I may be crazy but when i see homes like this all i want to do is put it back together, pick up the trash that should not be inside the home, dust, clean and put everything back the way they had it when they were alive. I feel that is being very respectful.
No kidding! At first I thought well, I bet the kids just came and took anything of value and sentiment and left but as the video progressed it's apparent that they never even bothered. How sad that out of four children and an entire community that supposedly loved this woman not a single soul could be bothered to come take care of her possesions? Even to donate usable items to charity? So sad and such a waste.
@D DOG my contact them they know that their mother passed away they would have to take 20 years and not visit your mom even call her for Christmas or anything maybe they don't care.
It's sad to think this woman devoted her life to raising her children to basically be forgotten. She died without her family around. The things she valued ignored by her family. Kids just don't care about family memories or heirlooms anymore. So many homes children grew up in or their parents passed away while living in are left to just decay. Memories left behind, family history lost. Many precious memories can be recalled in using or having a parents things. I value the things I still have of my parents. Making sure to pass along what history I know about them.
Think you for sharing that thought. You are so right, U rise them and then they don't care what happens to your things.They seem to forget how hard the parents work for them. Someday they them selfs will find out.I pray that my two will never disrespect us that way. So sad. Thanks again. Bless ya.
You said exactly how I feel about seeing all those precious memories just forgotten as she and her husband never existed. So you much black history just wasted. Not one of her children cared enough to gather up the family photos . Just maybe one will see this video and return home to a few of their family heirlooms
I wonder if anyone from her community will see this, contact someone from the family & tell them. Maybe then someone from the family will wrap up the situation.
Sometimes when I see these videos of homes you guys explore it truly hurts my heart. It's sad seeing these places and things just forgotten to time, it really serves as a reminder of my own mortality. Will my "treasures" and life that I lived be left behind this way as well? This one for no real reason just made me sad, especially seeing all of the family photos still on display in such a loving manner.
Just a little something to cheer you up. There's a youtube video with George Carlin. It's called "A place for my stuff." Hope you have a chance to check it out.😊🙏❤️
I have watched this several times I'm crushed by it...... so very sad.....maybe by now the children are older themselves. Maybe the people from the church have all passed on..
It still hurts me a year later!! My heart is crushed. I wish the local news wherever this is at would do a story on the house. Before the roof caves in from the heat & 🌧️ Please God Save this house The Children must have had children someone
@Cutter 1959 ok, but leaving it with all the family photos and really nice antiques... At least have someone else do it and then sell the property. I mean cars and everything there is like they never left. The kids should want to do something. It's just so heartless and sad for the parents who raised them. When my mom was dying, she gave everything to us before she died...it was so hard, but I'm glad she did it like that. Anyway, it is what it is.
@@lynncarol606 Well now that the contents of the house has been made public , especially the shotgun shells and other ammunition I'm sure it just a matter of time...
The lamp with the tall lamp shade and matching table...my mom had the exact set up when i was a kid. I kept this set until 2020 when hurricane Laura hit. I'm 57 yrs old and it was a treasure for me. I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos. You also have this wonderful respect and appreciation for these places. Keep up the good work!!!❤️
Gosh, for the life of existence how could anyone just leave their family photos behind. There’s so much history in photos, so many memories to treasure. I’d love to have their photos. Rest in eternal life Mr. & Mrs. Smith❤
Howdy from Australia - utmost respect for you and the way you treat the person memory and their property. This was awesome. Showed she had a full life, and that she cared about her home til the end. Thank you so much, really appreciate your vids....
I can't believe that all the items haven't been taken by vandals in this abandoned home. Looks like someone in the family would have come back to settle their mother's estate. Based on what this man is telling, this lady seemed like a precious soul.
The children may not be able to settle the estate yet. It may be going through probate still. Probate can take years, especially if the will is complex or contested by an heir/possible heir or if the legality of the will is questioned. Look at the examples of Howard Hughes and Anna Nicole Smith's husband's estates. Charles Dickon's novel "Bleak House" was based on an actual probate case that lasted a century and several generations of heirs before settlement. Until probate is finished and the assets distributed, they can't do anything with it.
Aww.. 😢 This is so heartbreaking. 💔 How can their kids just leave everything there? They couldnt even take the photos! The Smiths worked to have their own home & in the end it meant nothing to their children.😔
@@cherrittasmith2412 That could be true. I agree because I don’t see how the house could be left with everything still left in it. I hope one day some relative could come - a niece, nephew, cousin, etc. could come and pick up these things. It’s very sad. May this couple RIP 🙏🏾🌹
This could have been my Nanas house!! She had a house just like this and I loved spending time with her. I don't like the new way people decorate so this was a treat to see. Great video!
A true time capsule with a sad story. So much beautiful old furniture,it's sad to see the decay. Thanks for another great video! Greetings from Germany.
Geoff from Australia. I too love the respect you show toward these houses and the property left behind. The way that you do some research on those who inhabited the house is fantastic and I also absolutely love the scriptures you include near the beginning of each video
This is got to be one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen. The house she took care of and loved is rotting and all her memories were be dust. 😢😢😢 it’s hard to understand out of four children, and who knows how many grandchildren, that no one was interested in any of the photographs, and so many other things she had kept. Not to mention that gorgeous furniture!😢😢
Amazing find with a sad story. I love the Buick Electra 225. They added the 225 to the name because the car was 225 inches long. 19' 3" . Thanks for sharing this with us all.
