Abandoned Family Home Frozen in Time (1974)

50 years after the last residents left, we venture inside and walk back in time to see what life was like in rural America circa 1974. We will be looking around the house for clues of why it was abandoned, but come up short. Our theory involves the last residents passing away and no one caring for the decaying home.
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[@DarkExploration]

Who else enjoys abandoned homes? 🙋🏻‍♂️

[@Raven844954]

Me! 🙋🏻‍♀️

[@hackchewspit1956]

+1

[@mh7008]

It always amazes me to see these abandoned homes filled with stuff, this would never happen in Africa, everything will be stolen including the roof tiles.

[@itzlavanyasanker7432]

Me!

[@TheUdontknowmehomie]

Especially the ones out in the country. Old farm houses, are super creep.

[@imyourgodmachine]

The cycle of life is truly fascinating, mysterious and sad.

[@colleenhoperue5538]

Yes I agree 😌

[@bsanchez3563]

​​@colleenhoperue5538 lmmfao why were you smiling about that bro lol?

[@tula1433]

So true. When I moved into my new house they told me that I could keep or throw out the former owners old stuff (passed away). And as I was going through boxes of family photos and all the things they acquired over the course of their life I felt so sad knowing that one day someone might be going through MY things and looking at them like worthless junk. Very strange feeling. We live our whole lives just for some stranger to end up going through our stuff and throwing it away.

[@salis-salis]

just think, this was long abandoned before most people watching this vid were born. your best so far!

[@LeighDeitrick1]

Ahem I'm 64. 😂

[@tracycallahan7541]

Born in 72 🙄🙃

[@billybobscat6233]

Absolutely true. Best one by far

[@blancamiranda6661]

@@LeighDeitrick1 im 63...its like a time capsule

[@Poppa_C_McD]

Wow.. that's true. I was born in '77, and assuming this was abandoned around '74, it was before my time. I do remember when houses looked like that though. Yes, even the big TV. It's funny how design, technology, and styles have changed over the years.

[@stevecillian1]

Great video. I have to comment because this video impacted me deeply. I'm 54 years old and when you went into the attic and found that revolving Christmas light I was tranported back to 1974. I remembered having that light on our tree. I was 8 years old and my parents weren't divorced yet. My family was whole. Such a wonderful memory. Restored to me because of you! Thank YOU. P.S. I sent word to my parents to look for pic of us with light. If I get will post.

[@miss.g-shun-w]

Such a sweet comment. ♥

[@colleenhoperue5538]

Bless you.☘️

[@DylanW-z3o]

Thanks for the comment. I am 16 and a half years old and I was born on 01/09/2007 In most parts of the world or in the USA the date would look like: 9/01_2007 . When the day comes, I will be 17 years old. Show me love, not hate as I turn 17 years old. I have school at 08:15 am and it is 05:52 am at 9814 E 112th DR. Henson Co 80640 .

[@mubashirahsan8524]

I think people living were from the early 1900s and passed away somewhere around 1974 . Most of the valued items are from either 1920s or 40s . Thise paintings in the room , that art style and those frames were VERY popular in the 60s - 80s , my grandmother's house has those. I dunno if their children left them and moved away or something . But that's what probably happened , children moved away , parents got old . One passed away following the other . The children obviously didn't want anything to happen to their family home and were living somewhere else so they locked it up and over the decades it got forgotten ( grandchildren and etc ) . The people who lived there are probably being survived by their great grandchildren now.

[@lindaeasley4336]

That's what I gathered , also .Elderly couple ,one very sick .Home furnished mostly with items from their past . The tv was old even for 1974

[@TSAMMariolover5554]

That's propably it

[@jackilynpyzocha662]

The tv, maybe the 1940s/50s.

[@daynasafranek7807]

Could have been asbestos or something other environmental keeping people from claiming the property. It could have been seized and just nothing done with it.

