ABANDONED at Christmas, the Owners Left Everything Behind! What Happened to Them!? 

It was an older lady who's granddaughters name is kate. The stuffed animals and toys were for kate to play with. The grandma had a cat. She fell sick and was never able to return home. The family didn't want to deal with the house so it's just been left sit for years. What's absolutely atrocious is the fact that people have broken into the home and destroyed property that doesn't belong to them. Something is seriously wrong with people now. This was once a very nicely kept home. Now it's just sad sad sad!!!! 😪

This is definitely several generations of accumulation. Guessing when the occupant passed away no one wanted to deal with it, or couldn't get there to do it. Then the squatters moved in. Either way, it's sad. Once we're gone everything we own, all of the things that we feel mean so much to us, just becomes 'stuff'. Better to grab on to the living moments, and to enjoy the wonderful people in our lives! May the blessings of the season find you safe, and well, and happy! Wishing you all the very best, James! Marian 🇨🇦

Thank you for having so much respect. Like you said, even if the house is abandoned, there's no reason to go in and trash the place. Love your videos. Be well.

Crazy and heartbreaking to think that family didn’t want to deal with house and left it to deteriorate. That in itself makes a person wonder what transpired within their family dynamics to find it easier just to close the door and walk away.

Makes me angry how people can be so mindless. To vandalize a house is so wrong

It was definitely beautiful in it's day. What the vandals do to houses pisses me off so much.

My GRANDMA DIED IN 2004. I WENT TO HER ABANDONED PROPERTY MANY YEARS LATER, AND GOT ALL HER CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS AND HER ARTIFICIAL TREE. IT IS STILL DISPLAYED EVERY YEAR!

I love seeing all of this, and at the same time it makes me so sad. All the memories, the vintage items that could've went to someone who would've loved them.

This would have broken many hearts at the beginning when it was found and in pristine condition. A family just vanished right in the middle of living their lives, doing day-to-day things everyone does. Cooking, cleaning, watching children playing, tv's left on so the kids could watch when they wanted. Just to see a house in perfect condition and no one around was hard. Now with all the needless violence and hatred aimed at it, it feels even worse. People have no regard for the personal property anymore. It's almost like a sport to see who can do the worse damage possible. I don't believe this was a house belonging to elderly people. Grandparents keep toys at their house for the grandkids to play with but not this much !!! there were no signs of the elderly...walkers, wheelchairs, medicines, it just wasn't there. This was a younger family. The first thing I would do if I went would be to start picking things up and putting them away, displaying the Christmas theme again, I could not help myself !!! If for nothing else to honor the lives of the family who lived here. To put it back the way it was before they had to leave it.

Good job but you are so right whoever messed that place up has something drastically wrong with them.

I always feel so frustrated and sad when I see a home trashed, vandalized for what reason? Why? What is the harm of just letting it be. The elements would take over soon enough.

I started tearing up watching this. All those photos of family members and none could be bothered to deal with the house. The items in the house were brought there by someone who cherished them. When the lady left, no one honored her or her memory. 😢

good video, yea its sad that people have to come in an destroy other peoples stuff for no reason other than to be a jerk. thanks for sharing.

This is so heart-breaking, it was clearly a beautiful home surrounded by a winter wonderland. It's so sad, I'd love to live here. So many people are in need of safe housing and so many houses sit abandoned when they could be loved again.

It makes me so angry when I see what vandals have done to property left abandoned for whatever the reason. Thus, the reason I left law enforcement years ago - I finally acknowledged to self I couldn’t change the criminal. I studied the criminal mind, behavior and sociology instead.

New subscriber here! Just found you!! I like your style. I'd like to throttle the idiots who vandalized the place. If people are gonna steal things, why not do it without destroying everything else? I will never understand it. Even through all that, I can see what a cozy, comfortable home this once was. I'll be back for sure! Great job!!

