Liminal Space Malls

[@benmcreynolds8581]

I was born in 1989 and so I really appreciate you making these video's. I hope you keep doing them in all sorts of ways. I have been really noticing just how bland and soulless everything has gotten in our current era & I don't understand why we would stray away from rewarding a optimistic creative Retro Futurism type vibe aesthetic of all different types..? That should be our mindset. We should strive to constantly be improving our quality of life. I hope our society snaps out of this depressing tunnel visioned capitalistic perspective that really makes society feel so dystopian and dysfunctional.. it's so hard to even afford to exist at the most basic level. Which is sad because We have so much creativity, advancements, technology, ideas, motivation, to create a awesome environment. Improve our quality of Life, improve the quality of our media, games, homes, living situations... Yet for now... Our society is really in a sorta new age low point.. just being brutally honest. So these videos and thinking about things of this nature are very therapeutic and uplifting in a otherwise bleak point in time. Glad I found your channel 👍🏻

[@spingleboygle]

maybe making an 80s-90s-2000s themed business or something would be a great strategy, considering so many people (including me) are sick of the blandness everything has.

[@menu.config]

I was in an empty mall with my family once, not a soul in sight, lights were shutting off, we had to run through this concrete hallway outside because everything, all the doors, passageways were locked off, still remember the wind in my ears the run to the car, the emptiness of the mall, honestly a nice break from all those eyes though

[@MrsSking123]

Why did you run to the car?

[@menu.config]

@@MrsSking123 Why would we stay in a closing mall? It was like, night

[@MrsSking123]

@@menu.config i assumed you were out of the mall...

[@menu.config]

@@MrsSking123 We were in then we got out

[@strange4107]

@@menu.config what do you mean "a nice break from all those eyes though"?

[@CUBETechie]

Maybe it is just me but In furniture stores you definitely loose your sense of time. Especially when it has 3 -5 floors it's enormous. Greetings from Vienna

[@Shookey]

I know the feeling

[@ifelldownthestairs_]

IKEA be like lol

[@tankunicorn134]

lol ikea

[@liemduongthanh8386]

@@ifelldownthestairs_ scp 3008, the infinite ikea.

[@CUBETechie]

@@ifelldownthestairs_ not IKEA it is a more local store like Ludwig , XXLutz

[@xbrokenribcagex]

I’ve actually been to the Washington Square mall location dozens of times. From what I was able to gather, it used to be a daycare which explain the colors, and it has a children’s mural on the other side of the shop. It used to be a LensCutters and I think either a furniture or antique shop. The mall itself is eerie to walk around, you just hear your own footsteps, buzzing of the lights and sometimes the kids car ride would play a child’s laugh. This is a very good video, I always find these locations fascinating and it’s nice to learn about them.

[@Shookey]

Appreciate it! Interesting stuff, cool to hear from someone whose actually been there!

[@xbrokenribcagex]

@@Shookey I might try to show more of the area in a video. I managed to find some photos of it when it was still occupied.

[@worstusernameintheworld9871]

aw I'd love to go visit abandoned/dead malls here, but as far as I know, they aren't really a thing and a ton of people still go to most malls where I live, I just really enjoy the vibe of abandoned places even if almost all of my friends get too scared to go with me :')

[@lukeooof4300]

You weren't far off. The store used to be a hands-on discovery center before it was a lenscutters.

[@cartoonlizardtheanimator6701]

What about the liminal space image, what do you know about that?

[@idkjordash]

Imagine exploring a flooded mall after a hurricane or something

[@Shookey]

Now that would be really really cool

[@braysfinds7479]

My Dad helped in a Hurricane Katrina cleanup in 2005 - 06. He would often haul copper wiring and other building materials to scrap yards, one mall had a bottom floor that was built partially underground. Let's just say it was hell trying to salvage anything from the stores down below.

[@beanieweenie1349]

There's an abondoned mall, I think it's in Thailand or something, for a very long time the bottom floor was flooded and over 3,000 koi and other various fish lived down there

[@bulibasa0]

POV: hurricanes trying not to hit america every 4 seconds

[@cringetrain]

Swiiim

[@CapitanPity23]

Just discovered your channel and its perfect, love this content

[@Shookey]

Welcome aboard and thank you :)

[@Mon-O-Chrome]

k ase aca

[@bedworlddsyt359]

Que haces aquí capitán pito?

[@mrsalmon7339]

hmm I've seen u around in Gorillaz video comment sections before

[@gumtheguard5355]

same

[@aronian2289]

when you said "the thing" i thought you were being creepy but then i remembered it was 2021 lol

[@Shookey]

Yuppppp 🙄

[@savageclasher1014]

@@Shookey what is the thing

[@Taxislube]

@@savageclasher1014 cockvid 19

[@Im_Marcy_Wu]

LOL

[@RyManMaster_Rylan]

2021? Are you crazy?! It’s 2015! Now come on, let’s go finish our Minecraft house!

