What happens when I enter one of London's abandoned tube stations at night ? Join me inside Euston's Lost Tunnels, a subterranean network of disused tunnels frozen in year 1962.  Original article at www.explorabilia.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music and Sounds featured : Ghost Highway by Mazzy Star Telstar by The Tornados   Excerpt from the movie Spartacus Excerpt from the movie Psycho Excerpt from the movie West Side Story Thoroughly Modern Millie by Julie Christie Excerpt from the movie Terror of the Tongs Moon River by Danny Williams Main title from The Man with the Golden Arm by Jet Harris Ya Ya Twist by Petula Clark Paradise by Ann-Margret Never On Sunday by Ann-Margret various London Underground Sound effects 

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Ghost Subway : a time capsule at Euston’s Lost Tunnels

The premises of a ground-breaking Jewish boarding school in England played an active role in both WW1 and WW2, and hide some rarely seen Modernist architecture – but also dark stories of child abuse. Original article at www.explorabilia.co.uk ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music featured : One Hour With Thee - Agatha Christie (performed by Yi-Chih Lu) Lux Aeterna - Edward Elgar (performed by VOCES8) M.George Whitehead his Almand - John Dowland (performed by Jordi Savall) The Dambusters Theme - Eric Coates (performed by the Prague Philharmonic Orchestra) Hava Nagila - Rubi Shalom 20th Century Boy - T Rex Sweet Leaf - Black Sabbath Match of the Day Theme - Barry Stoller Spellbound - Siouxsie & the Banshees Bridge over troubled water - Simon & Garfunkel and a BBC soundbite from the finishing moments of the 2003 Oxford Cambridge Boat Race

Dark Modernism : the forgotten story of an abandoned Jewish boarding school

Pripyat was a city steeped in symbolism and mythology long before it became widely known as a result of the 1986 Chernobyl accident.  It is a place where socialism, youth, science, myth, and disaster weaved a tapestry of stories that have only become more powerful with time.  Join me on this audio journey through the legends of the ghost city of Pripyat        __________________________________________________ featuring fascinating sound bites from contemporary synth pop bands : ** Forum - Let's Call Each Other (1985) ** V. Osinsky Ensemble - Safari (1984) ** Rusya - Rusalonka (1989) ** Telex - Moscow Discow (1979) ** Uzbek Supernature - Soviet Discoteque (1981) ** Eduard Khil - I Am Very Glad, as I'm Finally Returning Back Home (1976) as well as an audio recording of the Duga Radar invading the airwaves        

The Pantheon of Energy : mythology and symbolism in Chernobyl

In this episode, based on one of my more popular blog posts, I am revisiting the history of the Keroman U-boot base in Lorient, and the role it played in the Battle of the Atlantic during World War 2. ____________________________________________________ The episode incorporates real sound clips from the WW2 : German U-Boot diesel engines and torpedoes firing, a Flakvierling 38 firing, and the roaring sounds of Allied bombers carpet bombing Monte Cassino. There's a 1941 rendition of Lili Marlene by Phyllis Heymans, a gramophone recording of Milord by Edith Piaf, and a version of the U boot Lied, all  sourced from the Internet Archive (archive.org) ____________________________________________________ it also includes audio clips from The Descent by Kevin MacLeod Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4490-the-descent License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Lair of the Wolfpack : the submarine base at Lorient & the Battle of the Atlantic

Listen to the audio version of a popular post from my blog, Abandoned Sector. This is the story of the 1968 basketball final between AEK Athens and Slavia Praha. What was the political significance of athletics during the Cold War confrontation between NATO and the Warsaw Pact ? And how did the Greek Junta capitalise on this unique sporting event.  ___________________________________________________ includes actual audio clips from the 1968 event, television broadcasts from USSR basketball games of the 70s and announcements by the Greek Junta in 1967, sound recordings of tanks firing into crowds of demonstrators in Athens in 1974, short clips of contemporary music from Yiorgos Zambetas, and the anthem of the USSR.        

Cold War Confrontation : AEK Athens vs Slavia Praha, 1968

My name is Evan Panagopoulos. I am an urban storyteller, an avid fan of brutalist and mid-century architecture, and a knowledgeable WW2 and Victorian era enthusiast. I enjoy engaging with abandoned spaces and obscure history. I create and deliver alternative travel experiences, where I present amazing forgotten stories through well crafted oral, written, and audiovisual narratives. I have produced audio versions of popular posts from my blog, Abandoned Sector, which you can visit at www.explorabilia.co.uk

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