It always amazes me to see these abandoned homes filled with stuff, this would never happen in Africa, everything will be stolen including the roof tiles.
The TV looked like the first one we ever had and it was a Zenith. What floored me was the LIFE magazine's date, 4-20-53 because thats my birthday and I just turned 67.
Probably a Zenith, like everyone else said. Remember the "good old days" when you pulled your hair out trying to get the picture not to flip and having a fiddly vertical control? Those were the days....
HYGRADE- We lived by the airport. Whenever an airplane was coming in for a landing the picture would start getting wonky for a few seconds. Then in the 70's someone with a high powered CB would come thru the audio.
Wow.. that's true. I was born in '77, and assuming this was abandoned around '74, it was before my time. I do remember when houses looked like that though. Yes, even the big TV. It's funny how design, technology, and styles have changed over the years.
Great video. I have to comment because this video impacted me deeply. I'm 54 years old and when you went into the attic and found that revolving Christmas light I was tranported back to 1974. I remembered having that light on our tree. I was 8 years old and my parents weren't divorced yet. My family was whole. Such a wonderful memory. Restored to me because of you! Thank YOU. P.S. I sent word to my parents to look for pic of us with light. If I get will post.
Thanks for the comment. I am 16 and a half years old and I was born on 01/09/2007 In most parts of the world or in the USA the date would look like: 9/01_2007 . When the day comes, I will be 17 years old. Show me love, not hate as I turn 17 years old. I have school at 08:15 am and it is 05:52 am at 9814 E 112th DR. Henson Co 80640 .
So true. When I moved into my new house they told me that I could keep or throw out the former owners old stuff (passed away). And as I was going through boxes of family photos and all the things they acquired over the course of their life I felt so sad knowing that one day someone might be going through MY things and looking at them like worthless junk. Very strange feeling. We live our whole lives just for some stranger to end up going through our stuff and throwing it away.
Goddamn that house construction looks so solid to be in such good shape after all this, time, I bet half the McMansions they make today would fall apart within 10 years of abandonment, they really don’t build like they used to.
agree, just strip all that lead paint off the walls...replace the windows, heating system, redo the floors...few hundred other things..but would be a great project for someone to take on.
@@williebeamish5879 No doubt - whoever buys it would need to have a large bankroll. Lead paint and possibly asbestos issues. More of a dream for 98% of us.
@@oschiri66 no, that is what we were wearing under our day garments. It was a bra/girdle one piece. Sometimes they were just called one piece girdle/shaper. It was also how we held up hose. I never wore one but my mother did. There was a time when stockings had to be held up ... and panty hose were still in the future. I was about 17 when I saw my first pair of panty hose.
@@kathleenhensley5951 Thank you Kathleen. I'm still a bit confused. I've seen girdles. They are usually made of thin material and beige, white or black. But this "thing" looks padded. Why would somebody pad a garment, that is supposed to make you slimmer? And that colour? But a bathing suit with garters would even make less sense. So you could be right and it's just a weird design?
The rotary color projector for Christmas trees at 12:37 instantly brought back such happy memories from my early childhood. My beloved late mom had one of those which she used each December to light our shiny aluminum Christmas tree while playing classic Christmas albums on her MCM recordplayer -- back in the 60's when such items were actual furniture pieces. Thanks for showing such a fun and cool blast from the past!👍🏼
That was INSANE!! That place is truly a time cap, for sure! I couldn't take my eyes off this episode. The old Marlon Brando Life mag and that attic covered in early 1900's stuff. Unreal sick find! Now im super excited to see Urbex&Chills vid of this!!
I think people living were from the early 1900s and passed away somewhere around 1974 . Most of the valued items are from either 1920s or 40s . Thise paintings in the room , that art style and those frames were VERY popular in the 60s - 80s , my grandmother's house has those. I dunno if their children left them and moved away or something . But that's what probably happened , children moved away , parents got old . One passed away following the other . The children obviously didn't want anything to happen to their family home and were living somewhere else so they locked it up and over the decades it got forgotten ( grandchildren and etc ) . The people who lived there are probably being survived by their great grandchildren now.
Could have been asbestos or something other environmental keeping people from claiming the property. It could have been seized and just nothing done with it.
Think you are correct. The walker in the attic, is also a giveaway that an elderly person lived there. Maybe most abandoned time capsules have this history of a full life, with someone staying behind and growing old. Seems to be a pattern.
The old world was so elegant. Your comment about packaging was so right - so stylish. Some wonderfully preserved stuff in there, and a wealth of it to wade through. Keep 'em coming!
I say it, or see it in every video "Such a waste of such valuable family history/antique photos/antique furniture" Somewhere there is someone out there, that doesn't even know their family history is sitting there, just rotting away. I'm with you Dark, I could have spent all day in the attic looking around, and another whole day in the rest of the house!
I had many aunts and uncles in Wisconsin, most of whom, for reasons unknown, never had kids. So when they died, who knows what became of their homes, their bank accounts, their belongings. There could well be a home somewhere near Milwaukee, Brookfield, Elm Grove, or West Allis sitting vacant since the late 70s. They all died between 1975 and 85.
I have been watching your videos for a couple months now, and you have been a calm presence for me during this pandemic. your videos and respectful explorations have been so wonderful to watch. you remind me of my friend Cash. (: it's sad to wonder about what happened in these places to leave them the way that they are, but I greatly appreciate that you and your friends go out to document them. thank you for being you. (I really love seeing the old fonts and packaging too.)
This is also one of my favorite video’s. It definitely is not from 1974. That was only 48 years ago. That house is truly the early 1900’s. Absolutely fascinating. You are both so respectful of the homes you’re in. Thank you for such interesting video’s. I’m sure it was once a beautiful home back then. They don’t build them like that anymore. Thanks guys!!
