Exploring an ABANDONED $3 Million MURDER Mansion | Indoor Basketball Court 

The flooring is called Parquet wood flooring. Its used less now a days because it is a disaster to refinish. The constant changes in the directions of wood make sanding them with an oribital floor sander , a pain. Ya might as well just sand in increasing papers to finer grades until its "buffed" which is a lot more work than most hardwood installations require. Interesting fact: herringbone hardwood floors produce best results sanded side to side not linear. ;)

Im going to take up for Banks here and say, before you start your rude comments, please just dont. You dont have to watch. Hes doing great and just appreciate that he goes into these places to show whats left. And hes young! Consider that before being rude!

I love how you show houses. So much respect. So much fun to walk through the houses with you all. The trash compactor compresses the trash. I was born in 1975. I remember my family had a trash compactor. It compacts the trash so you can fit more trash in. Stay safe. Thanks so much!

I can't believe they're gonna demolish it- it looks like it wouldn't take much to bring it back at all 😢

Thank you for always placing a verse at the beginning of your videos. I love watching your videos and you do a great job.👍

I think the butterfly wallpaper is pretty, I like it. I love older houses that have built-in shelving, they don't make them like that anymore, such a shame. Love the kitchen cabinets! Those little drawers could be for spices. Those wooden floors are beautiful. wow, I love the blue bathroom! COOL FIND GUYS!!

With a deep cleaning, I could move in tomorrow. I LOVE this place!

Glad to see you back! It’s a unfortunate you’re uncomfortable sharing more background information on the family and what happened to cause the abandonment. These homes are really a third of the story, it all comes together when you can match the backstory to the home. My opinion, the vandalism is done by locals before you or other videographers arrive. You’re video isn’t going to lead to more vandalism. Something to consider to really up your game.

Guys, the trash compactor is cool. You put a strong bag inside, throw your trash in, and a steel plate comes down (when you start it) and smashes the trash down tight. My mother-in-law had one. I wish they would let me get those shelves with the glass, those are beautiful. And the weird wall paper isn't the worst I've ever seen. That honor belongs to the black wall paper with HUGE pink flowers that was in my brother's house (built in 1920). We always hated that paper but he didn't get a chance to change it before we had to move.

It’s good seeing you back and things are going well for you. Love this house it’s beautiful and everything inside from the kitchen bathrooms bathroom and the fireplace’s. You’re right they don’t build homes like that anymore. Thank you for sharing and glad you’re back and doing well 😊

That trippy bathroom looks like it’s paneled. The finish is shiny which makes me think paneling. That is very 70’s. And what a shame to tear down high quality -all that wood!! The fireplaces are gorgeous. This house is worth way more than the cheap overpriced crap that will go up in its place. Great find!

I am so glad that things are working out for you now. Life is very much like a roller coaster ride but it is essential to keep things in your life you love to do. I very much enjoy your channel. As an artist/designer I look at houses as works of art. It pains me to see so many details that were done by artisans destroyed by tearing this house down. I do understand perhaps wanting to change the house because there was a murder there but goodness why tear the whole thing down? Such waste. Lots of gorgeous trees and plants are going to be destroyed in the demo as well. I saw the beautiful Japanese Maple in front. Thank you for sharing this with us and welcome back.

Saloon doors were popular in the 70s. Yes it is a clawfoot tub as well.

HI, Big Banks! I haven't watched any abandoned videos for quiet awhile. I guess we all have our own issues in life! I am happy that you are happy & I hope you continue to hold to your faith. Your channel seems to be doing really well & that is good to see.

😊 Big Bankz! So glad you're doing better. I think I speak for a lot of people so great to see you back in action! This Mansion is so beautiful. So sad to hear they're going to tear it down I love all the woodwork. The bathroom the crazy one with the butterflies in the sink I absolutely loved. The kitchen was great also with the backsplash I loved it. But you are right the basketball up in the Cedar room all my goodness! I loved all the built-in bookshelves cabinets. Thank you for showing us all this beautiful mansion before it is being destroyed. Guys were having heat exhaustion I can't even imagine so I guess it's a labor of love thank you it was a great showing of the house thank you. Best wishes to Big Banks!😊

I hope they would salvage a lot of things out of this house before they tear it down.

What a great find. Would like to hear more details on what exactly happened though. Hopefully someone will restore that house

That house is really beautiful! I like the older houses better. New houses are boring. Once more, great video! Love you and stay safe.

