"We Are FINISHED!" Abandoned Mall Frozen In the 1990s!

[@RangerRickTV]

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[@susanfaulkner2304]

Malls were fun to go to, especially when my husband and I had small kids. The holidays were so festive and you'd come across your neighbors doing their Christmas shopping. I wouldn't trade those days for anything!

[@Goldrefinedthrufire]

Blame amazon

[@Allmightyimortal]

@@Goldrefinedthrufire wasn't just amazon. Covid didn't exactly help malls.

[@Goldrefinedthrufire]

@Allmightyimortal ya but malls have been going out of business longer than that

[@Keefer24]

@@Goldrefinedthrufireyeah not just Amazon, it’s pretty much all online shopping.

[@sharlenereineke2145]

I really like watching your videos, about abandon places. You have a way of telling the story that makes a person feel like they are their

[@RangerRickTV]

Thanks Sharlene

[@thatgirlpam7412]

Columbus is my home town! Eastland was a fantastic mall until it wasn't. Very sad. It had a Woolworths with a second floor restaurant that overlooked the mall. My Mom took me there every weekend for lunch. As for Westland Mall and Northland Mall, well they are gone...torn down.

[@RangerRickTV]

Oh wow! Well welcome back!

[@thestars386]

It's so sad to see the way the world is traveling. Lots of luck to Future generations. You're going to need a lot more than that. Frozen in the 1990s? That's my era.

[@sinisterisrandom8537]

Glad I was born in early 01. Got to experience a bit of the '90s since nothing really changed that much. Even into some of the later years. Very slow transition from the East to the West.

[@keekeec1013]

I have so many fun memories here from when I was younger 😊

[@TaterTots380]

After a bit of research, it turns out that the dress (worn at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival and designed by Catherine Walker) was a part of a charity tour called the "Legacy of Love" put on by a U.S cable TV station called Romance Classics and The May Department Stores Company. The tour, which was originally named "A Dress to Di For" before her passing, displayed a number of her dresses at various shopping malls across the country and even ran a contest where someone could win one of Diana's gowns.

[@RangerRickTV]

I wish I could have seen it in person

[@ZiddersRooFurry]

What an unfortunate choice of pun.

[@LoLa-OR]

Malls were such an integral part of my life for many decades. I even managed a couple of clothing stores in one when I lived in Illinois. I hired many of the local teens for part-time jobs. A shame to see them close down one by one. I don't like ordering online. I prefer to try on my clothes before purchase and shoes are a must to try on. I've spent a ton of $ on returns. Sad to see this way of life go by the wayside. Thanks for the tour.

[@orvillegamez2628]

the sound of the smoke detector beeping just adds more to the eeriness

[@PlancoandChill]

So cool thing. I came across you today completely randomly. I love your stuff and bonus. We have somewhat similar voices.

[@TrashorTreasure-ie3sz]

Hi Rick!❤ Thank you for taking us through the mall, I don’t understand people who does this graffiti it’s awful.

[@RangerRickTV]

My thoughts exactly

[@fruitygangles]

Never thought I'd see a video of Hank Hill exploring an abandoned mall, but I loved every minute of it! 😅

[@Hadduck]

Those japanese photo booths are are called Purikura. They are popular with high school girls and some arcades ban males from entering the floors with them on them. One thing i love about living in Japan is the fact the malls are still popular here.

[@oooh19]

Why do they ban males?

[@DeadlyKnot]

That was a great explore there!

[@RangerRickTV]

I think so too!

[@SatanPhD]

At 30:30 thats quoting jefferson airplane - somebody to love lmao

[@sassysue6472]

Why do people feel the need to destroy things-and things not belonging to them? What a gorgeous mall that was. Oh the fun times at the mall.

[@thestars386]

18:30 exactly to *socialize* which everybody thinks online is socializing nowadays. 18:45 *arcades, family fun Time,* most definitely. Kids today don't stand a chance with what we knew back then.

[@alanboody7004]

Besides being 'trashed' for the most part it seems like things have held up compared to some of the other malls out there.

[@spcyakima1077]

The mall in my hometown is still a popular hangout spot.

[@ekop1778]

AMAZON ,ONLINE SHOPPING KILLED THE MALLS

[@spcyakima1077]

@ekop1778 Maybe in your area, but not mine.

[@sassysue6472]

Jefferson airplane lyrics-grace slick. I can hear her singing!! Don’t you want somebody to love.

