DEAD MALL SERIES : Frederick Towne Mall (**Closed, April 2013**)
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lots of people doing dead mall vids but yours are by far the best. informative, steady camera, and a willingness to poke substances with sticks. perfection.
Lex Parsimoniae Haha. Thank you!
+Lex Parsimoniae After binge watching all of Dan Bells videos i find a lot of the other ones unbearable to watch. They're filmed all shaky, they don't really explain anything. They don't have the cool muzak edited in either. The shxtty filming mostly gets me after a while. Kids can't hold a camera still. LOL!
+This is Dan Bell. nvmd haha you already did Fredrick
How come Frederick Towne Mall closed?
Because of gangs and people were getting robbed in the Parking lot I co owned the FTM. so Arby's got 2 new restaurants and When Wards closed I was so pissed off then the Mall was going under then I decided to took the mall over it had a small comeback new stores were going to come but the deal was done so we told everyone to leave by April 13th we were going to get an old Navy and a Bloomingdales and a Lord & Taylor and a Spencer Gifts and a new John Giles Candy Store I was going to have a couple places called Ian's Diner and Alexander's Department Store that's why the place was remodeled in the first place. The guy who owned the Mall before me was a dick and the place was coming back then I gave the Mall to DLC who wanted a Walmart then I made my 2 videos to stop Walmart from doing that and they didn't want it and now belongs to my formal Doctors has the Mall now.
(sniff) When I was a kid I had birthday parties at Pappy's Pizza there, saw Star Wars in 1977, played games at Time Out, bought records at Waxie Maxies. My brother worked at Long John Silver's. Memories!
Cool, bet you really miss the mall.
I was born in '78. The 80's were great. May have been the best time in history. Wish I could go back.
I was always a Francis Scott Key mall kid. Fun Factory!
Can we take a moment to show appreciation for the music and editing in all the dead mall videos? Well done
I was banned for life from this mall for skateboarding. Glad to see I outlived it.
Well, have you grinded there yet?
@@maverickjohnson1399 pretty sure they ripped it down
@@0popkm0 nope, it's still there but they sealed it off to people
@@alexandergrube6437 you sure? I still go to Ollie's sometimes and I thought I saw heavy machinery and just boscoves was there. I gotta go back and see!
@@alexandergrube6437 you're right I looked it up the new owner is trying to re lease it lol
Fun fact: One of the directors of The Blair Witch Project wanted to film a zombie movie at the ruins of the Frederick Towne Mall. He almost got to do it, in fact, but whoever owns the property flaked out at the last minute. And this is why fans can't have nice things. :(
I told you no and please ride your bikes on the streets not the Sidewalks.
The cool Neon Sign was Camelot Music and there was so much there if you look up the mall site it will list what was in the Mall in 1972.
That trash was there since the mall started.
im weirded out that the Hoyts Cinemas lights are still on...
The entire mall still has electricity to it to power the Boscov's and Home Depot
I remember as a child my grandmother would take me here. It's so sad what has happened to it, this mall use to be so beautiful in the early 2000's. Boscov's Is still open and connected to this mall, I was there today.
You know that mall has been closed for a while because the Hoyts Cinema price was $7.50..... lolol
I used to go to that theater all the time. And yeah, they folded long before 3D and IMAX came around, so we still thought $7.50 was expensive. >_>
Hoyt's actually didn't close until 2008
Dan R
+Slo Shady ...Yes?
I live in Wappingers, it's still open. Maybe it's not run by the same people? Hoyts idk xD But there is still a theater there. They have a $2 Tuesday but I never go because the movies that they show are like 6 months old and I'd rather go to the regal that's literally 2 min away from me in the same plaza.
Abandoned lives and lost times...the excitement of a young first date , the disastrous family Christmas shopping excursions... the pointless wandering around looking for friends to group up with...all gone and forgotten. Like so many tears in the rain.
wow! I remember going to this mall back in the 90's, now its almost unrecognizable.
Fredrick Towne Mall, two working anchors, still closes down.
The reason these malls are empty ( lots more to follow) is due to greedy landlords. The rent that the smaller stores had to pay were any where between $7-$15k per month.
The small selling kiosks had to dish out $3-$8k per month.
Ridiculous asking prices.
That stretch of US 40 used to be called "The Golden Mile." Thanks for the shots. I walked through it before it closed. Far cry from 15 years ago.
I completely expected to see a Bath & Body Works still open inside the dead part of the mall! 😂
you get me every time with the elevator music...I'm watching and say to myself...WTF they still have the music running. haha
Really fascinating videos - someone should give you a TV series on this subject - it would be so much better than most of those so-called "reality" shows on there now!