@@KrazzzieRico no street name was deuce and a quarter because of the car's overall length of 225.4 inches. Fact is factory engines were 401 CI and had an available 425..
Heartbreaking - I feel such sadness for the Smiths who probably worked hard all their lives to gather things around them that they loved. They would be so hurt that their things are left to rot. God rest their souls. I remember clearing my parents house and though it was so heartbreaking it helped me come to terms with our loss by using the objects to relive parts of their lives. I think the worst thing is the abandoning of the photos. Perhaps they have no living offspring hard to know. You show so much respect to the properties but it must leave a lasting impression on you . Thanks for sharing. Jan 🧓🇬🇧
What a sweet home. I love the Knick knacks-it reminds me of my grandmas house. As a military family I would doubt they would leave guns in the home. I know my son wouldn’t. It’s sad to think she died alone! Being a teacher she would be very organized-and the beds still made makes me think of my mom who was a teacher. Great explore. I love that you have history about these places. She must have been an awesome teacher.
It's a sad thing that none of her sons would take the time and make an effort to retrive family documents, heirlooms, and other valuables. It appears that they didn't even try to sell the house, cars, and other items there.
So true, especially the old family photos 😢. But on the house, I imagine any prospective buyers would only have to hear that train once to know that would be a rough sound to have to deal with during the day and wayyyyy worse at night.
Keep in mind, there might be a reason for their not coming back. We just see a still moment in time in this house, we don't see what actually went on... it might not have been a happy home. We'll never know.
Hi from Australia As a Aged Care Nurse have seen this many tines family never come near their parents or even ring and spend many years alone So sad Thankyou for showing this lovely home
I love seeing all the little trinkets and decor pieces. Probably little collectables from different trips/vacations they took over the yrs. So sweet! A precious home!
Love this house! So sad to see so much left behind. Back in the day, that sunny yellow & avocado green were popular & the lamps are mid-century modern style in the living room area. So much reminded me of my grandparents house ! Love watching your videos
Loved this house. I am going to be 70 in Dec. and I recognized a lot of the treasures she had. So very sad and heartbreaking that she died alone. Don’t know the kids but a lot has changed in the world.
Looks like it was decorated in 1972 and pretty much stayed that way. Lots of calendars. As a military family, maybe some of the things are from places they lived. So many photos. Always a little sad. Nice explore.
All of the memories of passing time It breaks my heart to see family photos just sitting. Makes the house look so lonely. Hope family comes back for Mrs. Smiths things. Keep up the good work. Love your videos.
This reminds me of my grandmother's and aunt's houses in the late 1970's. They all had that wood paneling installed my granny had those red lamps and a lot of that older furniture from the 1940s- 1970s mixed together. She also had a lot of the Home Interior stuff all over the walls, fake fruit with the scales and lots of plastic flower arrangements. I think this is where i get my love for vintage stuff lol.
Makes me so sad. A whole life left to rot. 😢. I’m guilty of not seeing my parents as often as I should, but we forget what our parents did for us growing up, and then to just not be bothered to clear out your family home after both parents pass is sad to me.
Early 70's decor. My grandma and Mom had many of these pieces. Love this video. She was a Special lady who loved pretty things. I hope the kids or grandkids see this and come back for the photos .Tfs.
hi Bigbankz this is a nice video and a sad story behind it some family, s don't care about the history behind the home, s don't look for my kids we'll take care of my things when I am gone keep the good work up so please be safe out there 🙏🙏🙏🙏 hope to see more videos ❤️ you guys thanks for sharing but I can say that my son is living in my mom and dad , s house when they passed away
Very sad that this house was left for so long without a trace of any family members who could claim the property and items inside. It’s also interesting to see a house pre-internet/technology era (looking at how the tv’s were, etc.) RIP to this couple 🌹🌹 I hope one day some family member will come forward - if not one of the children, another family member such as a niece, nephew, cousin, old friend, church member, etc., anyone this couple knew. This house should not be left and forgotten 🙏🏾 Thank you for showing and giving this house the respect it deserves.
Reminds me so much of my great grandmother’s house, which had like four generations of family go through, and they all passed away, and it just set for years when we finally went through it, it was definitely emotional, but such a cool time capsule to see throughout the years
I work as a handyman/ rehab for a local real estate investor and I go into homes like this quite often. You can really get a sense of someone's life and learn so much about them without ever meeting them.
A true time capsule where love lived as a family in that house. So sad seeing everything left behind & rotting. Thank you for showing respect & appreciation during the walk through. 👍
Seeing videos like these are very sad. This just shows you that material things do not matter. Once you pass everything you have owned becomes nothing. They can sit for decades. Things you once thought you HAD to have, don't matter any more. Life is precious, cherish the ones you love while you still can. Great video, I like seeing things that have history to them and how things once were in the past. But, still sad at the same time.
Great video,the stove doesn't have a microwave above its just a additional oven above so you can cook two things at once. Watch all your videos thanks for the entertainment.
Wow! What a time capsule. A lot of the items in this home took me back to the 1970's. The red lamp shades that you liked, my mother had the same shades back in the late 70's except they were white and gold. My father recently passed and I was the lucky one who had to clean out his attic. Most of the items that was cleaned out were old files just like you found. In those days everyone saved everything, including old medical bills, pay stubs and what not. In those days they did not have computers to save our info to use as a reference.The old vintage jewelry was very big as well in the 1970's. It brought back memories of when I was a little girl going through my grandmothers jewelry box. A nice find, thanks for sharing.