The room off the kitchen @14:20 isn’t a den. It’s an [edit] informal dining room. You can tell by the built-in hutch next to the fireplace. It would have been used alternately as a buffet and a place to display dishes or brickabrack. The home is something of a 70’s “French Country Colonial” style. Some of the cues for that are: lower ceilings, exposed wood beams, and the roof outside is done in the “Mansard” style. The name of the woodblock flooring throughout is called “parquet.” It was a popular floor treatment throughout the 1960’s and 1970’s. I’m guessing maybe the kitchen was updated *after* the man was murdered? I’m thinking it was deemed a necessary update in order to attract a buyer who would live there. Styling conventions like dark wood trim finish, the parquet floors, an intercom system, and skip-trowel pattern plasterwork on the walls seem to point to the house being built in the 1970’s. I could be totally wrong, but I love houses that were built in this era. If updated, I know I would really enjoy living there. Do you know what the name of the business man is who lived there originally?

I love the front elevation/exterior, kitchen and master the most.... I wish there was a lot more History

Glad you doing well Bankz!!!! Keep the faith! We re here for ya! Keep exploring 🥰🥰🥰

It saddens me the waste. I would love to repurpose these windows, doors, facets, bathtubs, wasteful to say the vertical least. Thank you for showing these bad ass pads.❤❤

Does anyone know the name of the guy that was murdered? Just interested in the backstory.

dude was murdered in the basketball room and Homie is literally standing right next to the blood that's still left on the floor😬

You've probably been back for a while now, and I'm new here, but I just wanted to say that I'm so glad you are happy and healthy! I love to hear when people find these 2 elements in life. Thank you for taking us on your adventures. Now, as a mom, and I'm old enough to be yours, please get a mask to wear for these moldy houses. I'm sure you've had other comments about this, so that's all I'm going to say. 😊 Oh yeah, on the old intercoms, the door meant the front door. You can call down to the front door and vice versa, to see who it was.❤❤❤

Love this house...What a shame. Thanks for the tour.

WOW it is huge 😍 alot people including myself would love to have that house 🏠 when it was new thank you very much for taking all of us with you . That is wild wall paper . i love to roam through that house 🏠🏠i am glad your in a great place in life . sad to see so much character in the house like the wood , just crumble.i just realized how tall you are big bankz peace ✌️✌️✌️ out

Thank you for addressing the bugs in the abandonded places!!!! I always wondered... My only advice is to add the history of the house. I don't need graphic details of the murder or family but any known info? I just kept pondering it. But mahbe it wasn't known? Or whatever, but I think it would really help.

You guys crack me up! The floor is parquet, the trash compactor uses bags but smashes it down to a small bundle.

I'm so glad to see you in such better spirits than you were. You are so much more upbeat and pleasant. It really shows in your videos. Thank you again for taking us on another great journey. ❤❤

Thank u for the tour...so sad about the backround......

I admire your respect and appreciation for these abandoned homes, architecture and the souls that used to live in them 🫡

FANTASTIC VIDEO IVE TRULY MISSED YOUR VIDEOS SO MUCH. HOPE TO SEE YOU AGAIN SOON. YOU ROCK AS ALWAYS, BIG BANKZ.❤❤❤ STAY SAFE AND WELL, WISH YOU JOY AND HAPPINESS ALWAYS.❤

Who murdered the owner. Would like more info you left us with a mystery.

Love your honesty man, thanks for the awesome content. You never disappoint on a video!

Im addicted to your videos 😊

Oh my lord..I'd give anything for all those floral sinks and faucets.I swear one day I'll have ONE entire room in my house a total Laura Ashley explosion.Matching wallpaper/curtains /floral basins, the whole nine yards. The late 80s and early 90s was such a fun romantic time with so much to choose from.

What a beautiful bathroom full of flowers

yeah, and the way the fridge blends in with the woodwork in the kitchen when I did the parquet floor in our foyer i wallpapered the foyer AND the back of our front door (no one cd find their way out) so making things camouflage was definitely a late 70s thing

i am new i already saw a few places .i don't know what happened in your life but nice to see you are blessed

Thank you for the great coverage. Each mansion seem to have each own uniqueness. This makes everything interesting & amazing.

Loved this house. I adore the kitchen and the windows like a breakfast room or something like that. Loved the basketball court and the games room. Nota fan of both trippy walls and I would renovate them. Absolutely beautiful house and it’s a shame that it will be tear down. Blessings all the way from Melbourne, Australia. Good to hear you’re doing well.

I do hope that you and wife are still together and your health has gotten squared away. Hope you can share your news soon. I think the world of you and only want good things in your life young man. 😊 No I'm not hitting on anybody I am a 70 yr old lady and he reminds me so much of my grandson! Carry on...I love this mansion and do you know how the owner was killed, by an intruder or someone he might of known? The compactor in the kitchen is to put trash in and it compacts it for you, I've had a couple of different places I've lived in. Those are built in China cabinets in dining room in the corners not bookshelves. Omg I love the surprise ending "basketball court" to bad y'all didn't have a 🏀 with you!!! 👏👏👏

I'm so happy for you that things are finally happening for you and going your way. Great to see you smile.