[@Samantha_Lee]

my local mall is dying and it makes me really sad, i grew up going there and i hate seeing it so empty. i haven't been in a long time because of covid but i know it's not doing too well

[@Shookey]

That really is unfortunate :/ I hope it doesn't close down!

[@Samantha_Lee]

@@Shookey I actually just found out it was bought by a company that plans to keep it as a mall and add more businesses to bring customers, so I'm hopeful!

[@chickennuggetpaw]

How’s it doing now?

[@Samantha_Lee]

@@chickennuggetpaw it’s not doing any worse, they haven’t added any new stores yet but luckily business doesn’t seem to have gone down much bc of covid!

[@elizabethafton7331]

Oh

[@Wayhoo]

You are scarily underrated

[@Shookey]

Appreciate the support haha

[@mikewizz1895]

Agreed

[@Ghidorah96]

I think people are too scared to subscribe. Afraid of the feeling that lurks behind everyday life

[@wog6523]

You know how to edit You dont sound monotone Amazing video man

[@Shookey]

Thank you

[@raremagpie2449]

Hi, as a dead mall lover it made me so delighted to see a video like this! Amazing job, keep it up! :D

[@Shookey]

Oh thanks I appreciate it! I had fun making this video and I might make another in the future :)

[@Chicken4War]

no way it’s you

[@GigiCameron]

Ahh, White Flint. Growing up in the DMV, this was a staple of my childhood. It’s been torn down for a few years now.

[@Shookey]

Would've loved to go

[@charlotte7587]

@@Shookey same, maybe it could be rebuilt sometime

[@HHPYE42]

Yeah same,some of my best memories were from there.once the big stores started leaving,I knew it was over

[@waltuh11121]

Once you understand the meaning of liminal spaces, that your childhood is gone and your memory is full of empty memories, you realize that these kind of photos are art

[@Shookey]

Yes 100% Yes

[@YF501]

The mountaineer mall is my favorite liminal space picture cause it's one of the few I genuinely connect with. It reminds me not of a mall, but of a rec center 5 minutes from where I live, combined with a mall that no longer exists near me

[@capybara2747]

Same. That image is like the place where most of my dreams occur in.

[@Shookey]

Thanks for letting me know you're favorite and that's cool to hear about the rec center

[@Shookey]

I'm surprised you can remember the location of your dream

[@YF501]

@@Shookey If I ever go back there once the world gets back to normal I will definitely show a picture of where this compares

[@Shookey]

@@YF501 That'd be awesome

[@5thkiechannel]

I predict that this channel will grow

[@Shookey]

Why thank you :v

[@SR_superior_1000]

@@Shookey if you dont grow In case, I'll still enjoy it

[@mapes2572]

@@Shookey papulince xdddd ok no (no hate)

[@Asstlum]

@@SR_superior_1000 same

[@faithpage3264]

Liminal Spaces are a comfort of mine. It’s hard to describe. I used to visit malls as a kid, too. Every second I got to myself, I’d grab my buddies and head to the Hot Topic, Spencer’s, and a few others. It wasn’t a retro looking mall. To this day, nothing has changed and yet it still remains busy. Happy to have discovered this video. Nice channel.

[@snowpawwolf1123]

A couple of weeks ago, I was having a rough day. And as I so often do when I have rough days, I dressed in my finest 1980's themed attire; All three feet of hair, teased to perfection, and my face was adorned with every kind of makeup you could imagine. I decided to go the the mall in the next town over, somewhere I had fond memories of but had not visited in years, with the intention of reliving those quickly fading memories (thanks memory disorder). But when I stepped through those doors, I was greeted with an empty shell of what once was. Over half the stores were closed and derelict, and there were maybe nine other families in the whole building. I meandered about for a bit, got my little brother some freeze-dried ice cream, but eventually I left without much fuss. It was a really, truly disheartening experience. I never got to live through the 80s or the golden era of the shopping mall. I feel like I've missed out on something that I was meant to see. I dunno lol. I just gotta hope someday they'll come back.

[@deci2302]

Great video! I remember when I first discovered Vaporwave (around 2015, but I've come to recognize that I've been experiencing the feelings for longer) and that was when I first started noticing the feeling that comes with Liminal Space images. Just like you said, there's a lot of overlap with Vaporwave and Liminal Space. I didn't have the words to describe it at the time, and as such I thought I was the only one who felt that way about these nostalgic and somewhat unsettling spaces. I'm really glad that things like the Backrooms and other such internet trends brought it enough into the spotlight to actually be defined and easily understood by others for the most part, it makes me really happy. As always keep up the great work!

