Fun fact: The old Hoyt's cinema in this mall has been reopened and is doing pretty well, it's probably the first successful reopened business in the whole property.

@azuredusk991

Жыл бұрын

And they opened another theater so maybe things are turning up

@tyudeongis

Жыл бұрын

that's awesome

@VanLoweLawnCare

Жыл бұрын

It's all one Theater called Warehouse Cinemas, I've been to it, it's actually a pretty nice Theater. Definitely glad to see new life in the area though.

@dannaylor8716

Жыл бұрын

Hoyts was my first job and I was a true mall rat here, so this video had some nice nostalgia 🥰

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9 ай бұрын

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@5:09 First, honored to make your video. I'm the guy on the left side with the annoyed look on his face. What a night that was. Secondly, no we weren't there for copper or any belongings, we were just there to explore. The Frederick Towne Mall at that point was mostly just broken objects everywhere from vandals and jerks and trash from places. We definitely weren't the only ones going in. 2 of the 3 of us had grown up in that Mall and just like the KZreadrs today we were seeking out to make a video of our own. Unfortunately we didn't really think of any reprecussions, just had a blast seeing our childhood home one more time as the Wal*Mart announcement was rumored to be happening. If interested, I have the full story of that night as well as video we shot of us just dicking around and having a blast in our old stomping grounds just like we would have if we were still kids. Thank you for making this video, I appreciate making a cameo in someone else' video, a lot has changed in the 5 years since for me, in good ways. @Bright Sun Films

@y2films

4 жыл бұрын

@User Probably found wrong information. We were charged with breaking in but never took a thing

@aidenzurk7726

4 жыл бұрын

Surrrrreeeeeeeee

@y2films

4 жыл бұрын

@@aidenzurk7726 great response, very insightful

@natejennings5884

4 жыл бұрын

Fredrick Towne Mall looks like South Dekalb Mall in Atlanta. Only a few eateries and a movie theater are still there, and the Covid-19 panic is killing that off.

@brynncunningham

4 жыл бұрын

Question: what’s the most unsettling thing that you found in the mall?

Update: The mall will become an entertainment center and is getting renamed District 40.

@SchuminWeb

4 жыл бұрын

I will believe that when I see it.

@pxnguin

4 жыл бұрын

Legit, also where you from. I live in hullcrest

@dansimon1100

4 жыл бұрын

Is that mall still up last time I was there when in the Boscov's

@SchuminWeb

4 жыл бұрын

@@dansimon1100 Yes. The mall is still standing, and the Boscov's is still open for business.

@dansimon1100

4 жыл бұрын

@@SchuminWeb hell yeah I watched the video one time all the guy that went to a Boscov's and I had a restaurant inside of it I thought that was pretty cool I filmed a little bit of the mall long time ago it's on my KZread channel if you can find it

5:19 Kind of random, but I know exactly how that wooden plank got there. Before I snuck in, my dad’s friend got inside by carefully removing the glass on the door, but when he tried to put it back in, the glass broke. Now you know why a piece of wood is in an abandoned shopping mall.

@kojiemoji4907

4 ай бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@SilkandScrooge

4 күн бұрын

Been in there a few times recently because people keep smashing the glass.

Oh boy I never expected our shitty dead mall to ever get covered by you. Fun fact a friend of mine got the cops called on him here because he, his sister and another friend all walked into the radio shack at the same time and the employees were so freaked out they though they were being robbed. That's how dead that mall is. Meanwhile FSK is doing okay last I checked, but it's still not what it was 15 years ago

@yourdad3327

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@horsebox5138

5 жыл бұрын

Frrr

@alexaaniya1

5 жыл бұрын

Frrr

@BilllyRayCyrus

5 жыл бұрын

Frrr

@youtubepopo2241

5 жыл бұрын

Same I didn’t expect to see this either It’s small and it’s rotting in the ground

Leaving the lights on in these places is an insane waste of energy.

@blueberry1vom1t

4 жыл бұрын

not to mention the costs of keeping said lights on. It was already financially struggling.

@into_the_void

4 жыл бұрын

The HVAC was kept on to ventilate the place. The lights being on seems completely unnecessary...

@TheKeeperMadz

4 жыл бұрын

And makes global warming worst

@youtubepopo2241

4 жыл бұрын

The anchor stores were connected to the malls fuze box they have to pay for the power of the whole mall

@theloanranger2632

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheKeeperMadz Global warming isn't real bro

Its cool to see our local mall on your channel. The biggest loss when it closed for me was Long John Silvers... i miss that place.