[@Pladderkasse]

Think you are correct. The walker in the attic, is also a giveaway that an elderly person lived there. Maybe most abandoned time capsules have this history of a full life, with someone staying behind and growing old. Seems to be a pattern.

[@anoirecilpac3544]

Backgammon is the board game

[@sushifiggy]

Riona Twomey I was just going to say that, good call

[@sarahstrong7174]

It is a good game. Worth getting.

[@Ryanlove04]

Sometimes the naivete by young you tubers is hard to take. I get triggered by it, can't help it. Love that you show respect though.

[@hairystyles4212]

@@Ryanlove04 yeah this dude isn't even close to most of the other people that film stuff like this

[@gavinisdie]

Ok we somebody to come in that house and finish that game to bring the house one final bit of honor lol

[@blancamiranda6661]

The chest was called a HOPE CHEST for a young woman to collect things to start yur home when u marry.💍

[@IronMaidenDoD]

Interesting. Its unfortunate hope chests are no longer the status quo if you will of marriages. Ive never heard of that being born in the 90s.

[@jamiekrznaric2129]

@@IronMaidenDoD my mother had a similar box, but it was just things to have when she moved out, or things she collected for when she moved out. Marriage wasn’t in her books (late 80’s-90’s)

[@jennytaylor3324]

How interesting!

[@tula1433]

Dowry I’ve heard them called

[@ELPlop]

Also Respect to the people who live close or came there but didn't ruin anything on this place!

[@xniffyx]

I know! I saw a lemon Lunabar wrapper (the same thing I had for my breakfast) on one of the surfaces.

[@bubblesangel555]

I say it, or see it in every video "Such a waste of such valuable family history/antique photos/antique furniture" Somewhere there is someone out there, that doesn't even know their family history is sitting there, just rotting away. I'm with you Dark, I could have spent all day in the attic looking around, and another whole day in the rest of the house!

[@donellmuniz590]

I had many aunts and uncles in Wisconsin, most of whom, for reasons unknown, never had kids. So when they died, who knows what became of their homes, their bank accounts, their belongings. There could well be a home somewhere near Milwaukee, Brookfield, Elm Grove, or West Allis sitting vacant since the late 70s. They all died between 1975 and 85.

[@teresayoung93]

I have been watching your videos for a couple months now, and you have been a calm presence for me during this pandemic. your videos and respectful explorations have been so wonderful to watch. you remind me of my friend Cash. (: it's sad to wonder about what happened in these places to leave them the way that they are, but I greatly appreciate that you and your friends go out to document them. thank you for being you. (I really love seeing the old fonts and packaging too.)

[@gaylewilliamson9183]

I so enjoyed this find.the rotary wheel is used to light a Christmas tree .we used it on an aluminum Christmas tree because you couldn't put electric lights on them.1960,s.so many memories.thank you💓

[@debbieann5347]

They were used on the aluminum trees as you said back in the day

[@mikegarrison7957]

We had one of those wheels with aluminum tree when i was a kid in the 60's. The tree was silver.

[@capecod50s]

Absolutely favorite explore so far. I love the layout of the rooms: especially the spacious kitchen with ample room for a kitchen table. I got the feeling an older couple had lived here many years and had their life history enclosed in this home. The photos were just wonderful. So sad that there were no family members to preserve their mementos. It is hard to understand the mentality of the those who enter and ransack these homes. Anyway it is great that you guys go in and preserve as much as you can with photos. The books with instructions on home care were very touching. So much nicer and more humane than a nursing home. I believe these may have been very lovely people and you have paid homage to their simple and decent life.

[@aditikhannalifestylechroni8205]

They definitely had some connection to india or probably some one gave it to them. Those doll figures were wearing a saree an Indian dress.

[@ahorsewithnoname773]

I wonder if perhaps a relative may have been stationed in India at some point during the Second World War. They saved a WW2 era newspaper that must have had some personal connection and the US 10th Air Force flew out of India as part of the China-India-Burma theater in the Second World War.