Thank you again for such a nice time capsule house.im still collecting 70-90s tabloids and magazines and memorabilia,and in a couple days I'll be ordering more for my collection
@@IronMaidenDoD my mother had a similar box, but it was just things to have when she moved out, or things she collected for when she moved out. Marriage wasn’t in her books (late 80’s-90’s)
I think the room of the person who was sick appears around 8:43. Generic, institutional-looking bed (Possibly adjustable?) that has shelves within reach, medical office style scale, both items with work lamps trained on them. The blue stand by the window is for a water basin, so you can wash yourself (or somebody else) without having to walk far. You're not wrong about the appearance of the green bedroom with the wooden bed, though. I wonder whether this was originally a family home that was later opened (and eventually closed) as a private hospice/rest home. Ample storage, an empty music/rec room, board games laid out, sound machine, multiple office-type spaces. The accumulation of items is SUPER eclectic, but all of the daily-use products/spaces are pretty organized. It wasn't uncommon for single mothers to rent out rooms as a source of income up until the 80's or so. Catering to the sick is likely safer than just taking in drifters, and offering services in addition to room & board would justify charging higher rates. (The decor in the "Master Bedroom" seems a little more modern and youthful than the others, and definitely set up for one person.) The 70's and 80's are also when licensing requirements for medical facilities/providers started to become more tightly regulated (Social Work wasn't a licensed profession until the late 60's, for example.) and larger nursing homes were being built everywhere at warp speed, which could have put a self-trained caregiver out of business.
The dance wax b....leeeewwww my mind!! Im 58 and remember that stuff we used on floors of Discos to make your shoes (feet) slide easier across the space you were dancing in!! Wow!! Blast from the 70's alright.. so cool!!
I am sure that you have imagined in one of your stories that some of these people were abducted I am 65 years old and I just can't imagine that even if the parents died the children just left everything behind not in every case there are just too many abandon homes that are filled with precious items something else is going on with these type homes wr jusy need to put iur minds into it more seriously and not just investigate these homes as a time capsule everytime I see homes like this they cry out to tell their story but we need to listen more carefully
DUDE! That piano was made in New York. Calenberg & Vaupel closed shop in 1883. Its in super rough condition, but to a restorer, it is worth money. It really should be saved. Its quite the artifact.
I so enjoyed this find.the rotary wheel is used to light a Christmas tree .we used it on an aluminum Christmas tree because you couldn't put electric lights on them.1960,s.so many memories.thank you💓
Love the videos. The logo on the Excedrin bottle didn't hit the shelves until 1983, the mccormick thyme logo also dates back to the 80's. The room shown around the 8.35 minute mark, the bed in it was an old hospital bed. The Amgard 2, which is an old home security system controller, shown at 11:37 wasn't produced until 1985. So the place was probably abandon after that.
Amazing 🤩 old things, preserved in time. A true time capsule. It’s incredible that these places exist. I’d love to explore that room full of old random things, a real treasure trove of history! The light you found in it’s box completely unused was brilliant, would love to plug it in and see the light effects. Fingers crossed that all this interesting, historic stuff is somehow saved, it would make a great exhibition. A simple bottle of nail varnish has become a valuable artifact, as has all the stuff we take for granted, cough medicine from that time period is a thing of Beaty. Hope this lovely house and its contents somehow lives to tell the tale🙏
What a nice evening, another jewel from the past. And it's underlined with your calming voice, what gives more vibes. Like you've said, houses and mansions are the most exciting 😍 so much stuff from past and personal stuff gives more Character to it. Devin, keep up the good work. And stay safe 🙂
I know the 1970's seems a long time ago but it isn't really... Time is short and the years pass so quickly... I loved the 70's era... Wow...Amazing explore.. From Northeast UK 🇬🇧🇬🇧👍
Absolutely favorite explore so far. I love the layout of the rooms: especially the spacious kitchen with ample room for a kitchen table. I got the feeling an older couple had lived here many years and had their life history enclosed in this home. The photos were just wonderful. So sad that there were no family members to preserve their mementos. It is hard to understand the mentality of the those who enter and ransack these homes. Anyway it is great that you guys go in and preserve as much as you can with photos. The books with instructions on home care were very touching. So much nicer and more humane than a nursing home. I believe these may have been very lovely people and you have paid homage to their simple and decent life.
We had a TV that was given to us by our grandparents that looked a lot like that and it was an RCA. One of our first color TVs they was in the sixties. So that TV is older definitely the 1974. I'm sure it's from the 60s. I love that your voice is so calming. So much of that stuff looks like the stuff I grew up with in the 60s. My grandparents had one of those Christmas tree lights it would go around and change colors oh, it was really cool to see it when I was a kid in the mid-60s.
I stumbled across your video by accident, and 2 mins in hit subscribe. This house is amazing! It almost looks like it was staged for use as a museum or something. Incredible find. Its hard to believe some properties like this can sit vacant for so long, and not be vandalized or trashed. loved the look of the natural decay, dust and paint. Its like traveling back in time.
I was born in June of 1974 and it fascinates me to see video’s like this…showing life from the time I was born. And although a lot if the items in the house are much older than ‘74…it still, strangely, feels like home. So many of the items (packaging etc) are very familiar and bring back memories from my childhood.
My God, how does something like this even happen?? 46 years, untouched basically. How many people have passed this up turning the other cheek, going on with their own lives. Mind boggling.
Death, sometimes parents outlive their kids.Other times families are no longer on speaking terms,or none of the family are financially capable of attending to the expenses left by the deceased, or simply their is no power of attorney granting anyone outside the family any rights to take on the estate that was left.It becomes the responsibility of the city or state and usually all they are willing to spend is just enough to cover mortuary costs.
