The History Of Chuck E. Cheese’s in Aurora Colorado (RE-EDITED)

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  • Опубликовано: 23 авг 2024
  • THIS IS A REUPLOAD, I took down the original release of this video from January 30th due to a horrible thing that slipped past editing being seen in the video. It's also due to backlash and threats I received by people who viewed the original as disrespectful. So after a few changes I'm giving this video another chance.
    This is the Season 3 finale to my popular “History Of” series!
    For the last episode of season 3, I will be covering one of the most notorious locations in Chuck E. Cheese history. That would be the infamous location in Aurora Colorado, aka the site of the 1993 shooting. But I also talk about the two other locations that were in Aurora, including the current one and the forgotten one!
    WARNING: this video contains things that may be disturbing to some viewers. viewer discretion is advised. 
    Credit to @puzh top for finding that 1991 cec commercial!
    And credt to TheFunArchivist for some of the photos used in this video!
    Music Links:
    ♪ Memories (Prod. by MX Audio Library)
    Link : • Memories - No Copyrigh...
    ♪ Tears (Prod. by MX Audio Library)
    Link : • Tears - No Copyright M...
    Rock afire explosion middle of the night instrumental by hard luck bears fan: • ROCK AFIRE EXPLOSION m...
    ► Music Credit: Michael Hildreth
    Track Name: "The Way"
    Link: • [No Copyright Music] R...
    Together we got it (1989) by Cec instrumental: • Together We've Got It ...
    Lost Souls by Nicolai Heidlas: • Being a DIK Soundtrack...
    Every Boy, Every Girl (30th anniversary) instrumental by Cec instrumental: • Every Boy, Every Girl ...
    Your birthdays are special instrumental by Cec instrumental: • Your Birthdays are Spe...
    NOTE: this channel is recommended for ages 13+ and NOT for kids. This channel may contain videos not suitable for children and have adult language or other things kids shouldn't be exposed to. While some of my videos may be ok for kids to watch I assure you the rest is sure as hell not!

Комментарии • 450

  • @NathanSpies
    @NathanSpies  Месяц назад +36

    The video’s been getting a lot of traction lately so I thought I would address some things:
    1. I know I pronounced Iliff wrong, I didn’t know how it was pronounced and used google translate to help as I couldn’t find any videos mentioning the street name correctly.
    2. The reason this was re-edited was because of some things I had to take out of the 1st version which offended people and got me a ton of online threats. If you want to see the original version someone put it on internet archive, that’s the only one I’m ok with.

    • @Smity_5280
      @Smity_5280 Месяц назад +2

      At the end of the day bro you did your best. I rather enjoyed watching the video, and I'll be dropping a sub for future content! I got your back going forward. I was just letting you know that hopefully that didn't come off as me being a dick bro!❤ Looking forward to watching the channel more

    • @demondays9823
      @demondays9823 Месяц назад +6

      Everyone pronounces Iliff wrong, it's okay. even the local bus's automated voice that announces stops along the ride

    • @nixvaldez
      @nixvaldez Месяц назад

      @@demondays9823 how is it pronounced? i always thought it was I leaf?

    • @demondays9823
      @demondays9823 Месяц назад +6

      @@nixvaldez eye-liff. It's one of those weird ones lol

    • @justme7415
      @justme7415 28 дней назад +1

      No worries. I used to pronounce it wrong too lol. Also, who cares if people get offended. You do you and keep the integrity of your original videos.
      Thanks for doing this. It's a fantastic documentary on the location.

  • @bunny.1330
    @bunny.1330 Месяц назад +496

    was not expecting to open up youtube and see a video about my hometown but i’m not surprised at this point. i remember my dad telling me about this, but i never learned much. thanks for the video :)

    • @metalmario64
      @metalmario64 Месяц назад +18

      Same here, I live close to it, but I wasn't expecting to see Aurora in my recommendations

    • @ajaxcruz104
      @ajaxcruz104 Месяц назад +6

      I’ve never even heard of this like i know a few closed down in Arvada etc but I’ve never heard about the aurora chuck-E-Cheese maybe I was too young at that time who knows but like dang..

    • @yousifsabah6455
      @yousifsabah6455 Месяц назад +7

      I remember going to that Chuck E. Cheese when I was a kid it’s sad to hear that they got rid of the animatronics since that was one of my favorite parts and I was hoping to take my little brother there

    • @MacNcheesyy22
      @MacNcheesyy22 Месяц назад +1

      lol so real

    • @GR1MZYT
      @GR1MZYT Месяц назад +1

      Neither did I tbh

  • @JoshSaysStuff
    @JoshSaysStuff Месяц назад +279

    It’s so wild to hear you reference streets and locations I know by heart. Watching this is kind of a trippy experience.