[@Poppa_C_McD]

I stumbled across your video by accident, and 2 mins in hit subscribe. This house is amazing! It almost looks like it was staged for use as a museum or something. Incredible find. Its hard to believe some properties like this can sit vacant for so long, and not be vandalized or trashed. loved the look of the natural decay, dust and paint. Its like traveling back in time.

[@TSAMMariolover5554]

Same

[@tenbroeck1958]

As someone who was born in the early 1970s, this is a strange mix of nostalgia and like the Amityville Horror. Thanks for the respect you show to peoples' lives.

[@tenbroeck1958]

BTW - I didn't mean that the place seemed evil or something, but when a place that seems to have once been full of life is abandoned-as is, it gives off an almost eerie vibe, or a strange mystique. Very cool video. I hope it was a happy ending for the owner, and not some type of dramatic murder, etc.

[@darleneradigan939]

I know you guys that explore the abandoned places have a code of leave it as you find it. But this house is amazing, just makes me wonder if there is a historical society you could call to go in there and look at this stuff, alot of this is history and seriously belongs in a museum or on public display somewhere instead of being left to deteriorate. Such a shame to see it left like this with no one to care for these things. Great find guys and Awesome video.

[@jabberdouche]

DUDE! That piano was made in New York. Calenberg & Vaupel closed shop in 1883. Its in super rough condition, but to a restorer, it is worth money. It really should be saved. Its quite the artifact.

[@julietayamirhernandez8995]

Love watching these shows, thank you from Cd juarez, Mexico

[@ScreaminEmu]

Appreciate what you have while you have it, because pretty soon you're gonna be long gone and some kid's gonna be rooting through all your stuff!

[@yahkemaj7818]

I feel the same way

[@comfortablychaotic4390]

The fridge puzzles me. Why is it completely empty except for a tray (of what appears to be) baking Soda (eliminates odours)? I bet the home owner had bronchitis & was being looked after. Once he/she passed away, nurses just stopped coming over. So sad.

[@Feemailgamer]

That's what i was thinking. Or at least one of them had it and those trying to care for them couldn't go back

[@d.on.in.a]

Why bronchitis specifically?

[@Pdasilva0324]

@@d.on.in.a In the attic they found bronchitis medicine

[@d.on.in.a]

@@Pdasilva0324 yes, in the attic, meaning it likely hadn't been used in months or years

[@pinacoloda226]

Wow that furnace in the kitchen brought back some cool memories! Back in the late fifties,early sixties they were put in cabins,those old-timey cabins,for heat😉

[@Forbidden33]

Good find, I like untouched gems like this one. 👍

[@carolinebrown8965]

Love the antiques - items from multiple decades - really cool😎

[@tyrossano777]

For some reason, this makes me happy and sad at the same time. The 70s, ugh what I’d do to live in that time

[@gavinisdie]

Atari 2600, anybody?

[@Bunnyboo3419]

Same omg

[@GeneralHawk505]

Oh my...that...that Worlds fair stuff is HUGE Part of my hobby. As a 20 year old i have always been a 1964 Worlds fair enthusiast.

[@kpietran61]

I love abandon houses great explore. Never seen stuff so old old papers, photos, place was in great shape unbelievable 😊 thanks

[@catherinehutchinson6099]

Great upload, this house has a sadness about it . I could have sat all day going through all the historical documents. Absolutely fascinating 👍 thanks guys stay safe 🙏❤️

[@donellmuniz590]

Phenomenal find. I've explored maybe 50 abandoned houses, businesses, etc, but never one this good or this intact or this full of good stuff.

[@1972CB350]

That Amway AMGARD II burglar/fire alarm system in the master bedroom had the LED panel (upper right front) and digital push buttons. This was sold 1985 through 1987. The 1980 and '82 versions had analog dials on the front. I saw the 1974 calendar, but someone was there into the 80s for sure.