Christmas Time Capsule Called the Christmas Time Capsule for very good reason, this home was left in an untouched state for years and remained so until after it was first discovered. The house was filled with furniture, personal belongings, photos covering the walls, oh and of course Christmas decorations, lots and lots of decorations. Unfortunately time has not been kind to this "time capsule", vandals had discovered the home since the first explorers visited and tossed belongings everywhere, stolen items, put holes and even wrote graffiti on the walls. Despite all the destruction it was still a very interesting explore! Having done a little bit of research I found out that the woman who lived here died in 2001 and her husband had died 9 years earlier. Does this mean that the home has been sitting abandoned for 20 years? I don't think so, I also found two calendars in the home dating back to 2011 and 2012 and I would imagine that's how long this home has been sitting. This leaves a gap of about 11 years where someone else was living in the home, maybe it was one of the children or some other relative, we may never have the answer to this. One thing that we know for sure is that the last occupants definitely liked the holiday season and it is likely that the home was abandoned at Christmas. A few years ago the property was sold for tax arears which leads one to believe that the last occupant may have been having financial problems. The home is now starting to show signs of mold growing in the kitchen and the basement but there seems to be a relatively new roof and the outside of the home was also updated with vinyl siding, if the property continues to sit, it could be a very long time before the home begins to decay naturally. If it weren't for the overgrown and unkept yard, passersby would have no idea that this house is even sitting abandoned, that's how good it looks from the road. Only time will tell what happens to this property from this point onward. Follow me: instagram.com/james.hackland/ facebook.com/0StaticSpaces0/

I really enjoy how respectful you were in this abandoned Home. The way you honored this family by describing their interests was very kind. Thank you.

It just breaks my heart that someplace so beautiful is just left to rot.

Hi there, I just came across your channel. This video was so sad to see. Squatters were definitely in this house. Years ago I lived in a apartment in Queens on the 5th floor. I came home from work and found that my apartment had been burglarized. My dresser drawers were all emptied and things and clothes thrown all around. The stereo wires were ripped from the walls in the livingroom, furniture overturned..a complete mess and that was just in a 1 bedroom apt. People have no respect for other people's property. As you were going thru in my mind I could see where things belonged...so sad!

Looks like a home someone could still use

This is by far one of my favorite abandoned home videos. I enjoy your calm demeanor as you travel through the home commenting on what you observe. I hate to see the vandalism and destruction. Thank you for posting this video it was very enjoyable and the home is still beautiful.

Just found your channel and love how respectful you are.The house is so sad yet beautiful at the same time....So many collectibles left behind!

Thanks for the tour. It’s so disappointing what people have done to the house! The family really should have someone come in and see if there are item that could benefit the family.This woman lived a full life so sad that all her things have been trashed

Just found your channel from Noah's shout out and I really like your style! My wife and I were amazed at how good you are at showing everything there is to see in such detail. I'm sure glad we found your channel and am now a subscriber. Looking forward to seeing lots more of your videos in the future! Cheers!

This is absolutely horrible for anyone to go in to someone's home and destroy it like whoever did this one day it'll all come back to bite them in the rear end but really would love to know what state this home was in it could be made into such a beautiful home

You have a very pleasant voice and you're very respectful to the property. It's so sad to see so many personal things go to waste. It was a really interesting video !

Exactly....this happened to me.... I had an old little cottage lived alone. I became disabled at 40. A friend took me in. When I was well enough to go home. This is what I came home to.almost exactly. And it broke me to the core. How..why..who... And I got severely depressed. Lived through suicidal thoughts due to loss of security and faith in humanity. I'm now trying to find a way to restore my home..my sanctuary once. Everyday..its a long heartbreaking expensive endeavor. But I was told..it will be worth it..to not let them...WIN. take it back they say. So.... Thank you for your sincerity in bringing this to light. I love exploring too ftr...old resorts etc.. But your kindness...meant the world to see. God Speed. Always be Kind...

I love this spot. That old nativity needs to be saved from destruction. I'd be taking pics in there all day, anything Christmas and I lose my mind . :)

I would love to have seen this place when it was full of life. When I was a kid back in the early 70s they were a lot places like this . me and my pals would go in and explore and rummage but we never made a mess damaged or stolen anything. We just liked to explore.

I absolutely hate people who come in and destroy these family time capsule homes. I would be pissed if I had to leave my home for some emergency and came back after a year or however long and found it torn to hell! People should respect what is left behind. Even if it's abandon, you shouldn't tear things up. Exactly what is the point of that. I have respect for RU-vidr's who document and leave it as they found it. The others I'd like to see imprisoned.

