DEAD MALL SERIES : THE DRIPPING, MOLDY END OF THE STAUNTON MALL

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[@tinastanbaugh]

Definitely worth it!

[@theretroblondie]

Patron here, can verify. Worth every dime!

[@foundvhs]

It's well worth it!

[@deftonescp]

I can only assume it's because peoples faces aren't blurred in the video. Unsure if it's because the property is deemed private, or its some obscure sound picked up by someone or something.

[@LangstonDev]

@@deftonescp Audio would be my guess, but it's KZbin, so who TF knows.

[@jbizzle8491]

It's comforting because it's at peace. The atmosphere is at peace. Much like when a person or animal passes away. It's not weird to want to be in a store like that that's quiet now. Remembering when it was in its heyday, all the customers, screaming kids, bustling shoppers for the holidays, etc. The mall/store lived its best life. Now it's at peace.

[@illuminatidestroyerbear2231]

Indeed, I feel that.

[@shockwavelover5545]

Yes, exactly this. It is a space that has reached its end. There are no more expectations. Nothing further is coming except, eventually, oblivion. There are only memories. The collected threads of a million lives that briefly had this space in common. It is beautiful, in its own way, to reflect on and in some way honour a tiny corner of the world whose time is over.

[@jbizzle8491]

@@shockwavelover5545 eloquently put 🍻 no one and nothing gets out alive. Different phases of existence exist to show us nothing is forever. It's bittersweet to witness something at its end. Memories and scars are all that's left. Perfection has given way to usefulness and a new dynasty begins anew. We are lucky to witness moments like these, respecting them as such. Nothing is forever.

[@style5tie]

Damn guys, that's some deep stuff. For some reason, these videos always left me feeling a tad bit depressed yet oddly comfortable and nostalgic. I like your takes on this.

[@shockwavelover5545]

That's one of the reasons I love Dan's channel. I live on the other side of the world, and I'll never see any of these places in real life. But I like to witness them, to hear of and think about their stories, and in some tiny way help send them on with some scrap of dignity and reverence.

[@MustachedEmu]

I spent the better part of my teens in this mall. I have watched so many abandoned mall videos over the years but somehow seeing this one is like seeing the remains of a loved one. Virtually all of my clothes from elementary through high school came from this mall. I purchased every book in the Harry Potter series and Animorphs at the bookstore here. I saw every movie from the Lion King through Star Wars Ep. 3 at the theater. Hundreds if not thousands of dollars spent at the arcade with other mall rat friends. Living off food court samples and smoking outside the back door all day sometimes. Particularly in small towns that simply do not have any where else for a teenager to just sort of hang out and people live too far apart to just go to a friends house all the time, malls represent such a huge social hub. Seeing them all just sort of die off across the country is really stark evidence that ,for better or worse, the world I grew up in will never fully exist again. I hate what malls did to small towns and local businesses but I can't help loving the way they make me feel such a deep comfort and nostalgia. Thanks for doing this so I can see it one more time before it is gone forever. I love that you also recognize the beauty in these spaces.

[@alexanderargead3993]

I work for a maintenance company contracted by remaining JCPENNEY stores that are still alive. I am also comforted exploring these, even ones that are still thriving. It's like taking a trip back to the 80s and 90s when I was a kid. All of them are shells of their former selves and offer an odd sense nostalgia of living in a simpler time.

[@colourboots]

Nostalgia translates to "painful homecoming", like remembering simpler, happier times you'll never get back :(

[@jcherrera104]

Is it me or do the JCPenney's now feel like a over sized tjmax or marshals

[@dtvjho]

JCPenny has gone through several CEOs since 2008 and it shows. They've lost their way. The few JCPenny stores in Tampa Bay I've been into are all doing reasonable business and are clean and fully stocked, but all have one of their main entrances to the parking lot still blocked. I don't get that.

[@jessicah3450]

We only have a rare free standing JCPenney left. They put so much effort into designing these freestanding stores, along with Macy's, but it failed for them. I worked at a Macy's, and more people came in for the Starbucks.