[@shakingbirdart]

Fantastic explore this time, thanks for sharing! It had pretty much everything I look for in a good exploration film, including history, mystery, and good photography. And no creepy music or nauseating, swinging cameras either (thank you!).

[@darlakajca6454]

You can almost closure eyes and see how it all fit. Great job once again.

[@kristinejacek8635]

The furniture, dishes, appliances, and the piano is worth a lot of money! They are antiques. That's ashame someone can't take them and do something with them. Beautiful things. Thank you for the video.

[@UrbexAndChill]

Good Mood

[@colleenhoperue5538]

Agreed.☘️

[@colleenhoperue5538]

Urbex n Chill,I enjoyed your perspective on this house.Please always be safe.☘️

[@jchavez53]

So much history in that house; it's a shame it will turn to dust eventually. Thank you for preserving it with your videos. You have a great knack for taking videos like this...keep it up!

[@ruthobrien1350]

You boys made me go down memory lane with this video. Thanks

[@katthefantastic]

Wow, wish someone could preserve this beautiful history and turn it into a museum.

[@marinamartinez6886]

Good job being curious but also respectful.

[@martinjohn9138]

I'm from india ... I saw three dolls of women in this video .. defenetly that dolls represent indian culture and dressing ...

[@LindaCrossGardam]

That was awesome totally enjoyed.

[@pixilixy]

Great video.i love how respectfully you investigated it all

[@sandraclark9151]

Dude I just ran across u, that place and the duff in it was amazing 👏 The room u thought might've been a guest room, that was a hospital bed. Someone took care of someone. Very cool!!

[@rayt1348]

Pretty amazing to see things so preserved in time. Not just the era, but how that family lived.

[@rebeccarogers7647]

I really enjoyed your video. Boy does this take me back in time. I love seeing old homes with their belongings still untouched it amazes me. Great job!

[@margaretreynolds9276]

Oh yea, This is why i Love history so much depth to what went down here is endless so glad its still inviting pple in to look around!! Great video

[@adamdadschannel8697]

Brother that is AWESOME! Ty for sharing my good man. 👍

[@michaelhoggarth89]

I know the 1970's seems a long time ago but it isn't really... Time is short and the years pass so quickly... I loved the 70's era... Wow...Amazing explore.. From Northeast UK 🇬🇧🇬🇧👍

[@colleenhoperue5538]

Please forgive my multiple comments,as I binge watch yet again my favorite time capsule houses and channels.Likei always say,y'all be safe

[@shauncurry909]

I love these videos of your very elusive and sometimes ancient houses you filmed at.

[@cathylopez3034]

This place is a treasure! I’m glad you respect the things you find. I wish I could explore like this! Amazing.

[@bluestrife28]

I really wanted to see more this is def one of my faves so far. It’s kind of sad how life just hangs in there, and the general feeling of sadness once you start realizing it was someone’s final place . Good stuff.

[@ShiverzInJapan]

WHat an amazing house, sad to think that the owners probably left it like it is due to illness, but great their memory can live on in your discovery. Watching a few urbexers right now and I'm really enjoying your content dude, you take time and really appreciate the details. Great vid, keep it up man!

[@beebasema]

Fantastic find well done! the game is back gammon xx

[@greywebs1944]

Did I hear dripping ? Looks in good condition if it has been abandoned since 1974. I've seen worse that are less than a decade ? Year I was born 👍

[@LithiumSurfboard]

Really amazing that the roof and all the windows are intact. Did not see any water damage.

[@1990hondarc30]

Great job guys, I grew up with my Dad taking us to abandoned homes, some were of my ancestors in Virginia. The white powder in the fridge was Baking soda to keep it fresh. Thanks again

[@miss.g-shun-w]

The piano is Calenberg & Vaupel ♥ That's some crazy ass font on that piano. Great episode. This had a TON of old world treasure! I love abandoned houses as well. I've only recently found this channel but this is definitely my favorite video so far!

[@mr.rodgers3745]

That Calenberg and Vauple piano was considered a very good piano when it was made. The company dissolved in 1893 so its at least about 130 years old. Very cool.

