He Saved Thousands! ~ A Heroic General's Abandoned French Mansion

[@harrietlivengood6793]

This is a beautiful grand mansion. It’s left with beautiful memories and furnishings to gather dust and decay. It’s always sad to see that they just seem to vanish from their loved ones. Leslie, you always show such great respect to the homes and the people that resided in them. You bring us to the very time they were living there. Your presentation’s are always wonderful. ❤

[@lou_roda]

I hope the children or relatives saved the photos because for me they are memories of yesterday of our ancestors or our origin..Keepsafe Lesley

[@leseize26]

The newspaper "La Voix du Nord" was created by french resistance fighters during the Second World War. In particular by a great uncle who was shot by the Germans at the beginning of 1945. He has streets named in the city of La Bassée (North of France) and even a statue near the station in this town. His name was Maurice BOUCHERY. My grandparents were also resistance fighters, my grandfather was Polish consul in the city of Lille and organized and recruited among the Polish of France for his resistance network POWN. He was naturalized French after the war. I am 55 and I'm proud to have the same name SZCZESNY.

[@lotusdolphin]

Beautiful tour Lesley!! The house was beautiful. It makes me so sad to think that it’s still savable and no one seems to be interested in saving it. If it’s got that much moisture coming in it won’t be long till it’s all moldy. Really well done. Thank you. 💜🫶😎🤗🇺🇸

[@ramona_rami5643]

It's always delightful watching you explore French mansions or castles, Lesley! I love them! This beautiful mansion makes no exception! The masterbedroom looks exquisite! 😍The old papers,the radios,all the family photos evoke times when people really cherrished thier cultural values! You're always into the story ,excited and dedicated to your cause! Thank you for taking me on this wonderful journey in time!

[@tashak3427]

What a beautiful place! But it always baffles me as to why children leave valuable possessions behind. I mean I understand not wanting to take beds, dresses and lamps. But why leave photos and paintings…I would never desert something so important 😢

[@RetroCaptain]

The "children" are in their 80s. Probably no grandchildren able or even interested unfortunately

[@melje6740]

Black mold. You take anything out of this house, you take the black mold with you. Then your family gets sick. An your lesson is, leave it be.

[@tashak3427]

@@melje6740 they could have taken the family photos way before the black mold appeared…not a valid reason

[@Mari-go5hc]

It is sad. Young people don't realize the value of memories until they get older themselves. I would never throw away or leave old photos and pieces of art work even if they had no monetary worth. They are a part of your life, your family and friends and more importantly your ancestors. They need to be labeled and passed down. But like I said the interest doesn't come early in life usually. I loved hearing the stories of my ancestors, if I could get my family to talk. My father's side of the family was so poor and so hard that they really didn't want to talk about it. My mom was better at telling me about her side of the family though.

[@frontenac5083]

🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡🤡

[@kikibean2024]

Always so professional. You give each location a personality. I imagine the people in that time walking through their homes. Happy with their families and lives.

[@robertladue7647]

Ah, des photos de temps plus heureux dans le passé...

[@careyh38]

I really enjoyed this French manor with the gorgeous master bedroom and all the cool radios. Thank you for showing this Lesley ❤️ it made my day happy 😁

[@princessjune]

A very beautiful explore. The owners could have insulated the attic and turned it into a family room. 💙

[@berthagreen1620]

I just love exploring with you. You make them come alive.

[@greywebs1944]

He certainly does he doesn't go ott like some explorers do. He takes his time going through each room. A great explorer 👍

[@lucymeza6073]

Me encantan tus exploraciónes te adentras en la historia

[@nicoletanis3703]

Lesley, thank you for this time capsule virtual tour!

[@annsmith4739]

Hi Lesley sending lv Ann uk 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧❤️❤️❤️

[@aquatadevore9335]

Wow what a beautiful home, and making me extremely curious, that guy in the photograph looks similar to my grandpa on my dad's side of the family, I'm french on his side but I only know the ones who immigrated from France, there's only a couple of relatives who know some of my cousins etc in France and I think it's time to start figuring out more of my family, I think it would be awesome if I have a family connection to this house ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@_the_little_mermaid_]

Omg so exciting! Have you found something yet?

[@froggieredcliffe8097]

Hi Lesley, another story of a man's life so beautifully told, Thank you. The photos are beautiful. Love the cellars and the crested chairs are stunning. All this needs to be saved before it is too late.

[@Vrindavan82]

Wow very beautiful and emotional

[@dionhonnell703]

That looked like a home made shortwave radio!! Great job as usual!! Love your explorations!