[@Shookey]

Hey Deci! I liked what you said on the mixing/overlap of Vaperwave and Liminal Spaces, it's basically what I was trying to convey but you actually put it into words hahaha. Also I'm glad I can be here to put that little spotlight on these strange corners of the internet. Thanks again for the support -- it's always good to hear from you :)

[@V0ID_X5]

Empty Malls are easily my favorite type of pics. Especially ones in which the lights or neon is on. Just went to my local mall late last year (hadn’t been there since childhood). There were a bit of people but due to “The Thing” and probably online shopping it was not super busy. It looked different than I remembered as a kid (although I couldn’t remember alot). I always went during Christmas. My memories were of wreaths on the wall and Santas chair and Christmas music playing. Most of the mall was just clothing stores (not interesting to me) except for FYI and Spencers and Food Courts. Don’t know why In typed all this- just sharing a bit of nostalgia! If you made it to here: *CONGRATULATIONS*

[@ryangamer9942]

once again, a banger video. keep up the good work!

[@Shookey]

Thanks! Will do!!

[@KazJonesy]

There's a dead mall in my town that's still open and it's so quiet in there due to the lack of people. You can literally hear your footsteps echo and the low humming coming from the escalators, it gives off a really eerie vibe, especially for me since I remember when it used to be popular.

[@selinnazsur2328]

I personally experienced this liminal space feeling in where I live, somewhat. There's this big mall that my parents used to take me as a child. We wouldn't always go there (I live in a big city) but my memories of that specific mall are pleasant. It's also imo one of the most aesthetically pleasing malls I've been in, fancy but not too flashy. Tasteful and totally nostalgia-inducing. A few years back I had some business in that part of the city with my dad so we decided to give this mall a visit on our way back. Turns out they went under and the majority of the shops were already closed. The mall has these glass-walled shops in the middle of the ground floor that create narrower hallways throughout and the insides are visible. They had dimmed out the lighting to reduce the bills. So while not completely abandoned, walking through this mall was kind of an otherworldly experience. I felt bittersweet, nostalgic and unsettled. I was telling my dad about liminal spaces the other day and mentioned that day of our visit. I think he understood exactly what I was talking about.

[@retromacman620]

Very nice work on this one, I enjoyed it quite a bit. Dead Malls have fascinated me for years, especially since I discovered the Dan Bell series about 4 years ago. I have been really into the liminal space images off and on this past year. I appreciate your point of view

[@Shookey]

Hey thanks a lot! I tried being respectful to people who watch Dead Mall videos

[@mr.drakanator]

As an Evansville resident it is SO cool to see Washington Square Mall on here. It is infamous among the town for being eerie and dead yet somehow still open.

[@julioliarts]

I always thought these images were of malls after closing time and didn't think they'd be closed. In Puerto Rico, the few malls we have here are always incredibly full all days of the week so it's surprising to me a mall could be completely empty. Great informational video!

[@goldenziggy2367]

Picture this: Your in a mall. It's a dead one. You walk through focusing on all of the abandoned and forgotten places. All of these stores were once cared for, loved, ...Alive. You walk through and begin to wonder; "Will I be abandoned as these stores have?" You continue on. You feel your insecurities close in on you. You then start to feal that empty fealing of abandonment. That. Sadness. You continue on with your journey and try to run away. You try and try and the walls and eyes on every poster start to track you down. You look around. You cant focus. You feal hatred closing in on you. It's all falling apart. Your falling apart. You hear whispers in your own head telling you to be better. You are moving through people. A few minutes ago you were in your own mind. But then you realize you were yourself because you bumped into someone. Your in a real and alive mall. You dont know why. Maybe you forgot. You look for your car and find it. You drive home. You dont know whether or not they whispered cruel things about your face. Your hair. Was it good enough? No. It was all perfect. Nobody was talking about you. But you dont understand. Your emotions that have no real meaning close in on you and you cry yourself asleep that night because of something that wasnt said.

