U should've interviewed the mailman. They drive around those blocks everyday, I'm sure they know what happened there

Dismantling the American dream

That tornado alarm plus the abandoned city gives me post apocalyptic vibes. I could imagine a hoard of zombies wandering the town being the former residents

That is an air raid siren. When I lived in New Jersey a lot of the small towns would use them when the fire department had to get out on the road. After World War II they had all these air raids sirens left over and they didn't know what to do with them so they gave them to the fire departments. And they would use them to sign everything from a disaster to they are fixing to roll on a fire. And that way it would let people know to get off the roadways for a minute so they could get through and get to the fire as quickly as possible. Actually pretty damn good idea and my town still uses them!

It sucks ppl trash these places. Please explore with respect. Its quite sad that these houses are all abandoned with things inside still & all the memories.

Pyramid corporation… Nah that doesn’t sound sketchy..

It’s sad when a neighborhood is destroyed..people lose community.

I did some digging when I was there. It was a family of 7. I haven't found why they left everything, but I did find 2 family member that still live in the area. I would contact them but they obviously left because they wanted to forget.

Thats insane. In 2011 Google Maps this place was totally up and running. Lawn chairs, tables and inflatable pools outside. The whole atmosphere is just on the extremes of the spectrum. That "hoarder" family? An emotionally troubled daughter thinking about death, and a bro living in his parents basement with the cupboard full of beer and a table covered in tobacco. Insert shady multi-billion dollar corporation using stealth developmental tactics. 1 certified valued employee of said company to infiltrate relationships, and then just sweep the rug out from under everyone. Literally the storyline to a show or video game.

Yo im literally the one who put that couch in the basement lol 😂 thats so cool to see in someone else's video

It was under my understanding that some families that rented a property were evicted and during an eviction process (which once they come to evict you you have like 10 minute to get your stuff out or leave it) hence why you see a ton of items in the one house while others sold properties that the homeowner lived in and had ample time to leave.

That's insane one of the homeowners worked for pyramid. What are the odds...😮

In the beginning you said that the developers name was Pyramid. Then at around 36, 37 minutes in as you were looking at some framed items you said that one of the individuals that once lived in one of the homes worked for a company named Pyramid...🧐🤔🔼

No kidding! I just found your channel recently and quickly became interested in the content. Just this morning I wondered how many similar buyout situations have happened near me in Troy/Albany NY and then this video shows up, perfect timing I’d never heard about this. How recently this was filmed? Also the siren you heard is used by volunteer fire departments to alert members of an incoming call, pretty common for non-paid fire services. And you’re correct the air raid sirens used are the same type used for tornados or even old repurposed missile/nuclear warning sirens during war times

There's probably several thieves dumping stuff there. That's not just stuff that belonged to the prior residents.

Omg i would save that oven. They dont make em like they used to. That oven would outlive about 3 modern ones.

Every time that loud alarm went off all I could think of was Silent Hill lol

Pyramid is a real estate company based out of Syracuse focuses on Massachusetts and New York, they also own 13 malls INCLUDING cross gates. Love upstate

Not a tornado alarm, it’s a fire house alarm. Either for fire or rescue/ambulance.

Man you guys are crazy for going inside these places, i don't have the balls & getting too old for it so i'm glad i can watch you guys explore these joints for me. Salute my G stay safe.

Tornados actually occur in all 50 states. When properties are bought up like this, they are paid so much, that they just leave it all behind and start fresh.

Sad to see.. The home my grandfather bought from the railroad co back in 1938, where my Father grew up and my Uncle wound up owning went through this same experience.. That house still stands with new owners since my uncle passed, and then my aunt a couple years later. It's at the end of a dead end st. The city had built a huge soccer field behind it along the main river, where a massive building used to stand which was where train engines used to be serviced.. Some years ago the entire street was bought out by Walgreens.. every owner sold on the street but my Uncle.. so they basically became tenants, which means they did sell the property/house to Walgreens but were able to remain as tenants until they passed. And since the actual house didn't interfere with the Walgreens being built a deal was struck.. Walgreens maintained their property and any serious problems. It was sad to see the entire, close neighborhood torn down around my uncle's home and see the Walgreens and its parking lot built there.. It was very surreal.. the entire house was surrounded by businesses and parking lots over the years and a huge soccer field right next to it. Im amazed the house still stands and there are new people living in it, as Walgreens sold it as a private home with its tiny little back yard which is prone to flooding as all the land around it has been built up so high, and all the surface rains drain into a small basin which was built about 50 ft from the property, and there is a major river only 300 ft away. In the basement of the home is a pump which runs 24/7 which was installed when the home was raised and a new foundation built to set it on. If that pump ever burns out and no one is home.. that basement will fill up to the rafters within an hour easily. It's bizarre anyone would want to live there to me.

