down,
am I? Yes, here we can see the landscape with the blue sky in the back. Wow, and even
a little bit of clouds on the left side. And then behind it is a very abstract, retro
landscape with sheep and cows with grace. Okay, Carol, you were a special lady, and I hope
you're doing well in life right now. What a lovely room it is. You'll love that though. Let's go to
the last part of the house, but then afterward, we got even more to show you, so don't click off
yet. Don't click off yet; this video is going to be still even more epic than it is right now.
Let's go back to the hallway, back into the centrepiece of the house once more. This room
keeps amazing me, and I love that it's attached to everything. Every single room comes out of
this one. It's like a spider web, I must say, sort of, sort of. And here we come into another
little area with the basement down there. Yeah, let's have a quick look in the basement
before... because it doesn't... okay, yeah, just, I'm always interested
just to see it. There are like a bunch of Bud Light cans here, and it seems
like this also, it's flooded. Oh yeah, it's flooded. Oh, there are only trash
bags inside of here; they're awful, sure. They seem to be awful, of course, light.
What? There are literally thousands and thousands of cans of beer inside of the
basement. Why would you say that? Okay, we're not going to go in-depth on that, but that's
pretty strange, I would say. Yeah, somebody in the house might have been an alcoholic, and
really, he was a fan of Bud Light. Oh, I must have been chipping off, sorry, it's been
chipping off the wall here as well, so beautiful. Oh, and then we come into
this typical American kitchen. Look at this stovetop over here, very small,
very narrow, I would say. Yeah, space, no space. Yeah, it's a very nice cooktop over
here, everything still left on there. Some pans for Mary and Jacqueline to cook
food on. Oh my god, oh, that's so retro! What do we have on there? We'll take Half House
Wilton, well, Westinghouse, it says. A lovely oven that we have over here. I noticed one thing up there. Yeah,
there is a built-in clock above the sink. Isn't that just wonderful? I
absolutely adore that one. Yeah, now we have the kitchen area
where they would do everything, with a dishwasher and everything still there.
Love that the bleach is also still left here. And the mixer back there. Penny, I'm looking at this
right now, and doesn't this look familiar to you? Yeah,
wait, let me grab something. I just have to show this because that's literally
what she painted. That's literally the same. Wow, this painting resembles that artefact
that we see here in the kitchen. So Carol took inspiration from that to paint this painting.
Okay, I'm going to place this over here in the corner for a second, and then we're going to go
further with our video. But these little details make these houses so interesting. You can really
attach a story and weave something together when the people still left here, still left here. Wow,
even the fridge over here is still left behind. They put some important
figures on top of the fridge, the Cleaver family. Unfortunately, coming from
Europe, I don't know who any of these people are. See, there's also a daughter's
cabinet. Look at this; they must have stored something inside of here. Extract a little bit of it; maybe cereal
or something else would be placed in there. Okay, before I go out there, I want
to show you this section as well. Yeah, I was going to say, I think these parts of
the house are the ones that I wanted to show. This showcase of decay inside of here, you can see the
lily, the whole window is falling out of the room. After 40 years of abandonment, this house has
become worthless; it's irreparable, as you can see. It's just falling apart; it's absolutely
sad. Let's show it from the outside as well. All right. Here we have a couple; this was
there like washing, drying room. Even a dog cage in the corner there, they probably
also had an animal, a couple of animals, maybe some cats and dogs inside of the house. And here
we can exit the house again, and we are outside again. Oh, too bright! Oh yeah, it's very bright
outside. Yeah, it's a lovely day over here today. Look at that. Annie, oh my God, the whole house is literally just falling
apart, everything is crumbling and decaying. Sad to see, definitely sad to see, because this
is such a beautiful place in nature. And I think definitely somebody might have enjoyed this house
if it was safe and restored. Okay, let's show you the garden right now. We're at the backside
of the house right now, and as you can see, you can barely see the house anymore over here.
Nature has taken over everything here, but I have already made a little lap through the garden, and
I believe if I'm right, and we go through here... Oh my gosh, this is going to be difficult.
Okay, let me guide you through here. Oh! Sometimes I ask myself, how do we find these
places? I'm good, I'm good, yeah, okay. Yes, here we come to the very lush pool area that
over time has turned back into a lake for the animals that live in this forest. Wow, I love that
it's still filtered, everything is still in there. Isn't it just beautiful? So green. These people
must have enjoyed this pool every single day. Don't touch it, don't, don't. Yeah, you know me,
I have to touch everything that's filthy. It's filthy, that's for sure. Okay, and over here, the
garden goes on and on. This property is enormous, but it's impossible to wander through it anymore.
You can only show you this section of it. And there's one more thing we've got to show you,
that's the garage. Let's get over there right now. Let me show you the last section of this property,
the garage. This was John's proudest possession; this is where he probably spent the most time. And
you're not going to believe this place. I just had a quick peek, but it's completely collapsed
and falling apart. It's absolutely amazing. Again, through the forest, making
our way to the garage of this place. Oh my gosh, I love how you say "garage." Oh my God, what was that? That's a vulture! Oh my
God, I just saw it, then it flew away. [Laughter] Look at this, Danny. Oh my God, this was the
family car for sure, slowly standing over here, and then at a certain point, the tree
completely fell on it and crushed it. Wow, I want to show it from above. Let me
see if I can get up through the screen. Look at this from above. Doesn't it absolutely
look dystopian? Even the tree completely has fallen on here. Oh my, it's actually a very
nice family car that they had over here. I think it's a Buick Eight, but I'm not 100% sure about
that. Let's see if I can make my way over here. Yes, oh yes, definitely a Buick, and I was exactly
right about this car: Buick Eight. Love the hood and love the style of this vehicle. Back to
me, back to you, hello, hello there. We go. It's sad to see because if they took the
car out, it would have been saved, but unfortunately, that never happened. Let's make our way carefully back down.
