An Empty World, A Time Traveler, Another Dimension | Liminal Spaces: The Reality In-between

[@biggianthead17]

I don't know who you are or what you did for a living before this, but you have become one of my favorite channels. You are absolutely amazing and I have learned so much in the few weeks I've been listening to you. I'm hooked on your stories and the way you narrate them. It's an amazing show... so entertaining. If our high schools and colleges taught their material the way you present your materials, we'd have a nation of eager learners and well- educated people. Learning while being entertained...what a concept! Thank you and keep up the great work/show.

[@hermanpieterse791]

I agree, that is true for me too.

[@bernierose1114]

Very well said and I totally agree. This is an incredible find, so informative and entertaining not to mention such a cute co host the fish lol.

[@korbendallas71]

100%. Awesome channel. The crème of KZbin content

[@caveresch]

Big facts. This dude has mad skill.

[@iamthatiam44444]

That is exactly what they don't want in teachers, they need to keep us dumbed down so we can't stand up to them (elites) that is.

[@karenmassey8354]

Your talking about the malls makes me realize how much our world has changed since the 80’s and 90’s. Going to the mall during Christmas time used to be the event of the year. Now they’re mostly completely gone. It’s like we live in an entirely different world now.

[@kellyslife7802]

I agree! When I was in my teens, my friends and I would go into town and spend the entire day there, so much to do! Now, it is a really sad reminder that this once bustling town has turned into abandoned shops. There is no longer a sense of community, and old traditions have all but disappeared. I do love the idea of being able to go into a shopping centre ( how we say it in the U.K ) and fighting in a zombie apocalypse! I would like to get back out again though 😁😁

[@John--]

Yeah same here. My parents would take me every weekend to buy toys or watch a movie or play at the arcade. Now that malls a corpse of what it once was.

[@smartman123]

80 s kid here every thing normal and beautiful just gone

[@MarcillaSmith]

Christmastime is what I thought of, too. I remember every year, First UMC of Orlando would take a Youth trip to Altamonte Mall and spend the day - well, as he said - shopping and eating. Even as a young adult, my ex was from Baldwin County, Alabama. When visiting family there, we'd sometimes take a day trip to Pensacola. The girls would go around to the shops, while Johnny and Harry would mostly sit near the fountain in the middle and "people-watch."

[@davidmarvy6788]

Malls and movie theaters are something kids will never truly understand.

[@AllenUry]

Back in my "younger days," I had to pull "all-nighters" to complete time sensitive projects. There's nothing quite like being alone in a big office building at 3:00 in the morning. Spooky as hell.

[@juliusfucik4011]

I guess I am weird (I am autistic), but I have always loved the dark, the lonely and the quiet. I regularly take the very first train to work and go half an hour early just to enjoy the dark, cold, empty train station.

[@danijel124]

@@juliusfucik4011 I dont know how you know youre autistic or not (I dont care loolz), but allen is right. Being alone in a big office building is spooky af. If im at work and im alone I feel also sometimes spooked. Sometimes its good to be alone but most of the time it can be a scary feeling...

[@thesmalllebowski6528]

I used to work in a large factory as a mechanic on the night shift. We were shutdown on weekends. I used to have to come in 2-3 hours before everyone else on Sunday night to start all the air compressors and boilers. When I came in it was just the emergency lighting, so like one fixture out of every 10 was on. I had to walk the whole grounds and turn all the lights on. It was very bizarre. After watching this video I understand the feeling better

[@myfirstnamemylastname2994]

But kind.of peaceful too.

[@douglaschitwood1342]

Yeeesss

[@SinfernalGaming]

I never binged a KZbin channel before yours. I'm 42 years old.

[@thomassellars7390]

Ok

[@JANEEDISTURBED]

Ikr?!

[@CrypticCocktails]

I was thirty seven and it was Red Letter Media. Everyone remembers their first time…

[@SandMan0010]

It's good a

[@NikolaiVolkovski]

How have you lived this long and only just now started binging youtube videos?

[@mistygoodson4025]

I’m a night shift nurse. I only take the long route to labs because I feel like the empty part of the hospital at night is how horror movies begin. 😂

[@midnightrunner684]

I used to be a Mortuary transport driver ..its a strange feeling when you are pushing a body through an empty hallway at like 2:00 am ..

[@-..-_]

We're all secretly weird and serial killers inside 😂

[@dashizzle1985]

omg I use to work in the hospital and I can tell you i felt like it was a horror movie as well. it was a mile long walk down the hallway to the lab.

[@susanengel-ix8bl]

Yeah right, ? Halloween movies

[@user69987]

Maybe 1 or 2 horror movies. If you've consider viral outbreak films as, horror movies, they start in the busier, more populated parts of hospitals.

[@samanthahendry2705]

This guy does not get enough credit! Not only is he absolutely fascinating to listen to, he teaches in a way all ages can understand, he's got likeability, charismatic, intelligent, articulate, he's got the comedy to a T, creative af. Absolute perfection. Thanks for all you do and all the work you clearly put in to each and every video. Be proud you're absolutely doing something very worthwhile. Reaching countless lives. Outstanding 🎉❤

[@tristanphillips7275]

Not enough credit? Literally every video he posts has thousands of the same comment practically worshipping his work.. I myself love his channel. He gets plenty of credit.

[@vorkosiganhs]

I don’t forget, there is a group of people working with him to bring us those amazing videos

[@C.O.G.]

@samanthahendry2705, "this guy" has a name; A.J.

[@aliennemesis0663]

Not enough credit? 🤔 Bro has over 3 million subscribers lol

[@aliennemesis0663]

​@@C.O.G.technically his name is Andrew 😅

[@adamc3636]

This is the most addictive Chanel on KZbin, I discovered about a week ago and cannot stop watching! AJ and Hecklefish have a great way of telling the stories in ways even an idiot like me can follow along! I’m hooked! Great work guys!

[@machiavellussedaili1714]

Love this show too but I think Santini is more addictive.

[@justincamp6121]

What who is santini?

[@machiavellussedaili1714]

@@justincamp6121 only the most addictive Chanel on the planet.

[@c.w.8289]

He‘s a superb story teller and I love listening to him. I just hope people realize these are still only stories and did not really happen.

[@juliusseizure5705]

@@c.w.8289 like, what's his channel bro. You're the only one on a first name basis with the guy.

[@Camisbam]

Every comment is praising your channel and overwhelmingly showing how much they enjoy this content.... Crazy. haven't seen support like this in a while. Very happy to find your page a month ago.

[@creechavo]

Believe it or not hes gonna have over a million subs by early next year. His story telling is off the charts, he could be telling me a bunch of lies and I'll still listen. It's his presentation that gets me hook. He a very good researcher and writer.

[@TheWhyFiles]

Very kind of you to say, Creechavo. I'm glad you're out there.

[@creechavo]

@@TheWhyFiles im always on the the move so it's good to listen than having to read.

[@HauntedAbysss]

Almost already there by the time most people read this it'll be way past a million

[@LostEchoGamer]

I agree 👍

[@angela_somanythings5670]

I'm so glad I found his channel, AND right before he reaches 1Mil! Sweeeet!!

[@timgroen1995]

I love the format of telling the story as it is reported first and then bringing up the holes in it after. It allows the listener to be invested and emerse themselves into the subject and then also be informed to the reality of it. At the end of the video it makes it so people have to make up their own mind as to what is worth consideration. Really the best of both worlds.

[@michaelmccoy1794]

*Immerse

[@spurdy7589]

A good example of a KZbin channel getting more popular due to its content and not begging for likes!

[@matthuckabey007]

You deserve some kind of award or recognition for your high caliber yet hilarious and moving content.

[@MoonLight-sugarplum]

Yes, I totally agree 💯% He should get an award even a 🏆 Lol.

[@jbaris]

@@MoonLight-sugarplum What are you talking about? He literally has millions of subscribers and millions of views on his videos and is rich because of it. That is his trophy.

[@mariaboyd7380]

😢he's being targeted by CIA due to AI algorithms of exposing them.

[@UzziHD]

Oh he’s getting paid plenty with all the constant ads and sponsors

[@tykemorris]

Sometimes a hoax is impressive even when you know it isn't real. Javier did an excellent job with seemingly endless content, even driving down roadways. He used CGI, photo shop, every trick in the book, as well as just asking people to clear out spaces for a movie shot. Some people debunked some slips, such as a brief reflection of a man on glass doors, but sometimes fake is fun.

[@Ali-lm7uw]

Watch the full video, he says he shot all that as a part of some documentary

[@miggs80]

@@rswow 😂

[@Shanghaimartin]

@@rswow You need 'proof' that someone didn't time travel to 2027 and somehow manage to be posting Tiktoks backwards in time? Well my friend, do you want to buy some magic beans? Just sent me your bank details !!

