Why would the Mormon church build an underground vault that could survive a nuclear war? ibid.
Massive walls, forts, trenches ... The nuclear age ushered in the ultimate defensive structures – bunkers. Secret underground facilities safeguarding governments ... Now people are turning to bunkers again. Codes and Conspiracies: Bunkers, 2014
London citizens fled underground during the Blitz of World War II. ibid.
Modern-day survivalists are once again turning to bunkers for their own peace of mind. ibid.
Penn Station, New York City ... When I first came down the tunnel it looked dangerous, man. Looked real dangerous. ’Cause even in daytime it was dark. And like I was scared ... It can’t be as bad as it is on top. Marc Singer, Dark Days 2000, music DJ Singer *****
I been down here for fucking five years, going on six. ibid.
You be surprised at the stuff I be finding. And I be selling and getting top dollar for. ibid.
She told me, Either the drugs or me. And I kept saying Her but I kept fucking going back to the drugs. One day when I went home my clothes were all packed, man. ibid.
I sell anything. What sells the best? Nasty movies. Nasty faggot movies. ibid.
My father was a dope fiend and an alcoholic. My mother she didn’t give a fuck. She let my father beat on her and beat on me and my sisters. She wouldn’t say anything. She wouldn’t do anything. I haven’t spoken to them in ten years and I don’t care to. They don’t give a damn about me right now. They had sixteen years to love me and treat me like a son and much less treat me like a human being, and they couldn’t do it then, and they couldn’t do it now. ibid.
In response to external pressures, armed Amtrak police are ordered into the tunnel to tell the residents that they have thirty days to pack up and evacuate or face a forcible eviction. Filming was prohibited. ibid. commentary
When they woke me up they had guns and everything. ibid.
I don’t want to go to the shelter. ’Cause I don’t want to worry about someone stealing my shit ... It’s infected with drugs. ibid.
Being homeless is all types of problems – you never know what lies ahead. ibid.
It’s hard to believe this is our last day in this place. I thought this day would never come. ibid.
Dark days. Real dark. ibid.
He lived here underground for 105 days. Bunker 1981 starring Anthony Hopkins & Richard Jordan & Cliff Gorman & James Naughton & Michael Lonsdale & Martin Jarvis & Michael Kitchen & Andrew Ray & Piper Laurie & Susan Blakely & Robert Austin et al, director GEorge Schaefer, commentary
A land of secrets that you can only see if you look at it [Britain] in a new way – from beneath. Britain Beneath Your Feet, BBC 2015
Underneath most of London is this stuff – soft squidgy clay. ibid.
This is the tallest waterfall in Britain – a hidden natural wonder. And standing here you can feel its raw elemental power. ibid.
The River Frome got in the way so it was simply built over [Bristol] creating this secret world. ibid.
The tunnels stretch out over five kilometres under the North Sea. ibid.
A secret world of networks and connections that are hidden underground. Britain Beneath Your Feet II
Some people might say my life is in a rut,
But I’m quite happy with what I got
People might say that I should strive for more,
But I’m so happy I can’t see the point.
Somethings happening here today
A show of strength with your boy’s brigade and,
I’m so happy and you’re so kind
You want more money – of course I don’t mind
To buy nuclear textbooks for atomic crimes
And the public gets what the public wants
But I want nothing this society’s got.
[Chorus]
I’m going underground, (going underground)
Well the brass bands play and feet start to pound
Going underground, (going underground)
Well let the boys all sing and the boys all shout for tomorrow. The Jam, Going Underground
Some of the big gang boys. Look at them. Hah. All done no good on last week’s pools so they’re back to heaving dirty big rails about in the tunnel. Yes – while you’re pressing the mattress there’s me and 1,119 others hard at it down the hole. EngNight on Film: An A-Z of the Dark, BBC 2011
Into the cavernous blackness of the twisting tunnels between the rails that link station to station, office to home, the Fluffers march each midnight ... Like glow-worms, night by night the Fluffers was behind the years of London’s tube trains. Yes, these are the Fluffers. People of another world, who see the sunshine only for a fleeting hour one day. ibid.
Of all life on earth there is something more mysterious yet more vital to our survival than anything else ... Much of its life is hidden underground ... The mushroom. Professor Robert Fortey, The Magic World of Mushrooms, BBC 2015
A secret life so magical, so weird, that it defies imagination. ibid.
Fungi evolved as a kingdom in their own rights, distinct from plants and animals. ibid.
The thrill of discovery, the thrill of the chase. ibid.
A huge web of tiny threads. ibid.
They have successfully recycled the world’s waste for hundreds of millions of years. ibid.
The country is fissured and fractured by underground faults that can erupt without warning. New Zealand: Earth’s Mythical Islands I, BBC 2016
Stories of mysterious subway systems have survived for thousands of years. Matt Ball, Ancient Blood Conspiracy, Youtube
Whitehall’s secret tunnels: it’s used by the MOD and by government … Mark Thomas Comedy Product: Secret Map of Britain, Channel 4 2002
Building a subterranean house embedded in the Earth can provide an intriguing and magical living experience. The World’s Most Extraordinary Homes IV: Underground, BBC 2017
Antiparos, Greece … Vals, Switzerland … an underground den as a holiday home … Queenstown, New Zealand … Dutch Mountain House by Denieuwegeneratie Architects. ibid.
Deep beneath America’s most notorious prison a recent discovery is revealing old rumours of secret tunnel systems. Secrets of the Underground s1e1: American Stonehenge, Discovery 2017
At the bottom of Lake Michigan lies a mysterious pattern of ancient rocks. Could this be an underwater Stonehenge? ibid.
Over the decades there were at least fourteen separate escape attempts by at least 36 different inmates. ibid.
Lake Michigan: A quarter-mile line of rocks culminating in an almost perfect hexagon. ibid.
In a major city riddled with underground passageways could a shadow government be planning the end of days? I’ll deploy advanced sonic technology to see through the walls under Denver. And in Ohio mystery shrouds an ancient mound shaped like a serpent. Secrets of the Underground s1e2: Mystery of the Serpent Mound
Denver: Some believe this idyllic metropolis is hiding an enormous secret … a secret network of tunnels. ibid.
The peculiar symbols scattered throughout the terminal … Exhibit A: a series of giant murals … which appears to portray the Apocalypse. ibid.
So there’s still a debate about who built the mound and why. ibid.
In the heart of Kentucky Bourbon country below one of Louisville’s elite hotels lies a series of forgotten tunnels. Was this the secret escape route of notorious gangster Al Capone? Secrets of the Underground s1e3: Capone’s Escape Tunnels
In western Washington a bizarre landscape has been baffling scientists for centuries. Who or what built the mysterious Mima Mounds? ibid.
Deep in the Pennsylvania woods lies a dark secret from America’s industrial past. Is this where dozens of missing labourers were secretly buried? And were their deaths accidental or foul play? Secrets of the Underground s1e4: America’s Buried Massacre
And in south-western Virginia … What caused a 47-acre lake to suddenly disappear? ibid.
For decades families made Mountain Lake a part of their summer tradition. Then, in 2002, something bizarre started happening. The lake levels began to drop dramatically, and by 2008, it had completely vanished. ibid.
It’s a pretty active earthquake zone … A huge hole … Water is actively getting sucked out. ibid.