Chasing Bandos UrbEx Podcast

On today’s episode we welcome American explorers Robyn and Michael Hodgson. The couple discuss the reason for exploring abandoned locations and why they love urbex. Our guests share many stories from being classic American guns & cops encounters, falling through broken floors and being stuck to coming across an old and smelly lady living in abandoned house among many, many others. They wrote and published a book called Abandoned Pennsylvania: Ruins of the Family Dream. You can find Robyn's Instagram at morning_reveries and Michael is dorianhelix. 

Chasing Bandos Podcast is available on chasingbandospodcast.com or your favourite podcasting app. Check out the pictures of our guest on Instagram at chasingbandospod. And if you feel like supporting the podcast consider our patreon: patreon.com/gregabandoned

You can get in contact by email: [email protected] 

Why 'urbex explorers' don't share exact locations here: gregabandoned.com/urbex

Intro song is Watcha Gon' Do is performed by Chris Shards [EPIDEMIC SOUND MUSIC LICENSE]. Rapid fire round background songs are: Greaser by TrackTribe and Bill Higley by Mini Vandals.

Viewer discretion announcement at the beginning of the episode was done by Adrian Wunderler-Selby.

On today's episode I welcome historian Simon Robson who is a man behind thefuturohouse.com website. Simon spent years collecting information on Futuro houses (Futuro Pods) which are a round, UFO-like  houses designed by Finnish architect Matti Suuronen. There were around 100 built during the late 1960s and early 1970s. We talk history, exchange stories and we highlight the abandoned Futuros. You can also find Simon and his wife Robyn who is in charge of social media on Instagram at thefuturohouse.

In the later part of the episode James Collins makes a cameo. James is the lead writer for a music band called Lazy Habits. He shot a music video at one of the abandoned Futuro houses site in Taiwan and he comes on the pod to share more information about this particular site. You can find James on instagram at lazyhabits

Chasing Bandos Podcast is available on chasingbandospodcast.com or your favourite podcasting app. Check out the pictures of our guest on Instagram at chasingbandospod. 

You can get in contact by email: [email protected] 

Why 'urbex explorers' don't share exact locations here: gregabandoned.com/urbex

Intro song is Watcha Gon' Do is performed by Chris Shards [EPIDEMIC SOUND MUSIC LICENSE]. Rapid fire round background songs are: Greaser by TrackTribe and Bill Higley by Mini Vandals.

Viewer discretion announcement at the beginning of the episode was done by Adrian Wunderler-Selby.

Today's guest is a Russian explorer Arseniy Kotov. We talked all about Russia and what it is like to explore abandoned locations in there and what you can expect if you decide to do that. He talked about his photography and described what kind of explorer he is. Arseniy made few suggestions where to visit in Russia and he shared few stories of his own with on in particular where he found gold! We talked about urbex community and urbex rules in Russia and if the differ from western countries and many other topics. Check it out! You can find Arseniy on Instagram at northern.friend

Chasing Bandos Podcast is available on chasingbandospodcast.com or your favourite podcasting app. Check out the pictures of our guest on Instagram at chasingbandospod. And if you feel like supporting the podcast consider our patreon: patreon.com/gregabandoned

You can get in contact by email: [email protected] 

Why 'urbex explorers' don't share exact locations here: gregabandoned.com/urbex

Intro song is Watcha Gon' Do is performed by Chris Shards [EPIDEMIC SOUND MUSIC LICENSE]. Rapid fire round background songs are: Greaser by TrackTribe and Bill Higley by Mini Vandals.

Viewer discretion announcement at the beginning of the episode was done by Adrian Wunderler-Selby.

Today's guest is American explorer Bryan Buckley from New England. We talked about Bryan's many European trips including Romania, Chernobyl, England, Holland and Germany. We discussed why he joined the urbex community and what he feels the American urban exploring community is like theses days. Bryan shared few stories, one including being attacked by a goose. You can find Bryan on Instagram at vanishing_new_england

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Chasing Bandos Podcast is available on chasingbandospodcast.com or your favourite podcasting app. Check out the pictures of our guest on Instagram at chasingbandospod. And if you feel like supporting the podcast consider our patreon: patreon.com/gregabandoned

You can get in contact by email: [email protected] 

Why 'urbex explorers' don't share exact locations here: gregabandoned.com/urbex

Intro song is Watcha Gon' Do is performed by Chris Shards [EPIDEMIC SOUND MUSIC LICENSE]. Rapid fire round background songs are: Greaser by TrackTribe and Bill Higley by Mini Vandals.

Viewer discretion announcement at the beginning of the episode was done by Adrian Wunderler-Selby.

On today's episode we are welcomed by Giannis who is a Greek explorer. He started his urbex adventures while living in Scotland but after few years moved back to native Greece. On today's show Giannis will tell us all the ins-and-outs of what it is like to do Urbex in Greece. Type of locations, what expect and what not expect. You can find Giannis on Instagram at absintheoftime

Chasing Bandos Podcast is available on chasingbandospodcast.com or your favourite podcasting app. Check out the pictures of our guest on Instagram at chasingbandospod. And if you feel like supporting the podcast consider our patreon: patreon.com/gregabandoned

You can get in contact by email: [email protected] 

Why 'urbex explorers' don't share exact locations here: gregabandoned.com/urbex

Intro song is Watcha Gon' Do is performed by Chris Shards [EPIDEMIC SOUND MUSIC LICENSE]. Rapid fire round background songs are: Greaser by TrackTribe and Bill Higley by Mini Vandals.