[@JRBlood]

Such a stellar find! Thank you for sharing. Definitely need to keep that one on the down-low to prevent any more unnecessary damage to the place. Backgammon is the game. As for the TV, it's definitely Black and White, but I don't recognize the make and the curve of the sides definitely date it to the very early days of TV. It looks like it doesn't have a UHF tuner on it which is another indicator of it's age. Just a VHF channel selector and a power/volume below that. You'd have to look at the back of it to find a make and model. I've never seen the phosphor peel off the screen like that, so the tube probably has lost the vacuum.

[@gabrielajimenez6508]

this home is the nicest places I ever seen.

[@r3tr0nic]

Love that beat in the intro, man that shits spot on for the enviromental

[@ModeneGunch1]

I loved your comment about the razor. It's nice to know that some young people can appreciate old stuff. Thank you for the video, and hope to see more in the future. :)

[@katslat8410]

AMAZING, thanks for the look inside!!

[@kurtisy6986]

That's just sad a loving family lived there and to see all that they worked for waste away is just flat out upsetting.

[@crene40]

Omg the newsletters and magazines are amazing! I sincerely respect you for being so respectful in this home! I personally would have a hard time not spending hours reading and looking at everything! Maybe you do lol!

[@DrnkTheWildAir]

What a brilliant time capsule you have found!

[@Catbooks]

That was amazing. There were artefacts from the later 1800s all the way through to the 1974 calendar. Family history came to a dead end. I wonder what happened to the kids. Looks like it was a normal family home, then something happened to the kids and the wife, and the husband stayed there alone for a decade or two. What a mystery. Any chance you can find anything out about the house? When it was built, who lived there at the time it was deserted?

[@daved1535]

I seem to notice that the older houses hold up a lot better. Being abandoned for almost 50 years this house has held up better than some newer houses that have been abandoned for 20 years or less

[@somersetflower]

How absolutely fascinating this xplore was I would love to have known the history and I could have sat and read all those papers all day. I love nostalagia and grieve that they are not in a museum somewhere . Such a waste. Thanks for sharing . Stay safe. U.K.Fan x

[@ljdelaney2286]

I’m new to your channel , instant sub, this is quality stuff. Keep it up

[@dearnapst]

One of the best abandoned place, thank you

[@Carolynne1960]

This was so much fun to watch. I wish the video was so much longer. I would love to have seen it in much more detail.

[@alornasarmy5140]

I luv these types of videos exploring videos u did a good job on the video

[@AprilsRedeemedAndSetFree]

This has to be one of most favorite places you've been to!!! 💯

[@mimim102]

Man this its your best discovery ever !!hopefully no one ever go there to ruin that magical house lost in time

[@sierrachoco5271]

Another great video, Thank you, Best wishes from upstate NY!!5

[@maggiefisher8549]

Oh my goodness! Regarding the medicine cabinet, that slit in the back of the cabinet is a razor disposal drop. They would safely dispose of the razors in there and they would be between your walls forever!

[@Tarot-by-the-sea]

Amazing 🤩 old things, preserved in time. A true time capsule. It’s incredible that these places exist. I’d love to explore that room full of old random things, a real treasure trove of history! The light you found in it’s box completely unused was brilliant, would love to plug it in and see the light effects. Fingers crossed that all this interesting, historic stuff is somehow saved, it would make a great exhibition. A simple bottle of nail varnish has become a valuable artifact, as has all the stuff we take for granted, cough medicine from that time period is a thing of Beaty. Hope this lovely house and its contents somehow lives to tell the tale🙏

[@kimshelton7445]

That's when I was born in 1974

[@garbage854]

So was I 😀

[@ladelayoga2662]

Me too!!!

[@peggysullivan6760]

Me too!!

