it is just a remarkable remarkable feat
of engineering
welcome to watch mojo and today we're
counting down our picks for the top 10
craziest secret passages that very
pathway
still stands high and runs through the
city's main roads
the castle was also used as a prison for
those who planned attacks against the
vatican
holmes could get hold of his victims and
move them
along and down a three-dimensional
machine
for killing that enabled him to get his
innocent people into his into his web
into his
his mesh in this place he called his
castle look at this
so the cops didn't know it even existed
that is amazing
for this list we're looking at instances
of secret tunnels and passageways
throughout history
had you heard of all these tunnels let
us know in the comments
number 10. el chapo's escape route
joaquin el chapo guzman is one of the
world's most infamous drug kingpins
and in order to evade the law he used a
number of secret passageways over the
years
el chapo has a history he's built at
least 62 drug tunnels between mexico and
the united states
throughout this area he's built drug
tunnels so he has the experience
and he has the technicians to do it in
2014
tunnels were discovered that led from el
chapo's home to the sewage system
they were accessed by a secret hatch
underneath a bathtub
they led to a safe house a couple of
miles away we see
artifacts and what passes for
entertainment
tunnelborn and this isn't the only time
tunnels have been used in the illegal
drug trade
in 2006 a 2 360 foot tunnel was
discovered that went from mexico to the
united states
that was being used to move large
amounts of cannabis
it's just a remarkable remarkable feat
of engineering
number nine the monastery of mos santo
dil library passage
in the early aughts between 2000 and
2002 over a thousand aquarian books
disappeared from the monastery of mon
santo dil in france
it turns out they were stolen by
stanislaus goss who collected ancient
books
and who has discovered an old map that
detailed a secret passageway that led to
the monastery's library
the route he had to take involved
scaling the exterior walls of the
monastery
and ultimately using a hidden hatch
behind the library's cupboards
eventually the thief was caught based on
footage from cctv cameras
number eight the hawkhurst gang
smuggling passage
the hawkhurst gang operated in the
southeast of england in the 1730s and
40s
and was considered one of the most
fearsome criminal groups in history
they would steal things like wall and
soon became so
feared they would even drink in pubs
with their weapons on the table
there was a secret passageway connecting
two inns in the area the old bell and
the mermaid inn which the gang members
used to smuggle their goods
because evidence of the tunnels no
longer remains it's hard to know whether
tales of these passageways are based on
reality
or have been embellished for folktales
since the 18th century
some believe they simply used secret
sellers in barns for storage of their
illegal wares
number seven the regal knickerbocker
secret exit
it's now known as the millennium
knickerbocker but back in the
prohibition era
the regal knickerbocker was a grand 350
room establishment in chicago
it was built during the 1920s but when
it was being remodeled in the 80s
some construction workers came across
what appeared to be a secret door in one
of the ballrooms on the penthouse floor
the door led to a stairway which was
directly connected to the street level
look at this so the cops didn't know it
even existed that is amazing
yeah it is so cool seeing how much
history is still intact from the 1920s
and 30s here
it's suspected that this was used to
evade the law while illegally drinking
and gambling
when neither was permitted number six
the white tiger units escape route
while so many stories of secret
passageways involve triumphant escapes
this story unfortunately does not have a
happy ending the biako thai
or white tiger unit was a group of
several hundred teenage samurai who took
part in the boshin war
a group of 20 or so fighters escaped
from imperial troops during a raid using
a secret passageway
and when they came out they saw what
they believed to be their castle on fire
making them think they had lost the
battle in fact it wasn't actually the
castle that was aflame
but the group of boys committed mass
suicide rather than live with the loss
of their lord and families in the fire
unfortunately they had been mistaken and
the castle had not fallen
the smoke and flames were rising from
nearby buildings
misleading the group of the actual fate
of their lord's castle
number five versailles various
passageways
although versailles is one of the
world's best-known palaces it hides a
number of secrets
king louis xv had his mistress madame
zubari
stay in a room in the palace that had a
hidden door and stairway that led to his
own chambers
the apartments intended to blow
everyone's minds
and you can see why the kings later
louis the 15th and louis xvi
they didn't want to live in these rooms
they're too big and they also didn't
want to change them
they're too magnificent she was not
allowed to enter the king's room
so he would traverse the passage to
visit her during the french revolution
when the royal family was under siege by
protesters
marie antoinette escaped from the palace
using a secret passageway
but was apprehended just a day later
number 4
h.h holmes passages this secret passage
story is not for the faint of heart
one of history's most notorious serial
killers h.h holmes
built a building that became known as
the murder castle during the time of the
1893 world's fair in chicago
holmes himself was the architect of the
building
he was the only one who knew its design
there was this
constant turnover of workers the
building was alleged to be used as a
hotel
but it was filled with trick doors
secret passageways
soundproof rooms and shoots leading to
the basement
all of which holmes used to torture and
kill his victims
ultimately disposing of their bodies in
his homemade crematorium
holmes could get hold of his victims and
move them
along and down a three-dimensional
machine
for killing that enabled him to get his
innocent people into his into his web
into his his mesh
in this place he called his castle yikes
number three nottingham castle secret
entrance
in 1330 king edward ii of england was
captured and imprisoned by nobleman
roger mortimer
the first earl of march edward
eventually died while in captivity
publicly it will be claimed that edward
has died of natural causes
but as news of his death spreads
suspicion of murder grows
edward's son edward iii as well as a
band of supporters however stormed
mortimer's defenses using a secret
passageway in nottingham castle
despite the fact that mortimer had
hundreds of men stationed to keep
intruders out
edward's supporters used secret tunnels
to arrest mortimer
who was ultimately executed for treason
to the crown
and the murder of the king edward the
second number two
the paseto di borgo the pasetto diborgo
is a 2
600 foot long passageway that spans the
distance from vatican city with the
castel sant'angelo
that very pathway still stands high and
runs through the city's main roads
the castle was also used as a prison for
those who planned attacks against the
vatican
it dates back to at least 1277 and over
the centuries has been used by the
vatican's popes
while they were at risk or under
persecution in 1494 when the king of
france charles viii
invaded rome pope alexander vi used the
passageway to evade danger
the following century it was used by
pope clement vii during the sack of rome
at that time almost the entire swiss
guard was murdered by emperor charles v
soldiers
but the paseto allowed the pope to
escape an urban roman myth was born as a
result of the passato's reputation as a
path to safety
that says if a man walks 70 times along
the pasetto all his problems will
disappear
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number one the great pyramid's
mysterious secret chamber
the discovery has excited archaeologists
and historians around the world
but egypt's ministry of antiquities has
warned them
not to get carried away there have long
been suspicions that the builders of
egypt's pyramids used secret passageways
and even booby traps to deter
potential grave robbers of course it's
impossible to verify these hypotheses
100
but one new discovery has scientists
excited to solve a new mystery about the
ancient egyptians
a secret chamber was discovered in the
great pyramid using cosmic ray
technology
that detected a space that had been
previously unknown to experts
now a cascade of questions how did the
egyptians use this space
and did they leave anything behind there
are many theories about what the space
may have been used for
but because it would be destructive to
actually access it
we may never know its true purpose the
purpose of the cavity is not clear with
it potentially serving as a separate
chamber or a structural support
the discovery has however been labelled
a breakthrough by the scientists
involved
showing how modern particle physics can
be put into practice by archaeologists
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