    • @yousifsabah6455
      @yousifsabah6455 Месяц назад +8

      Exactly every time he mentioned a street I thought I was in a dream or something

    • @YercChambieOffical
      @YercChambieOffical Месяц назад +2

      ong bro 😭😭

    • @AlanBarronGamersonly1234
      @AlanBarronGamersonly1234 Месяц назад +1

      @@JoshSaysStuff it really is lol

    • @islathefoxchild2120
      @islathefoxchild2120 22 дня назад +2

      The way he mispronounced Iliff XD

    • @reirei7851
      @reirei7851 22 дня назад +1

      @@islathefoxchild2120there was a comedian that came to the improv awhile back that kept calling it “11 if” 😂

  • @AmayaSanzo
    @AmayaSanzo Месяц назад +172

    Man it felt weird to see a RUclips video taking so much about Aurora and to show so many pictures of places that I grew up with. I am born and raised in Aurora CO and grew up hearing about this story. I don’t know what it is about this city that draws in such tragedies.

    • @Baconlovesreddead
      @Baconlovesreddead Месяц назад +27

      Aurora is fucking haunted bro

    • @DarleyHavidsun
      @DarleyHavidsun Месяц назад

      I have been slowly learning all the horrors that occurred here after moving here from FL a year ago...... 💀

    • @Quarter02
      @Quarter02 Месяц назад +2

      💀💀 i live in the super suburbs of aco

    • @reirei7851
      @reirei7851 22 дня назад +2

      @@Baconlovesreddeadso is 5 points. Curtis Park is hella trippy at night.

  • @Loljustsomewoter
    @Loljustsomewoter Месяц назад +101

    Remember when Matpat tried to say that fnaf was referencing this case? Good tomes

    • @javi8133
      @javi8133 Месяц назад +7

      I’m sure Scott probably was referencing the case originally, but probably changed it.

    • @skippingseaglass
      @skippingseaglass 24 дня назад +2

      NAW YEAH I REMEMBER THAT! i didnt remember that that incident was so close to me though holy shit

  • @TylerLee-qv2gv
    @TylerLee-qv2gv 2 месяца назад +163

    Very big piece of Colorado history and sadly a precursor of what was to come with Columbine 6 years after and many others. Aurora has sadly been a focused spot of it too with this and the Aurora Theater Shooting. Didn’t realize I drove past this location a good amount and also learned I live about 4 minutes from the location of the other tragedy I mentioned.

    • @GarGetsHigh
      @GarGetsHigh Месяц назад +6

      Atown strong 💪

    • @omniisimproductions
      @omniisimproductions Месяц назад +1

      I used to live within walking distance of that theatre. That whole area of Aurora is just depressing tbh

    • @elliemac306
      @elliemac306 Месяц назад +6

      @@omniisimproductions Not much has changed but we have more ugly apartments, a scary af lightrail, and colfax is impossible. 🙃

    • @sidneykile9641
      @sidneykile9641 Месяц назад +5

      aurora mall still the best mall

    • @DarleyHavidsun
      @DarleyHavidsun Месяц назад

      Yooo. What is it about this state...???! Columbine, Aurora Theater, CEC, Jon Bennett, and sooooo many other horrific true crime stories, I mean the list just goes on and on.... Is it the cyanide in the mountain mine water??!?! 🤯💀

  • @Pourage_art
    @Pourage_art Месяц назад +21

    I grew up in Aurora & my older brother worked at that location & was let go shortly before this incident happened. We were always greatful big bro wasn't there, crazy story.

  • @fairplayrandy
    @fairplayrandy 2 месяца назад +51

    Fascinating documentary. I was in high school in 1981 and worked as a gameroom attendant at this restaurant when the original Showbiz opened. This brought back a lot of memories. I only worked there for about a year. As a gameroom attendent I had all the keys to the video games so when my friends would come in I would open up the machine, hit this little clicker thing inside which would give credits on the machines so my friends could play for free. Management got wise so I was let go 😂. I was long gone before the tragedy happened.

    • @32Theresa
      @32Theresa 29 дней назад +2

      Damn then you being the plug & your boss noticing saved you

  • @rundave77
    @rundave77 Месяц назад +12

    Well this will be fun to watch as I sit at my job in Centennial

    • @reirei7851
      @reirei7851 22 дня назад +2

      Haha! Im watching it at my job in centennial to

  • @Mylesledragon
    @Mylesledragon 6 месяцев назад +48

    I appreciate you re-editing it and taking criticism well, this is the side of the CEC fandom that I appreciate

    • @32Theresa
      @32Theresa 29 дней назад +3

      May I ask what changed? Just stumbled upon this video, I live in Aurora

    • @Mylesledragon
      @Mylesledragon 28 дней назад +2

      @@32Theresa Mhm! I don't remember it exactly but from memory there was dramatic music and sirens, which is obviously inappropriate for a mass murder situation

  • @jenmichelle370
    @jenmichelle370 2 месяца назад +37

    I was drawn to this considering I worked at this CEC and with Nathan Dunlap so anytime I see anything about it I watch it. You did a wonderful job on this and I appreciate that. Nathan did work there longer though I believe. I worked there during 1992 and 93 - I quit in June of 93. I feel I worked with Nathan a lot longer than a month though. I do recall one Saturday morning arriving for work at 7am - I would do the Salad Prep and he did the Kitchen Prep. Sometimes we beat the boss to work and waited out front until the Boss arrived. I remember one morning where it was just Nathan and I waiting out front. It gives me chills to think of that considering what he did. Many do not remember the massacre and of course it will always stick with me. Occasionally I have driven by where it used to be and it brings back so many memories. I appreciate the effort you put into this. I still have a ton of news footage from our local channels when it happened, though all on VHS. It's definitely one of the defining moments of my life.

