Doomsday Prepper's ABANDONED Mansion | Found Secret Bunker with EVERYTHING Still Inside 

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.

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.

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..

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

@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.

It’s so crazy how families can just let a house go like this. It’s so sad.

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.

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 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.

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.

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!!

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.

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

“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 ! 🙏🏼😊

This shows you how quickly things start falling apart when they are abandoned.

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.

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.

Too bad you can't do a segment on tracking down the family and ask them why they abandoned this house and property.

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.

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. 😊

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.

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.....😕

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.

Best recording of these abandoned videos out here, perfect panning.. slow sweep, perfect audio, superb narration. Excellent choice of background music, bare minimum.

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.

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.

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.

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 😊

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 👍

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.

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.

I had the honor of meeting these people and they where amazing.. truly blessed and highly favored thank you for sharing this!!

Had so much fun exploring this & meeting you bro!

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!

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

That carpet wasn't shag , it is called sculpted carpet. Shag is much different 😃

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

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.

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😊

This proves what George Carlin said: “A house is just somewhere to put your stuff while you go out and buy more stuff.”

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.

Looks like it has a flat roof. That place will be decayed to nothing in a few short years.

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.

the dinner table made me sad. Its like wafting for the family

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!🙂

I love your videos and I love when you put Bible verses

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.

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

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

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.

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

Look at how far the kitchen cabinets & walls went back.. trying to take up space. There is definitely a hidden hallway or room that may lead to a different basement/bunker area. I also noticed how the roof is built just like a helicopter pad. 25 years ago the trees would have been smaller. & I see how the bedrooms opened right up to it!! Definitely an escape route to the roof. The architecture of this home is amazing!! Definitely took lots of time & money! 👏👏👏 He knew.. he could feel it coming... knowing deep within it was all about to unfold. He knew The End Times were coming.. & here it is come upon us faster than most can comprehend!! God Bless that man & his wife for leaving the truth behind! 🙏 We will witness what our ancestors knew was coming all along!

I don't think this mans prepping was crazy at all. He sounds like a very wise, astute man looking to protect his family. He obviously wasn't planning on dying, but he was doing everything he could because he had accurate information about what was to come. We are now in some serious, almost apocalyptic days. We could all use some of his wisdom.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

If this was a prepper, and he built this house, then guaranteed you guys missed a "safe" room on the main floor, behind a facade(organ?) or false wall, with, most likely weapons, and precious metals cache for bartering.

Do you know why the children just let the home decay? Great video!

The woodwork in this house should be worth a fortune, from furniture to home decore.

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.

NOT A BOMB!!! Lol people have no idea what a electric fence box looks like lol. Those are for cattle and livestock. The two wires inside are for a battery and the light is for when you power it on. It’s a relay, resistor and a transformer, you plug the wires from the fence in to the outside of the box. Lol you can see them behind the hinges lol. They are fence chargers, lol 😂 I have a bunch of them myself 🤣😂🤣

Its good to see you out exploring, enjoying the content as always.

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.

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’ve never seen a king size bed before. Thanks for braving the spider webs for us.

@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.

That's a pipe organ! I've never seen one in any private house before.

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. 🤦🏻‍♀️

That's not a prepper situation, that's called a cluster fuck.

That would have been a nice house if it was remodeled. Alot of interesting stuff.

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 $$$......

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.

I would love to save that house and all it’s belongings! So beautiful and peaceful

This house has been ransacked several times. Why don't people respect other people's belongings, instead they go through and steal. So many personal items and photographs remain left behind.

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.

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.

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!!!

It's SAD that a lot of the younger generation don't much value on MEMORIES and HERITAGE, just immediate gratification !

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.

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

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

always love hear more back story on these property’s

How could you not look in the briefcase 😮

Great to see you back , you guys be careful while out exploring

Since it’s only been four or four years, it’s probably still abandoned with everything in it because it’s in probate if they had kids

His name was William 🙃I totally came across this on accident…. And just finished editing my own documentary on this home dropping Sunday. Crazy odds. This is my hometown.

Wow, this house was SOOO cool to see! I always love the 70's houses the most❤

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.

This was another “Excellent” exploration! Great upload Bankz!!

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,

How did you get access to the house? Looks like someone was there recently because items looked to be removed from the glass shelf in the foyer. You can see the dust is different. And how was there a live poinsettia on the coffee table in living room?

I don’t have a mask but I’m going to open an abandoned 5 year fridge for the joy of it

I find this place depressing. They were away from the world but kept up with the world, reading, listening to tapes. Metal coverings on the windows. The man reminds me of Einstein. Highly intelligent but on the verge of insane. Their world was inside that house.

How has it gone so down hill and is falling apart so bad in just 3 years of being abandoned.

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.

That place looks like it had been abandoned a lot longer then three year’s.

With things the way they are going now, many people would like to live in that house. Shouldn't go crazy but store up what you can. Be prepared.