I remember watching this with my mom and grandma who lived in Fredrick, but we moved a few years before it closed down.. good memories but sad seeing my mom seeing her old mall and grandmas.. thank you for showing the past for us all.

I live a short walk away from there and I used to go there as a kid, I remember playing at the arcade, eating at the long john silver, seeing, and watching movies with my mom, now is just depressing for me. And The Francis Scott Key mall isn't looking too hot either.

@AdMan-The-LabRat

6 жыл бұрын

Cool in the Summer, Warm in the Winter, putting the first few coffin nails into the OG indoor Strip Mall: Frederick Towne Square... Those synapses have not fired in 25-35, 40 years, Thanks John Spade! Excellent work. For well over a decade Frederick Towne Mall (FTM) was the Center of our World for years. We saw Star Wars there. Taught myself BASIC on a Radio Shack's TRS-80, got big on Pappy's Pepperoni Pizza & Root Beer (Pitchers), Annual Sneakers from Chanticleer Shoes, LEVI's (Dungarees and matching Jacket) from that clothing store near the Friendly's, Ice Cream Store (I preferred the ICE cream from the Soft Pretzel place), Free samples at Hickory Farms. Long John Silvers was the first place to offer Boneless White Meat Chicken Strips.The toy store was price prohibitive and too low tech (my Atari came form K Mart.) MY Sister got her "Lion's Letter Jacket" as did every Field Hockey to Football Frederick County Freshman Girl & Guy's did (Jocks!). Several Schools of Freshwater Fish, Cecil the 6 inch Boa constrictor (grew to 8 feet and was adopted by the National Zoo when I went off to war). Some other small furry creatures and our Toy Poodle all came from Drs. Pet Center. If you wanted to get rid of your kids for the weekend, well at least for all of Saturday. The biggest danger at the time at the FTM was attempting to take down the reigning title holder and still un-defeated Time Out's TIC-TAC-TOE Champion Chicken (LIVE). Need a break from reality and the KIDS? This is where our Parents were ditched, it was the safest place to drop your kids off for the day before dropping them off at Skate Haven for the night. Absolutely fascinating!

@SerenityEvermore

5 жыл бұрын

Those were the days. I really miss having a Long John Silvers in Frederick lol

@animalover21218

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah Frederick is changing rapidly

@darrinclem2502

5 жыл бұрын

The arcade was called time out. Many afternoons there. Miss that place.

@dvferyance

5 жыл бұрын

I just checked the Francis Scott Key Mall on google maps they have an indoor view of the mall looks like that mall is still doing at least ok. I did not see many vacant stores.

I used to go there all the time in the 90's as a teenager. no idea it was dangerous.

@shaggnar2014

6 жыл бұрын

Everywhere was dangerous in the 70's, the crime really started post 2008 when all the stores left

@thema1998

6 жыл бұрын

Tiberius Hrafn-Úlfur I'm surprised that my parents survived the '70s considering how dangerous America was.

@bubsmith1067

6 жыл бұрын

I knew the head of security there. He said guards would get robbed doing outside patrols. This was after the mall closed.

@sgreenlee713

6 жыл бұрын

In the early 2000’s a classmate of mine was jumped and beaten pretty badly.

@wvuwhat

6 жыл бұрын

Grew up across the river in Sterling, VA. Mom used to take me there as a kid in the mid-90's. I never felt threatened or scared. It was just a mall.

I wanted to say that it is awesome to find someone else who is into abandoned retail and the story behind them! I love your seires and I cant wait for more content ! I have watched your veidos and seen such growth !!!! you are awesome and keep moving foward !

It's awesome to see a shout out to Dan Bell 😀 .

@mrkipling2201

4 жыл бұрын

gokusondbz definitely. I love his videos!!

@syxepop

3 жыл бұрын

gokusondbz Nothing unusual as Jake became the producer of Dan Bell after a certain time in the past. If someone Jake would shout out is to "his former boss"...

I’m from Frederick. I used to go to this mall when I was a kid, even the movie theater. Couldn’t believe there was video on this!

@SDEexorect

5 жыл бұрын

Dark Moses i remember going to that movie theather too as a kid and walking into the mall and seeing like 7 stores throught the entire place

@nvrwlb

5 жыл бұрын

I stood in line to see Star Wars at that mall. It wasn't Hoyts in 1977.