[@yankees29]

The JC Penny’s here on Long Island at Roosevelt Field mall is still thriving. We lost the Massapequa location recently though. That was where my mom used to take me and my brother when we were kids. The elevator was fun there.

[@Macgyverthehero5957]

I'm convinced that Dan bell going to the backrooms would make for one hell of a Halloween episode.

[@greatvalue2448]

I assumed it had something to do with hurting the resale price of the mall. It could weaken their bargaining position by making them look more desperate to dump the mall. I have no idea tho.

[@TeardropSidemarker]

Probably nothing he hasn’t seen before lol

[@kokomarie5084]

The first thing that came to my mind were the backrooms lmao

[@garythescouttrooper4908]

Dan Bell would be the only one guy who would have a keyring set to the Backrooms. Making him the Architect of the Backrooms.

[@RiderLeangle2]

I had just watched a video about The Backrooms a couple days ago, then I saw this thumbnail to this video and thought it was related to The Backrooms lol

[@poingupoingu]

I genuinely imagine historians a few decades from now reviewing this kind of footage writing term papers about the fall of the mall.

[@user-ut7el3ky2k]

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[@chocolatechris7304]

That rhymes lol

[@RandomMetalChick000]

Dan has such a great eye for these liminal spaces. The perspective shots he captures are perfection.

[@RResidentAlienNN]

Everybody used to go to the malls. They were the center of the neighborhoods and cities pre-new age tech/social media. The malls were a place that represented being plugged into the social pipeline. If you missed going to the mall during the weekends as a teenager in school, you missed out and got depressed lol. They were a place of happiness and exploration. New beginnings and fun adventures. Anyone 30 years old or more understands what it represented. Every weekend, friday night mall trips then slumber parties/sleep overs after, at the friends house. The malls were thee place to be.

[@Eclispestar]

Ya its where highschool me would take my Girlfriend. She would try stuff on and id say she looked great in everything she wore..

[@Goobian]

I have 2 roommates that go to the mall all the time that are 18 and 19. It makes me so happy to hear them going to the mall to hang out.

[@GodWeenSatan]

@@Eclispestar me and my friends would sneak in back of the mall, a wooded area drink and spend the whole day in the arcade

[@yoleeisbored]

Lol I like to walk around mall but not buy much.. too expensive.. retail price for clothes is too high...

[@aortaplatinum]

I adore malls. I'm super nostalgic for them. There are a lot of dead/dying/abandoned malls I'd love to see restored or converted into something else like apartments or botanical gardens. This is not one of them. Dear God. Please bring on the bulldozers, end this place's suffering.

[@user-ut7el3ky2k]

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[@Giggens]

Great video man, this mall is so sad. Everytime I drive by, it looks worse and worse. The last time I was in was sometime in 2020, right before it closed. As of right now, the Belk is still open, but everything else is gone. My favorite game for years was "how many stores are left!?" The parking lot is also atrocious, it will wreck your car haha. Friends of mine who grew up here said the mall was incredible in the 80s and 90s

[@thomasbaxter7564]

It was! Friday or Saturday nights, being dropped off by a parent, walking around the mall with friends…good memories.

[@anh7807]

@@matthewlawton9241 young people now are more interested in Netflix, online shopping and video games. Better for the wallet but bad for the malls.

[@tamiwu0346]

@@anh7807 not really, as an 18 year old we'd love to have a space to hangout and shop. But there's none of that anymore. Ever since the financial crisis our lives have kind of sucked

[@Nightriser271828]

I remember it being awesome in the 90s and 00s. The decay began somewhere around the mid-00s, maybe the early 10s, so this has been a long time coming. So sad. I remember the movies, the arcade, the Lion's Den, the people-watching.

[@ArlyndaBoyer]

One thing that has always struck me about, oh, life, progress, and the American century: every generation gets to live through the decay and death of its parents' touchstones. For Gen Xers, it was the decline of little roadside attractions. My NJ-born husband remembers going to Turtleback Zoo, Fairy Tale Castle, Bowcraft Amusement Park, Wild West City, and the ilk. All of those places sprouted up in the 1950s for Baby Boomer children, and by the time my husband came along in Generation X, all of them were rundown and teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. He and I watched those places die while we hung out at hip, jam-packed malls. Millennials and Gen Z witnessed the death of malls while they hung out in coffee shops. I'm sure you'll soon be able to find plenty of dusty, shuttered Starbucks locations. And so it goes.

