DEAD MALL SERIES : A Tale of Two Dead Malls in TROPICAL FLORIDA, USA

[@ThisisDanBell]

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[@kristopherpoulsen653]

Ahhh, there's that vaporwave and casual stroll I've been missing

[@SuV33358]

Ikr

[@Strongbah43]

@23:45 the warm glazed nuts we've been missing.

[@angiewestall1645]

I have missed walking around malls and seeing them through Dans eyes

[@remlezar9397]

I still get all gitty whenever he uses songs and artists that I've heard before.

[@BalooDumptruck]

@ROFLCOPTERLOL calm down edgy man

[@ibtaba]

The day after I graduated high school in 1991 I went to Regency mall and met almost everyone from my class, it was like a 1 day high school reunion.

[@brunoschenkman8951]

The mall used to be THE place to hang out for high school and college kids

[@carlosk2510]

ibtaba I used to go to this mall ALL THE TIME...

[@upstatenewyork]

❤️

[@MsGail61]

Yeah, Terry Parker class of 79 here, I used to hang out there on weekends.

[@elizabethhansen2889]

@@brunoschenkman8951 I used to be a mall rat. Just told my husband I'm sad that my son will never know what it is to be a mall rat lmao

[@BeyMediaVids]

I knew Tyler. We were both diagnosed with cancer around the same time. Him with Brain Cancer, and I with ewings sarcoma. My family knew his family and when he was diagnosed we wrote each other letters frequently. One of the only positive memories of being in the hospital room was writing and receiving those letters. I wrote a speech at his funeral and directly after I just remember sobbing. I've been a fan of yours for years, and when I watched this video I thought it would be cool to share that memory with you.

[@joelem2313]

I know this is a late response but I hope your doing alright with your diagnosis, hoping for the best :)

[@nicholasshade1366]

Thanks for the memory.🤎

[@ArvelleWhitaker]

Man....the music sets the mood.....feels like time slipping away....

[@om3g4z3r0]

This soundtrack makes me feel like i am floating on a stagnated lake waiting to die, but death is late.

[@2_2_4_3]

😂

[@nekari4963]

The genre is called Mallsoft, it's actually really reminiscing and nostalgic especially for the big empty mall feel

[@underthepale]

@@nekari4963 Wait. That can't be real. *checks* IT'S REAL?!

[@n.asantiago9488]

@@underthepale it is real man; just looked it up in yt

[@HelloNewMoon]

😂😂😂😂

[@sugarmagnolia538]

🎶 This plant is plastic, ain't that fantastic? Doesn't need any water, hardly any bother...🎶 😂😂😂 Love it!!

[@KrissyMeow]

I died laughing at that.

[@randywatson8347]

I would remix it into a vapor loop.

[@sugarmagnolia538]

@@randywatson8347 You should 😊

[@gircakes]

15:50

[@remlezar9397]

Me: "haha yes can't wait for this!" "I'm Rick and I need a shave" *stares into my soul*

[@NotRott009]

3:40

[@randywatson8347]

05:23 Dead as seen on television stare 😂

[@garygansbrubaker]

My deepest condolences, Dan. The song was a nice 80’s touch, and I think Tyler is smiling. XANADU and Mauve Madness!!!

[@dietwater6277]

Gary Gans who was tyler im new

[@Drelam]

I see these elderly mall walkers and imagine them walking through their empty malls reminiscing back to the 80's when they were younger with their family, and their children when the place was packed and everyone was running around shopping, smiling and hanging out, but now they look around and everything is dead their children are grown up and never call them and all their old friends have passed or gone and they walk constantly in circles having flashbacks and seeing ghosts of their pasts at certain abandoned stores and tables as old 80's and 90's music plays off the intercom and echos through the empty halls. How disturbingly sad.

[@rookclark4204]

God damn bro haha😭😂

[@JJ-wk5wy]

I think the same thing. So sad

[@JohnDoeRando]

That's very profound.

[@Mr.0B]

Jesus Christ dude

[@31111mw]

😂😂😂 that was so dark. Perspective depends on how people feel about the past. But, regret could make the settings you speak of a reality.