So 36:46, rewind a bit and pause. Do you think it's strange that Phyllis J Wells is getting rewards from the pyramid management company that tried to get everyone off that land they bought ? So she was living there and was paid good I bet to try and get everyone out? I mean that's dirty!!!! What do yall think? Also those sirens are standard firehouse sirens around ny.

I've seen Sheriff evictions, where the homeowner were only allowed to take what they could carry, If they came back without a court order they would be arrested for trespassing, It's sad to see people have to loose litteraly everything, and not have the money for a attorney to retrieve their belongings

Seniors are usually the hold outs and they eventually die with all their stuff left behind.

That alarm...You guys almost got stuck in Silent Hill

I feel bad for the person living along with all the abandoned houses since it got bought out. Also the vulture may have been out because of the dead animals or if it found a body (that would explain the sirens)

Lol welcome to curupt ny

stringer media thanks forsharing with me this video it was a reall cool video i really enjoyed it and God Bless.

I've watched the show, too most people it doesn't make sense to store useless junk, but a hoarder...it dies, a traumatic thing happened in their life where hoarding is a relief,a feel good a euphoria of necessary 😢 that's why they need professional help and organization. Comfort in a healthy environment

That siren is the volunteer fire department calling the volunteers to an emergency

I’m from there that the fire house depends on the time or if there is a call

Great job with this! I laughed at you guys climbing up on that rotten deck--120 pound Enrique- holds him ok, so then KG-180 pounds of pure muscle and it almost collapses.🙂 Just cause it holds the skinny guy--don't trust it!!

Bro I cannot with the commentary on the urban explorers “Whoa they left office furniture. That’s so crazy! I wonder if it was an office . What do you think”? “Yeah like you said an office” Nooooo shit!!!

Love watching these kind of videos, thanks for sharing man!

12:06 that girls diary about dead bodies and suicide. Look at the date 5/21 and what date was this uploaded? 😳 You likely encountered Hanna's spirit...

Good for those people that held on to their homes!!!! Keep fighting!!!

That was cool, thank you!

Whoa! Have delivered to the BJ'S in that mall dozens of times when I lived out in Massachusetts for almost 10 years! Did refrigerated freight to them from Rocky Hill, Ct. 😊

Be careful don’t mess with the bee 🐝 it’s not fun to get stung by it I support you

I'm gonna take a swingin wild ass guess and say those memos/notices on the doors are to get squatters out.. There's no way the grass grows that quick.. lol

Thank you for the video

What a shame. Some nice looking properties.

Hey Guys, that siren maybe a volunteer fire department alert or an emergency . Since hearing the emergency equipment it must be a bad accident or big fire.

Enjoyed this! Very interesting .. sad for the people.

I got a good chuckle out of your commentary guys. Pretty cool find but so sad at the same time. Thanks for bringing this to us here on KZfaq. I would otherwise never ever see anything like this. Grab masks for your trips. You don't want to get sick from your explorations. 😢 have fun & be safe ❤ 🙏

31:00 that is a Victorian era chair

There's one by where I live and it turn into an ANF Gyros & Grill on West Colonial Drive when they built the new one literally 5 minutes from the old one. They also did the same to an old Burger King on Silver Star Road.

The one house with the "front" door that was open, but the next door was locked, what you thought was the "front" door was just an enclosed front porch.

It's not odd that people leave all their stuff, people get paid 5 × what their property is worth from COSTCO and just leave everything because they can buy more.

I don’t mean to be that guy but I would ware some type of mask. I would hate to see you guys get sick from inhaling all that mold.

I love the videos keep it up, that tornado lowkey scared me

Explore videos?!!! I never knew these type of videos existed! I used to tape in pre 2005 but I'm too scared to tape now. At least I got you ( and other) to get my exploration fix from 🎉

Wow very cool and sad also and take care

I’ve been to cross gates like every weekend when I was in upstate ny. Cool to see where I been on a video fr

Omg the baby frogs I have seen them in a long time ❤❤❤

The alarm whistle is the firehouse calling firemen to the station, not tornado.