I pray the children see the video and make an effort to stop by and pick up photos and clean out that home before squatters take over. Breaks my 💜 all those memories that can be passed on to the future generations. Lots of history in that home 🏡
I doubt any of those kids are coming by this house ever again. I’m sure there’s a reason they left it abandoned over 20 years after hearing their mom died there. I just wonder what that reason is.
@Salenthia Thomas I hope your family's situation gets better soon, so their parents belongings can be taken care of properly. I noticed a card on a table "I love you mom". I would assume they cared deeply for her. I'd give anything to see my grandparents home and how they lived... it looks like a lovely home, hopefully with beautiful memories.
Great video. I loved everything about that house! Also very heartbreaking that all the family photos and memories were just left behind by the family to rot with the house. Makes me very sad. Great video though...thanks for sharing!
I cried during this entire video because so many of the items in this house reminded me of my mama who passed away in 1999 I saw several items in the living room area that mrs. Smith either purchased from a home interior sales person or someone else did and gifted them to her but I feel like she probably went to a friend's or neighbor's home interior party and purchase them herself. My momma had done of these same deco items. She wanted me to have her "rose" mirror as she called it and I have it hanging in my dining room now. Mrs. Smith had hers hanging in the living room behind one of the red lamps. Enjoyed your video just wish I could watch it without crying.
Very 1970's, especially the coffee mugs and the ornate "retro" heavy furniture. Yellow and earth tones and lots of wood paneling. Nice comfortable house.
Thank you BB for another great story and explore!! It's heartbreaking/sad that so many people have no one and all the things are left behind. I hope to leave things to someone or a charity... Definitely many, many years from today! Bless you all...☮💗😁🙏😇
I Love your Videos & How Respectful you guys are while exploring & Filming. You guys do GREAT Work. My Mind goes to Happier Times in these families lives while living in these homes. By Watching we Can Learn SO MUCH about LIFE... & What Should be Important to Us. FAMILY! All our material things get left behind forgotten. I Imagined the Joy that deteriorated "Heart Shaped Box" brought to her when NEW. How precious all these things once were too someone! THANKS for Exploring & Sharing! You have a New Subscriber!
*As a little old lady not many people take my advice but I still offer it from time to time. When you visit places like this, especially when the owners are dead, it is always good to say out loud that any being in this house is not allowed to attach to you, or to follow you when you leave. Also keep in mind that if you take anything from the site, even a little insignificant pebble from the driveway you stand the chance of an entity being attached to it. I'm not saying you would steal anything, I'm just saying sometimes things I cannot explain will attach themselves to people or follow them back to where they live especially if you take a souvenir with you when you leave.*
I heard of that, also, if you buy stuff from yard sales or second hand stores. You don't know if something is attached to the items you are buying. That really scared me, that's why I don't go to second hand stores or yard sales anymore.
@@danielthoman7324 *Would you like to know something I know about you that you don't know I know about you Danny Boy? I know for a fact if you were stepping out of a business one day and someone came up behind you and stuck a gun to the back of your head and you heard the hammer cock preparing the gun for firing that you would seriously and hurriedly pray to an invisible being that lives in the clouds and watches over everything you say and do. Is that about right Danny? Did that nail get hit right square on the head? You know what Danny Boy? You sound a little Looney Tunes yourself, or should I say Merry Melodies?*
@@esterquinonez7187 *Especially old mirrors, I've often heard they can be portals to the netherworld. Some actually creep me out being around them. The is an old antique/thrift store near me I sometimes visit and near the back is an old bedroom set probably made in the 1940's, it's what they call waterfall furniture because the front edges are rounded over. The dresser has evidence the previous over was a little girl from the stickers and such. I swear every time I go to the shop and go near that bedroom suite I can hear a little girls voice. I never can make out the words because they are real faint but I can actually hear a girls voice when there isn't children in the building. I think the mirror in the dresser is a portal. I've seen flashes out of the corner of my eye that came from the mirror and I'd look at it and then look around and nothing in the store moved. That is the freakiest thing I've witnessed in a while*
Sad that the children can not be located. The family would enjoy the photographs. I saw several things that were similar to my great grandparents home furnishings. ♥️
This is so truly beautiful but heartbreaking at the same time.. thank you for sharing with us all. One thing I don’t understand is how has this place not been taken by the county. Only because I recently learned that even though my country home and land is paid for, they can take it away from me if I don’t pay yearly taxes. I thought once it’s paid for, it’s yours. Period. Mind you, I’m an older lady who was married to someone that never allowed me to know about such matters as it was not my place. I see many videos where beautiful houses are turned into specters of their former selves, overrun with weeds and what have you.. it’s something I don’t get. 😢
This is EXACTLY a PERFECT example of a comfortable middle class family in thieir prime of life (45-50ish) in 1979. Oh yes, I wanted to add, that was back when there WAS A MIDDLE CLASS society. I, now at 52, see/live CLEARLY that "middle class" is a thing of the past!! There now is only the HAVES & the HAVE NOTS. This becomes clearer everyday to me, starting about 3 yrs ago especially became noticeable to me.
Loved this video but it brings so much sadness to think your life means so little to your family..I always think why do they never bother to come and collect photos etc of their parents...Sad she lived and died alone.