[@vitalina8534]

damn

[@GhostSynthHL2]

Last time I checked the channel, which was yesterday, there was 500 subs. Your channel is growing quicker than a field of green grass. Great job. I really love these liminal space videos. XD

[@amandarivera5145]

you’ve just uncovered a childhood memory of mine. i grew up going to white flint. i remember it so vividly

[@HHPYE42]

Same,I remember riding on the mini ride on train they had there a ton.good times

[@LeaderPenguin]

Finally! A video featuring Washington Square! No one talks about this mall l despite being very dead (and my local dead mall). I went here all the time as a kid and I remember there being a Thomas Kinkade store, a pet shop, and even a licensed Disney Store. From visiting there over the past few years, I noticed there was a LensCrafters at one point too. Currently there are no anchor stores (SEARS left around 2015 and the other most recent anchor was a flea market that is no longer there). The food court is nearly abandoned with hardly any stores. Most of the mall that is still open to the public is small, local businesses. The back half of the mall is all being rented out to St. Vincent Hospital. The parking lot is a complete disaster compared to the ad that was shown. But yet after all this time, the gaudy food court sign is still there and the fountain is still running. IMO visiting it would be boring because of how the access to the mall has shrunk, but it’s definitely worth exploring. A lot of the store fronts that can be openly seen by the public are literal time capsules. It’s a shocking comparison to the mall down the street, Eastland Mall (owned by Simon Group), is still fairly busy and is a very live mall. Though the pandemic did hit it a bit hard

[@RazzleTheRed1]

Wow I had an extremely similar experience with a mall near me, I remember going there as a kid and it being pretty busy. But when I visited there as an adult there had to have only been a handful of people in the entire place and you could go several minutes without seeing another person.

[@Ali_zokari]

BRO OMG YOUR VIDEOS ALWAYS ENTERTAINING

[@Shookey]

THANKS FROST!! APPRICIATE IT :)

[@blusk2248]

7:37 I don't know but this feels weirdly nostalgic even though I didnt exist back then.

[@pepsi_man4962]

Know what’s weird? Your story is the same as mine. The mall I grew up with had a carousel, play area, and restaurants all in the food court next to eachother. I remember seeing Santa as a kid there. Now the foodcourt is torn down……malls are soon to be gone…. Everything pre 2012 was amazing. Idk what happened…it’s too depressing to get deep deep into details but the feeling I get thinking about it is soul crushing. I have broken down in tears many times thinking about the happy times……

[@CyberSpiral11235]

So off-putting. And yet strangely inviting. One thing I notice in these liminal spaces is the cognitive dissonance of feeling both both safe and repulsed. It's like coming home when you live alone and find a cup of coffee sitting on the counter. And it's still warm. Great job of conveying the utter strangeness of these places. I look forward to more of your work.

[@sxgar_teaa9827]

I loved watching about abandoned places, and this was so interesting to me! Great job!!

[@Shookey]

Thank you!

[@danielthiem9019]

Found this channel just now, and man these videos are great, they seem to be really well researched and you're able to present them in a very consise and entertaining way. Definitely worth a sub.

[@Shookey]

tysm! hope you stick around for whats next

[@katemcpx]

The fact the first video you show is the mall I go to now, which is still open and thriving

[@katemcpx]

(I mean the background of the intro, just to make myself clear)

[@samaraqueen2034]

Shookey: I'm a bit sick at this part Also Shookey: Sounds like Chills and a Reporter 3:37

[@uhhh_madden]

💀

[@NeonArsonist]

Remember back when malls were fun and not constantly going out of business? When I was little the malls had little play arenas, those screens on the floor with games (I frogot what it was called) little toy cars like you’d find at play places, and carousels. Most where I am have been closed down and there’s only like 2 "good" ones left

[@solofox2373]

Theres a dead mall in Aiken SC, they were supposed to close and tear it down in 2017, but the money was pushed towards(i kid you not) Luxury apartments near the highway. due to 5 big stores there, it is still open! I might go to the bookstore there and take some photos

[@yesthen2704]

The deadest mall I been to is called the Brunel centre in Swindon, Swindon was basically built and then just left. A lot of the buildings in Swindon are abandoned, there’s a church in the town centre which is bordered up and abandoned, the tall building above the train station is bordered up and abandoned, since Debenhams has closed all shops in England, the massive Debenhams in Swindon’s now abandoned, there’s a huge building next to the train station which is also abandoned and has loads of smashed windows, and in some of the suburban parts of Swindon there are derelict council estates, even the Swindon Oasis swimming park closed down and has now closed down and just been left to rot. The only thing Swindon has left is a shopping outlet quite far from the town centre and the football stadium, other than that it’s a completely run down dead town and the people who live there are often depressed. Swindon is a place that people go through but no one actually goes there

[@scnbadguy5012]

Whoa I never knew that malls over there were getting super empty meanwhile where I live at Puerto Rico almost every mall is full like even now at these times

[@allie69]

The effort you put into your videos really shows. I have always been so fascinated by liminal spaces so I literally love your channel so much

[@Shookey]

Thank you so much I really appreciate it :)

[@thelunarsimulationleague]

Someone needs to make a horror game on one of these images but expand it into a full horror game

[@joannamysluk8623]

Not sure if it's a horror game, but there's Anemoiapolis if you're interested.

