Scrapyard Mansion, exploring a 100 year old mansion full of antiques
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- Опубліковано 23 вер 2017
- In this episode we explore a 100 year old mansion that has been packed solid full of junk and treasures for over 30 years. come for a visit in this quirky but cool place!
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The one thing that I love about your channel is how respectful you are. You’re going into houses where you can barely walk for the stuff packed in yet you never have anything negative to say. Instead of saying that someone is a hoarder or that they have a problem you say things like you did here, about how his collection has gotten away with him. You marvel at what the people have and see just what it is they are trying to accomplish with their collections. Thank you for that.
That little town he created is absolutely amazing. The dedication is incredible.
Yes. Just imagine if it was cleaned up just a little, but left a bit ramshackle (too neat and fussy would ruin it but more for safety and ease of getting around). The way the little buildings are nestled beneath the trees, lush green grass lining the 'streets', random treasures laying out in the open, teasing us, and the step back in time within each little building. Mesmerising, yes I thought the same, the time and work he has put in. What an amazing man
The sheer man hours🤔
if the area was cleaned up and everything set up and cleaned it would make a great attraction
Tons of potential
Yep...not for sale & he knows WHERE EVERYTHING IS LOCATED... ONCE HE LOCATES THEM😉 YEP🙋♀️
You mean museum.
This video came up in my feed even though I had watched it back when it was published. It was nice to watch it again and see you with your Dad. You should try to visit George again for a follow up. Maybe he is ready to part with some stuff.
It really would I was looking forward to seeing each place he went into!!!!!!! Id love to see this and I’m only 18 miles from Canada here in maine
This is who I’ve been losing all my eBay auctions to 😂😂😂
Sam Davis best comment 😂😂😂😂
So..You are also.. hoarder/antique like him? Hope you live in a appartmentbuilding.
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Damn..😁
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George seems like quite the character! What a treasure to just have the chance to see all that stuff and get to know him a little bit. You seriously have the best job.
I see you met my good friend George! He's such an interesting man! He knows so much about our prairie history and wrote a book in the 1970's about antique bottles that were used on the prairies. I have learnt so much about antiques since I met him and visit him often. I go out to his place and help him a bit as time permits. I just recently tidied up in the saloon and dusted virtually everything in there....even the wall of bottles behind the bar and lining the window in the barber shop area. I also have helped him with other small odd tasks in the village. I have helped him sweep out the buildings in the village and have cut grass down the trails to the village and in front of his house.
I haven't convinced him yet to let me start tidying up in the house...one day soon hopefully! He loves all of his stuff and very rarely does he sell anything. If you do get him to sell you something you would be considered very lucky! Such an interesting and admittedly quirky place to visit. I honestly see something new every time I go and I am there quite often. He has some things you wouldn't be able to see anywhere else. Love his place! (Even though it is incredibly messy...lol) George makes every visit interesting! 😊
Yes he is an incredibly nice man! Hope to see him again soon :)
Hording is a defined mental illness, I hope your friend gets the helps he clearly needs.
I would love to just sit and listen to him tell stories, people like him are passing away and their stories are never to be heard again! Very interesting! Thanks for sharing
I would live to just sit and hear his stories. He is living history of time gone by. Im in salt lake city, utah. And feel as though I was born in the era. I dont feel like this society has much of a use for me my daughter is grown, no sisters no brothers ,my parents have both passed on. Id love to visit George but im afraid i wouldnt want to leave..
George may have tons of antiques but i wouldn't call him a Horder. Horders mostly don't allow strangers inside their homes. That man is a collector of antiques and rare Items that cost tons of cash more power to him if he can afford it and he pays his taxes leave the guy alone and if it offends you simply don't look! Keep up the good work George! Great video guys!
Very interesting to see such a collection that is well beyond manageable and yet the owner does not want to sell anything. Of course the mental health of most of these collector is not average. Thanks for sharing and showing compassion and understanding to those who are so complex.