    • @nickyparker3705
      @nickyparker3705 Месяц назад

      growing up my mom told me horrible it was and I couldn't agree more. 4 innocent souls gone and I'm so sorry you had to be any where near that situation

    • @kanekiyoshimura5707
      @kanekiyoshimura5707 Месяц назад +1

      Sucks Aurora got many murder spots like this now

  • @MRPoole-kd5ie
    @MRPoole-kd5ie Месяц назад +47

    The Sinclair over off of Colfax also had a similar incident. My cousin was shot six times there. Shit is just normal at this point. Buried friends moms and friends im still living here next to chambers hope everyone has a blessed day.

    • @medford.
      @medford. Месяц назад +1

      didn’t think colfax was ever unsafe i’m sorry man

    • @32Theresa
      @32Theresa 29 дней назад +1

      @@medford.you’re joking, right?
      Btw OP, so sorry about your loss 💜

    • @sweett4791
      @sweett4791 22 дня назад +1

      One of my last memories of my father was at that Sinclair. It’s been there as long as I’ve been alive.

    • @cruzmendoza6541
      @cruzmendoza6541 21 день назад

      Lived on colfax and Peoria I remember seeing someone get shot at that bus stop mom just booked it home

    • @RandomYoutuberUsername2
      @RandomYoutuberUsername2 6 дней назад

      @@32Theresalegit nothing he said was disrespectful.. he’s just saying colfax is never a safe place? which he’a right about

  • @annoythedonkey
    @annoythedonkey Месяц назад +25

    I’m a Denver native and remember this well. I also think Gov. Hickenlooper should have followed through with what the people (the jury who sentenced Dunlap to death) decided that his crime was so heinous that he deserved the ultimate punishment.
    Can you believe that they actually had maze under the stage for kids to crawl around and that’s crazy what if a fire broke out?

    • @AurumUsagi
      @AurumUsagi 20 дней назад +2

      That's the problem with the inefficient justice system, bureaucracy, the 'mental health card' and party politics impeding - and eventually abolishing - the death penalty. The process prolonged to the point that party politics spurred on by capital punishment abolitionists eventually prevailed, and now instead, Dunlap is a drain on the taxpayer. Is it any wonder why politicians can no longer be trusted?

    • @Looksbylyssarae
      @Looksbylyssarae 6 дней назад +3

      Actually couldn’t stand hickenlooper after that. I used to support him but the moment that happened that endsd

    • @annoythedonkey
      @annoythedonkey 6 дней назад +2

      @@Looksbylyssarae ya I called him Gov. ChickenPooper after that

  • @deemz312
    @deemz312 Месяц назад +12

    I remember when I was a kid I hit a 20K ticket jackpot on a dinosaur coin game at CEC in Niles, IL. One of the best days of my childhood.

  • @nerdyninjatemptress
    @nerdyninjatemptress Месяц назад +11

    This event would happen about 3 months before my birth and now I live less than five minutes drive from the former location. The world is both gigantic and absolutely minuscule.

  • @purpleguylovesfnaf9319
    @purpleguylovesfnaf9319 6 месяцев назад +56

    Rest in peace to those who died at that location

  • @Everywhere_mm2
    @Everywhere_mm2 2 месяца назад +60

    I live in aurora and i was horrified by the shooting

    • @Awesomeanim
      @Awesomeanim Месяц назад +3

      Hello fellow murder drone I live in Boulder Colorado which is very close to aurora

    • @Starlord573-zb2cj
      @Starlord573-zb2cj Месяц назад +3

      I live in aurora to I feel your pain. That was painful

    • @Everywhere_mm2
      @Everywhere_mm2 Месяц назад +1

      @@Awesomeanim cool I'm moving there

    • @uwu-owo666
      @uwu-owo666 Месяц назад

      my highschool is a block away from it we used to go to that panera for lunch break and had no idea

    • @Awesomeanim
      @Awesomeanim Месяц назад

      @@uwu-owo666 wait did you go to the Panera by the Chuck E. Cheese in superior?

  • @Nyx-qw5yh
    @Nyx-qw5yh Месяц назад +17

    I remember going to the Aurora location as a kid, growing up in the South Denver Metro, man, that place was chaotic as a whole.