Only discovered you recently, you have a really relaxing calm voice, so I enjoyed both the explore *and* the narrative 😊 Looking forward to watching more 🥰🙌
Gorgeous things in this house. Sad that none of the family has collected some of it. They would have wives and children that would love some of the stuff. The photos such memories in there.
This video is testament to however a life is well lived it’s all fleeting. I almost could sense her presence. My sister's next door neighbor unexpectedly passed away in the home. It was a deep soul feeling to see where she had left a pair of slippers by a chair and a cup of coffee on the counter. We all do not know when our time will be no more. Those items are like a footprint of the life that was. I hated to see that house full of such personal loved things in such a disarray. Thank you for sharing her home.
What an absolutely adorable home she really kept things nice ,,but how heart breaking to see that after she died no family came to take care of anything ,,there's so many beautiful treasure,s
That place is a gold mine of truly valuable pieces! So sad the family abandoned the place, in turn abandoning her... You can tell she loved her family by the many photos posted around. They should forward her love of these "trinkets" and furniture and let someone else start a story in the home.
Not true. We live right next door! All of his information was incorrect. She didn’t pass away at home, that was my parents on the picture, not her! And he had no right to break into my grandmother’s home and go through her things so we will be pressing charges immediately!!!!
This show is showing us not to go crazy about materials things and to be simple. Once we transition we are not taking anything. Be simple, peace and love.
Sad that the kids didn't come back to at least retrieve the family photos & some of Moms trinkets. Thanks for preserving this place on video. Maybe a family member will see it and save the place...
It breaks my heart that her children didn't come back for those photos. Heartbreaking. The stove was a two stove unit. On top was not a microwave it was on upper stove. My mom used to have one of those years ago.
WOW< That is sad to see all the things left behind, it was a sad video to watch knowing she spent most years by herself, but I am glad to watch this video,, maybe one day the kids will come and get a few things,, thanks for the video
My mom and grandma called them figurines and they are placed on the what-not shelves.😉 This family probably had a good income because there are some very expensive pieces of furniture and the house was very beautiful at one time.
This one made me very sad I just don't get why family or neighbors or even church members don't have a yard sale for charity or something there is so much history and memories in these houses you would think if church people were all really good people to each other they would do something nice rather than let her history die alone
I may be crazy but when i see homes like this all i want to do is put it back together, pick up the trash that should not be inside the home, dust, clean and put everything back the way they had it when they were alive. I feel that is being very respectful.
OMG I thought the same thing. I wanted pick up the tiles that had fallen, dust and vacuum.
I wish you could visit my house😀
Completely agree! 😊
Me too
I second that motion too...
Sad to see the house left that way.
Her boys need to all come back and get the things precious to her; like their photos.
I agree with you. Hello how are you doing today i do hope you’re safe from the virus?
Maybe they don't care....I feel like if they did it would have been taken care of years ago. Not all families are tight forever.
No kidding! At first I thought well, I bet the kids just came and took anything of value and sentiment and left but as the video progressed it's apparent that they never even bothered. How sad that out of four children and an entire community that supposedly loved this woman not a single soul could be bothered to come take care of her possesions? Even to donate usable items to charity? So sad and such a waste.
I wonder why they haven't come and got that stuff 20 years ago seems kind of strange to just let everything rot maybe they don't care I don't know.???
@D DOG my contact them they know that their mother passed away they would have to take 20 years and not visit your mom even call her for Christmas or anything maybe they don't care.
It's sad to think this woman devoted her life to raising her children to basically be forgotten. She died without her family around. The things she valued ignored by her family. Kids just don't care about family memories or heirlooms anymore. So many homes children grew up in or their parents passed away while living in are left to just decay. Memories left behind, family history lost.
Many precious memories can be recalled in using or having a parents things. I value the things I still have of my parents. Making sure to pass along what history I know about them.
Think you for sharing that thought. You are so right, U rise them and then they don't care what happens to your things.They seem to forget how hard the parents work for them. Someday they them selfs will find out.I pray that my two will never disrespect us that way. So sad. Thanks again. Bless ya.
You said exactly how I feel about seeing all those precious memories just forgotten as she and her husband never existed.
So you much black history just wasted. Not one of her children cared enough to gather up the family photos . Just maybe one will see this video and return home to a few of their family heirlooms
it will happen to all of us. Dust, wind, dude.
Well said.
how do u know? maybe she passed surrounded by family. if not in the house, maybe in a child’s house. or in a hospital.
That place is full of beautiful things! The furniture and some of the trinkets and decor is just stunning and it’s sad to see them wasting away.
I agree
RIP Mr & Mrs Smith. It would be cool if her grandchildren could find their way there and rescue the family photos.
I wonder if anyone from her community will see this, contact someone from the family & tell them. Maybe then someone from the family will wrap up the situation.
Sometimes when I see these videos of homes you guys explore it truly hurts my heart. It's sad seeing these places and things just forgotten to time, it really serves as a reminder of my own mortality. Will my "treasures" and life that I lived be left behind this way as well? This one for no real reason just made me sad, especially seeing all of the family photos still on display in such a loving manner.
Just a little something to cheer you up. There's a youtube video with George Carlin. It's called "A place for my stuff." Hope you have a chance to check it out.😊🙏❤️
It left me teary eyed, it was like no one cared enough for this lovely lady.
@@briankay4229 I have watched Carlin do that bit many times, lol.
I have watched this several times I'm crushed by it...... so very sad.....maybe by now the children are older themselves. Maybe the people from the church have all passed on..