I`m a new follower and I really like the angle of this channel. This isn`t exploitation like you see in a lot of the other videos. You seem to respect the people and value the items. Keep it up and God bless you
That's what makes Alex and his people so special. I stopped watching those so-called Urban explorer programs and others like it because the people were not recognized or respected who lived there before those guys came to explore. Probably trespassing too.
You are so sweet and caring towards your dad!!!
I love seeing your dad enjoying this with you.
This place has got to be one of the Seven Wonders of the Collector's world...
I'd just burn it down, it would take the Army Reserves days to clean it up.
@@lynnlindsay4480 That's sad. I think the buildings that he has gotten fixed up and designed are amazing. That general store contents are worth a fortune on $50 old oil can at a time. I wonder why people don't help him remove some of the trash and useless stuff.
I wish I can go there and organize Everything for that old man. I love organizing stuff.
That would be amazing! I’m glad you watched :)
It would take you years, maybe decades to organize all that stuff. Besides, it will all be auctioned off after he departs this world.
Come to my house!! Lol not as severe but overwhelming nonetheless!
@@ocgbc118 my house, too. Working vacation in Kansas City. Just come when it is not so hot to enjoy it.
Lisa B it's cold up here in Canada! I love the heat !
You'll have experience with Mary's house - maybe next you can buy George's house.... (that should keep you busy for the next 20 years or so).
If he wants to keep it until the day he dies, he should write a will and have everything pre-arranged to go somewhere to a museum or a place where it is appreciated. Maybe even clean up the place and turn the place itself into a museum. That would be a very cool place to go to. It reminds me of a small downscale outside house on the rock a little bit with all the neat antiques and displays. It has a great potential to be a place you would pay to see. It needs to be cleaned up, rearranged, and preserved after he dies. All those buildings outside fixed up and restored and each room made into exhibits. That place is so fascinating! By the way, I’m a collector hoarder myself. All of our stuff around us is like a nest.
At least a pricing guide
There is a place in PA which is a museum made up of all the stuff one gentleman collected knowing someday it would be valued, they are still working on it, I love it, it's my favorite museum.
I believe this place can be another one of those places.
I liked that General Store! Those brands from back in the day are so neat. Utter nostalgia.
So many emotions while watching this. I found portions of this property amazing, creepy, fascinating, and sad. It is such a shame when historical treasures are lost or damaged due to someone's hobby turning into an addiction. Hopefully, a historical society is able to gain ownership of this house in the future to preserve it for future generations.
Or Curiosity Ibc. Could buy the whole thing, clear it out, fix the place up and sell it. It will be interesting to see how the hoarder property he just bought turns out for him
Amen..
Much emotion in things like this. The history of it all its what bothers me. One day it could all be gone and turn the whole thing into a parking lot. :(
@@meandyou2469 If it becomes abandoned, the New Wave Urbex smashcrews will have a field day in there. Loads of crap which can be busted up!
Oh! If I could I'd jump thru the screen and explore!!
Just think about all the stories he could tell you about and how he found each one of those things.
What a wonderful life this man had. God bless him.
Alexander’s filming abilities have improved significantly in 4 years!!
Thanks for the tour! He really does have quite the collection. If he had maintained everything better, that would be an awesome place to take school children on a field trip. They would have quite a history lesson there.
It was a grand place in its day. I’m the owners niece.. my uncle is getting old now.
It’s Dec. 2020: I wonder what has happened to the owner and the property since this filming? BTW, so nice to see Alexander’s dad in here. May he rest in peace 🙏!
I live in the same town and George is still there and still collecting.
Ya he’s still alive
@@Pamdw1 can you stay there
@@Pickenslewis You wouldn't want too, unless you camped! I went through here about 5 years ago, there is lots of property but piled with stuff. We never found george, despite ringing the bell and going through the house and property.
@@Pamdw1 were is it ?
This is like every antique lovers dream and nightmare... dream cause there is so many amazing things ... nightmare because he’s a hoarder won’t sell anything and in some places messy !