Nice find, truly like a museum frozen in time. If this place was completely abandoned in 1974 (and judging by the contents there is no reason to believe it wasn't), it's remarkable that it is in such good condition after 46 years. Seeing the big timbers in the attic show what a well-built structure it is. It would be nice if someone would reclaim the property and restore it.
Great video. Anyone else throwing their hands up Everytime he picks something up or disturbs the stuff frozen in time?! Just me? 😂 Also, that was clearly baking soda in the fridge. Keeps it fresh.
I wonder if perhaps a relative may have been stationed in India at some point during the Second World War. They saved a WW2 era newspaper that must have had some personal connection and the US 10th Air Force flew out of India as part of the China-India-Burma theater in the Second World War.
This was a great one. I hope you stay and document more in photos. This isn’t old but the stuff in the attic is incredible. The thing that shines on the Christmas tree those are worth $$
Fantastic explore this time, thanks for sharing! It had pretty much everything I look for in a good exploration film, including history, mystery, and good photography. And no creepy music or nauseating, swinging cameras either (thank you!).
Great upload, this house has a sadness about it . I could have sat all day going through all the historical documents. Absolutely fascinating 👍 thanks guys stay safe 🙏❤️
As someone who was born in the early 1970s, this is a strange mix of nostalgia and like the Amityville Horror. Thanks for the respect you show to peoples' lives.
BTW - I didn't mean that the place seemed evil or something, but when a place that seems to have once been full of life is abandoned-as is, it gives off an almost eerie vibe, or a strange mystique. Very cool video. I hope it was a happy ending for the owner, and not some type of dramatic murder, etc.
My home was built in the 40’s. The bedrooms are 16 x 14 & 16 x 17. No houses built today have bedrooms this size. When I look at them with a realtor I have to ask, if the bedrooms are just closets. Also the Windows are very large also.
This is, without a doubt, my favorite explore of yours that I have gotten to thus far. This home is truly a masterpiece stuck in time. THANK YOU for all that you do to share these homes with us.
The fridge puzzles me. Why is it completely empty except for a tray (of what appears to be) baking Soda (eliminates odours)? I bet the home owner had bronchitis & was being looked after. Once he/she passed away, nurses just stopped coming over. So sad.
Brought back good memories. The TV is from the 1960s. The 70s living room TV's sat on the floor, heavy, a lot of wood around it, no legs. I loved it when you found the Rotary Color Projector up in the attic. In the 70s a lot of people bought silver aluminum Christmas trees, instead of real trees. The real tree's always made a mess, so someone came up with fake trees. Plugged in, the Projector spun slowly, so the colors reflected onto the shiny silver tree. We didn't put lights on the tree because of what the tree was made of. A string of lights back then wasn't the same, safe miniature ones, we have today. The bulbs got hot. The bedroom with a little guest bed, you said, was probably the ailing person's bed. It appeared to me, to look like a hospital bed. The first two bedrooms looked like women's bedrooms, by looking at the small items. The bedroom you said could possibly be a kid's room, and that baby clothes were hanging...didn't see no baby clothes. I saw what looked like a man's shirt, could be a women's, though, and some pants that were either for a male or female. I'm thinking that it was a man's room, especially since a man's hat was there. Possibly, it was the man who got sick and they put him in the sick room with the hospital bed.
This was particularly unique, I often enjoy this kind of content and just watch it quietly, but this really made a difference, and it's fair to point it out. Thank you!
I thought that was a hospital bed at 8:45... in the room off of what looked like the master bedroom. Sad. Cherish life.... It really is like sands through an hour glass.
I know you guys that explore the abandoned places have a code of leave it as you find it. But this house is amazing, just makes me wonder if there is a historical society you could call to go in there and look at this stuff, alot of this is history and seriously belongs in a museum or on public display somewhere instead of being left to deteriorate. Such a shame to see it left like this with no one to care for these things. Great find guys and Awesome video.
Oh my gosh does this place remind me of being a kid in the 70's! We had so many of those real big televisions. The name/manufacturer are usually on the back panel or inside the cabinet. That game, was it called Parcheezee? Not sure if I spelled it correctly. The "storage room" is actually a side pantry, side because it has a window. Most pantries didnt have windows but there were a few homes and apartments that had pantries with windows. I had one of those old time tennis rackets! They made them so durable back in the day that they would last forever. I ended up leaving mine behind when we moved out of Chicago in 2015 but it was still very much usable! Wow, really brings back the memories before all this modern technology and cheap ways of crafting items. Things were made durable and lasted forever back then, thus why antiques and vintage sell for so much
although the calendar said 1974,It looks like the TV is a Zenith from 1964 or 1965. Which would make sense because the Bird pamplets you showed us were also dated from 1964 and 65'. People generally kept their electronics for long periods of time back in the day.
So much history in that house; it's a shame it will turn to dust eventually. Thank you for preserving it with your videos. You have a great knack for taking videos like this...keep it up!
4:30 That device on the shelf with the cord on it is a lamp timer used to turn on electrical devices at a preset time, generally a lamp, to give the impression that someone is at home. That brings back memories because my grandmother had the exact same one. They have a motor in them to operate the timer. At 14:38 reading that story about Pvt. Roy W. Langdon is very saddening. His parents were killed and he went to live with his aunt. His older brother was killed in the war, then he graduates high school as valedictorian, joins the army and is killed shortly after. Wow!
Wow that furnace in the kitchen brought back some cool memories! Back in the late fifties,early sixties they were put in cabins,those old-timey cabins,for heat😉
I really enjoyed your video. Boy does this take me back in time. I love seeing old homes with their belongings still untouched it amazes me. Great job!
The furniture, dishes, appliances, and the piano is worth a lot of money! They are antiques. That's ashame someone can't take them and do something with them. Beautiful things. Thank you for the video.