Really nice place! Terrible to think it's going to be demolished, wood flooring is called parquet.....there are several different types so they vary.

Beautiful house you can see that once a happy comfortable place but and sad what happened to the owner..

Seriously you better be careful getting too hot! I lost a friend July 15th to a heat stroke. I don’t understand how he didn’t know he was overheated because he was a former marathon runner. Died mowing the grass. 😢

Ditto on the comments about the flooring and trash compactor. I almost peed a little when your partner in exploring said,"maybe it pushes the trash down the basement" giggles out loud! Back in the 50's they had a chute in the bathroom where you could put dirty clothes, in and it would go into a basket in the basement. That's normally where washer and dryer were until someone figured out it's a nightmare to haul up and down stairs. Always enjoy the exploring. This one had a lot of mold, and wonder how the man was killed and if they knew who did it. Thanks

Lol. It was so funny listening to you guys trying to figure out what a trash compactor was😂

My mom and I watch your videos all the time together! We’re big fans of yours ❤️

The Parquet flooring is amazing, so very old but certainly goes with the period property 👍🏻

I always wanna know more of the back story but never get one 😢

the decorated sinks and faucets and the built in 80's bedroom furniture were my favorite part of the video!!!

A trash compactor is for compacting trash. Kind of like a can opener is used for opening cans, or a log splitter is for... oh I forgot what its for.... I love your unassuming and genuine personality. Very refreshing to see someone who is comfortable in their own skin, unpretentious. I have been trying figure out where I know you from. I think you walked into an old church in NC a few years back, that I was cleaning.

I think it's a beautiful house. I would love to have it. The trash compactor would squish your garbage so it would take up less space. One of those things that was a must have for the time period. I never had one. Lol. The corner hutches in the room with the chandelier would hold the crystal glassware and the good china. This is a American decor, definitely not the way in Europe. I saw you on with Maureno. That must have been a trip. I didn't know you've been sick. Glad you are better. Good job.

Great tour. I love your channel.

Hey Big Bankz, and Donavon, even though it was empty, it was still an excellent explore. I am happy to hear you are doing well, we will be here, if you decide you need more time, my notification is on. Thanks for today's video. Love from N.Y.

All that wood work is really pretty. All the doors and the walls look like they’ve just been polished. Nice!

I like most of the house . That blue bathroom and the sink I really liked. And even the butterfly bathroom was pretty neat. I did like the carpet. The trash compactor is from the 70s. You would put a special bag in there and then push the button. So it would smash the trash. You keep doing that until full. Also that bedroom with the modern looking furniture. Looked like it was from the 80s.

Parquet flooring ... Boston Garden is a fond memory! Also, my uncle has had a trash compactor for almost 50 years ... and it still works 🤯

It's good to hear you are in a good head space mate! ❤🙏🇬🇧

Beautiful floors, woodwork, cabinets, beams..etc. Love the house design… not cheesy (for the most part) 😂. Great videos! Cheers 🙃

I’ve been wondering where you were and this video popped up. I was excited to click on it and was not disappointed! Great video. Beautiful house and grounds. Shame it won’t be restored. Didn’t know you weren’t feeling well. Happy you’re back and doing good. Can’t wait for the next video! Thank you!

That was a fun tour. Thank you for sharing. Hope you’re doing OK.🙏

You do an awesome job Big Bankz. I’m so happy for you to know things are going great for you. God bless you and keep the videos coming.

I love the parquet flooring, the dining room and so much more.

18:57 i love that dining room 😍 I can't believe this house is junk now 😢 @21:46 those cave crickets will jump at you if you stare at them long enough 😂 .....I have some out by the old well outside my house & I'm terrified of them!

The "compactor" trash can is used to compress (or smash) trash to get more trash in a trash bag. Notice that the trash can is relatively small. Someone I knew with a horse farm had one. You also have to empty the trash less frequently...

Parquet floors, Trash compactor etc Big Bankz you should really take someone along with you that has some knowledge on things! the trash compactor crunches it up into a small box and you take in out to the garbage cans, it doesn't go majically into the basement!

I love the bathroom sinks the kitchen was beautiful thanks for sharing

You have great abandoned videos. Even the way you talk about the Mansion. I don't know about any one else, I have days that are rough, but watching your videos helps to take my mind off of problems. Thanks !!! A trash compactor is like a trash can but you can push a button an it mashes down the trash then you can take out the bag in it an you have compacted trash. Pretty cool.

