Abandoned Manor Of An American Soldier ~ He Fought In France And Never Left!

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STORY
While driving through a quaint village on the outskirts of Paris, we stumbled upon an intriguing, abandoned manor that seemed to have been forgotten for ages. Drawn by curiosity, we took a closer look and uncovered its unique and captivating history.
This manor was once the cherished home of Jean-Paul, a man originally from New York. During World War II, he was sent to France, where he met and fell in love with Petra, who would become his wife. After the war, Jean-Paul decided to stay in France, turning his passion for postage stamps into a thriving business.
Thanks to his success, Jean-Paul and Petra were able to buy this magnificent 1876 manor near Paris. Every room in the house was beautifully decorated, filled with cherished memories, treasured artifacts, and elegant furniture. Here, they raised a loving family and lived their entire lives together.
As time passed, however, the manor's story began to fade. In 2017, the house fell silent when Jean-Paul, its last resident, passed away. Though he had children, none returned to claim or care for the house, leaving it abandoned-a poignant reminder of the vibrant lives once lived within its walls.
Many questions remain about this beautiful home: Where did Jean-Paul's children go after his passing? Why are all their precious memories still left behind?
Join us as we delve into the remnants of this love story, discovering echoes of the past in every corner of this forgotten estate.
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[@Koal548-q8e]

전쟁때문에 아무것도 챙기지도 못하고 빈집볼때마다 가슴아파요 💜

[@MichaelW.-om6mc]

What a nice love story. So many U.S. soldiers met their future wives while serving in Europe. Thanks Lesley once again.

[@cherilynlewis8871]

What a lovely home that once was occupied by a thriving loving family❤

[@KV-mh6og]

Leslie, that is not handcuffs, it is towel hanger for bathroom, the two circles are for the towels, and the hooks around them are for whatever you want to hang. You cracked me up, you naughty 😂😂😂❤

[@lissanne9769]

I think the only thing keeping the children of Petra and Jean-Paul are the French property taxes. Outrageous. But then it's done here in America. The county, city, state, government, all want tax money. It's just appalling, and so very sad.

[@luisosorio-nt6gn]

aca en venezuela no se pagan impuestos sobre la casa donde usted vive ......

[@anja_smdt]

What a lovely place and nice exploring. Those dolls in the beds are not from the kids, they are decorations. The noodles in the pot is a set up, even the ‘last drink’ . Other explorers setting up the scene to take pictures.

[@lorilewis7264]

Why is this home abandoned? If the children didn't want it or couldn't maybe pay taxes on it, why not sell? I truly know many would feel blessed to have this home! Such as myself, amazing

[@samcolt1079]

There was a painting on the table of two birds in a avacodo tree. My mother had in our home when I was a young boy. I have not seen this painting in 50 years. Now that was really cool. I think it was my grand mothers. I wish I knew what ever happend to it. Its gone for ever. Thanks for that Leslie. That made my day. The house is really nice. I hope they were happy. Good job

[@Crystal_Abbott-jn6xs]

This was fun but sad. So much left behind. So much forgotten. Thank you for sharing.

[@Ashley88.]

These gentlemen put many of the other youtube explorers to shame with their courtesy, caring and respect of the abandoned places they enter. I don’t think the ghosts would mind their visits.

[@COMPOUNDCOLLECTIVE]

Ghost, are a different ball of wax. For some of them, they could care less who they are.

[@sharonwashington8150]

Not all places have ghosts!! although some explorers would like you to believe otherwise! but not these two good ones.

[@lynnmk2384]

Loveeeeeeeee all the beautiful things left in their beautiful home

[@l.e.chambers8050]

I always get so angry at the children not caring for the things their parents worked their lives for. But reading these comments about inheritance taxes being so outrageous it begins to make more sense.