I am thinking the people who last lived here were older. Perhaps grandparents or a grandparent who occasionally had their grandchildren over for visits or sleepovers. Would explain why a lot does not appear contemporary, even for 1974. Reminds me of my grandparents house as a kid in the 80s..if not for a wall calendar, a more modern TV my grandpa bought, and new food/consumer products laying around it easy could have looked like the 40s-60s rather than mid 1980s at the time.
@@CrazyCrethon I didn't see any photos that old. The oldest ones look to be from 1900 - 1910. In 1874, ambrotypes and tintypes were popular and none of them were either of those two.
@@CrazyCrethon You're not too far off imo. Mid to late 1890s, to 1900s as Gordon mentioned I think. I think the person who lived here was probably born in that era, and then passed away in the mid 70s if I had to guess. And that one of the girl was either her, or a sister I think. There was a lot of sewing equipment in there along with the hope chest in the attic so I think a woman lived there for sure.
If I had a super power it would be to stand in a room and lift a finger and it would instantly be restored to its original youth. It would be so cool to transform the world around you, preserve the past.... but everything is meant for decay. Dance wax! How fun 😃
I simply can't believe this place isn't in worse shape than it is. Look at that bedroom with the brown bedspread!!! And those ancient magazines and newspapers, what good shape they're in ... I also can't believe that someone's family just walked away from this and left all those heirlooms and treasures behind. That always just leaves me stunned ...
I’m watching this just in pure awe and fascination. There’s no telling what the items are worth that are left behind! I want it all to be saved, including the house!!
Who else enjoys abandoned homes? 🙋🏻♂️
Me! 🙋🏻♀️
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It always amazes me to see these abandoned homes filled with stuff, this would never happen in Africa, everything will be stolen including the roof tiles.
Me!
Especially the ones out in the country. Old farm houses, are super creep.
It's a shame that these buildings will be eventually torn down with all of this valuable history inside of them. These things belong in a museum.
I agree
that just doesn't make sense to me. you should at least take a quick look inside a place before tearing it down
Eve, stuff like this makes me feel so sad in a way cuz I treasure the little things....
I agree
@@dguy0386 Usually, These buildings are not safe to enter. Even for a house like this, Imagine the lead, asbestos, and mold that is in that home.
The TV looked like the first one we ever had and it was a Zenith. What floored me was the LIFE magazine's date, 4-20-53 because thats my birthday and I just turned 67.
I was thinking zenith also, pretty popular back then.
I also think it was a Zenith
It is a good model, it has the color adjust knobs on the front.
Probably a Zenith, like everyone else said. Remember the "good old days" when you pulled your hair out trying to get the picture not to flip and having a fiddly vertical control? Those were the days....
HYGRADE-
We lived by the airport. Whenever an airplane was coming in for a landing the picture would start getting wonky for a few seconds. Then in the 70's someone with a high powered CB would come thru the audio.
just think, this was long abandoned before most people watching this vid were born.
your best so far!
Ahem I'm 64. 😂
Born in 72 🙄🙃
Absolutely true. Best one by far
@@LeighDeitrick1 im 63...its like a time capsule
Wow.. that's true. I was born in '77, and assuming this was abandoned around '74, it was before my time. I do remember when houses looked like that though. Yes, even the big TV. It's funny how design, technology, and styles have changed over the years.
Great video.
I have to comment because this video impacted me deeply.
I'm 54 years old and when you went into the attic and found that revolving Christmas light I was tranported back to 1974. I remembered having that light on our tree. I was 8 years old and my parents weren't divorced yet. My family was whole. Such a wonderful memory. Restored to me because of you!
Thank YOU.
P.S.
I sent word to my parents to look for pic of us with light. If I get will post.
Such a sweet comment. ♥
Bless you.☘️
Thanks for the comment. I am 16 and a half years old and I was born on 01/09/2007
In most parts of the world or in the USA the date would look like:
9/01_2007 . When the day comes, I will be 17 years old. Show me love, not hate as I turn 17 years old. I have school at 08:15 am and it is 05:52 am at 9814 E 112th DR. Henson Co 80640 .
The cycle of life is truly fascinating, mysterious and sad.
Yes I agree 😌
@colleenhoperue5538 lmmfao why were you smiling about that bro lol?
So true. When I moved into my new house they told me that I could keep or throw out the former owners old stuff (passed away). And as I was going through boxes of family photos and all the things they acquired over the course of their life I felt so sad knowing that one day someone might be going through MY things and looking at them like worthless junk. Very strange feeling. We live our whole lives just for some stranger to end up going through our stuff and throwing it away.
That place has been abandoned for a long time, can't believe it's just sitting there falling apart. Good video
Goddamn that house construction looks so solid to be in such good shape after all this, time, I bet half the McMansions they make today would fall apart within 10 years of abandonment, they really don’t build like they used to.
agree, just strip all that lead paint off the walls...replace the windows, heating system, redo the floors...few hundred other things..but would be a great project for someone to take on.
@@jr1434 Seen that done. Big bucks. Lots of folks don't like the floor plans of older homes, though.
I was thinking the same myself.
@@jr1434 I agree so much. I was saying the exact sorta thing the whole time watching
@@williebeamish5879 No doubt - whoever buys it would need to have a large bankroll. Lead paint and possibly asbestos issues. More of a dream for 98% of us.
Can you imagine how much love was in this house.?
If you go to 10:50 and look at what is hanging on the wall, that gives you a pretty good idea. ;)
@@g.k.1669 What is that? A bathing suit with garters??
@@oschiri66 It looks like a tacky pinboard for notes and such, fashioned to look like a corset. 🙄
@@oschiri66 no, that is what we were wearing under our day garments. It was a bra/girdle one piece. Sometimes they were just called one piece girdle/shaper. It was also how we held up hose. I never wore one but my mother did. There was a time when stockings had to be held up ... and panty hose were still in the future. I was about 17 when I saw my first pair of panty hose.