[@reinsdyrmelk]

The Japanese machines are called purikura. Purikura, shortened from the word purinto kurabu-literally "print club"-refers to Japanese photo booths that are incredibly popular among the country's youth.

[@HimmyQwan]

Man I love your mall videos so much. Good way to end the night laying in bed 😴

[@RangerRickTV]

Yooooo 💪

[@Envi270]

ive never known this happen in the UK shopping malls here are the same malls that re here when I was a kid

[@cherlynn9841]

Great explore! I like your mall videos.

[@RangerRickTV]

Thank you very much! Cherlyn

[@zafarshaik3101]

Absolutely stunning exploration of the Eastland mall. The way this video was pieced together was impeccable. I thought something was wrong with my eyes because seeing the interior concourse lights still on was fascinating on it's own as all the exploration videos I've seen prior to yours showed that the power was cut to the mall except for the side that had the learning academy. Nothing screamed a contrast difference between what a year did to this mall. There's nothing more destructive than people, and the proof is also in steeplegate mall. However interesting to note, 2 weeks ago, some guys went in, and strangely, all the stuff that was trashed in the walkways in-between the shops had been swept into the open shops, so all that trashed stuff are in the in line tenant stores with the walkways swept clean. Even the people that entered was in confusion over why someone would be cleaning up the walkways. Awesome video Rick

[@RangerRickTV]

Thanks for watching Zafar !

[@zafarshaik3101]

@@RangerRickTV thank you for making this stunning video rick!

[@Shoddiegirl]

Being able to order practically everything online I believe ended the generations of the mall forever.

[@thestars386]

Yep, it's called we downgraded.

[@chefizzy2238]

@@thestars386depending on how you see it. The reason online shopping became more popular than actually retail is because of availability, more of what you want is available online than in actual stores. Imagine driving all the way to the mall and then not having what you want or they do but a size smaller. Now with online it shows store availability (which is almost always low) which doesn’t do retail any favors also. We can blame online shopping as much as we want but it’s like these corporations have neglected retail to a certain degree as well with lowering retail supply

[@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj]

That is why malls need to add dining and other forms of entertainment so they can strive. Malls cannot survive on just shopping alone.

[@bikesandbandos]

@@TrinhNguyen-sh4fj many malls, even on a much smaller scale have food courts, movie theaters,, arcades, spas, and places to loiter like no tomorrow.

[@willkettle3959]

online shopping is a symptom, not the cause, of the decline of shopping malls

[@RammerSTi]

I remember this mall, although pretty vaguely. I only went in it a select few times, all when I was less than 10.

[@sondrayork6317]

We have a mall down here in Beloit that was closed and then turned into a community center with things like the library, a dental clinic, and other health clinics. Otherwise it would be sitting empty.

[@BenyiBenyi]

In Argentina we also have abandoned malls:(

[@DDRMixer]

38:00 I sold an air hockey and helped another person sell an arcade full of games to Akiba Arcade back in 2018. They were located on the northeast side of the mall. Snow Phoenix, a Japanese arcade machine importer, stored their machines in this mall during that time. They vend to conventions and bring arcade machines to them so they would store them here. I have been in that room and it was FILLED with machines. Interesting that they still have things left, but all of that stuff looks like it could be tossed other than Rolling XTreme and the skeeball. I would love to buy them.

[@sondrayork6317]

That’d be super cool if there was a RadioShack that was still in business in there lol. Being that RadioShack closed up most of their stores, that would be something if you found one still operating. Lol.

[@DGTelevsionNetwork]

RadioShack was there until their bankruptcy. I believe an ATT store replaced it until the building was closed due to structural failure.

[@carlashepherd9362]

I miss these mall’s! With ordering online the mall’s don’t stand a chance! Very awesome video bro! Stay safe out there! 👍❤️🤘

[@tenminutetokyo2643]

That’s a lot of shared prosperity.

[@jashar1]

You've got the best videos!

[@ch70702]

I can’t afford my electric. But abandoned buildings have electricity running 24/7 🤬

[@RangerRickTV]

HAHHAHA YUP!

[@christian_lied]

I wonder if someone is actually paying the electric bill

[@Mrcruisefever1]

I don’t understand why people want go to abandoned places ( to spray paint / damage places )

[@CulturesCongress]

I think it depends on the spraypaint.. when places fall into ruin, especially a shrine to consumerism, good street art can beautify it and keep it “alive”.. damaging things on the other hand, I don’t relate to.

