This sometimes occurs when the occupants die in a traumatic way, such as a motor vehicle accident or plane crash. They have no relatives that know exactly where they are and have no children. It's like they walked out the front door and vanished forever while everything stays the same
Thank you so much for that explanation. I always wondered about that when we see urbex people finding and video documenting houses like this. I also wondered why no family members claimed the property, the belongings in it, and why these houses were left untouched. Your explanation totally makes sense. As obvious as it might be, for some reason I never thought of that so thanks again for the info.
Many are stuck for years in litigation because family fight over things . Years later its trashed and given up on. Or many countries charge high inheritance %rates and the people its left to can't afford the taxes.
So sad to see that once there was a living, breathing family here with emotions, love, pain, sadness, loss, happiness, hope. All the emotions we feel. Then one day just gone. Just like one day we too shall go and others will know fragments of our story from the bits of belongings that we leave behind. Soon that too will be forgotten too.
Whenever there are videos of places that are abandoned and untouched, it’s so much more immensely heartbreaking than places that have been gutted by vandals and bad graffiti. With these places, you really get such a bigger sense of personhood of the people who left the place behind, so it feels so much more ‘haunted’ by all of its remnants. Abandoned places that are in ruins and vandalized just feel like a husk, or an echo of somewhere that real, actual people lived. A place like this feels like you can hear their voices around you, even through the lens.
All of this family’s belongings... the typewriters, the model plane and all of those gorgeous books on war history... makes me wish they were still around today. I’d love to just sit and talk with them for hours.
My sister actually bought a house like that, everything is left untouched for over 15 years. Old man and his wife lived there, she died and few months after that the man had to go into a hospital, he never left. The relatives lived in another continent and he Dr came back. So pictures, letters from the 1910s and 1920s. Everything. So depressing but also cool. Maybe similar ting happened with this house
The color schemes and wooden toilet seat covers were in vogue back then, and to have a phone in your bathroom or almost every room of the house was baller status. Cell phones came in a satchel then, and were almost prohibitively expensive to own and use. Sad to see all these photos and artwork molding away. The hand-picked herbs and hand-written recipes on the backs of cabinets really took me back.
When you see these homes that are left to rot away, unloved, unwanted and then you think of how many are homeless, it’s sad. If only there was a way to pair them together. It would give someone a new start and the house could be appreciated.
We lost mum to covid 1 and half ago and are still struggling with boxes of her memories and possessions. Made me realise as humans in the west we keep too much. My.new motto if Ive not used it worn it read it or viewed it in a year...then Ill pass it on for others to enjoy...my daughter will thank me when I pass on in 30 years hopefully... we cant take it with us guys so ley others enjoy it...pay it forward and share ....the natural world will thank you too...
It seems like maybe they got sick and never came back home. So sad that no family collected their belongings. They have so many pictures there must be people that cared about them and would want some of those things. Have you tried to follow up on family? I would love to.
@@UnchartedTravel There was also a kind of a diploma for someone named Branimir Pasalic. I looked it up and there was an Croatian politician named Ivic Pasalic, I think that the house belongs to the family. I also found a croatian military man by the name of Arif Pasalic who looks a lot like the military man on the picture at 18.55, I believe it might be him. I found out that the family was Croatian and Bosavinian, it will be more logical than german, because Arif was in Bosovinian army and there is also no writings in German. Also Bosovina and Croatia are close to each other. Arif died in 1998 because of an traffic accident and Ivic is still alive, he is 60 years old now.
@@mercedesveermae5789 Arif Pašalić is muslim from Bosnia. Many Croats in Bosnia accepted islam during Ottoman empire to stay alive. We can say that was begining of Bosniak nation and reason why many muslim Bosniaks have Croatian last name
@@krunodolibic6634 I´m sorry as a person from north europe, I don`t know much about the history of Balkan countries. Everything I wrote was just a result of a quick google search. I´m so sorry about things I wrote, I didn`t know what I was talking about.
Great video. Times were good back then. Beautiful home. You need to try to buy this old house. South Carolina loves your videos. Keep going strong and stay safe
I bumped into this channel a couple days ago and you guys have no idea how much I love this kind of videos. Going to abandoned places and kind of stepping through time is a feeling unlike any other, I wish we all knew exactly what happened there but the mystery left behind is something I always look forward to. Amazing content, keep up the awesome work guys.
