My story for it is mom is decorating dad is smoking 🚬 the kids are play inside and Grandma's making dinner then something or some one comes in and everybody is trying to hide while they trash the house and they make it out alive 😊but they never come back to the house
This house was abandoned FAR after 1950. That stereo on the mantle was digital. I’d say 1998 or even later is appropriate. Grandma probably passed away😢 We all know old folk never much like to upgrade and modernize.actually a good thing because they preserve vintage stuff.
My grandparents grew up during the Depression, and married in 1946 after the war. They knew the value of a dollar. They took care of their furniture. My grandfather was a handy guy and fixed their appliances. They didn’t waste things. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” By the time they passed in the early 2000’s, their home seemed like a perfect time capsule from the late 60’s. It was just different for those who lived before the “everything is disposable” generations.
Other than the timeframe, I could have written this word for word about my grandparents. They married post WW1. It was my father and uncles who were born during the Depression. About the only change in the house over 60 years was the paint that was added to the interior walls and the insulation that my Dad added in the 50's. Before fixing the walls, you could see through the cracks. The house looked like a time capsule from the early 40's.
@@ewf1415same here, my grandparents were married in 1939 and built their house from the sears catalogue, I still have the leather bound book, the blue prints, receipt and everything. I am currently living in the house but when my grandfather dies at 102, it looked exactly the same as I remembered from being a little kid.
In my generation's defense, we've dealt with the "everything is disposable" mentality since before we were born, and it's not our fault. You'll want to talk to the companies that figured out "faulty disposable products = repeat profits" business model back in the 1980s.
The refrigerator and microwave are 1990s models, the stove is 1980s, the toaster oven is either 80s or 90s, the floral sofa in the living room looks 1980s, as do the wing chairs, and there's an '80s computer monitor in the bedroom. I'd say they just replaced stuff gradually over time when it wore out/was due for replacement, as most people do. They never did a total redecoration of the whole house after moving in in the '50s, but it all certainly evolved over time. Nothing seems newer than about 1998, so I'd say the husband predeceased, grandma lived alone until she died or moved to a retirement community, and the house was left to rot (possibly because it wasn't sold while she was still alive and in a retirement community, and by the time she died, had deteriorated so much from sitting vacant that nobody in the family wanted to deal with the work to get it ready to sell).
The kids should of been notified when she was moved to the Care long before she died ... and for her to pass in the house and the kids not do anything about it . really don't know what's worse
Bottom line is at the end of the day nobody knows what happened to the family for sure but it’s fun to speculate about it. The family if anyone is left knows and the current owner and property tax people.
@taylormay420rodgers it's not unheard of, sometimes they adamantly don't want to sell the house when it's obvious they can't move back, and the kids don't have power of attorney. When someone dies, sometimes the estate gets too complicated with too many heirs who have to come to an agreement to sell anything, especially without a will
I found a big two-story abandoned house out in the orchards of Ventura county in California it's from the 1800s and it even has an original piano still in the home from the 1800s it was amazing it's still there to this day
25:18 not lightbulbs. They’re vacuum tubes for the old radio, possibly for the old TV downstairs. Those black metal tubes date from the 1930s up to the 1950s. The silvery glass vacuum tubes date from the 1940s to the late 50s.
I was going to say the same. I collect vintage electronics and have a Grundig Majestic 2035 radio + RCA Victor 9t240 1948 TV set. Actually this video bothered me in that I would have totally taken and restored both the old radio and TV set. Inside its just a chassis holding capacitors, bulbs, and other fun things. Easy peasy and such a shame to see rotting.
The item you called an Indian head flask is an old Avon perfume bottle. What you called light bulbs were tubes for the old TV set. When I was a kid when the TV went out one could go to the drug store and test the tubes and replace the bad one. What I thought was strange about this house was that they left everything behind, but it seems like someone took the time to clean the fridge. I'm glad you rescued the bluejay.
I'm guessing that whoever lived there most recently (probably a relative of the original owners) kept it as it was like a museum but also brought in some newer things. I don't think it was a squatter since they tried to take care of the house to some extent.
People not updating their homes is more common than you'd think. Especially older people who lived through the depression or had parents that lived through it. My grandparents had the same furniture and decor for over 50 years.
Very likely, the army veteran that lived here was from WWII, and he repaired electronics. The RCA Victor antique radio might have been intended to symbolize that. The TI monitor below it is just a video monitor; it is not an all-in-one computer as were Apple Macintoshes that would come out a few years later. The device into which the TI game cartridge plugged in is either somewhere else in the house, or somebody took it. The "light bulbs" are actually octal-base vacuum tubes, and this tube form factor was in very mainstream use from the late 1930s through the early 1960s. In one shot, there is also a round TV cathode ray tube on the floor; these generally saw use from the 1940s through the mid 1950s, when rectangular CRTs replaced them. As a historical note, in the 1940s, many teen boys and young men learned to become electronics technicians either by studying to become amateur radio operators or when they joined the armed forces. As network television spread out through the U.S. in the late 1940s and early 1950s, television repair was seen as a very promising career field.
Hi Rick, the pipe on the mantle was an Avon bottle that at one time was filled with cologne. Avon bottles were and still are collectible. Thanks for posting.
Since I am an old Boomer, I wanted to try to help you figure out an item or two. When I was a kid, every single appliance was stamped "Made in America," something sadly never seen today. ~ 11:19 I believe that the television brand is an American-made 'Truetone,' my father used to sell them at Western Tire & Auto in the 1950s. It's not a "big screen TV" a phrase that didn't exist in the 50s; it appears to be a standard 19-inch screen. ~15:27, That is a rare radio from Sears & Roebuck; at one time, they had thousands of stores in every state in the Union; sadly, now they only have twenty stores left. ~23:10, After my brother was KIA in The Vietnam War, my mother set up a similar memorial to him in his bedroom; his U.S.M.C. certificates, medals, military graduation photo, etc. displayed on the end table, along with his U.S.A. Internment flag on his bed. (if you examine the certificate marked "U.S. Army," you will find the date of service) ~23:50 That looks more like an American Legion commemorative pewter beer stein than a "coffee mug." ~25:25, those aren't lightbulbs; they are tubes used in radios, Diapulse, and other medical equipment back in the day. ~26:51 I believe the "luggage" is either a case for cassettes or 8-track tapes. In any case, this is my first time viewing one of your videos, and taking into consideration that you are the same age as my youngest son and thus have limited historical knowledge, you did a fine job; as such, you earned a new subscriber. God Bless and be with you in 2024. (EDIT: BTW., When I was a kid, 'Ranger Rick,' originally 'Ranger Rick's Nature Magazine' was a children's magazine published by the U. S. National Wildlife Service. The magazine featured articles and activities for children to interest them in hunting and the outdoors.)
Thanks for the video.. and for saving the bird.. It makes me so happy that you cared enough to do that. Also I’ve watched your videos forever but just now figured out you are from Louisiana… it’s cool to see someone from where I live and from to be traveling around doing this!! So thanks again form a NOLA native. ⚜️
26:08 The keyboard looking thing is the TI-99 computer on the floor that the cartridge went to. Sad thing is it's probably rendered badly flood damaged, although at one time it was probably well-used and had likely ran on that Gray Texas instruments monitor on the bottom of the shelf, from what I can gather. The Owner's War vet memorial is also very neat and a nice tribute to him and his service. I'm also impressed that this house held out this long considering it was badly flood damaged. Excellent work and nice job on the bluejay rescue, Rick!