@@kathleenhensley5951 Thank you Kathleen. I'm still a bit confused. I've seen girdles. They are usually made of thin material and beige, white or black. But this "thing" looks padded. Why would somebody pad a garment, that is supposed to make you slimmer? And that colour? But a bathing suit with garters would even make less sense. So you could be right and it's just a weird design?
The rotary color projector for Christmas trees at 12:37 instantly brought back such happy memories from my early childhood. My beloved late mom had one of those which she used each December to light our shiny aluminum Christmas tree while playing classic Christmas albums on her MCM recordplayer -- back in the 60's when such items were actual furniture pieces. Thanks for showing such a fun and cool blast from the past!👍🏼
That was INSANE!! That place is truly a time cap, for sure! I couldn't take my eyes off this episode. The old Marlon Brando Life mag and that attic covered in early 1900's stuff. Unreal sick find! Now im super excited to see Urbex&Chills vid of this!!
He has already uploaded it on his channel. Check my description for the link
I enjoy seeing different perspectives of the same houses .☘️
I think people living were from the early 1900s and passed away somewhere around 1974 . Most of the valued items are from either 1920s or 40s . Thise paintings in the room , that art style and those frames were VERY popular in the 60s - 80s , my grandmother's house has those. I dunno if their children left them and moved away or something . But that's what probably happened , children moved away , parents got old . One passed away following the other . The children obviously didn't want anything to happen to their family home and were living somewhere else so they locked it up and over the decades it got forgotten ( grandchildren and etc ) . The people who lived there are probably being survived by their great grandchildren now.
That's what I gathered , also .Elderly couple ,one very sick .Home furnished mostly with items from their past .
The tv was old even for 1974
That's propably it
The tv, maybe the 1940s/50s.
Could have been asbestos or something other environmental keeping people from claiming the property. It could have been seized and just nothing done with it.
Think you are correct. The walker in the attic, is also a giveaway that an elderly person lived there. Maybe most abandoned time capsules have this history of a full life, with someone staying behind and growing old. Seems to be a pattern.
The old world was so elegant. Your comment about packaging was so right - so stylish. Some wonderfully preserved stuff in there, and a wealth of it to wade through. Keep 'em coming!
jenny taylor so very true love your comment
Lol if only they made a flat-screen TV that looked like one of those B/W or Early Color TVs
Maybe someone could have died and somebody took the body out, and nobody came and got the belongings. Is that possible? Pictures are left behind.
Backgammon is the board game
Riona Twomey I was just going to say that, good call
It is a good game. Worth getting.
Sometimes the naivete by young you tubers is hard to take. I get triggered by it, can't help it. Love that you show respect though.
@@Priestess78 yeah this dude isn't even close to most of the other people that film stuff like this
Ok we somebody to come in that house and finish that game to bring the house one final bit of honor lol
I say it, or see it in every video "Such a waste of such valuable family history/antique photos/antique furniture" Somewhere there is someone out there, that doesn't even know their family history is sitting there, just rotting away. I'm with you Dark, I could have spent all day in the attic looking around, and another whole day in the rest of the house!
I had many aunts and uncles in Wisconsin, most of whom, for reasons unknown, never had kids. So when they died, who knows what became of their homes, their bank accounts, their belongings. There could well be a home somewhere near Milwaukee, Brookfield, Elm Grove, or West Allis sitting vacant since the late 70s. They all died between 1975 and 85.
Also Respect to the people who live close or came there but didn't ruin anything on this place!
I know! I saw a lemon Lunabar wrapper (the same thing I had for my breakfast) on one of the surfaces.
I have been watching your videos for a couple months now, and you have been a calm presence for me during this pandemic. your videos and respectful explorations have been so wonderful to watch. you remind me of my friend Cash. (: it's sad to wonder about what happened in these places to leave them the way that they are, but I greatly appreciate that you and your friends go out to document them. thank you for being you. (I really love seeing the old fonts and packaging too.)
Oh yea, This is why i Love history so much depth to what went down here is endless so glad its still inviting pple in to look around!! Great video
This is also one of my favorite video’s. It definitely is not from 1974. That was only 48 years ago. That house is truly the early 1900’s. Absolutely fascinating. You are both so respectful of the homes you’re in. Thank you for such interesting video’s. I’m sure it was once a beautiful home back then. They don’t build them like that anymore. Thanks guys!!
Thank you again for such a nice time capsule house.im still collecting 70-90s tabloids and magazines and memorabilia,and in a couple days I'll be ordering more for my collection
The chest was called a HOPE CHEST for a young woman to collect things to start yur home when u marry.💍
Interesting. Its unfortunate hope chests are no longer the status quo if you will of marriages. Ive never heard of that being born in the 90s.
@@IronMaidenDoD my mother had a similar box, but it was just things to have when she moved out, or things she collected for when she moved out. Marriage wasn’t in her books (late 80’s-90’s)
How interesting!
Dowry I’ve heard them called
I think the room of the person who was sick appears around 8:43. Generic, institutional-looking bed (Possibly adjustable?) that has shelves within reach, medical office style scale, both items with work lamps trained on them. The blue stand by the window is for a water basin, so you can wash yourself (or somebody else) without having to walk far.
You're not wrong about the appearance of the green bedroom with the wooden bed, though. I wonder whether this was originally a family home that was later opened (and eventually closed) as a private hospice/rest home.
Ample storage, an empty music/rec room, board games laid out, sound machine, multiple office-type spaces. The accumulation of items is SUPER eclectic, but all of the daily-use products/spaces are pretty organized.
It wasn't uncommon for single mothers to rent out rooms as a source of income up until the 80's or so. Catering to the sick is likely safer than just taking in drifters, and offering services in addition to room & board would justify charging higher rates.
(The decor in the "Master Bedroom" seems a little more modern and youthful than the others, and definitely set up for one person.)
