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Time Stopped Here: The Abandoned Filmmaker’s Home



Time Stopped Here: The Abandoned Filmmaker’s Home

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🏚️✨ Some places don’t just hold memories—they become them. A home that once breathed is now caught in a restless slumber, its story unfinished.

🌿🕰️ Hidden beneath ivy and dust, deep in the countryside of Belgium, stands a house frozen in time. It belonged to the couple Mr. René and Mrs. Odile. Their names linger on old letters, their presence in the objects they touched.

📽️ René was a man of many talents—a filmmaker, a craftsman, a soldier 🎖️. The old film equipment, the lenses left gathering dust, the faded photographs tucked away in corners 🖼️—they’re all signs of a passion that once burned bright. But where did that fire go? What made him, and Odile, disappear from the life they built?

📰⏳ Their life did not end with a grand farewell. The last newspaper, dated 2014, still rests where it was left, marking the final trace of their presence.

And now, a decade later, we step inside—not to disturb, but to listen 👂.
To hear the story that the walls still long to tell.

🔑 So come with me, as we delve into a place where time stands still…
🏡🕰️ A house frozen in memory. The forgotten home of René and Odile.

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Abandoned Belgium – Time Stopped Here: The Abandoned Filmmaker’s Home
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00:00 Introduction
03:27 Explomo – Winter opener
03:37 Story of the family
04:33 Outbuildings
05:31 Living room
17:50 Office
19:49 Bedroom
21:35 Old equipment
26:48 Another bedroom
28:48 Dining room
33:06 Workspace
35:36 Greenhouse
33:54 Garden
38:05 Outro
39:03 Next week on Explomo

37 Comments

  1. @Crystal_Abbott-jn6xs

    A very interesting find. So much decay. At 4:57 the items shown are used in making beer and wine to find the alcohol content also known as the specific gravity. Jack used to make beer and mead, so I recognized them right off. I am guessing Mr. Rene made his own beer, but that is just a guess. I always find it interesting when there isn't a bathroom in a place abandoned any time after 1950's. The item at 22:07 reminds me of a projector. The father of the girl I grew up with had one similar. I can't help but wonder if Mr. Rene didn't repair older televisions. Thank you for another great adventure. And still the best smile on the internet! Cheers. ❤

  2. @careyh38

    That was an amazing explore. I really liked the film projector, old 35mm cameras and record players. I think the phone was hooked up to a fax machine, perhaps.

  3. @Kimberly-r9p

    Mr. Rene enjoyed one of my favorite hobbies photography. I loved the old cameras and the lenses you found. This home I believe was filled with alot of love. Another wonderful.adventure that definitely made me smile.

  6. @MariaStein-y2x

    Your videos are an example of how to make content. Quality filming, competent editing and useful information. Thank you!🐧🎂👹

  13. @EvaSeifertova-q8d

    Zase jeden pěkný dům asi žili hezky ale je tam plno věcí už to bere priroda asi měli hezky život díky moc 💞🌺🌹🏠🏠🌹👌

  16. @BjornV78

    10:52 Caza-Chem is a anti-algae additive for fuel oil (mazout), but it also acts as anti-freeze.
    17:39 You are right, it's a telephone with fax build-in, this was very common back in the days. Grtz from Belgium.

  21. @Monkeybutt4659

    That thing with the lens attached was a very old film projector, I believe and 8mm. That is the first one of that age I have seen since I was a child, and I am now 78 yrs. young.

  22. @omarosama_1408

    مرحبا متابعه جيده من مصر شكرا على الجوله الجميله صوتك الهادي سبب من اسباب نجاح الفيديوهات واحترامك للخصوصيه اسعدني جدا ارجو عدم التسرع في التصوير مهما طال الفيديو لا نمل بالتوفيق

  23. @Lee.Butterflyxox

    The machine you had touched and asked what it was was definitely a fax machine and yes it has a telephone too that's how it worked. The phonomatic that you touched is a projector and you see pictures. You put the reels on the other side and then where it says p8 in the front is where you actually see the picture through the lens. He has a lot of projectors. That's a first aid kit with the bandages and the Red Cross on the box. Back in the '80s and '90s vhs's were big. Everybody had to have them or you were making your own. For the most part, these people love the simple life. Kind of funny to go into the so-called caravan which we call here in Canada. A camper trailer. Some more TVs where you would sleep😂😂 that is so weird. There's no place to wash your body or clothes. I didn't see a sink. Anyone? I could be one but definitely no tub for body washing. Anywho, thank you again for your exploration. It was quite cool. I liked it. Simple life as they say.

  25. @thebeepolen76

    I love all of the hand crocheted fine table runners and scarfs. It takes a long time to make one by hand. I see them a lot in the abandoned homes you feature. They are so beautiful and valuable. Even the handmade doilies. Thank you for another enjoyable explore.

  26. @M-daughterofourbeloved11

    interesting to say the least..these are all old projectors, including the phonomatic, to play films, project them onto some where, scrren orsomething. the green lil rectangualr thing was a flash light, not a cassette recorder

  28. @MoonMoonlight-w6n

    THANKS EXPLOMO FOR THIS VIDEO FROM GREECE 🇬🇷 MARINA PAGRATI ATHENS ITS A BEAUTIFUL HOUSE BUT MY HEART FEELS SAD BECAUSE THEY STAY WITHOUT PEOPLE STANDIND TO THE YEARS PASS WITH FURNITURE INSIDE THEIR STORY OF ITS PLACE ❤WHY THEY LEFT THE HOUSE ABANDONED WHY THEY LEAVE SO MANY BEAUTIFUL HOMES PALACE WITH PHOTOS OF THE FAMILY AND THEIR STYFF THERE 😢😢😢😢THEY DONT HAVE KIDS OR GRANDCHILDREN TO STAY TO THESE PLACES 😢😢😢😢THEY CAN STEAL EVERYTHING FROM THERE 😢😢😢😢😢I FEEL REALLY SAD !!!! THEY HAVE THE MOST AMAZING FANTASTIC ARCHITECTURE AWESOME!!! MANY THINGS HAVE FROM SILVER OR GOLD THINGS ❤❤❤❤I LOVE ALLTHESE ABANDONED PLACES AND THEIR STORIES 💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💖💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💫💥💥💥💥🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤

  29. @MoonMoonlight-w6n

    PAINTINGS ❤❤❤❤BEAUTIFUL ❤❤❤SHOES ❤ THE FIREPLACES OH THEY ARE AWESOME ❤❤THEY HAVE AN ARCHITECTURE FANTASTIC ❤❤❤YOU'RE GREAT HUMAN ❤WITH SO GOOD HEART ❤ THANKS FOR SHARING THIS VIDEO WITH US ❤❤❤

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