It still hurts me a year later!! My heart is crushed. I wish the local news wherever this is at would do a story on the house. Before the roof caves in from the heat & 🌧️ Please God Save this house The Children must have had children someone
RIP Mr and Mrs Smith. Your home is beautiful..
I just don't understand the kids not returning to their childhood home to take family items....so crazy to me.
thank for showing this video.
i agree
It’s all I could think about during the entire tour. I’m so surprised the house, along with its belongings, haven’t been vandalized.
@Cutter 1959 ok, but leaving it with all the family photos and really nice antiques...
At least have someone else do it and then sell the property. I mean cars and everything there is like they never left. The kids should want to do something. It's just so heartless and sad for the parents who raised them. When my mom was dying, she gave everything to us before she died...it was so hard, but I'm glad she did it like that. Anyway, it is what it is.
@@lynncarol606 Well now that the contents of the house has been made public , especially the shotgun shells and other ammunition I'm sure it just a matter of time...
@@johnrobinson1153 Sad, truth.
Love lived in that house. Love all the figurines, trinkets and furnishings. Treasure trove of memories. Awesome explore
The lamp with the tall lamp shade and matching table...my mom had the exact set up when i was a kid. I kept this set until 2020 when hurricane Laura hit. I'm 57 yrs old and it was a treasure for me. I thoroughly enjoy watching your videos. You also have this wonderful respect and appreciation for these places. Keep up the good work!!!❤️
Gosh, for the life of existence how could anyone just leave their family photos behind. There’s so much history in photos, so many memories to treasure. I’d love to have their photos. Rest in eternal life Mr. & Mrs. Smith❤
Howdy from Australia - utmost respect for you and the way you treat the person memory and their property. This was awesome. Showed she had a full life, and that she cared about her home til the end. Thank you so much, really appreciate your vids....
I came here to say the EXACT SAME SENTIMENT! You summed it up BEAUTIFULLY!
That cabinet, car,bedroom suite though and that kitchen I’m drooling. So sad she probably loved that home. RIP Mrs Smith!
I can't believe that all the items haven't been taken by vandals in this abandoned home. Looks like someone in the family would have come back to settle their mother's estate. Based on what this man is telling, this lady seemed like a precious soul.
The children may not be able to settle the estate yet. It may be going through probate still. Probate can take years, especially if the will is complex or contested by an heir/possible heir or if the legality of the will is questioned. Look at the examples of Howard Hughes and Anna Nicole Smith's husband's estates. Charles Dickon's novel "Bleak House" was based on an actual probate case that lasted a century and several generations of heirs before settlement. Until probate is finished and the assets distributed, they can't do anything with it.
Aww.. 😢
This is so
heartbreaking. 💔
How can their kids just leave everything there? They couldnt even take the photos!
The Smiths worked to have their own home & in the end it meant nothing to their children.😔
Maybe they passed away before the parents is what i was thinking.
Agreed 👍💯
@@cherrittasmith2412 That could be true. I agree because I don’t see how the house could be left with everything still left in it. I hope one day some relative could come - a niece, nephew, cousin, etc. could come and pick up these things. It’s very sad. May this couple RIP 🙏🏾🌹
This could have been my Nanas house!! She had a house just like this and I loved spending time with her. I don't like the new way people decorate so this was a treat to see. Great video!
Thanks so much for being so respectful to this lady
This is so sad 😥 to see the photos. I hope her family sees this, I really do and they come back to rescue what they can 🙏💜
I agree you were very respectful. It's possible a family member might watch this.
A true time capsule with a sad story. So much beautiful old furniture,it's sad to see the decay. Thanks for another great video! Greetings from Germany.
So many folks would cherish those trinkets and decor in their homes.
That house is gorgeous and vintage. Breaks my heart!
After such a long period I doubt anyone will come back for it. All those memories left to rot. Every thing just left behind.
Geoff from Australia. I too love the respect you show toward these houses and the property left behind. The way that you do some research on those who inhabited the house is fantastic and I also absolutely love the scriptures you include near the beginning of each video
This is got to be one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen. The house she took care of and loved is rotting and all her memories were be dust. 😢😢😢 it’s hard to understand out of four children, and who knows how many grandchildren, that no one was interested in any of the photographs, and so many other things she had kept. Not to mention that gorgeous furniture!😢😢
Amazing find with a sad story.
I love the Buick Electra 225. They added the 225 to the name because the car was 225 inches long. 19' 3" . Thanks for sharing this with us all.
No the called the Buick Electra a deuce and a quarter because the engine was 225 cubic
@@KrazzzieRico no street name was deuce and a quarter because of the car's overall length of 225.4 inches. Fact is factory engines were 401 CI and had an available 425..
Ok you could be right but the car can be restored easily
Would LOVE to have that Buick!
1974 Buick
Heartbreaking - I feel such sadness for the Smiths who probably worked hard all their lives to gather things around them that they loved. They would be so hurt that their things are left to rot.
God rest their souls.
I remember clearing my parents house and though it was so heartbreaking it helped me come to terms with our loss by using the objects to relive parts of their lives.
I think the worst thing is the abandoning of the photos. Perhaps they have no living offspring hard to know.
You show so much respect to the properties but it must leave a lasting impression on you .
Thanks for sharing.
Jan 🧓🇬🇧
On a different note watching vids like this makes me want to live on less and pass less on to the landfill..
