ECHOES OF ELSEWHERE | an urban exploration podcast
Echoes of Elsewhere explores the forgotten, the haunted, and the hidden. Through immersive storytelling and in-depth interviews with fellow explorers and seekers of the strange.Each episode uncovers the echoes left behind in abandoned places.
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EP. 53 | ECHOES | The Shape of Absence (film) (opens the original)
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For nearly two years, I’ve been walking through places that most people have long since walked away from. Abandoned homes. Forgotten schools. Empty hospitals. Farms, hotels, churches, factories.. places where something once existed, and now only traces of it remain. But somewhere along the way, Echoes of Elsewhere became about more than exploring abandoned places. It became about the people who are drawn to them. The stories we uncover. The beauty we find in decay. The things we leave behind. An
EP. 52 | TRESPASSING THROUGH TIME | Interview with @Dauntless_Obscura_ (opens the original)
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In this episode of "Echoes of Elsewhere" Courtney Autumn sits down with photographer, explorer and friend Eva, known in the urbex community as Dauntless Obscura, discussing how shared exploration can become real connection. Eva shares how her fascination with abandoned places began in childhood, how she got serious about photographing bandos after buying her first digital camera in 2010, and how she began posting consistently on Instagram around 2019–2020 after discovering the online urbex commu
EP. 51 | THE HOUSE IN THE WOODS | Beyond The Abandoned (5) (opens the original)
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On this episode of Echoes of Elsewhere we dive in to another segment of Beyond the Abandoned to tell the story of Cati Blauvelt, a 22-year-old from Simpsonville, South Carolina, who vanished on October 24, 2016. After midnight on October 26, her friends searched an abandoned farmhouse in the woods and found her body concealed in the basement; she had been stabbed. Suspicion quickly focused on her husband, Army recruiter John Blauvelt, amid a volatile marriage and allegations of domestic violence
EP. 50 | THE ELASTICITY OF TIME | Interview with Stev Hull-Allen (opens the original)
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Host Courtney Autumn introduces writer and urban explorer Stev Hull-Allen, recommended by Blake Pfeil of All American Ruins, for a conversation about why people are drawn to abandoned places beyond photography. Stev recalls first exploring Medfield State Hospital at 13 and discusses the mental health, identity, authenticity, and “elasticity of time” he experiences in ruins, often exploring alone because it feels most authentic and calming. Courtney and Stev connect these pull factors to hardship
EP. 49 | ABANDONED YOUTH (Carolina Springs Academy) | Beyond The Abandoned (4) (opens the original)
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Some abandoned places leave behind more than empty buildings. For years, Carolina Springs Academy promised desperate families hope—a place where struggling teenagers could find discipline, healing, and a second chance. But behind those promises, many former students describe a vastly different reality. In this special documentary episode of Echoes of Elsewhere , Courtney explores the history of Carolina Springs Academy, its ties to the troubled teen industry and WWASP, survivor testimony, lawsui
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