[@MacquarieRidge]

Dead malls: brought to you by Flourescent light humming

[@PandorasFolly]

In cooperation with faded carpet stains.

[@marksanders5285]

And produced by water damaged ceilings

[@fizzie6902]

In association with BACKROOMS industries

[@WiceyWings]

Ahh the series is back bois! Needed my vapor wave/dead malls fix!

[@soulzero22]

Aye!

[@shoyuramenoff]

I recommend Retail Archeology to fill the void.

[@WiceyWings]

@@shoyuramenoff I see you're a person of culture! Been subscribed for a while since I reside on Phoenix. Those malls, plazas and marketplaces are documented well on RA.

[@killerskillet]

Thank god. I was about to contempo-wrap my car around a tree.

[@FuckinEmoDude]

I GOT the "Can you hear me calling, out of line" Stevie Nick's Forever version. Love that song.

[@MWelind0]

Hopefully Tyler is in that big mall in the sky, where all the plants are real and well maintained, and the food court is always open.

[@Lemonborn-os6xy]

That is a beautiful sentiment

[@Eloc-zu9mu]

whos tyler and what happened if you dont mind me asking?

[@practicaloccultist231]

@@Eloc-zu9mu he was close to the KZbinr. Unfortunately he died of cancer shortly before this video was posted

[@morgankasper5227]

@@practicaloccultist231 f

[@kenangedik3678]

The series that brought me to this channel is back. I don’t know why I love this stuff so much.

[@kenangedik3678]

Derek Charette are you Jesus?

[@a_funyun]

"here's one of the lease owners" Look of horror plastered on a buried person Classic

[@mermanhellville]

Those mall walkers spook me a little. They look like robots. It feels like they're doing their thing in a paralell universe that accidentally ovelraps with ours

[@devonkelly44]

Lunarceas omg i’ve been trying to put my finger on it for a while!! you nailed it.

[@HelloNewMoon]

😂 perfect

[@aislingwalshh]

I totally agree! They’re always walking around in his videos no matter how crappy the mall is. Creeps me out.

[@kingofrapture]

Never clicked so fast in my life, hope you're doing well Dan!

[@WubWubLuv]

Xenomorphin Power Ranger fucking love this series

[@kingofrapture]

@@WubWubLuv SAME

[@sagedrummer]

Finally!!!!! So happy to see this, we missed Dead Mall Series!! These are the best!!

[@legendaryaNdepic]

I have all the series on my channel they are amazing I love the vintage cuts and quality.

[@AdriAsTheSiren]

12:05 Dan: What more could you ask for? Me: Customers.

[@kevina2052]

You know, it's been so long since we've seen a dead mall video I was hoping that conversation meme would die.. along with many of the past malls filmed!

[@AdriAsTheSiren]

@@kevina2052 I'm sorry you are dissatisfied with my comment. Would you rather I wrote it out in the form of a short story instead of a concise, easy to digest comment? Please advise:(

[@GGrev]

Buzzkill of the Year 2019 has been won by... Adriana!! :DDD

[@jakartaflyer314]

Hey Dan :) I want to say thank you for sharing these high quality footage of dead malls. I am from Germany but I think these malls are not only abondand property or infrastructure but back in the days they were the symbole of the american way of life for generations. I personally like the small details in this buildings which remained there the last 40 years or so.... Thank you for your great work

[@coler154]

‍

[@angelwauna]

I’m from Jacksonville and I agree Regency has always been dead 💀. I remember growing up going to the Palatka Mall. really cool seeing my neck of the woods being represented 🤙🏽 great video as always

[@tobeymaguiresdog9676]

@Sparka implying?

[@crystalleyvonne818]

Sparka this comment is why I regret wasting two years in racist Jacksonville. Back to a big city for me with great education, opportunities, and culture 😘

[@bennypowell983]

Sparka it’s kinda true though cuz it was getting to ghetto I moved away in 2008

[@joshuaayres121]

Often duplicated. But never exceeded. Wonderful video. Rick was on point!