What a sweet home. I love the Knick knacks-it reminds me of my grandmas house. As a military family I would doubt they would leave guns in the home. I know my son wouldn’t. It’s sad to think she died alone! Being a teacher she would be very organized-and the beds still made makes me think of my mom who was a teacher. Great explore. I love that you have history about these places. She must have been an awesome teacher.
Watching from Newcastle U.K.... I felt a deep sadness watching this upload. Thanks guys really love the uploads 🙏👍
This is excellent. Everything looks so familiar. I feel like I'm in my grandparents house. Every generation really does have a style!
It's a sad thing that none of her sons would take the time and make an effort to retrive family documents, heirlooms, and other valuables. It appears that they didn't even try to sell the house, cars, and other items there.
So true, especially the old family photos 😢. But on the house, I imagine any prospective buyers would only have to hear that train once to know that would be a rough sound to have to deal with during the day and wayyyyy worse at night.
Their logic at the time? “Itll still be there”
Or “i dont wanna go in there”
@@cherylk1518 aaaaaa
Keep in mind, there might be a reason for their not coming back. We just see a still moment in time in this house, we don't see what actually went on... it might not have been a happy home. We'll never know.
Hi from Australia As a Aged Care Nurse have seen this many tines family never come near their parents or even ring and spend many years alone So sad Thankyou for showing this lovely home
Lots of retro decor! I remember seeing a lot of this stuff growing up in the sixties and seventies.
I love seeing all the little trinkets and decor pieces. Probably little collectables from different trips/vacations they took over the yrs. So sweet! A precious home!
I Love Grandma's house .In fact my name used to be Mrs. Smith also.I would buy that and restore it to the original Loved home💕
Love this house! So sad to see so much left behind. Back in the day, that sunny yellow & avocado green were popular & the lamps are mid-century modern style in the living room area. So much reminded me of my grandparents house ! Love watching your videos
Amen. I love those lamps beautiful. It's so so sad she had to die alone that's horrible
Loved this house. I am going to be 70 in Dec. and I recognized a lot of the treasures she had. So very sad and heartbreaking that she died alone. Don’t know the kids but a lot has changed in the world.
Looks like it was decorated in 1972 and pretty much stayed that way. Lots of calendars. As a military family, maybe some of the things are from places they lived. So many photos. Always a little sad. Nice explore.
All of the memories of passing time
It breaks my heart to see family photos just sitting. Makes the house look so lonely. Hope family comes back for Mrs. Smiths things. Keep up the good work. Love your videos.
This reminds me of my grandmother's and aunt's houses in the late 1970's. They all had that wood paneling installed my granny had those red lamps and a lot of that older furniture from the 1940s- 1970s mixed together. She also had a lot of the Home Interior stuff all over the walls, fake fruit with the scales and lots of plastic flower arrangements. I think this is where i get my love for vintage stuff lol.
Thank you for sharing with us, Bankz this is so sad this woman's stuff is still there, It's like no one even cares about her belongings.
Makes me so sad. A whole life left to rot. 😢. I’m guilty of not seeing my parents as often as I should, but we forget what our parents did for us growing up, and then to just not be bothered to clear out your family home after both parents pass is sad to me.
Early 70's decor. My grandma and Mom had many of these pieces. Love this video. She was a Special lady who loved pretty things. I hope the kids or grandkids see this and come back for the photos .Tfs.
hi Bigbankz this is a nice video and a sad story behind it some family, s don't care about the history behind the home, s don't look for my kids we'll take care of my things when I am gone keep the good work up so please be safe out there 🙏🙏🙏🙏 hope to see more videos ❤️ you guys thanks for sharing but I can say that my son is living in my mom and dad , s house when they passed away
Very sad that this house was left for so long without a trace of any family members who could claim the property and items inside. It’s also interesting to see a house pre-internet/technology era (looking at how the tv’s were, etc.) RIP to this couple 🌹🌹 I hope one day some family member will come forward - if not one of the children, another family member such as a niece, nephew, cousin, old friend, church member, etc., anyone this couple knew. This house should not be left and forgotten 🙏🏾 Thank you for showing and giving this house the respect it deserves.
Reminds me so much of my great grandmother’s house, which had like four generations of family go through, and they all passed away, and it just set for years when we finally went through it, it was definitely emotional, but such a cool time capsule to see throughout the years
I want the pink poodles, she must have been just lovely. I feel so bad for her. The house seems so sad without people. Bless her heart.
Wow you could fill a thrift store, costume jewelry can have some good value. It was a very well kept home, she was very organized.
or better yet you could fill a dumpster
@@dpking3243 not everything was garbage...don't be wasteful just because you don't NEED or WANT anything you saw. YOU aren't the only person on earth
I work as a handyman/ rehab for a local real estate investor and I go into homes like this quite often. You can really get a sense of someone's life and learn so much about them without ever meeting them.
A true time capsule where love lived as a family in that house. So sad seeing everything left behind & rotting. Thank you for showing respect & appreciation during the walk through. 👍
Wow talk about a time capsule every bed still made happy you got to document it
Wow what a amazing place, love the old cars
Seeing videos like these are very sad. This just shows you that material things do not matter. Once you pass everything you have owned becomes nothing. They can sit for decades. Things you once thought you HAD to have, don't matter any more. Life is precious, cherish the ones you love while you still can. Great video, I like seeing things that have history to them and how things once were in the past. But, still sad at the same time.
