Australia’s Secret Chernobyl
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This is the tragic story of Wittenoom – a highly toxic city that was once populated by thousands.
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Sources:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gtJ059x1a8J-GGIHgSor56geAmllVtDV_PYoetyxhPI/edit?usp=sharing
Music:
Artlist:
Alon Peretz – A Forest Dark
Amit Werner – Mountain of Doom
ARYEH – Inner Soul (Instrumental Version)
Frank Schlimbach – Art Of Dead Man
Jordi Dalmau – Mystery
O P Baron – Shimmy With The Boogie Man
Theater Of Delays – Outer Limits
Tiko Tiko – Echoes Of Tomorrow
3D Models:
Sketchfab (CCA):
jimbogies – Generic Business Building
Mateusz Woliński – House
BoredPain666- Farm House
simple and extensive design – agricultural factory building
ElectricLeo – Factory Large Buildings
LucasPresoto – Bank Old West
Leo013 – Stylized Building
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@kimi18yt
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
1:11 this is the first time I‘ve heard someone pronounce it correctly 🥲
@No_user_data
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
I bet houses and objects turned into spiders
@8u88letea
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
? thats not even in NT? wonrg on map or not in NT
@Flizz0
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
The house in the thumbnail reminds me of No I’m Not A Human
@angelsuccubus666
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
While I agree this is a horrible thing to do, calling it "Australia's Chernobyl" is clickbat.
Chernobyl was caused by human error and a flawed reactor.
The spreading of Asbestos was deliberate and intentional.
Not at all the same thing, and makes it seem less like a crime and more like an accident.
@ramonetheninja
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
WA government is so corrupt, it's essentially just run by mining companies. Few people realise how corrupt Australia is
@seanthebrawn
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
Some great storytelling in this video, well done.
@deltacx1059
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
A company can get away with anything as long as it's posed as a accident or neglect
@TZTaFull
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
10:28 67 ☠☠💀💀
@MasterHonker
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
Hmm those watches arent ridiculously priced!
@LachsChaos187
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
And there are still people out there that say the government took lead paint and asbestos away from us because it “protects” us
@Rich50v
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
So that's what Jimmy Mcnulty was up to before The Wire…
@NyanCat-h3q
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
Poor animals.. they only think about the surface and the louder but dont care about the bigger consequences for years to follow. May the human greed that harms kill humans.
@LittleMisshorror-u7z
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
I live in Australia and yet I had zero clue about this
@The_LukeZ
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
Only OGs know Simpli is their second channel
@liamharrington6672
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
Corporations don't care about people, only money. If governments had the power to nationalize any company on their soil due to that company demonstrating ignorance or promoting dangerous behavior then any problem could be solved by fear of takeover. Governments wouldn't even need to run that company they would just dissolve it, sell of parts for scrap and fire everyone. Hard problems require hard solutions.
@justinoconnor8758
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
A part of the reason why “no one knows about it” and why it’s not on the news’s or maps or talked about much. Is for the safety of the public. You are not supposed to go there. But if it is advertised then uneducated or stupid people will end up going there and doing something they shouldn’t, and potentially dying. Whether it be accidental or on purpose the risk of death to the unknowing or just stupid is just not worth it.
@avro-day
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
It's like the real life silent hill town.
@PugilistCactus
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
What is wrong with the world?
Money. Money is whats wrong. Pays for every evil deed in this world.
@zenseed75
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE & MAKING $$ ONLY CARE ABOUT THEMSELVES. They knew and did nothing. Makes you wonder what is being hidden now.
@homietokesalot6805
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
Very well done video sir, it felt much longer than 13 mins.
@FurryestX
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
WHOS WAS THE IDEA?
@freshrot420
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
Looks like the planet has mostly safely sealed this away, we better dig it up! Just like lead too. They knew it was f'd, but they still did it all anyway. The less obvious thing is, rich old people do not have the luxury of waiting for cancer research to properly get done. It'd be one thing if this crap just happened, yet when such massive things happen and they already knew it's bad, it should be alarming.
@Groovelicious.
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
Why didn’t any of my schools I used to go to ever tell us about our exclusion zone, probably because they didn’t know as well
@mausercawley
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
Native dude is legit.
@mblake5937
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
Wait, they say removing them will be too expensive, but when they allowed people to go to a life threatening area, that was not expensive at all, because people’s lives cost nothing??? WTH?!
@glensimpson
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
This type of thing will keep happening all over the world – not from asbestos anymore, but now PFAs, and then whatever the next things will be… Until you start attaching jail time to the management and leadership positions of the companies that do this. As long as the punishment is just a fine, then it's just an extra tax/expense.
@hyperionsama
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
My first guess was the kangaroos 😅😂
@bunnyfufu9933
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
18mil for over thousands of deaths is crazy.
@TyCampbell666
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
This just shows how government views its people. You are just a number. This like so many other things are just a experiment on the populous. Never trust government or big businesses.
@NCOBrol
November 20, 2025 at 9:52 pm
blue mineral……….. i have bad fealings about this
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