[@chaosdemonwolf1]

@@peggysullivan6760 In 1974, I was 19

[@Utsavji30]

Amazing work 👌

[@Entenjaeger]

0:51 - briefly uncensored :D Ginny ;-)

[@donellmuniz590]

What are ya talkin' about? All I see at 0:51 is a pink wall, a small painting, and a mirror.

[@keepithoodrecords]

I could watch this all day waiting on the next video

[@witchmoon11]

Oh wow! I was 1 1/2 on the date of calendar! Seems like yesterday sometimes n others another lifetime!!! This is a very awsome video! Thank you.. subbed!🤗❤🙏

[@ravenprice6112]

Great video. Anyone else throwing their hands up Everytime he picks something up or disturbs the stuff frozen in time?! Just me? 😂 Also, that was clearly baking soda in the fridge. Keeps it fresh.

[@itsstephanieee9128]

That piano was actually made in the 1860s! Calenberg & Vaupel.

[@PuJitois]

At the bottom of that TV there should be a little door that flips up to hide the four small control knobs. The brand name might be on the outside of that door -- but then, a couple of things: 1.) Good for you NOT moving things around, even though 2.) I think someone already did as some of the things look staged, IMO. Anyway, my family had a color set that looked very VERY much like that when I was a kid, except the cabinet was metal with a faux wood image on it. The make was "Admiral."

[@Hawaiianstyle65]

I could watch your videos for hours.

[@Feemailgamer]

I wish we could know who lived there and look them up. Like reverse grave site searching but with houses

[@sorayah248]

tax records are public

[@debbieann5347]

A trip to the courthouse would add immense interest to these videos. Wouldn't even have to publicize the names, just add some back story

[@angicividino9354]

Oh man... 😲 exploring has always been one of my fave fun things to do as a kid AND now as an adult. SO AWESOME, right? 👍

[@tzilivak]

The game is the Greece game "Tabli" i think in english is "back gammon"...

[@debbiegoble9836]

I like that you don't use music, I like the whole filming thing. None of that crazy first part to the video. I can watch all of your videos.

[@MADDLION247]

Good Stuff..... Truly Amazing!! I just Subscribed!! 👍👍

[@YourTubeVideoss]

12:46 Those Christmas Lights / Round Metal Disc , We Had Them In The 1970's , When I Was a Kid / Teenager .. Those Colors Rotated And Shined Up At The Christmas Tree In Our Living Room

[@kituwahband]

Combined with your video title, this reminds me of the Satis House in Dickens' Great Expectations where Miss Havisham lived.

[@rolfsinkgraven]

A very interesting find and very rare, great stuff an old paperwork, the stuff you also find in your grandad's attic lol very nice one thnx.

[@nurarnaut8288]

This video is simply amazing and awesome. I am very blown away by this video, and yes I loved this video, keep up the great work guys.

[@hopehollingsworth-venezian2080]

Would love to restore this house. Looks like something you would find in the Midwest. Love the video

[@Tempe1962]

I like the picture over the bed.I hate to see things decay.I always wonder how things get to be such a mess,like how does each item end up where it is.Would be fascinating to have a time machine and see the decay over the years.Does anyone esle think the same way? What was that brown box thing you said was interesting? That chest looks exactly like one we had in our house when I was a kid.

[@agent_ninety9]

I am so fascinating by these homes. I would LOVE to be in your shoes! To think there were Christmas parties, Holidays, children raised. Walls full of memories! It's sad to think of it left behind to deteriorate. Edit: packaging was better. Not junky plastic. That fridge looked 1950s ...pretty cool...Ty for thess

[@aaronberns8485]

This is an interesting house. My father grew up in Yonkers in the 60’s and 70’s which isn’t far from this house’s location. He went to the New York World’s Fair at age 3 at the very least. I think he would’ve been sad to see this, as if his childhood memories faded with it.

[@colleenhoperue5538]

My tabloids and magazines will arrive in the mail next week And I'm getting more for the collection in afew weeks ❤️

[@sergiobrunati7601]

Awesome house! Thanks for sharing 👍