The 70's and 80's are also when licensing requirements for medical facilities/providers started to become more tightly regulated (Social Work wasn't a licensed profession until the late 60's, for example.) and larger nursing homes were being built everywhere at warp speed, which could have put a self-trained caregiver out of business.
Baking soda on a pie pan to soak up smells
Yep. Same reason I still put a box of baking soda in my fridge to this day.
The dance wax b....leeeewwww my mind!! Im 58 and remember that stuff we used on floors of Discos to make your shoes (feet) slide easier across the space you were dancing in!! Wow!! Blast from the 70's alright.. so cool!!
Hey I'm a crime/thriller/horror fiction author. I watch your videos to get inspiration. Thanks for this!!
I am sure that you have imagined in one of your stories that some of these people were abducted I am 65 years old and I just can't imagine that even if the parents died the children just left everything behind not in every case there are just too many abandon homes that are filled with precious items something else is going on with these type homes wr jusy need to put iur minds into it more seriously and not just investigate these homes as a time capsule everytime I see homes like this they cry out to tell their story but we need to listen more carefully
DUDE! That piano was made in New York. Calenberg & Vaupel closed shop in 1883. Its in super rough condition, but to a restorer, it is worth money. It really should be saved. Its quite the artifact.
I so enjoyed this find.the rotary wheel is used to light a Christmas tree .we used it on an aluminum Christmas tree because you couldn't put electric lights on them.1960,s.so many memories.thank you💓
They were used on the aluminum trees as you said back in the day
We had one of those wheels with aluminum tree when i was a kid in the 60's. The tree was silver.
Love the videos. The logo on the Excedrin bottle didn't hit the shelves until 1983, the mccormick thyme logo also dates back to the 80's. The room shown around the 8.35 minute mark, the bed in it was an old hospital bed. The Amgard 2, which is an old home security system controller, shown at 11:37 wasn't produced until 1985. So the place was probably abandon after that.
Around here, a lot of those old TVs were branded Zenith or RCA.
Philco comes to mind. We had a TV like that from Philco, a division of Ford.
In a British documentary I saw, they called them "curtain burners" , due to how hot they'd get, on the back, causing fires. 😄
That one, however is a Magnavox. We had one when I was a kid, and I'm 58. 1963 model 501 Magnacolor. They were very expensive. Almost $500 new!
Ross Judd that was a fortune back then!! 😲
I was gonna guess zenith as well
Amazing 🤩 old things, preserved in time. A true time capsule. It’s incredible that these places exist. I’d love to explore that room full of old random things, a real treasure trove of history! The light you found in it’s box completely unused was brilliant, would love to plug it in and see the light effects. Fingers crossed that all this interesting, historic stuff is somehow saved, it would make a great exhibition. A simple bottle of nail varnish has become a valuable artifact, as has all the stuff we take for granted, cough medicine from that time period is a thing of Beaty. Hope this lovely house and its contents somehow lives to tell the tale🙏
What a nice evening, another jewel from the past. And it's underlined with your calming voice, what gives more vibes.
Like you've said, houses and mansions are the most exciting 😍 so much stuff from past and personal stuff gives more Character to it.
Devin, keep up the good work. And stay safe 🙂
I know the 1970's seems a long time ago but it isn't really... Time is short and the years pass so quickly... I loved the 70's era... Wow...Amazing explore.. From Northeast UK 🇬🇧🇬🇧👍
Absolutely favorite explore so far. I love the layout of the rooms: especially the spacious kitchen with ample room for a kitchen table. I got the feeling an older couple had lived here many years and had their life history enclosed in this home. The photos were just wonderful. So sad that there were no family members to preserve their mementos. It is hard to understand the mentality of the those who enter and ransack these homes. Anyway it is great that you guys go in and preserve as much as you can with photos. The books with instructions on home care were very touching. So much nicer and more humane than a nursing home. I believe these may have been very lovely people and you have paid homage to their simple and decent life.
We had a TV that was given to us by our grandparents that looked a lot like that and it was an RCA. One of our first color TVs they was in the sixties. So that TV is older definitely the 1974. I'm sure it's from the 60s. I love that your voice is so calming. So much of that stuff looks like the stuff I grew up with in the 60s. My grandparents had one of those Christmas tree lights it would go around and change colors oh, it was really cool to see it when I was a kid in the mid-60s.
I stumbled across your video by accident, and 2 mins in hit subscribe. This house is amazing! It almost looks like it was staged for use as a museum or something. Incredible find. Its hard to believe some properties like this can sit vacant for so long, and not be vandalized or trashed. loved the look of the natural decay, dust and paint. Its like traveling back in time.
Same
I was born in June of 1974 and it fascinates me to see video’s like this…showing life from the time I was born. And although a lot if the items in the house are much older than ‘74…it still, strangely, feels like home. So many of the items (packaging etc) are very familiar and bring back memories from my childhood.
My God, how does something like this even happen??
46 years, untouched basically. How many people have passed this up turning the other cheek, going on with their own lives.
Mind boggling.
This house was on another channel and was in much better shape then it is here! Wow!
I get that people move, but why leave photos and your belongings behind? I always wonder about that if I watch videos like this..
I always think they died suddenly
Death, sometimes parents outlive their kids.Other times families are no longer on speaking terms,or none of the family are financially capable of attending to the expenses left by the deceased, or simply their is no power of attorney granting anyone outside the family any rights to take on the estate that was left.It becomes the responsibility of the city or state and usually all they are willing to spend is just enough to cover mortuary costs.
Webbit2019 oh ofcourse I never thought about it like that. That makes sense, thanks!
Interested I think you might be right. Very sad to think about
@@webbit1518 I'm a bit old. Seen that happen. Sad but true.