[@jeltoninc.8542]

Starbucks, yes… coffee shops? Naw. They actually provide something people WANT. All the overpriced trash at the mall is just not anything people care about anymore, especially since they can get the same trash online. But coffee is amazing, just not from starbuck’s.

[@MelancoliaI]

Dude, your eye is enviable and your talent for capturing unexpected beauty is staggering.

[@stashmerkin9576]

Excellent Backrooms vibe in the opening shot!

[@terrormisu]

That's what I initially thought, I was thinking the picture thumbnail was glitching and replacing a Backrooms thumb lol

[@DAMN_ITS_GOT_SPOTS_ON_THE_TOP]

Re: 9:44: I find this look back comforting, too, and very bittersweet at the same time. Because I'm no longer young, I can only look upon the past because there's not much future. I had a good childhood and visited malls often. Those were happy times. For me, it's nice to see these places and things now before they are wiped from collective memory. Thank you, Dan. This was a teary but happy trip down memory lane.

[@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262]

10:00 the one thing you can keep out in the open in america without worrying about anybody stealing them: books

[@pioneerx9066]

Holy *** a new dead mall series. It's like Christmas in February. Hope you're feeling stellar Dan! Love your work, it's so soothing and reminds me of better days.

[@bonecanoe86]

Just like this mall, dripping and moldy is the way most of us will go.

[@jonniepotter1194]

What a cheerful outlook

[@Hellastreet700]

BRAINS !!!!!

[@sylviacoffey5645]

I live in Staunton. thank you for the video... the mall was in its heyday until the early 2000s then the decline.. it is sad it was gone but it was way past time for it to go... had good times there, great memories... of how it adapted and changed over the years.. the closest large mall to me now is in Harrisonburg, i wonder how long it will last.. again thanks for filming this...

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[@DarlingsDollhouse]

I worked at Peebles in 2011 and even back then it was mostly empty- the Chinese restaurant, Hot Wok (since relocated to over by Martin’s groceries) was the real reason the mall even stayed as busy as it was for the last decade.

[@Stayenontopik]

From around the area myself. Hot Wok brought back so many good memories with my mom. Especially when the Steve and Barry's was there.

[@d-rg.karamitev9796]

I really hope that Dan and Sal will make an episode exploring together! It would be great to see two dead mall legends unite !

[@dysphoricpeach]

this is my hometown mall. it’s changed so much since i was little, but even then, half of the place was empty, and there were hardly ever any people there. seeing that play area brought back memories. karate and gymnastics classes continued to be held there, but people stopped going, and only went back for a cheap family experience, such as the arcade and movie theater, which was so cheap i’m surprised they didn’t go out of business sooner. i found your video from an article in the local newspaper, and wanted to offer a local’s perspective. to be honest, i won’t miss it

[@mildlyhappyface]

I'm also comforted by vacant human-designed spaces... I think it's like being in a desert or cave. It's just nice to experience quiet imo. Especially since it's really rare for those of us in cities or forests... When the world is mostly quiet it's easier to appreciate the little things that our senses are still able to pick up

[@Gingerroadrage]

This makes me very thankful that our local mall is alive and well. During the summer of 2021, we were walking through one of the wings of our mall and all the storefronts were open, but it was nearly empty. It was quiet except for soft, smooth jazz playing over the speakers (something which we never get to hear because it's usually so loud in there). That has become a core memory for me.

[@GodWeenSatan]

It's just crazy, i remember as soon as internet started to roll. Its like everyone knew that malls were going to die and here we are now

[@Brandon-Pokerbro]

As someone who grew up here, going to the mall on Friday and Saturday night as well as cruising the avenue was the place to be. The arcade and movies were so much fun. Sad to see this. Been hit with the nostalgic feels.