Excellent idea, but like all things televised. It would be ruined, or at least lose the fervor of flavor.
the internet has been our best friend, but at the same time it's been a businesses' worst enemy.
wow your right in many ways like Amazon takes business from a lot of stores so does ebay sometimes
U got that right. Online shopping closed the malls down.
I don't really know if it's been our best friend either.
gosh...that music is scary, creepy and inviting at the same time!
I went to this mall as a kid in the late 90’s - early 00’s. It’s pretty surreal to get on RUclips and stumble upon a video featuring my hometown mall now abandoned.
I lived less then a mile from there for the better part of my Childhood i still see that mall and remember being a child in there. its insane that its just a memory now =/ My Wife went to school with one of the guys who broke in. thank you for documenting Dan. I used to get my hair cut in there @ Gentleman's choice, shopped at K-B Toys, My sisters Dance studio had a show there at one time. Ive seen Countless movies at that Hoyts. GOD the memories are just flooding back to me.
Is Frederick in VA. or West Va?
Also for anyone who is wondering why there are still items in some stores, this is when they were still in the process of getting rid of everything and that's why he was able to get in through boscovs. After all that stuff was gone they boarded up the entrance from there
These videos make me a die a little inside but the music revives me.
It's sad that most of all the malls are becoming Dead Malls 😢 our city mall is also becoming a dead mall. I live in Gastonia, NC.
there’s a mall near me that is becoming dead, I live in NC too. I’m thinking that once self-isolation isn’t necessary anymore, maybe my partner and I can go on some weekend road trips to film some of these malls.
This is one of my favorites. You almost expect a zombie from walking dead to show up any moment.
I like this mall a lot, mainly because of the cinema, which looks very spooky. It's just in a good enough shape to think it hasn't been closed a long time, yet it's abonded, it's perfect for a horror movie
I used to live near this mall and I really miss it from my childhood.. thanks for the video and memories!
Well, I've just spent the last 24 hours binge watching these dead mall video's. I never realized before starting to watch your channel that this was a thing, and it really makes me take a step back and think about the 3 malls that we have in my town, and only 1 of them is doing any good. The other 2 look quite similar to the dead malls you've profiled here. I also played a game called, "Spot the Bath and Body Works" lol. I will be on a You Tube hunt for more dead mall video's but I have a horrible suspicion that none of them will even come close to your videos, you've set the bar pretty high, I expect editing and creepy mall music in the background now. Great videos!
Aces Adventures does some decent dead mall vid's I like Dan's best but Ace is good
Watch Adam the Woo dead mall videos on RUclips. They are very interesting.
Used to go there all the time. Sad
so many memories at that mall, I grew up in Middletown about 10 miles away
When I watch these videos, I keep thinking someone needs to rescue the plants! And there's not much sadder than an abandoned cinema... I discovered one of the cinemas from my youth closed when I visited an old mall a few years back. I got in as far as I could, and there were rows and rows of seats just haphazardly tossed into the main hallway, so carelessly...
+notsoseriousmoonlight Speaking of that, there's an old theater of my youth I sometimes wonder what has happened to it, since it closed for good(as an independent theater, and not as a Loews theater before that) something like 7 years ago. From unofficial reports I've heard, it's gotten a lot of water damage inside, which doesn't surprise me. Wish it hadn't had been allowed to fall into ruin, but it doesn't surprise me when newer theaters were built within a few miles, and eventually siphoned away all its former customers.
If all the malls are closing, where are we going to go during a zombie apocalypse?
Boo Radley Amazon distribution center.
Loki Shepherd warehouses are 99% doors
not a good plan of action
One World Trade Center tower possibly?
+Boo Radley well shit
+Boo Radley the tallest one in the world
I just found out about this series. this was the first mall that came to mind when i saw that you were doing this. its fascinating since i had a front row seat to watch this place die.
It's so surreal to watch a video of a place I went to quite a bit to as a kid just sitting there abandoned and neglected. So many fond memories of going there with my family on weekends and holidays.
Thank you for doing these videos buddy! By far my favorite youtube series!
The "Gooey grease" Looks like remnants of the wax ring used to seal toilets to the waste line.
Great job Dan. Nice footage. Excellent narratives. Thanks for this contribution.
The overdubbed music makes the mall more eerie!
This is a typical location for a Halloween Superstore..one that opens up from labor day til middle of November
By far Dan an Sal has the best dead mall vlogs.great job sharing
Damn, used to come here all the time with my dad and catch movies or go to the arcade. Even then the mall was super sparse with people and clinging to life. Looks just how I remember only even more run down. Hope you enjoyed my hometown!