20.29 It's a Hair Dryer. The hair brush in the case plugs into the end of the hose. Or connect hose to a bag (original accessory) for using rollers. Very Old. Nice find 👍🏻
Here is what I think happened, it looks like this bed breakfast was owned by a retired couple, judging from the military stuff, the husband was in the military in his native land of Croatia. Judging from the nurses hand book the wife was probably a nurse. It looks as if they invested a lot of time in the bed and breakfast to the point that the husband took courses in construction so he could do his own renovations. It also looks like the husband died first as there is a shine with his prized possessions and picture. I think the wife did stay in the house longer as most of the husbands personal affects were noticeably vacant. It is possible that she kept the bed and breakfast going for a while after the husbands death, as it looked like some of the guest rooms were intact. It may have become a financial burden and was likely that there were no close relatives to take on the responsibilities or inheritance.
Great video but when will we get more Solo overnight camping? Those have to be the highest viewed videos on your channel and honestly what separates you from many Urban Explorers.
That Is possible house of a war criminal who escape from Croatia, during the war in former Yugoslavia. Those tapes you saw , are not the movies, thay have a names of soldiers and places, who knows what is on them. That's why he have a secret room and look like he left in the hurry.
Surprised that two young fellows actually knew what many of the older gizmos were. Upstairs, the box on the dresser was not a nail dryer but a hair dryer. The basement was thick with mold, good time to leave.
I did some really rudementery research based on the names I saw and what I found out was that it was the husband that passed away leaving the house empty. His wife died before him and they didn't have any close family members in the area. I have access to several name databases due to the historical research I use to do but like the Pasalics didn't really leave big impression cause there's not a lot of data on them.
I just caught my typo when someone just Liked my previous comment .I met to say I like and am watching this terrific NOT terrifying video.Only one of my eyes works
With the Exception of the War Memorabilia, the Belongings in there, are Screaming the '80 s... That Mold in there has me Worried for U Guys, and even Touching some of that without some sort of Gloves, had me Cringing!
You were looking at a hair dryer. You attach the hose to the machine on the other end of the hose would be attached to a shower cap for your head over your curlers. You would turn on the machine and the hot air would blow into the Bonnet to dry your hair. I use this kind of hair dryers when I was a child I was born to 1950s.
Hi guys I'm binge watching all my favorite urbex channel s,and exploers tonight.I think you guys are fantastic.Do y'all have a playlist just for time capsule houses?if so may I have the link?thank you kindly.yall stay safe ❤️
That thing you thought was a nail dryer is actually a hair dryer. There is a cap that goes with it. I didn't see the cap there, but that is what it is.
I always thought that if the stuff left behind should be taken by explorers like you to make sure they would be safe but that might invade privacy. I wonder if there is still family left around that know about this
I know this family they were two elderly wife and hasband and they died in car accident and in another country called Kenya and the house was kept empty at all times.
This would be the only time I would take there photos and personal affects and find the family descendants and give those items to them to preserve what could be most easily to vandals.
I ALWAYS WENT IN OLD HOUSES HERE IN CENTRAL FLORIDA, NONE EVER AS GRAND AS THIS ONE, MOSTLY ONE STORY HERE, YOU JUST CAN'T COOL A SECOND STORY IN FLORIDA! WE HAD A FEW HERE IN OVIEDO WHEN I MOVED OUT HERE 20 YEARS AGO, ALL ARE GONE NOW, WENT IN A FEW WITH MY YOUNG DAUGHTER IN SANFORD, SHE'S A JUNKHOUND LIKE ME... JUST FOUND OUT RECENTLY ITS CRIMINAL TRESSPASS, A FELONY HERE... TOO MANY LAWS!!! WENT THROUGH MY OLD JR. HIGH WHEN THEY WERE TEARING IT DOWN, THAT WAS WEIRD, KINDA LIKE BEING IN A WAR ZONE,GOT SOME GOOD SOUVENIERS
There looks to be another rifle case at 24:00. I don't think you noticed it cuz you didn't open it. I guess I'll just have to be curious forever about what was in it. 🤔
Why don't they track down the family members of the owners at the croatian embassy? They might want to live there or sell the house or have the old photos of their family members.
I would argue that it's not beyond a full rehab, at least. It would probably lose some of its original character in the process but it is still doable, provided the foundation and structure is sound.