[@theangryitalian7922]

Joshua Ayres often imitated never duplicated*

[@kclothe]

Seriously! Nobody captures the beauty and strangeness of the dead mall quite like Dan and friends. The vaporwave sound track is so fitting as well.

[@GeorgeMcNally]

Hands down, you guys have the best Dollar Shave Club ad on the internet.

[@WilliamAmyot]

Nice timing! Literally just got back from getting questioned by the cops while walking around the outside of our own local dead mall.

[@justimagine2403]

Olivia playing, a Radio Shack open! and a gut wrenching emptiness. The end of an era.

[@monkeywkeys3916]

RS sukd

[@aldemar9416]

Please PLEASE never stop doing this!!! I love vaporwave and the empty mall aesthetic and not enough people appreciate it, thank you for all you do

[@nicholasshade1366]

I love it too.🤎

[@killerskillet]

Dan, you should try some of the candies in the quarter vending machines. They're probably fresh as heck.

[@mattridgley9095]

@Marty Morrison Let's get these onto a tray! Nice!

[@Jennifer-xd1qs]

@Marty Morrison r/woosh

[@autismos7057]

@@Jennifer-xd1qs r/itswooooshwith4O's

[@utetwo9709]

D I S - G U S - T A N G

[@skydiamsteam6005]

Jennifer r/ok

[@xemnas9098]

Even in dying malls Bath & Body Works shops manage to stay open, surrounded by closed shops.

[@koffinkat666]

Girls gotta smell nice

[@rvk8991]

and GNC.

[@ShatzeeSammy1992]

And Claire's

[@gordontaylor2815]

GNC often has survived at otherwise-dead malls by having VERY long (often multi-decade!) leases which allow them to pay much lower rent than other stores do. Don't know if it's the same with Bath & Body Works or Claire's though.

[@lolkimberly123]

And Victoria’s Secret

[@synergy24242]

“Here’s one of the lease owners” 😂😂😂😂

[@DuffMan1024]

Kool Kermit 💀 😂

[@DeanWinchester69]

Loved hearing Magic by Olivia Newton-John starting at 23:05. I'm being transported back to the glorious 80s! That was the peak decade for malls. It was a community hub for commerce, entertainment, and socializing. Now it's just a fading relic of a time gone by. This phenomenon is happening all across the country, and only a lucky few malls are actually profitable thanks to prime locations and also having unique/popular draws (certain stores/restaurants/entertainment complexes like Dave & Busters, etc.) that aren't found elsewhere.

[@21stCenturySpaceOdyssey]

Dan - great series! BTW in the malls that still have a few remaining stores open, do you ever just speak to them (off camera) and get their impressions about what it's like to be working in a dying place?

[@packetcreeper]

"and much like a sinking ship, the galley is closed."

[@sentienttaco9134]

Dan, really, you just gonna hit me in the face with Rick "Sex God" Serra without a warning first? My girlfriend was in the room!

[@Kay-co8pf]

he unsettles me but I can't look away

[@davidjames666]

Kay it's like trying to look away from a happening train wreck

[@debdennis5373]

@@Kay-co8pf Hi Kay. Maybe You can't look away because he unsettles You. Haha

[@julosx]

Dontcha think Rick looks like John Goodman in "Barton Fink" ?

[@endlessdrive8421]

gf: Babe wtf are you watching? you: uhh deadmall series by Dan Bell gf: sure you are....

[@cabalofdemons]

I went to Regency quite a bit during the late 90s-mid 2000s. Once St. Johns Town Center opened, things went down for Regency.

[@bolguevara]

The St Johns Town center came way after the decline of the Regency. It was the Simons Avenues Mall down Southside that took all of the business. The Regency mall was previously a poorly lit, dingy, dark brown tile mall. They were slow to renovate it into the pastel cliche mall we see now. The slow renovations, crime, white flight, and general decline in mall shopping killed it off.