    • @32Theresa
      @32Theresa 29 дней назад

      What’d you think of the animatronics? To me they freak me out, but I’m too young to have seen em in person

    • @Nyx-qw5yh
      @Nyx-qw5yh 26 дней назад

      @@32Theresa I don’t remember them much from my childhood, I’m pretty sure that by 2005 or so, they had mostly discontinued them. I’m pretty sure I vaguely remember being freaked out by them as a kid. I felt they were a bit too uncanny

  • @AwesomeDrawer2017
    @AwesomeDrawer2017 6 месяцев назад +30

    I think me watching too many 9/11 videos desensitized me to tragic stuff, because I thought the original was fine. It’s good that you re-edited it

    • @mirandaromero3974
      @mirandaromero3974 Месяц назад +3

      What was in the original that was too much?

    • @bellabone1287
      @bellabone1287 Месяц назад +4

      @@mirandaromero3974i heard it was a glimpse of a victims feet in a photo, supposedly there was no blood too. im not sure though im just now watching this!!

  • @aspenmoone7278
    @aspenmoone7278 Месяц назад +20

    Fun fact: Hickenlooper (a former Denver mayor) pardoned him of charges and saved him from the death penalty

    • @iplaywmyself7562
      @iplaywmyself7562 Месяц назад

      crazy how much denver mayors don’t care even til this day

    • @sideshowtrey9002
      @sideshowtrey9002 27 дней назад

      @@aspenmoone7278 not true, his pardon is only in effect until hickenlooper is out of office.

    • @AurumUsagi
      @AurumUsagi 20 дней назад +1

      It was the wrong decision. Instead of justice being served, he is now a burden to the taxpayer.

    • @RandomYoutuberUsername2
      @RandomYoutuberUsername2 6 дней назад

      average liberal colorado decision

    • @Looksbylyssarae
      @Looksbylyssarae 6 дней назад

      Not just mayor, Governor.

  • @BLiNDSTiCK
    @BLiNDSTiCK Месяц назад +5

    The first time I moved to Aurora 1997 I remember 1999 when the Chuck E. Cheese on exposition open and now I still go back there took my niece and nephew. Amazing video.

  • @MRPoole-kd5ie
    @MRPoole-kd5ie Месяц назад +9

    I’m an A town native. It sucks to know that this place is closed down now but it’s probably for the best for my city a lot of things that happened that kept my family in danger if it wasn’t for that place closing just cause a city isn’t talked about often doesn’t mean that it doesn’t go on Colorado is America’s biggest sex trafficking state it’s one of the worst for murders in Aurora is nothing to play with. I really hope that everything gets better. At least I can say it’s very clean and unless you were told what went on in Aurora. He never really knew unless the news wanted to show you otherwise, it just be covered up and another day.

    • @Userrrio
      @Userrrio Месяц назад +3

      Very true. I think people underestimate how dangerous it can be. I feel like if you didn’t grow up here or haven’t been here for long, you wouldn’t know. My friend who hasn’t lived here long, wanted to hang out on Colfax and I had to explain that’s not a place where you want to spend a lot of time

    • @BSIII
      @BSIII Месяц назад +1

      Especially around Colfax and Beeler! Gets a little wild over there lol

    • @32Theresa
      @32Theresa 29 дней назад

      @@BSIIIHave you been to Mango House?

  • @JJEditz15
    @JJEditz15 2 месяца назад +9

    I live in Colorado. And Aurora has had a lot of shootings. rest in peace

  • @calaabo
    @calaabo 7 дней назад +1

    For those who aren’t from here. Aurora is a weird city. The further north you go, the worst it gets. The further south, you end up getting into higher end homes, nicer shopping places, etc. but it has gotten worse in areas. When I was a kid it was never even a fear of being outside, now it’s worrisome leaving your kids out alone. It’d be nice if for once though we could get rid of all the trashy people who make our city worse

  • @coolmariobros9379
    @coolmariobros9379 6 месяцев назад +74

    I feel bad for all the hate over a mistake hopefully people will forgive now

    • @nycfanner_205
      @nycfanner_205 6 месяцев назад +6

      what happened in the original video, I haven’t seen it yet

    • @raymondramos2883
      @raymondramos2883 6 месяцев назад +3

      This one’s the same except the police sirens don’t come come up

    • @cosmicarishy
      @cosmicarishy 6 месяцев назад +1

      Yeah, i made an apology video

    • @coolmariobros9379
      @coolmariobros9379 6 месяцев назад +16

      @@nycfanner_205 he accidentally showed a photo we’re one of the victims feet were in the shot but no blood

    • @SearsAndPennys1981
      @SearsAndPennys1981 6 месяцев назад +2

      Yeah I agree

  • @Animefan20044
    @Animefan20044 6 месяцев назад +22

    When it got 2.0, the pointing Chuck E got replaced with the sign that says “This Way”.

  • @lisaskinner1710
    @lisaskinner1710 Месяц назад +5

    I was 18 and working at the Denny’s near there. I knew the brother of one of the victims. I will never forget that night! So tragic. So many young people gone too early. The shooter was a disgruntled employee.
    I went there when it was ShowBiz. So many birthdays there.

