Decay - A Podcast about Urban Exploration and Abandoned Places

Thomas Kenning

Decay is a podcast about urban exploration and abandoned places. Hosted by author and historian Thomas Kenning, each episode brings you the stories behind the urbex's most striking photos. Decay features interviews, stories, and reviews from society’s crumbling edges.

Episodes

  1. 10/27/2020

    06. Sunshine Sentinels – The Island Ruins of Fort Dade

    Fort Dade was an Endicott Period fortification which guarded the entry to Tampa Bay. Accessible only by boat, it has been abandoned for nearly a century. What’s left of Fort Dade today lies in ruins along the northwest shore of Egmont Key, crumbling in the debilitating heat and humidity of the Gulf Coast.  Thomas Kenning’s... Read More

  2. 10/13/2020

    05. Exploring Belchertown State School with Katherine Anderson

    Katherine Anderson is the award-winning author of two historic mysteries, Hospital Hill and Shadows in the Ward. She was born in 1980 in Western Massachusetts and is a special education teacher. For many years Kate has worked to painstakingly research and document the insane asylums and state schools in New England, publishing nonfiction works and... Read More

  3. 09/29/2020

    04. Writing Successful Urbex with Jay Farrell

    Jay Farrell is a prolific urbex photographer and author. In this exclusive interview, he talks about his recipe for the successful documentation of abandoned places. Jay Farrell’s latest book is Abandoned Memphis. You can find more of her photos online at https://www.jayfarrellauthor.com/. Follow the show at decaypodcast.wordpress.com or Instagram.

  4. 09/15/2020

    03. Urban Exploration in the Wake of a Hurricane with Kim Hill

    So often when we’re talking urbex, when we’re not creeping with caution down some stretch of storm drain or other municipal infrastructure, we’re talking about the long gone, the abandoned, the glory days that have faded, the slow decay – it’s right there in the show’s title. But what about when the ruins are fresh? ... Read More

    03. Urban Exploration in the Wake of a Hurricane with Kim Hill

  5. 08/31/2020

    02. The Most Toxic Town in America with Regina Daniel

    Picher, Oklahoma, for those you who don’t know, is one of the world’s most notorious ghost towns. It’s a name uttered in the same breath as Centralia, Pennsylvania or Pripyat, Ukraine.  It is a mining town, carved out by its principle industry – a superfund cleanup site with a population approaching zero, as of 2020.... Read More

    02. The Most Toxic Town in America with Regina Daniel

  6. 08/18/2020

    01. Welcome… to Forest Haven Mental Health Center

    In this episode, we go inside the notorious Forest Haven Mental Health Center with host Thomas Kenning. Closed by court order in 1991 - after numerous documented cases of negligence - this shuttered facility in the woods of Maryland, just outside of Washington, DC is a popular spot for urbex enthusiasts. Kenning reflects on a close call while exploring with some friends - and the deeper human themes that often get left out of the more sensational YouTube videos filmed at this tragic location...

  7. 08/08/2020

    Introducing Decay, a Podcast about Urban Exploration and Abandoned Places

    Ladies, gentlemen, boys, girls, anyone identifying otherwise, urban ghosts, and forgotten sons, home for the first time in years… Old friends and new – welcome to Decay, a Podcast about Urban Exploration and Abandoned Places. Stories behind the photos from society’s crumbling edges. I’m your host, Thomas Kenning. In this series, we talk to the folks... Read More

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Decay is a podcast about urban exploration and abandoned places. Hosted by author and historian Thomas Kenning, each episode brings you the stories behind the urbex's most striking photos. Decay features interviews, stories, and reviews from society’s crumbling edges.

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