Doomsday Prepper's ABANDONED Mansion | Found Secret Bunker with EVERYTHING Still Inside
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- Deep within a secluded forest stands a custom-built mansion, once the cherished home of a doomsday prepper. A man named Bill, who, achieved financial success as an entrepreneur, constructed this dream home in the 1970s. Alongside his wife Evelyn and their two exceptionally gifted children, Bill embraced his role as a provider, ensuring his family received the finest education, with both children graduating from esteemed Ivy League institutions. As a testament to his devotion, he adorned their lives with all manner of luxuries, including a custom pipe organ that graced the living room for his wife. However, beneath the visible basement lies a hidden subterranean chamber, where Bill meticulously prepared for the prophesied apocalypse, driven by his unwavering religious fervor and avid consumption of films centered on the revelations and the imminent return of the messiah. Engaging with likeminded organizations, he would have deep discussions about faith and the impending end times. Tragically, in 2015, Bill passed away due to natural causes, leaving behind a void that would be mirrored by Evelyn's passing, following in her beloved husband's footsteps a mere five years later. Since then, the property has languished in abandonment, frozen in time, with everything preserved within. So join me today and let’s see what’s left
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I noticed that you don’t look behind paintings and mirrors, or look for hidden panels. I assure you that a prepper of that caliber absolutely had hidden compartments throughout that house.
Omg good point.
Sadly , all the really cool shit they find , is prolly illegal - If you find something rare and valuable , THE LAST THING you're gonna do is document it on your video
All we see is what’s on camera, they seem smart enough, I’ll bet they check places they don’t film.
There may be a reason the pool is so far from the house, is there a underground bunker in between? One use of the pool being the way it is could be a gray water supply (toilet flushing,etc.) for a bunker. There’s more then what we’re seeing, no doubt. I’m pretty sure there are guns there, could take days to find the hidden stashes on that property.
@@WilliamMathers-tn7geI’d assume the children did scavenge prefer abandoning it. It has to have been cleared out first by relatives
What these videos make me aware of, is that all the things we collect throughout our years are meaningless when we are gone, yes family takes some things for sentimental value but not compared to what we leave behind…
Even your homes gets reclaimed by Mother Nature..
@@gonsolop2429I'm neither but what kind of question is that and for what reason?
@@ronschafer4533 rosessweet1967's comment stirred my commical question.
Ron your so serious when someone asks a question. Gees. Litene up.
My aren't you full of yourselves.
It was a dark pun, dark comedy.
Lots of people cmmenting on ths old house about the owner, " having too much that even kids couldn't get it all. "
Narrator says, " his kids were all very smart & must've traveled the world. "
( His opinion until proven otherwise. )
However, maybe all the children & grandchildren live outside the U.S. or in the big city. And maybe they have plans to return at some point.
According to most comments on this video the focus is on too much stuff.
Socialist & Communist are really the same thing. Spin it however you chose, its the same thing.
They both HATE excess.
They hate it so much that they hate people whom, in their eyes, appear too have too much.
With this blinded kind of thinking its no wonder why kids today are breaking into locked homes, " Peruesing " & steeling as they please.
They feel empowered & justified in doing so after reading the majority of these comments telling them too act.
Our American society should care less about excess & live it up!
Its what Americans do better than anybody. So Live, buy keepsakes, enjoy one's experiene in the moment & long after the fact with a momento that gives us context.
The contents of this home are private.
And should remain so, out of our respect for others. Instead, we got youtubers invading this privacy for fame & profit.
And why not put a spin on who this owner might of been.
Politicians slander each other.
Lets slander this guy. He's dead & can't defend himself. Kick'm while he's down.
This video is creepy.
Your all creeps.
I mite invite spirits into my own home for protection after I'm dead & gone.
That'd be a hoot. LOL.
@@ronschafer4533 the MAGAt probably went thru my info and saw that I’m anti-trump…
@@gonsolop2429 define “communist and socialist”
@@rosesweet1967 grab a webster bub.
Read real history.
Avoid FAKE NEWS that indulges in fantasies.
If you were born after 1987, chances are your history teacher failed you. And your grade schools failed you too.
My opinions are formulated from fact.
I have spoken.
Those are not lunch boxes. They are small tool boxes.
The basement as a whole is NOT consistent with a "Doomsday Prepper".
There would be reinforced areas, security doors, cooking, alternate power source, sleeping, sanitation, shower, and entertainment area, racks of food and water stores, etc.
Look for a bunker.
Exactly! Nothing about the house or basement screams doomsday prepping. I saw no reserves of water- the most important thing for survival!. There were no MRE packs or other long-term shelf stable food besides one bookcase of random food items. There weren't tons of ammunition, propaganda posters, safety protocols........ The only thing the basements proved is that he enjoyed his workshop space. (Probably the only quiet area in the house when she played her organ. 😊
The bunker could be in the wood's somewhere.
Who ever it was comes across as a recluse.
@@chrystalteal4171 swimming pool=water. Bet there is a valve to it in there, with purification tablets real handy to it
They are probably in the well hidden bunker right now.
The one that they opened had a transformer in it. Not sure what it was for.
I agree with you about that not looking a "Doomsday Prepper" basement. More like a pack rat.
If that was a Bunker there one have been a very defined sleeping area for the whole family, not one bed.