Viewer discretion announcement at the beginning of the episode was done by Adrian Wunderler-Selby.

On today's interview we are going Down Under to Australia to meet Aussie explorer Shane Thoms who has been exploring abandoned places for about 20 years and has visited many iconic places including Chernobyl, Hashima Island,  Nara Dreamland and Fukushima. During the episode we talked extensively about his Haikyo in Japan, Urbex in Australia and Shane shared many exploring stories he accumulated over the years. You can find Shane on Instagram at violent_crumble 

Chasing Bandos Podcast is available on chasingbandospodcast.com or your favourite podcasting app. Check out the pictures of our guest on Instagram at chasingbandospod. And if you feel like supporting the podcast consider our patreon: patreon.com/gregabandoned

You can get in contact by email: [email protected] 

Why 'urbex explorers' don't share exact locations here: gregabandoned.com/urbex

Intro song is Watcha Gon' Do is performed by Chris Shards [EPIDEMIC SOUND MUSIC LICENSE]. Rapid fire round background songs are: Greaser by TrackTribe and Bill Higley by Mini Vandals.

Viewer discretion announcement at the beginning of the episode was done by Adrian Wunderler-Selby.

On this first and very special 'Urbex True Crime' episode we welcome American explorers Jimmy Paterman and Kyle Brooky who are the two members of the four-man crew behind the Youtube channel The Ruin Road. In this episode Jimmy shares insane crime story of a person who he knew personally that committed a heinous crime. We discussed what it is like to explore with Bill Finan and how to pronounce his last name correctly as well as sharing few urbex stories. 

You can find Jimmy on Instagram at jimjamkablam24 and Kyle is theoctoberproject91. Their Youtube channel is called The Ruin Road. The co-host of the episode was Lauren Bailey (itslaurenbailey).

Chasing Bandos Podcast is available on chasingbandospodcast.com or your favourite podcasting app. Check out the pictures of our guest on Instagram at chasingbandospod. And if you feel like supporting the podcast consider our patreon: patreon.com/gregabandoned

You can get in contact by email: [email protected] 

Why 'urbex explorers' don't share exact locations here: gregabandoned.com/urbex

Intro song is Watcha Gon' Do is performed by Chris Shards [EPIDEMIC SOUND MUSIC LICENSE]. Rapid fire round background songs are: Greaser by TrackTribe and Bill Higley by Mini Vandals.

Viewer discretion announcement at the beginning of the episode was done by Adrian Wunderler-Selby.

Today episode's guest is American explorer Carter who is more known as BigBankz on YouTube. We talked about his channel, his start to urbexing, exploring Tiger King's former house (!) and his eventful trip to Turkey where many events happen! You can find Carter on Instagram at bigxbankz and his Youtube channel is BigBankz. 

Chasing Bandos Podcast is available on chasingbandospodcast.com or your favourite podcasting app. Check out the pictures of our guest on Instagram at chasingbandospod. And if you feel like supporting the podcast consider our patreon: patreon.com/gregabandoned

You can get in contact by email: [email protected] 

Why 'urbex explorers' don't share exact locations here: gregabandoned.com/urbex

Intro song is Watcha Gon' Do is performed by Chris Shards [EPIDEMIC SOUND MUSIC LICENSE]. Rapid fire round background songs are: Greaser by TrackTribe and Bill Higley by Mini Vandals.

Viewer discretion announcement at the beginning of the episode was done by Adrian Wunderler-Selby.

On today's episode two explorers: Duch Maureno Wellens and Belgian Lesley take us on the USA urbex road trip. Both explorers come on the pod to share their impressions of what it is like to urbex in America. First time on the pod we hear the stories about urbexing in US from European perspective. And both guests have plenty of stories to tell! You can find Lesley on Instagram at brosofdecay and his Youtube channel is Bros Of Decay. Maureno is explomo_urbex and his Youtube is Explomo.

Chasing Bandos Podcast is available on chasingbandospodcast.com or your favourite podcasting app. Check out the pictures of our guest on Instagram at chasingbandospod. And if you feel like supporting the podcast consider our patreon: patreon.com/gregabandoned

You can get in contact by email: [email protected] 

Why 'urbex explorers' don't share exact locations here: gregabandoned.com/urbex

Intro song is Watcha Gon' Do is performed by Chris Shards [EPIDEMIC SOUND MUSIC LICENSE]. Rapid fire round background songs are: Greaser by TrackTribe and Bill Higley by Mini Vandals.

Viewer discretion announcement at the beginning of the episode was done by Adrian Wunderler-Selby.

Interview with first the first Romanian explorer on the pod. Paula talks about what it is like to explore in Romania and she shares few of her exploring stories. One in particular is where she went to see abandoned prison and received an interesting advice from the prison director. We talked about what makes exploring especial and Paula's take on the urbex code. You can find Paula on Instagram at time.for.abandoned. 

Chasing Bandos Podcast is available on chasingbandospodcast.com or your favourite podcasting app. Check out the pictures of our guest on Instagram at chasingbandospod. And if you feel like supporting the podcast consider our patreon: patreon.com/gregabandoned

You can get in contact by email: [email protected] 

Why 'urbex explorers' don't share exact locations here: gregabandoned.com/urbex

Intro song is Watcha Gon' Do is performed by Chris Shards [EPIDEMIC SOUND MUSIC LICENSE]. Rapid fire round background songs are: Greaser by TrackTribe and Bill Higley by Mini Vandals.

Viewer discretion announcement at the beginning of the episode was done by Adrian Wunderler-Selby.