[@shamiaworld8897]

@@bolguevara yup and now town center is taking avenue business. So many stores have closed and moved to town center

[@NEGT01]

Yeah, the town center is the #1 mall in Jacksonville now adays, the avenues mall is still there sorta, but the regency is done for.

[@TheRmm1976]

Orange Park Mall is still hanging on, probably thanks to the movie theater. Sears anchor is still open there, but never has any customers and only a few cars in its massive parking lot.

[@christinasweetheart2810]

@@TheRmm1976 what are you talking about? I go to Orange Park every week and it's always packed. Not Sears but the rest of the mall is. The reason why OP is still hanging on is because of the big flop of the Oakleaf town center which was suppose to be like St. John's but became a huge fail.

[@raggletaggle8827]

"Funnily enough, there's some day walkers" *Frowny daywalker man glares over*

[@SupremeCommander1]

My mother was still wearing shoulder pads into the early 2000's

[@danacantu6714]

MR_ZOOT_SUIT your moms a badass

[@iPixie66]

Mine, too. It took her a long time to get rid of the pads and the poodle perms. I had to tell her, "Mom... its 2005. Please, stop." 🤣

[@greengoloco6559]

- they make decent potholders.

[@ultraboombean]

@@iPixie66 😂😂😂😂

[@NITE_SHIFTING]

I'm wearing shoulder pads right now at the office. All the guys at work give me shit about it but hey, I don't care. My moms' not missing them.

[@AnnoyingAsianWitch]

I love Rick and Another Dirty Room but I really missed the Dead Mall Series, thanks for doing more!

[@brunoschenkman8951]

IDK, the Dead Mall series make me depressed

[@astroZOMBIESattack]

Hey Dan, I am sorry about your friend, and Rick's sister too. Take care of yourself man, we love you and care about you. A great vid as always ❤

[@debdennis5373]

Out of the loop here. Can somepne tell me what happened re: Dan & his sister?

[@Sean-ll5cm]

yes, what happened? Someone fill us in

[@OnTheRocks71]

I think this is the first time I've watched an embedded sponsor ad the whole way through... ...horrifying.

[@KrissyMeow]

That was a damn good shave. Those razors truly are amazing.

[@benwinter2420]

That 'before' shot looks like me 'after' shaving with my hair clippers , I think I need to start shaving properly

[@DeadMallWalking]

"In the 2000s, crime skyrocketed at this mall." And there's the problem for so many of these places; you could be talking about a thousand different malls right here.

[@bennypowell983]

Yeah Jax is fuckin bad lol

[@Heroseamountain]

Yea crime did skyrocket in that general area at that point was shootings daily and now from what I hear it’s a very run down area grew up less then 10 minutes from here was very middle to upper class was a lot of new homes being built ect haven’t been back in over 15 years so

[@andrew8168]

One of the reasons normal people shop online. We aren't really supposed to talk about that though.

[@amc_sounds]

Aaaaaahhhh - about blinkin' time. That Sophie B Hawkins edit is FIRE

[@SamanthaEatsCookies]

You know I usually skip little ads in people's videos, but this one had me laughing and I had to watch

[@videosuperhighway7655]

Only Dan Bell can make commercials entertaining lol.

[@victoria4626]

These dead malls make me nostalgic for a time period I never experienced. I can't help but imagine what they were like in their hayday.

[@KrissyMeow]

Malls were the shit in the 90s. Hell even early 2000s I remember going to the local mall and spending my nights there with friends. It really is something that is gone now. I work at that local mall now..and it's slowly dying. It's sad to see and I do feel neat getting to have lived during the last days of the mall rat hayday.

[@Skrzacik]

@@KrissyMeow if you feel nostalgic, come to Europe, malls are still the shit here. Lots of people in our malls everyday. I watch Dan's videos to feel how deserted and dying mall feels like, it's a strange and very interesting feeling, where I live it's completely impossible to find.

[@andrewmachado6988]

Skrzacik same here in Ontario (Canada), The malls are still packed here everyday of the week.

[@Imperial0666]

The malls in the 1980s and early 90s had more variety not just clothing. There was no Internet. Big box stores were just starting to become popular.