The guy was a holy roller. Ok. But the fact that he was getting prepared early, speaks volumes and truths to what's going on overseas today. This isn't a last minute decision. This just confirms it's nice to have money and at that level you can really get the heads up before something happens. That in itself shows the severity of what's going on today. He may not be so crazy as many thought RIP to him
He had a lot of things. Hoarding? A lifetime of saving. There really wasn't enough food there for a prepper. I doubt the family took any of it.
It’s so crazy how families can just let a house go like this. It’s so sad.
welcome to estate issues and probate, People just give up
We arnt getting the full story. They said he died 2015 and property already looks that rough.
Dad probably lived alone once kids grew up. Old people when they live alone become hoarders and they dont clean or fix anything anymore.
@@_JEBUShis wife was wife him and died 5 years later - so the house was lived in up until a couple years ago
She probably didn’t do any upkeep……I wouldn’t
@@doubletappinhillbilly 2015 is 1 year shy of a decade - houses require a lot of maintenance, for example no heat or AC moisture builds up which destroys paint, books, furniture and everything else. Now add in the fact that he was older means that his belongings start to become out of date like Grampa's house then along comes vandals and explorers, stuff gets stolen, destroyed, messed up and the place looks like this.
I've seen this happen several times in person and was shocked how bad things look in only a few years when left unkempt.
I hope someone in the family sees this and it sparks a desire to at least get the family pics out of there. How awful they’re all left behind.
I agree! That part breaks my heart 💔
You are so right. He said in the beginning about making sure the children were all taken care of. The children couldn't even clear their home out to honor them.
In the end it all ends up in the flea market, antique shop, or trash.
I think it is so sad to see fam pics at antique shows n auctions, etc. But the sad fact is there are some pple who don't even care about there families and other pple (like me) who doesn't have family still living. For those of us with no family, after we are gone it is as though our life didn't exist and certainly doesn't matter at all....at least after death.
No that's NITRO GLYCERIN
It looks like the house was ransacked a number of times and Bill appears to have been more of a hardware hoarder than a prepper. I didn't see much for preps and they didn't even have a wood stove. The lower basement would be a good bunker but it wasn't really set up for that, or maybe it was at one time and things changed. It would have been interesting to know the dates on the food cans. Those silver balls look like floats for things like sump pumps. If you don't know what something is, go to the Google app on your phone, tap the camera icon to the right of the search bar and take a photo of the item in question. In most cases, Google will find the same or similar item and tell you what it is.
His name wasn’t even bill it was Lowell Hayes, Carter isn’t giving factual information and everything’s pretty much a lie, honestly do your research
I can understand how overwhelming it would be to try to clean this house out, but I wonder why the children didn't at least hire an auction company to do an estate sale at this house. I realize that to most people most of what was in the basement looked like junk, but I saw a lot of dollar signs down there.
You have four kids. The Will states that assets will be distributed equally among the four. It takes 1 of the kids, who feel he can finally get his family to listen to him, putting the property into probate, refuses all settlements. The lawyers are happy. They got an inheritance. After many years, the sale is distributed amongst the lawyers.
I had some friends of mine from the 70 thad had kķa party house that looked similar but not run down lthey had books and LP along the floor .🎉 .if he ⁷
It would only take 1 of the children to disagree on what will happen to the property and what’s inside and then legally nothing can be touched. This can go on for years until nothing is left due to lawyer fees. It’s not as easy as you make it sound. Need to look at the wider picture
IKR dude had an ACE hardware going on down there!
Drugs
The tool boxes look like a inverter. He put in the metal box probably for the chance of an emp attack. That way he would not have to rewire part of house. It could be portable or movable in case you had to bug out. And the metal balls, is an interesting concept. It could be used as a detourant to outsiders if done correctly it could deliver an electric shock to who ever gets to close to it but this is just the ball only. Cool find.
Looked like electrical breaker boxes. They have neutral and ground termination bars on them.
It is not a bomb. It is a fence charger. I have a bunch of those for my cattle and livestock lol. It’s just a transformer resistor and a relay. . It is missing the battery, though that goes inside to the two wires that say positive and negative Lol
@@TheDieselStop would have been way cooler if they were bombs. Lol
The metal ball with pieces inside looked like a shrapnel bomb. 💣
@@CQ-369the only thing I can’t think of his little tannerite bombs……..something he can hang on a tree and snipe from the house to spark the explosion
Great house. I don’t know why you think it’s a doomsday house. Looks like typical basement stuff on both basement levels. Thanks for the explore.
Totally agree. It's certainly not uncommon for folks from the older generations to have a little bit of food storage in the basement. They really didn't find much out of the ordinary. Is super cool house though
I didn't think it was a prepper house either. Not even close
Looks like a horder house to me
Looked like a typical root cellar to me. Nothing doomsday about it
Agree. The man might've been a doomsday believer but not a prepper. Just a generation that grew up during or right after the Cold War, where you learned to have a store of canned goods and non perishables on hand to last a few months. The rest was most likely hoarding or his business related.
This video makes me want to clean that house. I mean, I know it's falling down but I just can't with the disorganization and everything scattered all over. Most squatters just leave messes. If i were squatting, I'd be the weirdo organizing the photos and cleaning the furniture LOL
I know, right!❤
Me too!