Malls aren't what they used to be. I had been to Fredericktowne Mall several times, having lived in the area my entire life. I had read they're planning on tearing the mall down and putting a Super Walmart there in the next few years. Only mall we have now in Frederick is the FSK Mall. But this is really sad. I can remember going to this mall maybe 15 years ago at Christmas and it was bustling and full of people. My late best friend and I used to eat at the Ground Round (located in the mall). Sad to see it in the shape that is in now.
The last I heard, they were supposed to start demolition sometime this winter. But who knows? It's changed about a million times, so it could change again.
I've been binge-watching abandoned places all night but for some reason the saddest ones for me or the dead malls because that's why I childhood literally of the eighties and nineties. I'm guilty of mostly shopping on the internet for everything except groceries and incidentals that you can get at the grocery store as well even the bra and wearing right now is off Amazon. it's just so devastating and encouraging I need to start going to my mom's again at least say that I'm trying to make a difference to bring back business.
I watched this place die with my own eyes and I don't live far from this Mall. Gangs destoyed this Mall in 2006 and the roof problems was from a snow storm.
this was my childhood mall, movies on Saturday nights and long john silvers afterward, maybe a hop over to the pocket change too, and maybe just nice cop from bon ton if i was lucky. Ahhh...now i just go to fsk mall.
FSK sucks now too.
I miss that Long John Silver's I wish I can turn back the clock and eat there again and shop there again.
It's amazing to me how many of these malls that have been closed for years still have plants inside them that are alive, despite no one being there to maintain them.
its amazing to me that you never considered they could be fake plants.
When we firstly watched this thinking it was just another dead mall on America... Dan brings us more that what we can expect!
I saw the movie "Cursed" in that mall when I was 16. And I also took a girl on a date to a restaurant next to it and we walked around afterwards.
Gah. Grease on toilets is a new one.
Shout out to you. I'm rewatching your videos for some moral pep in writing fiction and they help a lot.
I used to go to this mall when I was a kid. Sad to see it's dead.
Really would love to see some more dead mall videos added to this playlist!
Go to wheatfeild New York and visit the summit park mall it's abandoned and I live near it and I miss it so much and it closed in2008
***** I’ll check it out when I get up there.
Kk
maybe you can try to get aloud in
+JDrakeG3ming you didn't even say thank you?
+iOzznialt did chance his name in the meanwhile but all good
Beautiful shots, love your videos
love the mall music!
When i was little I always went there. It was a beautiful mall.😊
One of the former anchor stores was Bon-Ton, which closed in 2011. Hoyt's closed in 2010. Hallmark was the last store left in the mall. Bath & Body works didn't make it until the end but almost.
I live in Frederick I'm 15 I don't really remember the mall alot but I remember going to the movies with my family
omfg I live in this town. so great to see you coming here
Wow, once upon a time, I as a little kid had walked through this very mall and thought to myself "What a ghost town". It was dead even back then and to see it like this now not only brings back those few memories but also shows what happened to it after I had moved from the area. It really is kind of cool to see what really happened to it though since I haven't been in the area in probably 5-6 years. Very cool video and you should check out the Chambersburg Mall in PA since the only thing it has left to hang onto is the movie theater there.
I literally live 4 Mins away from here
love this series of videos. I stumbled onto your videos by looking up abondond things in Maryland. And seen your video of the Hilltop Hotel in Harpers Ferry, and the ironic thing is that video took me back abfew years I use to deliver Pepsi Cola to that place and actuality took a ride on my Harley this summer and rode up to the hotel although i didn't go inside. So as my youtube was on auto play it took me to your Dead mall videos and I love your work and narration. So as you said in one of your videos I have 2 malls you may was to investigate, (Martinsburg mall) now called Foxcroft Towne Center at Martinsburg, Martinsburg, wv closed Nov,1 2016 however 3 of 4 of it's anchor stores are still open Bon-Ton, JCPenny, and Walmart. Sears closed and that wing was tore down... also a mall that is still open but I feel is on borrowed time is Chambersburg Mall , Chambersburg, Pa. I hope this helps you and you have the opertunity to investigate and make a video.
BRO HOW CINEMA COUNTER LIGHT IS ALWAYS ON AFTER THESE YEARS
I used to live near this place.
And to think that back in 1999, I'd go to this mall and get those delicious food court soft pretzels with my great grandmother. Times have really changed.
We used to have a mall like this. It was sandwiched inbetween a Home Depot and a Kmart. We went often as kids to the arcade and movies. Once it was deserted it fell into disrepair like this and they carefully tore the mall down from the two connecting stores. Never felt the same. Was really depressing.
I used to spend 4 days a week in this Mall from 1985 to 2013.