[@plumbawl5977]

Nothing says dead mall to me like a ghostly audio Olivia Newton-John Music...

[@djdonovan26]

Another great feature. Olivia Newton John's "Magic" is TIMELESS and I'll still be listening to it a million years from now. Thanks, Dan! :)

[@hardcoremagicalgirl]

Regency Mall was where I got my cat. My mom's friend was looking to re-home a cat because her cats were fighting so we took one in. Regency was a good meeting ground for us so we met them there and took him home. His name was Bruce and he was one of the best cats I ever knew. He was calm and patient and almost never scratched or anything. He died in 2018. Rest in peace Brucie ❤️

[@jeltoninc.8542]

He was reincarnated don’t worry. He’s still having fun killing small animals somewhere. Cats are the best!

[@felicityhart20]

Blessed by daddy Ricks shaving routine 🙏🙏🙏

[@willkohudic5674]

I waited until my whole family was asleep so I could enjoy your new Dead Mall episode uninterrupted. Now my gut is tingling like I travelled back 30 years. Thank you Dan for all of your hard work, your smooth narration, your humor, and your good eye for eliciting the human experience of our misguided but optimistic commercial past.

[@wrathofvaughn9309]

Damn, Rick has more hair on his shoulders than I have on my head. What an alpha.

[@Cheryl6912]

Thank you, Dan! The Palatka Mall with all that open space makes me want to put on some roller skates and go to town. OMG, that would be some much fun!!!

[@agentofashcroft]

Dan you should try and review the candy in those machines at these different malls. I wonder how old it is?

[@iPixie66]

I made that mistake once when my local mall was teetering towards death. Huge mistake. Almost broke my teeth. Surprisingly, that mall came back to life. It was in a mall purgatory for a long, long time when the recession hit and I was so sad to walk the empty walkways. But then, I came back a few years later and it was like nothing ever happened. It's now busier than ever, maybe due to the cinema opening. But now they got bedbugs, soooo.... 🤷‍♀️

[@HelloNewMoon]

I was just thinking that! The way Rick eats soap!!!

[@Paopolomololl]

Dan's soothing and peaceful voice plus the choice in music is the perfect combo before going to sleep. Great having Dead malls videos again.

[@GreenAppelPie]

The intro was rather disturbing, I’ll take more of those.

[@debdennis5373]

Yeah. Me too. For a couple of minutes there I forgot what I was watching...hmm...

[@2_2_4_3]

That hurt my eyes

[@verdatum]

Hey, be nice, Dollar Shave Club isn't _that_ disturbing.

[@shiznicks74]

I unironically love the Cathy Dennis song at the end. Pop perfection.

[@oliverjones1845]

shiznicks74 Cathy Dennis owns

[@rachelfausak]

I went to college at Florida School of the Arts in Palatka, Florida and the Palatka Mall has been dead since I was there in 1998-2000! Haha! It's almost as if it is, and will forever be, in a time capsule. Thank you, Dan, for bringing back memories of an INCREDIBLE time in my life! Palatka was an unbelievably small town, with nothing more than a Wal-Mart and a few fast food places. We were a bunch of weird artsy fartsy, theatre kids that suddenly were transplanted to this bizarre-o town with NOTHING in it, but we managed to have the time of our lives! I'll leave you with some of my favorite nicknames that we gave Palatka...PallyTackUh (oh...it was tacky alright), Wacky Palatky (there was a mental hospital/facility right next to the apartment complex that most of us lived in and they allowed the patients to wander around, talking to themselves, throughout the day...Looking back, they should have NEVER been left unattended! Sometimes, the patients would try to sit in our cars and come in to our parties and, although they were harmless, we were 18-19 year old kids that had NO idea what was going on...It was truly the twilight zone, at times. Sidenote, I believe it was the following year that the hospital/facility shut down) and Funkville (there is a toilet paper mill in Palatka (Georgia Pacific) and it gave off an ungodly wretched smell that you couldn't get rid of...It permeated your life!). Ahhh...the memories! Haha! #Palatka #FloridaSchooloftheArts #Floie #FlOArts