That refrigerator is a model from anywhere late 90s to the early 2010s. iPad mini box is from late 2012 or later. (Ipad mini was introduced November 2012. So if that belonged to the former residents of this home, it was abandoned somewhere after 2012.) Elderly people generally don't replace things until they wear out, so that would explain why there is so much vintage stuff in this house. A place can decay fast and 12 years can allow a lot to happen. Sad that it has been ransacked. Nice explore, respect for leaving things as you found them.
The sofa is newer than the 50’s. My guess is the old couple couldn’t or didn’t wasn’t to upgrade their decor . The kids grew up & moved on . Sometimes when parents pass, the kids often with jobs & kids of their own, don’t have the time or money to clear it out. And it’s harder when they live farther away. Just some thoughts I have, now that I’m older . Last year my dad got sick & lives 2000 miles away from me. I was sick & couldn’t travel. If not for my brothers , my dads property would have been left .
Could be this person was into vintage things, or things from their childhood. I would say almost definitely, there are repair parts for the old electronics all over.
Probability has that if the family started there in the mid 50s, then the man was into "tinkering" with the radio and TV, and the furniture was theirs that they never "upgraded". Upgrading, was not a part of their culture at that point.
I am in LOVE with the fact u saved Blues life ❤️🩹 God sent you there for him. I especially ❤️ the lil pat u gave him when you sat him down. I wonder what he told his bird friends about his life saving rescue adventure😊. Ur the best
I think this house has been staged for pictures. The debris blocking the front door was the ceiling that had come down. Note the debris had been removed from under the gaping holes in the ceiling. Also some objects were clean and sitting next to dusty and dirty pieces, dust builds up evenly. The rug on ‘ grandmas chair’ was too clean when compared to other items, even the chair it was sitting on. The flag on the bed was definitely staged
My thoughts exactly. Someone came in and staged that area for a photo shoot. Extremely unlikely anyone was using a 1950s black and white TV on a daily basis in the late 80s. Last time I saw anyone still using a TV that old in their living room was around 1976. Even then, the vast majority of people had color television. Whatever was going on there, it's a fascinating video!
Big mix of 50’s-90’s. So tired of obviously staged rooms. I knew some older ladies in the 70’s who would have taken great offence at having their permed, curled, teased and dyed big hair be called Afros!
Could be this person was into vintage things, or things from their childhood. I would say almost definitely now, there are repair parts for the old electronics all over. @@brenttravis4665
Judging by the micro-wave, this house was abandoned in the late 90,s. Look at the manufacture date inside the door of the micro wave or look at expiration date on the spices in the kitchen.
That was so sweet of you to save that beautiful bird. I just come across one of your videos and I have subscribed. You know life doesn't last forever and these kind of videos are kind of sad because a family that lived here is no longer here.
Perhaps someone was sick/wounded and that caused something to happen? Those crutches tell a story...BTW, the pic of the wedding was definitely from the mid 80's give or take... What's most interesting is the lack of vandalism on the property!
@@Theresawinner I know! When I’d visit families back in the day, they’d customarily show their family’s photo albums. I LOVED that! It was my favorite thing about visiting anybody. I am in charge of my family’s photo collections. Of course we use digital, but hard copies are so important.
This house was lived in WAY more recently than the story suggests. I'm looking at a desktop computer monitor at 19:39 that's probably from the early 2000s, and the fact that it's sitting in the hall and not at a computer desk suggests it was already old and outdated while they lived there. I'm guessing 2005 at the absolute earliest, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was after 2010 when the place was abandoned. I bet that Christmas tree was left up for years on end too because they clearly didn't use that living room.
You should have checked the calendar hanging in the kitchen window. That would give you a good idea when the last family left. I believe it was on January
*December of 1998* "Ah the weather is cold down here in Louisiana with a cold December Christmas is just around corner and we can only hope for a white Christmas!"
Most of the furnishings seem 80s bc we had that exact chair with the footstool by it. The fridge is probably late 80s....you need to remember stuff used to last longer bc it was made better. Especially tvs we had a TV from the 80s that worked til just about 4 yrs ago. The curio cabinets could be older bc they look 70s. The photo albums some are the 80s. Looks like the kids were raised in the 60s through the 80s...so mom and dad keeping their old stuff is pretty regular...bad perms were 70s disco era through the 80s. Cool home. I love the old ones. It always makes me sad that pictures are just left behind. I have 2 sons one 34 the other 16. They both know to save the photos and albums. My exact words to them, "Even if you don't know who these people are, they are family". I may of mentioned if possible I would haunt them if they didn't save them. Wtf you don't know Barbara Striesend was both but a singer first. You're an 80s baby? I thought you were older. Also looks like when dad died or afterwards his stuff was displayed, the bowling and army stuff, his high school football stuff etc...
I know, right!? I actually thought this dude was like, 50ish. No disrespect. Even with wearing a mask, he seems to have an older voice. And really, even born in 1982, ALL Americans born at this time, know Barbara Streisand! Even if ya didn't listen to her music, they forever played her on the radio, especially then! Plus, just about anyone you knew, family member, friends, whomever was a fan. She was in many movies then, so she was constantly on t.v. commercials, too. Movie ads for upcoming movies, etc. For being born in 1982, this guy seems sheltered! 😂JK
@@NelsonAnthony-xs7fd I'm unfortunately in Milwaukee WI... I was born in Los Angeles though and lived there til about high school when my parents decide to move somewhere safer... I've always missed Calif I have so many good memories there.
Funny how explores always give away their age by the comments they make while filming. First time I’ve ever head of someone who didn’t know who Barbara Streisand was.
Wonderful video. Great time capsule. The decor looks like the 1950s, but as other commentators said, it likely belonged to an older couple from the 1980s who didn't update their decor. You weren't sure who Barbra Streisand was. Astounding to me, but that just shows the generation gap. She was both a singer and an actor, and one of the very few who is a member of the EGOT club (winner of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards).
Nothing like urban explorers to make us feel old lol. I've watched some explorers that couldn't read cursive, figure out a rotary telephone or recognize an electric can opener.
@kiethlincoln5109 Enough is enough. (No more tears) Memories are evergreen. My heart belongs to you. Although you don’t bring me flowers anymore. How’s that for knowing Streisand 😄
I abandoned what was my home. If not for bank foreclosure and auction, it would look like this now. It was my husband's family's home, his parents died before I met him. He still held on to his parents' things. We married, had children. He died of cancer. Being grief stricken, despising the town we lived in, no family help and unable to pay the mortgage , the children and I walked away from it. Taking with us only what fit in a small car, stayed at a friend's spare room. Almost a year later and a couple of friends helping, we went back to quickly pack boxes and hauled it into storage before foreclosure finalized. It was hard to do emotionally, especially seeing how the dust had settled on the evidence of our last moments here, like frozen in time. I had to pack my things, the children's, his and his parent's things that remained. Closets i had never opened until that day. 12 years later, it's still in storage and ive been too busy to finish going through all of it. Homes being abandoned like this happen more often than most realize. Maybe watching these type of videos takes me back to an eerie yet comfortable memory of home before everything changed forever.