Me three! lol
I know my ocd would be trying to fix it up😅
right! hahahahhahaha, thinking, so much great space to do something with, ill set up stuff outside to deter others from coming here.. and then ill get to work! 🤣🤣
When I watch abandon places videos, I'm always interested in watching if the explorers check lights, water, fridges, phone lines, freezers and drawers. Its amazing how many places still have working lights, etc.
The city or grid usually will leave connected so the infrastructure demise wont create problems for other properties on same grid, rusting pipes, power lines etc. Hope that helps
Especially when we part a ton for electricity
I agree, however I assume some of these places if you turn lights on someone could get alerted,. I watched one recently on a rothschild mansion, and pretty sure they flipped a switch and go figure within 10 minutes of the video there were guys on golf carts snooping around.. who knows but seems like something rich people would do,.. i would certainly if i had the funds..
The silver balls, are a flotation cut off switch when the toilet cistern is refilling. Once the flush happens the ball drops, it is attached to a metal rod, as the cistern fills it floats back up to shut the incoming water off when cistern is full. In the UK you would also have one on your cold water tank in the attic also. Don't panic Mr Mannering!!
looks like it was filled with metal ball bearings and if you put some gunpoweder and a fuse on it could be a makeshift bomb.
@@biggs7109 They are floats like the parent comment said. The balls are to change the weight, which would change the buoyancy of the float. Nothing sinister or evil. Makes for interesting content for people who have no clue what they are looking at though.
@@crherniman i understand that im just saying with ball bearings inside it it can be a makeshift grenade it literally looks like old school variants. i knew that it was a float of some sort before this comment if you needed him to tell you what it was your a dumbass just like the toolbox or lunchbox things looked like a improvised explosive device to the guy i could see how he made his conclusion.
and this wasnt a prepper but more of a hoarder .. if the food starts shrinking in the grocery store these young fools wont think prepping is so bad.. lol@@crherniman
But then there's no drama...its obviously the previous occupants very own manhatten project
Looks a lot like my grandparents house built in 1975 or so. They called the second living space the “den”.
All the wood paneling lol.
I miss the ‘70’s so much!! What a fun time it was ❤
so much better than nowadays.
Wood paneling is the best.
It inspires creativity & motivation.
What one does with that, good or bad, is not the wood panelings fault.
Just like God's Word in The Holy Bible. Bad people muck it up for everybody.
Ah wood paneling. I'm brought right back to my grandparents now and there den
You Otto to have lived it. We had a lot more freedom than they do now. And we used our minds and common sense.
Called a "Den". But also called a "Family Room". I would say it's rather what part of the country you are from.
Wood was big in the 80's too.
Like they say: "You can't take it with you."
It's sad to see such a beautiful home rotting away into oblivion none the less.....😕
@BigBankz
I bought a 2001 Nissan Altima from him back in 2009. Really nice old handyman kind of guy. Sad he’s gone. I noticed the driveway and carport straight away, but the newspaper in the picture frame of the living room confirmed to me it was his place. I never went inside but a friend of mine was given a tour. He said the house was completely powered by solar panels on the roof, which would have explained why it was flat and doors leading to the roof. The windows inside were designed to give them plenty of light during the day. My friend was giving me a ride after dropping off my car to be repainted and got there before me, and that’s why he was given a tour. I remember the dog too. These large properties in the woods next to large power pole grid lines are the kind of things that get turned into small suburban neighborhoods.
He had a business where he bought wrecked car titles at auction and fixed them up to sell. If you kept going up the driveway, beyond the pool tucked away there was another garage and large field where he rebuilt wrecked cars. He repainted my Altima again in 2013, and I remember telling him how much I loved the car. Unfortunately I hit a deer in 2017 and totaled it. Loved it so much I bought another Altima, same color, but 2013 from Carmax.
If you are around men that fix things themselves, you will find that they always have a collection of parts, bolts, and screws. You’d be crazy not to have an emergency supply of food stored somewhere today. That “lunchbox” is just how older tool boxes used to look, my dad has one. That black stuff in the glass bottles in the pantry was probably homemade wine. Those Manischewitz wine bottles are everywhere in that house. It’s the type of sweet wine used in a Passover Seder dinner or taking communion. I don’t know where their grown kids would be but that house would be a lot to clean up. It's probably an on going long process.
A lot of times today on social media you’ll see people comment on how good a person you may have known was after they passed. What you won’t hear sometimes is how much they loved God. I’m sad that he and his wife are gone but I’m happy to know that they loved God and were active in their faith.
Amazing. Sounds like it was a wonderful family.
Amazing. This needs to be pinned at the top. I know all about the do-it-yourselfers hoarding stuff. My dad was an auto mechanic and he never threw away anything. I'm glad to hear this story. I saw the wired toolboxes and those silver balls and thought the guy was building bombs. Some other folks have said the toolboxes may be inverters or something.
BigBankz, you should remember to always carry masks and gloves with you when you go to these homes. As much as you go into these moldy, smelly conditions, you could damage your lungs. And you should wear gloves to keep from touching the nasty stuff. I love your videos. They are so interesting.
why do you people always tell urbexers this? they know. They will do what they want
I was gonna say to wear better clothing. Who wears shorts in abandoned places?
They. Are fireextinsger. Bombs. Old
I agree with you.