  • @tmpilot3532
    @tmpilot3532 6 месяцев назад +58

    Some people and media say that the cec aurora sho**ng incident was the inspiration for "five nights at freedy's" in my opinion thats just stupid and REALLY Offensive for the victims family's and in general.

    • @taleSkele
      @taleSkele 6 месяцев назад +7

      yea i kind of remember when that theory was first a thing it so so big and agreed upon that didn't
      Scott had to say it wasn't

    • @Thatdudeidk123
      @Thatdudeidk123 4 месяца назад +6

      Agreeded also fnaf kinda ruined cec's repuation with the theorys

    • @MichaelLovely-mr6oh
      @MichaelLovely-mr6oh Месяц назад +8

      That is just horrendously idiotic and foolish. That being said; I think that this particular tragedy in Aurora (along with a similar tragedy at Deer Creek Middle School in Littleton back in April of 1982 and a First Bank Armored Car heist in Littleton in July of 1993) were a vague but ominous foreshadowing for what transpired at Columbine High School in Littleton, Platte Canyon High School in Bailey, Cherry Creek High School in Greenwich Village, Deer Creek Middle School in Littleton, Aurora Central High School in Aurora, the Century 16 Movie Theatre in Aurora, Arapahoe High School in Centennial, the Stem School in Highlands Ranch, and the King Soopers Grocery Store in Boulder. I would also include the Youth With A Mission and New Life Church shootings in Arvada and Colorado Springs, respectively as well as one at a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs in 2022. Every time I hear of a high-profile crime in Colorado I think to myself "What the Hell is going on in that state?!?"

    • @cosmicarishy
      @cosmicarishy Месяц назад +1

      Yeah, that's offensive, but I was sick back then I got comment the offensive inspiration stuff got hated and I made a deleted apology video and someone said deleted it and deleted and I got traumatised if I do that again I will just sitting on my room having depressed that's the comment when I was sick and being a idiot I felt bad how I stupid I was back then 💔
      *Edit* I'm so sorry for making stupid stuff when I was sick

    • @32Theresa
      @32Theresa 29 дней назад +1

      @@cosmicarishyuhhh ru okay? I’ve seen you reply to other comments. You seem like you’re a child, so I hope you have a trusted adult in your life to go to in need

  • @AkamexAris1023
    @AkamexAris1023 6 месяцев назад +10

    I'll gladly re-listen to this! Appreciate your work Nathan! 🍻💙

  • @Baconlovesreddead
    @Baconlovesreddead Месяц назад +3

    I’m a Denver boy and didn’t even know about that shooting. Damn.

  • @princesskristan
    @princesskristan 3 месяца назад +26

    I appreciate the rediting of the video. People who don't understand how tasteless or offensive it might be calls people "soft" or "snowflakes" don't understand how it can upset someone or the lone survivor or the victims' families if they somehow come across a video talking about it. As content creators but also as humans, you have to be sensitive because its not a movie or anything. Its a real situation that involves real people and should be handled with care

    • @bwap7037
      @bwap7037 Месяц назад +7

      I completely agree. Nowadays people treat true crime cases like this like a fiction story. We cannot disrespect victims and I'm glad that the creator of this video essay understands

    • @32Theresa
      @32Theresa 29 дней назад +1

      So he wasn’t sensitive in his wording before? Curious what changes were made

  • @ThatRandomCyndaquiI
    @ThatRandomCyndaquiI 2 месяца назад +6

    I live in Colorado and remember going to the new location in aurora back in 2015 or 2016 as a child from what I can remember

  • @alpacarie
    @alpacarie 2 дня назад +1

    Rest in peace to the victims who passed away from the shooting. I’m from the Centennial area and I haven’t heard much history of this Chuck E. Cheese until now. I’ve also passed by the location so it feels eerie now.. Aurora, Colorado has had many shootings, if you plan to stop by please be aware of your surroundings.

  • @melany3588
    @melany3588 Месяц назад +4

    why are we all from aurora!!

  • @tiffstipsreviews9733
    @tiffstipsreviews9733 25 дней назад +2

    I attended Overland HS with Nathan and Garland Dunlap. We were in the same class. I was at this Chuck E Cheese the day before the incident 😢

  • @envystar6665
    @envystar6665 21 день назад +1

    man the fact that they took all the stage off, the playplace & rides fills me with rage, lol its just depressing that kids can't play anymore and everything is so bland now

  • @softheartselectricsouls
    @softheartselectricsouls Месяц назад +4

    Whoah was not expecting to see my neighborhood pop up in this video, I frequent that Family Dollar a lot and had no idea about this

  • @rooroomiri
    @rooroomiri Месяц назад +2

    Hickenlooper is disgusting. Not surprising that a man who watches pornography with his own mother would deprive those victims' families justice.

    • @reirei7851
      @reirei7851 22 дня назад

      We call him “hick-and-pooper”

  • @jumpingicebergs
    @jumpingicebergs 6 месяцев назад +12

    My regrets from not watching the original video...