The absolute newest thing I could find was a mini calender page that is "January 2014", over the sink at 6:14 in the video. Other telltale signs that it wasn't abandoned in the 50s or whatnot; - The fridge is of reasonable modern design. - Microwaves came out in the 70s, but weren't regular to own until the 80's. - The roof looks suprisingly decent, probably less than 20 years old. What realistically happened was you probably had Grandma/Old lady, who lived their to be quite old, think 90+. When she passed, her family probably didn't have any interest in the house, or it's contents. The state of the house and its dilapidation, even if the lady only died in the last decade is probably because by the end of her life, she just lived in 1 room. My grandmother lived in her house up into her 90s. But the last 12-15ish years of her life (after my grandfather passed), she basically only lived in her living room/kitchen/bathroom on the mainfloor. She hadnt been upstairs to the bedrooms or down in the basement for years before she passed. So after she died and we went to clean it out, everything except the main floor looked like a time capsule from the early 90s. As for all the old electronics etc, in this place. My grandmothers house was similar. Nowadays we live in the mindset of always upgrading stuff, and also things manufactered these days don't last like they used to lol. But that older generation grewup in the depression, or shortly after. So they essentially grew up in a poor society. So in their minds - if something still worked - it was still good. No need to replace it.
Poor people can't update their stuff, and so it stays the same... and stays the same... a decade passes, then another, then another, stays the same. The house next door to me... was like a time capsule from the 1970's... up until it caught fire in 2010 and the family moved out and left behind. You have no idea how poor your neighbors are, until you go inside their house. From the outside, it looks fine. From the inside, it looks like a shelter abandoned in Antartica with canned food in the cupboard 50 years old. When you leave, do you really want to take old junk with you. No, you just leave it behind and start over with new stuff. I wouldn't believe it, unless I had seen it myself.
The roofs been replaced after the water damage. One thing that really sticks out is in the living room, the drywall is missing about the television but no signs of the drywall laying on the floor. Also above the bed, no drywall nor any drywall laying on the bed. Why would the ceiling fan have power going to it? Almost every room has piles of trash on the floor but not in the living room or the bedroom. It reminds me of a house you would see on the walking dead
The fridge, microwave (didn't exist in the 50s) TV and toaster oven are way too modern for a 1950's so the actual abandonment was way later than that. The woman's hairstyle was a "beehive" not an "afro" in that day. Maybe squatters have been in it for 20 years?
The bluejay likes this video. Clearly a 50's home occupied into the late 90's or so, with a mix of mid-century and 80's/90's artifacts. Viewing once treasured now fading photos made me sad. Loved the little white ceramic cat on the bookcase. I have several of this history books seen. A glimpse of lives once lived.
You always wonder what happened, the memories in this house, the many photos left behind, and why all these belongings were never removed by family or friends. My curiosity runs wild.
When i was around 9-12 somewhere around there, and this was first in the 80s. There was an abandoned house nearby which, curiosity got me, a nd i made my way inside. I went back in there multiple times... turns out a lot of other kids were too. This house was unlike anything I've seen since. It was full of items going back to i assume the 1940s, judging by clothing and other such items. There were radios, furniture, an entire kitchen left all behind as though they just got up and left one day. There was a TV, the early model type, basically a wooden box with a small very rounded screen. One room in this house, had no doors, just windows. And a chicken coup attached going outside. So either they gardened and ate a lot of eggs or who knows what. Out back behind this house, grown in with trees, was an old rotted barn caving in on itself. Inside there were a bunch of xrays, all of them of teeth. Horse teeth. Horse dentist? But what else, out in that barn a saw an old book. It was written in German and had a certain symbol on it. As a kid it was a curiosity. As an adult I'm only left with more questions, and as much as i wish i knew the story of that place, this was over 30 years ago, I'll probably never find out. It was all bulldozed mid 90s. Every once in a while i talk to someone else who went in there but they're all as confused as i am. Wish i knew back then how rare this sort of thing actually is.
This is the first of your videos I've watched. It's fascinating! Sadly though, it was almost like seeing my own life flash before my eyes. I think the other commenters were right who surmised that this was probably the older woman's house. I wouldn't call her "Grandma," though, because there are no pictures of her and her husband with any of the children she had pictures of. Also, I'd guess she didn't have any heirs or family close enough to care about any of her stuff. It makes me shudder to think that I will probably leave a house like this, too. Also, I can't believe you don't frickin' know who Barbara Streisand is! She's still alive, BTW.
"Grandma" was probably holding the camera. 😅 There was a picture of an older woman which could have been her. My theory, is that she was in a care facility and no one checked the house, because it was too far away. My mother brought her father to live with us for the last several years of his life. But wasn't able to do anything with his house because it was 300 miles away.
My grandpa is like this, bought all his furniture when he moved into his soviet apartment blok in 1962 and never changed it. Heck my grandma passed away 20 years ago and there are still about 50 jars full of her preserves, which have become black inside. My grandpa even yelled at me for throwing out pills that expired in 95 when it was 2018. He had a whole drawer of them. He doesn't hoard, but everything is extremely dated, including the food he keeps. Now he is basically waiting to pass away and says he hates new things + going outside
The title is misleading. It can't have been abandoned in Christmas 1950 if you said they bought it in 1958 or whatever. Also, the 80's/90's microwave, monitor and TV in the bedroom give it away. Same for the VHS tape and some of the photos look from the 1990's.
They had a Texas Instruments Ti-99 home computer from about 1981. You did not see it because I think someone took it ! That was a game cartridge for it and you found the colour monitor.
Gives me a King Tuts tomb vibe. The person died in that upstairs room and was decorated to respect the man who was a obviously a veteran. The house was left to nature.
Enjoyed the coverage but this house was lived in for many years after the 50s. Movie player and movie collection, microwave, the late 80s dated newspapers, coffee cups from the late 70s, pictures in the albums, and many other items visible in the video. Most likely, the parents failed to plan ahead for their children's inheritance, so the property was lost in probate court after they passed away. Legally, nothing can be removed from the house when tied up in the court system. Family gives up and walks away.
Just started watching your videos Rick. I like that you respect where things are & leave them in place. Also appreciate that you love the fireplaces & there beautiful craftsmanship.Thank you for showing us this home & thank you for saving the Blue Jay, so it could live another day.
9:23 there’s an iPad mini box right there, and the other half was on the floor. When I first noticed it on the floor I kinda assumed it was an iPad box because of the little hole where the charger goes and the slot for the apple paperwork, but i kinda brushed it off cause the house looks like it was abandoned in the late 90s
Great Video, what an amazing place. Surely this mustve been a grandparents house and the family moved on after they passed away? Some items as mentioned by other commenters are from the 80s and 90s. What's odd is the "ipad mini" box at 9:23. Maybe the place was still used until 2011 / 2012?
19:12 - WTF? Why does the house still have power? I don't get utilities companies. They scream and drive people out of their home when they can't pay for the utilities while places that are long abandoned still have power. I've seen videos of buildings abandoned for 40 years with power still going in them. The lights are still on but it's not for security as there is no fence around the building and nobody ever came to check the property.
The Atlantic Group was the name of the record company. It was a 45 record that were VERY popular back 50-60 years ago. Even in the 1980s. Yes, definitely Barbara Streisand is a very famous singer & actress. Also, the photos of the women of 3/4 standing together was most likely around 1960s to 1970. Their hairstyles were called Beehives, again....very popular those years ago. Just think of Amy Weinhouse...
27:00 that's a monitor for a TI99 home computer from 1979 (ok the revised version of the monitor from the early 80s). I've been said this monitor is rare (even this newer version). The computer must be in there somewhere too. You plug the computer into the monitor, plug the game cartridge into the computer, plug in a joystick and game on! If shango066 knew where this place is, he'll come and fix the TV (and the monitors - although that Canon from probably 1993-1995 - flat-ish tube - probably just works. Most of these old early 90s monitors just work even after decades of neglect). Wonder where the computer is for that monitor.