Looks like it was once a very warm and inviting house ❤

This video is amazing for so many reasons. Life is so short. I lost my husband almost 5 years ago and I am currently “finally” going through things and trying to donate what’s nice and trash the junk to keep my kids (all over 30) from having to deal with an entire household of stuff if something happens to me. Anyway, many of the items in this home gave me flashbacks of raising my own children while also reminding me of my 6 grandchildren. I also saw some things that my brothers kids had growing up and the wreaths reminded me of the crafts my mom and I and other family members often got together during the holidays to make. This is a family’s lifetime of memories in this house. It’s heart breaking on so many levels. It makes you wonder who the family was and what happened and you can’t help hoping that they aren’t all dead. I hate the way some people can be so destructive and disrespectful with other peoples property. Maybe there is somebody related to this family that had no idea all of these things were left this way. My point is, if anybody related to this family is ever located and offered the opportunity to salvage anything from this home, heartless people have destroyed the place and it would now cost exponentially more. The clean up alone would cost so much that most people would have to pass up the opportunity to salvage the home. Unless they are lucky enough to be able to get a crew of volunteer workers to help with the clean up. Or maybe they might have a big family capable of pitching in. If this was my moms home or family of mine, this would be heart crushing and also really make me mad too. The house itself looks to be a home worth renovating. I’d love to see somebody come in and clean it up and flip it. That would be really cool. Great job on the video. Thanks for sharing.

Who ever wrote God is dead will find out just how alive God is. People are so cruel and disrespectful.

It's heartbreaking when people abandoned a home for whatever reason. You can tell it was a well lived home. You are right people are discusting and disturbing to vandalize a home.😡 So sad. 😞

These are always so heartbreaking as I'm an older person myself. It's sad when your kids leave home, partner dies, and you realise you have 6 more of everything than you actually use. For years you faithfully wash the floors, clean the windows, starch the curtains, and for why? She probably liked Christmas if it was the one time that family might visit. I'm about to sell the contents of my 'guest room' that has never been used, so I won't have to look at it. Living in a rural area is great when farming is a thing and there is a community , but when it becomes a bedroom community you may as well live on the moon.

First video of yours I've seen.. Got to say brilliant! Respectful, interesting and what a beautiful house, heartbreaking that's its been abandoned like this. Subscribed from the UK, and looking forward to more.. Thank you.

Please Respect the space of others by not vandalizing and taking what's not yours Thank you for sharing this lovely home!

I would like to know, what gives people the right to do this to other peoples property ? This just burns my ass.

seems to be a world wide phenomenon that not many people consider. since 2010 or so, a lot of people and families leave and abandoned homes without taking anything.

Its absolutely maddening that people don't leave things alone the way they found it and just trash things. How awesome it must have been when everything was undisturbed and not spray painted on or broken on the floor.

You know when ever I see a vacant house that has been trashed like this house has it really makes me angry. Why do people do this? What is wrong with them? Why do they think this is OK to do? Didn't their parents teach them to respect other people's property? AAAHHHH!!!!! THIS MAKES ME SO ANGRY.

Shame, shame on all of you, who saw the need to destroy this, once beautifully, loved home.

Great job on this video. So glad you showed up on my page as a suggestion. It’s sad people have to destroy other peoples memories.

That is an amazing old home, it’s a shame it was left to rot. It appears there were many, many years of memories in that house, what I find horrible is that anyone could disrespect a person so much to leave their years of memories to rot like that. Be it the children or grandchildren or just family members who left it there. I also realize the person or persons may not have had anyone to clean it out when they passed, that is sad and horrible too. The ones who destroyed it should be hung out to dry…..just saying!

Wow..... more than a little sad, people can be disgusting. They destroyed the home of a family that could have left for a visit out of town and never returned home. Maybe a family member will see your kind video and recognize the photos. Thank you for being so kind.

The house was a home once ... thanks for sharing ... yes there was no respect to this home that's standing still in time ...

This is the first time I've ever seen one of your videos and I love it. You did a great job going through everything. Its a beautiful home. That i wish someone would fix up and bringing life back into it. I feel sorry for whoever lived there that all there family treasures were left behind.

This was sad to watch, not only about the vandalism, but for what might have happened to the family that had lived there. Scenarios were going through my mind about the entire family being killed or in fear had to leave and abandon everything they owned. Unfortunately in today's nightly news reporting so much violence, the chance of this being the case is too much of a possibility. And if what actually happened as in the comment by Vonnie K, it's really so sad that the family chose not to even hire someone to come in to clear items out and sell this once lovely home, especially if it was their childhood home. Even if they were to sell it "as is".

Interesting and sad. That was someone's home and belongings that they cherished. People should have respect even though it is abandoned. That is what remains the memories of someone's life.

I just don't understand how people can have such disrespect for people's property and memories. Trashing the house. It's so sad.....