Thanks mom...😂 you're probably still wearing a mask thinking covid is going to get you. Nervous ninnys worry about yourself instead giving people your fear script. Go get your booster shot it's flu season Karen
Too bad you can't do a segment on tracking down the family and ask them why they abandoned this house and property.
If they couldn't sell it for whatever reason, it's cheaper to abandon it than get rid of it.
True what a shame to see it deteriorate.
Bc what do you do with a shit ton of stuff??
@@brooklynphillips8996Have an estate sale.
This is what happens when kids are given everything and it's sad how hard this man worked to build them a beautiful home. And they just walk away from all their dad worked hard for. I would love to own that home.
“Sometimes he lets the storm carry on, and calms the child” wow I needed that beautiful reminder. I have to stop to say I appreciate the level at which you’re respecting the previous owners privacy ! 🙏🏼😊
2020 was in the middle of COVID and many families were devastated like mine. I had to clear out three homes and all the belongings. It is no small task especially if you don't live near by. Also, with court backed up, they could still be going through probate. Without a trust, this could take years to sort out.
Had so much fun exploring this & meeting you bro!
Same here bro! Let’s hang out again soon!
Wow, that basement looks like a hoarding situation. It was packed! I always wonder how kids, family could leave such things behind. But with this house I get it. Often time we don’t think about who is responsible for clearing these houses. The heirs, children are responsible. Would you want to be the one clearing this house? I wouldn’t know where to start. That’s too much. People from back in the day have a hard time letting things go. I see it with my dad but he’s a clean freak. His storage is full of organized boxes with things inside he can’t let go. Lol I love your videos, Banks. You provide history, some background. It sets you apart from the rest. Thank you for sharing.
I'm sure it can be hard to clean out a house. Easier to just leave it as is.
Your right it is overwhelming. My aunt that raised me & was a severe horder
Auction?? Even pictures???? I wonder if they argued so much nobody got anything except the cash in bank?? Surprise it never was put on sell block though
Wonder how the leaches tax collector's hadn't foreclosed on it already if had had been anywhere else I guess it would have already been sold at auction to the highest bidder!
@@chriskeith9801I'm guessing this family is paying the taxes out of a family estate. It has only been a few years since someone lived there if the August 2020 calendar is any indication. So the heirs probably figure they still have time to get back to the house and sort the rest out one of these days.
It makes me so sad that houses like this are just sitting, rotting away, while people of my generation (gen z) will probably never be able to own a home.
As part of the generation before (86), don't blame us, we can't afford one either. We've been living hand to mouth our entire adult lives, with harsh judgement on why we can't afford our own homes or families. We get it.
Boomer greed and selfishness has caused this current crisis.
Newspaper Covid. 19
I’m 35 and own my own house because I work my ass off. Stop making excuses and blaming others and work hard and you’ll find things aren’t as far out of reach as you make them out to be. The more you say something isn’t possible the more true it becomes.
Edit: I’m on my 3rd house btw. Ive been a homeowner since I was 25
@@WhatAboutU.S.I look at it as look at the draw I say that because I bust my ass for years too but I don’t judge others just because you we’re lucky in life you sound like a person that is entitled so sad that you judge others
This shows you how quickly things start falling apart when they are abandoned.
I watch alot of these abandoned house videos, and other abandoned places, it just boggles the mind that so much is left behind as if frozen in time and whats so sad is so much of what is left is so valuable. The antiques and clothing, furniture, electronics etc just going to waste, as the building decomposes and falls down around it or rotting away. whats more amazing is no one comes back to retrieve family heirlooms or personal belongings like the kids or relatives, or thieves stealing the riches and and ransacking or destroying these places. very confusing but intriguing. I would love to be able to do what you guys do and I am so glad you show us what you find and that your so careful and courteous to leave things alone and not steal anything or destroy it. Thank you for showing us these once wonderful places where life used to be good but for some reason their lives took an unfortunate turn and ended up like this. Its also very strange that alot of places look so messed up and things piled up in unorganized clutter. I could go on but I got my point across, thanks again for an amazing tour through someones past life.
Trump EO - all assets frozen for child traffickers - its makes "sense" for those with the eyes to see this evil
I’m sure the kids and relatives ransacked it before abandoning it
I agree and im thinking it already has been ran through and robbed that's just whats left...
I moved from my old house 3 years ago, still own it but left most everything there. I go by there every once in a while and are like "Dang, what did I collect all this crap for. Now Im going to have to waste my time moving all this junk I'll never use."
Acording to his dates he gave in the intro...it's only been 3 years. I bet the two siblings are fighting with either each other or the lawyers on who gets what....just guessing it's in probate then and that's why nothing has been touched.
I had the honor of meeting these people and they where amazing.. truly blessed and highly favored thank you for sharing this!!
What happened to them?
What state is this?
Memento mori….
wow, thank you for sharing. they even SEEM like they were highly favoured. if you can, contact their kin. maybe they will want to go back and collect the sentimental stuff. its so hard to see a wealth of family history get left behind 😢 the grand children will want some of it, or at least to look at it one day!
Hardware store owners would love, Love, LOVE to get their hands on that man's inventory! Some of those mechanic's washers are sold individually 25cents apiece! They had 10s of thousands of dollars in fasteners alone!
And all of those pigeonhole shelves that lined that basement?! Fuhgeddaboudit!! Hardware store owners, mechanics, hotrodders, customisers, and carpenters all need shelves like those to hold parts.