I would of checked the dates on the contents of the items in the fridge, that might give you more of an accurate time that the place was abandoned. Also pause the video at the time of 27.09 and look at the window, above the window on the right of it there looks like a picture of a man on that wall. Also look at the wall facing you on the left side there is a woman and looks like a child standing to her left or the child is on the right of the woman when you look from where your standing. Scary!!!
Why would they not update their belongings over time? They were old! That's why. My grand parents didn't update their furniture, or really anything else for that matter. I don't think there's really any intrigue here. They grew old, probably went into a nursing home, died, and their kids didn't do anything with the home afterwards.
There was a calender hanging in the kitchen. That would give a date as to the last time someone occupied it. Also, in that stack of photos strewn about there were two of the outside of the house that looked really nice but you pushed them aside to look at baby photos. People get sick and die and there's no one to take their stuff. It's not our right to trespass and take it.
This reminds me of a friend who was telling me how his grandmother outlived her husband and children. She didn't change much in the house but the kids bought her some new things once in a while so she had some more modern things in her house but almost everything else was straight out of the 50s. Because her kids all passed before her and she left them in her will but not the grandkids, they fought over the property and no one won control over it nor could they legally remove anything because they couldn't come to any agreements even on that if the grandkids really valued anything she had which he said they didn't. That house eventually rotted to the ground pretty much destroying everything inside until it mysteriously burned one day which he thinks was either due to a homeless person or one of the grandkids getting even with the others by destroying what remained of the property as several other properties on the land also burned. This struck me as something like that because it had all the story elements like what my friend told me about to explain something he thought was tragic because the grandkids were either too greedy or hated one another so much they refused to let the others have anything from it. They wouldn't agree to any arrangement to sell the property and share the money. But he told me that it was like a snapshot of the old woman last day in the house when she passed which the Christmas decorations reminded me of and made me think this woman maybe died around Christmas maybe as she was beginning to put up her decorations since they looked incomplete? So maybe you have all the same elements here and one persons experience related in a story reflects what you encountered here? Seems to fit at least.
Laughed my head at the end that bird was playing dead..silly bugger can't believe how beautiful a blue jay is 1st time seeing one. Won't see that in Australia
If it can't be saved tear the place down it's gotta have blueprints somewhere that can be used to rebuild. Aside from minor changes and updates to pass inspection rebuild the whole place just as it was down to the colors of the paint and wallpaper on the walls. It could be a new chapter in heritage homes rebuilds.
The death of a family member is so hard sometimes you just say forget it their gone so you want nothing to do with anything in that house so you leave everything behind even the clothes
So, what actually happened? They just left the home for what reason? House forclosed on forcing eviction and then owned by a bank they were paying mortgages to? Why would a house be just left behind?
25:12 my grandmother had one of those sewing machines you can actually take it and it folds underneath that way it looks like it's just a desk. You can hide it.
every OTC med in that cabinet will have an EXP date if it was made after about 1980 and so will anything in the fridge. We need more close observation on these small things. Newspaper stock is different in some areas, so none is really fake. Just read a few articles and figure out if it makes sense.
Holy cow! At 19:37 That's the exact same monitor I still use for my pc! An HP Pavilion mx70 crt monitor, although Mine never came with the stand, that one still has it haha 😅 Very weird to see something I use weekly for work, fun, and art, just sitting in the corner at the top of the stairs of an abandoned house tour like it's ancient trash. 😵
Was abandoned in the mid 90s at the earliest. Digital microwave was from the 90s or later. Digital alarm clock and white fridge were from the 80s… like said below older couple who did not like update much..
Sounds like a crock of bull to me, this place would have been vandalized within days after becoming vacant. What wasn’t stolen would have been broken, destroyed, or pissed on. That is, unless security guards have stood diligently outside the house for the last 74 years just to ensure that it says as a “time capsule” type of show-and-tell house. Nice try.
FYI... Many animals especially those that don't really have any defenses will play dead when they feel like they are in danger. That's what the bird was doing. Thank you for saving him.
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All life is sacred. Thank you for saving the bird 😇
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17:05 They’re called PERMS not AFROS 🤦🏼♀️🫣🤭
Thank you for saving that sweet bird🤗🙏🏻 I just finished watching the video 🐦
My story for it is mom is decorating dad is smoking 🚬 the kids are play inside and Grandma's making dinner then something or some one comes in and everybody is trying to hide while they trash the house and they make it out alive 😊but they never come back to the house
This house was abandoned FAR after 1950. That stereo on the mantle was digital. I’d say 1998 or even later is appropriate. Grandma probably passed away😢
We all know old folk never much like to upgrade and modernize.actually a good thing because they preserve vintage stuff.
And the condiments in the fridge were plastic bottles
far after 1998 aswell i saw an ipad mini box and thats 2013
I saw an Xbox Series X too.
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Ahhh kitty you might be right!
My grandparents grew up during the Depression, and married in 1946 after the war. They knew the value of a dollar. They took care of their furniture. My grandfather was a handy guy and fixed their appliances. They didn’t waste things. “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” By the time they passed in the early 2000’s, their home seemed like a perfect time capsule from the late 60’s. It was just different for those who lived before the “everything is disposable” generations.
They grew up during the depression is so sad 😭
But I hope they live a great life watching you in heaven
I don’t know if it’s a life in heaven as much as a spiritual state of being…
Other than the timeframe, I could have written this word for word about my grandparents. They married post WW1. It was my father and uncles who were born during the Depression. About the only change in the house over 60 years was the paint that was added to the interior walls and the insulation that my Dad added in the 50's. Before fixing the walls, you could see through the cracks. The house looked like a time capsule from the early 40's.
@@ewf1415same here, my grandparents were married in 1939 and built their house from the sears catalogue, I still have the leather bound book, the blue prints, receipt and everything. I am currently living in the house but when my grandfather dies at 102, it looked exactly the same as I remembered from being a little kid.
In my generation's defense, we've dealt with the "everything is disposable" mentality since before we were born, and it's not our fault. You'll want to talk to the companies that figured out "faulty disposable products = repeat profits" business model back in the 1980s.
I think this was grandma's house. When she died, the family moved on.
Sounds like it
Your grandma has no taste in style
Yeah and she died in the 90s. NOT 1950
No because they said a family lived there
@@Lu.nahhhhyeah but there was a grandma
The refrigerator and microwave are 1990s models, the stove is 1980s, the toaster oven is either 80s or 90s, the floral sofa in the living room looks 1980s, as do the wing chairs, and there's an '80s computer monitor in the bedroom. I'd say they just replaced stuff gradually over time when it wore out/was due for replacement, as most people do. They never did a total redecoration of the whole house after moving in in the '50s, but it all certainly evolved over time. Nothing seems newer than about 1998, so I'd say the husband predeceased, grandma lived alone until she died or moved to a retirement community, and the house was left to rot (possibly because it wasn't sold while she was still alive and in a retirement community, and by the time she died, had deteriorated so much from sitting vacant that nobody in the family wanted to deal with the work to get it ready to sell).
The kids should of been notified when she was moved to the Care long before she died ... and for her to pass in the house and the kids not do anything about it . really don't know what's worse
Bottom line is at the end of the day nobody knows what happened to the family for sure but it’s fun to speculate about it. The family if anyone is left knows and the current owner and property tax people.
yes...the frig...could be a little newer by looking at the handles..?
You said exactly what I am thinking.