[@Wutangclanaintnothin2fuckwith]

@@rswow are you joking? Never ceases to amaze me how dumb people are. How would they post to tik tok in our universe while being in an alternate universe. It’s called logic you artard

[@kedryncaitin9157]

If nothing else, had everyone disappeared 6 years prior, no place would have electricity unless maybe on solar and nothing had damaged or coated/covered the cells enough to block out light. But the vast majority of the world would be power dead and a lot of incidents at nuclear plants.

[@Squidbush8563]

After working as a night janitor for a school district for nearly 10 years, I've become VERY familiar with liminality. It starts out as eerie and unsettling, but it eventually became one of my favorite places to spend time.

[@immortalapple.]

I'm a nighttime janitor at 2 different banks. I found the liminal feeling slightly eerie at first too but now I feel anxious on my off days when I dont go to the banks.

[@bushhippie7372]

My dad was a principal and I would do work at the school on weekends and nights on occasion. It’s a very strange feeling. Especially considering I went to that school.

[@cmhughes8057]

Yes, these videos of the backrooms for me are not scary at all. In fact they are comforting, maybe because like you I have spent lots of time in places like these working, going places. They remind me of the wood between the worlds, nothing really happens but that is okay as nothing is going to harm you really either.

[@Oriol-oo7jl]

@@cmhughes8057 yes, i guess that's why they add the lurking creatures. Becuse per se, the place is not very menacing

[@brycebailey7215]

@@cmhughes8057 I disagree. The thought of being trapped in a liminal space, without social interaction, is terrifying.

[@southernguru1455]

This channel gives me a certain kind of peace that's hard to describe, almost a relief from all the crazy things going on.

[@michaelgiza9544]

I second your comment sir. The first time I watched I thought the whole fish thing was extremely wacky and would last the whole video but it did not and yes it also gives me a sense of Peace that's hard to describe keep it up man who talks to fish!!!

[@Kisha_Zuri]

I was gonna say, I felt like he was holding my hand while taking me through the backrooms...like, "here comes a jump scare, but you'll be ok...trust me. I got ya..." he makes discussing unnerving topics less stressful! 😊🥰

[@poihp25]

It's probably the talking goldfish sidechick 🤣 kinda comforting huh!?

[@jonahb0i957]

I like this channel alot because he brings these theories to life andalso brings the other side to keep it from pulling you in and causing chaos

[@susanengel-ix8bl]

I sometimes walk into a place and right away my anxiety shoots right through the roof, there's just something off

[@equinoxb8711]

Those zombie malls made me so nostalgic. It's sad we've lost these experiences today 😞

[@jenniferlindsey2015]

I have never seen a channel cover such a wide variety of non-mainstream topics that wasn’t a skeptic or debunking video. I love that you leave us guessing and questioning our own reality and existential existence.

[@user-fb8bh1fc6l]

You’ve given hope back to KZbin, from my perspective. Thank you, please keep it up! We can feel the effort and hours of research and curiosity put into these videos.

[@_chakan_]

You’re an absolute beast of a storyteller my friend, and have quickly become my favorite channel. Thank you for all the hard work and time you put into your videos, as always I look forward to the next one!

[@blaizegottman4139]

Yes he is

[@charlesmark231]

Damn, this channel is by far the most mind brightening on YT

[@ananthakrishnan8484]

There is one incident that happened in my childhood that I will never forget, in my apartment complex there is a long passage which connects one apartment complex to another (from block E to block F), it's like a concrete square tunnel with lighting but no windows or doors, I travel through this passage to reach my friends house in adjacent apartment complex to play on his PC everyday. One time I was up late like 10pm playing Pitfall on his PC (this was pretty late for me considering I studied in primary school then, I used to go to sleep by 9pm everyday) and I hurried back since my mom would be furious. I ran through that passage then I stopped immediately and backed up, there was a door in the passage which I have used hundreds of times before but have never seen that door till now, I was surprised then curious so I looked closely at that door, it made me feel weird (not scary but like familiar, like I have already seen the door before). The door looked exactly like other doors of the apartments but it's pearly white in colour. I stood there for few secs before remembering that my mom might be waiting for me with a ruler to beat me up, I panicked and ran back to my appartment, offcourse I received a scolding but luckily no beating. The next day I arrived at that same passage, that door was gone. I stood there several minutes wondering about last night, about what really happened and I got goosebumps. I am still wondering to this day? What if I had opened that door? And checked it when I had the chance and now I will probably wonder about this incident till the day I die.

[@bgee461]

Wild stuff. Wish you could have taken a 👀

[@kyststudio-epicartadventure]

That’s the kind of thing I was talking about. It makes me wonder where our primary consciousness resides, if there are parallel dimensions. And if you had opened that door, what would have happened to your family? Was it opportunity knocking? An exit? A temptation? No way to answer from a path never taken.

[@Detroitvs.Everybody]

That's a very interesting story... It's alittle unnerving really.. gave me alittle anxiety lol... I have never had an experience like that before. Thanks for sharing

[@ananthakrishnan8484]

@@stefenchapman6143 did you experience something similar??

[@LittlefootOnthetrail16]

This story really got me. I went to visit the mall but for a lack of a better word... I grew up in. The mall was dead. There was no one and only a few stores open. looked around for a while just feeling out of place. As I was leaving I saw Auntie Anne's Pretzels. For old-time's sake, I stopped and got a pizza pretzel ad a cup of cinnamon bites. I sat down in the mostly empty mall looking around and eating my snack. The food was obviously old. Something back in the day you would never get from that place. Everything was quiet. I just felt like I was invading a space I was no longer welcome in. I tossed what was left of my stale snack and went home. That was about a week ago. I still feel bad. Something about being in that mall just got to me and I have not gotten over it yet.

[@remar-6]

Aw reminds me of the Oviedo mall. Was so lively at one point. The last time I went a couple of years ago it was the food court and movie theater not much else.

[@Saint876_]

Okay

[@PumpkinPails]

I actually love going to half dead malls. I sit down on a bench with a drink and draw. I enjoy listening to the sounds of Muzak echoing from some store around the corner, the clicking of high heels on the second floor, the laughter and mumbled conversations of the scattered people walking around me, the smells of popcorn and Chinese food from the food court. It is sad that most malls are shells of what they used to be, but I find the unsettling silence very relaxing.

[@yanyanz3011]

It's the proof that we are living in a simulation.

[@maschiavon]

In Brazil we have several cases and we call it "Seven Beyond". Me, my wife and my children were in a crowded hotel, with hundreds of people, this hotel, old and huge, had the ground floor, with the entrance, a second floor with the restaurant and games, and just two more floors, with the bedrooms. It had an elevator and two stairs. The hotel was full, she left the full restaurant with my six-year-old son, because the daily rate included meals, and the restaurant was huge, so she and my son went up the stairs and on the next floor, which would be ours, every lights were erased and there were no numbers in the rooms, she went up another floor and the same thing, she went up two more floors and the same thing, and at this point she had already gone up two more floors than the hotel had. She came down scared with my son to the cafeteria floor and it was empty, when before it was full. From the counter in front of the cafeteria, which could see the ground floor, there was no one there either. She got desperate and went back to the stairs, and this time, going down one floor, everything went back to normal. My six-year-old son confirmed the story.

[@JP-pt9iz]

Hey AJ and Hecklefish, I love you guys and this channel so much! I'm absolutely fascinated with all the content you put out and can't thank you enough for all the hard work and clever humor you put into every episode! I was born a natural critical thinker and observer and I can't help but to notice and question everything. Especially, especially, especially when stories or even fine details don't add up. I don't always know when I'm being lied to, but I definitely always know when I'm not being told the truth. I truly believe that we as individuals and especially as a collective whole are absolutely fundamental to the reality we live in and as such we are capable of accomplishing extraordinary things if we can manage to let go of physical attachment (the ego) and simply trust the process, trust our intuition, and inevitably, trust each other. Please don't ever stop creating on this channel.. You're awesome! We all are!! 😊 Much love to all!! ❤✌️😁

[@TheWhyFiles]

Warms my little heart when I get comments like this, JP. I'm grateful for you.

[@susieries3947]

So now I have a word for my feelings when , when I’m in California my sister and I drive by the lot where my parents house was before it burnt down. We sit and look at the lot and I remember the rooms and how I can never go back into them because they don’t exist . My mother died in 1978 ( ancient history) and my father sold the house and moved. The house burnt down around 1980 and the lot has stayed empty in an expensive area . We can’t figure out why. But sitting in front, not talking , gives me the feeling you talked about. It’s a kind of nostalgia and homesickness combined

[@KiboSanti]

"Hiraeth". The Welsh word for an intense, often painful homesickness or nostalgia. The desperate desire to return to a time or place that is impossible to return to.