[@davespoemsandsongs9497]

Thank you bros of Decay, thank you showing me the beautiful house where two people are really in love until they both past away

[@liliarochalopez4525]

Gracias Lesley, eres tan cuidadoso al describir y mostrar todas las cosas dentro, que tristeza me da ver cómo todo queda atrás después que la gente se va, nadie de su familia recupera nada, veo que por los impuestos altos o simplemente no les importa 😢

[@marlyantoniadasilva798]

Num mundo onde se trabalha uma vida toda e não tem uma casa assim. bahh😢

[@reneemohnen8657]

Those are called steamer trucks. People used them traveling

[@ЕгорЛарионов-о8з]

Здравствуй 📺🏡 очень интересно понравилось история дом сохранить здоровье Большое Спасибо 💯👍❤

[@LA-nm4mn]

What a beautiful place. Your commentary and delivery complements video. It’s also so incredibly sad to see that everything is just left. To be forgotten. It would be nice if their family, if any exists, would come and take some of those precious belongings.

[@surrealistful]

Uhmmmmm ... hello??? Alcohol evaporates, luv..... that was a recent pour.... yumm...

[@ramona_rami5643]

An interesting cozy home! Really nice furniture and mirrors in the bedrooms! The family photos are always emotional to look at! ❣️ Thank you, Lesley, for sharing this beautiful life story !

[@sumiyatiumay8859]

Lesley rumah nya itu memang indah d siang hari tapi kalo udah datang d malam hari, sungguh menyeramkan ,🥺🥺

[@candicenelson9312]

I am from Minnesota and we still can food from our gardens. Also we buy from the farmers market.

[@laurakayhart7599]

Beautiful. Love watching you explore. I love in Michigan, USA. I still preserve food that way.

[@lorilewis7264]

im in Arizona, hello 👋 ☺️. I love ❤️ watching his videos! Hope u have a great day

[@tammyasbury6517]

This was a fantastic home ,beautiful and you di grat job showing them

[@judyrocks1000]

Yes I have been making jam and other preserves from produce from my garden in Canada for 48 years.

[@yvetteghajari5792]

I really don't think he was American, I saw his last name and it was French. I am very sure Jean Paul was French.

[@leilaazen6000]

Obrigada por essa postagem com legendas em português

[@jendagesse4524]

What a beautiful house

[@SamXi1]

I am French from La Rochelle and I make preserves in jars, especially fig and strawberry jam.

[@luisosorio-nt6gn]

soy guajiro de colombia y me encantan los hijos nosotros los hacemos con melado de panela de la caña de azucar ....es riquisimo

[@veroniquebrabander4619]

In Duitsland zijn veel kelders onder de huizen, daar wordt ook nog veel voedsel in potten opgeslagen. Inmaken gebeurt in landelijke gebieden.

[@dianadelahaye7660]

Yes. I live in Italy and I have an orchard and I can fruit , marmalade and make dried figs and apricots😊

[@SRay-or3nc]

The photos of the women look like different women. Maybe he had two wives as in one died and he remarried.

[@НадяПчелкина]

Красивая история любви. Дом замечательный. Благодарю!

[@ssm9451]

This is an amazing manor. Thank you, Lesley. We love you too!

[@jaynorris3722]

Canning, pickling and making jam is an autumn tradition. I learned it from my mother and grandmother's in North East Colorado. Rural living doesn't change much, even if you move to town. Just a fun thing for to welcome autumn. Hope Danny is ok. Thank you for the videos.

[@cherilynlewis8871]

Compared to the other pics on walls...the clown is creepy...like out of place

[@dellchica2373]

Yes my 1st thought...

[@samsweldedartdotcomwhitela4500]

YES!!! I store “Can” Food since oatmeal brains was installed in the White House. (Teasing- oatmeal brains) It lasts for years!! Love your adventures!

[@BennyLlama39]

Now, now... you're giving the dementia case in the White House too much credit. 😀

[@libertygiveme1987]

Yes, this was a WELL LOVED HOME, you can tell. They had some BEAUTIFUL PIECES of furniture. She was a lovely woman, who I hope had a wonderful life with her Beloved. Thanks Lesley, and friend. I can't spell his name, so I'll just say Lesley's friend and Cameraman; who, by the way, has ADORABLE DIMPLES!!!!