@taylormay420rodgers it's not unheard of, sometimes they adamantly don't want to sell the house when it's obvious they can't move back, and the kids don't have power of attorney. When someone dies, sometimes the estate gets too complicated with too many heirs who have to come to an agreement to sell anything, especially without a will
I found a big two-story abandoned house out in the orchards of Ventura county in California it's from the 1800s and it even has an original piano still in the home from the 1800s it was amazing it's still there to this day
Thank you for saving the bird. Bless you. Poor little thing. At least it is free now ❤❤❤ cool property too
Hello Emma how's the weather over there
25:18 not lightbulbs. They’re vacuum tubes for the old radio, possibly for the old TV downstairs. Those black metal tubes date from the 1930s up to the 1950s. The silvery glass vacuum tubes date from the 1940s to the late 50s.
I was going to say the same. I collect vintage electronics and have a Grundig Majestic 2035 radio + RCA Victor 9t240 1948 TV set. Actually this video bothered me in that I would have totally taken and restored both the old radio and TV set. Inside its just a chassis holding capacitors, bulbs, and other fun things. Easy peasy and such a shame to see rotting.
The item you called an Indian head flask is an old Avon perfume bottle. What you called light bulbs were tubes for the old TV set. When I was a kid when the TV went out one could go to the drug store and test the tubes and replace the bad one. What I thought was strange about this house was that they left everything behind, but it seems like someone took the time to clean the fridge. I'm glad you rescued the bluejay.
Ahhh thanks 👍
Those tubes probably were used in that old radio as well.
@@ikaika4430 I agree.
I'm guessing that whoever lived there most recently (probably a relative of the original owners) kept it as it was like a museum but also brought in some newer things. I don't think it was a squatter since they tried to take care of the house to some extent.
@@teejaymiller4983_ I bet the asbestos levels was off the charts..
Thank you for saving the bird. God bless you
People not updating their homes is more common than you'd think. Especially older people who lived through the depression or had parents that lived through it. My grandparents had the same furniture and decor for over 50 years.
The book in the bookcase “The Cradle Will Fall”, by Mary Higgins Clark, one of my favorite authors. This book was first published in 1980
Hello Mary how's the weather over there
This is gold for a vintage goods reseller. Absolute gold.
Great explore!! Very kind person- thank you for saving Blue Jay.
Hello Sybile how's the weather over there
Yes. Agree thank you for saving the bird!!
@@dariadobias4857 Hello Daria how's the weather over there
And, thank you for being respectful to the memories of the house.
Very likely, the army veteran that lived here was from WWII, and he repaired electronics. The RCA Victor antique radio might have been intended to symbolize that. The TI monitor below it is just a video monitor; it is not an all-in-one computer as were Apple Macintoshes that would come out a few years later. The device into which the TI game cartridge plugged in is either somewhere else in the house, or somebody took it.
The "light bulbs" are actually octal-base vacuum tubes, and this tube form factor was in very mainstream use from the late 1930s through the early 1960s. In one shot, there is also a round TV cathode ray tube on the floor; these generally saw use from the 1940s through the mid 1950s, when rectangular CRTs replaced them.
As a historical note, in the 1940s, many teen boys and young men learned to become electronics technicians either by studying to become amateur radio operators or when they joined the armed forces. As network television spread out through the U.S. in the late 1940s and early 1950s, television repair was seen as a very promising career field.
Even if the house wasn't abandoned in 1950. Having just found this channel, I like it. I love abandoned places
I bought a similar floral couch back in the 90's. I'm confused as to why you think this house was abandoned much earlier? Anyway, fascinating video...
He is saying it for click bait. He knows it was not left in the 1950’s.
Hi Rick, the pipe on the mantle was an Avon bottle that at one time was filled with cologne. Avon bottles were and still are collectible. Thanks for posting.
Since I am an old Boomer, I wanted to try to help you figure out an item or two. When I was a kid, every single appliance was stamped "Made in America," something sadly never seen today. ~ 11:19 I believe that the television brand is an American-made 'Truetone,' my father used to sell them at Western Tire & Auto in the 1950s. It's not a "big screen TV" a phrase that didn't exist in the 50s; it appears to be a standard 19-inch screen. ~15:27, That is a rare radio from Sears & Roebuck; at one time, they had thousands of stores in every state in the Union; sadly, now they only have twenty stores left.
~23:10, After my brother was KIA in The Vietnam War, my mother set up a similar memorial to him in his bedroom; his U.S.M.C. certificates, medals, military graduation photo, etc. displayed on the end table, along with his U.S.A. Internment flag on his bed. (if you examine the certificate marked "U.S. Army," you will find the date of service) ~23:50 That looks more like an American Legion commemorative pewter beer stein than a "coffee mug." ~25:25, those aren't lightbulbs; they are tubes used in radios, Diapulse, and other medical equipment back in the day. ~26:51 I believe the "luggage" is either a case for cassettes or 8-track tapes.
In any case, this is my first time viewing one of your videos, and taking into consideration that you are the same age as my youngest son and thus have limited historical knowledge, you did a fine job; as such, you earned a new subscriber. God Bless and be with you in 2024.
(EDIT: BTW., When I was a kid, 'Ranger Rick,' originally 'Ranger Rick's Nature Magazine' was a children's magazine published by the U. S. National Wildlife Service. The magazine featured articles and activities for children to interest them in hunting and the outdoors.)
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Ranger Rick magazine is still around. My 8 year old son just received his February 2024 issue. He loves reading them.
Thank you so much for taking the time by explaining time frames and the best of your knowledge it all sounds quite feasible
The bird was looking back at you, saying thank you for rescuing me❤ thank you for another wonderful video
Thanks for the video.. and for saving the bird.. It makes me so happy that you cared enough to do that. Also I’ve watched your videos forever but just now figured out you are from Louisiana… it’s cool to see someone from where I live and from to be traveling around doing this!! So thanks again form a NOLA native. ⚜️
Is Louisiana a good place to live? My grandma used to live there, but I've lived in Bremerton all my life.
26:08 The keyboard looking thing is the TI-99 computer on the floor that the cartridge went to. Sad thing is it's probably rendered badly flood damaged, although at one time it was probably well-used and had likely ran on that Gray Texas instruments monitor on the bottom of the shelf, from what I can gather. The Owner's War vet memorial is also very neat and a nice tribute to him and his service. I'm also impressed that this house held out this long considering it was badly flood damaged. Excellent work and nice job on the bluejay rescue, Rick!
Thank you for your kind words 🙏🏻
Much obliged.
Flood damage? No. Leaky roof and freezing temps are what peels the paint.
I would really love to see this house cleaned up but yet keep it as vintage like as possible and also lived in again. That would be cool
That refrigerator is a model from anywhere late 90s to the early 2010s. iPad mini box is from late 2012 or later. (Ipad mini was introduced November 2012. So if that belonged to the former residents of this home, it was abandoned somewhere after 2012.) Elderly people generally don't replace things until they wear out, so that would explain why there is so much vintage stuff in this house. A place can decay fast and 12 years can allow a lot to happen. Sad that it has been ransacked. Nice explore, respect for leaving things as you found them.
I love old stuff and abandoned stuff it’s really fascinating no one in my family feels the same for some reason. Thank you 🥹
The sofa is newer than the 50’s. My guess is the old couple couldn’t or didn’t wasn’t to upgrade their decor . The kids grew up & moved on . Sometimes when parents pass, the kids often with jobs & kids of their own, don’t have the time or money to clear it out. And it’s harder when they live farther away. Just some thoughts I have, now that I’m older . Last year my dad got sick & lives 2000 miles away from me. I was sick & couldn’t travel. If not for my brothers , my dads property would have been left .
Could be this person was into vintage things, or things from their childhood. I would say almost definitely, there are repair parts for the old electronics all over.