  • @ChuckETastic
    @ChuckETastic 6 месяцев назад +8

    Rest In Peace To The People Died From The Shooting 😔🙏🏻🕊️🪦

  • @JL-eu5ef
    @JL-eu5ef 2 месяца назад +8

    Ah Aurora.. almost got shot on Havana and 4th a few years ago had to check my car and make sure no holes in it they took some guy to the hospital and cops came pretty standard day tbh

  • @hanglim2510
    @hanglim2510 6 месяцев назад +14

    23:17 THATS THE SAME SANDWICH MY SON ATE WTF

  • @library.of.al_xandria
    @library.of.al_xandria 7 дней назад +1

    I went to this CEC as a kid and the whole thing is like a goddamn fever dream. It scared me so bad. I remember not talking for a solid 5 hours after leaving.
    Might've been the autism or the fact that I was a 2 year old who was forced to go to a pizza rat's parlor and watch him and his buddies perform on stage for hours.

  • @Krazy303
    @Krazy303 Месяц назад +1

    I was born in Aurora and heard about this as a kid. Nathan Dunlap shooting up chuck e cheese. Gotta watch this and see what I learn

  • @JSoul
    @JSoul Месяц назад +7

    I’ve went here a lot of times as a kid and also attended several birthday parties there in Aurora, it was so fun thank you for making this video

  • @cometpunch
    @cometpunch 2 месяца назад +4

    Hi there! Just watched your video. Aurora Native here. My cousin went to school with Dunlap and there was some controversy as his family wanted the school to allow him to walk at their high school graduation after the massacre. Also, locals pronounce Iliff as eye-liff despite what Google says, lol. Great video!

  • @k2a2l2
    @k2a2l2 Месяц назад +3

    so strange to see my home city on my youtube feed. this is just a few minutes from me, i never went to the original but i went to the 2nd CEC as a kid plenty of times

  • @ai_robozen
    @ai_robozen Месяц назад +1

    I’ve been here every week this past month 😂loving it

  • @ravecrowandcrow2880
    @ravecrowandcrow2880 Месяц назад +2

    Weird how I remember the phase three location from my childhood. Almost lost a tooth at the air hockey thanks to my uncle when we played.

  • @jaredtm4493
    @jaredtm4493 6 месяцев назад +11

    I do know that the police sirens and the dark music from the beginning were taken out as well as the Somebody's watching me cover at the end. But what was that thing that slipped past editing that was taken out? Also, it's a shame you didn't make a thx 4 an awesome season drawing for the very end of the video.

    • @NathanSpies
      @NathanSpies  6 месяцев назад +6

      It was the shoes of one of the victims, I didn’t notice it while editing but it was apparently a dead body

    • @TheWorldSpinsSlowly
      @TheWorldSpinsSlowly 6 месяцев назад +2

      ​@@NathanSpiesoof

    • @theonlyjaspertjowls
      @theonlyjaspertjowls 6 месяцев назад +3

      Is the photo online?

    • @NathanSpies
      @NathanSpies  6 месяцев назад +2

      @@theonlyjaspertjowls it was a screenshot from the death row stories episode on Nathan Dunlap

    • @theonlyjaspertjowls
      @theonlyjaspertjowls 6 месяцев назад +2

      I understand why it’s re edited, yk yt can age restrict the video and not earn any money

  • @gnarlywagner8171
    @gnarlywagner8171 Месяц назад +4

    The weirdest thing is that thats the only chuck e cheese ive been to

    • @gwenmloveskpopandmore
      @gwenmloveskpopandmore 3 дня назад +1

      That’s weird I mean it’s probably only the closest one near you

    • @L1LYBuGx
      @L1LYBuGx День назад +1

      Same……. It’s so weird!

  • @bonanz3032
    @bonanz3032 23 дня назад +2

    I lost two of my friends that night.

  • @MasieMason
    @MasieMason 8 дней назад +1

    i’ve lived in aurora co almost my whole life and i’ve never heard about this

  • @MrzBeezy
    @MrzBeezy Месяц назад +1

    I had just turned 3 years old and was at this location for a bday party a week before this incident.. wow thanks for this video.

  • @RicoAndBonBonStudios
    @RicoAndBonBonStudios 6 месяцев назад +4

    You're amazing, Nathan Spies

  • @qubo2007
    @qubo2007 6 месяцев назад +4

    RIP to all those who died in the incident, my thoughts and prayers go to the victims and their families
    also btw burlington wa still has the phase 3 “pointer chuck” sign. it is the last location on the planet to have such sign. the sign was mainly installed in locations that were in shopping centers and malls, or in highly populated areas that are hard to navigate. the last two locations that had this sign was long island ny, and of course, aurora co before they got the dreaded 2.0 remodel.
    if you want to see this rare and interesting sign for yourself, go to burlington wa while you can. i don’t know when that location is going to get the dreaded remodel but probably sometime this year, since CEC wants all locations to be remodeled by 2025.