[@pelman5483]

There are other channels that cover this kind of content but you manage to give it meaning. Those empty malls of our youth aren't just buildings, they are stark reminders of how quickly modern life changes. Very moving really, thanks!

[@TheWhyFiles]

You're so welcome, Pelman! Thanks for watching.

[@TheWhyFiles]

@Nathaniel Del Angel I *love* this idea, Nathaniel! Do me a favor and send this through the tips line and including any links that you think could be helpful: thewhyfiles.com/tips Nice work!

[@TheDestroyer73]

@Nathaniel Del Angel i heard a recent theory recently not sure if new or old theory but it goes something like: once you die here you dont exactly get reborn here in the same world you are born again BUT in another parallel world and so on. It involves the multiverse theory which in a way could make sense as to why people say they see a white light as they are dying but are brought back....they were being born somewhere else lol xD who knows

[@JoeZyzyx]

Ever see the movie "Big Fish"? It has elements of this in it. The son believes all the crazy stories his dad told were just fabrications, until his father dies and he discovers they aren't.

[@JoeSmith-zu6lb]

Not too long ago I read an article about all these abandoned malls across the country. The article was suggesting using these malls as housing units for retired seniors. Seeing that housing for seniors is somewhat limited and expensive, this makes a lot of sense. The malls would also provide ample parking for them and any visitors. Stores could be reopened as well. Sounded like a win-win situation to me.

[@nachgeben]

The idea of them for seniors is a little frightening. Seniors need to be close to help. Other proposals was for using them to provide housing to the homeless, which I think is mildly better, but would still require modifications to how open they are. Either way, they need to be used for SOMETHING. They're unused space. In other parts of the world, these buildings would transition with needs because of a lack of space to build new things continuously. We should absolutely be doing the same thing with these malls.

[@michaelteems5813]

@@nachgeben Not necessary. Seniors does not mean helpless, those that need help are in nursing homes where everything can be provided including medical help if needed. These could be retasked to accommodate active seniors who do not need support, only a reasonable cost accommodation. Most seniors I know are quite active with their friends and neighbors. The same would be there. New friendships would be created, and a thriving community would be created, and shops could be reopened to serve those needs in that community.

[@psmith2714]

They'll be used for fema camps

[@Seeker_of_sense]

@@michaelteems5813 This is indeed a fantastic idea!

[@johnbash-on-ger]

They could make something beautiful by revitalizing those malls. Retirement malls.

[@The.ARCHIT3CT]

This reminds me of an old art bell episode where someone called claiming to have information about inter-dimensional beings. As he was telling his story, the entire radio station mysteriously shut down. But what stood out about his story is, he said "aliens" aren't what we think they are. He claimed that what we describe as aliens and UFO's were actually beings that come from an alternate dimension.

[@User___005]

That story looks very much fake.Some people are so narrow minded that they think there can't be life in other planets/stars/universes and only Earth has got life so they make these stories.According to them either aliens are time traveling humans from future or aliens are inter dimensional beings of Earth but they won't accept the fact that there's a high possibility of life being in other planets/stars/universes too.In the famous case of Betty and Barney Hill the greys told them they're from Zeta Reticuli universe.What was that then?

[@boejudden9011]

that's not what happened. he said he had worked area 51 and was going to leak information, then he pretended people were after him and he hung up. The radio station didn't shut down, Art Bell kept talking like every other episode

[@ilyasanzo]

Yes... They co-exist with our timeline just in another, out of our rationale, space.. there's no such things as a parallel universe.

[@LostJewelzEnt]

@@boejudden9011 you couldn’t be more wrong. Listen to the clip at 3:45. Art states he had to get on a backup system because the ENTIRE system went down and knocked them OFF THE AIR. He says this with his own mouth: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oHyZqZ6Fnt90mLc

[@The.ARCHIT3CT]

@@boejudden9011 might want to re-watch/listen to the episode. Either that, or were talking about two diff ones. The whole station went down and Art confirmed this on the show.

[@MrNick-og4qm]

I drive my son to a dr appointment two hours away in the middle of Mississippi, it was a regular hospital, just like the one near our home, but there was nobody there, the whole time my son (13) said “dude this is the back rooms,” it was such a cool thing for him to reference something from stories that I like, but in the whole hospital there was a receptionist, and the dr we had to see, on the third floor, other than that it was empty

[@thedrunkbard4772]

I completely get this! My mom was hospitalized years ago for a week so I would go home to shower and come back and one time I got there not too late and there was not one person on the first floor. No janitors, doctors, nurses, janitors, receptionists, security or patients. I didn't pass a single person and what made it creepier was the Muzak playing over the speakers. I got video because it made me very uncomfortable. I showed my two sons and they also said that it reminded them of the backrooms. I explained what liminal spaces were and now they are obsessed with them lol. It was very creepy.

[@dr.medieval1131]

I went to see a lawyer once in an office building here in LA. We got off the elevator and went down a carpeted hallway, then turned down another, then another. Every hallway and door looked exactly the same. Eggshell white and very clean. Many of the doors had no names or numbers on them. No windows, no people. just the soft hum of the AC. When the "backrooms" became a thing a few years ago, the first thing I thought of was that building.

[@jnmwtkns]

I worked in one of those building types when I worked for a local now big hospital. Went in rooms on clean side all looked the same. Into real world for long enough to do experiments needed then out the dirty side to exactly the same set up one dirty foot operated hamper with nothing in them ever !walk down the hall to clean and sanitizing chamber the rinse and repeat most times for 10 plus hours! It was really maddening. I had to make notes on my hands to remind me where I needed to go to next before washing and sanitizing and off to next repeating hallway and rooms .

[@TheDestroyer73]

thats kinda why i hate hospitals then...all look the same and you feel like you are trapped or could get lost

[@ericchristian6710]

covid

[@Frankie5Angels150]

@@jnmwtkns And it stole your ability to make comprehensible sentences!

[@jnmwtkns]

@@Frankie5Angels150 yea strike one dummy! You obviously understood every word! Is yo feewers huurt? Lmfao!

[@brendangalvin6935]

Surprised you didn't mention Stephen King's book "The Langoliers" (also a movie). A commercial plane flies through a tear in reality, and sends half a dozen people to the liminal space of the immediate past, just a second or two behind "real" time. This was the first thing that jumped to my mind. Second thing was an old episode of the What the Hell Show with Sean Kennedy where they talked about these in-between spaces. Very interesting.

[@Nautilus1972]

Stephen is awesome.

[@n-da-bunka2650]

Great movie! My favorite quote is at the end "Look at the NEW people Maw!" to which an annoyed busy mother trying to hustle through the now populated airport to catch a flight pulls the kid ignoring his observation!

[@jaylestingi]

LOVE THE LANGOLIERS! Remember the stale food? The cigs that wouldn't light? Loved it!

[@towardthewithin4018]

Wasn’t there 2 versions of Langoliers?

[@TinaLouise73]

I love that movie! Scary but good suspense build up movie!

[@noname75013]

"Every leminal space has the same point, to find you way out" that hit hard. I recall, as a newly divorced dad, the profound feeling of being like a ghost in my house. It was like life stopped when my kids weren't there. It felt sad and the whole point was to figure out how to move out of that space.

[@Benjaminleo815]

What happened? Did you find your way?

[@Spielername]

That's what one would describe as a depressive period. It's not chronicle (at least I hope so) and a completely understandable reaction to the situation you're in. I can very well relate to the feelings you have and I think it's almost the same feeling you'd have when you lose a loved one and you have to live alone in the same home you lived together... I hope that you find a way to deal with it and wish you good luck! Also, when I was a young teen we had a house in our backyard. It was something like an apartment building and the inhabitants moved out the year before I think. We broke in to this empty building as you do if you live in a big city and have nothing else to explore. The whole scenery made me somehow sad. There were all those things left behind by people who made this house a home for their families and nothing had any personal value to it anymore. Someone were buying all of those things and arranged it an a special manner. There was a children's room where the parents brought their children's to bed and read them bed time story's and a living room the whole family was "living" in. It remembered me of my own home and how we lived our life and it showed me that a "home" ain't the house or apartment we live in but the atmosphere that exists when you with your family (or the atmosphere you produce for yourself), where ever you are.

[@cheeseraid]

Lasted almost a year for me

[@riflebear1711]

I'm sorry you had to go through that bro. If I ever find myself there, I could never stay in the house. I'd sell it, store any wealth that I made and become a farm hand

[@HonorarySaiyan]

That went deep way too quick. Probably why she divorced you. Don't take it seriously. Just tryin' to make ya laugh.

