Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned

This is a quick message from Producer Lewis to announce the end of season one of Where Did Everyone Go? with episode 50. The Ghost Town That’s Been Burning for Over 50 Years. Thank you for all your comments throughout the season, we have loved reading them. If you have a favourite abandoned story that we haven’t covered yet, please be sure to let us know in the comments! Learn more about your ad c...

The town of Centralia, Pennsylvania, mysteriously caught fire and they’ve never been able to put it out… Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward and historian Sascha Auerbach. Together they discuss abandoned things a...

Hear the unnerving tale of how the Osho Rajneesh cult took control of the Oregon town of Antelope and then launched a scarcely believable bioterrorism attack.   Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward and historian S...

The West Virginia State Penitentiary has a strong claim to be the most violent prison ever to exist in America. Hear the grisly tales from a former guard and discover why one of its prison wings was known as 'The Alamo'… Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as...

When Germany was divided into East and West, a feared secret police named ‘The Stasi’ took surveillance to a whole new level. Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward and historian Sascha Auerbach. Together they discu...

Find out who tops our list of the world’s weirdest abandoned theme parks and why Sascha and Tom both agree it’s a worthy No. 1.    Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward and historian Sascha Auerbach. Together they...

The countdown of the world’s strangest abandoned theme parks continues with America’s first ever waterpark and a wild west town on top of a mountain.   Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward and historian Sascha Aue...

The countdown of the world’s strangest abandoned theme parks begins with ‘Dogpatch’ in Arkansas and ‘Russian Village’ in Japan, two very peculiar and now eerily abandoned parks.  Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Wa...

Discover the desert town of Amboy, a community tied to the tumultuous history of Route 66 - America’s most beloved and storied road.   Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward and historian Sascha Auerbach. Together t...

The dramatic tale of the 2011 Fukushima nuclear accident, the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl. Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward and historian Sascha Auerbach. Together they discuss abandoned thi...

Listen to the incredible first-hand tales of escaping an erupting volcano and the devastating impact the disaster had on this tropical island of Montserrat.  Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward and historian Sasc...

This colossal building in Brooklyn played a vital role in a World War, helped enforce prohibition in New York and was the scene of a fascinating moment in the life of Elvis Presley. Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom...

Hidden in the wilds of Wyoming is the cabin of famous aviator Amelia Earhart, a little-known chapter of this amazing woman’s life… a life that ended in tragedy and an enduring mystery.    Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedi...

Hear how inmates secretly published their own newspaper and plotted their eventual rise to national power…. Until it all came crashing down in one of the most dramatic downfalls in political history.    Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast pres...

Learn how a shady organisation run by the Rockefeller and Guggenheim families took control of Alaska and made billions in the process. Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward and historian Sascha Auerbach. Together t...

Beneath the streets of Paris lie millions of human bones painstakingly arranged in a breath-taking pattern. But who were these people and how did they end up here? Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward and historia...

The amazing story of a secret laboratory in Argentina run by Nazis that almost cracked the holy grail of science… nuclear fusion. Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward and historian Sascha Auerbach. Together they d...

Discover how new, ultra-fast trains came close to changing America forever and why the prototypes now sit discarded in a yard on the edge of downtown Pueblo, Colorado. Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward and hist...

A prisoner-of-war camp in Poland hides the story of one of the greatest escapes in military history… an escape immortalized by the 1963 movie “The Great Escape” starring Steve McQueen.   Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedia...

Head to the town of Victor, the epicentre of the bloody ‘Colorado Labor Wars’, and hear how the fight for miner’s rights involved dynamite booby-traps, train-bombs, and a mass shoot-out on main street. Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast prese...

Why was the world’s biggest nuclear fallout shelter a spectacular failure and what was it doing in Switzerland!?  Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward and historian Sascha Auerbach. Together they discuss abandoned...

Hear how a cutting-edge scientific complex in rural Georgia helped the search for extraterrestrial intelligence and once came incredibly close to a jaw-dropping discovery. Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward and...

Discover how a gigantic speaker was part of a fascinating battle between the Chinese Communist Party and Taiwan for control of a small but strategically important island.    Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom Ward an...

The SS United States – one of America’s greatest ocean liners now sits rusting at a dock in Philadelphia. Hear how this incredibly luxurious ship broke a prestigious speed record and had a secret purpose only known by the US government.  Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” i...

An abandoned palace and stadium in The Congo that played host to Muhammad Ali and George Foreman’s ‘Rumble in the Jungle' - one of the most legendary sporting events of all time.    Hosts: Sascha Auerbach, Tom Ward Producer: Lewis Rumbol Assistant Producer: Alice Chuter Editor: Chris Scott “Where Did Everyone Go? Histories of the Abandoned” is a recorded ‘as live’ podcast presented by comedian Tom...