[@killtheink]

I'm a new fan all the way from Singapore (born in '87 so a 90s kid through and through) and just discovered your dead mall series, it's real creative that you make the music sound like they're background music played in malls cause this is EXACTLY how I remember hearing music like these in the old malls of Singapore in the 90s as a kid (that aren't even around anymore they're all torn down or completely rebuilt) - the EXACT same songs, muffled with a certain kind of static and echo. It's extremely relate-able and nostalgically sad for some reason, and I didn't even need to be born in the US. It's crazy they took the same mall concept and put that in Singapore in the 90s wow

[@a2d]

I remember the Regency Square mall in its heyday. It used to be THE mall. There was another one, The Avenues, and it was always the little brother. Nice place, but smaller. There were a trio of factors that killed the Regency Square Mall, though: 1) The movie theater moved out of the mall and into its own building in the parking lot, and the adjacent arcade closed too. Foot traffic was way down, so they redid that whole area into the food court, erm, Galley. This was mid 90s... maybe 97 or so? 2) As you mentioned, it eventually turned into a hub of crime. Fights, occasional gunshots, drugs, theft... It got so bad that there was a police substation there. Last time I went there was to see The Lego Movie, so what like 3 or 4 years ago? When we left, as we were walking to the car a giant fight broke out. We quickly noped outta there. 3) Death Blow: The St Johns Town Center. This open-air mall is a retail mecca. Like, this is a MALL that is the size of a small CITY, and it is still growing rapidly! It has *literally* everything. The Town Center is located about 10 minutes from Regency. It never stood a chance. And yet The Avenues thrives. I was there recently and it was bustling and full on a weekday. It is also close to the Town Center and yet it lives on for a few reasons. It's in a pretty stalwart area of town. Lots of offices, lots of wealthy neighborhoods nearby, and importantly, lots of traffic that passes by on commutes between Jacksonville and St John's county. The Regency Square Mall is located in a neighborhood that is the suburban equivalent of a dead mall.

[@RogersBase]

OH MY GOD YESSS! I've been CRAVING some Dan Bell Dead Mall greatness! What a fantastic end to my week! Thank you for this!

[@annabridges6515]

weirdo

[@misscustomer3345]

Don’t call it a comeback, he’s been here for years! Love you Dan!

[@outsidetesseract6389]

you can predict when a mall will go bankrupt by measuring the amount of buckets per unit of time ratio

[@daviddanser7801]

Another great Dan Bell production. Thank you Dan Bell and all the crew. I like the last 2 songs you used in this video too. Looking forward to another great video. Love the dead mall series, I have watched all of them. Thanks Dan for all your work.

[@vjshep]

I missed Dead Mall Series, like soaking in a warm bath of nostalgia . Thank you! I really appreciate the work you put into these. That Sunshine Express Train display was creepy, I love it.

[@emoneyfoo]

Dude, you're a master at this.. great song selections for the occasion too!

[@stephtennis]

My dad is a bus driver in Palatka so I extra loved that bus footage at the beginning. He lives in the middle of nowhere in Welaka so he goes to the big city of Palatka for shopping and to go out to eat. The plastic plant song was so nice I played it twice.

[@elizabethhansen2889]

The pure nostalgia I feel watching your videos blows me away. Thank you Dan Bell for all your videos.

[@zypher8677]

24:45 WTF there's still a Radio Shack??

[@medallo143]

Supposedly there's still an open one at Mall of the Americas in Miami (a dying mall)

[@5roundsrapid263]

There’s still a Payless, too. Is this from ten years ago?

[@Clay3613]

@Peter Nadreau Radio Shack is likely independently operated.

[@itzlucaaa6789]

Not ten years ago but like 2015 or 2016 when those stores were a little more common

[@LikaLaruku]

From what I understand, the owners of the franchise are leasing out the name to unaffiliated companies for a fee. Same for Payless.