[@johnrichardson7354]

Sorry to comment so soon, but, You easily have the most interesting content on any streaming media site. Great personality. Crisp, concise storytelling. Non-condescending, professional presentation, all in an entertaining environment. I'm hooked. (Also A.J. is good too.) Keep up the good work!

[@MuhammadsMohel]

Sorry to comment within an hour of your comment but excellent evaluation.

[@ericbishoff4812]

Hehe

[@TheWhyFiles]

Amazing comment, John. I wish everyone in the comments was as great as you!

[@johnrichardson7354]

@@TheWhyFiles Some people just don't write so good no more.

[@pungar12aa]

That was brilliantly done. I had a good laugh, and yes , he is terrific. . Heckle fish taught him well. 😂

[@adnaanu]

Earlier this year I went to an amusement park (Flamingo land ,in the UK). My family were in a far-off isolated part of the park and it closed. By the time we got around to the exit, the entire park was empty. Walking through the empty park just gave us a sense of dread. Felt like we were in a movie like "I am legend " or "28 days later" . Creepy because it was eerily quite.

[@blaizegottman4139]

That's very eerie

[@rhashelprice9431]

My family and I were locked inside the buffalo zoo when I was a kid. They announced the zoo was closing and we slowly made our way towards the exit and by the time we got there the gates were locked and everyone was gone. I don't recall what happened exactly like why it took us so long to get to the exit but we had to find a security guard to let us out

[@theophilus5772]

I got stuck in back rooms at a hotel by accident one time and it took me about half an hour to find my way out. It was full of huge empty hallways, and stairwells. The hotel itself was full of people, but I couldn't find anyone or even hear anyone. I was running up and down the hallways going from one level to the next. I finally noticed a spot in one stairwell where there were two unconnected sets of stairs and jumped over the railings. I took the new stairs to the first door and found everyone. The strangest thing about it was that it seemed like the empty hallways were in the same place as the full hallways, if that makes sense. It felt like I slipped into a different dimension or something.

[@johnnyBrwn]

If this is a true story, it's feasible that the construction workers, interior designers, used uniform designs throughout the hotel. Which is why everyone seemed similar. Additionally, hotels are full of strangers so it makes perfect sense that people would keep to themselves and stay in their rooms.

[@KoalaEater]

Share your drugs please

[@godskingssages4724]

No. You need to see a psychiatrist

[@maschiavon]

In Brazil we have several cases and we call it "Seven Beyond". Me, my wife and my children were in a crowded hotel, with hundreds of people, this hotel, old and huge, had the ground floor, with the entrance, a second floor with the restaurant and games, and just two more floors, with the bedrooms. It had an elevator and two stairs. The hotel was full, she left the full restaurant with my six-year-old son, because the daily rate included meals, and the restaurant was huge, so she and my son went up the stairs and on the next floor, which would be ours, every lights were erased and there were no numbers in the rooms, she went up another floor and the same thing, she went up two more floors and the same thing, and at this point she had already gone up two more floors than the hotel had. She came down scared with my son to the cafeteria floor and it was empty, when before it was full. From the counter in front of the cafeteria, which could see the ground floor, there was no one there either. She got desperate and went back to the stairs, and this time, going down one floor, everything went back to normal. My six-year-old son confirmed the story.

[@jeanniefromtahini5197]

Christ, that "back rooms" thing really unnerved me!

[@alancanedo4148]

I used to work in a grocery store. Most of my shifts would begin at 4 or 5 in the morning, so seeing a big store empty is kinda eerie. In a way, I kinda enjoyed those few hours of quietness before we opened and things started getting busy, especially during the holidays, lol. I loved the final message you shared with us. Currently I'm in the process of moving houses and I'm terrified. I've grown fond of the area my family and I have lived in these past few years, so having to start all over again in a new place is scary. I do believe things happen for a reason, they shape and mold us into who we'll become. I appreciate your videos and love all the topics you cover!

[@user-dk6bm4gu5w]

Recently found this channel. Absolutely love it. This video really got me. I have been fascinated with/by liminal places for as long as I can remember. The funny thing is that I had no idea there was a name for it. I remember house sitting for a friend when I was a teenager and I loved the weird feeling of being in someone else’s empty house. A few years ago I was working night shift and my favorite part of my shift was when I took my break around 2am and would wander around a four story office building on site that I had access too. It was dead empty and there were just the emergency lights on. I would just wander the empty quiet halls and cubicle areas. I couldn’t get enough of it. It was a bit creepy at times, but mostly just fascinating and as mentioned in the video, a bit unsettling. It reminded me of the Stephen King novel The Langoliers.

[@sharkbait3332]

Hecklefish was on point this episode! Had me laughing out loud. I've found myself in liminal spaces before and instead of feeling odd, I felt at ease. The Coov destroyed my ability to grocery shop at 3 am, damn it. I think the word you're looking for is anti-social, which is true. I'm friendly but absolutely avoid strangers and crowds. Social distancing was a breeze for me. LOL

[@avicennitegh1377]

hahaha - typical itrovert

[@McCarthyJohn100]

I feel ya, I loved social distance and a logical reason to not have to make small talk and go places that weren't necessary

[@GooniesGirl]

Me too! 😃

[@jillianleda6732]

Lol same

[@juliusseizure5705]

Hecklefish is such a shitty gimmick and brings this channel down to B list level of awful humor. I hate when people make up scenarios just to argue nonstop like they didn't script it that way. Other than that, it's cool.

[@liamwatson7925]

This video was a absalout trip to watch. Ive told a few people this story before… when i was 3 i had the same dream for many days straight and it was in a place exactly like this… except i actually encountered the creatures in the “backrooms” and facing them was my way out… it was a white building type place with many rooms. The creatures were very odd combinations of living and mechanical things. I had to share this story cuz seeing this completely blew my mind.

[@brantisonfire]

When the pandemic first began, I was a gate agent for Delta Air Lines. Summer 2020 my shift was 3:30 a.m-10 a.m. There were shifts where there would be no one moving throughout the terminal. It was definitely eerie some times, but if you have ever worked in customer service, specifically an airport, it was a welcome change from the prior holiday season, where flights were overbooked, cancelled and delayed.

[@muppetshow2328]

do you mean the plandemic in your first sentence?

[@itzamia]

I was the only passenger on my flight from Providence to Orlando April 9th, 2020. Free drinks the entire flight

[@AJ-kv1po]

I caught a flight home from a year in Hong Kong back to Australia during the first SARS outbreak in 2003. It was was evening but half the lights were off and only a few desks were staffed. A few people here and there in a massive near new terminal. We got to sleep across the empty seats home. Fun times.

[@brantisonfire]

@@AJ-kv1po For a few months during the summer 2020 we had only six flights departing each day. We were what is considered a "focus city" so we weren't a little regional running only Embraer and CRJs.

[@yvettekosta-jv4bx]

Well having a connecting flight with wait time in the middle of the night is like that. I played a nickel slot machine that paid out 15 bucks after I put in 80 cents. I started putting in a couple more nickels cause it was fun hearing all that money pour out. But I immediately stopped myself as I realized that it's just a trap. I bought a good bar drink and a snack instead, courtesy of the airport. The cashier who had to change the nickels to paper was scowling at me because she expected me to pump the money back in and lose more of my own. Those things are so rigged ! 🤣

[@jawjagrrl]

Another winner, AJ! I too am a veteran of the mall/movie/arcade days, but the crowds always bothered me (and I was no good at talking to boys either). I think I slipped into my own liminal space in 2010, when I left a significant job, my home state, and all my friends for an absolute unknown and a new life with my fiancee. One of my parents (in yet another state) was tragically killed just 2 hours after I arrived with the last load of stuff, having driving all night. I woke up an hour after falling asleep at dawn, sobbing for no reason. Because of the chaos of the move, unloading trucks, the other parent unreachable by the police for hours, word didn't reach me until that night. All the while I was in the strange, empty house with my moving van out front in a high state of anxiety. Now I was ripping open boxes, looking for clothes suitable for a funeral in a blur before having to get back in the car to drive to where my parents lived. Driving has been a problem for me ever since. Life has been forever different, always a sense of disconnect from the "real" world. There are people and things in my 2022 liminal space, but it might as well be empty. The only comfort I've found is in a quiet life on a farm with no one around except spouse and animals - leaving the property by car for any reason triggers panic attacks. It truly does feel like I slipped into some other plane of existence that day in 2010.

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

Wishing you peace. 🌞

[@ra639]

Maybe you just shouldn't have gotten married? is one person worth the obvious impact on your mental health?