That looked more like the home of a hoarder than that of a prepper. Preppers usually have tons of food and other survival type supplies. He had less food supplies than many people have in their pantry.
Um, it might be possible that the surviving relatives took most of the prepper food and left everything else because they were having minor battles in court. Then they decide it's not worth it fighting over what is perceived as just a bunch of worthless junk. They pay off the lawyers for their services and everyone forgets about the place because it would take a long time and a LOT of money to clean it up and prep it for sale.
@@largol33t12 Possible but I think there would have been a lot of empty shelves or at LEAST open spaces on the floor where boxes of food might have been.
@@101perspectiveExactly.
Best recording of these abandoned videos out here, perfect panning.. slow sweep, perfect audio, superb narration. Excellent choice of background music, bare minimum.
Dude, you are going to open a fridge one day and something will grab you. You are a braver man than me. Take care brother.
The refrigerator makes an easy trap, and a big surprise
Sometimes you are boring when you read all the stuff lying around. Get to the meat of what’s there. Thnx
Your comment made me laugh so hard, soooo funny!
Why even open a fridge if you're hesitant about it? I've heard Bankz gag, so why even do that?
This home is gorgeous. That basement well it’s a little scary. It’s always sad seeing the owners belongings left behind. Thank you for sharing. Have a blessed day 😊
just a note preppers utilize any glass food grade jars to store dry goods like rice, oatmeal, flour etc that could be what is in this starbucks jars.
I was blessed to have grown up with a pipe organ in our house. My father had strategically built the house plans to include all pipes & chimes for organ. So cool at Christmas time. My father played well too. Many memories. 😊
When I see a pipe organ I always think of the creepy music.
One of my best friends was a prepper and he spent every dime on his collections or prepper stuff.
He passed away at the age of 48 from acute pancreatitis. Ironically not from the end of the world.
I always wonder how many "Noahs" died and their ships rotted or were rolled to the sea and sold before one was right there when it was needed. It's good to be prepared for every eventuality, but it seems like a waste of time until one day...
@@Whaaat2008 Or, you could just wait till Noah dies and take his boat.
I love your videos and I love when you put Bible verses
This place once again proves that all our material vanity, all the property that we buy throughout our lives are worth nothing after we leave. After a person, what is left behind is just useless garbage. This house is really cool. The people who lived here simply enjoyed life and built the house of their dreams. The basement shows that the man's hands grew from the right place.
So many boomers refused to accept their mortality, acting as if they would never die, refusing to make plans for their estate when they pass
Very interesting exploration. Can't believe how big this house is. So incredibly sad that it is falling apart. Prior to watching these abandoned building exploration videos online, had no idea so many buildings/houses had furnishings/ clothing, books etc. It has been a real eye opener,
I'm not sure if anyone already mentioned it, but the wooden men figure in the glass self are called German smokers or Rauchermann. They burn incense. I have several and don't use them!🙂
That carpet wasn't shag , it is called sculpted carpet. Shag is much different 😃
Equally ugly though.
The color orange (or green) was de regeur for ALL 70's carpet. The uglier the better. LOL
That wasn't a rocking chair...
People talk down sculpted carpet, but it actually is very becoming in a room well put together. And it works with many styles. It will come back some day, or at least be available.
@@paulj0557tonehead I never realized it wasn't in style anymore.
That carpet is not shag, but sculptured carpet. That was a stand up freezer not a fridge. Its a wonder the house has not been destroyed by vandals. How did you find out about this house? Really cool video, thanks for sharing 👍
What a great find this is!! Numerous living spaces in such a big house with what must have been full of natural light. Always amazes me when you know there were children of these folks that there is still so much left behind - that they never bothered to clean out much. I'd love to have the Singer sewing machine. Love the rooms around the balcony. My kind of house - full of books. That basement area was something else, packed to the brim!! What a mixture of miscellaneous items.
Why have these exceptional children just turned their backs on their parents’ home, with all of their furniture and furnishings still inside, to rot, I wonder? I’d love to know. Always make sure to have a mask for your asthma.
Now, having watched the entire video, I feel some sympathy for the children…I wouldn’t have any idea how to tackle this mess.
Thanks for the adventure.
Taking care of the stuff left behind is the hardest part for sure. In a case like this, they probably could have hired some people to go in and get it all ready to sell. And sell the house too. There is a lot of value in the house.
@@AngelaVEdwards I agree with you. I hate to see such waste.
yeah, it's a lot. the kids would have to go in and simply focus on the family heirlooms, pictures, and personal stuff. everything else needs to be cleared out by a professional estate sale team and sold off.
You have some big dumpsters brought out and you throw everything away. In a salvageable house, which this isn't. Frankly I'd remove everything I want then burn the house to the ground and never go back.
It just amazes me how when they people pass, their offsprings just lets it go. I’ve seen number of videos like that. It’s crazy
the dinner table made me sad. Its like wafting for the family
My uncle dave lived in the U.P. of michigan and he was a prepper. He said it was important that you keep your food hoard rotating. Dont just buy a ton of food and store it. It should be the same food that you eat every day but with a year supply to last at least long enough to be able to grow a proper garden and raise a good amount of chickens or pigs. He had chickens both for eggs and meat. My aunt did a lot of canning so there was always lots of pickled and canned deliciousness to eat. He also had a few hundreds of lbs of what looked like candy balls, 6 balls supplied all the carbohydrates and vitamins that an adult needs for one day. Those would last a hundred years if stored properly. His basement averaged abput 60°F year round. He also had a giant propane generator with enough propane stored to fully power the house for almost a year. And a ton of guns and ammo
having that much propane was probably illegal. lol.
