abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast

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Someone Lives Here (Unknown Casa - Merida, Mexico) Apr 10, 2025

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“Abandoned” doesn’t always mean “empty,” and in one particular vacant mini-mansion in Merida, Mexico, that is precisely the case. Continuing on his international circuit, join Blake as he spins an imaginary folk tale about the people who used to live in this house, while wandering its halls and reflecting on family, poetry, and gun violence.

This episode features:

Perla Ayora
Joseph Darnell
Dorian Darnell
Elsa Darnell

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To read the original story this episode is based on, click here: https://allamericanruins.medium.com/chapter-26-someone-lives-here-5a1762102524
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Fear (Homemakers Custom Draperies - Niagara Falls, NY) Mar 27, 2025

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Formerly a curtain shop in Niagara Falls, NY, a strange abandoned commercial space overlooking the St. Lawrence Seaway draws Blake in as he ruminates on fear, in all of its unknowable power and mystery.

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A Detour (Colorado Motorsports & Greyhound Track - Byers, CO) Mar 13, 2025

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An accidental pitstop at the ruins of a motorsports track becomes a silent meditation on spirits, open carry laws, and the function of fear as an explorer of the past. Walk with Blake through a history full of the distant sounds of race cars burning rubber around and around the track, surrounded on all sides by the sunny plains of Colorado in autumn.

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Cinema for the Ears at Garden State Film Festival Mar 06, 2025

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Join Blake in conversation with Garden State Film Festival executive director Lauren Concar Sheehy as the pair discuss the festival’s groundbreaking accessibility program “Cinema for the Ears,” which will feature season 2, episode 8 of abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast in Asbury Park, NJ on March 29, 2025. For tickets and more information, visit GSFF.org.

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American Train (Bilevel Metrarail CalTrain - Jacumba Springs, CA) Feb 27, 2025

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All-aboard as Blake guides you to an abandoned double-decker passenger train in the middle of the California desert. While wandering the ruins of the great American railway industry, join Blake as he reflects the evolution of transportation, the unraveling of corporate greed, and his lifelong love of trains, deserts, and making music.

This episode features:

Omen Sade

“American Train” written and performed by Macabre Americana:

Willy Coon
Laura Dadap
John Gilmartin
Lacey Madden
Blake Pfeil

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Nick and the Assassination of JFK (Irish Centre of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, PA) Feb 13, 2025

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A last-minute decision to peek into the abandoned Irish Centre of Pittsburgh transforms into a daydream of a haunted heads-up penny and the assassination of JFK. Nestled among the City of Steel’s rolling hills, join Blake as he guides you through a forgotten cinder block sanctuary of the past, where he reflects on the death of his first love and how the grief from the loss helped him survive.

This episode features:

Nicholas John Casey
Julie Novak

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Megan and the Very Bad Dream (Tillson Elementary - Tillson, NY) Jan 30, 2025

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What do Blake’s sister, a giant, and a very bad dream have in common? Find out as Blake guides you through the abandoned Tillson Elementary School where he ponders his relationship with his sister and a recurring nightmare he had as a child.

This episode features:

Megan Pfeil
Ryan Pfeil

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Nazis in the Canyon (Murphy Ranch - Los Angeles, CA) Jan 16, 2025

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Once upon a time, there was an active Nazi compound situated in a Los Angeles canyon. After it was emptied of its filth in 1948, Murphy Ranch sat abandoned for years before the city transformed it into a public park, where, over time, the architectural remnants of evil slowly faded away, reclaimed by the dirt and stone of the canyon.

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To read the transcript of this episode, click here: https://www.blakepfeil.com/aar-podcast.html
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Busted (Delmar Inn - South Fallsburg, NY) Jan 02, 2025

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The art of urban exploration often includes evading the authorities, but every once in a while, an adventurer gets caught. In the season 3 premiere, join Blake as he wanders the abandoned summer camp at the Delmar Inn, hidden away off a Catskill Mountain highway in New York.

This episode features:

Julie Novak
The Caretaker

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To read the transcript of this episode, click here: https://www.blakepfeil.com/aar-podcast.html
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Trailer (Season 3) | abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast Dec 05, 2024

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Welcome to season 3 of the Ambie-nominated abandoned: The All-American Ruins Podcast. Join host Blake Pfeil as he guides listeners through immersive audio fantasies, recreating his experiences exploring abandoned spaces across the United States and around the world. Along the way, abandoned asks critical questions about American history, culture, community, economics, the environment, and collective mental health while encouraging folks to activate their imaginations as a tool for healing.

New episodes every other Thursday starting January 2, 2025.

Winner, Signal Award for Best Experimental Podcast, Best Indie Podcast, Best Writing of an Individual Episode; Runner-Up for Most Innovative Audio Experience

Nominee, UK Press Gazette Future of Media Awards

Winner, Best History Podcast @ Melbourne WebFest, Parapod Podcast Awards, and PopCon Podcast Awards

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