[@RangerRickTV]

I agree.

[@bikesandbandos]

@@CulturesCongress paint damages. Keep it on infrastructure. 🙄

[@jholder1966]

The reason the signage was left behind because those were quote mom and pop stores . Eastland was having a hard time getting any of the bigger store to sign up so they went local .

[@malkakossoy3747]

The children area was probably a day care center for the workers or a place for parents to drop of their kids while they shopped. That's my guess.

[@jeee1074]

Crazy how fast vacant malls get torn up. Shit, Greenspoint Mall in Houston was heavily vandalized and looted this year. The interior mall officially closed in August. Mall entrance glass doors and windows are boarded up with the damage beginning in 2023. Getting access to the inside may be worth your trouble. The mall has tons of leaks, and the old Macy's building is open to walk right into.

[@matthewjones4037]

Hopefully you were able to do Gwinnett Place Mall aka star out mall near Atl

[@Jacob-nu4nd]

0:40 are those photos from security of shoplifters that aren’t allowed in?

[@TheCBridesyt]

I live in Columbus and only remember the mall while dying

[@GremmPaltakin]

more like frozen in the 2010's I hate when people born after 2000 think everything older than today is "the 90's"

[@thedude19766]

I think WallieB26 did this mall and I know if Doomie Grunt did this mall too

[@helenr991]

Hi Rick

[@RangerRickTV]

Hi Helen

[@michaelfolino8414]

At 30:30 you were reading the lyrics for "Somebody to Love by Jefferson Airplane".

[@RangerRickTV]

Oh wow 😳

[@michaelfolino8414]

@@RangerRickTV Yuppers! I listen to LOTS of music and have tons of records. White Rabbit is also a great song by them! Check it out.

[@DGTelevsionNetwork]

Interesting to note, this mall didn't entirely fail economically. It ultimately closed because of structural problems, it did have a thriving small business niche for about a decade. It's even more weird because I know for a fact that it had issues with organized crime, robbery and human trafficking since at least the late 90s, before Easton was officially opened. People always thought Eastland would be first to close and City Center to be last one standing until the great recession.

[@LoganMcneeseRacing88]

That arcade u came across was a hidden away gem that was an Japanese arcade called akiba arcade

[@DyingRetail]

Awesome video buddy!

[@robertmailhos8159]

That would be more errie looking video if there just the right amount of fog while you were fliming the parking lot Rick

[@RangerRickTV]

Oh definitely.

[@robertmailhos8159]

@@RangerRickTV you are right about that Rick 👍👌

[@jeremyhowdyshell2259]

Jefferson Airplane lyrics were not something I expected him to find.

[@ChristheShrinerdawg]

Great explore!

[@websurfin9575]

Are we losing malls in America because of Walmart &Target taking the customers who used to shop at the mall?

[@theycallme_bruce]

Found your problem 0:41 and the “why” it all went downhill. 😆

[@DGTelevsionNetwork]

The building is actively falling apart. That's why Franklin county closed the building to the public 🤦

[@marjorieperry3745]

The Malls have shut down except for the last mall is barely open and it's about to shut down also

[@jstew4941]

Those Crt Video game monitors are worth big money.. I fix those.. Worth 500 a Piece 😮 without broken Yoke.. Fck World Wildlife fun..

[@marjorieperry3745]

PLEASE BE CAREFUL RANGER RICK 🙏!!!!

[@RangerRickTV]

I will ☺️

[@Desslok20]

What's the name of the song at the very end of the video?

[@RangerRickTV]

Id have to look it up again.

[@Rev.RatsRides]

I find it kinda funny that nobody has mentioned that this mall was, in part, due to gang activities. At the end, police were called on average twice a day 😳

[@DGTelevsionNetwork]

Yes! The bloods, Elaine crips and ms13 were robbing and kidnapping people here for decades.

[@arrived255]

It makes me so angry that people go and vandalize the mall, like why can't we just preserve it and keep it that way

[@MrLucky13cmh]

I worked in this mall for 5 years

[@RangerRickTV]

Welcome back

[@Gideondycus]

18:05 is that a System of a Down reference in the top right written on the cabinet?

[@RangerRickTV]

Possible!

[@joshuaecht]

What are the tapping noises he is referring to at 28:05?

[@DoubleOTEN]

You are hearing the Ghosts of the Mall..👻👻👻👻👻

[@yacbdgurrll5566]

Yeah Easton Mall took over

[@priscilla5306]

Was that music in the mall I’m hearing ?