[@TheMellowPumpkin]

Warm weather, easy work assignments, a pay raise, and a new Dead Mall video? This Friday is just getting better and better!

[@ryanm7263]

Rainy weather, laid off, gas prices soaring, and a dead mall video to remind me of the decline of western civilization? This Monday just keeps getting worse and worse.

[@rogersmith1936]

My grandmother and father used to live in a town called Swope Va that was near Staunton. I remember when the mall wall actually "open", as in it had open air skylights.

[@conejitaaa]

There is an abandoned mall an hour from me in Wilson, NC, the Wilson Mall. It's old anchor, Belk, is now a department store Rose's.

[@lilmacfarlan3]

Editing and distorting the music is just the cherry on top of this place, well done Dan, well done.

[@rambaral340]

We have a barely hanging on mall here where i live, It is the most soul crushingly depressing experience to walk in there. What was once such a thriving area for the community now a lonesome husk of what it once was.

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[@taunusv4power]

I love the series, keep it up guys!!! Been watching for years ❤️

[@randyshibai5364]

That side-by-side, the new and now the old...this video struck my feels pretty hard

[@hollywoodartchick]

Wow - thanks for this video. I remember so well heading to the mall with my mom or grandma in the 80s. There was a real thrill at walking into the vast, chrome-trimmed retail meccas with live jungles and novelty features. Our society's biggest worry was a future where the mall was too central to our lives. I actually never thought about the opposite occurring. I never loved mall culture, but I am devastated at the decay that has taken over our towns, cities, and frontage roads. One day people will ask how we had so much and just lost it all.

[@Huffnutz17]

I managed a restaurant (Country Cookin) in this mall from May 1989 to March 1992. It was located just inside the main entrance (near Kay Jewelers, seen here). Even then, the mall the was struggling for tenants. Directly across from that Kay Jewelers was a big Woolworth's store, complete with a cafeteria. Montgomery Ward was an anchor on the opposite end of the J.C. Penny. Monkey Ward (as the locals called it) also had an auto center where I used to get my '87 Isuzu Pup serviced. Spent a lot of time in that arcade (it was very small) and saw many movies there (I specifically remember seeing "The Doors" and the first Michael Keaton "Batman"). Country Cookin moved out years ago into a free standing building (CC went out of business last year due to COVID after over 40 years of successful business). There was a McDonalds and an ABC store located in the parking lot of this mall, as well.

[@CrazyAlienLady051]

Malls are slowly dying off and not how they use to be. My mother use to talk about how malls had everything you could ever ask for: Acrades, Candy shops, gift shops, food courts with Mary go rounds, you name it. Now malls are just extremely expensive and dull. The smaller malls in my city are slowly being choked out due to one giant mall we have with two floors called The Walden Galoria. Online shopping is becoming far more popular now but, the only negative is that you can’t try on the stuff you’re buying.

[@christianbolt5761]

Happy having grown up during 70s and 80s the heyday for malls

[@chrisduckz]

I’ve been watching you for years and think this is honestly your best work. It’s outstanding.

[@Baman-xw6pf]

It’s pretty crazy to watch this after going to this mall for most of my life. The KB toys, arcade and the regal were the go toos before it started going downhill in the last 10 years or so. There will be a lot of memories of this place, but it’s had it’s time in the sun.

[@user-ut7el3ky2k]

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[@USMagazine1002]

Don’t forget about Record Corner

[@Jarekthegamingdragon]

I was at the lloyd center yesterday. That mall has slowly been dying over the years. I hadn't been in there since before covid. It's so weird, it feels like a library, like I need to stay quiet. The mall has been here forever, it's just so weird seeing it like this. If you ever find yourself in Oregon, that's a good mall to look at. EDIT: I don't care about your far right bullshit hot takes, I did not ask.

[@autoneurotic]

I used to work at Macy's there, back in 2014. It was a bustling place back then.