[@thelunarsimulationleague]

@@joannamysluk8623 oooh

[@cartoonlizardtheanimator6701]

Washington square mall liminal space horror game 😁

[@thelunarsimulationleague]

@@cartoonlizardtheanimator6701 wow sounds amazing i gotta check it out

[@cartoonlizardtheanimator6701]

@@thelunarsimulationleague no, it's not a real game, it's want I want to be real 😐

[@waterPsychiatrist]

You found your thing and you do it well, hope you get the views you deserve

[@uncarbonatedmilk_]

I live pretty near a dead mall. Barely any people go there anymore, and the shops are slowly closing down. There's around 10 shops left there, and business seems to be slowing every year.

[@botanicgarden123]

when i was watching the introduction/background to this video my mind immediately went to the Mountaineer Mall, i lived in a very very small town about half an hour from morgantown. my school, my parents work, and everything else in my life was in morgantown up until a couple years ago. and i was so surprised to see it on here. i used to go to this mall once or twice every week because i had ballet/irish dancing lessons there. my dad usually would be the one to take me and their was this large, long train diorama in the one hallway, it was usually broken but when it wasnt my dad and i would try and find quarters to run it. there was no shops i would go into and none were memorable and they were almost always closed, there was one arcade that was outdated and was always barred off and closed, but because of the bright colors and lights, you could still see into it. there was only one restuarant, very small and not a chain which i remember having barbeque food, and i remember it being really good and the sauces being spicy which i loved as a kid and still do now, but i dont think it stuck around. its crazy because i never remember seeing more that 5 people in the mall at a time besides the parents, students and teachers at the dance place and the sales associates at the empty, dimly lit stores. i guess looking back it is an eerie, empty place but i was a kid when i went, and since i lived in an old town where the only malls i had been to were like this (other than one in pittsburgh, hours away, that we would go to once a year for school clothes) i thought all malls were like that.

[@botanicgarden123]

i think it is so cool that something i am familiar with an know about resonates with some people. so btw if anyone has a topical question i can probably answer it.

[@blinky6254]

I had many dreams of empty malls as a kid They scared me. These pictures helped me get over my fear of empty malls Sorta.

[@qwertydog9795]

maybe it's just my introvertedness or whatever but dead malls seem like the most comforting places to me

[@minchyoda1602]

the slowed down mario 64 music fits so well, nice video too! you gained a sub

[@cipher32k]

I find liminal spaces so crazy. I cant even explain all the mixed feelings i have when i see them. Also, your videos are awesome 💪👌👍

[@Shookey]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you find liminal spaces interesting

[@jadethenidoran]

I appreciate you using a slowed version of Blizzetta's theme, love that song

[@mr.timusproductions116]

I feel like in some way, these liminal videos will actually make these malls popular, at least a little bit more so.

[@para5600]

7:11 can't believe I haven't seen this before but I was so surprised to see my review here :) awesome video man I love this type of content

[@Shookey]

Glad you enjoyed the video! Going to make a third part at some point, so definitely stay tuned!

[@EthanTheGamer77]

I have hundreds of mall dreams. Sometimes the mall is floating, sometimes the floor is gone, Sometimes the malls are popular or ghostly. there is one dream i had where the place was a giant square mall, that was very tall. Once I got up to higher floors, I realised there's no escalator down. (Keep in mind i was about a kilometer from the ground. and the only place to go near the top was a very thin path. as I said earlier, I was very high up and since I don't drink water I felt like I was drunk in the dream. I span around infinitely trying to get to the end of the path. As someone with a fear of heights it was scary. I have had this dream countless times in different locations

[@Brhehrheh]

Imagine working at a mall after hours wrapping up your stuff and you walk through the empty mall remembering the children, adults and teens who were once there hours ago, now knowing you are the only one there

[@CloudDealing]

Wonderful content- As always. If you need music for your videos lemme know

[@Shookey]

We'll definitely be in touch!

[@Molotov_Milkshake]

The first clip is the Metro Centre in Gateshead, UK. I regularly go there and it's always bustling. It's definitely not a 'dead mall'. This footage is obviously from before or after the stores are open. Very weird to click this video and see my local mall though!

[@Shookey]

Kinda uncanny huh? Yeah I just used footage because as you stated here it appears dead. Glad to hear it's not!

[@Molotov_Milkshake]

@@Shookey funny thing is, I got a mega sense of deja vu when that footage first played...then I realised I actually know the place. Extremely liminal if you ask me! Especially since I've worked like 3 different jobs there in my distant past.