What a shame he let his house get so bad.... looks like it was a beautiful house at one point.
It’s a museum
Wow, this house and property if restored could be a great museum! I bet he has enough antiques that would pay for it too.
It is a museum
You have improved your filming SO much. Thanks for that. I can't watch this one, but I am listening and looking quickly at certain parts before I get dizzy again.
Exploring these buildings would be such a blast!
Bruh, You're like. from america
I live in Winnipeg and me and my family visit there
When he bought the place in 1985 (I turned 17 that year), he hired me to help try and organize his stuff - back then he was married and the place was much nicer! There wasn't as much stuff laying around. His wife had arranged the inside of the mansion so it was much more livable (I had a few meals there with George, his wife and others).
This was before he made the village and everything else. There was an old structure onsite that was full of boxes of stuff that he had collected.
Where is it located?
WOW WOW WOW!!! ONE COULD SPEND A LIFETIME GOING THROUGH HIS LIFETIME!!! INCREDIBLE!!! THE POTTER'S HOUSE MAGNIFIED A 1,000 TIMES!!!
That was like visiting a rare ghost town. Hard to believe how much a person can create in 30 years. George must be a busy man!! I wonder if he remembers just what he owns and where to find it when he needs it? Loved the barber shop and the p.o. boxes & the general store,Saloon.
I did notice his personality, I've met a few guys in northern Michigan that had a few cars rotting away, offered $2000.00 and at 86 yrs old he wouldn't budge. He died the following year, township came and scraped the cars and burnt the house as I was not inhabitable. Now a small fire station is there 2 yrs later. God I wanted that car.
It’s a shame when that happens, but sometimes there’s not much you can do if they are stubborn.
craig strom that's really a shame, he didn't let it live on thru you. Hoarders have mental illness, that's why they can't part with anything.
craig strom There seems to be an underlying level of greed.
@mark rylander No, not if all people like you throw it out
Thou shall not covet thy neighbors car...
Hoarders never sell anything!
That may define the difference between a hoarder and a collector. I do crafts and collect a lot of supplies for later projects, but, I've been labeled a hoarder because people don't get the differrence.
this man has a vision of what he wants to do and is working toward his dream. everything was grouped or themed. @ 1:24 sure everyone was surprised of how it looked inside
NOT TRUE, I hoard, not garbage but I sell stuff too. I just can't throw a good thing away.
@@debrapolenz4962 I keep stuff that I would give away if I found someone to appreciate it....talking about small less important stuff that is still cool
You are so polite and kind in your reactions.
OH MY GOSH That is a masterpiece in the making! I want to be all in helping him!
I wouldn't part with anything!
Literally would live as in that time, wood stove and all for heat, improvements if required for it, LOVE IT!
Would that make me a 'hoarder with an order' too?, or, just insanely in love with that treasure chest of the past contained in all those walls?! So beautifully appointed.
I am literally in awe. Love everything, the warmth within, by sight alone. I'd never want to leave, that says 'peace within' to me. That's what I think was the intent from the get go, to fully restore the past fully.
I have old things I'd even bring , that would fit right in some building I'd convert'! Actually he's very organized.
I am truly left breathless. Met my soul's twin in the love of old things. What I always wanted to do. By an old place and turn it into everything I love and feel like I fit somewhere, if only for a while. Incredible.
Even the old mail boxes you just breezed right past. Anything BUT a creepy place!
There are a couple really significant things about this man. He collects old things in passion, appreciation of where we all come from, in time.
Whereas you for the most part, just see resalable bits and pieces. There is an emotion to people like this man and myself. If not for people like us, we'd be a society like now. Merely fragmented beings living in a disposable society and nothing to show for our history as a species, beyond the pollution of all things.
We are the keepers of time, what gives you access to the past, to still earn a 'living' today through our efforts. People like us are in love with the past being brought together, to feel alive. By having passion for who we really are, it roots us in our humanity, and reminds us of better times, comparatively speaking. This is how we cope and find peace.