I've always loved you and your videos. You are kind and respectful. Thank you.
Great video,the stove doesn't have a microwave above its just a additional oven above so you can cook two things at once. Watch all your videos thanks for the entertainment.
Hello Rebecca how are you doing with your family i do hope you’re safe from the Covid?
Incredible seeing all that stuff left in there. Sad that it’ll just rot. Someone would enjoy having the stuff.
Wow! What a time capsule. A lot of the items in this home took me back to the 1970's. The red lamp shades that you liked, my mother had the same shades back in the late 70's except they were white and gold. My father recently passed and I was the lucky one who had to clean out his attic. Most of the items that was cleaned out were old files just like you found. In those days everyone saved everything, including old medical bills, pay stubs and what not. In those days they did not have computers to save our info to use as a reference.The old vintage jewelry was very big as well in the 1970's. It brought back memories of when I was a little girl going through my grandmothers jewelry box. A nice find, thanks for sharing.
I pray the children see the video and make an effort to stop by and pick up photos and clean out that home before squatters take over.
Breaks my 💜 all those memories that can be passed on to the future generations. Lots of history in that home 🏡
I doubt any of those kids are coming by this house ever again. I’m sure there’s a reason they left it abandoned over 20 years after hearing their mom died there. I just wonder what that reason is.
They didn’t leave it damn!!!! Mind yal damn business cause you never know a person situation nor a family situation
@Salenthia Thomas I hope your family's situation gets better soon, so their parents belongings can be taken care of properly. I noticed a card on a table "I love you mom". I would assume they cared deeply for her. I'd give anything to see my grandparents home and how they lived... it looks like a lovely home, hopefully with beautiful memories.
It looks like a very warm,,loving home,sad to see it falling down😒👍❤️
Those black and red lamps are the shit!!!! So awesome!
Stunning Video As Alway's.. Thankyou So Much Big Bankz. From London Uk.Xx
It breaks my heart that her children didn't do much if anything for her .
God bless Mrs. Smith may she rest in heavenly peace
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Great video. I loved everything about that house! Also very heartbreaking that all the family photos and memories were just left behind by the family to rot with the house. Makes me very sad. Great video though...thanks for sharing!
I love all my of your videos looking at all of the hanging like the fan and the peacock clock I use to own these items thanks for sharing 💯👍💯
Lots of valuable collectibles left behind. Thanks for sharing
What going to happen to all that stuff? So sad. I appreciate the respect you show to these home! Keep up the good work!
I cried during this entire video because so many of the items in this house reminded me of my mama who passed away in 1999 I saw several items in the living room area that mrs. Smith either purchased from a home interior sales person or someone else did and gifted them to her but I feel like she probably went to a friend's or neighbor's home interior party and purchase them herself. My momma had done of these same deco items. She wanted me to have her "rose" mirror as she called it and I have it hanging in my dining room now. Mrs. Smith had hers hanging in the living room behind one of the red lamps. Enjoyed your video just wish I could watch it without crying.
Very 1970's, especially the coffee mugs and the ornate "retro" heavy furniture. Yellow and earth tones and lots of wood paneling. Nice comfortable house.
Aah, poor grandma, many blessings ❤️🇺🇸 she loved all her nick 🙏 nacks...
Thank you BB for another great story and explore!!
It's heartbreaking/sad that so many people have no one and all the things are left behind. I hope to leave things to someone or a charity... Definitely many, many years from today! Bless you all...☮💗😁🙏😇
I Love your Videos & How Respectful you guys are while exploring & Filming. You guys do GREAT Work. My Mind goes to Happier Times in these families lives while living in these homes. By Watching we Can Learn SO MUCH about LIFE... & What Should be Important to Us. FAMILY! All our material things get left behind forgotten. I Imagined the Joy that deteriorated "Heart Shaped Box" brought to her when NEW. How precious all these things once were too someone! THANKS for Exploring & Sharing! You have a New Subscriber!
*As a little old lady not many people take my advice but I still offer it from time to time. When you visit places like this, especially when the owners are dead, it is always good to say out loud that any being in this house is not allowed to attach to you, or to follow you when you leave. Also keep in mind that if you take anything from the site, even a little insignificant pebble from the driveway you stand the chance of an entity being attached to it. I'm not saying you would steal anything, I'm just saying sometimes things I cannot explain will attach themselves to people or follow them back to where they live especially if you take a souvenir with you when you leave.*
True! Just by touching things also
you sound like a Looney tune!
I heard of that, also, if you buy stuff from yard sales or second hand stores. You don't know if something is attached to the items you are buying. That really scared me, that's why I don't go to second hand stores or yard sales anymore.
@@danielthoman7324 *Would you like to know something I know about you that you don't know I know about you Danny Boy? I know for a fact if you were stepping out of a business one day and someone came up behind you and stuck a gun to the back of your head and you heard the hammer cock preparing the gun for firing that you would seriously and hurriedly pray to an invisible being that lives in the clouds and watches over everything you say and do. Is that about right Danny? Did that nail get hit right square on the head? You know what Danny Boy? You sound a little Looney Tunes yourself, or should I say Merry Melodies?*
@@esterquinonez7187 *Especially old mirrors, I've often heard they can be portals to the netherworld. Some actually creep me out being around them. The is an old antique/thrift store near me I sometimes visit and near the back is an old bedroom set probably made in the 1940's, it's what they call waterfall furniture because the front edges are rounded over. The dresser has evidence the previous over was a little girl from the stickers and such. I swear every time I go to the shop and go near that bedroom suite I can hear a little girls voice. I never can make out the words because they are real faint but I can actually hear a girls voice when there isn't children in the building. I think the mirror in the dresser is a portal. I've seen flashes out of the corner of my eye that came from the mirror and I'd look at it and then look around and nothing in the store moved. That is the freakiest thing I've witnessed in a while*
Sad that the children can not be located. The family would enjoy the photographs. I saw several things that were similar to my great grandparents home furnishings. ♥️
This is so truly beautiful but heartbreaking at the same time.. thank you for sharing with us all.