  • @sonicbros8425
    @sonicbros8425 6 месяцев назад +6

    This is a very sad 😢😢😢 and bizare history video nathan and its weird to pikalove and other fans in and out of Colorado

  • @jackson_whelchel
    @jackson_whelchel Месяц назад +2

    is it the one over by Krispy crème?
    btw sorry to hear that happened during editing.

  • @ashleysalas5201
    @ashleysalas5201 25 дней назад

    This is actually crazy, hearing about what happened on streets I actually know. Great video essay!!!

  • @feliz.jueves
    @feliz.jueves 11 дней назад

    you should do a history on a Chuck E. Cheese location in texas someday !!! I’m a rlly big fan of Chuck E. Cheese and Showbiz Pizza, and I love your videos !!!!! I remember going to a Chuck E. Cheese location as a child several times, it was around 2013 or 2014 I think, when I would have been 4 or 5 years old. I actually found a photo on my mom’s old phone of me there. I remember the animatronics matching up with the cyberamic 3-stage models, and I remember being slightly scared watching the animatronics as a child bc Chuck would look around the room very robotically, and in one stage of it he would be staring directly at me. I developed a fear of animatronics later as a child, I remember going to the LBG museum on a school field trip and crying because of the animatronic there. the last time I saw animatronics in person was summer 2021 when I was 12 years old and in California on vacation, on the Santa Fe beach walk seeing pirate animatronics in a restaurant and a really creepy animatronic woman inside a machine outside near some arcades. despite my huge fear of animatronics, I liked watching them on RUclips as a kid too and have been interested in them since around 9 years oldish. I was born in Austin Texas and lived there until 2018 when I moved to a smaller town near Austin, that doesn’t have any Chuck E. Cheese location. I would love it if you did one on Austin, it would probably be easiest to get information on since it’s the capital of Texas, but a video on locations of any other city in Texas would make me incredibly happy too. if you’re reading this, thank you!!!! ♥️

  • @jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778
    @jurassicarkjordanisgreat1778 6 месяцев назад +5

    you shouldn't have gotten threats for a slipup. its disgusting people would do that to you. Shame on them! Its an honest mistake. I am sorry you delt with that nathan.

  • @ashleylawson509
    @ashleylawson509 25 дней назад +2

    Well 😂 I’m from Denver so this is gonna be interesting/ good

  • @asmariamoon
    @asmariamoon Месяц назад +1

    If I remember right, my sisters and I used to frequent the previously-Showbiz location for birthdays and such, before they closed down. In fact, I believe we might have visited before it became a Chuck E. Cheese's, because I definitely have some memories seeing the original Showbiz animatronics.

  • @hockeymom22
    @hockeymom22 Месяц назад +1

    I worked at that Showbiz in 1986-1987. It was interesting to see the history before this tragic event occurred.

  • @SearsAndPennys1981
    @SearsAndPennys1981 6 месяцев назад +3

    I’ve been watching for 3 years.

  • @Sissyq89
    @Sissyq89 Месяц назад +2

    Grew up going to this CEC, and the “mall” it was next to. Always weird vibes, but we still went, cause why not. We had moved there in ‘92 I believe, I was 4, from LA. Then we moved to Littleton a yearish later and the Lone Tree one became our go-to. I can’t remember if it had replaced Discovery Zone, or was just built next to it and took its business, causing it to close down. Wow, flood of memories here.

    • @32Theresa
      @32Theresa 29 дней назад

      Gosh damn then the columbine high school happened in Littleton! Do you remember that from your childhood?

    • @32Theresa
      @32Theresa 29 дней назад

      Such a beautiful park now though 💜

  • @rinsuaa
    @rinsuaa 22 дня назад

    when my family first moved to the US in the early 2000s, we lived in aurora. I never knew about this tragedy, but it's a strange feeling to watch a documentary featuring places I still drive past semi-regularly.

  • @Ogre302
    @Ogre302 21 день назад

    Ahhh! I remember this! I went there when I was a kid! Showbiz, actually, it was a long time ago but the photos bring back memories. I agree, It's fuzzy but I think it was the King...

  • @megangerig4695
    @megangerig4695 26 дней назад +1

    I think this explains my husband's negative view on CEC in Aurora. I'm not a CO Native, but I remember my husband making a weird comment about the CEC across the street from Joann's when I was shopping there for fall decor. (Hubby born and raised in Aurora, CO).

  • @GigaChadObject
    @GigaChadObject 4 месяца назад +3

    33:09 imagine Dunlap being spies instead of Dunlap

  • @compactc9
    @compactc9 Месяц назад +1

    I’m not sure how unknown the reasons are in Colorado for abolishing the death penalty… politically how things have been going.

  • @explosive_memes7716
    @explosive_memes7716 Месяц назад +3

    Damn I grew up going to the Chuck E. Cheese in lone tree less than 20 minutes away from shooting

  • @mearaclaigh1681
    @mearaclaigh1681 26 дней назад

    Such a trip to watch. I could walk to all of these locations from my house right now. The new Chuck E Cheese is SO depressing. Especially since i went to the old one for my birthdays and i remember all the animatronics and the wind tunnel where you could try to grab as many flying tickets as possible. There were plastic tubes that kids could climb in along the whole play area. It was a blast. Even had to cut a birthday party short once because the birthday boy accidently cut his eyeball on some other kids toenail. Took my own kids to the current location and its just depressingly empty aside from the interactive projection floor thing.