@carterl369

5 жыл бұрын

At least we still have FSK

@mattmerv5157

5 жыл бұрын

For a short period before they closed this mall it was the place to hang out... That and the ice skating rink. FSK was always better though.

@ianchristopheralexander1985

4 жыл бұрын

Francis Scott Key Mall also had a Hoyts now it's shadowland and a restaurant now it was a 3 screen movie theater I took my exs there and I went to all of the Hoyt's in Frederick Maryland.

Heck yeah, just what I needed today!

@anderazerx1838

6 жыл бұрын

yeah same!

@Haloreach250

6 жыл бұрын

Me to bro

@louisianaapple2778

6 жыл бұрын

Hell to tha yeahhhh😂👍🏾

@celesterandolph9386

6 жыл бұрын

Love the profile picture👌

@pineapplepal6588

6 жыл бұрын

dank memes Voltron fan are here 2 lit

Being a millennial who grew up in Frederick, I frequented this mall in its waning years. It had a certain charm to it right up to the day the interior between the anchor stores was closed up. I was honestly surprised to see you cover this, pleasantly surprised.

I worked in that mall in the 90s and they were some of the best days of my life. I worked at Camelot music and a few years later, RAVE clothing.

I would have to disagree with the notion that this mall had no attachment to people; at least it does for me. This was my childhood mall and I have so many memories of going here. It was closer than Francis Scott Key and it was the only place to get Long John's Silvers in the area. We would drive the 20 minutes from my house just to get some! They had an amazing space that served boardwalk style fries for a while in the late 90's and I frequented the arcade while it was here, which I believe was called Pocket Change. Although that was also the name of the Francis Scott Key arcade too. I remember in my late teens lining up outside of Hoyts Cinemas to watch the midnight showing of the first Spider-Man film and the release day showings for Rush Hour and The Incredibles. In the late 90's again, I would eat at the Friendly's then walk into the Kaybee Toys next door to buy Transformers, well to have my mom buy Transformers. There was a tiny pretzel place at the far end where Boscov's where we would never leave the mall without getting an order of pretzels and cheese. My parents would always get their watch batteries replaced at the watch store that was next to the Hair Cuttery and I remember watching a cousin of mine perform in a school concert right there on the stage in front of the Boscov's. The Montgomery Wards was were my parents bought their first Big Screen Tube TV and the first place I played an Nintendo 64 Demo Kiosk. I will always remember Mario thanking me for playing and ask who was next :) I have so many memories of this place and its so surreal to see a channel I follow take the time to produce such an informative video on it. Just seeing the footage gives me goosebumps as I recognize all the storefronts and even the tile floor where I would carefully hop on individual colors playing the "floor is lava" game. Thanks for bringing back some happy memories to me!

@mikebennett317

6 жыл бұрын

Hot Sams was the pretzel place.

@MCMemoryVault

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for a to playing a my game a

@nvrwlb

5 жыл бұрын

K&K / Kay Bee Toys and Time Out arcade. What else does a little kid need?

@kathrynradonich3982

5 жыл бұрын

Omg thank you went there all throughout the 90s and early 2000 until we moved to Ohio

@taltal11575

5 жыл бұрын

Me too❤️ memories.

Havent watch it yet but its by BSF so its going to be 10/10

@CrudeBrothers

6 жыл бұрын

Indeed

@theliweli

6 жыл бұрын

The Crude Brothers How is that hot sauce

@thema1998

6 жыл бұрын

More Films - Diamondblade Accurate. This was great!

Nice to know that the remaining anchor stores aren’t warehouses.

@josepharmstrong1531

3 жыл бұрын

Amazon: (Fortnite dances on dead malls).

@EricaFazeJux

3 жыл бұрын

They are amazing dept stores! My fave in frederick is boscovs

i live around 3 minutes from here and passing by it every day and going there as a kid just makes it more and more surreal. i remember i was around like 11 or so when it closed for good and seeing it so vacant just blew my mind at the time and still does to this day

Just a few hours after Dan Bell's dead mall, we have abandoned episodes from Jake. My weekend is early

@NotTheAverageGamerz

6 жыл бұрын

Hanif Pandu new proper people video as well !