[@RodCornholio]

My whole life has felt like a liminal space; people being a friend, co-worker, boss then not, knowing of people being born, marrying, having kids, then dying, places I worked, lived, or frequented being changed or destroyed, seeing my face get wrinkles, hair turn grey, witnessing profound changes in music, movies, TV, fashion, noticing changes (mostly expansion) in personal preferences in architecture, interior design, music, food, changes in knowledge of right or wrong... The most liminal thing is what quietly witnesses all these... _me_ in pure observation.

[@me-thebusta610]

Ha

[@danielhearse7709]

Man I couldn't agree with this more. I experience a constant feeling of disconnect from my own life too. It isn't concerning but I do notice that everyone else around me is quite solidified in their personality and behaviours, living consistently, whereas it takes effort for me to remember to show my personality and engage with the world. Do you feel like nothing flows freely from you in terms of expressing yourself? Every interaction I have feels hyper-intentional, I'm always operating from a sense of duality between my formless ruminating inner world and the slightly foreign physical outer world

[@RodCornholio]

@@danielhearse7709For me, being an introvert i.e. INTP/INTJ ( _Myers Briggs_ ) and an HSP ( _Elaine Aron_ ) with a near constant mindfulness practice has resulted in a high degree of ego/self awareness. Regarding self expression, I don't have any problems other than carefully choosing when to be polite, tactful, or politically correct and when to be blunt, honest, and truthful.

[@danielhearse7709]

@@RodCornholio Man that's some really interesting clarification! I'm an INFJ and HSP so it's no wonder your original comment resonated with me. I wasn't expecting you to say that and I'm quite surprised! Perhaps the thinking/feeling difference in our cognitive stacks may highlight why I'm less inclined to express freely around people. I put a lot of emphasis on maintaining harmony between all people, to the point where I don't see why I should speak at all about myself because I don't want to steal the spotlight from anyone else... But maybe I've put too much emphasis on other people and not enough on myself, which could be causing the dissonance I experience around others. On your note regarding mindfulness, I have had times whilst practising it more purposefully, where my concern for harmony counter-intuitively diminished because I stopped trying to predict how my actions would affect others, and instead used the information they gave me to form my next sentence. This naturally resulted in smoother self expression. My misstep was getting so excited about my new connection to reality that I took a deep dive in to altered states of conciousness (thinking I'd tapped into a cosmic energy) and lost touch with myself, people and reality again, except for a completely different reason. I'll find balance one day. You've given me a lot to dwell on Mr Cornholio, thank you!!

[@jeremylindemann5117]

You're very closely describing a dissociative disorder. Have you ever talked to anyone about what you said?

[@josepham]

Who’s here in 2032?

[@SkunkAnonymous]

"Posted 6 days ago."

[@Outofanightmeer]

Its not fun here in 2032

[@Morgaknite]

May 2024😁

[@bigtripp2728]

€¥₩ °~₩£€ ¥■□■¥ €£°¤¿?

[@thool]

God I hope I don't make it to '32.

[@bamabythegraceog391]

I like that he solves the riddle by the end of the show. He obviously puts a lot of time in doing research . And I absolutely love Heckle Fish. He’s a little bit of a smart ass which I think is entertaining. He also advances the story with his tongue in cheek attitude. Kool show.

[@TooBlownIndustries]

Idk i think the fish could use a voice change lol or disappear entirely and it wouldnt make too much of a difference..

[@jiujitsukitty9319]

Am I the only one who kinda loves the spooky feeling of this concept. My entire life I have loved the quietest and latest parts of night when the neigborhood or streets are empty. I have always LOVED these brief moments, imagining I am the only person left in the world. I have experienced this in other countries as well ( an old village neighbirhood in Sicily, looking down at street corners from an apartment in argentina, a never ending expanse of ocean from a sailboat lit by only moonlight, etc)..its almost intoxicating to pretend that everyone else has disappearedand i am alone.... Now I know that it's correlated with luminal space ❤ I can't get enough of this channel and am so very happy to have discovered it as I am sure so many others have found you sharing the same ravenous pursuit of this endless and fascinating content.

[@Trepanation21]

> Am I the only one who kinda loves the spooky feeling of this concept. after watching a video that talks about the millions of views and huge communities these concepts are built around, you thought to yourself "aM i tHe oNlY onE?"

[@420Tecknique]

You nearly word for word repeated my comment about those quiet lonely nights. I crave them so much and the more isolated and voided they are the better

[@rossmeldrum3346]

Ever since I first saw the Movie "Omega Man" back in the 70's, I have fantasized about waking up and being the only person left alive in my city. And how I would cope. I like the idea of not having to deal with other humans.

[@StephiBauduhin]

I can relate! But more because I love the silence, I feel like I can finally focus and I get very creative. It’s exciting and inspiring ❤.

[@yvettekosta-jv4bx]

Aside from being stuck in a dreary empty office building 😵‍💫....I always live in the quiet night. In downtown Oakland when I didn't have a car I would take my German Shepherd out to explore the city and discover so much I missed during the day. It was strangely quiet at the end of the millennium. Found amazing giant, gangly, spooky, angelic, winged, sculptures as if they were just lounging about, standing or sitting and resting with nothing to do at night when nobody was around, on a grand crescent shaped staircase in a downtown plaza. Really spooky, as if they only became visible at night when nobody was out, and for some reason they weren't aware of me. Like I was moving in a parallel in between time, out of synch with the ticking seconds or stuck in between them. Did a lot of night photography. No foot or vehicle traffic, like the city was abandoned. Great time to find stuff. A plant store threw out plants that weren't doing well, and I took them back home and turned my private alley into a lush garden. Those plants became hardy survivors after getting a second chance. Also loved to walk with the dog to an all nite grocery store with great deals and I'd find an old abandoned grocery cart on the street which came in handy for all the food and heavy dog food we lugged home. Nobody bothered me if they lurked along my path because they either knew me or thought I was just a crazy homeless person, with a big German Shepherd. Then again I never saw anyone else lurking or walking about.😬 That's why luminal space feels so spooky, like you slipped out of time to the eternal in-between and you can't interact with another living thing, there wasn't any other creature around ! 😶😶‍🌫️🌃

[@dirtyd2316]

I had a back room experience back when I was about 13 with a friend of mine at a mall. We were hanging out at the mall like most teenagers did back in the 80’s and early 90’s and we thought it would be funny to go through one of the doors for staff and security that were basically hallways that went behind the stores. About 5 mins into walking these hallways that all looked alike we realized that we didn’t know where we were and decided to call it quits and get outta there but we couldn’t find our way back out again.Every hallway had a exit sign and looked exactly the same but we could never find the exit,and we tried to open every door we came across but all of them were locked. We did this for the next hour or so and were getting pretty freaked out towards the end of being back there until we finally found a door that happened to be unlocked which turned out to be a Hallmark gift shop and we went from the back of the store and walked out the front door back into the mall again. After we got outta there we played it off and laughed about it like it was funny,but we both knew without saying anything to each other that we were pretty freaked out when we were back there and couldn’t find our way out and either of us never did anything like that again.

[@sarahsample4984]

I can't remember the name of the video, but Mr Ballen does one about an elderly man who got lost in the back hallways of a mall and was later found deceased sitting in a chair at the end of a corridor. Super freaky. I used to work at a small mall and would take the trash out through those back hallways and I hated every moment of it.

[@ChrisBowmanArt]

a crazy weird experience. Sounds similar to mine. Check out my above comment if ur interested. Creepy and bizarre and inexplicable. …are we in a simulation? 🤔…I’m wont go trying to find out tht answer again 🫣 PSA: don’t open weird doors wondering hmmm I wonder where does this go?

[@plutoplutoan4734]

@@sarahsample4984 that happened in Bondi Sydney a few years ago, horrible 😢

[@paulnicholas7798]

You need the Key Maker from the Matrix sequels

[@adgepeterb]

Great chat!

[@thebackyardfamilyoutfitter7284]

How do you NOT have million's of subscribers. I have binge watched every one of your videos in the last 5 days and then there's many KZbin channels with way more hype and way more BS and I got to say your channel is the best one I came across in a long time for fun conspiracies, thank you.

[@loremastermack656]

I literally did the same thing when I found this channel a month ago. Such quality content it's hard not to!

[@DistantTower]

It's coming - I was recommended this channel in person so its spreading by word of mouth even

[@HoldemHustle]

Loving this channel too since I found it last week

[@thewatcher5248]

I see your comment. I thought exact same thing. Funny thing is been on KZbin for many years and this channel only popped up for me couple weeks ago. Dam algorithm. I find I scroll through and find same channels I’ve watched and rarely nothing on new channels it’s crazy.