[@RammerSTi]

My childhood, trashed.

[@cookingwithsoul1498]

me just sitting here thinking grab the crock pot i definitely would've grabbed it🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@benjaminclingaman7551]

👍👍

[@ChristheShrinerdawg]

I hate how police/higher ups are so against people going inside dead malls and filming?

[@princessmarlena1359]

There’s only two good malls left of which I know in my neighborhood. Only one of them is safe to be around after dark.

[@wendymcbain2263]

Rick, tell me why you think the U.S. is finished based on this one dead mall? There are many, many dead malls in your country, I'm sure. Just wondered if this particular mall prompted that response more than any other dead mall. I think there are many reasons we are all finished not just dead malls. Thoughts?

[@Robert_124-q2i]

STEVe RON? Dang how did you get in touch with Exporing With Josh’s Friend group?

[@RangerRickTV]

I guess cause we all do the same stuff.

[@Robert_124-q2i]

@ oh Nice. 👍

[@GamingRon-w4i]

does the light been burning since the 90s ?

[@skinsman82000]

The same thing(with Amazon's help) that killed malls are the savages that vandalized this one. You've been conditioned to never say this truth by the merchants. Big reason the country is in such sad shape. TNB.

[@Coffee240]

Contracts, and business people are not smart, they could have e bought it after it closed and made a apartment building, I stead of just let it ruin. Smart Mayor, for not doing this. Malls like this sit everywhere in USA 😢

[@j0fvwuhjnv7]

Okay so is everyone gonna ignore the fact there is still music playing inside of the mall???

[@adamcream2047]

Isn’t this where they filmed Season 3 of Stranger Things?

[@leiazimmerman4427]

Maybe it's ghosts that loved the Mall

[@member57]

Has anyone considered renovating one if these abandon mall into retirement housing?

[@tidalboxer]

8:55 Hank Hill? Is that you????

[@edienealmeida1624]

Liminal space backrooms

[@buckiemohawk3643]

what happens in Security guards go into the places and let friends take stuff for a take on the money

[@MoeLarrycurly1]

😮😮😮😮

[@Leviathan_013]

damn shame

[@eliteftsofficial]

This mall has been closed for maybe 2 years....

[@RicoCamorr]

The front door was just unlocked huh?

[@melvina.colbyjr.2077]

Question: Would this MALL be an AWESOME HOMELESS SHELTER. Would you agree?

[@vastwidelens]

Why would you touch so much stuff? Especially bullets..... You are supposed to LEAVE NO TRACE. Meanwhile, you are touching everything!

[@slackingpacking]

Since your video, the mall has since been cleaned up. Demolition is coming soon. I think Columbus owns the property now.

[@RangerRickTV]

Thanks for filling us in slack 🙂

[@darksideofthetube3027]

Is this eastland?

[@jimmiles33]

Wait so you actually break and enter and record it for KZbin?

[@RangerRickTV]

No, never.

[@tylerr2514]

Is there a movie theater?

[@RangerRickTV]

If there is one I didn't see it.

[@slackingpacking]

There was one in an out parcel of the mall but it was demolished in 2003.

[@LosAngelesMan89]

I don't get why these urban explorers are so scared to film abandoned places! Just tell security you're filming for KZbin, most of the time they will give you a pass if it's just a quick film session. I've been to many abandoned places to film things, I don't give a fuck I walk right in and start filming! It won't be there soon anyways...

[@willowingwhispers2612]

Man, hearing about its decline and crime that happened leading up to its shut down makes me think of the mall in the city I grew up. The mall almost got shut down a few years ago because the original owner no longer wanted it and he wasn't getting buyers. Days before it was going to be permanently closed, a buyer suddenly emerged and bought it in order to keep it open. Unfortunately, there's been numerous issues concerning crime and shootings there since then. On top of that, I doubt they're doing well business wise. Sadly, I don't think it'll be open more than a few more years, if that.

[@1AMWOMANHEARMEROAR]

Oil bar 😂

[@jacquelyncvijanovic3590]

Dawn of the dead vibes

[@cheeseballs5558]

I WENT HERE we got confronted by fake tweaker security

[@Salem1031]

Usual suspects. Not surprised.

[@BrianGordon-f3p]

why sneak in, and just get permission? I mean you post up the evidence of breaking and entering trespassing anyway. Seem be less trouble for you.