Hey, I am Explorer From Malaysian. In Malaysian Also have a Mansion , Banglow, building , House that the owner left . But . All the Stuff Have been Stole. That why I like about American and Europe abandoned Building. Its Untouche . Came to Malaysian. When this Crazy Pandemic is Gone . ☺️
I agree, especially the old crystal chandeliers that seemed to be in every room. They're beautiful and quite well made, nothing like modern chandeliers, many of which are made with awful acrylic baubles. I'd love to have a bit of that beautiful history in my home.
Elderly owner(s). Something happened while they were out (hospitalized and/or died). The house was paid for, so no foreclosure. Eventually utilities shut down for non payment and all the water damage present was due burst pipes after freezing temperatures and no heat. The water company shuts off the water and the house is left to crumble. Sad.
I always assume that places like this are what is left behind when the owners die and have no one else left. Seeing all of the photos makes me sad, like the memories and family history just ended with nobody to cherish it going forward. I wonder how many places there must be like this in the world, with family history simply forgotten in dusty boxes and albums of photographs.
Right! They had to have passed on,, bc you would think they'd take family photos w them!! N sry, but just wanna also say wow...you're really beautiful! N I just love your hair.
Agreed. It’s so much cooler to see places where everything was just left where it was when the owners last lived there. It seems eerily apocalyptic or something. Hopefully people won’t go and trash the place .
You left a parking permit and I couldn't help but get curious and it seems that the owner went back to Croatia and passed away there, just in case anyone was curious.
I don’t follow in how you think that this person or people went back to Croatia to die. There is literally a shrine that suggests otherwise. The husband died first obviously, because of the shine and lack of men’s clothes. It is even possible the wife was not From Croatia judging from the nurses hand book, which happens to be in English. The wife however did reside in the house at least for a while just because of the shrine and the amount of her own clothes left behind. Shrines are for the living meant to honour the memory of a loved one, the fact that it was still set up means that the wife had intentions of staying. It is possible that she passed away at a later date.
These houses are always both a tough find and a treasure, a tiny glimpse into their pride, their pain, their home, their love. We're left guessing, puzzling out the pieces left behind but we're still grateful for what story we can put together.
I just wish that the current owners would restore it instead of knocking it down, sure it would be expensive but with all the land they purchased it could easily be done by them.
Yes I agree with you.im a collector of 1970-90s tabloids and magazines and memorabilia,and time capsule houses from these eras will always continue to fascinate me andbealove if mine .I enjoyed this fine group of young mens explores as well astheone done by another favorite of mine ,Riddim Ryder.i enjoy seeing various explirerers perspectives of various houses especially time capsule houses
At 14:07 is a shortwave radio, I noticed several of them all thru the house. Before the internet was a thing, you could tune in to other countries "Foreign Radio Service" on shortwave radios (like BBC World Service, Radio France Internationale or in this case it's likely to be Voice Of Croatia). It was very popular with expats and though it still exists, there are very few stations left. At 20:28 is an old Ronson hair dryer. It came with a kind of big floofy bathing cap that connected to the hose and you would fit on your hair over the rollers. It also had a hand attachment to use as a conventional hair dryer and a nail attachment, My mother had one in the 70's. :)
I feel like they were immigrants and because of that they might have been an accident or got sick and died and their family probably never knew or maybe we're back in Germany and couldn't afford to come to get their things
This place is truly a treasure. I can see relics from the 40s through the 90s. That thing you said was for nails looks like an old fashioned potable hair dryer. One one of that tube goes into the machine, which contains a heater and a fan, the other end of the plus into a cap that the woman would cover her head with curlers. Those phones are popular with collectors. That one in the bathroom is really cool, and something I have never seen before. The military hat kind of made me feel nostalgic for my grandparents who were around that age.
Lovely respectful video as always. I've seen this place just once before, although I didn't remember it until the vintage Laundry Basket upstairs. I'm pretty sure that urbexer didn't find the secret door though!
Wow Brennen I have to say this is probably my favorite that you’ve done!! It always fascinates me when people leave everything. A religious family would never willingly leave their family Bible so I suspect someone passed away and there was an unfortunate reason that the things were left. The one dresser that had the shrine perhaps was for the husband who may have passed prior and the wife kept that as her memory of him. Maybe she could no longer keep the place up or somesuch. Just an interesting time capsule!!
The homes left with all of their furnishings and owner's belongings are beyond fascinating to me. The mystery around what happened to them. Where they went and how they lived. So interesting.