[@surrealistful]

Love you! 🩷

[@robertladue7647]

Lesley, une autre grande tournée/aventure. Merci beaucoup !

[@robertladue7647]

You’re wearing your contact 🧤 gloves. Bravo 👏 Lesley!

[@jumaris28]

Greetings Lesley Danny from Costa Rica Much love. ❤❤ lots of dried hydrangeas 🌸.. it sure it was a beautiful very comfortable home with female touches . Thank you guys for another wonderful video. Take care. 😘

[@samcolt1079]

Quite the home. A lot of antiques. I cant beleave no one cares anymore about this man. We will never know what he did to save people but he was a hero. The prayer beads are called Rosary beads. This French family are catholic. He beleave in the Lord Jesus Christ. I hope his family are at peace. Good job once again Leslie. A really nice show. Stay safe we will watch you next week.

[@ClaudiaGonzalez-dh9pw]

Gracias, por llevarnos a esos lugares tan hermosos, bendiciones

[@DebG2001]

Beautiful home. Love the staircase.

[@saiprom]

Very nice home but got a lot of little room and lot of stuff all though the house, , big property, sad to see it got abandoned, lot of memories inside, thank you for sharing, very interesting home indeed.

[@gsandy6107]

That wine cellar was very interesting. Thanks for your work, & see you next video. 💛

[@angelahaines5065]

It’s so weird how some people just abandon their past ?’ 🥺

[@rickyt3961]

thanks Lesley! see ya next week👍🏽

[@azzamarwan5476]

It's a great palace and thank you for sharing us 🙏💖

[@MsTLea]

Thank you for another wonderful video!

[@Linda-d6z]

So interesting, I look forward to watching your videos every night. Im fascinated with the old mansions & castles. You make everything so interesting, thanks from Fredericksburg, Texas.

[@ritadecassiadonascimento4072]

Boa noite ,jovem dà uma pena tão grande ,de cortar coração ver tanta mansão linda e castelos abandonados ,um valor absurdo jogado ao tempo ,porque não preservam e cuidam p menos ,p não chegar a esse ponto de abandono ,triste !! 🙏🙌😴 da vontade de chorar sinceramente ,boa sorte ,belo trabalho ,fiquem c deus 🙌🙏👏👏

[@debbiestoyles1141]

This house is amazing. Thank you for sharing Leslie ❤

[@nancyvolker3342]

check the time stamp at 1:23 there is an orb in the shot lower right corner

[@terrisantiago9128]

You go to the most beautiful places

[@Kaz-ey6en]

What a beautiful place shame it’s been left to fall apart and the family didn’t claim it

[@SmokeyMt.]

❤beautiful video. Thanks for sharing

[@urbanexplorerchannel]

What a great place with sad decay!

[@judyparsons1657]

I made it here Lesley a little bit late but it's okay I will watch it over again just to make sure I didn't miss anything 😀 , Thanks again for the awesome video

[@mariaivanita8463]

Congratulations on your wonderful work, excellent through it I get the beautiful taste and greatness of human values ​​congratulations

[@markjeffreyederango6842]

Wow.. ❤❤❤ truly captivating

[@Jojo-gh5vpJosephineDulapAizon]

1:18 YES good aftirnoon my friend Bros of Decay very good nice that you so much

[@Brightstar_2911]

I love your channel so very much and how respectful you are when exploring these gems! You are also so thorough and imaginative which makes these episodes so magical! PS PLEASE make some merch with "As you can see" on the front 🌎👏🏻👏🏻❤️ definitely my favorite saying of yours. Keep up the good work Lesley!

[@jezzkalee]

I believe the food items in the jar that you thought were olives are actually liquer-filled chocolate cordials (they are one of my favorite treats).

[@joangravel2436]

Thanks that was awesome house good job

[@melissakuipers7034]

Hallo Lesley. Great video. Thanks❤. We missed you today. Love you❤

[@murtazaarif6507]

I love the sentimentality of this video which suits this wonderful place and the dry tears formed from water marks on the windows. The bathroom looks too clean. Maybe somebody cleaned it recently. Those VHS tapes feel like yesterday to me but the 1979 newspaper was published five years before I was born in Brugge. I also had a phone like that in 2001. I notice one of the newspapers has a photo and headlines mentioning the word music near the musical pieces. Maybe the family had a well known connection to music. The wheeled wheelchair is interesting. Maybe that is what inspired the invention of wheelchairs. There was a blue version of that red lampshade in the my home in the 1980's. I also notice a bottle cologne 471. I also purchased one recently to reminiscent my childhood memories. I am also considering purchasing Denim aftershave.