Just finished binge watching these videos and now there's a new one

Thank you for this, didn't realize anyone cared about this old Mall anymore. Went here a ton back in the 90s, everythign was pretty accurate that you posted, but we all new it was going to die by 2000. This was a place of many, many childhood memories. I won a Pinwood derby years ago here, had many family visits and other activities. The whole area had crime issues that was the eventual reason my family moved to somewhere nicer in Frederick County.

@brteller

Жыл бұрын

But, my point to this is that there is someone that cares! Seeing these videos broke my heart just a bit, it used to be a good place, but it fell victim to crime and went downhill.

I love these videos about abandoned malls and retail giants. I was watching real estate class videos and they talked about how real estate market crashes and cycles and you can always tell that there will be a real estate crash when giant malls are being built rapidly. I think it's crazy that we were building so many malls in the late 70s but the market didn't crash for awhile. Very interesting.

The amount this channel has grown since I first join is phenomenal.

Hey Jake, I was wondering if you would be interested in the amusement park "Pixieland". It was a park located next to the highway when entering Lincoln City in Oregon. My parents went when they were kids and it seems the park has some interesting history behind it. Apparently, the park was only open for about 5 years or so starting in 1969 and closing in 1975. It's been sitting dormant for years and they have sold parts to other parks like Lagoon in Utah. Great video as always

@therealtony2009

Жыл бұрын

might be a necro, but i would love to see this

"We didn't spend a lot of time in here, because I was very nervous. It just seemed to easy to get in." Then proceeds to go back at an even worse time of the day. Wtf? 2 OR 3 IN THE MORNING?! NOPE!

In my fictional world, this place never gets abandoned and still successful

Do an "Abandoned" on Toys R Us when they file for Chapter 7

@BrightSunFilms

6 жыл бұрын

When they file, sure

@cloneskiller

6 жыл бұрын

if

@professionalidiot07

6 жыл бұрын

Sub4sub

@abrahamlincoln154

6 жыл бұрын

Jedi Master Joseph and Darth Aidan They’re filing for chapter 11 I believe.

@supergamerz747

6 жыл бұрын

^

Just informing anyone who sees this video and decides to go: The Frederick police have installed cameras under the owners and you will most likely get caught.

@IVR02

6 жыл бұрын

Would the owners give permission to photographers for entry? I'm assuming not, but nonetheless, I'm curious.

@dannydaw59

6 жыл бұрын

Bribe the rent-a-cop.

@nationdecay

6 жыл бұрын

Jude Abijah they won't

@nationdecay

6 жыл бұрын

Ian V. Raybeck no. I was told no because they said that if they let me in with permission once they would have to let everyone that asked in because people would argue over it

@jasonhall7675

6 жыл бұрын

Ah, the classic answer. They don't *have* to do anything, privately owned means they can allow or refuse whoever they see fit.

I’ve seen Dan Bell’s video on this abandoned mall and it’s very good and interesting. Well worth a watch.

Thank you so much for making this video. I have watched your Abandoned series for a while now and today I decided to check your channel for new uploads and I was so happily surprised to see this video! I was born in Frederick, my mom was born in Frederick, her mother we born in Frederick, etc. and although I only spent a few years going to this mall, I have very fond memories of playing "Don't Step on the White Tiles" with my sisters and cousins (for people who live in Frederick and has been to Frederick Towne Mall, does anyone remember the animatronic singing bears that they would set up at Christmas that were on like a stage and would sing Christmas songs? I remember it being an annual thing that I would beg my mom to go see multiple times every year lol). My mother always tells us stories about growing up as a teenager in that mall; I just showed the video and it made her very happy to see all of the pictures of the inside. Her mother, my Nana worked in the McCroy shown at 2:03. I'm rambling, but it's so cool to see you talk about my town! I never knew about the lights being on inside, but that's so awesome and my sister wants to explore the mall sometime soon :)

@sgreenlee713

6 жыл бұрын

That area makes me sad now because I grew up not far from there. Will use a laugh at the thought of gangs being in that area and now they are.

@cookiepartyyy

4 жыл бұрын

Haha I did that with the tiles in that mall too

Great video Jake. Almost can smell the interior.