[@barbkeil-burton6894]

@libertygiveme1987 Mareno is the spelling

[@libertygiveme1987]

@@barbkeil-burton6894 Thank-You!!!!

[@crystalfletcher3666]

It's Maureno actually

[@libertygiveme1987]

@@crystalfletcher3666 Actually?!

[@louisebeairsto6711]

It’s a towel holder! Lovely home with lots of history!❣❣❣

[@Bluerose888]

Maybe the kids didn't want to go back and have the memory of sadness of the place. Maybe they wanted to have happy memories instead. Just a bathroom upstairs, none downstairs?

[@lynnb-TruckCastreauJr]

What a beautiful home and story. That Happy Bird in the attic is from the 60s or 70s. We had one, and I loved it. You soak the head in water for a few minutes, and then set it to "drink" from a glass of water. Push the head down until the beak touches the water and let it go to begin swinging back and forth. It doesn't stop until you stop it...very cute and quirky. You must be careful of setups by other urban explorers, though. Alcohol evaporates very quickly, so that "last drink" was not from the owners or both glasses would surely be empty. I'm guessing that the spaghetti in the pot was another setup, as well as the perfectly set dining table.

[@SRay-or3nc]

A very lovely place. I am amazed at how many American products are in that house. The picture on the wall with American flag and the other one beside it might be considered American Folk Art. Also, the dolls with the crochet dresses are meant to be for beds. They were not meant to be played with. That was a very common practice in the US many years ago.

[@teresacristinafragadeolive6786]

Vidas deixadas como se não houvessem existido. Ninguém para guardar seu legado. 😢

[@luisosorio-nt6gn]

todo tiene su final ................ hector lavoe

[@yetkils]

Merhaba muhtesem bir video sizi tebrik ediyorum biz Türkiye' de konserve yapiyoruz bir cok sebzenin hatta ozellikle domates 😊

[@donnapalmeri9573]

Wish the children would have had the hindsight to keep this property up to date.🙂

[@O_k_s_a_n_a]

💙💛Спасибо Вам большое за интересные видео! лайк)

[@michellepark604]

I don’t like clowns either hon

[@davidusa25]

Yes. I still preserve food in jars by pressure canning here in the US

[@craigbrown9029]

Cheers from Down Under.

[@louannelawson4916]

Lesley I Found You Contradicted Yourself Quite A Few Times, & Assumed Too Many Things That Don't Fit Together. A Trifle Thing Here Grand Marnier Is A Liquor....Grand Marn..i...er & There's No Way It Would Have Been Sitting There In A Glass All That Time, It Eventually Would Have Some What Evaporated Or To A Thickness Sludge. Neighbours & Friends Would Have Been In The House Looking After Petra Before She Went To A Hospital Or Nursing Home & Cleaning Up Best They Could, Even Before Their Children Arrived-When ? Before Or After Her Death ? Keeping Petra's Children Notified. I Have To Say The Children Of Both Parents Should Have Actioned Off All The Antiques, China Dinnerware & Glasses, Even The Property With The Home For What It Was Worth & Split The Difference Between Themselves. Plus Explorers Like Yourself Would Have Been There Before You & Placed Certain Items In Certain Places, Don't Assume Petra & Her Husband Left It How You See It To Be.

[@jerryglenn7323]

Hello friends 👍

[@marcelinatejada53]

Hello thumbs up watching this live

[@GRACEGRANT-ni8kq]

Leslie and Danny and Manreno Love the Respect you give to The Houses you Seek to find the Story😘❤❤

[@julielevesque1675]

Leslie I think Jean and Petra were WW1 era judging by the photos and steamer trunks in the attic. They might have been very early 20's in age then. I think they had one child, who would have been 20 in the 1930's. The colour photos may have been a grand child who inherited the place and would now be in their 80's. My feeling is that the home was kept, but that it was maybe a summer residence in the 50's or 60's, then used less and less until forgotten or the last decendent passed away, probably in Paris. And yes I preserve food in jars!!!!