[@luciasanders6130]

Hello Lesley, what a beauty of explorations, thank you, it is a wonderful trip to the past! Please activate the subtitles in Spanish! I follow you from Argentina, kisses!!!

[@tigerlillybell75]

Great video. The Colonel was a veteran of WWII and was probably born between 1916 and 1920 to 1925.. My father was a WWII veteran. I was born in 1948 and I am now 75 years old. So his children are around my age, in their late 70's. Just as a time perspective, here. So in 2006 he would have been well into his 90's, close to 100 years old.

[@caobangqueem4566]

Một ngôi nhà đẹp, tại sao họ rời đi mà không mang theo thứ gì

[@willyegger4488]

Hey Lesley, Great explore video in that abandoned French mansion of a colonel, which I enjoyed watching very much. - This location has a very special atmosphere, and it was very exciting following you through the rooms of that mansion. - There were still so many interesting and beautiful antique items visible, and you always have such a good eye for details. - Some of the rooms were real time capsules, - completely frozen in time. Amazing to see! Stay safe, peace and kindest regards.

[@greywebs1944]

In great condition considering it's been unoccupied for many years. With no insulation that's quite something else. A lovely place hope one day someone takes this on. Very interesting place 👍

[@haffohaffo]

سؤالي الاول أين داني عنك في هذه الرحلة؟ و كيف بها تكون عائلة متدينة وتشرب الخمور ؟! مكان جميل ولكن يشعر بالغربة وعدم الراحة شكراً لك دوماً تمتعنا معك بكل رحلاتك واستكشافاتك للبيوت المتروكة من أصحابها إنه لشعور محزن جداً .

[@Abijah12411]

Beautiful falling apart house. Btw, In the room where the doll is on the night table, the item in the corner by the suit is an antique wood floor steam cleaner.

[@frankjosephdaniels3733]

What a different world we live in today

[@adinakimoto1883]

LEGENDA PORTUGUES. 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@bonniebluebell5940]

Why on earth has it not been sold? So sad. Hope that it can be saved by someone who will cherish it.

[@randycarson2949]

I know people think the kids don’t care But I’m helping my friend who is 70 clean out her mothers house who just past away It’s to much for her to do she was a only child I’m 61 in much better health I’m just amazed her mother through nothing away kept every card I believe it’s because they came out of the depression area

[@cebe7780]

Wow quelle belle demeure, les gens ont dû être heureux ici

[@virginiaeckley3047]

😢 that's really sad how their kids neglects their heritage...It depresses me that kids now a days has NO SENTIMENTAL VALUES 😢

[@donatello3058]

thats kids is older than ur granpa

[@frontenac5083]

🤡🤡🤡

[@natandnormstravels6573]

Great video thanks for sharing.

[@barbisecretos7197]

Siento mucha tristeza cuando veo estos abandonos que se supone que los hijos aún viven al no comprender como no han protegido las pertenencias de sus padres. El otro día escuché un pensamiento que decía " si te mueres y te sobra dinero, algo has hecho mal" nadie te va a querer más que tú y cuando te mueres no te vas a llevar nada😢. PD: tantos militares de todo el mundo que dieron la vida por sus países para que ahora esté como está. Este coronel y los militares que dieron la vida por Francia ( como quien dice hace nada) si la viesen ahora lucharían o se lo pensarían dos veces? Creo que lo mejor es mandar a luchar a los que están sentados en los despachos decidiendo, tengo la impresión que habría menos guerras🤔

[@melaniepeck582]

How lovely! One of the things we enjoy most from your videos is how much you appreciate these abandoned places. Your joy is evident on your face and in your voice. I have a question: who is paying the taxes on these empty properties? Here is the USA property taxes need to be paid whether someone is living there or not, I assumed it is similar in other countries. Can someone advise me on this question?

[@jyothiganesh2622]

Amazing video Leslie. Lovely house with lot of stuff. I am also a fan of upholstery chairs like you. Good job. God bless

[@maesantos8725]

It was so amazing content really love this ..🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@wilmaburrgooch981]

Oh my look at that stairwell

[@robertladue7647]

Lesley, the instrument with wires is a battery charger. The magnifying glasses were for studying detailed writing or small details.

[@shariboyle1166]

I loved this video, and the lovely music playing in the background. It's a shame the children don't keep all of the photos and the war artifacts/papers. The colonel's stuff should be in a museum perhaps. So sad to see this. Thanks for sharing with us Leslie!