I know these movies can’t be easy to make but awesome job I wish it was possible to make them more often

These videos are the best. I lived in Frederick from 2001-2003. The FTM was such a wonderful place to hang out with my new daughter. I have a Santa pic with her and him when she was both 1 and 2 years old. The Long John Silvers the best and the staff became friends. The Chinese restaurant was the only spot I have found that had peanut butter chicken. When I moved back to Ohio I only found one place that could make it special for me when I came in. I was an employee at Waldenbooks at FSK Mall and then went over to FTM to be an assistant manager there. I brought to life their bargain books section which had huge tables in the Mall hallway. Major area of sales for us, thank you very much. Great candy/cigar store on the Montgomery Ward end too. Some guy also opened a comic book store too. Music store (bought the horrible Powerman 5000 CD there), collectibles, a bank, Halloween store during October, Italian spot run by Mexicans, the theatre and really cheap shows, the arcade where I mastered the South Park pinball game, so many good memories. I, in no shape or form, saw or heard of any crime there?? Weird it had that reputation...oh, and the hair cutting place by Wards had this super skilled older man that shook (which freaked me out at the time getting a hair cut) but as soon as he started cutting your hair, he was like steel and did the most amazing job. Like was mentioned, the Xmas display was the best!

Well, looks like i finally found someone that really likes abandoned retails and places, just like me. I also really like the abandoned series. So, if the pandemic situation is over or it gets better, i would really like more videos. Keep it on buddy.

When you see that Bright Sun Films has uploaded a new video, your day just became brighter

@michaelcooper4335

5 жыл бұрын

I know that's crazy

I used to watch your videos pretty much every day and just started again yesterday, I remember you saying on snapchat that you were posting soon and didn't realize it was today, what a pleasant surprise!! awesome video as always Jake, also loved that you had Dan Bell as a guest!

Well done, man! Thank you for the great video!!

I love and am fascinated with defunct and abandoned retail and businesses!!! I love your channel!!

This is kinda depressing. This is the first video you've done, and that I've seen, of a place I actually went to and remember. I live near Frederick, and visited this mall regularly. I had no idea about the crime, I thought it was a nice mall. The last time I was there was in 2009, and I thought it looked rundown, but that's how a lot of retailers look in this area. I had no idea of the financial problems it was having. Makes me worry about the mall closest to me - the Valley Mall in Hagerstown, MD - as it is starting to decline too, having just lost its Sears, and Bon-Ton closing soon. Anyway, thanks for the video, and for the objective look at the history of this place 👍

@neon-gh9sr

5 жыл бұрын

How is the mall in Hagerstown doing? I hear one was torn down, not sure if it was that one.

@nvrwlb

5 жыл бұрын

Bon-Ton used to be Eyerly's. Anyone remember ?

Oh cool! An Abandoned episode on a place I've actually been to a BUNCH of times before (both before and after its closure)! So awesome!

New to your channel...love the Abandoned, Bankrupt, and Cancelled series'. Keep it up!

I've been binge watching this channel (love it), but it wasn't until my second viewing of this one and a quick investigation on Google Maps that I realized that I'd totally been in that Home Depot probably about a dozen times.

America, like Canada is facing a housing crisis, being that there's too much demand and not enough supply of available homes. I think all these malls offer immense redevelopment opportunities to transform empty spaces and rotting parking lots into mixed used neighbourhoods that could bring new people, money, and life into down-in-the-dumps areas.

@rgwernert

5 жыл бұрын

Cool idea, lets use your money.

@chloekieper

5 жыл бұрын

Harrison William Thorburn that’s funny, because in Connecticut we have too many houses and not enough people. Like we have such high taxes that people are leaving, or moving into smaller houses. Our schools are made for a larger group of people, but we have so few kids compared to older years.

@a15-d3w

5 жыл бұрын

Like the 2 comments above imply, I think you might have a gossly oversimplified view of economics & real estate development. It is not as simple as building "just beacuse". For example, China have both ghost cities & homelessness epidemic... at the same time... in the same regions. Sometimes, like in Vacouver, it is result of perverse incentives. Local goverments recive huge tax benefits for the high prices of artificial monopolies. The local goverment have only to ensure to restric the supply as much a possible. -

@Padverus

5 жыл бұрын

Harrison William Thorburn I mean the more people you have the more stores you need, malls conveniently put a bunch of stores in one big building.

@Dre12008

5 жыл бұрын

Unless You Wanna Live Next A Home Depot

This reminds me of our former local Latham Circle Mall. The Interior shots of the decline look like it could be the same mall. Great job as always Jake. The level of your professionalism since your early videos is great to see.

Another solid video. Keep pumping them out man, love the content.

Thank you Jake for another well researched and narrated episode. I appreciate this information and you an awesome job!