One thing I don’t understand is how has this place not been taken by the county. Only because I recently learned that even though my country home and land is paid for, they can take it away from me if I don’t pay yearly taxes. I thought once it’s paid for, it’s yours. Period. Mind you, I’m an older lady who was married to someone that never allowed me to know about such matters as it was not my place.
I see many videos where beautiful houses are turned into specters of their former selves, overrun with weeds and what have you.. it’s something I don’t get. 😢
This is EXACTLY a PERFECT example of a comfortable middle class family in thieir prime of life (45-50ish) in 1979. Oh yes, I wanted to add, that was back when there WAS A MIDDLE CLASS society. I, now at 52, see/live CLEARLY that "middle class" is a thing of the past!! There now is only the HAVES & the HAVE NOTS. This becomes clearer everyday to me, starting about 3 yrs ago especially became noticeable to me.
Loved this video but it brings so much sadness to think your life means so little to your family..I always think why do they never bother to come and collect photos etc of their parents...Sad she lived and died alone.
Only discovered you recently, you have a really relaxing calm voice, so I enjoyed both the explore *and* the narrative 😊
Looking forward to watching more 🥰🙌
Such a sad story. So many precious items. 😢😢
I can't understand why ANYONE would leave such precious memories behind. 😥
I could never.
That is what happens when you die. Death is part of life. Besides its just material things. Even the Bible say to not be attached to material things.
You know this is so sad but beautiful ❤️
It’s so sad. The memories this house holds, and neither their sons, nor any family members wanted anything to do with it after the couple passed away.
Gorgeous things in this house. Sad that none of the family has collected some of it. They would have wives and children that would love some of the stuff. The photos such memories in there.
Now this house made me very sad.. She took pride in this home and to think the kids never came back to clean it out and take some memories with them..
Awesome 👍🏽❤️
I still have some of my mom's things I'm so amazed how everyone had some of the same things.
Those lamps are 😎🆒 I thought something from a resort or something like that very nice find thanks for sharing it cool 😎👍
This video is testament to however a life is well lived it’s all fleeting. I almost could sense her presence.
My sister's next door neighbor unexpectedly passed away in the home. It was a deep soul feeling to see where she had left a pair of slippers by a chair and a cup of coffee on the counter. We all do not know when our time will be no more.
Those items are like a footprint of the life that was. I hated to see that house full of such personal loved things in such a disarray.
Thank you for sharing her home.
What an absolutely adorable home she really kept things nice ,,but how heart breaking to see that after she died no family came to take care of anything ,,there's so many beautiful treasure,s
That place is a gold mine of truly valuable pieces! So sad the family abandoned the place, in turn abandoning her... You can tell she loved her family by the many photos posted around. They should forward her love of these "trinkets" and furniture and let someone else start a story in the home.
There are lots of mcm treasures in this home ❤️
That sound sweet!
Hi beverly how are you doing
With your family i do hope you’re
Safe from the Covid?
So sad the family left everything behind. Beautiful items there.
Not true. We live right next door! All of his information was incorrect. She didn’t pass away at home, that was my parents on the picture, not her! And he had no right to break into my grandmother’s home and go through her things so we will be pressing charges immediately!!!!
@@kimsmith7598why nobody take the pictures and items why leave it there in let the house rot
This show is showing us not to go crazy about materials things and to be simple. Once we transition we are not taking anything. Be simple, peace and love.
Sad sad story she died alone it breaks my heart I hope she is with our lord and the Angels above 🤍🩸
amen
Back in the day, old people kept everything
I sure need to down size.I have sons so no need for my jewelry ,clothes,shoes,boots,hills,trinkets etc, love your videos ,thank you❤️👍
Love to have a house there its so secluded i bet you could see all the stars and hear the sounds of animals
...and trains! 🚂 🤣 It sounds like the house is 𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺 near railroad tracks.
Sad that the kids didn't come back to at least retrieve the family photos & some of Moms trinkets.
Thanks for preserving this place on video.
Maybe a family member will see it and save the place...
It breaks my heart that her children didn't come back for those photos. Heartbreaking. The stove was a two stove unit. On top was not a microwave it was on upper stove. My mom used to have one of those years ago.
WOW< That is sad to see all the things left behind, it was a sad video to watch knowing she spent most years by herself, but I am glad to watch this video,, maybe one day the kids will come and get a few things,, thanks for the video
Love the lampshades and lamps!
My mom and grandma called them figurines and they are placed on the what-not shelves.😉 This family probably had a good income because there are some very expensive pieces of furniture and the house was very beautiful at one time.
This one made me very sad I just don't get why family or neighbors or even church members don't have a yard sale for charity or something there is so much history and memories in these houses you would think if church people were all really good people to each other they would do something nice rather than let her history die alone