Best video ever!
Cherish every moment with your dad. You'll miss him like crazy when he's gone. I miss my dad so much!!!!
I wish I had more time, he actually passed away a couple weeks ago :(
@@CuriosityIncorporated
I am so sorry for your loss! My dad is 93 and it's just not something you can prepare for. I heard a quote recently.. "My dad taught me so much, except how to live without him" it really is true. May you find solace in the memories you shared. 🙏💔
I love your videos!!! I love antiques so much and the stories they tell! I have so much from my family and while most people are trying to get rid of it, I treasure it more and more everyday!
So glad you enjoy watching Sara! :)
What a find! Great old man, very lonely. Amazing stuff, all in one place. That's about the coolest place I've ever seen. I could spend days there & probably still not see it all. Thanks for taking us along. Really cool you take your dad along too.
Going through the messes would drive me crazy!! I love to help ppl do house clean outs, but this would take two lifetimes I like the idea of the village buildings, but he needs an entire CREW to get it done!!! Love your videos! Thx.
If you'll notice his house had shingles, and in certain places roofing metal was installed ( probably because of leaks. he could sell a few things to reroof the whole house.
It would be a worthy investment!
Wow. What a treat and that was amazing. He has a great eye for cool things. He is sitting on a fortune but I didn't see a pharmacy on his back lot.
+bg147 he has tons of cool stuff, and a really nice guy! Thanks for watching :)
This is so cool!! It'd be nice if he could get help cleaning it all up and making it a real village museum!! It would make a very big tourist attraction!!
Wow! The well-kept saloon in the midst of the hoarding haven was really very cool.
So many of these people you visit have made themselves prisoners of their possessions. If they sold their items for what the market would bear, they could enjoy a worry-free life, with a beachfront condo in Florida and a summer place with a mountain view in Canada.
Can’t take it with you in the end
I'm thinking.. For them it is their "beachfront condo" it's their idea of living their dream. Not for me. It's a nightmare.
Although i totally agree with what you're saying and that would be my dream too...its not George's. As the sign stated...it's his dream. I have to respect that. That being sad, it does make me sad because i could see this place being fixed up into an awesome attraction where George could talk to folks every day abt history, his property and his treasures. God bless him and the house. I pray it doesn't collapse on him some day.
nancy, i mean no harm but not all people dream of a beachfront condo in florida?! they dream about the passion to collect items that are amazing to them. and money doesnt always count.
@@1995Pie A condo in Florida would be miserable for me. I would need to do a lot of work, but George's place would make me so happy!
WOW! I would love that house!!
What great ideas. A little pioneer town.
This guy is so respectful, I love how he treats his elderly friends. He's just got an old soul, with a heart of gold.
I could sit and listen to that man all day. He’d be a wonderful guy to go have coffee with every morning.
No! One would never leave!!! hahahahahah!!!
Forgot to mention a few things about that old guy In Northern Illinois. Well, he bought 3 acres of land back in the late 1940's. He collected all of his "stuff" by reading the obituaries in the local newspapers. He focused in on the widows, stopping by their houses and offering to clean out the garage or house for free. Yep, he sure helped out those old widows, as he ended up with many vintage autos (including a 1937, 1933 and 1959 Rolls Royce) and several very rare motorcycles (including a 1902 Pope, 1907 Sears, and a 1945 Harley Davidson). The 3 acres only had a large pole barn on it, no house. This old guy slept in the back of his 1958 Cadillac HEARST.
These days there are all sort of people and companies offering to haul your "junk" off. Nobody cares to think about that junk equals money, except for those offering to haul it off. I found a very old book at an estate sale once for $2, and sold it for $22,000. The $$$ stuff is out there, the question is who are the lucky sons of B***ches who get in on that?
WHAT!!! I read both of your posts. The ones that are willing to go just a little farther than the rest...r the early bird catches the worm? maybe? LOL That's getting there pretty early! I hate hearing when things get destroyed tho, you might as well make sure it goes to someone/ somewhere you want it.