[@neilstewart2036]

Look again in a year with his quality of production and research if he hasn’t gained millions of subscribers I would look into the algorithms as something will be off good channel

[@Shilo-fc3xm]

Hey, AJ. I feel that many natural places around the world are inherently liminal as well. Being both well traveled and an Australian bushman I have experienced it in many remote areas around the world, Notably both the Grand Canyon and Australia's Uluru (Ayes Rock) which I think people will relate to. Not just ancient places of power but places of transition and this puts me in mind of Britain's Stone Henge. When I visited it it was very early in the morning and very misty and I was the only one there and felt a very similar sense of power and transition. I have not entered an Egyptian tomb but suspect it feels very much the same as might barrows and necropolises across Europe. I have come across very remote regions in Australia, North America and Europe that not only vibrate with ancient energy but as I watched your video and learned the term "liminal" that that sense of transition is also common to all. Deep foreboding too in many instances. This could be a fork in a river, a clearing in a forest, ancient geology or an empty valley or desert and with one step you leave what was an ordinary afternoon and step into something....well,..... entirely different. Sound ceases. The air becomes quiet. There are no animals or movement, colours become muted, the hairs on your arms and neck stand up and you feel like you're being watched by something ancient and ominous. I've experienced it perhaps six or seven times in my life. That sense of leaving one place and entering another inside a single step and believe many of you have as well. I'm not a particularly soft man and as mentioned was born and raised in an ancient, remote wilderness and on one or two occasions I have literally stopped dead in my tracks, turned and backtracked walking miles out of my way to avoid such locations but I'm attuned to the bush in a way many others are not and therefore cant help wondering how many disappearances of tourists and people less attuned to these environments can be attributed to this. My point is, I'm not sure its limited to man made structures and that such places of transition are as old as the earth - even the universe itself? Many inexperienced people may scoff at my comment but the multi generational bushmen won't. Either will the Aboriginals, native Americans or almost any other indigenous people across the globe.

[@kimblack1636]

(chuckle) Shilo may I ask you if you are aware that you are what's known as being an I.N.F.J ? (See Meyers Briggs personality scale) if you are not familiar, though I believe that you are.🙂 Please, please don't ask me how or why I know. I've stopped asking these kind of questions anymore. All is well. I too share this distinction.😉. There are many traits that make "us" different and set apart. Here's a message: If you but stop, breath, relax and settle yourself when you stumble upon/ Are invited to, the quiet places and deeply meet The Spirit you'll realize that not all of these places/ moments are ominous, but are special moments especially for those who need to be sequestered away from the crazy , intense , psychotic nature of the current world energy. Brother, I like you have walked into these areas since I was a child, but I only experience solitude, peace and welcome in them . I joyfully run from room to room or area to area spinning around, laughing, or sitting quietly in a safe location that the evils can't get to and can't find me anymore. I choose to remind myself that wherever I am so is The Supreme one and all of His aids /angels, so "we" are literally never alone there. Next time, ask Him to please open your awareness so that you can experience His presence fully. Then you will know that nothing evil may come into His presence. End message transmission. You are blessed 💗 son of the heavens. Stride boldly.

[@mathewaitken938]

A tv network needs to hire you, give you airtime, a blank cheque and let you do your thing with no interference. Love your work AJ.

[@Gin132456]

his channel says "I'm AJ, Head Nerd In Charge. You might know me from Discovery, Sirius-XM, A&E, MTV and Joe Rogan. "

[@YG1989Natty]

Exaaactly!!

[@Ethan2Tone]

A TV network? You mean the industry that got us where we are today because they always do the opposite of what you suggest and now their doing that with social media just dwindling with the times and suckling anything they can ruin.

[@PeterKnagge]

@@Gin132456 Andrew Gentile - I just read his imdb You know that shockingly well balanced life you and your parents wished you lived? He lived it! There's no liminal spaces in this guy's life

[@johnwayne2834]

He is backed by what is much more than, and beyond all than that... Occulted, occluded and, as it seems in subtlety, all-over apparent.

[@kirkboesch9734]

This channel has produced high quality content since the beginning! Thanks for keeping us entertained👽🐠

[@LancerMyMan]

As someone who has spent many long and lonely nights in very large buildings fixing issues and other problems, I find this fascinating. I have walked empty streets in New York, Tokyo, Austin, DC, and many other cities. It happens sometimes. Naturally. I love it when it does. I appreciate you bringing this issue to KZbin.

[@Jrb8k3n]

This guy goes so far beyond just giving you some info, he's very well researched, has a nac for bringing you on a journey and never fails to tell a great story while presenting the facts in an easily digestible manner. He seriously is one of the best channels on KZbin. I've told all my friends about this oasis of fun and entertainment. Thanks bud

[@jamesleon4883]

He makes mistakes though. His back room segment isn’t completely correct, the videos by Kane Pixels start before the teenagers. In another video he misrepresents the observer in quantum wave collapse.

[@dustinmcdonald1784]

Dude your channel is blowing up!!! Finally and we’ll we’ll deserved!! Look at your views for the past 10 full length videos, it’s amazing, congrats man! Can’t wait to watch the rise keep rising. I remember like half a year ago I would watch your videos and literally feel bad because so many people were missing out on the best channel on KZbin!

[@my8887]

Dude. I miss the mall days of my youth. I have soooooo many awesome memories from the mall. Back then we would literally go almost everyday. Yes, you could shop and go to cool stores like Spencer's..but also hang with your friends, meet new friends, eat a variety of foods, drinks, ice cream.. You could skate (some malls had ice skating, some rollerskating, also skateboarding the parking lot😉). You could go to the movies, get makeovers in the department stores, have fashion shows at Contempo Casuals or Express, sit on the floor and look at magic art (a picture that looks like nothing just chaos but if you look at it just right it becomes a cool 3D picture!), you could watch free shows and concerts right in the middle of the mall, you could get a cool new haircut in a salon, make wishes in the fountians, play video games in the arcades, play with the kittens and puppies at the pet store, go the wrong way on the escalators. lol!.. sit in comfortable chairs in the reading area and read books and magazines in Walden books or Borders, listen to new music at Sam Goodys or Music land, and a variety of endless fun!! All out of the elements, so if it was freezing cold or 100 degrees outside, didn't matter! ..and alot was free so if you don't have alot of money, no problem, lots to do. GOOD TIMES!!😎

[@nutbastard]

Yeah but here's the thing... even if malls were still popping like they were 20 years ago... you and I are now 20 years older, and we wouldn't want to kick it at the mall anyway. Hanging out at the mall was what we did because there was nothing else to do. Don't get me wrong, I have fond memories of fooling around with girls in the photobooth and all sorts of other mall shenanigans, but maybe we should be sad that they're over, we just just be glad that they happened.

[@my8887]

Well for me it was 30 years ago..lol! I love those memories, but my point was the mall was our social space as the youth. It would be great if the current generation of youth had that as well, and not just through their technology..Active, social time having experiences that don't require alot of money or particular weather conditions. Love and peace to all, and Gen-X rulez!!😉..lol later skater😎

[@allcatz]

I experienced something similar when my husband worked at a movie theater before we were married. He used to clean up the auditorium after it was closed for the night. I went with him a few times and I'd wander around. It was strange and eerie in the empty spaces of the lobby and the auditorium itself with all those empty seats facing a blank screen in the low lighting when my husband wasn't in sight.

[@TheAccountant369]

I second that!

[@Oriol-oo7jl]

omg the idea of hundreds of seats to chose, all facing to a blank wall gives me the chills

[@PhatsMahoney88]

My mom was in a singles group at something of a Mega Church when I was a kid. While she was in her groups, my sister and I would explore the massive, empty church. Opening doors to entire secondary and tertiary sanctuaries in different wings. Long empty hallways and large meeting halls. I could never explain the feeling of relief I felt when we made the trek back to where we were supposed to be hanging out with the other kids. The dead silence paired with the dim lighting always made my neck hair stand up.

[@josephcastleberry7228]

I have seen your videos in the past, and somehow the algorithm moved me away from your channel. Then, I completely forgot about it. Just re-re-discovered it 2 weeks ago and am catching up on all that I missed since way back. Love the channel! Keep it up!

[@jt2861]

The way you present information has me on the edge of my seat desperate to learn more…..I’ve never felt this way about any other channel. Your ability to tell stories and present facts is impeccable and is worthy becoming famous. This channel is going to explode exponentially over the next few years. I’m so glad I found it this past week. Please don’t stop giving us this amazing content!!!

[@kathymc234]

Then you need to be sure and share.

[@MrJeffharper47]

I’d love to see you cover the Russian woman Nina Kulagina who could move small things with her mind. Russian scientists performed many experiments on her and video taped it! She’s wildly regarded as legitimate.