[@pinkhungergames]

I worked there in 2018. Half the mall was closed then but the other half was always busy. It’s weird to think of it as dead less than 4 years later…

[@rits6277]

It was suppose to shut down around the end of 2021 but it got picked up by the Urban Renaissance Group and are trying to revive the place this year. I go there from time to time.. It's dead sometimes and sometimes there's a good chunk of people. Not "Dan Bell" dead though.

[@Goobian]

I went to Lloyd mall often as a teenager. I have heard it's a dead mall now it's so sad that happened. I mostly went to Mall 205 which I have also heard is a dead mall as well.

[@RC--ji2ov]

wtf this vid was released yesterday, im looking up malls today, i watched one of your videos while researching, and now i see you in the comments of a mall vid.

[@linoacuna4283]

watching the old mall commercials/clips saddens me. things will never be the same once a mall u went to when u were in your teens just to hangout with your friends

[@nicholasshade]

I saw this upload and just had to watch it. Because I love your series. I think I'm subscribed. Anyway, thanks for the upload. STAY WARM. 🔥 Love and light from Gore, Oklahoma.❤💡💛

[@UTUBE5388327]

I live in Staunton and watched that mall go downhill this past decade. It’s now surrounded by fences except for Belk and it’s going to be turned into a truckstop soon. It’s been dying for a long long time.

[@BT.TexasDFW]

I'm not sure why, but every one of these episodes you put out just depresses me. I feel like society was better when we had one mega shopping location where everyone could interact in their own way. Now we just sit in our homes ordering items to be brought to us.

[@westreadwell9675]

Go back in time and almost everyone will say “stay at home and shop? Take my money11!1”

[@chellybabyme]

@@westreadwell9675 We did order things from catalogs long ago, but the in person shopping gave more options, and surety of product description and quality, and it was SOCIAL. Real social, not fake social.

[@lemagreengreen]

I liked the mall (we called it a shopping centre) when I was young/teenage but every time I have to visit one now I hate it, especially when they're still busy. I think its just lifes priorities change, what was mostly a social event (visit music stores, cool clothes stores, sports stores etc) is no longer... if I'm at a mall I'm there to buy something specific best bought in person and that's never fun.

[@chellybabyme]

@@lemagreengreen I think it's like a lot of things to change when you get older. When you are young you are building yourself and everything seems interesting and you need to see a lot of things to form your personality. Once your personality is formed, you can cut straight to the chase and then navigation is not as enjoyable. Mall shopping is a fun developmental passage. Personally, I'm not that young, but I do like it to see what the human real-life offerings are.

[@tutsebhatu6495]

Yea

[@aplant179]

perhaps why those spaces are oddly comforting is because time, people and stress that rule our everyday lives cease to matter… it’s a nothing space. and nothing is quite comforting as we spend all our lives working toward something (via education and work) and always having something to do, that nothingness is the one time where we can feel peace

[@Drac.Fil.A]

When I was young, this mall was incredible. Watching it die over the years was heart wrenching :(

[@ideacastilluminate]

I can remember when the Staunton mall was open air down the middle, and they enclosed it in '83 or '84. I used to mall rat there off and on in the '80's.

[@user-ut7el3ky2k]

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[@davidbulett6314]

So sad to see this. When I lived in that area back in the 90s I would hangout with family and friends. It was a great mall.

[@ViciousKittyCat3]

I would also love to just sit in the silence of a dead mall. Love your work as always 💚

[@donnadreyer2580]

This Breaks my Heart 💔 ! I thought I'd never live to see the Day when Malls would be obsolete, I never thought I'd live to see the Day where Businesses no longer mattered.

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[@ghkillah1995]

Thanks Dan. Awesome vid again.

[@retrowaveastronaut5226]

The atmosphere of your videos just sends shivers down my spine, In the best way possible. You are incredibly talented Dan!!

[@Mazxlol]

Dead malls should paint walls yellow and have monsters lurking around... Charge people a few bucks for entry! 😂

[@sideshowbob1544]

The Vintage wow and flutter in the background score helps add to the authenticity!