Can you imagine the fun kids could have there? So many ways to play and use your imagination. I'd have never wanted to leave. Its fantastic.
This has always been my dream. To have a whole old town set up on my property in period pieces. I wish this place could get weeded through and fixed up. What an awesome place. A lot of treasures to be found.
George is a curator. It is a vocation. Love this story. Thank you for it. I hope he is able to continue his life's work, in his own way, without interference by predators or those-who-know-best AKA the doers of good.
He's still kickin and I don't see anyone going at him any time soon. But be realistic here, the state may make him clean up. What you call them is up to you but down the line that could be a reality he will have to deal with. He could become a danger to himself.
14:00
"is that a wood bicycle rim?"
"yeah I just got it",
kinda guessed that since it was on the edge of the pile
OMG I have driven by that house hundreds of times and wondered what was all in there. It's a spooky eyesore from the nearby highway, but as you found, there is treasure in there in places. Thank you for this video!
Yep, I had to re-watch the video 3 times. Poor George a loving, kind man. Yep, his treasures $$$$ !! YEP, YOU GOT THAT RIGHT!!! NOTHING IS FOR SALE. GOD BLESS HIM. 😉👍👏👏👏
The owner of this massive collection worth several Million dollars wont sell anything while he's alive ,sadly his family will and the ones in charge of selling off the collection won't know a single thing about vintage collectables, so they'll hire a company who cherry picks the most valuable items for themselves and dumps the rest ,I've seen it happen ,I saw a 1938 Harley Knucklehead that was 95% original at an estate sale with no price tag and not included in the auction ,I spoke with the daughter and she said the bike was sold to the auctioneers for $1,500 ,When I told her i would offer her $25,000 to $40,000 depending on the percentage of original parts she immediately flipped out on the auction house, sadly she had signed some paperwork allowing the auction house 1st right of refusal on everything and she agreed to $1,500 taking their word it was a fair price, when I told her the fenders and tanks were worth $15,000 or 10 times what she sold the entire bike for she was sick ,apparently the auction house had bought a dozen Cushmans for $300 each and had taken them off site already ,this is the bad part of collecting ,only we collectors know the true resale value of our collection and when we're gone ebay will get our collection or an auction house, I have a pair of prototype Klipsch speakers signed by Paul Klipsch I paid $35,000 for and a pair of McIntosh XR-290 line array speakers McIntosh speaker designer Roger Russell hand built into 2 cabinets VS the production 2 cabinets I paid $19,000 for when the assembly line versions sell for $60,000 ,On top of over 150 other vintage pieces of electronics I'm teaching my 4 kids the value of and how to sell .
Or keep a journal
Sad but true
and that will happen here as well, his treasured rare oil cans and anything else worth the most will be snapped up for nothing and then who knows what sort of auction will occur.
So you're an audiophile...find me a pair of goldmund apologue speakers Mr. Salesman. 😉
Most times this happens when the family isn't interested. They simply didn't care till it's too late. Talk to the collector. Get a list of the valuable items. Do some research yourself.
It is a rare collector who is willing to part with their pieces, each one holds a memory. Even professional dealers wind up with those special pieces they simply can’t bring themselves to sell.
I once bought an Art Deco alabaster “African Dancer” statue from one such man...when I asked the price (the piece was on a top shelf behind the counter) he quoted a price he didn’t expect me to agree to. I thought he was about to cry as I left his shop with her, and I have never regretted the purchase...but I was really surprised that he finally let me take her. He had closed the store within 3 months of that purchase, so I’m very glad he did let me buy her. I have been offered a great deal more than I paid a number of times, but she is not for sale at any price.
George just seems to have that feeling for every piece in his collection, and he probably doesn’t care what happens to it all when he is gone...in the meantime he is enjoying it all. Not a hoarder, but a true indiscriminate collector of the past. He clearly has a good eye for the antique and collectable, but it would appear he really wanted to create a kind of museum where people could see how life was lived before the computer age. I hope it actually happens before he is done.🖤🇨🇦
When you've got stuff piled up you can't even see and stuff rotting away outside, you're not a collector, you're a hoarder who thinks they're a collector.
