Abandoned Engineering — Season 14
Ambitious engineering projects that have been left in ruins.
About this season
These are some of the most spectacular examples of abandoned engineering the world has ever known. The series explores how and why they were built, consider the financial and social costs of their failure and examine the environmental and ecological impacts. The series also explores how experts came up with plans to make something beautiful or useful from the ruins.
Episodes (8)
1. Murder on the Reservation
Aired 28 March 2025 • 44 min
Exploring an Oklahoman town so wealthy it inspired a Hollywood film.
2. Slam Dunkin' in the USSR
Aired 4 April 2025 • 44 min
Exploring a derelict stadium in Lithuania that hosted an unlikely Cold War matchup and an industrial relic in England.
3. Nightmare in El Paso
Aired 11 April 2025 • 44 min
Exploring a crumbling hospital complex in Germany that became the site of unspeakable atrocities and a sprawling Texan farmstead with a hellish reputation.
4. Border Wars
Aired 18 April 2025 • 44 min
Exploring two ornate buildings in Texas that were once at the heart of the Mexican Revolution and a top-secret facility outside Berlin, used by a ruthless dictator to escape justice.
5. Napoleon's Mistress
Aired 25 April 2025 • 44 min
Exploring a palatial ruin in Philadelphia built from the riches of an industrial golden age and a country palace in Poland, the scene of a honey-trap devised to ensnare Napoleon.
6. Hell's Waiting Room
Aired 2 May 2025 • 44 min
Exploring a concentration camp in the Czech Republic used for a publicity stunt to fool the world and a stark facility that once housed Oscar Wilde.
7. Apocalypse Airbase
Aired 9 May 2025 • 44 min
Exploring a nuclear-armed facility in Arkansas that served as America's last line of defence in the Cold War and an industrial relic in Wales that felt a young Winston Churchill's wrath.
8. Mafia Wars
Aired 16 May 2025 • 44 min
Exploring derelict villas in Sicily that reveal the island's complicated history with the Mafia and an aristocratic mansion in Ireland embroiled in a bizarre terrorist plot.