[@paytenbailey770]

Dan you should do an Alive Mall series in Des Moines, IA we have a very lively Jordan Creek Mall and Ames,IA has a pretty lively small North Grand Mall. We also have a few less successful malls as well

[@daynmitchell7543]

I live 15 minutes away from here and used to spend my teenage years here. Sad to see, I went about a year ago. And it was depressing.

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[@THARVEYTV]

Absolutely in love! Thank you Sal and Dan!!

[@marshalldove8762]

Love this I grew up in the 80s and worked at our local mall which is also gone sadly Regency Square in Richmond. I worked at The Limited on holidays and at night it was completely different that it is now. I lived at Regency and was so into shopping. I could name every store in order on both floors at one time. Obreinstein’s, The Magic Pan, Mrs. Field’s cookies, Radio Shack. Sam Goody, Up Against the Wall. Sbarro Pizza and Hecht Department store, Sears, and JCPenney were the only Department stores. Miss those days…

[@mikehoncho167]

If you ever get the chance the Concord Mall in Wilmington, DE is on it’s way out. It’s like 30% occupied and down an anchor with Sears closing.

[@monakw]

Right away it's Groovy!🕺🏼 Thanks Dan!

[@monakw]

I had BIG HAIR too😁

[@RUBENS9645]

If i live in the US next to one of those things i would probaly spend a few hours inside just taking in this very specific and very creepy vibe of this place, its like the ruins of a bygone time, but my stoner brain cant shake the feeling that this experience is probably best enjoyed high kkkkk

[@silentforest7147]

This is strange timing. I live in the area and drove by that mall a couple of weeks ago. I remember thinking of this channel when I passed it.

[@talia_al_gabagool]

I love that song at the end. Who’s it buy?

[@woksrandomchannel]

I am glad I am not the only one fascinated and even obsessed with dead malls and dead retail in general. Why is that? I never could figure that out. It's almost euphoric.

[@sydneyx_c]

My parents grew up in this area and whenever we visited, we would go back-to-school shopping at this mall. My parents talk about going to that theater all the time. I didn't even know it was closed, although last time we went (before Covid) it was quite low-energy. This video is crazy as someone who recognizes walking through some of these areas, for sure. Nice video, wow.

[@Yukinoomoni]

I am very upset by those books and the idea of their fates.

[@DiRtYwHiTeBoii]

I love the super creepy 80s video and distorted music... nice touch 👌

[@RoachOverlord]

Thank you for pronouncing "Staunton" correctly.

[@malifor2210]

I think it's comforting for me at least because of nostalgia. I grew up next to a dying 60-s70-s mall when I was a child and I have really fond memories of the aesthetics and quietness and peacefulness of the mall and the department stores within it (dillards). And the other small stores that was closing.

[@inkspen]

oh wow, i’ve been here multiple times and seeing it so empty feels so saddening because i remember when i was little clinging onto my mom because of how many people once were there. and i remember sliding around on the benches because i remember loving the grooves on them :(

[@IamBecomeNothingSpace]

Kind of reminds me of one of the last two remaining malls in Tulsa. One of which has a 2nd floor that is literally dead and is just made for walking around while the ground floor has about a little more then half of stores still running.

[@robk.6591]

Dan found The Backrooms! Beware! Beware!

[@someguy9070]

Another great video Dan! I’ve been a fan for about almost 3 years and every time I see a new upload I’m delighted. Keep up the good work and take care yourself man. :)

[@rmannayr2129]

THAT'S A LOT OF MOLD!

[@bladerunner6]

you know its all very strange, when i look at malls in Holland, they are still pretty busy untill this day, when i look at videos from Asia, no matter what country you look, its also pretty busy, i just cant believe what is going on in the USA, its all very unclear to me, but very interesting at the same time, so keep it up Dan, great work from you

[@ahmedrashdan3159]

Right, it surprised me from malaysia in particular. Because it's often featured in dramas, movies or magazines from the U.S

[@maga0721]

@this is Dan Bell, do a dead mall series video on Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg MD. Mall has great history to it and sadly is just about completely dead. Hopefully you see this comment and look into it. Thanks

[@janetcarbone4213]

Omg! Lake Forest is gone! I used to go there all the time when I lived in MD. I knew about White Flint and Owing Mills. Is Montgomery Mall still open? Columbia and Towson Town should still b going strong. Security was on its last leg in 2006 as I remember

[@juvylucero5774]

Missed watching your videos Dan Bell. I think it was almost 4 years since the last time I watched your videos. Feels like I’m in a time watching everytime I watch your videos! Your fan from the Philippines!