Your videos are always very interesting. ☺️

I live for your guys videos. The abandoned series is so addicting, i love the retail ones alot. Amazing video BSF lots of love ❤

@BrightSunFilms

6 жыл бұрын

+Alayna Claremont Thank you so much!!

A fair amount of my childhood was spent here, watching Ice Age in the theater with my best friend and tagging along my mom as she did her Christmas shopping there. So bizarre.

Your commentary combined with a little bit of Dan Bell’s Cutting Room Floor mixed in will forever be one of my favorite collabs.😄

Yes another abandoned video these always get me excited.

Frederick represent!!

@Liam-qb7em

6 жыл бұрын

Adam Middletown represent lol

@MKninjas

6 жыл бұрын

New market in the house

@oliviakramer7665

6 жыл бұрын

Walkersville!! ❤️😂

@jmukadi_2875

6 жыл бұрын

Urbana represent!

@grethandolan5591

6 жыл бұрын

Adam yeeet

This just kinda makes me sad. I used to work in this mall when I was a teenager and they're some of the best memories of my childhood. The subway back in the late 90s back when the mall and that side of town was still kinda thriving.

Great video. Very interesting. Thanks for filming.

Was waiting for a new episode love this series

I think your obsession with abandon and bankrupt places is, you enjoy the failing of others. Anyways, great video. Love the channel.

Dude, this is legit my childhood here. I remember seeing everything you're talking about it's really cool and creepy.

I'd love to see you do an episode on Martinsburg Mall (Martinsburg, WV). It's got an interesting history having been built between two other malls in other states on I-81 and the way it transitioned to a shopping center by tearing down the abandoned "mall" part of the structure but keeping the anchor stores. The present day Foxcroft Towne Center remains oddly designed as a result of this.

This is really the oddest thing to come across! After living in Maryland for 11 years, The oldest memories I have of this mall was Bon-Ton’s closure, an old arcade machine and the Hallmark; I had no idea the Hallmark closed down, and I’m honestly surprised Boscov’s is still around! I also kinda-sorta remember this store that sold various luggage for travelling...

Nothing wrong with what you said you were interested in. They actually sound like quite interesting subjects to look at. Plus these abandoned videos are brilliant!!

Dan Bell's 'Neon Dreams' video is amazing. Thanks for all interesting video you've created.

I really enjoy watching your videos. I live in a city where we have a mall that was thriving In the beginning like this one, but is now much less used. The neighboring city to mine has another mall that was updated like the proposal you mention in the video with a completey different look from what I remember growing up. It's awesome to watch videos and get to feel like you are walking through yourself. Great job.

Ah, I remember hanging out in this place in my highschool days in the early 2000s. Great to see the Long John Silvers really was unchanged from the first day this place opened, as we had suspected. I spent so, so many quarters in the arcade. I went back a few years after it had mostly died, the only store that I remember being open was the Hallmark store, it was very surreal.

As someone said 8 months ago, Warehouse Cinema moved in during the pandemic and is doing well. As well as Home Depot. The rest of the building is still just sitting there and I'd love to see what it's like inside now.

It is sad to see these malls close. All the memories and nostalgia over the years. I hope the malls I grew up with never go under. But I guess everything eventually comes to an end.

Great video as per usual, Jake. I miss Time Out. I grew up a mallrat. When it was hot out we went to malls for air conditioning. In the 70s and 80s kids went to malls to smoke butts. As public cigarette smoking went away mall popularity declined as well. İt's no coincidence. I was in this mall on some road trip when it was fully functional. I hadn't heard that it went out. It always makes me sad when a nice mall closes down.

I may have been there when I was little. Definitely have been to FSK Mall though. Had a really awkward first date there in 2006.

@EverydayMusician

4 жыл бұрын

@Ghecko I hope you're well, Jaime.

I really enjoyed this episode. Good work... Is there any possibility of you covering Zellers (Canadian retailer if I’m not mistaken) in the future? One of my favourite places to go to growing up!

@alleng269

6 жыл бұрын

FaZe M3RK he did in his target canada video

@ratdude747

6 жыл бұрын

Briefly, yes. Didn;t cover how or why Zellers got to the point of getting bought out and run into the ground. Same with Hills and Zayre, other brands that declined, merged, and flopped (both taken out by Ames). Zayre is interesting as they founded TJ Maxx and ultimatly split off moved their main capital to it, which left the original Zayre as the actual spinoff which was soon bought by Ames.