Let's see what more we've got in this place. I can see another car standing there in that
garage that's completely collapsed. Okay. Do you think we can...? It looks
like it's collapsed. Oh my God. Oh, that's it, I saw it. Yeah, I saw the car.
It's beautiful. Can we...? It's also a Buick Eight. Try this side; it feels like it's
better, feels a little bit safer indeed. And there's even another car over there. Oh my
God, in the middle of everything. We'll show that at the end. Yeah. [Applause] I think this was one
of his proudest possessions that we have in here. Look at this, with the suicide doors and
everything. Probably he got chauffeured around in this one. This man was rich, having
a mineral extraction and processing company. He must have been insanely rich. Just show the
inside of the car; look how beautiful it is. Wow, they even have a little ashtray in the
seat pocket over there. Yeah, I love it. I think it's completely locked, unfortunately,
and then a spare tire was housed in here. And then also have a look at the
magnificent front of this vehicle. Love the headlights' shape;
it's sort of like a raindrop. In the grill, all very narrow
together, these vehicles. I think this one, in particular, would run for
a hundred thousand dollars right now, at least. I'm not a car expert, but yeah, this
one should have been saved, and it's too late. It's like it's a museum piece. Yeah,
it is. I haven't checked out this garage yet, but this one still seems in a very good condition,
and I hope there might also be a car in here. It's this sort of greenhouse area
at the back here for some plants. Okay, again through the forest. It
looks difficult. Thank you. Yeah, there we go. I see an open window here at the
back. Yeah, the vehicles are in there. Oh, oh, let me... Oh my god, oh, that one is open. Ow, these thorns. I'm realizing something,
Danny. That's a Cadillac, that's the Cadillac from the pictures. Do you think he restored
it? That's the Cadillac from the pictures from inside of his room that were directed to Jean
and the guy that got it from Virginia. It's big, it's massive, it's like a boat. Okay, yeah,
American cars for me are like boats. Yeah, can you take it? Yes, sir, there we go. Oh, the other
one is also fascinating. My gosh, look at that. Our first showcase: the other one over here. We've
got a Packard, a Packard that's a car brand that's not around anymore. Right now, I have never
heard of it. Look at the emblem at the front, it's like a swan spreading its wings. It's
beautiful and it's massive as well, it's like a foot long, like 30 centimeters. Wow, what
a masterpiece. There's moss all over this vehicle. Oh my, the interior is still perfect. These two cars are still in very good condition.
Check out the emblem inside of here. Can you open the door? It's easier. Yeah, I will,
if you insist. Wow, there you go. [Music] It looks royal. Yeah, these are not cheap
cars, very thick doors as well. Look at that, pretty sturdy cars. Oh, I just
bumped it into the other one. Wow, I love the seats that they were just doing
together, so fast, like sofas. Yeah, wow. The inlet fans are inside here, and
this is where you would fuel it up. August, it's the last time it was restored. That's
just fascinating. It looks like a royal crest of a family. It does, it really does. Okay, and
then over to the Cadillac. It's probably his proudest possession. This was John's car;
he got it from Virginia, he restored it, and he made this wonderful piece out of it.
Probably only drove it on very special occasions. About... He completely restored this
one because, on the pictures, it was in a way worse condition. Oh yeah, I
love the wings on it. Yeah, very very retro. Take the whole family on trips with this car.
Unfortunately, its beauty is slowly deteriorating, but these two cars can still be saved. Luckily, they are safe in here; they
are very safe in here. Wow, let me show you the front of... Yeah, I'm
speechless, man. I'm speechless. Me too, it's big, it's really big. Escalade, wow. I love
the two wings on the front here as well. Oh, sorry, yeah, it's locked,
which I don't blame you at all. Look at this, the registration plate.
Last registered in 1981, it says on there, and it's the time when the house got abandoned. Wow, let's check out that one last car that was
in between all that greenery over there. Okay. [Music] So we found a way to get to the car over there.
Oh, it's a little side tour, little detour. Oh wow, wow. Why is it standing
here? Oh my gosh, look at this one. And this is, again, a Buick 8. A wonderful
vehicle. I love the emblem on this one even more than the other one. It's like
some turbine. I'm speechless, yeah. This is the best car Grave Shark
has found so far. If you can even, not even a car graveyard, it's just
personal cars. There's no course. Yeah, wow. The intakes on it, the Roadmaster.
You can definitely say that. The interior, then the dashboard.
I don't know what it's-- And I love the sloping back of this
vehicle as well. It just makes the vehicle. Next to Sean's alcohol addiction, I'd
love to drink some beers. I'm gonna take a seat on the side of the car here, and we're
going to end off this episode. But, oh, still, to this point in an episode, I'm speechless.
Speechless with what we have found, speechless but what's left inside of this place, and that we
just found it here in the middle of the forest. I want to thank you all so, so, so, so, so, so
much for watching this week's video. It was an incredible place to explore, absolutely adored
it, and it's going to stay in my memory forever. Thank you very much. Like
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