@@Kristinapedia havent you ever seen those big tanks out in the country, they dont get natural gas from the city so they got those huge ass tanks about the size of a small car
@@andrewbatts7678 yeah that's what I was talking about. that's called propane. the piped in gas is natural gas. I have propane. and the trucks are much bigger than a small car.
This was not a working prepping pantry,it was a hoarding situation. I think he always wanted to be able to have everything to take care of things if they broke.
This sounds like a cool one to see. I love how you stay so real and humble in your videos. You need to come to Washington State and film. Washington has a rich history that should be preserved in time. A lot of creepy places too.
I agree, I also live in Washington in the Thurston cty area, there are alot of old homesteads around here and I would love to explore them, when I was a kid back in the 60's My dad and I would go find some of these old places and search around the grounds with metal detectors hoping to find buried coins and money the old timers would stash around their properties in mason jars etc because of the mistrust of banks back in the early 1900's.
That's my home state was born and raised. King and Pierce. I now live in Arizona since '13
I’ve never seen a king size bed before. Thanks for braving the spider webs for us.
the house seems unsalvageable due to water damage and overall poor construction, but there's SO much good stuff still in it !!! i would love to spend the day looking at everything.
You mean week?
Very nice home. Doubt the doomsday prepper thing though. There are none of the basic items you would expect to see. It looks like an old fashioned southern home set up by a 40-50's kid with money. Also looking at the office setup and basement I suspect that someone may have been some sort of engineer. The tool boxes look to be transformers of some type, they were a pretty common component for electrical stuff in the 70's. My take is family was rather religious, and probably high IQ southern family'. That being said most old southerners do tend to plan for bad times just as a matter of course so there may just be a hidden bunker. :P
I can’t get over thinking how ungrateful this man’s kids are to know their dad worked hard to give his family this home and the kids just walked away and left everything their father cared about! That’s sad
It's kinda a shitty feeling, I now have a house that my dad bought in the 70's and I wanted to leave everything to my son like my dad did for me and I keep hearing my son says he doesn't wanna live in USA that the first chance he gets he's moving away.
I agree . There must be more to the story. What would make the kids not want to claim and maintain this property
Lot of assumptions in that comments. It looks like Dad was a kook. If so, it would not be unusual for the kids to either rightfully want nothing to do with him or be cut out of the will. I don't know that. But you don't know that the kid's were ungrateful either.
He was a very religious man, most of those kind of parents don't have great relationships with their children, there's a good chance that a falling out happened at some point and they cut contact for whatever reason, it doesn't shock me at all that this happens, a lot of abuse goes on behind closed doors, religious zealots are a huge red flag 🤷🏼♀️ kids don't stop caring for no reason
@@wilderchannel6879I watched a few minutes of this house video and I want nothing to do with these people or their kids, probably ranting and raving about how the lord is gonna come back and teach us all a lesson except for him 😆 hoarding all kinds of crap that is worthless. Probably died from cancerous chemicals found in frapachinos
It's so sad seeing the remnants of a families entire lives just laid bare like this. Just abandoned and left to rot. It leaves you feeling so melancholic. So sad.
Interesting video on this house. The Border Collie in the picture very touching! These people would have keep the place clean and tidy so it might be a mess due to people squatting and using it. I wish we knew why the children did not get the house or maybe too far out to live for them? It would sell to someone that wanted to be left alone for sure.
Yes. I agree. I mean, they had the house since 1975. One passed in 2015 & the other 2020(ish). Chances are the house was paid off. If nothing else, I’d at least want to grab the pictures and any family heirlooms. It’s so sad that everything may just rot away 😢🥺
Everything but the couch with that blanket and all over the floor bear it...looks like someone died loosing that much blood. Not rain damage.
Looks like it has a flat roof. That place will be decayed to nothing in a few short years.
Yup. Flat roof goes fast.
It’s sad that the his kids didn’t think about the past of the family. Never ever forget where you came from, family is everything!
could not agree more.
I love watching your videos, thanks for the hard work. You always bring to light the thought that whatever a person decides to do with their money……you can’t take it with you! ( I’ve never seen a Hearst pulling a U-haul)!
This couple just passed away a few years ago; surely their kids still survive? I've always wondered about adult children who just have no interest in their parents' homes after they pass.
Because it's a mess, too much stuff, and lots of work.
Yes, probably right@@williebeamish5879
Obviously, he did not have a will at the time of death. If the house is not paid for the kids would have to make payments and pay the property taxes. If those are not up to date,
interest and penalty will be added daily. He could be delinquent in many areas, could be a lot of things, but it boils down to money. People love to flaunt what they have and be total
deadbeats to everyone.
Adult kids have their own lives.
@@jackcakeblackagreed. Could be tied up in probate litigation too.
Still dealing with that since my father passed away in 2019. Courts take forever.
It was interesting how the dust rings showed where items had been sitting not long ago, yet glass wasn’t all smashed up and trashed
I noticed that too!
Were they tsken just before the camera panned to that shelf?