[@Gobindosahu-qq7xq]

India ka pendant house Delhi 11th century ke house exploration

[@wilmaburrgooch981]

Great looking funiture

[@Aurora150264]

I would like to see a french furniture store. Because I want to see if you still can buy these old french furnitures. In really every french home you saw these dark dining set ups and in the living room always these old fashioned couches. I never saw any modern furnitures in a french house. Okay, normally in these houses lived old people. Therefore I would like to see a french furniture store, to look if the young people in France still have these furnitures. My parents are born while WW 2 but they have modern furnitures, exept in their living room, there the furnitures are nearly 70 years old. But in Germany you can´t buy furniture today which you can keep 70 years. Only perhaps in special stores you can buy furnitures complete made out of wood, but this can only afford rich people. And when I think about my parents belongings, I can´t keep a lot of them, because my appartment is full of my own things. I could not take any furniture and they are not my style. I only would take a few old pictures, but not all, because there are a lot and I have no space for so much pictures. When parents die, children normally have their own houses for a long time, so they can´t keep the parents furnitures. But I can´t understand why children do not sell these houses. They can pay the taxes and have the rest for themselves. Especially a house near Paris can be very expensive.

[@Ponderous1]

Another great exploration! Nothing against Danny, but I prefer videos you do solo. Danny corrects you sometimes quite often. I prefer to go along with you as you sift through the artifacts and think out loud to us.

[@Aleks_Dundih]

Разве алкоголь, не должен был испариться из фужера, за столько лет?

[@tjohn4398]

It would really be fun to fix this manor up and make the grounds nice again. This a fantastic place and I would love to do the work.

[@berthagreen1620]

Another amazing exploration..I love how you treat every single thing with respect. I must admit it was nice to hear you telling your story without Danny interrupting all the time. 😂

[@janetpersons7647]

I wonder if that picture of him in the hearts frame with the younger lady is the second wife. Too young to be the wife he stayed in France for. Could be why the house is sitting. Possibly in probate?

[@myevileye1]

This manor can definitely be restored it's made of stone ... And actually in very good shape it's such a shame to leave it to decay 😭

[@CelesteMeyer-dw5zg]

Yes a lot of people in the US still can my neighbor cans and gives us chili sauce yes we can tomatoes and asparagus Cleveland potatoes this is Celeste Meyer from Bay City Michigan

[@JuneTwo004]

yes I grow and can my own green beans every year..

[@kangirigungi]

I think the drink in the glass and the spaghetti in the pot are put there by previous explorers.

[@laurentorpe8898]

Mèg mindig gyönyörű,alig érintett.Kàr lenne ha az enyészeté lenne

[@casacar1958]

como de costumbre una historia maravillosa, Me impactó mucho la copa con licor, escalofriante y triste a la vez. Espero que Danny esté bien, como lo grabaron en diciembre supongo fue por las fiestas a Portugal. Gracias por entregarnos cada semana hermosas historias.

[@MarinaAaa-yk6hh]

Buen vid👍👍👍👍👍 Uruguay

[@toinettelaronde6348]

confitures ragoût de porcs haricots vert ratatouille,oui on fait encore ça chez nous,

[@deenabeauchamp5290]

Doesn’t matter how many episodes I watch. I will never understand how adult children do not go to their family home and collect personal Family heirlooms and property . One would think they would return to collect the things their parents loved so much

[@CarmelCoupon]

By the photographs, they would have had only one daughter. She would be in her early 70s by now, and has, maybe, passed away. Perhaps she didn,t marry. This would account for no-one collecting anything.

