The Abandoned Nazi Railway

Overview

The Canfranc Railway Station is an elaborate abandoned Nazi railway station built near a town of only 500 people in the Pyrenees in Spain. But why was it built there and what secrets does it hold? Also examined in this episode is the Salton Sea Navy Base in California - a military post in the middle of the desert in the American west, the Kola Superdeep borehole - a wrecked record-holding Arctic facility in Russia that goes deep, deep underground, and a huge tower looming over an industrial area in Belgium. All of these extraordinary places and objects were at the cutting edge of design and construction, but now they stand disused, sometimes contaminated and sometimes dangerous.

Guest Stars

Andrew Gough

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Roma Agrawal

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James Corum

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Dan Dickrell

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Jim Meigs

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Rob Bell

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Dougal Jerram

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Lynette Nusbacher

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