[@justice4all72]

Oh yes!!! I just got home and got a pizza and this shows up. Friday night is lit y'all

[@cutthroatnin3833]

The simple pleasures in life

[@MrUrech]

Hope there's jalapenos on there

[@JokerL1000]

What type of pizza

[@shatnerhasselhoff]

Yeah what kind

[@haganmathis1212]

Love the other content as well, but Dan this got me into your channel. SO happy to see Dead Mall Series is back! Glad to see you're doing well, and wish you the best! Easily my favorite youtuber!

[@SkyeID]

When I heard Olivia Newton-John singing softly in the background, it was like 80's childhood flashbacks of trudging through the mall with my mom and big sister; tired, hungry, bored, with my head hurting from those lights.

[@Expinupgirl]

I worked in Regency Square Mall. The owners forced out the renters. There is way more to the story.

[@johnschramm1880]

Politically incorrect to tell the " real" story.

[@ultraboombean]

I heard similar stories about the Simon mall near where I live. 👍.

[@LennerPOPPADOPALIS89]

Tell us more

[@romeoslover817]

And the little mall in Woodland California. New owners tripled the rent, chasing places out

[@monkeywkeys3916]

@@romeoslover817 Crazee

[@phantom193]

Omg the part with rick promoting dollar shave club hahahaha

[@gillianl8932]

Shoulder pads are the dustiest things invented.

[@lisa9867]

You couldn't buy a shirt without them. Even t-shirts had them. I used to cut them out of every shirt I owned. I had a drawer full of them thinking they must be good for something but I couldn't think of anything. Eventually I just threw them out.

[@clairecarton7268]

@@lisa9867 Jesus, me too. I don't know what I thought I'd do with them all. Create a horrific plush toy stuffed with shoulder pads? Pad out my (already too prodigious) bra? Use them as protection during extreme sports? I'd totally forgotten about this--and the horrifying fact that TSHIRTS HAD SHOULDER PADS. Thanks for the memories....

[@greengoloco6559]

My aunt used to use them as potholders.

[@Blue964]

Rick goes way too fast with the razor keep flinching thinking hes gonna cut himself 😖

[@pinkmonkey477]

He's old, he knows what he's doing

[@Strongbah43]

Rick's face is made of Graphite.

[@katl1489]

I shave my legs like that, it freaks my bf out too.

[@kevina2052]

I thought he was taking his time. You keep going faster.. if it bleeds, then you back off!!

[@Blue964]

@@kevina2052 yah he was slower near side burns, idk I naturally have sensitive skin so shaving my legs fast spooks me idk how he does it on his face but if it works it works haha

[@adventureswithchristian6967]

It's actually very sad to see the malls in America shutting down one after another. Growing up in Los Angeles my friends, and I would spend a lot of time at the mall. Now everyone has a mall at the tip of their fingers. Glad the malls here in Las Vegas are thriving. Great video thank you

[@brianaschino4903]

Im so sorry about your friend Tyler! Can’t wait for the next one!

[@iwatchyoutube7311]

So glad to have this series back!!! Time to go back in time once again❤️

[@SumDumGai5]

Time travel is awesome.

[@EphemeralProductions]

lmao at the zoom in on Rick's deer in a headlight eyes! I started chuckling almost instantly!

[@CaryUSA2007]

My heartfelt condolences, Dan. So sorry for your loss. Thanks for these Dead Mall videos, they bring back such lovely memories of the mall from my childhood. The Mohawk Mall in Schenectady NY. Long gone but never forgotten.

[@Hokaru11792]

Duuuuuude. I'm ecstatic that you came to visit the lovely ghost mall that is Regency Square. I'm not gonna lie, it's heartbreaking the way it is now. Many a days during my middle school summer vacation were spent in that mall. We'd go to the arcade, Tilt, and play DDR for hours before heading over to the Disney Store, Hot Topic, and BDalton's. It wasn't much but we always had a ton of fun there. Oddly enough, this was during that mentioned time in which crime skyrocketed. Thankfully we never ran into any bad experiences while we were there. Seeing it on video is so strange, it's like looking at my memory through an HD lens. Thanks for visiting!