Probability has that if the family started there in the mid 50s, then the man was into "tinkering" with the radio and TV, and the furniture was theirs that they never "upgraded". Upgrading, was not a part of their culture at that point.
It's a shame that "upgrading" has become a part of culture.@@davidhelsem8794
Thank u from Australia… I loved watching this 🙌🙌 and also thank u for saving that sweet bird 🦅
6:00 why do people never ever, EVER check the date on the stuff in the fridge?! Such a missed clue
I am in LOVE with the fact u saved Blues life ❤️🩹 God sent you there for him. I especially ❤️ the lil pat u gave him when you sat him down.
I wonder what he told his bird friends about his life saving rescue adventure😊. Ur the best
My dream is to find a time capsule like that and explore it from top to bottom. So cool to dig and know what people owned and liked.
I think this house has been staged for pictures. The debris blocking the front door was the ceiling that had come down. Note the debris had been removed from under the gaping holes in the ceiling. Also some objects were clean and sitting next to dusty and dirty pieces, dust builds up evenly. The rug on ‘ grandmas chair’ was too clean when compared to other items, even the chair it was sitting on. The flag on the bed was definitely staged
My thoughts exactly. Someone came in and staged that area for a photo shoot. Extremely unlikely anyone was using a 1950s black and white TV on a daily basis in the late 80s. Last time I saw anyone still using a TV that old in their living room was around 1976. Even then, the vast majority of people had color television. Whatever was going on there, it's a fascinating video!
Big mix of 50’s-90’s. So tired of obviously staged rooms. I knew some older ladies in the 70’s who would have taken great offence at having their permed, curled, teased and dyed big hair be called Afros!
Photo stagers SUCK! Leave the stuff alone!
The roof is newer and why would the ceiling fan still have power going to it? There's more to the story then it being staged for a photo shoot
Could be this person was into vintage things, or things from their childhood. I would say almost definitely now, there are repair parts for the old electronics all over. @@brenttravis4665
Judging by the micro-wave, this house was abandoned in the late 90,s. Look at the manufacture date inside the door of the micro wave or look at expiration date on the spices in the kitchen.
I think it was abandoned in the 2000s or even 2010s, bear with me, but there were DVD movies and a iPad mini box.
That was so sweet of you to save that beautiful bird. I just come across one of your videos and I have subscribed. You know life doesn't last forever and these kind of videos are kind of sad because a family that lived here is no longer here.
Perhaps someone was sick/wounded and that caused something to happen? Those crutches tell a story...BTW, the pic of the wedding was definitely from the mid 80's give or take... What's most interesting is the lack of vandalism on the property!
Seems grandpa was a veteran. Maybe he was the only remaining in the house and family kept coming to make sure he was ok. Then grandpa passed.
I am alway amazed that nobody wanted the family photos sad@@lucycarola
@@Theresawinner I know! When I’d visit families back in the day, they’d customarily show their family’s photo albums. I LOVED that! It was my favorite thing about visiting anybody. I am in charge of my family’s photo collections. Of course we use digital, but hard copies are so important.
This house was lived in WAY more recently than the story suggests. I'm looking at a desktop computer monitor at 19:39 that's probably from the early 2000s, and the fact that it's sitting in the hall and not at a computer desk suggests it was already old and outdated while they lived there. I'm guessing 2005 at the absolute earliest, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was after 2010 when the place was abandoned. I bet that Christmas tree was left up for years on end too because they clearly didn't use that living room.
You should have checked the calendar hanging in the kitchen window. That would give you a good idea when the last family left. I believe it was on January
Hello Cathy how's the weather over there
*December of 1998* "Ah the weather is cold down here in Louisiana with a cold December Christmas is just around corner and we can only hope for a white Christmas!"
Most of the furnishings seem 80s bc we had that exact chair with the footstool by it. The fridge is probably late 80s....you need to remember stuff used to last longer bc it was made better. Especially tvs we had a TV from the 80s that worked til just about 4 yrs ago. The curio cabinets could be older bc they look 70s.
The photo albums some are the 80s. Looks like the kids were raised in the 60s through the 80s...so mom and dad keeping their old stuff is pretty regular...bad perms were 70s disco era through the 80s.
Cool home. I love the old ones. It always makes me sad that pictures are just left behind. I have 2 sons one 34 the other 16. They both know to save the photos and albums. My exact words to them, "Even if you don't know who these people are, they are family". I may of mentioned if possible I would haunt them if they didn't save them.
Wtf you don't know Barbara Striesend was both but a singer first. You're an 80s baby? I thought you were older.
Also looks like when dad died or afterwards his stuff was displayed, the bowling and army stuff, his high school football stuff etc...
Hello Vonnie how's the weather over there
@@NelsonAnthony-xs7fd cold and snow on the way... Happy Holidays!
I know, right!? I actually thought this dude was like, 50ish. No disrespect. Even with wearing a mask, he seems to have an older voice. And really, even born in 1982, ALL Americans born at this time, know Barbara Streisand! Even if ya didn't listen to her music, they forever played her on the radio, especially then! Plus, just about anyone you knew, family member, friends, whomever was a fan. She was in many movies then, so she was constantly on t.v. commercials, too. Movie ads for upcoming movies, etc. For being born in 1982, this guy seems sheltered! 😂JK
@@vonniedemers5683 Oh that's okay the weather over here is a little bit cold so where are you from? I'm from San Francisco California
@@NelsonAnthony-xs7fd I'm unfortunately in Milwaukee WI... I was born in Los Angeles though and lived there til about high school when my parents decide to move somewhere safer... I've always missed Calif I have so many good memories there.
Ranger Rick - It's amazing that the bearings in that fan haven't frozen up yet.
That grill above the firebox in the fireplace is where the heat comes out into the room, was very efficient at heating a room and directing the heat.
Funny how explores always give away their age by the comments they make while filming. First time I’ve ever head of someone who didn’t know who Barbara Streisand was.
Yeah, that's the problem with urbex being a youngsters game
Hello Sandy how's the weather over there
this boy doesent kno who that is guess cuz imma kid ig 🤷🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
...or thought that those old tubes were light bulbs! Yikes!
Thinking the same thing
Wonderful video. Great time capsule. The decor looks like the 1950s, but as other commentators said, it likely belonged to an older couple from the 1980s who didn't update their decor. You weren't sure who Barbra Streisand was. Astounding to me, but that just shows the generation gap. She was both a singer and an actor, and one of the very few who is a member of the EGOT club (winner of Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony awards).
The Barbra Streisand comment..Really😘
Nothing like urban explorers to make us feel old lol.
I've watched some explorers that couldn't read cursive, figure out a rotary telephone or recognize an electric can opener.
@@joshriver75 hahaha
@kiethlincoln5109
Enough is enough. (No more tears) Memories are evergreen.
My heart belongs to you. Although you don’t bring me flowers anymore.
How’s that for knowing Streisand 😄
Barbra Streisand is. She is still alive.
I'm not sure why the title says it has been abandoned since 1950 when, at the very beginning, he says the house was purchased in 1955
I abandoned what was my home. If not for bank foreclosure and auction, it would look like this now. It was my husband's family's home, his parents died before I met him. He still held on to his parents' things. We married, had children. He died of cancer. Being grief stricken, despising the town we lived in, no family help and unable to pay the mortgage , the children and I walked away from it. Taking with us only what fit in a small car, stayed at a friend's spare room. Almost a year later and a couple of friends helping, we went back to quickly pack boxes and hauled it into storage before foreclosure finalized. It was hard to do emotionally, especially seeing how the dust had settled on the evidence of our last moments here, like frozen in time. I had to pack my things, the children's, his and his parent's things that remained. Closets i had never opened until that day. 12 years later, it's still in storage and ive been too busy to finish going through all of it.