That little town was cool and unique!!
Love this! The world is a better place with imaginative folks like this!
Wow!!
Man I want to hang out with you!! You find some amazing places, people and things!!
Yeah, what a gold mine! Besides being a collector with a great eye for nice things, he's a pack rat that can't throw anything away or sell it either. When he goes, it will take weeks, maybe months to go through everything. Just amazing though.
Sadly the more common outcome will be that after he unfortunately passes, and is found, people will start to break in. the most obvious valuables stolen, some wrecked and the city/county will respond to the nuisance reports by demoing the entire property into a dumpsters..
Maybe years
This is one of my fav video's. It's like s grown mans doll house. It gives him more pleasure to look at his stuff than money
What an awesome place. He had so many stories about the man that owned it before him. Fun to learn the history behind places like that.
We had a guy in Northern Illinois (similar to George) who loved to collect a lot of old cars (80+ to be exact) and a lot of "stuff." He died a few years ago, a bachelor, and had no children, but he did have a lady friend. Well, he left it all to her and immediately after he died, she hired an auction company to SELL EVERYTHING! When the dust settled, she walked away with around $3 million. I got one of his cars (1931 Model A).
Wow bet that was a good auction!
Hoo-wee, lucky lady.
Yep same happened here. Hubby knew a guy that was cleaning up the hard after his father past. Told him to come by and Mark the vehicles he wanted. He did...only to see them leave the property shortly after. My hubby thought there was someone else interested only to find out he junked them all. Talk about a heart break!
It's rather sad that Alex's dad is no longer with us, may he rest in peace!
The owner isn’t dead
@@Pickenslewis His father passed away
That was incredible. Many thanks for posting it. I have never seen that amount of 'stuff' before. , and George does sound like a lovely person.
Recently found this channel. Learning to try and find 2022. Never the less very hard work proud of you all troopers!!!♡
Sad to see a beautiful home just buried in crap and junk. Yeah some of the crap is neat an perhaps worth money. But the house looks like it is drowning in a hoarders junkyard.
i dont like how people call it "crap and junk" i mean, just because you would not have so many items in your yard doesnt mean that this is all "trash". for him its his live and you are very disrespectfull of that.
This crap and junk is worth more than you will ever own and if it was not about this "hoarder", this stuff would not exist anymore.
I'm with you, Michael
@@Winnetou834 its only worth something to a fading generation and a handful of collectors, nothing I have seen in this video means anything to me and there's 2 generations after I was born
Yeah, it may be worth something but it can drag down the appeal of a neighborhood and bring unwanted animals.
The dad jokes are priceless. Organ donor. Bahahahaha! 😂
Classic Canadian Pun - love it 😂
snag is he says that EVERY time there's an organ somewhere
Great ok guy- he's a living history book!
Hi this is Tina Marks wife I love your show I watch it every chance I can find it thank you very much for inviting me to watch it much have a nice day
nice museum pieces.
American pickers would go nuts here!!!
donnie brown I have a fuzzy memory of them going to a place exactly like this, if not this place itself.
I'm sure they're familiar with this guy
American pickers are disrespectful and would piss this guy off quickly , they wouldn’t get anything.
Luna T a lot of collectors operate on “perceived value”, and are emotionally invested in an item.
Businesses need to function on a profit. Otherwise they are just hobbies.
donnie brown Yeah they would because the man wont sell anything.
What an amazing place!!!! And what a great memory you made with your Dad :)
What an awesome place! Loved that old, open-air kitchen, the barber shop and General Merch buildings! The saloon was cool, too!