Or possibly moved elsewhere? 🤔
I think the glasses were placed on the table. Staged basically right before the scene. That’s ok tho. Adds a bit more drama. They gotta make it interesting in places where it isn’t necessarily-
@@daviswall3319 there were some other things that were outlined in dust with no dust underneath the missing objects
because they staged the dining room. there's no other explanation for the clean spots. If someone else had done it, there would be a thinner layer of dust where the glasses used to be.
Wow! What an awesome explore…😮 Watching from New Zealand I really enjoy your channel 😇 Thank you for all the cool videos xx 🇳🇿 💚
looks like a mormon food store not a prepper. He was a very busy person and very intelligent. It would be very interesting to hear more about this family
Wow. Just WOW. That downstairs and bunker!!! I'm thinking screw loose.
I know one thing: we have an apocalypse, and I don't think I want to stick around. Just beam me up.
I love this one for some reason. I know it's in South Carolina, I'd like to know what city & I'm interested in what this man did as an entrepreneur. I live in South Carolina, so I really enjoy seeing these types of places down here.
Sounds like he was a smart guy...he had the spiritual and the physical covered. It's sad to see such a beautiful home decaying, but I'm sure the family had a lot of great times ...and that's what they are built for❤..On another note...if someone were squatting, they could dress pretty ok out of the closets and have plenty to read😊
If this house has been empty since 2020, when the wife died, it could potentially still be in probate. Or, it could be that since it sits on a large plot of land with heavy woods, the family thinks it is largely safe. The house isn’t really worth saving, so the value is in the land. If the children were Ivy League graduates, the odds say they aren’t living in rural South Carolina. It took years for me to clean out the last old family home in my family when someone died. Everything had to be sorted through slowly, sold off or disposed of. Rural or isolated places are harder to deal with because auction places can’t make as much money when they have to transport goods, and do heavy disposal. I know people whose parents were very religious/preppers and the kids want nothing from their parents because they had such a disturbing childhood, full of that craziness. They were forced to prep, instead of having a Childhood. Or they just could still be dealing with the court systems. You never know.
Its good to see you out exploring, enjoying the content as always.
This was another “Excellent” exploration! Great upload Bankz!!
This makes me wonder about the family that lost their loved ones. I know a few people that have been forced to let a property go into degration due to medicare holding leans on property and not allowing you to do anything with it. Very sad to see this.
wild. i didn't know that could happen. if it were my family, i would still sneak into the property and move a bunch of personal stuff out.
This is the first video of yours that I'm watching, and I know that it's been a while since you uploaded this. I also realize that a ton of work goes into filming and editing. Thanks for doing all of that - I appreciate it. That said, I'm enjoying the content for the most part, but I'm finding the amount of talking and editorializing frustrating. One of the first urbex channels I watched years ago was The Unknown Cameraman. What was nice about that channel is that he would walk a camera through a site and say very little, leaving the viewer to observe and take each scene in. It'a nice when the camera moves slowly enough to study things for a moment, naturally as if you are walking alone through the house for the first time and thoughtfully taking things in. If you are going to talk, it's better to do so sparingly during the editing process while the camera is viewing interesting things. There are several instances where you are presenting the same information redundantly. (Get on with it!) Also, please handle others' belongings with the utmost respect. When you picked up the little wooden guy, it seemed kind of hasty and made me cringe a bit. The article may not mean a lot to you, but I'm sure it held sentimental value - you're still in someone else's house. Treat things like they are or were your grandpa's, please. I'm eager to see what else is on your channel.
always love hear more back story on these property’s
Wow, this house was SOOO cool to see! I always love the 70's houses the most❤
43:04 Those boxes are most likely shortwave repeaters. You can make them easily, then add batteries and connect to an aerial. Once youve dropped a few around your home area, you'll have reliable comms.
Its incredible that anyone would let a property like that go to pot.
Do you know why the children just let the home decay? Great video!
I always wonder if any of the explorers have ever had a family member reach out……
Probably have lives of their own, and don’t want to mess with any of it. Maybe live far away. Who knows 🤷♀️
It was said at the beginning that the kids attended Ivy League schools so they probably have their own money and no need of the parents stuff. I bet they got any money Bill made over the years though. This property would be extremely modest for Ivy Leaguers. But who knows they may be planning to go back and do something with it if it’s as secluded as it looks. Then again they may an island somewhere? 🤷
I would hafta get the pictures!! 😢 all that stuff is just sitting there ruining....homeless shelters, animal shelters, women shelters...they could use that stuff! So sad.
So enjoy your videos. ❤Keep the good positive vibes going and always see the beautiful in everything. Make each day amazing and never stop moving forward!!!
He didn’t realize that aluminum/tin cans are not non-perishable. If there is ammo, you know what goes with ammunition. You should have looked under all the desks to see if there was a weapon mounted on the under side of the drawer. Very interesting.
thats crazy! 16:40 right before this part I was thinking, it looks like a pretty modest mansion tbh.. cozy is the right word for sure, looks huge but feels quaint almost.. not too overwhelming like some of them
I would love to save that house and all it’s belongings! So beautiful and peaceful
Thank you for taking us on another wonderful adventure. The things we get to see only because you take us there with your videos are amazing. Thank you so much for traveling to places that the rest of us would never get the chance to see without you.
