About this season
Documentary series investigating why some of the world's most advanced architectural achievements were abandoned.
Episodes (8)
1. Soviet Slam Dunkers
Aired 13 August 2025
An elaborate stadium in Lithuania hosts an unlikely Cold War matchup and an industrial relic in England gets caught in a heated labor dispute.
2. The Osage Oil Murders
Aired 20 August 2025
A town in Oklahoma is transformed by the discovery of oil fields and a former school in Cambodia becomes the site of crimes against humanity.
3. Nazi Hospital Horrors
Aired 27 August 2025
A German house of healing becomes a place of evil and a tin mine out in the jungle becomes the object of colonial interests,.
4. Ghost Town in Palermo
Aired 3 September 2025
A ghost town in Sicily has deep roots in organized crime and an obscure asylum in Pennsylvania shocks America and inspires a revolution.
5. Revolution in El Paso
Aired 10 September 2025
An old compound in Texas bears the scars of a violent revolution and a secret facility outside Berlin is used by a dictator to escape justice.
6. Death Camp of Deception
Aired 17 September 2025
A Nazi concentration camp gets used for a grotesque publicity stunt, Oscar Wilde is imprisoned after a well-publicized trial and a building in Memphis intended to protect becomes a symbol of corruption.
7. Countdown to Armageddon
Aired 24 September 2025
A remote site in Arkansas plays a major role in a high-stakes Cold War drama, an ancient ruin in Cambodia is ravaged by one man's cruel deception and a French fort becomes the symbol of a heroic but doomed resistance.
8. An Island Fit for a Mobster
Aired 1 October 2025
Palatial ruins in Philadelphia symbolize an industrial golden age, a remote outpost in France is thrust to the frontlines of World War II and a palazzo right off the Italian coast becomes a prison for mob bosses.