[@Molotov_Milkshake]

@@Shookey Whilst this footage of the Gateshead Metro Centre is quite modern (those climbing walls and slides etc were only put in within the last decade or so), you should see how it used to look in the 90s when I was a kid. Look up 'Gateshead Metro Centre Metroland'. It used to have a huge indoor theme park called Metroland, with a rollercoaster, arcades, and loads of rides and amusements. They got rid of it about 20 or more years ago, but at the time it was the biggest indoor theme park in Europe. I believe the Metro Centre itself still is the biggest shopping mall in Europe to this day. Look up Metroland, that place haunts my dreams! Here's a YT vid about it: watch?v=mrdCX0eOkXs

[@Weremuffinish]

Oh dang I was not expecting my home town to show up in a video here. Been to Washington Square a few times growing up, crazy to think it's a well known liminal space photo now! And that ad is a bizarre blast from the past.

[@Shookey]

nice!

[@woomyiism]

ooh, this just reminded me of a dead mall I visited with some of my family sometime during last year. The mall was in a pretty bad condition, while the main architecture was still there there were little to no lights from the building that were still on, leaving the only source of light to be from the glass ceilings the mall had. The air in the building smelled pretty bad due to there not being any working air conditioning, and there was also some graffiti on some of the walls, I think most of the graffiti was either near the entrance or near the main court area. One thing I remember seeing was a few large balloons that were mostly deflated, I think there was still a bit of helium in some of them but there wasn't much. The only two parts of the mall that were still in use was an arcade/game store that was in one of the places for a store, and at one of the ends of the mall there was a clothing store or something like that, I don't remember exactly though

[@Enivri]

On the intro isn’t that tbe Metro Centre. That rock climbing play area I recognise, and the collectibles store, then right at the end you can see the Claire store which is where me and my ex met up once. I thought that is quite a popular shopping centre, never seen it that quiet before.

[@Shookey]

Possibly, all I know is that it's a mall in the UK. I left the full video in the description which tours the entire building if you wanna check that out

[@AudiDevv]

PLEASE READ THIS: Ok so anyways I didn't know dead malls existed until I realized THE PLACE WHERE I LIVE HAS A DEAD MALL AND ITS CREEPY AF, look up "Findlay Mall Ohio"

[@-SOSA-.]

The mall close to where I live has pretty much been dead since it opened, but since it got raided and covid happened, it became the ultimate dead mall experience (despite it still being open). The billboards outside have faded out, there are plenty of spaces where the lights don't work, others have some broken glass, the hallways lead to a dead end, there aren't many shops working on it and it's always empty (the makeup and art supplies are quite affordable tho)

[@Shookey]

Sounds like you could get some really cool photos! I'd take the opportunity while you still can!

[@NubyYSteve]

You're almost at 600 now, it's crazy.

[@Shookey]

I honestly can't believe it

[@very_many_days9710]

@@Shookey almost 750 now

[@thechubster3423]

Almost 1k

[@animagi6844]

this definitely is unheard of in my country since malls here are treated more like parks to chill in with stores on the side rather than just a place to buy stuff

[@peepeepoopoomyguy7457]

Hey,how about... Fields in liminal spaces?

[@Maxymus]

I love odd and eerie videos like these, I’m definitely subscribing!

[@Wayhoo]

Can't believe i have been here since 400 subs and you still aren't famous!

[@Shookey]

Thanks for sticking with me :)

[@mattressburglary7703]

I remember white flint mall, I used to live in Montgomery county MD and I vaguely remember it being a big deal in the area that it closed, especially since there are very few malls in Maryland, so it’s closure drilled in the thought that malls are disappearing from existence.

[@Livlatte]

I really hope my towns mall doesn’t shut down they’re the only place with an auntie Anne’s/pacsun around here

[@hopelessamaturerougeofhope4399]

Same I hope my doesn't close anytime soon cause one of them has a good ass pizza spot

[@WRAETHERR]

Seeing Washington Square was a huge surprise 'cause I grew up in Evansville. As a kid, we'd go to it all the time even though it was dying (and still is, the things on life support) took pictures with santa their once, got cookies with my grandma, etc. Good memories. It's very nostalgic for me. One time we even met the owner (though I don't think he's the current owner rn). There's another mall in town that's far nicer, but idk, doesn't feel as special as Washington Square. I still go there everytime I visit family just to walk around (Though, I'm also a sucker for dead malls and go whenever I can)

[@communistbagel]

It feels so bizarre to watch this, having been to one of these malls as a kid! The Washington Square one. My strongest memories of it are going there with my grandma to pick up her prescription, and being freaked out by a few of the machines for kids that you could put money in to ride, as they would go off on their own with no one there. This was like, 10 years ago too, and the mall was just as dead then as it is now. Great video dude! It unlocked a memory for me, but was also very informative about other places ^^

[@Shookey]

The cursed mall rides wtf 🙀😅 also nice Reagen PFP

[@Loogiz]

my favorite mall in this video is the washington square mall, it reminds me of a dead mall here in my hometown: sunrise mall. it has the same story as washington square, and last time i went, it was pretty liminal. great video as always man, i always look forward to watching them when you upload and i hope to see more from you!