Wow thanks for the video sad all the stuff left behind an them houses rotting away . What happen there

The desolate houses are surreal. Always after they are abandoned.

Paint peeling, probably didn't prime the surfaces 1st

That’s a fire house alarm when they get calls I run with two fire stations! It’s not tornado alarm

This is sad anyway you look at it! Cool video bro! ❤️👍🤘

Hi love watching these.. So the awards for Phyllis were from Pyramid, the same Pyramid that sold everyone out and kicked everyone out of their homes... Did the other residents know? woah

literally would be my dream to go and explore places like this

There are a lot of tornadoes in New York. I live in upstate NY and we've had a few here.

I’ve probably just played too much Silent Hill but I would freak tf out if I heard an alarm like that while urbexing. Tbh knowing it’s a tornado alarm really wouldn’t make me feel any better 😅

And New York does get tornados..Idt we have alarm systems like that though cause they arent crazy like the mid west and they're rare. Sounds more like a fire house siren, the one by me sounds like that when they go out on a call.

41:50 if you look at this house on Google maps in 2011, it was so beautiful

Those funny grasses that explode, I call them boing boings. It's how they spread their seeds. Kinda cool that plants can have potential energy stored like that. You only heard a local fire department roof alarm in the beginning. I'm sure you knew that anyway. It's a traditional way of summoning volunteer firefighters to the firehouse for an emergency. Totally not necessary anymore and just noise pollution I'm my opinion. Being a volunteer for 25 years now. The smartphone gives you a map, detailed information, and status of a call. Why do we have to listen to that siren? NOSTALGIA!

I remember this as I under stood it some of these houses People were offered far more then the homes were worth and they had plenty to start over and then some they just walked left everything behind , there were a few hold outs of Older residence and they decided to wait them out hoping once the people died the home would get sold by the families or they would go up for back taxes since the whole thing had already takes far longer then they hoped .

That horn, that neighborhood, I thought it was a Silent Hill moment.

I’m surprised there aren’t squatters in some of them homes. I’m in WNY we have squatters in abandoned homes.

That sound like the pledge

That's so sad 😢 🤔

It's sad to see this. I don't think the people living here did this. When a house is abandoned losers take the opportunity to drop in. They take whatever they want

I agree with your theory about that room.

Not sure if that area sounds a fire wistel still the area I live in sounds the alarm at 12 and for when the fire hall runs calls several areas surrounding us still does as well

Okay but so did anyone else notice that the dead body notebook has today's date (5/21) written in the top corner 🫣🫣

Good camera work.

Just saw the NYC tunnels on TikTok will there be a longer video of that exploration?

Looks like it's just all growed up, doesn't look anybobdy has been around there in many years. Hopefully, someone or somebody will come along and build a new housing addition there, and once again it'll look nice again. 😢

That siren sounds like the warning siren when they open the dam.

That’s insane Albany New York reminds me of Fort Edward

The crap your drawers if that was siren head wanting to eat you guys lol 😂

It is super cool but very sad

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That guy stole my couch, man!! Get em! 😂😂😂😂😅

Hey you should go to the abandoned Girl Scout Iroquois county Illinois Just started watching your videos about a month ago Keep up the great work 👍👍 I need places to film lol 😅😂

I've been in the last house you were in quite a few times when it was still inhabited

They had a buy out before just to build Crossgate Mall. My grandparents lived on Rapp road there and had to leave. As far the sirens, it does go off a lot especially in Schenectady. Also on late night Tv they did it about every 20 minutes at night. They once had a big billboard sign on Route 7 near Albany St in Schenectady showing preparation for a zombie apocalypse. True story. Lived there over 20 years. Weird energy upstate NY but it’s a beautiful lie.

Looking at the Google street view of these homes were so sad.

there is a sad part of all these the home here with notices your showing were people were still paid and holding out they have no electric meters these hose lost there occupancy permits and they removed services while people still were there no loght water swer nothing ..

In the house you are talking about hoarding, people also ransacked it looking through stuff. I was going to say I wonder if that Louis Vuitton handbag in 1st room was real but idk lol

you did a good job I enoyed the vidio very much thank you

That alarm that keeps going off is real creepy 😳😳

Some of those houses look abandoned way longer than 6 years 😕

THAT LOUIS VUITTON PURSE MUST BE SAVED!!

Im really surprised being that close to the city yhat theres no illegal dumping of trash etc.

She was a librarian 37:50 On this house she died at 82 in 2013

Western and southwestern New York State do get tornados.