[@ArlyndaBoyer]

I live in Staunton, and used to describe the ambience of Staunton Mall as "exactly how you'd expect a mall to be if it were run by dementors."

[@samstoneberger9636]

Aww Dan you're in my neighborhood! I was hoping you'd do this one someday ❤

[@schamblin45]

Sad to see this. We practically lived at the mall in the early-mid 80s. The end of an era, I guess.

[@Trapcousindestroyer]

Mall rat 😉. Jk. I know a bunch of them. They lived a rough life

[@crazy8skml]

Malls were great in the 80’s and 90’s. Best place to hang out after school, or in the summer. Sadly the one near me was revamped to be bigger, and now there are shootings there at least once a month. That folder in the bin that says wildlife, was a monthly set of info sheets about animals from different regions. I have one in my basement somewhere from when I was a child. Thanks for the video!

[@user-bv7jc]

it's not only the video that makes me feel the way that it does, it's the comments, too.

[@Halo44327]

This mail is sufferingly trying to hold on. 🥺

[@razzledazzle781]

Not anymore, they put up a fence and are tearing the whole thing down. I think only belk is remaining.

[@karalinus9284]

My grandpa would take my sister and I school shopping at the Peebles that used to be there. It’s crazy to see how decayed the mall got

[@arcrisz5]

I feel like these are always so satisfying to me is because I dream of my store closing and being able to just like throw everything out and not give a shit

[@kerrbear1980]

Great to see you back!! Been enjoying the videos!

[@nintendoatarikiller]

10:58 they can donate all those unsold shoes to shoes for kenya 7:47

[@bethdk7328]

I’d forgotten about the creepy, winding corridors of JC Penny. Finding their bathrooms was always a process and the hallways felt small.

[@FoxtrotFleet]

What song is used in the intro starting at 1:02?

[@TheBelgiumproduct]

Found it! It’s “80’s and chill” by empyreal glow

[@FoxtrotFleet]

@@TheBelgiumproduct Thank you!

[@ElizHill70]

They are in the process of demolishing this mall this week. Pretty sad for my girls because they were there a lot with their dad, who passed in 2014, when they were little.

[@LeoWatcher7]

Dan Bell definitely has an ASMR voice ✌🏾🍿🍿🍿

[@chrisk8813]

Yes, indeed!

[@andyuhe]

"Here's a great shot of Bath and Body Works". I love these videos and I don't know why

[@Dxtuned]

Dan clipping through into the backrooms would be seen as a blessing

[@lego4virgo]

I remember going to the Staunton Mall when I was at boarding academy in New Market, VA. Wow, it's truly fallen on hard times!

[@scofab]

They also needed to service their BGM tape machine lol. Thanks for the peek, always interesting.

[@orochiokada]

I sadly moved somewhat close to this mall after it's demolition. I'm wondering if Dan was in town for the abandoned sanitarium around this time. That place has explorers going through it pretty much every night, but it is still very much private property and you have to be very careful exploring it due to it's decaying state (pitfalls, elevator shafts, etc...)

[@rachel_sj]

A new Dead Mall Series video means it's gonna be a great Friday and start to the weekend!!

[@deftonescp]

Always look forward to these videos. Thank you so much for the amazing content.

[@billtooke6642]

Nice! Go Dan Go

[@finnegan_]

I'm so sad to see this mall go, for the last few years it's been beautiful and empty and so fun to walk around in

[@fratercontenduntocculta8161]

Haha I think I've had to resub this channel every once in a while! Kept thinking I was missing something until my suggested just made this one for me. I was in my 20's when the mall started going downhill. Sad to see it go away but regardless of the future, shopping will always be how we buy things, just the venues will change.