Exploring an Abandoned Psychiatric Hospital - NYTheUnknownCameraman2026-09-21 | Exploring an Abandoned Psychiatric Hospital - NY📷 Criminals Abandoned $8 Million Mansion - NJ [Photography]TheUnknownCameraman2019-10-18 | Watch the full explore video of this abandoned mansion at: youtube.com/watch?v=-oT0kYwBEFE
**UPDATE** This mansion was completely destroyed by fire on February 1st, 2017. Music Credit: Myuu http://www.thedarkpiano.com
Music Credit: Haze Maze - Millions of Dreams Moving us Apart📷 Abandoned Psychiatric Hospital - NY [Photography]TheUnknownCameraman2019-10-15 | Watch the full video tour: youtube.com/watch?v=nj8XNGDI-I8
Before the Gingerbread Castle was envisioned, the site of the castle was one of New Jersey’s early industrial locations, home to Joseph Sharp’s Iron Works which dated back to 1768. The Mill was constructed in 1808 as a grain mill and operated continuously until 1943.It was purchased by F.H. Bennett in 1921 and renamed Wheatsworth Mills in 1927. The business was sold to Nabisco in 1931, again in 1937 to Canterbury Mills, and then again to the Plastoid Company in 1943. In the 1960s, Plastoid constructed a new factory in on an adjacent site, but continued to use the historic 19th century mill building as offices through the 1980s. The Gingerbread Castle was originally the centerpiece of an amusement park built around 1930 adjacent to Wheatsworth Mill by then-owner F.H. Bennett. F.H. Bennett was inspired to build the castle after seeing a production of Hansel and Gretel at New York's Metropolitan Opera. He hired the opera's set designer, Austrian architect Joseph Urban, to create what became his children's amusement park where Grimm's fairy tales came to life. Some of Joseph Urban’s other architectural credits include the Zeigfield Theatre in New York City and Mar-A-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida. The castle is a three story concrete structure with circular towers decorated in stucco that is finished to appear smooth or textured, like cake icing. Decorative ornaments, brackets, windows, terraces and finials add to the whimsical quality of the structure, which was constructed on the foundation of a 19th century kiln. The property once featured several sculptures representing popular fairy tale characters, as well as a train that chugged visitors around the park. The park remained in continuous operation for 50 years, closing initially in 1978. In 1989 the castle re-opened, but lasted only a few years before once again closing down. The entire site lacks a purpose; the milling industry no longer viable, and the small amusement park no longer self-sustaining. The current owner, a successful regional developer, purchased the property at foreclosure in 2007 but the complex continues to deteriorate. The future of the site remains unknown. The Gingerbread Castle is a significant structure as one of a limited number of surviving works designed by Joseph Urban.
An abandoned $8 million 22,000-square-foot mansion once owned by finance executive David Findel convicted of fraud was burned to the ground and completely destroyed early Thursday morning February 2nd, 2017. The local Police Chief said the fire was reported shortly before 12:30 a.m. Thursday and that the mansion was already fully involved by the time police officers and firefighters arrived. "When I looked out the window I saw flames, I would guess they were 50 plus feet shooting up,” says neighbor Rollie Langseth. “There was a lot of smoke and I could barely see and then around 2:00 a.m., there was a huge boom, pair of booms that just literally shook the place.” No injuries were reported in the blaze, and the cause of the fire at the home is under investigation. Officers have responded to the property 40 times since 2011 for problems ranging from drugs to vandalism. The home was once owned by David Findel, who pleaded guilty in September 2011 to bankruptcy fraud. Findel admitted to running an $11 million loan scheme while he headed up the Morganville-based Worldwide Financial Resources to cover losses during the housing collapse. A judge sentenced Findel to five years and three months in prison, and ordered him to pay $12 million in restitution.
facebook.com/TheUnknownCameramanInterview with a Hospital CEO about HIPAA Violations in Abandoned Hospitals [Urbex Podcast Ep. 15]TheUnknownCameraman2019-09-08 | The Unknown Cameraman Interview with a Hospital Administrator | CEO, discussing the HIPAA violations often found in Abandoned Hospitals. Private health information, social security numbers, prescription medication, and more are left behind in these facilities after they close and are abandoned, and left vulnerable to theft and fraud.
Photo credit: Darryl MoranDead Man Found by Urban Explorers in Abandoned Nightclub [Urbex Podcast Ep.14]TheUnknownCameraman2019-09-08 | The hanging body of a man who committed suicide in an abandoned night club was discovered by two urban explorers in January of 2017.
http://www.facebook.com/TheUnknownCameramanHistoric 1764 House Demolished for Highway Project [Urbex Podcast Ep.13]TheUnknownCameraman2019-09-08 | A historic house built in 1764 was demolished in March of 2017 to make room for a New Jersey highway project.
http://www.facebook.com/TheUnknownCameramanWoman Falls to Her Death at Abandoned Paper Mill in NJ [Urbex Podcast Ep.12]TheUnknownCameraman2019-09-08 | A 20-year-old woman died after falling off a catwalk near a smokestack at the Curtis Specialty Paper Superfund Site in New Jersey on September 12, 2016. NJ.com - http://bit.ly/2l6uQ8Y