  • @londondeer
    @londondeer Месяц назад

    I'm glad I'm not the only one who's lived here and is totally weirded out by seeing someone talk about it, this is super wild :0
    Aurora can be a really weird town. Even within itself, the North and South ends are completely different from eachother. I remember hearing about the theater shooting a long time after it happened, despite living here myself - my family hid it from me because it happened on my birthday

  • @purplebutterfly210
    @purplebutterfly210 23 дня назад

    I enjoyed watching your video. What will forever stay with me is the animatronics still playing while the deceased were still there. Kinda creepy. May they all RIP.

  • @CECHialeah1991
    @CECHialeah1991 6 месяцев назад +5

    Much better and emotional too!

  • @gwenmloveskpopandmore
    @gwenmloveskpopandmore 6 месяцев назад +17

    Rip to all of those who were killed ❤

  • @sonicboomman9850
    @sonicboomman9850 6 месяцев назад +2

    i think that part of the showbiz pizza commercial where the kid said goodbye to billy bob was cute

  • @alihabibi2985
    @alihabibi2985 23 дня назад

    Not to be that guy but we say "eye-lif". "ill-if" is funny though lmaoooooo

  • @josephcichos6280
    @josephcichos6280 2 месяца назад +1

    Oh wow I remember this one it was so much fun as a kid

  • @ZaynH2004
    @ZaynH2004 6 месяцев назад +3

    @Nathan Spies can you do Windsor Ontario Chuck E. Cheese?

  • @LorenzDominique
    @LorenzDominique 29 дней назад

    I remember growing up going to this location. So many fond memories until there weren’t any!

  • @ioz6819
    @ioz6819 21 день назад +1

    My uncle was in prison with Nathon and said he would smear his feces on the walls

  • @leo-xc1bk
    @leo-xc1bk 2 месяца назад +3

    can you do history of cec in lowell massachusetts

  • @michaelrussom6463
    @michaelrussom6463 Месяц назад

    I've only been to Chuck E Cheese a few times. As a kid, I lived near the Peoria location. I probably would have gone at some point, but my brother was killed at an unrelated shooting around the same time. I remember going to a location in Denver in about 1985. I've never been inside the Iliff location, but the north end of that building used to be a stand alone arcade, right next to a theater in the 90s. It's a tradgedy what happened back in the 80s.

  • @tony_1568
    @tony_1568 23 дня назад

    I went to multiple parties and events at this very Chuck E. Cheese when I was younger.

  • @TheJereld
    @TheJereld 6 месяцев назад +6

    Too bad you had to edit the original version. 😢

  • @teeganithink
    @teeganithink 29 дней назад

    it’s crazy i used to go there as a kid 😭

  • @joeykette6834
    @joeykette6834 6 месяцев назад +2

    21:31 Massacre Cheese: A Nathan Dunlap story.

  • @iwritejennsnottragedies8842
    @iwritejennsnottragedies8842 29 дней назад

    Ope, this place was like a 5 minute walk from my house, that's crazy

  • @hunter-1717
    @hunter-1717 20 дней назад

    Hey I remember going to Chuck e cheez in Aurora for my birthday a few years in a row 💀 I guess I should have expected this, different location tho

  • @Kitch35
    @Kitch35 5 месяцев назад +3

    Nathan how do you make your thumbnails?

  • @RobertBraden-nv8gd
    @RobertBraden-nv8gd 25 дней назад +1

    I've lived in Aurora Colorado my hole life

  • @Duckey3753
    @Duckey3753 6 месяцев назад +2

    Can you do the history of munch costume and bot or history o Chuck E. Cheese in Boca Raton

  • @Bloodseeking
    @Bloodseeking Месяц назад

    my mom literally works in the building next to the empty abandoned side of this

  • @JA6XN
    @JA6XN 6 месяцев назад +2

    Maybe next you could make an video about an different country’s chuck e cheese I live in Ontario and there is 2 munches make believe bands and both are different types there also are 2 studio c animatronics that are different and the terrible 2.0 remodel

    • @JA6XN
      @JA6XN 6 месяцев назад +1

      I will also gladly help if you need anything about the location in Vaughn because I used to go there a lot and also recently went there

  • @adelledestiny
    @adelledestiny 25 дней назад

    Me just moving here and seeing this on my timeline 🫠😂

  • @Mr_SegaRetroGamer_YT
    @Mr_SegaRetroGamer_YT 6 месяцев назад +3

    Please do the history of showbiz and chuck e cheese in longview tx!!! 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @L1LYBuGx
    @L1LYBuGx День назад

    The fact this was right by my town…

  • @hayleywaalen2612
    @hayleywaalen2612 3 месяца назад +1

    Rest in Peace to those are in the shooting.