@romualdassuchankas390

6 жыл бұрын

FaZe M3RK your profile XD 👏👏👏 😂😂😂

@terrycoyle6864

6 жыл бұрын

God, that just gave me flashbacks, man. Sad...

@TorontoTransitFan

6 жыл бұрын

Absolute MAD LAD man I miss Zellers

I remember going to this mall back in the 70's and later. This was the first mall near me before they opened the Valley Mall in Hagerstown. Thanks

I grew up about 10 minutes from here! I remember shopping in the early 2000s and it slowly dying and finally walking around the mall with my mom when almost all the stores were closed except BonTon and Hallmark.

I frequented this mall in the 1980s, good times!

Well worth the wait Jake!!! When can we expect the next one?!

@BrightSunFilms

6 жыл бұрын

+Mark N It won't be for a while as Dan Bell am I are traveling to Florida for about a month to film videos!

God this brings back so much nostalgia. I grew up with this mall since it was closer to us than FSK. I remember eating at the Ground Round and visiting the theater to see so many movies. It was so surreal walking around it in some of its last years as the stores were all disappearing. There are large windows in the men’s section of Boscov’s where you can still look into the mall and see the deterioration. I’ve taken a bunch of pictures of it. I was young when I grew up with this building, but I do honestly miss it

This is so cool. I drive by that mall all the time when I go to Frederick, had no idea that huge abandoned looking building off the Golden mile was it. The interior reminds me of the backrooms. Maybe I should go explore it one day lol

It's odd seeing indoor shots of this abandoned mall when I was in it a few years ago...

God I've lived in Frederick all of my life and never knew about the history of this mall. I literally live less than 10 minutes away and literally pass it almost every day.

@raccoon681

4 жыл бұрын

why is it so violent over there?

@whymethough2701

4 жыл бұрын

@Bill Williams Funny enough, I was just talking to my parents about the overuse of the word "literally". Now I look like a hypocrite lol

@kylielilyanastultz2101

3 жыл бұрын

same

@raccoon681

3 жыл бұрын

@@kylielilyanastultz2101 literally same?

@kylielilyanastultz2101

3 жыл бұрын

@@raccoon681 i replied same to martin about living in frederick all my life

I would just like to say that i used to hate your videos because you would always stutter or laugh or whatever, but your quality has improved immensely and I actually enjoy watching these newer ones. Keep it up.

Very pleased by the version of "Woman In Love" hidden in the background. Love your videos :)

The story of the mall closing is exactly the same one happening to Lakeforest Mall in Gaithersburg, Maryland.

@mr_mikegar321

4 жыл бұрын

I go wheaton mall

@alexmackall9700

4 жыл бұрын

Lake forest is really far for some people like me. I live just outside DC and it’s a long ride

@hyojinchoii

4 жыл бұрын

@@mr_mikegar321 wheaton is uhhh oof

@hyojinchoii

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexmackall9700 there's plenty of other malls like Montgomery Mall of I-270 or like Bethesda Row, Tysons (though that is also far)

@alexmackall9700

4 жыл бұрын

최효진 ya ik but taking public transportation isn’t the best but I still take it

You should do the Houston Astrodome

@novaowen351

6 жыл бұрын

That or Astroworld

@lasereraser8605

6 жыл бұрын

Or both

Wow memories. My mom used to work at arbys in the mall for about 4 years till my brother was born in 94. My aunt continued to work there. I liked that mall growing up. Used to walk from FSK to Frederick Town Mall as a teenager. We were nuts.

A friend of mine just shared this video with me. I used to work at the Hoytes (which was technically called the Frederick Towne Mall Cinemas) back when I was in high school. I remember quitting the day before the place was robbed at knife-point; that was quite a shock to hear, especially since I would have been working that day if I hadn't. I was also one of the people making rounds to stop the Wal-Mart from going up there (I didn't start the petition, but I was roommates with the person who did), and these days I live within walking distance of what's left. It's still kind of surreal, but it looks like some things may be going there soon.

You always have the best outro music!!!!!!!!!!!

Could the Universe of Energy at EPCOT work for an Abandoned video?

@victoriabeck3324

6 жыл бұрын

Yes!!! Because it is technically abandoned if you just count the ride part and not the building.

@musman9853

6 жыл бұрын

John Spade yes! More Disney Abandoned vids!

@annahannes1531

6 жыл бұрын

Omg yess! That ride was one of my favorites as a kid!