Homes being abandoned like this happen more often than most realize.
Maybe watching these type of videos takes me back to an eerie yet comfortable memory of home before everything changed forever.
My guess is that it was the Grandparents house which would explain why most of the stuff is from the 1950's but there's still photos from later years.
There is a calendar hanging in the kitchen window. Can't believe you missed that or perhaps you missed it on purpose to generate more interest.
The absolute newest thing I could find was a mini calender page that is "January 2014", over the sink at 6:14 in the video.
Other telltale signs that it wasn't abandoned in the 50s or whatnot;
- The fridge is of reasonable modern design.
- Microwaves came out in the 70s, but weren't regular to own until the 80's.
- The roof looks suprisingly decent, probably less than 20 years old.
What realistically happened was you probably had Grandma/Old lady, who lived their to be quite old, think 90+.
When she passed, her family probably didn't have any interest in the house, or it's contents.
The state of the house and its dilapidation, even if the lady only died in the last decade is probably because by the end of her life, she just lived in 1 room.
My grandmother lived in her house up into her 90s.
But the last 12-15ish years of her life (after my grandfather passed), she basically only lived in her living room/kitchen/bathroom on the mainfloor.
She hadnt been upstairs to the bedrooms or down in the basement for years before she passed.
So after she died and we went to clean it out, everything except the main floor looked like a time capsule from the early 90s.
As for all the old electronics etc, in this place. My grandmothers house was similar.
Nowadays we live in the mindset of always upgrading stuff, and also things manufactered these days don't last like they used to lol.
But that older generation grewup in the depression, or shortly after. So they essentially grew up in a poor society. So in their minds - if something still worked - it was still good. No need to replace it.
Poor people can't update their stuff, and so it stays the same... and stays the same... a decade passes, then another, then another, stays the same.
The house next door to me... was like a time capsule from the 1970's... up until it caught fire in 2010 and the family moved out and left behind. You have no idea how poor your neighbors are, until you go inside their house. From the outside, it looks fine. From the inside, it looks like a shelter abandoned in Antartica with canned food in the cupboard 50 years old.
When you leave, do you really want to take old junk with you. No, you just leave it behind and start over with new stuff. I wouldn't believe it, unless I had seen it myself.
The roofs been replaced after the water damage. One thing that really sticks out is in the living room, the drywall is missing about the television but no signs of the drywall laying on the floor. Also above the bed, no drywall nor any drywall laying on the bed. Why would the ceiling fan have power going to it? Almost every room has piles of trash on the floor but not in the living room or the bedroom. It reminds me of a house you would see on the walking dead
He may have given the fan a spin 😂
Excellent Presentation thankyou
The fridge, microwave (didn't exist in the 50s) TV and toaster oven are way too modern for a 1950's so the actual abandonment was way later than that.
The woman's hairstyle was a "beehive" not an "afro" in that day.
Maybe squatters have been in it for 20 years?
Great video! Thank you for saving the jay! ❤
The bluejay likes this video. Clearly a 50's home occupied into the late 90's or so, with a mix of mid-century and 80's/90's artifacts. Viewing once treasured now fading photos made me sad. Loved the little white ceramic cat on the bookcase. I have several of this history books seen. A glimpse of lives once lived.
25:17 These are not lightbulbs but radio tubes, for amplification, oscillator and so on: Maybe spare parts for the radio in this room
If you ever come across my abandoned house please take whatever catches your eye. It’s sad to leave things
True.... You could have it all. I am dead can't take it with me.
You always wonder what happened, the memories in this house, the many photos left behind, and why all these belongings were never removed by family or friends. My curiosity runs wild.
When i was around 9-12 somewhere around there, and this was first in the 80s. There was an abandoned house nearby which, curiosity got me, a nd i made my way inside. I went back in there multiple times... turns out a lot of other kids were too. This house was unlike anything I've seen since. It was full of items going back to i assume the 1940s, judging by clothing and other such items. There were radios, furniture, an entire kitchen left all behind as though they just got up and left one day. There was a TV, the early model type, basically a wooden box with a small very rounded screen. One room in this house, had no doors, just windows. And a chicken coup attached going outside. So either they gardened and ate a lot of eggs or who knows what. Out back behind this house, grown in with trees, was an old rotted barn caving in on itself. Inside there were a bunch of xrays, all of them of teeth. Horse teeth. Horse dentist? But what else, out in that barn a saw an old book. It was written in German and had a certain symbol on it.
As a kid it was a curiosity. As an adult I'm only left with more questions, and as much as i wish i knew the story of that place, this was over 30 years ago, I'll probably never find out. It was all bulldozed mid 90s. Every once in a while i talk to someone else who went in there but they're all as confused as i am. Wish i knew back then how rare this sort of thing actually is.
This is the first of your videos I've watched. It's fascinating! Sadly though, it was almost like seeing my own life flash before my eyes. I think the other commenters were right who surmised that this was probably the older woman's house. I wouldn't call her "Grandma," though, because there are no pictures of her and her husband with any of the children she had pictures of. Also, I'd guess she didn't have any heirs or family close enough to care about any of her stuff. It makes me shudder to think that I will probably leave a house like this, too. Also, I can't believe you don't frickin' know who Barbara Streisand is! She's still alive, BTW.
"Grandma" was probably holding the camera. 😅 There was a picture of an older woman which could have been her.
My theory, is that she was in a care facility and no one checked the house, because it was too far away.
My mother brought her father to live with us for the last several years of his life. But wasn't able to do anything with his house because it was 300 miles away.
My grandpa is like this, bought all his furniture when he moved into his soviet apartment blok in 1962 and never changed it. Heck my grandma passed away 20 years ago and there are still about 50 jars full of her preserves, which have become black inside. My grandpa even yelled at me for throwing out pills that expired in 95 when it was 2018. He had a whole drawer of them. He doesn't hoard, but everything is extremely dated, including the food he keeps. Now he is basically waiting to pass away and says he hates new things + going outside
This was awesome to explore! Thanks for sharing and saving the Blue Jay!
This house was well alive after 1950. Just look at photos, fixtures, etc…
The title is misleading. It can't have been abandoned in Christmas 1950 if you said they bought it in 1958 or whatever. Also, the 80's/90's microwave, monitor and TV in the bedroom give it away. Same for the VHS tape and some of the photos look from the 1990's.
They had a Texas Instruments Ti-99 home computer from about 1981. You did not see it because I think someone took it ! That was a game cartridge for it and you found the colour monitor.
Maybe someone took it our steal it
Gives me a King Tuts tomb vibe. The person died in that upstairs room and was decorated to respect the man who was a obviously a veteran. The house was left to nature.
Enjoyed the coverage but this house was lived in for many years after the 50s. Movie player and movie collection, microwave, the late 80s dated newspapers, coffee cups from the late 70s, pictures in the albums, and many other items visible in the video. Most likely, the parents failed to plan ahead for their children's inheritance, so the property was lost in probate court after they passed away. Legally, nothing can be removed from the house when tied up in the court system. Family gives up and walks away.
Just started watching your videos Rick. I like that you respect where things are & leave them in place. Also appreciate that you love the fireplaces & there beautiful craftsmanship.Thank you for showing us this home & thank you for saving the Blue Jay, so it could live another day.
I Agee’s…. Should show some respect…
9:23 there’s an iPad mini box right there, and the other half was on the floor.