Please forgive my multiple comments,as I binge watch yet again my favorite time capsule houses and channels.Likei always say,y'all be safe
Nice find, truly like a museum frozen in time. If this place was completely abandoned in 1974 (and judging by the contents there is no reason to believe it wasn't), it's remarkable that it is in such good condition after 46 years. Seeing the big timbers in the attic show what a well-built structure it is. It would be nice if someone would reclaim the property and restore it.
Great video. Anyone else throwing their hands up Everytime he picks something up or disturbs the stuff frozen in time?! Just me? 😂 Also, that was clearly baking soda in the fridge. Keeps it fresh.
They definitely had some connection to india or probably some one gave it to them. Those doll figures were wearing a saree an Indian dress.
I wonder if perhaps a relative may have been stationed in India at some point during the Second World War. They saved a WW2 era newspaper that must have had some personal connection and the US 10th Air Force flew out of India as part of the China-India-Burma theater in the Second World War.
Another great video, Thank you, Best wishes from upstate NY!!5
This was a great one. I hope you stay and document more in photos. This isn’t old but the stuff in the attic is incredible. The thing that shines on the Christmas tree those are worth $$
Of course,I'm binge watching again .Y'all stay SAFE!!!
Love watching these shows, thank you from Cd juarez, Mexico
Appreciate what you have while you have it, because pretty soon you're gonna be long gone and some kid's gonna be rooting through all your stuff!
I feel the same way
Fantastic explore this time, thanks for sharing! It had pretty much everything I look for in a good exploration film, including history, mystery, and good photography. And no creepy music or nauseating, swinging cameras either (thank you!).
I really like how genuine he is,seems to have a real passion for the old houses
Nice find. That color projector goes way back,at least to the 60s. It's for the Christmas tree.
I didn’t see any vandalism...so refreshing. Great video guys
You did a perfect video, Really enjoyed and appreciated it. Thank you.👍
I like the bedroom that you showed me at the start of this video.🙂
Good find, I like untouched gems like this one. 👍
You’re a breath of fresh air in the urbex community and your channel stands out as unique . Superb job on filming as always
Great upload, this house has a sadness about it . I could have sat all day going through all the historical documents. Absolutely fascinating 👍 thanks guys stay safe 🙏❤️
As someone who was born in the early 1970s, this is a strange mix of nostalgia and like the Amityville Horror. Thanks for the respect you show to peoples' lives.
BTW - I didn't mean that the place seemed evil or something, but when a place that seems to have once been full of life is abandoned-as is, it gives off an almost eerie vibe, or a strange mystique. Very cool video. I hope it was a happy ending for the owner, and not some type of dramatic murder, etc.
Seems like people used to live in much bigger houses. Nice size rooms.
Yeah now they want us all living in shipping containers basically, packed and stacked.
I get what you mean. my house was built in 1974 and its way bigger then most modern houses
My home was built in the 40’s. The bedrooms are 16 x 14 & 16 x 17. No houses built today have bedrooms this size. When I look at them with a realtor I have to ask, if the bedrooms are just closets. Also the Windows are very large also.
You can almost closure eyes and see how it all fit. Great job once again.
That was awesome totally enjoyed.
This is, without a doubt, my favorite explore of yours that I have gotten to thus far. This home is truly a masterpiece stuck in time. THANK YOU for all that you do to share these homes with us.
The fridge puzzles me. Why is it completely empty except for a tray (of what appears to be) baking Soda (eliminates odours)?
I bet the home owner had bronchitis & was being looked after. Once he/she passed away, nurses just stopped coming over. So sad.
That's what i was thinking. Or at least one of them had it and those trying to care for them couldn't go back
Why bronchitis specifically?
@@d.on.in.a In the attic they found bronchitis medicine
@@Pdasilva0324 yes, in the attic, meaning it likely hadn't been used in months or years
I love abandon houses great explore. Never seen stuff so old old papers, photos, place was in great shape unbelievable 😊 thanks
Good Mood
Agreed.☘️
Urbex n Chill,I enjoyed your perspective on this house.Please always be safe.☘️
Brought back good memories. The TV is from the 1960s. The 70s living room TV's sat on the floor, heavy, a lot of wood around it, no legs. I loved it when you found the Rotary Color Projector up in the attic. In the 70s a lot of people bought silver aluminum Christmas trees, instead of real trees. The real tree's always made a mess, so someone came up with fake trees. Plugged in, the Projector spun slowly, so the colors reflected onto the shiny silver tree. We didn't put lights on the tree because of what the tree was made of. A string of lights back then wasn't the same, safe miniature ones, we have today. The bulbs got hot. The bedroom with a little guest bed, you said, was probably the ailing person's bed. It appeared to me, to look like a hospital bed. The first two bedrooms looked like women's bedrooms, by looking at the small items. The bedroom you said could possibly be a kid's room, and that baby clothes were hanging...didn't see no baby clothes. I saw what looked like a man's shirt, could be a women's, though, and some pants that were either for a male or female. I'm thinking that it was a man's room, especially since a man's hat was there. Possibly, it was the man who got sick and they put him in the sick room with the hospital bed.
For some reason, this makes me happy and sad at the same time. The 70s, ugh what I’d do to live in that time
Atari 2600, anybody?
Same omg
This was particularly unique, I often enjoy this kind of content and just watch it quietly, but this really made a difference, and it's fair to point it out. Thank you!
I like that you don't use music, I like the whole filming thing. None of that crazy first part to the video. I can watch all of your videos.
Phenomenal find. I've explored maybe 50 abandoned houses, businesses, etc, but never one this good or this intact or this full of good stuff.
I thought that was a hospital bed at 8:45... in the room off of what looked like the master bedroom. Sad. Cherish life.... It really is like sands through an hour glass.
I thought the same.
You boys made me go down memory lane with this video. Thanks
I'm from india ... I saw three dolls of women in this video .. defenetly that dolls represent indian culture and dressing ...