Great video! I appreciate the care and respect that you have in exploring these places...I appreciated that when you were in the "Kate" bedroom, you replaced the comforter on top of the cabinet after looking inside the cabinet. At 28:38, I'm guessing the "The Chop Stops Here" poster is from 1992...the house's occupants being Toronto Blue Jays fans, I think this was from the World Series that year against the Atlanta Braves who used "The Chop" chant. An interesting and vintage sports souvenir!

I’ll never understand why people go in and vandalize a place. Take what you want but leave it untrashed. It just doesn’t make sense.

What sick people tearing it up like this‼️

I've been in abandoned places, like to look around, they're like time capsules of a person's life. Hate it when you get to see them trashed sometimes, never made sense to me why people do that, would love to do that at their house as a payback.

Your pictures were outstanding! Hard to imagine why homes become abandoned.. very sad…. A home once filled with the love and laughter of a family..

Excellent Explore! Great job. I wonder what happened, also. However, I must disagree that this was an elderly person who died. When you see a house where an elderly person had lived and either had to go a nursing home or died you see things like walkers, canes, medication and medication bottles (although the meds could have been stolen) you also, frequently see watches, old magazines, smoking materials, a bed on the first floor as older people have a difficult time with the stairs. In homes of elderly people you see a lot of mid century belongings (there are some here, but not a lot) and rarely, if ever, do you see children's things. You'll see a grab bar or a bath chair in the shower or bath and a toilet riser, so the older person wouldn't fall when getting on an off the toilet. The feel of an elderly person is different than this house. I agree that squatters most likely had gotten into and used this house. I hope they weren't the ones who trashed it. That is sad when people ruin something so no one else can use it or even look and enjoy it. I wondered if the bottled water was from squatters, then we saw a water cooler. These are often rented when someone is buying bottled water regularly. My guess is that this was an eviction or a loss of lease or mortgage problem. How sad for this to happen at all, much less at Christmas. The belongings look like the people were not rich and may have been in that economic situation where the loss of a job or a paycheck can mean the loss of your home. This was possibly a single parent with one or two children. They were either evicted or left quickly to avoid being removed. They probably left quickly and left much behind. Any of these situations are sad. The last I would sadly think of is possible death of one of the parents or even of a child and the people couldn't stand the loss of a child and left. Maybe a DCFS situation where the state took the child(ren) and the parent couldn't stand being in the house without the children. We can't know for sure. That doll on the stairs scared the heck out of me at first! I hope the people who had once lived here were able to get their lives back together. Good job!

It's so sad that people have to destroy things. If someone broke in because they needed a place to get in out of the cold there is no need to destroy or make a total mess. That was someone's life. People need to be more respectful

Just found your channel. Love the respect that you showed for the house and its contents. I totally agree with you about it being disrespectful to trash the place. Must say that I loved your still photography!

Thank you for being respectful to the home. Obviously the people before you weren't. It's very sad they have to ruin thing's!!!

Sad to me how this persons family disguarded this home, memories, pictures, etc.... like it meant nothing 😔 Just walk away.....So Sad !!

Such a cool building. Can imagine what it would be like living there with a family.

Thanks for the tour! Great video!

I wonder if some of these homes are vacant due to domestic violence. It seems like children would have lived here due to having all the stuffed animals. Sometimes a woman has to flee & leave everything behind for safety for herself & the children. I enjoyed this video & just subscribed. Thank you

@1:04 min on, THANKYOU for speaking about how disgusting people do mistreat other peoples property. I like it that you are as disgusted as I feel disgusted too ✅ now seeing all of this. The folks that lived here were a 👪 family. The destructive people are dead inside as they put a hole in the wall along with graffiti and broke the two beautiful snow globes and trashed this entire house.

The even sadder thing is that I would've moved in and taken care of the place until they decided to do something. So many are or are becoming homeless soon and it's so sad these places are just sitting here being ruined.

This is the first time I am seeing any of your videos and wow! I just love your attention to details! Pretty awesome!

Omg the orange and yellow standing lamp!!! Beautiful towel racks upstairs you dont see ones like that now. Especially sad when they are abandoned or someone has died during the Christmas season. You do a great job with the videos!

Abandoned places in Canada and the USA always seem to be vandalized. Many places in Europe aren't as vandalized. I thought maybe it was the same house I saw a couple years ago where the family does in a car accident but I read the comments and saw the story of the previous owner. All the treasures we collect on Earth we can't take it with us when we die. Thanks for the fascinating video 👍

Really enjoyed your video. I see a family that enjoyed life and love tbh. Plus I agree about vandalism!

I sense that was a home full of love and memories. Thank you for sharing!