[@AliceEclipse]

She has been proven to be a hoaxer, very simple one too, (strings and see through blindfold, small mirrors), there is a video on it, with firsthand witness testimonies, it’s on KZbin too, but I think it was in Russian language, maybe there is an English version too, but yeah - her “talents” are not legit.

[@thewatcher5248]

Gullible much.

[@MrJeffharper47]

@@thewatcher5248 lmfao.

[@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325]

Wasn't she Number 20? I wonder if she knows Eleven?

[@Daphattack]

That sounds like a great video in the making!

[@Neoentrophy]

I love how you weight these videos; the beginning gives every opportunity to explain the premise and give it a fair airing. The end is the grounding in reality and logical explanations to the original premise. I love it because it's deliciously devilish, the majority of watchers may watch the first part and assume that you are legitimately giving it credit and many of those may even assume it's the truth, with only a small portion even knowing that you give counterpoints. I find this chaotically delightful.

[@DjDmt]

It's a smart way to keep audience retention as well (for people that know his stuff)

[@TheWhyFiles]

I'm glad you enjoy the format. Not everybody does! 🐠❤

[@VickOrient]

Liminal spaces got my attention during lockdown. I can still contact the eerie feeling of being alone in the world when I walk my dog in the silence. It's a bit scary. I find it very interesting that others are also intrigued by 21:38 the same experience. So, again, a very instructive video.

[@charlesblithfield6182]

You always seem to key into things I have interest in and explain them so well. Your research is comprehensive and the production values makes it interesting. Thanks again.

[@JiuJitsuM4]

This was such a kick ass video. I have a reference to this nostalgic feeling you may feel when looking at these places. Imagine playing an online game of Call of Duty or Halo with a packed lobby and action occurring everywhere. Now, imagine loading up that same map but you being by yourself. Walking around the map by yourself, feeling like you’re being watched. People would explore maps by themselves back in the day and claim that the maps were haunted when exploring by yourself when they clearly weren’t. Interesting psychological thesis waiting to be explored here.

[@TheWhyFiles]

Great comment, MoM! You're describing "The Lonely Gamer" theory. Very creepy.

[@nutbastard]

That game exists, it's called DayZ : P

[@moo-snuckle]

ever hear about the guy who went back to a old game, which was long since dead and abandoned, but accessible still, and when he was revisiting it for nostalgia or a video about dead games or something, and after a while running around checking out the once ambitious and sprawling game world, which had that liminal feel all over,he noticed another singular player who was creeping around, and watching him, and seemed to loosely be following him, but keeping his distance all weird like. eventually he caught up to the guy, and spoke with him, and the guy responded entirely in character, describing how he doesnt know why there is noone in these towns, and he had been the lone occupant of these areas that were still active for quite some time,as if he were a npc living out his life carrying on after every other being dissapeared for some reason etc. and never broke character . i cant remember where i heard it, but it was unnerving because it was so devoid of life otherwise.

[@sexgod57able]

@@moo-snuckle I'm the liminal janitor. I just eternally clean the liminal spaces. They still get dirty somehow.🤔

[@se7ensfarm112]

@@nutbastard 🤣🤣👏🏻 god dam cherno

[@i6t-n6z]

the most best creator content Peace from algeria 🇩🇿

[@Marie-tf8ug]

The Langoliers talked about this exact premise. It's a Stephen King Novella about a group of airline passengers who stuck in between moments in time. I love the movie and think back on it often! Great show!

[@p.pingtam7253]

Not much of a reader, eh? 😂. Suuure, the movie's reeeeally better.

[@Robin_Coffins]

well...... almost. They eat whats left over.

[@greg6162]

@@p.pingtam7253who said it was better?

[@bradhoodenpyle568]

I love what you discover by going into the rabbit hole

[@michaellee6489]

great book. one of my faves also

[@R463R]

Thank you for the content you create. I have needed something upbeat, entertaining, thought provoking, and unrelated to current events to clear my headspace lately. It really has helped me get my mind away from dwelling on things, by learning something new instead. It has definitely become one of my favorite channels, and the KZbin algorithm finally did me right for once by recommending your content. Thanks again, and please keep them coming. I can’t get enough of Heckle Fish.

[@aleksandrdavid7469]

"Be safe, Be kind, and know that you are appreciated". Your signoff is appreciated. I have enjoyed each and every episode. Unbelievably, Factory loading docks and foundry loading docks have that same transitional feeling for blue collar workers everywhere. Thank you for the due diligence sir.

[@ASyncResearch]

Thanks for putting me in the thumbnail:) Great video!

[@janusn9]

Thank you ASyncResearch, your content is how I originally learned of the Backrooms.

[@PinkInTheDiamonds]

I recently discovered this channel and haven’t stopped watching. It’s the exact type of subject that peaks my curiosity. All the questions about life and mysteries.

[@ChristyDPrice]

Hi, AJ. One of your older videos popped up in my feed and I was INSTANTLY hooked and subscribed. Informative, entertaining and Hecklefish is hilarious! Thank you, Thank you, THANK YOU!! Maybe, sometime, you could do a show about how weather changes can cause physical effects in some people, everything from headaches, joint/body pain and even deep sleep (like me; especially the dark, loud, high wind storms). Love your work!

[@TheWhyFiles]

Great topic idea, Christy! Welcome to the channel. 🐠❤

[@hal9khal]

As a kid I used to have dreams which I recalled because of this episode. For example our house had 5 stories. But in those dreams I could go up and up on stairs, the pattern of flats was the same, but names on the doors were weirder and weirder, sometimes people opened and greeted me, inviting me in. But they were also weirder and weirder, they were friendly but I was terrified. Going up the names and people turned completely nonsense. Speaking in the way I could not understand. Until I forgot how many floors passed and I also knew I can go down again but never reach my familiar floor and our flat. I had also some variations of such dreams. Like climbing on the houses from outside, on the roof there began another house and I could climb up and up and everything was weirder. Until you no more could see the ground down. Houses were somehow overlapping on roofs etc...

[@annehoskins5795]

Dreams like these make good movies.

[@travisbasso6496]

incredible video yet again! Worth mentioning one of the greatest liminal spaces novels, House of Leaves by Danielewski. It's not the easiest read (literally it is physically difficult to read, known as ergodic literature) but takes the liminal spaces idea, much like the backrooms, and makes it a living space that is aggressive and possibly malicious. The space also seems to either represent or respond to the mental and emotional state of those trapped inside.

[@DrDavidThor]

Ergodic. Had to look that one up. Yeah, you wouldn't want to get caught in an ugly fractal. Turtles all the way down.

[@samuraiska320]

It's nice seeing how big your channel has gotten. I remember it around the 200k. You definitely deserve more recognition. Love your videos. Heckle Fish is a awesome and great idea!

[@svc335]

As a kid growing up in Hollywood Florida, seeing the abandoned Oceanwalk Mall was surreal! I even explored it with friends looking for ghosts. The Hotel attached to the mall is haunted. It was used as a military hospital during the second world war. Really creepy stuff.

[@nakedbanana7056]

I never knew the history of it, but I've Def hang around that building quote a few times myself, around the early 2000s

[@MansaX]

Savannah mall is a dead mall.

[@user-BossMan]

I think every mall in America is abandoned now..😵 or is it in THE WORLD? 🤔

[@MansaX]

@user-BossMan I went down to Jacksonville a few weeks ago and it was super packed.

[@user-BossMan]

​@@MansaX-REALLY!!! Wow! I traveled in my RV from PA to Florida's Treasure Coast & never saw a "live" mall. How weird. I guess I wasn't looking in the right places!! Drove right thru Jacksonville too!! Which has MORE THAN TRIPLED IN SIZE since my last time there!

[@themisfitowl2595]

Having worked at an amusement park, I frequently got to see it in the early morning or late at night when all the guests had left. It definitely had a creepy vibe, the music turned off, the sound of the animatronics clicking and whirring, your own footsteps loud on the concrete... it always felt like there was some giant being that was asleep, and you were trying not to wake it up.

[@AislingDa]

Have to agree, worked an amusement park for 15 years. Very eerie when it’s empty

[@The_Tiffster]

I worked in nightclubs for 12 years and that first night after the music and fog machine stopped and the strobe and laser lights were off, and the regular lights came on and everyone had left, it really lost its magic! I was like, "hey...this is just a regular room and even kinda dingy..." Also remember the first time that I was walking around town around 4am and the usually lively town was empty and eerily silent...it felt oddly taboo...with undertones of rebellious excitement...

[@themisfitowl2595]

@tst ccnt Haha! Nice!

[@ds_the_rn]

I just commented this exact same thing. Weird things used to happen, too.

[@jurantechetty4766]

I'm really glad this channel exists!

[@jamesglandon3737]

Why are his lips legit purple?