I love this series
Hey Dan! First off I enjoy watching your dead mall tour vids. Second, the gooey sticky substance on the ground in the parking lot looks a lot like carpet glue. Its used mainly in commercial applications. I know because I get it on me quite often because its one of the materials we use as flooring guys lol And the stuff that was smeared on the toilets was wax from the ring that is used on the bottom part of the toilet. Odds are whoever carried them out there got it on his hand so he just scraped it off on to the tank. So no worries as far as hazardous material is concerned haha I will add this little bit of info. Any of the places you decide to venture through, especially the older buildings...be careful not to step on or unintentionally kick flooring tile that is loose or ceiling tile that has fallen onto the floor as they may contain asbestos. Asbestos floor tile is usually 1/8 inch thick and 9X9 inches wide and ceiling tiles can vary. Mastic adhesive can also contain asbestos, its usually black so steer clear of that too. If you get it on your shoes you could carry it into your home etc etc. It can only cause harm when it becomes airborne. Just thought I'd throw that out there. Keep posting man, great stuff!
WHEN I LIVED IN FREDERICK I USED TO WORK AT MCCRORYS RESTAURANT AS A DISHWASHER AND BUSBOY HANGOUT THERE.IT WAS A NICE PLACE TO VISIT AND BE IN NOVEMBER 1983 TO JULY 1984.
Thank you for this.
bateller Thank you for watching!
1:31 over there a wall with a yellow thing used to be Subway Restaurant
This mall is in my closest city. I drive by it a lot. The Boscovs is still open, oddly enough. The rest of the mall was just bought.
My uncle Eric Johnson Steinhaus used to work at that Mccrory at the Frederick Towne Mall until they went out of business.
bought a bed at the boscov's there..sad to see it all go..
Cool it still has power
Your channel is incredible.
I remember going to this mall up until I was 10 or 11 when there was still two or three shops open. They definitely had a rat infestation. Anyway, the Girl Scouts might still have their cookie wearhouse in the old cvs in January if you're willing to go back and look around. There's only a chain link gate so you have a pretty good view.
What’s creepy is the Hoyts Cinema lights were on!, and the plants were alive?
I'm soo glad to see that they are making it really hard for vandals to get into the mall. It's such a shame to see all these old places screwed up because some kids want to be stupid
You should see it now, lots more vandalism
Abandoned places are very attractive to vandals.
I worked at the Frederick Town Mall in 1996, at Waxie Maxie's.
Hung out there a lot in 84,85,86 when I was stationed at Fort Detrick. Sad to see this.
I think one thing I find fascinating about dead malls is when they get abandoned what things are just laying around like they didnt even bother with the shopping carts they just left them there, or gates not even fully down in front of the store just half down.
Great vids, really enjoying them. I'd appreciate it if you could tell me what the name of the song/track that was used in your box. Unless that was actually playing in the mall itself.
I remember this place from the 80's
your videos are dank man, love them. what is the music here, where DO you find all this crazy muzak. Now a massive supporter of Dan Mason also.
I live in frederick. I remember when i was young coming to this mall...and now at 32 uts been yrs and yrs of dead space, and city town halls over what should be done there. That area has just gone down since the mall and space has been stale
i've skated inside this mall lol my friends dad is the manager of it
Trey Howard I’m tryna get in to film a music video lmao any way u can help me with that
My dad is the operations manager of a mall also. It too is about dead.
It's so surreal I used to go in their all the time when I was a baby the place was booming now look what happened
Thought you may like an update on this mall. There is actually a high end movie theater set to open up in the mall and talks that there will be "entertainment" type businesses opening up inside. I have heard possibly go karts and things like that.
Wow. I remember going to this mall in the early 2000s when I was a kid. It's so creepy to see it abandoned now. There was a puppet show there near the center/fountain/whatever it was and the stage collapsed, and all the people playing the puppets stood there stupidly. Lol.
The Ground Round. They had some good food, wish they were still there.
Hi Dan I know this an older video, and it appears the last one "Dead mall series" video you made. Are you done filming them? I would love to see more, and possibly ones all around the county!!
Wow, didn't know that mall was so popular.
I used to shop there.
I wish you could do something like this for the Springdale mall in Mobile, AL
Did you pick up a pair of Isotoner's while you were in Boscov's?
Is the American Hoyts related to the Australian Hoyts? Wikipedia doesn't seem to offer any clues.
Thats what you get on 40! Man i remember going to the movies there, when they had a borders, and going to long john silver, and getting kicked out when they only had 2 stores left when i was older.... however so many reasons why it closed....
LMAO - - Toilets on the sidewalk at the Mall Entrance, I didn't see THAT coming!
The Ground Round? I can't remember the last time I saw one.
I took a girl there once (no, literally, that exact location). It was... meh. Not bad, but not worth what they were charging.
Love the pink toilet
such a shame. I used to shop there when I was stationed at near by Fort Detrick. when I left in 03, the mall was still a hopping place.
This is VERY close to where I live. It's weird seeing it online!