Mysteries of the Abandoned

The narrator simply cannot pronounce the word "nuclear." Instead, it's the ear-grating version: "nucular." All the more off-putting since the on-camera experts know how to and do pronounce it correctly. That the producers, AND Science Channel (part of Discovery) let this stand discredits both entities.

In many episodes there is too little to see while historians and engineers that review the sites leave the impression they have never been on the sites they comment about but have been shown video clips of these places ,. The series suffers from the typical American television o phenomenon of repeated narration and repeated clips of the same material , so typical with National Geographic , Discovery Channel and the sort.

EDIT: Just watched the first episode of the 2019 season. Still has some of the same people commenting, with a couple of new faces. The show feels a little fresher, but the biggest thing is the coordinates for the places they're talking about. I checked out all four in the premiere episode of this season and they are all absolutely spot-on! Don't know if they got enough feedback from viewers, or if somebody at the top finally said something, but the coordinates match the locations, and that is huge for me. So I will continue to watch this show and enjoy it as I have in the past. =============== I agree with most people about the personalities, not experts, that appear on the show. I have to admit that the minute I saw Lynette Nusbacher, I knew what everyone else did although I looked it up to confirm my suspicions. Andrew Gough, oddly enough, also appears quite often on History Channel's Ancient Aliens as an expert. There are a couple of people who are at least articulate enough to seem interesting with their comments so they and the content actually keep me coming back. My biggest pet peeve with this show is the coordinates that they show for each segment. I finally decided to look them during one episode and I was shocked at how incredibly inaccurate they were. One segment was about Tyneham Village in Dorset UK and the coordinates they gave were near Calais, France! The next segment was located near or in Lake Michigan in the US, and laughingly, the coordinates gave me China! I can't understand why they do this.

Seriously, does anyone proofread what the narrator says? Does anyone watch/listen to the final product? He says "ominous" at least once per site, someone please teach him about synonyms. He constantly says "forbidding" instead of "foreboding", please teach him the difference. He pronounces macabre maca-bruh. His grammar is atrocious. There are some really interesting places featured but the narrator is so god awful it's hard to watch.

Totally disagree with everyone about Dr. Nusbacher. First saw her on history channel , commenting on WW2 history. Found her to be very knowledgeable and informative. Did what you all did and looked up her history, saw what you saw. Who cares? Really? Let's talk about her energy and zest for teaching. I find her loud, enthusiastic delivery, engaging and fun. Would love to have had more teachers like that during my educational years. Andrew Gough is the one with over the top drama and absurdity. Would rather watch 10 hours of Lynette over 10 minutes of that drama queen!