@MrFusion

6 жыл бұрын

Also, the last time I went on it was in September 2016, and it didn't seem to be in the best condition. I also noticed that the Ellen animatronic wasn't there. I'm pretty sure they covered it up with rocks or something.

@imagineerproductions618

6 жыл бұрын

John Spade many

Great video! And I love Dan Bell.

I went here recently and here are my findings: - boarded up but can enter from rear - someone was killed in the movie theatre but all rooms in there are empty - some new leases are opening on the front - a bit more security

I just don't get how Mall of America secured its place as probably the most thriving mall ever.

@BrightSunFilms

6 жыл бұрын

+Wizard Hoovy Massive, appeals to not just retail, in a large city

@livingroomset2084

6 жыл бұрын

Bright Sun Films Personally I have gone to that mall, but compare it to some of the other massive malls that met their downfall. And as always, nice video.

@inkandpaintdept5612

6 жыл бұрын

+Wizard Hoovy it also is a tourist attraction which sets it apart from almost every other mall out there. I visited there just because I was in the area and the only reason I went is because it was the mall of America so I don't think you can really compare it to other malls, especially ones that don't have the same caliber stores/restaurants and aren't in areas with lots of people.

@Electronzap

6 жыл бұрын

I probably spent about $100,000 at Mall of America since it opened lol.

@DanielRichards644

6 жыл бұрын

because it's not just a mall, it's an INDOOR YEAR ROUND CONSTANT TEMPERATURE THEME PARK, no baking in 90+ degree heat of Disney World summers and no worry of how cold it is outside limiting the times of year you can go (provided roads are passable).

Really liked this, especially liked hearing Dan Bell talk bout it, GoodUp

Awesome that you did Frederick Towne Mall. This is in my home town and I also did a presentation on it in my speech class.

This reminds me of the University mall here in Tampa. It was really nice in the early 2000’s but slowly went down hill and there’s few stores there now and people are afraid to shop there because their car might get hijacked

So frickin' awesome! I'm from Frederick and remember Frederick Towne Mall and the golden mile! I grew just 5 miles from there and can't believe how bad it has gotten! One thing that isn't said much is the flooding problem in the back side near hoyts cinema entrance. However FSK Mall was the mall to be added so that rang the death toll for this mall.

@7heRedBaron

4 жыл бұрын

But everything else on The Golden Mile seems to be bustling. They all just agree they hate that mall.

I grew up going to this mall, I spent my teen years at this mall. I have a serious attachment to it. So sad to have seen it die like it did. I remember spending so much time with friends and possible girlfriends there. It was part of my childhood and I could never forget it. That movie theater, the long john silvers, just wandering around. The uneven "hilly" floors where they would literally just kind slope down in places. The place is nostalgic. I remember shopping there as a kid with my parents, and later in life getting dropped off by our parents to see a movie. Then we'd wander around "shopping" or just chatting together, and then using the pay phones to call our parents to pick us up. We never knew or thought about violence. We were teens trying to experience freedom without our parents. I'll miss this place, and I found myself down nostalgia lane tonight and came across this video. Really hit my heart where it hurt, but brought back some really great memories.

I live 20 minutes away from there! Thank you for doing a video about an abandoned structure in my hometown!

Never knew about this place, but with my mom growing up in the town right over during the 70s and 80s, this definitely was somewhere she probably went. . .

3:30 “You will be trespassed from the mall...” 😂 And the “Spanish” is even worse!

@mattwalters6834

4 жыл бұрын

Antonio Tejada I can only imagine what the Spanish version says.

@hellothere5843

4 жыл бұрын

What is the literal translation?

@SchuminWeb

4 жыл бұрын

Those sorts of signs are when you know that the mall is dead and buried. Those are extremely tacky, and a healthy mall would *never* post something like that.

@MintyToq

4 жыл бұрын

“oH SHIT NOT SPANISH!!”

@pedro_perez1

4 жыл бұрын

@@hellothere5843 " No violation Do not participate In this section is Closed" That's the literal translation

Used to live in Frederick, thank you for this!

Hey Jake, this video is awesome and inspired me to make a mall out of IKEA storage bins and logos from my Logobook. I cut them out and taped them on the outside and inside of the bins.

You should do an abandoned video on the Norwich State Hospital, an abandoned mental hospital in Norwich, CT. Some of my family still lives in that town and when we drive by the hospital property it is so creepy! Definitely worth a google search!