I think that all the work going on in that house was interrupted by a medical emergency or by a state intervention, not related to anything prepperish. Possibly mental health or family intervention of some sorts. Possibly in an assisted living center or worse
The woodwork in this house should be worth a fortune, from furniture to home decore.
@44:43... I believe that those old metal tackle boxes were wired to be makeshift "boobie traps". The metal spheres look like they were intended to be grenades that could be loaded with gun powder, and fused... Or... Who knows... That didn't look too doomsday prepping to me. A lot of junk.
Not you are totally wrong lol. Those are fence chargers I have a bunch of those I have made over the years. They are for livestock. The 2 wires in it are for the battery that say positive and negative. There is a transformer relay and a resistor in it. The fence plugs in behind the hinges. Lol the switch is to turn it on and the light is to let you know whenever the fence is activated and you don’t have a dead battery.
@@TheDieselStop I hope you're right and you probably are, but my first thought was "Run! Get out of that house and call the bomb squad".
Very interesting explore - quite!
One big mistake this "dooms day" prepper made though is building a home - any home with a flat roof as those never last/hold up worth a darn. Steel roof sloped and that home would not have so much internal damage/decay going on.
If they had kids as it appears so - will never understand why they did not do more to clean things out/secure this home & then sell it unless there was no will. That home w/30 acres is worth a few $$$......
Probably no will so it will sit in probate for god knows how long because courts are probably backed up still due to the whole lockdowns. My uncle's was because his children from a previous marriage wanted more than what was written in the will and they tied it up for years and squandered what they were going to get.
Yeah l was thinking the same about the roof no wonder they had leaks ,why they didn’t fix the problem doesn’t make sense.
Totally agree and for someone that apparently had the financial means and considering they apparently built this home - steel sloped roof of some kind from day one!@@angelswalking3839
I'm sure some bank is holding the property in escrow until the will is settled. It might have been contested by heir's or business partner's or even the IRS.
I worked in a building that had a flat roof, we had waste baskets all over the room! The only fix they did was tar the roof
The wooden figure in the entry way is a incense burner. You light the incense and put it on the chair and put the man on the seat. The smoke comes out his mouth. They’re made in Germany. Pretty cool
I wish they would’ve explored the property more. As someone with parents EXACTLY like this (all the way down to the beliefs) I know there’s more on the property. Hidden weapons, hideouts, and an actual bunker. There was definitely stuff in the walls of the house as well.
Hey guys, the lunch boxes--could they be an attempt at building some kind of battery charger or something to generate lights or electricity? I mean, of he believed the grids would go down, he may have been attempting to find a way to harness power of some sort, maybe? That is a very interesting house! Quite a find guys! Well done.
Exactly what i was thinking
To many of them for that.
Those boxes that you found in the deep basement, were not bombs. Electrical power supplies for some reason. Nothing harmful in those. I'm into building things in those kind of assemblies myself.
Right, he may have been involved with electronic supply businesses
YOU NEVER FAIL BigBankz. . . . . Thanks for taking me with you
It’s so ironic that this man prepared for Armageddon yet didn’t prepare for his own death. He and she should have begun consolidating all that STUFF and started giving it away as they aged. This is a wake up call to us all: stop accumulating stuff at a certain again/stage of life. Also, start downsizing your possessions and space. Otherwise, we might all pass on and leave a place like this. It’s just a mess for someone to have to go through. 🤦🏻♀️
Love your videos. They are great reminders that you never see a hearse with an armored car or U Haul behind it.
Its amazing how quickly things start to decay without human intervention. House decays whilst nature takes over...beautiful....
observation note.the powder in the starbucks jars might be powder coffee with powder cream. might be reusing the jars to stock pile. lots of off grid and disaster preppers stock dehydrated versions of their favorite things.u can get french vanilla and other flavours from bulk barn
Great to see you back , you guys be careful while out exploring
That's a pipe organ! I've never seen one in any private house before.
I’ve only seen them in churches. I hope some preservation company can get to it and remove it before it’s ruined beyond saving.
Sad to see that the house can still be saved but its moments away from collapsing, looks like the owner liked to be comfortable while reading, very interesting house.
Jesus said... the Kingdom of God is inside you, and all around you, not in mansions of wood and stone. Split a piece of wood... and I am there, lift a stone... and you will find me. Kindest thoughts to you and your families and Furbabies from Australia
Incredible house! And the organ! WOW!
That looked more like a guy who had a lot of properties and accumulated a lot of hardware and other always needed items. I don't think he was preparing for the "big attack" I think he was religious and was preparing for the end of days. No one can really be sure unless you have the opportunity to talk to his kids. The tool boxes had a step-down transformer to take 120v down to 12v DC so he might have been building battery banks that were portable. For long term power outages. Not too crazy, look at every third add run here for a portable power station. As for the ammo cans, I have a few dozen for storing larger bolts etc. They are really handy. Just seems like a guy who had plenty of what he needed and didn't have to hit the hardware store that often. There just wasn't anything you'd see in a zombie apocalypse house.
It's SAD that a lot of the younger generation don't much value on MEMORIES and HERITAGE, just immediate gratification !
Very Cool Explore !!
Thank U !!
39:09 that's Blenheim ginger ale I have that exact bottle made just up the road from me ! I had to take a second look just to make sure. Thank you for sharing
The wallpaper in the bathroom is called foil wallpaper. Thanks for all your explores I enjoy them so much.