I know you guys that explore the abandoned places have a code of leave it as you find it. But this house is amazing, just makes me wonder if there is a historical society you could call to go in there and look at this stuff, alot of this is history and seriously belongs in a museum or on public display somewhere instead of being left to deteriorate. Such a shame to see it left like this with no one to care for these things. Great find guys and Awesome video.
The TV was an old Zenith, the pan in the fridge had baking soda in it and the board game was called backgammon.
i was born in 1974, these things bring back so many memories
I was born in 1975 and this legit looks like it's from 1940.
TV
I was born Oct 1974. I feel old lol.
1975
Oh my gosh does this place remind me of being a kid in the 70's! We had so many of those real big televisions. The name/manufacturer are usually on the back panel or inside the cabinet. That game, was it called Parcheezee? Not sure if I spelled it correctly. The "storage room" is actually a side pantry, side because it has a window. Most pantries didnt have windows but there were a few homes and apartments that had pantries with windows. I had one of those old time tennis rackets! They made them so durable back in the day that they would last forever. I ended up leaving mine behind when we moved out of Chicago in 2015 but it was still very much usable! Wow, really brings back the memories before all this modern technology and cheap ways of crafting items. Things were made durable and lasted forever back then, thus why antiques and vintage sell for so much
although the calendar said 1974,It looks like the TV is a Zenith from 1964 or 1965. Which would make sense because the Bird pamplets you showed us were also dated from 1964 and 65'. People generally kept their electronics for long periods of time back in the day.
It Really Was a If It Ain't Broke Dont Fix it world Back Then
Beautifully filmed time capsule and beautifully narrated!! What a fantastic find!!
I am constantly at the edge of my seat worrying the floor is going to give way on you!! How do you know it's safe enough before you walk on it?
You can generally feel and see when the structures are weak. This one has good bones.
So much history in that house; it's a shame it will turn to dust eventually. Thank you for preserving it with your videos. You have a great knack for taking videos like this...keep it up!
4:30
That device on the shelf with the cord on it is a lamp timer used to turn on electrical devices at a preset time, generally a lamp, to give the impression that someone is at home. That brings back memories because my grandmother had the exact same one. They have a motor in them to operate the timer.
At 14:38 reading that story about Pvt. Roy W. Langdon is very saddening. His parents were killed and he went to live with his aunt. His older brother was killed in the war, then he graduates high school as valedictorian, joins the army and is killed shortly after.
Wow!
Do this house in the video is an early smart home, huh
Wow that furnace in the kitchen brought back some cool memories! Back in the late fifties,early sixties they were put in cabins,those old-timey cabins,for heat😉
I'd spend hours in places like this!!! 😲
So curioussss
I really enjoyed your video. Boy does this take me back in time. I love seeing old homes with their belongings still untouched it amazes me. Great job!
Great video. Looks like a late twentieth century colonial. Full of treasures.
The furniture, dishes, appliances, and the piano is worth a lot of money! They are antiques. That's ashame someone can't take them and do something with them. Beautiful things. Thank you for the video.
Wow..those pictures were way before 74..
Yeah. More like 1874 for some of them.
I am thinking the people who last lived here were older. Perhaps grandparents or a grandparent who occasionally had their grandchildren over for visits or sleepovers. Would explain why a lot does not appear contemporary, even for 1974. Reminds me of my grandparents house as a kid in the 80s..if not for a wall calendar, a more modern TV my grandpa bought, and new food/consumer products laying around it easy could have looked like the 40s-60s rather than mid 1980s at the time.
@@CrazyCrethon I didn't see any photos that old. The oldest ones look to be from 1900 - 1910. In 1874, ambrotypes and tintypes were popular and none of them were either of those two.
@@ltrain4479My reply was more to be taken as sarcasm. I simply added 100 years to the original poster!
@@CrazyCrethon You're not too far off imo. Mid to late 1890s, to 1900s as Gordon mentioned I think. I think the person who lived here was probably born in that era, and then passed away in the mid 70s if I had to guess. And that one of the girl was either her, or a sister I think. There was a lot of sewing equipment in there along with the hope chest in the attic so I think a woman lived there for sure.
Awesome! You are my favorite urban explorer. Thank you for always being so respectful of these old treasures!
If I had a super power it would be to stand in a room and lift a finger and it would instantly be restored to its original youth. It would be so cool to transform the world around you, preserve the past.... but everything is meant for decay. Dance wax! How fun 😃
I would stand there and take time leaps until i get to the age where people were still living in it and see it in it's former glory
At least they discovered a way to get wallpaper to release from the walls easily, just leave it for 50 years.
@Emmanuel Goldstein hey meow
Great video.i love how respectfully you investigated it all
Cool, you just showed me that I was born on a Monday.
I simply can't believe this place isn't in worse shape than it is. Look at that bedroom with the brown bedspread!!! And those ancient magazines and newspapers, what good shape they're in ... I also can't believe that someone's family just walked away from this and left all those heirlooms and treasures behind. That always just leaves me stunned ...
Did I hear dripping ? Looks in good condition if it has been abandoned since 1974. I've seen worse that are less than a decade ? Year I was born 👍
Really amazing that the roof and all the windows are intact. Did not see any water damage.
I’m watching this just in pure awe and fascination. There’s no telling what the items are worth that are left behind! I want it all to be saved, including the house!!
The little dolls (shown at 2:15 for example) look like they resemble an indian woman wearing a sari or something similar.
Wow awesome!! Thanks for sharing! Loving how calm you are and not over the top. Wishing you all the best from Quebec, Canada. Xox
I wish we could know who lived there and look them up. Like reverse grave site searching but with houses
tax records are public
A trip to the courthouse would add immense interest to these videos. Wouldn't even have to publicize the names, just add some back story
I love these videos of your very elusive and sometimes ancient houses you filmed at.