[@Shookey]

Thanks for sharing your story and telling me your favorite! Always good to hear from you :)

[@Loogiz]

of course, glad to see your channel grow!

[@justinflores5701]

I also live in a town that has sunrise mall

[@inbredduck1487]

Im from montgomery county and i literally shouted when you mentioned white flint mall. I used to go there a bunch as a kid and loved the playplace. I think its closed off now and ia getting demolished. Havent seen the inside of it for like a decade. It was a lovely place.

[@dailybocklyn8082]

I honestly don't get how these aren't as popular! I just found out about your youtube account and I really like it. I just love your videos soooo much!

[@azurereloaded]

my local mall has been dead since about 2015ish and got demolished earlier last year, i never spent a ton of time there but i do remember the food court and the gymboree store really vividly. the place had some very obvious 90s design and wasn't very full except for the macy's and burlington's in there

[@Citycomeawalkin]

I always love seeing pictures of the eatery in White Flint Mall in Rockville, MD. I used to eat lunch by that tree in the mural. For the last like 10 years of it there was a Smoothie King, Sbarro's Pizza, Panda Express, Boardwalk Fries, a terrible, terrible BBQ stall that was too expensive and a wonderful little independently owned stall where two old Chinese ladies made the best chicken salads and plates of ribs you could find in that area. My mom knew them since the 70's. The whole mall was knocked down in 2015 and those two old ladies just moved the whole operation to a nearby mall and kept right on making the same chicken salads and ribs. They finally retired just this year. 2024. I have no idea how old they were at that point but they always seemed like they were at least in their late 50's even when I was just a little kid.

[@Shookey]

@@Citycomeawalkin wow had no idea this was in Rockville! Coulda make the quick commute being a NoVA native. Such a shame but I'm so happy for them. Thanks for sharing!!

[@incentas6721]

The Hamilton Mall near me in New Jersey was thriving about 4 years ago. I remember going with my friends to the game stores there and spending hours in there. When I got there now, it's so empty. It's unreal how quickly these things can die off. Unfortunately new management took over and they plan on demolishing it to put up town homes. COVID really didn't help it either.

[@williamyarrington3823]

Grew up eating basically exactly where those photos of White Flint were taken! Wonderful surprise seeing it in the video, I was thinking of it right before you revealed it as the first in the list.

[@Shookey]

Amazing!

[@noob3n383]

I live in Montgomery County and i can say ive been to White Flint many times, they didn't close, they tour it up. Also if you were wondering that image was taken at the food section of the mall.

[@qwertydog9795]

there was a dead mall where I used to live...I went there for music lessons when I was about 13-14 but after Sears closed, and the arcade upstairs closed, the place was finally condemned a few years ago. wanted to go there and take a nice, peaceful walk down the cool, dark tiled hallways with my now fiance. but we get there and everything is closed off with a "No Tresspassing" sign at every exit. It was an oddly sad feeling, looking at the door I walked through so many times to the Music Academy. Remembering how awesome the acoustics were in that seemingly endless abyss of a building. If I found a place like this again, the first thing I would do is sit down on the edge of the dried-up fountain and sing my favourite songs. take pictures. reflect on the bittersweet sensation that comes with change. Imagine twenty years in the future, maybe they'll make sitcoms that parody the cultural environment of the 90s or early 2000s. Maybe we'll experience then the same gleeful nostalgia our parents had when watching "Happy Days" or "That 70s Show". But I don't know. Will TV even exist then? or will we all be sat there on our smart couches watching videos like these on our ethernet-having 65" flatscreen or some shit.

[@Shookey]

we'll be watching iconic vines on our glass TVs and virtual reality brain chips 🙊

[@cupnoodles6358]

man i love dead malls. the vibe they give off is like no other. over saturation of the market is to blame as well for this dead mall situation. there are usually boat loads of strip malls and outlets that surround these places. for example; the lakeview mall in battle creek mi, i noticed how it was nearly impossible to see the mall because of surrounding stores. i have personally noticed how malls are absolutely surrounded by these outdoor stores. consumers would just like to stop in at one or two stores in particular. which can be found in outdoor stores like this- just park and go in. nonetheless, great video!!