[@TownieGirl1974]

Dan Bell uploads a Dead Mall video at 5pm on a Friday? What a way start a weekend!!

[@legendaryaNdepic]

It's about 2 here but I share your sentiment

[@kristenlovesyou28]

Karen Catizone that’s exactly what I thought as well!!!

[@UnboxedtvNet]

How do you know when a Mall is truly dead? When GNC leave 🤣

[@faiththeunknownbeing8126]

And bath and body works

[@KrissyMeow]

Ain't that the truth. When GNC, B&B and JcPenny leaves you know that mall has flatlined.

[@ThornReaper]

Been a while, thanks for the excellent series. Love ya Dan!

[@jackiekelly9791]

I have to say I just found your channel and I'm now obsessed. The look, the music, your voice. It's so nice.

[@zenrising3314]

I love how you're not even pretending that this is some sort of nostalgic thing anymore. It's a straight up laugh at a sad, failed shithole. Great work.

[@jenzdziera]

Loved the extra PA mall footage at the end. Great vid!! ❤️❤️

[@overbanked]

It was very good older footage, but it was confusing to me (with no context), as it was added to this Florida video. Maybe that video had something to do with his friend that passed.

[@Jimmy-3294]

overbanked yeah I was really confused by that too

[@teethforhair]

omg someone’s finally covering the regency square mall!!!!!! i grew up in jax going to that mall. it’s sad to see it in such shitty shape when it was ~the~ pinnacle of high school hangouts. so crazy i’ve been watching you for years now and you’re covering my home terf!

[@mariag4677]

AWESOME!!!!! Rick.....what a wonderful shave.....your skin was glowing!!!!

[@TheRmm1976]

We used to pass the Palatka Mall on the way to my grandparent's house growing up. Went through it many times growing up. It was the smallest mall I've ever seen with only 2 anchors, but it did have some charm. Frankly I'm surprised it hasn't been demolished by now!

[@RubyFleetwoodCactus]

I'm in Jacksonville and the Regency mall used to be THE place to go. My favs were the Natural Wonders store which carried stones, rain sticks, peaceful sounding CDs, celtic jewelry, plastic animals, etc. There was also a kiosk outside the store that had crystals, incense, and jewelry that I loved. And the KB Toys store was awesome! I have wonderful childhood memories here. Its a shame that its been abandoned.

[@vincentvega7087]

Yeah that kiosk, the black lady with purple or some color hair. She was interesting.

[@xkikiswaggax]

I’ve been waiting for a new Dead Mall! 😍 I just binged the whole series for like the 4th time 🙌🏻

[@DavidAbyssal]

Amazing video Dan! Congrats for another Dead Mall Series episode... Btw, I cringed at Rick shaving...XD RIP Mr. Tyler...

[@webvideofan]

The extreme zoom-in on Rick in the ads was both shocking and hilarious! 😆👍🏻

[@XHeartCriztalx]

"here's one of the lease owners." LMAO 😂

[@23iPRO]

Went to my first dead mall. It was in dallas, TX. Only thing was open was the movies and a random Chinese store that sold decorations. It was really cool. They had a bottom floor but it was blocked off. What made it cool/spooky was that I went at night and you can see the bottom floor. It was pitch black but you can see the stores.

[@jenniferjordan1411]

The skeleton was of a man who was waiting for his wife to finish shopping. 😂

[@brandonthornton9136]

At what store

[@kamsavart]

He looked "dead" tired.

[@ralphfa]

Now that is believable :)

[@Gnomesmakemesmile]

Thank you for the Olivia Newton John, my childhood idol. Nice touch to my nostalgia filled tears.

[@peterbutler370]

No lie, I teared up when I saw this in my sub box. THANK YOU DAN

[@saion1046]

You make my soul smile. Even the ads catch me off guard and all I do is laugh. Thank you.

[@lunarmoth444]

I have to say, I ADORE the vaporwave aesthetic of this video Dan. Amazing work, as always

[@cosmicpuddle]

So happy to see a new dead mall video! This is the series that got me into your channel years ago. Thanks, Dan!