I admire my fellow eclectics 💜
Looking around at all the items that are left outside. How does he even know what he has?? Weather can ruin so much, dampness and dust and dirt can damage so many things. It makes me sad to see so many things that could be shown to young people as to how people lived years ago. I have always been drawn to the Victorian years. Maybe I was from that area in another life. Hope that this place isn't bulldozed when he passes on.
This video showed up in my recommended lists. Awesome to see a video with your Dad. What a fun place. Great find
I love that house! He had the inside really great. Hard to believe after seeing the outside... Kind of like some people... Don't judge a book by its cover, right! 😅😅. You know, I had a little red car like the one inside the house. I am reliving my life watching your videos. Thanks for the walk down memory lane.
Old George was the coolest of All the creative junk videos .
all i can say is awesome.
+sandra osheasandra01 thanks Sandra!
At first glance this reminded me of the movie Nothing but Trouble. What a gem!
Catching up on old videos. This gentleman was a very passionate collector. The buildings that were fully set up were super cool!
I wish he would share! What a shame his dreams will all vanish one day.
Me too Chuck! I was right there and couldn’t buy anything :(
I think that young George was so handsome :3
Love George, it’s amazing what he has created, I wish there could be more people enjoy and appreciate his work here.
I love how your dad looks around in such amazement. It’s cute. Lol. I would be just as excited, if not more! I love looking in old buildings!! I LOVE that red Victorian stool in that last room you checked out, the one with the bed, before you went back to the house. Showed at 17:47.
i would love to see that place up and running
This makes me so very sad , hoarder/collector that “treasures” his finds and has them outside or in a pile in the house. My only hope is he has children he hasn’t estranged because of the hoard. ...hopefully he starts to understand he will not live forever and his estate that’s worth so much and at the same time costly will be a burden at some point 😢😢 great stuff but over the top if it’s indent away
He has one daughter who will probably inherit everything after he passes.
So sad. It would cost more to remove it than the house is worth probably. So much will probably end up in landfill and will be a millstone around his daughter’s neck. I don’t want to think of the pests in amongst all the stuff. What a shame he cannot share it now and take pleasure in other people enjoying it.
I would not want to have to clean up that place! George is a textbook hoarder. Always have to have more stuff. It was cute how he would show you particular things. You can look but you can’t have!
Wow..what a great video & awesome, AWESOME house & old items in it. I love the Saloon/ Barber shop ! All the other buildings, stores was great to see also. Thanks for sharing this..very much enjoyed watching it.
thanks Shirley!
I also knew someone like this however his items weren't of as much value. He also didn't want to part with anything. Basically he's a hoarder with better taste than most. I feel the reason he doesn't part with his items is due to some of the same reasons other hoarders don't where they feel the items are like "family" or part of him and he feels protected with all that stuff around him. It's such a shame though that all this is sitting in piles and such with no one to really enjoy it. I couldn't live in that nor hardly be able to spend much time there as I would feel claustrophobic and things would be crawling on me. I'm sure the house isn't in too good of shape with all that stuff weighing it down. I wonder why he even invited you there if he had no intentions of selling? I just hope when he dies his items get appreciated and sold and not gone to the dump. I can't imagine being the company that would have to clear all that out!!!! I also am a recent subscriber. I've been interested in antiques since I was little.....that was 40 some years ago!
As soon as you pulled up and saw trash bags of stuff piled up by the front "horder" and "mental illness" popped in my head. The rest of the video simply confirmed it. Very sad indeed, hope he gets the help he needs but at this point it's doubtful short of a intervention as he clearly does not see the problem. The town will either have to step in or when he passes in the next few years it will be a gold mine for estate auction people.
Nice man, some very cool things but needs some help organizing and downsizing
I loved seeing his little museum town. Its incredibly fascinating to see original and old items displayed properly. If the whole place was set up like that people would pay to go visit things like that. So educational.
I think I said “WOW!!” a thousand times during the course of this video! Unbelievable place!