[@DatBoiHoboJoe]

My first experience with an empty mall was exploring the hallways in a newly built mall that only had a few shops. It felt so odd wandering the hallways of empty shops. 4 years or so later I return to that mall and it is bustling with activity. Those same abandoned hallways were teeming with life. Really was a trippy experience.

[@liltrooper29]

Thank u so much for putting that super Mario 64 music track on here...so nostalgic...

[@Shookey]

It's great music :)

[@Andux]

6:39 CORRECTION: It does still exist, but however the place is blocked off by a gate

[@watchpointoh3354]

The mall at Tuttle Crossing, Dublin OH. It's still well visited today, but it's in the process of dying. It was very close to my old house, so we used to go there a lot. My parents would go shopping and we would eat at the Chick-fila. There was also "Spaceland", as we called it. It was a play area filled with big plastic planets, comets, and a space shuttle to climb on. Spaceland's long gone, but the mall remains, and I'm planning to go back to visit it relatively soon, among other places from my early childhood, for old times' sake.

[@Robloxsirenfilmer21]

The mall is the best place to go to and the music in this video is relaxing so relaxing

[@mikeequevilley918]

There is this mall that is half an hour away from my hometown that is just completely abandoned. Apparently when my mom was a kid they had more stuff and even had a movie theater. Now it is just empty. I'm guessing because a popular outdoor mall opened up a decade later it drew away attention. The only major things left were a Hobby Lobby and a Bath and Body Works, but they closed the HL and moved it to the other mall, so it's just abandoned essentially. Occasionally during Halloween a Halloween store will open. I remember when I was little there was a thrift store in the mall that my grandma took me to occasionally. Looking at the mall is just depressing

[@Thomaswilliams94]

Omg, the footage at the start is the metrocentre, I live near that. Suprised to see it!

[@grusome7548]

Proud of you shookey you’ve grown quite a bit these past couples months good shit

[@Shookey]

Wow Grusome thank you so much ;~; it's good to hear from you again

[@gossamermorton4952]

Your content never dissapoints, I loved the video and all the dead malls.

[@Shookey]

I'm glad you found it interesting!

[@BrianBurke06]

Talk about the South Road mall in Poughkeepsie. It was the most prominent mall until the Poughkeepsie Galleria opened in the late 80s. While it stayed popular throughout the early 90s, but in the mid 90s the Galleria got an expansion, which along with the closing of Media Play was the fnail in the coffin for the mall. It closed in 2007, and is currently a shopping plaza. I did go inside, but I was so young that I wouldn’t be able to remember anything. The inside is kind of iconic in the liminal mall community, so it won’t be hard to find. Thanks for reading!

[@BlockheadBlocks]

I used to go to this mall in Ocoee when I was a kid called “West Oaks Mall”. I go rarely now and it’s sad to see a place once lively and full of people, now deserted & cold.

[@finnwallis3234]

Thanks man once again for talking about my suggestion! You’re getting better and better.

[@Shookey]

Of course! Thanks for making the suggestion!

[@lance2533]

Bruh make a longer video on this concept, it's so amazing!

[@guineapiglady2841]

I just watched "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" They show the crowded and alive mall. So different. I will never forget the times I were in the malls here.

[@DeadMallWalking]

Thanks for including my video in this, my dude!

[@GoodMorningSunshine3225]

I love love LOVE malls. I have so many good pure memories from when our mall was alive. We recently went inside and there were a few stores back up but not the same. Malls were truly something. You could find random little things you wouldnt be able to find online without super specific names. Our candy store was great too, even a few fancy candy/sweet powder machines in the theater. Inside the dead mall there were two trees left by the foodcort, both connecting at a small skyline window. The last of the proper sunlight in that part of the mall.

[@ninirozhy]

Yay a new video! The mall liminal spaces are my favorite

[@Shookey]

Glad you like them!

[@ninirozhy]

@@Shookey 💗💗i love them. You should make a video on arcade liminal spaces they make me very nostalgic, which is really weird since They’re all American arcades and I’ve literally never been in America before.

[@Shookey]

@@ninirozhy That's actually a really interesting idea -- I'll definitely write that one down!

[@ninirozhy]

@@Shookey thanks i would love that video!!(´⊙ω⊙`)

[@Cherry_sew_sweet]

This is the first video I've seen from your chanel, and I'm so happy your sub count has grown so much :) I'm excited to see the future if this chanel too!

[@raffertydonaghy8232]

I've always wanted to go to a massive store like Ikea store or just some cross road in the middle of no where and just look around, seeing Liminal space fuels this motivation