[@deenabeauchamp5290]

@@CarmelCoupon yeah that’s true. I never thought of that ….. makes the situation even more intriguing

[@jerroldmcley4347]

I was talking to him on one of his explores I thought he was your brother

[@ceniayepez9642]

Que belleza de mansion . Una hermosa historia de amor . Que triste tantas cosas olvidadas . Quede encantada la parte de la cocina . Los felicito . Saludos desde Venezuela

[@monicamorales7775]

Saludos chicos desde Udhuaia🐧Argentina 🇦🇷, que lindo es tomarnos unas horas y ver sus videos 🖐️👏👍🤗🌎🧉🥐

[@Gregm-l9r]

Well done Lesley . Where is Danny?? Love your channel .

[@marquese1960]

That ability for that old phone to allow a 3rd party to listen in is a bit creepy.😮😂

[@M-daughterofourbeloved11]

WHERE HAVE i SEEN THIS HOUSE BEFORE, DID SOMEONE ELSE ALREADY EXPLORE THIS ONE?

[@bethdulin2384]

United States is much into canning food for the winter..

[@surrealistful]

Unmistakenly a mormon chapel....

[@Paranormal_Knight]

We still preserve jar foods in Texas a lot of people in Texas do this

[@Paranormal_Knight]

We still preserve jar foods in Texas a lot of people in Texas do this

[@Paranormal_Knight]

We still preserve jar foods in Texas a lot of people in Texas do this

[@armisam383]

You do a wonderful job Lesley and You are handsome too 🎉😂❤

[@michellepark604]

Yes in the USA people always have a garden. My Grandmother canned everything, my brother does too. My Grandmother was such a good cook, yes we are French ancestry

[@marleneferreiradearaujo7009]

Acho que os donos morreram e acasa ficou com tudo dentro estranho

[@robertafries9604]

Yes I can food and store in my basement in the USA

[@elshaaksema6130]

Hallo Je had over Hand boeien op de zolder dat is het niet , maar je kan daar bloem potten en doen Dus is een bloeme hanger

[@mariasara7659]

MUESTRA TU CASA ALGUN DIA 🥰❤🇨🇱🖐😊

[@pandalee9531]

Thank you for your's share🙏 It's have story and lovely Place🥰🥰💕💕❣️

[@patriciarichardson5250]

yes I still can fruits and vegetables

[@TheMissMarisol]

Yes, we preserve fruits and vegetables too. This year I'm planning to preserve cucumbers, garlic and zucchini and maybe a little bit tomatoes (not sure about good harvest🙄) from our garden in Moscow province🤗🧄🥒🍅🙂👋

[@barbaragravely920]

I am so sorry guys:( you tube stopped working for me so i was unable to watch .My DSL got hacked and so i had to use my old one .Love ya guys miss you alot.Your friend Barbie NWP, FL

[@crystalfletcher3666]

You still have DSL?

[@reneecarol2130]

You must've changed your Days from Sunday

[@BrosOfDecay]

No we haven't but it was just very bust the last few weeks and we where behind schedule ;)

[@anafukushima3323]

Hi! You are a very polite and kind person, your stories and the respect that you show up in every place is so nice! Your narration create a beautiful atmosphere around the houses. Keep bringing back the past of memories from other people and their memories. You are awesome! 15:40 Here in beautiful San Diego, CA

[@desireewest9136]

He has some episodes where him and his friends he's with will straighten up the place when someone has come through and ransacked it. Even though the home owners are passed away, it's out of love and respect for the deceased.

[@renaenorman7301]

Lyes we can vegetables every summer 😊

[@VirginiaTrottman]

really nice and still love your sexy voice

[@alessamayasar5174]

ماهو احساسك وانت تدخل بيوت كانت عامره بالحب وهي الآن فارغه لايوجد الا الذكريات شي محزن❤

[@jyothiganesh2622]

Hello Lesley....incredible home. Loved the furniture n artifacts. Missed Danny. Take care😊

[@hannysinta5541]

Why why...--I have a lot of questions of me about the house---I care this house..--Asia..Indonesia❤❤❤❤🎉

[@haleartbr]

Loveee so beautiful 🥰🥰🥰