So beautiful, I love that place. Thank you for exploring it. ❤

❤😊 Very Happy you are doing great. So good to hear!

You’re so lucky to travel around and see some cool places even though this house wasn’t a place that something nice happened but I’m sure there were positive memories in this. That’s what I would do. I wound stand back and try to imagine the happy times a family had in their home.

What an amazing place, and those room colors wow, trippy .And to have a trash compactor is something. All beautiful, but the wall papers need to go .Thanks for sharing with us. Take care.

I love your channel your music in the background is awesome love it lots of love Tracy Ware all the way from South Africa xxx

I've been binge-watching abandoned homes videos. Saw the OU shirt and immediately hit Subscribe. Great video my friend. I look forward to binging your channel.

We have cave crickets in Virginia too! Don't know what they are really called but they have a name now! Thank you I always enjoy your videos! Your the best! You seem more like yourself today! So glad to see you be you again!

Wow, Great video just sad house to be demo''d for it's a beauty, esp the kitchen with the bay....

❤ hello big banks what a beautiful mansion all I can say is wow exciting ! Boy that one bedroom was physidelic hurt the eyes lol thanks for sharing its a.shame it's up for demo. Stay Safe and take care 🎉

Good to hear things are well, thanks for showing us this one!

Is this the house from that curses Mansion show? This house has a vibe

Big Bankz …. Your amazing Bro! Love watching your videos! Look forward to every upload!!! Keep moving forward! Your on the right track… love the scripture you post before each video also! God Bless buddy

Looking very handsome, BigBankz!! Glad to hear that things are on the up and up for you!! 👍👍

Another lovely presentation my man, thank you.

Who was murdered? The owner? When? Why? Did he live alone? Where are his kids? An empty mansion is okay to see but a back story makes it SO much better!!

Great storytelling, love reading about abundant mansions. It is sad though where the owners vanished?. 👍🙁

This house is insane, I love it!!! Great find. The indoor basketball court is sweet

All of it is such beautiful everything..

The cabinets in the dining room are for China, not books in the corner. The compactor in the kitchen was very popular in the early 70s. It compressed your garbage to make smaller. To be able to put more in before pick up. By the company. The room off the kitchen with fireplace is a family room, used for watching TV or playing family games. The room downstairs that was all wood near the bar is the home office for the man of the house.

yayyyy .. looks beautiful :)

There is so much beautiful wood and doors that could be salvaged. The fireplace wood could be reused by others. The appliances are still usable. Beautiful home and so large. The trash compactor just packed the garbage in smaller portions. Glad your working through whatever is going on in the your life.

BigBankz! No better way to spend my Saturday morning! Keep it up man!

I'm So glad to hear you are in a good place and Happy. I loved the video!!!

It's nice you are doing these videos. You are keeping a log of American architecture for the future, as well as keeping a lot of people "alive" in your storytelling. You are an all time great, as true historians/storytellers that are actually of high quality, just don't exist anymore. So you are a rare breed. Keep up the good work. I would like to ask though..........if possible, when you are describing homes and the people that lived in them, could you give us a year that the house was built and a year when the family lived there? It would be nice. And if possible, what state you are in. Those wooden floors you like are called Parkay floors. They are put together like puzzle pieces.........all made out of individual wooden pieces. OMG......you make me feel SO OLD that you don't know what a trash compactor does!!!! Geez. LOL. It compacts your garbage down into your garbage bag, so you can fit more garbage in one bag. It's possible, as this happens more often than not............people who buy old homes will start to renovate them and then find out how much it costs, and then decide its cheaper to tear it down and build a new one instead.

i blew Coke out my nose when you said maybe it shoots it down to the trash for the compactor! A trash compactor just squished everything down inside of a trash bag like w/auto compression so that you had more room in your trashcan that’s all. so basically that was your garbage can you just pull the drawer out of your cabinet opened it and you put your trash in there which is always kind of weird but when you shut the door you could just shut it just usually leave it like that but once it got pretty full when you shut the door, you just press a button on it and then it would smash everything down and you could like put more garbage in there. We had one installed when we remodeled our kitchen when i was in 8th grade (1981) so once again, VERY 70s.

Thank you , for another video. Always glad to watch. Be safe, God bless you always😊

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I feel SO old omg the trash compactor it “compacts” the trash y’all I’m dying 😂

Lol a bookshelf in a dining room? Come on fellas...how about a china cabinet?! And I'm dying at the suggestion that the trash compactor "messes with the trash" and "sends it down to the basement". Bahahaha! 🤣🤣🤣 OMG I'm dying 😂😂 Thanks for the laughs guys- I needed that!! Man I feel old lol Ps I enjoy your channel 👍😉