When I first noticed it on the floor I kinda assumed it was an iPad box because of the little hole where the charger goes and the slot for the apple paperwork, but i kinda brushed it off cause the house looks like it was abandoned in the late 90s
The cross on the wall was probably on display in the casket of a loved one.
It would be given to the family before the burial as a memorial
Great Video, what an amazing place. Surely this mustve been a grandparents house and the family moved on after they passed away? Some items as mentioned by other commenters are from the 80s and 90s. What's odd is the "ipad mini" box at 9:23. Maybe the place was still used until 2011 / 2012?
19:12 - WTF? Why does the house still have power? I don't get utilities companies. They scream and drive people out of their home when they can't pay for the utilities while places that are long abandoned still have power. I've seen videos of buildings abandoned for 40 years with power still going in them. The lights are still on but it's not for security as there is no fence around the building and nobody ever came to check the property.
It beats me but you are right
The Atlantic Group was the name of the record company. It was a 45 record that were VERY popular back 50-60 years ago. Even in the 1980s. Yes, definitely Barbara Streisand is a very famous singer & actress. Also, the photos of the women of 3/4 standing together was most likely around 1960s to 1970. Their hairstyles were called Beehives, again....very popular those years ago. Just think of Amy Weinhouse...
27:00 that's a monitor for a TI99 home computer from 1979 (ok the revised version of the monitor from the early 80s).
I've been said this monitor is rare (even this newer version). The computer must be in there somewhere too. You plug the computer into the monitor, plug the game cartridge into the computer, plug in a joystick and game on!
If shango066 knew where this place is, he'll come and fix the TV (and the monitors - although that Canon from probably 1993-1995 - flat-ish tube - probably just works. Most of these old early 90s monitors just work even after decades of neglect). Wonder where the computer is for that monitor.
I would of checked the dates on the contents of the items in the fridge, that might give you more of an accurate time that the place was abandoned. Also pause the video at the time of 27.09 and look at the window, above the window on the right of it there looks like a picture of a man on that wall. Also look at the wall facing you on the left side there is a woman and looks like a child standing to her left or the child is on the right of the woman when you look from where your standing. Scary!!!
Why would they not update their belongings over time? They were old! That's why. My grand parents didn't update their furniture, or really anything else for that matter. I don't think there's really any intrigue here. They grew old, probably went into a nursing home, died, and their kids didn't do anything with the home afterwards.
There was a calender hanging in the kitchen. That would give a date as to the last time someone occupied it. Also, in that stack of photos strewn about there were two of the outside of the house that looked really nice but you pushed them aside to look at baby photos. People get sick and die and there's no one to take their stuff. It's not our right to trespass and take it.
2014.
Maybe they went nursing home@@michaelharris333
This reminds me of a friend who was telling me how his grandmother outlived her husband and children. She didn't change much in the house but the kids bought her some new things once in a while so she had some more modern things in her house but almost everything else was straight out of the 50s. Because her kids all passed before her and she left them in her will but not the grandkids, they fought over the property and no one won control over it nor could they legally remove anything because they couldn't come to any agreements even on that if the grandkids really valued anything she had which he said they didn't. That house eventually rotted to the ground pretty much destroying everything inside until it mysteriously burned one day which he thinks was either due to a homeless person or one of the grandkids getting even with the others by destroying what remained of the property as several other properties on the land also burned.
This struck me as something like that because it had all the story elements like what my friend told me about to explain something he thought was tragic because the grandkids were either too greedy or hated one another so much they refused to let the others have anything from it. They wouldn't agree to any arrangement to sell the property and share the money. But he told me that it was like a snapshot of the old woman last day in the house when she passed which the Christmas decorations reminded me of and made me think this woman maybe died around Christmas maybe as she was beginning to put up her decorations since they looked incomplete?
So maybe you have all the same elements here and one persons experience related in a story reflects what you encountered here? Seems to fit at least.
Those "light bulbes" is vacum tubes, they are used to amplify a signal, like in my tube amplifier
Laughed my head at the end that bird was playing dead..silly bugger can't believe how beautiful a blue jay is 1st time seeing one. Won't see that in Australia
Star Ledger, must be NJ! Pretty awesome dig
If it can't be saved tear the place down it's gotta have blueprints somewhere that can be used to rebuild.
Aside from minor changes and updates to pass inspection rebuild the whole place just as it was down to the colors of the paint and wallpaper on the walls.
It could be a new chapter in heritage homes rebuilds.
The death of a family member is so hard sometimes you just say forget it their gone so you want nothing to do with anything in that house so you leave everything behind even the clothes
Lovely place. A very interesting channel. Greetings from Poland with all our hearts 🇵🇱
So, what actually happened? They just left the home for what reason? House forclosed on forcing eviction and then owned by a bank they were paying mortgages to? Why would a house be just left behind?
Atlantic group is a record label called umbrella label which is owned by Warner music . It overseas several labels assigned to its Atlantic group.
Also Barbara Streisand is a singer and actress and married to James brokin who starred in hotel with Connie selleca. ❤
I meant James brolin 😮
Thank you for saving the bird ❤️🙏❤️🙏❤️
Hello Stacey how's the weather over there
Sad that no one thought to take the family photos before they vacated the place. There is always someone who would like to have them.
25:12 my grandmother had one of those sewing machines you can actually take it and it folds underneath that way it looks like it's just a desk. You can hide it.
😊thank you for saving that sweet bird !! Because of it i will sub to your channel, plus i like your videos and you have a great voice!!!! 😊
I have that same sears clock radio. The clock display is a bright red and it is a great little radio
every OTC med in that cabinet will have an EXP date if it was made after about 1980 and so will anything in the fridge. We need more close observation on these small things. Newspaper stock is different in some areas, so none is really fake. Just read a few articles and figure out if it makes sense.
I love how you dont take the stuff from the house even if you really want to
interesting to see some of these Abandoned places since such a long time,Almost like looking back at History since the 1950's
Holy cow! At 19:37 That's the exact same monitor I still use for my pc! An HP Pavilion mx70 crt monitor, although Mine never came with the stand, that one still has it haha 😅 Very weird to see something I use weekly for work, fun, and art, just sitting in the corner at the top of the stairs of an abandoned house tour like it's ancient trash. 😵
I haven't seen this before but the host mentioned he would tell us what happened at the end of a tour in this house but didn't.
Hello Teresa how's the weather over there
The book 'Answer as a Man' was published in 1980
Those aren't afros, those aren't light bulbs, they are tubes, Atlantic isn't a band it is a music publishing group, that's a ti99 game.
I was thinking the same things.... this guy doesn't know what anything is.
@@NathanielKinsey I'm 41, I guess I'm an old soul, I make sure I learn something everyday
@@magicmike618 I'm 43
Was abandoned in the mid 90s at the earliest. Digital microwave was from the 90s or later. Digital alarm clock and white fridge were from the 80s… like said below older couple who did not like update much..
Those “lightbulbs” are tubes for a tv or radio.
Sounds like a crock of bull to me, this place would have been vandalized within days after becoming vacant. What wasn’t stolen would have been broken, destroyed, or pissed on. That is, unless security guards have stood diligently outside the house for the last 74 years just to ensure that it says as a “time capsule” type of show-and-tell house.
Nice try.
Benjamin Franklin by Walter Isaacson is on the bookshelf in the living room. First published in 2003.
FYI... Many animals especially those that don't really have any defenses will play dead when they feel like they are in danger. That's what the bird was doing. Thank you for saving him.
There was a book on the bookshelf, Second shelf from the bottom called "Misquoting Jesus." It was published in 2009. I have read it, so I do recognize it.