[@calmbeforethestorm9354]

thought he was a Zombie

[@Veritasvincit333]

He owed Hecklefish some money..

[@thestellarcorpse]

because he is one of the lizzid people

[@nikosalexopoulos6542]

Reptilian confirmed

[@slipperypetesmeat]

Bro looks like he just got off a crack binge

[@TehFlush]

I love your channel. I appreciate you not preaching politics, not smugly deboonking things (rather, providing context and letting the watcher decide), and also hecklefish is great.

[@LarLar427]

This comment! 🙌 🙌 🙌

[@Marc_of_the_Ares]

Dude I can’t get enough of your stuff!! Love this stuff. Thanks so much for all the work you put into every video !

[@TheWhyFiles]

You're quite welcome, Marc! Glad you're out there.

[@mnjmedia1707]

Oh, And one last thing. When I found your channel, you had less than 250K subs. It should not escape anyone’s notice that in the past month or so, your subs have more than doubled. That is a direct result of your incredible story telling and research/fact balancing skills that puts 99% of the ‘media’ to absolute shame! Much needed in these times.

[@JTA1961]

99.9 %

[@SlickArmor]

Don't forget the amount of bots and paid sub's that lurk.

[@ADTRmike1]

You are a poet with these videos. Please don't stop

[@Brettuncommon]

This is easily one of my fav files of the whydom. You're continuing contribution with your reporting is easily of the classiest and most well thought out approach to the mysteries of our world. Thanks guys.

[@MisterLarson]

I used this video to introduce the idea of liminal spaces to my Creative Writing class. They were fascinated and learned a lot. I'm going to have them write a story using the idea of liminal spaces and wanted to say thanks for educating all of us!

[@JustDaniel6764]

Teachers using KZbin to educate is very common these days.

[@jms855]

This hits home so hard for me... I'm getting married and so I've had to move out of my mom's house, whom I've lived with for 26 (almost 27) years of my life. My room has these peachy walls and a bunch of holes where I've had nails for paintings to hang. It's so empty and lifelines without anything in it anymore. Last night my mom sent me a voice note crying over how empty my room felt without me and how empty the house is now. The new flat that I'm living in is decorated with all of my old stuff, including most of what my mom made along with some furniture pieces from her house yet I still feel like I'm in a "laminal" place. I can't explain it but I do feel incredibly sad for having moved out but I also know if I couldn't continue living with my mom if I want to become financially independent and get married to my Fiancé. My step father esp wanted me out. So that is what it is. I don't know for how long I'll feel the way I do, but it will probably be a long time still. It's physically painful for me to go into my old room now. I almost start shaking and want to burst into tears.

[@lucialuciferion6720]

Sadly it only gets harder as we age. But then again, once we hit old age it gets easier again (from what I've heard) , the late 20s till 70s will be bad.

[@Donbscooters757]

Awsome man great channel

[@organicprozac2490]

This was super interesting. Your thoughts on why we find liminal spaces so eerie have set my imagination firing, got me thinking how I can incorporate the concept into photography. Thank you for all the great content!

[@blaizegottman4139]

Yes it was

[@collinsarcade2939]

Im a manager at a Walmart Supercenter. All of our power went out one night and I walked around the store with only the emergency lights on checking everything and being in Walmart with very little light and not seeing anyone near you (they were taking care of covering refrigerated areas) was so strange that this video reminds me of that exact feeling. I felt like I was in a video game or movie and was one of the only survivors or something lol.

[@mr.mclibtard5015]

He used a program to edit everyone out

[@benbarber2369]

This has rapidly become one of my favorite channels. Very well done and intelligent narration- and this was my favorite episode so far! Keep ‘‘em coming!

[@blaizegottman4139]

It certainly is interesting

[@aquafox818]

The last part of the video talking about abandoned malls unlocked memories of dozens of dreams I've had about being stuck in abandoned malls. This is trippy

[@CommunityGuidelines]

For decades, I've dreamt of empty or abandoned malls. I guess because I spent so much time in them as a kid. But in my dreams, it's just the architecture, the deserted building, no crowds or families wandering around.

[@sifisongwane3198]

This is one topic I’ve avoided because nobody’s explained it well enough, I recently found this channel and It always comes in clutch

[@huntercarey2667]

Always

[@bobbouwer90]

Video's of 'empty worlds' without humans in the 'future' started appearing after the first major lockdowns. Makes one wonder😜

[@dr.decker3623]

@@bobbouwer90 they are interesting,.. but they are all fake,..

[@daphne4983]

Liminality is emptiness. It's very good imo.

[@jasonlande8699]

My son and I absolutely love your channel. I especially like that you do your homework and debunk what you can. It really helps when explaining to him that most of the stuff we watch is just fiction. A++ sir. Keep pumping out great content and we will continue to binge on it!

[@MdAsifUrRahman94]

Was having a very bad day. Came from office, opened youtube and Boom! New why file video 😀😀. 22 minute of relaxation, fun and enjoyment. Thank you WHY file. You bring joy to my boring dull life.

[@Bambisgf77]

Hope your day improved!

[@MdAsifUrRahman94]

@@Bambisgf77 Yea. For 22 minutes 😞

[@LeRoy-t4e]

I now understand the term "urban legend". I laughed all the way through this video. Being very rural, I could not relate what so ever. It gave me a very good sense of how different I am from most of the modern populace. In fact, I'm not compatible with modern humans. Psychiatrists and a Federal judge put me on disability because I can't relate to people. I feel like I'm a being a few hundred years out of place.

[@nadirthebottomrock6706]

Yet here you are.

[@ToxicTater904-TTV]

Waiting patiently, my friend. Been looking forward to a new video. Thank you AJ and Heckle Fish for helping me thru tough times! Ok, back to rewatching older videos lol

[@TheWhyFiles]

You're quite welcome, Michael! Glad you're watching.

[@ToxicTater904-TTV]

@@TheWhyFiles Anytime

[@tanyy2679]

Used to work in universal studios. Whenever the Halloween season starts, I would always enter one of their Haunted houses in the day to explore the empty place. Walks like these sent chills down my spine and it's way more scary than having scare actors in place.

[@Yunome_]

Would you say that the Halloween season was the worst part of working universal studios? Or did u enjoy it

[@tanyy2679]

@@Yunome_ i personally enjoyed the Halloween season. Its a good kinda busy

[@Anderson-lp6hm]

I felt sadness when you spoke about the malls and what their purpose was. I miss those days terribly. I feel like our "moving forward" has us moving backwards.

[@tubedude54]

Malls joined us together... everyone went to the mall on the weekend after school and it was a blast. The internet has destroyed that 'togetherness'. I miss those days too back in the 70's and 80's.

[@silvercloud1641]

"All together, fall apart." / Grim Faeries - Love is Hell

[@TheWhyFiles]

Well said, Lisa. 🐠❤

[@Anderson-lp6hm]

@@TheWhyFiles ❤️

[@generaljj577]

I live in Spokane and there are 2 large malls and people still go to them.

[@Boscotfp]

this one was a creepy one, love the channel keep up the good work

[@CeltKnight]

I've always loved the whole Liminal space thing. The first one I remember was in the original Star Trek when Kirk wakes up on what appears to be a deserted Enterprise. Everyone was yammering on about "dying of loneliness" whereas I, a very introverted kid, was thinking it would be my own version of Heaven. LOL.

[@TheLastTitan007]

I never used to look forward to Thursdays till I discovered this channel. I absolutely love it. 420k to 437k, 17k followers in a week isn't bad at all. Great job hecklefish. You too AJ great job 😁.

[@cosmicdust1111]

I started watching him about a month ago and he was at about 250k I think . His channel is growing quickly !! 😄 happy for him .

[@janemarinelli2838]

I actually experienced this a few years back. I was staying at an Omni resort with my husband, daughter and son-in-law. In the afternoon of the second day all 3 left the resort and I was there without them. I decided to investigate the place and ended up in a bizarre huge area with no people. There were numerous pay phones on a long wall and desks and a huge outside area with no other people. It was fascinating but then I became worried and tried to find my way out. I kept ending up at the same area. Finally I found an old elevator that took me back to the main checking area I looked over to the door and my husband son-in-law and daughter separately walked in. I explained what happened but we couldn’t get back to where I came from. Spooky!

[@thetruthexperiment]

That’s weird. I’m sure this has happened to me also. I came home and nobody was there but when I heard their voices outside after a long time I just forgot all about it. I didn’t even want to know the truth.

[@christiancostello8218]

Can’t lie, you were lost

[@whhoisthiss]

Strange comment for me to see! In this very moment I am working at an Omni on the graveyard shift while watching this video...

[@METVWETV]

You could have asked someone who worked there...No?

[@BARTSKI75]

​@@thetruthexperiment interesting