New sub! Just found your channel last night and love it 🙂

You were absolutely right that i would love this one! I seriously feel like this place is sort of like a personal nostalgia trip for me too, because there are MANY items in this home that i have ties with now or from the past. You know i collect Christmas movies (White Christmas is a classic so of course i have it!), plus i also have lots of those S'more snowman ornaments like the ones you pointed out on the dvd player downstairs. Upstairs i saw movies that i've bought, and i had Pound Puppies, that entire set of Simpsons dolls (i'm pretty sure was from Burger King) EXCEPT the Bart you showed because he was sold out here, and finally that large white bear with the hat & scarf! Aside from all that, i LOVE the front door (it's so painful knowing it's just sitting there rotting away when it's so beautiful), and the green wallpaper in the living room is something i'd use myself! The colour in the dining room was really nice too... what a lovely home it must have been at one point. I'm thinking that it was Grandma & Grandpa's home and they kept their childrens' stuff (hence the 80's/early 90's things), and then bought stuff (like the newer movies) for when the grandchildren visited (i'm guessing the first bedroom was theirs, and the squatter maybe brought the movies in to there if the power was still left on the house). Thank you for this explore and for saving it for the holidays--it was an awesome treat!! Merry Christmas! 🥰

What's shameful is the family this person treasured, so callously refused to deal with this beautiful home after she died.

Your very respectful. Thank you for being a good person.

That funny looking plush toy you wondered about around minute 20:47 was i believe called a "Pillow Pal" (or something along those lines) they were popular for a minute in the early to mid 1980s, I had one as a toddler back then,lol. Great video btw, you have a very soothing voice, and are very respectful of the home. Subscribed:)

Love your passion . You are so respectful..Great explore..New to your channel & ill be staying

Just subscribed! Luv this house, lot of vintage details, nice amount of room. Luv the country. Yes sad people come and destroy things

This is so sad and I agree with others it's also so sad AND horrific that people broke in and destroyed stuff. People are horrible. Bless you for respecting the property and items.👍❤️.

I really enjoyed this video thanks for sharing!!

I think I saw this house explored by others before.I liked everything about this house

There are kids who are in foster care etc who would love the toys if they could be cleaned and donated... What a shame!

Thank you for sharing this Beautiful Gem, it truly was a gem to the previous owner/owners. I have decided to subscribe and look forward to future video's.

Nice job thanks for sharing

You mentioned about the description in some of your answers. Now I learn something new. I found out how to find and read the description. I never clicked on that little arrow before The family could of got someone to come in the house and empty it. I am not sure how it works but I believe they pay the family a price and then they take the stuff for resale. The house is emptied and then they can sell it.

Very brave guy I was a little nervous watching you walk through, I hate that someone destroyed the place it makes me so angry how cruel and evil people can be

So sad that Noone in her family wanted any memories of her.Heartbreaking.And vandals are the worst

It must have been a lovely home at one time. How sad and disrespectful that others broke in and vandalized this place. I guess that is why so many explorers won't disclose locations (city nor zip codes) so when they find a pristine house/building, it is less likely vandals will recognize the place and go in it to trash it. Given time, nature will wreak havoc on it, but as to reclaim the land, not to mindlessly destroy. This was a good video, thanks for posting it.

Some people can be so crappy. I just want to do a deep clean on this place!!!

So heartbreaking. But it was interesting to see what was untouched: the manger,the folded towels, etc.

Your words of detail in explore is fantastic

Beautiful home.Shame no one delt with it .great video .you did an excellent job .I'm subbing today.Thank you.

Great video.. thank you so much for your respect for EVERYTHING and you are so right people are so disgusting it's a shame 🤦🏼‍♀️

You can go to court house in that county and look up the property and see who it belongs to

So sad that people destroy what doesn’t belong to them. What I find even sadder is that family didn’t do anything to keep the home. So many homeless people that would have loved to take it.

I love this , I just subcribed as a new viewer , thank you for sharing your channel😊 I'm from 🇺🇸 NJ

Genial el vídeo !!! Hermosa casa lástima que no se respete y se vandalice todo !!! Saludos!!! Desde Argentina!!!👍👍

It's just sad, seeing the decorations and toys there must have been a lot of joy in the house at one time. Now everything is cold and lonely.

I will never understand why vandals have to wreck these homes. I’m sure it was a beautiful home at one time. I would like to see pictures of it before it was trashed. You are a very respectful and caring person !!! It was a great video. Do you know the status of the home now? Pam ❤️

Very interesting explore ty for your respect .world needs people like you