[@anunciaveamonteserrano2641]

Estupendo vídeo ! Saludos desde España 🇪🇦

[@seagoat52]

Thank you, Lesley! Honey, you need a new pair of gloves! Also it makes me nervous when you are exploring alone! Well done as always my dear! I’m looking forward to a new castle explore soon I hope! Love you so much! 🩷☺️🇺🇸

[@jodibaba9483]

The kids neglected the parents home. That's like neglecting the parents themselves 😢

[@ekolog8201]

Yes happens all the time....

[@frontenac5083]

R34ard.

[@tammywilloughby8013]

I could not imagion , disrespecting my parents by leaving their much lived home and petsonal items to rot away. So very sad. Lots of people are not a fortunate to have such a beautiful home, and than to cateless what happens to all their personal items togo to waste. Sad. If my parents had something like that i would for sure save and do what i could do to keep it....Dont be angry if someone comes in and removes item , i hope to love & cherish like they shoukd have been .sone kuds are jyst ungrateful.

[@esterfernandes5706]

Incrível mansão sucesso pra vocês compartilhar uma relíquia conosco parabéns PELO vídeo

[@JudithGolding]

There is a simple elegance here that is welcoming. It is designed on a human scale. An ordinary person can feel welcome here. I admire this so much more that the opulent, extravagant, ostentatious manors designed to diminish the visitor and overwhelm the individual. I suppose that is why the owners of palaces needed to wear huge clothing and tall wigs and hairstyles so they did not look insignificant in their own flamboyant surroundings.

[@mamaluvify]

Hi lesly thank you!🎉🎉🎉😅😊

[@cretaceouscrustaceans5985]

Wow so nice

[@Mari-go5hc]

In the beginning of the film after Leslie mentions the wife passing from cancer it cuts to a bedroom and as your looking at the bed you see an orb move from the bottom of the screen, up and off to the right. Seems like Leslie and Danny may have company in this old house!

[@earlatkins9559]

This was a beautiful well loved home. The property is a decent size for children to play. This would still be a nice home to live in when fixed up. Just wondering guys. Have you ever felt any paranormal activity when visiting any of the properties you have investigated?

[@vicentaportero3604]

Espertacular Mansióm' saludos Equipó 🎥📱 buenas noches 😴😴

[@vicentaportero3604]

🇪🇦👍

[@triplejgateguard6915]

@39:58 that is a floor buffer for vinyl or ceramic floors.

[@cristinahelenamatheuscoser2787]

QUANDO ESTAS ESTRUTURAS HISTÓRIAS FICAM AO ABANDONO ,A QUEM ELA PERTENCE? AQUI NO BRASIL 🇧🇷, VÃO A LEILÃO, QUANDO NÃO HÁ HERDEIROS.

[@d.kowalczuk6551]

go Lesley ,go!

[@wilmaburrgooch981]

Wonder why these people that inherit these places don't at least sell the furniture so it don't go to waste

[@robertladue7647]

I compliment you Lesley on not smelling any liquids. Not a good idea.

[@michaelcoffey7362]

Cool 😀

[@robertladue7647]

Je soupçonne que l'occupant pensait qu'il/elle serait de retour dormir dans le lit et ne pensait pas que ce serait la dernière fois.

[@shellythom7248]

Why did they not take his war stuff? Blows my mind. We have our families stuff and will pass it down it is sad they didn’t take his precious items.

[@tinarusso467]

I Thought this was live.

[@bouchraouadi7678]

أحببته ❤

[@lmk1966]

I don’t understand y they don’t take the pictures and give the other things away

[@robertladue7647]

Je me demande si l'occupant a peut-être soulagé le passé en regardant les vieux journaux.

[@anja_smdt]

That thing that you called a wine bottle opener is an egg opener to cut the top of the boiled egg off 😉

[@frontenac5083]

Really? These guys are complete r34ards. 🤦🤦‍♂🤦‍♀

[@damn_bush00]

I wish i could do things like this 😢im a simple girl who loves simple things

[@Koal548-q8e]

1900년 도 지은집 치곤 아직 새것인데 도둑들이 살림을 난장판 만들어놨나 친척이나 누가 집관리 해 살면 좋은집 대대로 내려온 집인데요 뭐든게 아깝고 슬퍼집니다

[@PattyBetts-q9v]

Which was the gentleman of the house? The title of this video says Heroic GENERAL. You refer to him as a Colonel. Keep up the good work Lesley. I love that you guess at the lives of the people and on the items within. So enjoy.

[@teresagray1477]

Don't know why the kids don't want pictures. They could auction off furniture

[@sherrismith9002]

I don't know if I missed you saying why it's abandoned. They had children, correct? I will have to watch again to see why it has not been claimed.

[@ingridmay66]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@robertladue7647]

That was a simple radio.