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Clearly, Freaktography’s work resonates with people. But what is it about abandoned buildings that draws attention? One of them is the place's history, where you get a deeper backstory about how it got to where it is.
#8 The Abandoned "Splatalot" Game Show Set - Ontario, Canada
Each episode features a different group of thrill-seeking teen contestants, dubbed Attackers, competing in three hilarious rounds: Cross the Moat, Escape the Stockade, and Capture the Crown.
The Defenders of Splatalot, an international squad of medieval-themed gladiators, do their best to protect the castle from the Attackers – leaving only one to be crowned King or Queen of Splatalot.
The filming of Splatalot began in Amaranth Ontario back in September of 2010. The show, which was aired on YTV, ABC Australia, the BBC in England as well as Disney and Nickelodeon in the United States, lasted two seasons.
Each episode featured 12 contestants, known as the Attackers, facing off against gladiators, the Defenders of Splatalot, over three stages — cross the moat, escaping the stockades and finally, capturing the crown.
However, the castle’s spinning mace wheel, giant foam axes, water engulfed floor, water guns and walls are now a shell of what they once were as the show stopped filming in 2015 leaving the set vacant and open to the elements, also very visible to curious passers by on the local road way.
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“Abandoned places are like stories that have been cut short,” real estate expert and Waterfront Homes LLC founder Chris Murphy told Bored Panda. “A hotel lobby with peeling wallpaper, a deserted school hallway, or a seaside cottage left to the effects of the weather. It makes you wonder what happened there. The building is still standing, but the life inside it has disappeared.”
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An abandoned place can also tap into something within us. According to clinical psychologist Dr. Daniel Glazer, it has to do with what he calls the “frozen story concept.”
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I documented the house and focused on its architecture, history, and current condition rather than myths or exaggeration.
“A frozen story refers to a space (place) where life was clearly present but has now stopped. Our brains have a natural desire to complete the missing narrative,” Dr. Glazer noted, adding that an abandoned place fascinates people because of their potential to “evoke both our imagination and our mortality.”
Dr. Glazer also mentioned “controlled unease” and projection as reasons why we are drawn to deserted places. As he explained, controlled unease is the ability to allow oneself to be uncomfortable or scared while feeling safe from harm.
It’s akin to enjoying a slasher film in the comfort of your home without worrying about the dangers of dealing with a knife-wielding attacker.
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