Just found your channel today. New subscriber! This mansion video was intense! Nothing for sale, infuriating! Going to binge watch your channel tonight :)
Glad you found us! More adventures to come stay tuned :)
I just realized after reading Matrixcmitech's comment, that , that is exactly what I have been doing all day started around 8 am. and it is now 1:15 pm. ! One of the very few advantages of being on disability! Is is continuing to take my mind off my stomach pain and has been very relaxing for me! So much so, that I am still in my pajamas ! Thanks Curiosity Incorporated! Don't know your name of I would address you as such. I'm sure for safety such as crazy stalker types and family privacy you keep it unknown & I don't blame you! Thanks for the great medicinal videos! Nap time! L.O.L. !
I'm still working my way through the huge list of videos on this channel! His name is Alex, btw.
your moving the cam to fast it give me seasickness... great stuff though.
+Richard Belanger I’ll work on that :) thanks for watching
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what does "P" mean ? I'm french...
yeah ive gotten to where i cant watch these anymore i get really sick.
Oh wow what a hidden gem! That's place is awesome!
This is one of my favorite of your episodes. I am imagining your father's perspective as he walks down through those buildings.
Not to be rude or anything, but this guy has an extreme hoarding problem. All that weight in the house is very VERY BAD for the support beams and the floor boards.
Please don't take my words the wrong way but it is very true. 17 rooms packed with, stuff, can cause the house to collapse.
Let’s hope it doesn’t fall in
Right you are! It wasn't built to withstand that load. It's only a matter of time. It WILL give way
Maybe he’d be happy to go that way.
@@CuriosityIncorporated Wouldnt that be awful? I'm a new subscriber and just finished the Potter's House Series and this caught me eye. Cant wait to catch up on your videos!
He's a lovely man and his home is very interesting and there are many fine things. He has good taste and quite an appreciation for history. That said, he's clearly having some difficulties here. The family needs to step in and help him because he's being just overwhelmed. Hoarding is an inability to dispose of anything and the quest to aquire more and more, until your life gets consumed. It's hard to watch. My mother is a hoarder and with her it's the inability to realize that a material thing isn't the same thing as a memory. That even if you dispose of the china figurine, you still have that memory intact. Although she does throw away things which don't have any sentimental value (such as unflattering old clothes), she goes nuts if you want to throw out anything which belonged to some long ago relative or something from her childhood. You should see my parents basement. It's scary, but I'm trying to keep pushing them to sell things and use the money towards travel or something else they like - some adventure... Because you only live once and you can't take it with you.
it's a mental illness. when he passes, the family is likely to get rooked by auctioneers and / or throw out a lot of the stuff that's outside that's worth money. just seen it happen with an old man who collected every outboard motor he could since the 1960s and before. filled up barns with them. would never sell one of them. the son in charge of the estate was so pissed off that he was left with this massive gob of shit to deal with that he ordered a rollaway and tossed who knows how many hundred motors from the upper levels of a barn into it and it was hauled off for 14 cents a pound. then another rollaway. finally some people got him to stop and they held an auction- a very poorly run auction by a slob of an auctioneer whose first words out of his mouth were "okay, we have to hurry up and get this done". a poor job was done of publicizing the auction and scrappers got most of the motors as the collectors that came ran out of room, some ran out of money.
in a poorly run auction like that i'd be suspicious that the scrappers who had enough capacity to haul away shitloads of motors being sloppily auctioned off weren't in cahoots with the auctioneer in some way shape or form. the lesson learned is to not die with a giant overwhelming mess like this guy has built. no surviving relative is going to view it as a positive thing and probably all of them have tried to get him to sell down. a man could be well pleased with half of everything in that house and have some chance to look at it and restore it- the old town he built he probably hasn't used in years and years and a lot of the stuff is just scrap and garbage.
Im going through the same thing. I thought my dad was the hoarder. When he died last year i realized they both were but my mother is worse. Half the stuff I throw away she pulls out after i leave
Hi, Thanks for taking us along very nice . Here in Ontario we get zero for pop bottles and cans, but we are required to recycle them. So we collect them for the government.
I love this little village it has a charm about it.