kahopukehau If *I* ever did that, and caught something behind me... the next video would be of me being admitted to an asylum. And preferably not one of the abandoned ones!
I wonder if a squatter has ever been in a building with Dan, and wasnt aware of him being there. So they heard Dan, and thought he was a ghost. Then Dan heard the squatter, and thought they were a ghost. Then both leave freaked out.
Hannah Ruble haha the second video he did in this place it happened kind of. a car pulled up and he could hear someone freaking out about seeing his torch then his shadow lol
@@krashsite2125 The title is Scary as Hell Alone in Haunted Hotel 3am WV Dan went back, like a crazy person that he is, and made a 23 minute doc about the place.. theres even more in that one than this.
I am from Harper's Ferry and my first job at 16 was at this hotel in housekeeping and it was indeed creepy. After everyone had checked out you would hear walking above you and doors closing in the area we called "heaven", they were the deluxe rooms the had the best views of the river. I never cleaned them because I was to freaked out to do it alone. I always felt as if someone was watching me or was over my shoulder. I still definitely loved this place and wish it were still open. I was absolutely sad when I heard that it wouldn't be opening it's doors anymore and even more sad when I thought they were going to rebuild this place from the original, beautiful place that it already was. It just really needed someone who was going to take care of it and not let it fall apart around us all. I miss the atmosphere, food and people you would meet here. It was absolutely stunning when it was around.
Damn shame. Thank you for sharing your story. I really hate when old, formerly magnificent places like this with generations of stories fade into the history.
Creepy place but my god is that view beautiful at 13:57. Props to the gentlemen that built the hotel there at the turn of the century because he couldn't have picked a better spot.
it was an African American gentleman that wanted his hotel to overlook the scene of the raid in honor of John Brown stand on slavery ….at least 150 years before his time....john was a brave guy to do that back then
i had a picnic there on those rocks on july 4th 1989. she was a waitness at some diner up the road famed for its honey dipped fried chicken. one of my kinder memories of hf wva
Dan, can you please take other people with you when you go to these places? I really would hate for something to happen to you just for the sake of a video. Sorry I'm not trying to be rude. I love your videos but it really freaks me out to see you do a lot of this alone. Keep up the great work but please be safe!
***** I don't need your life story. Just asking about why you said he responds to male viewers. What's wrong with that? Do you think he ONLY responds to male viewers and not female for some dumb sexist reason?
Nikkole S m8, ghosts are scientifically impossible. if you brought more people then you are more likely to damage the building or fall through the bad floor...
+Xplosion51 I also worked here this year and last as a tour guide bringing people through the hotel up until recently when more of the front started collapsing during a tour and I was told not to do tours anymore. I live 10 minutes from the hotel
+Xplosion51 Master of Decay never said he was a tour guide, before it closed or had damages but after. BTW he is an explorer himself, he would never fib on Dan Bells channel
For those who couldn't quite catch what was happening or what he said 10:06: "I keep hearin' stuff upstairs" 10:09: (might wanna turn up volume) [thump noise like something falling and hitting the floor] 10:12: (definitely turn up volume) [moaning noise; slides up in pitch like maybe furniture sliding across floor] 10:18: [fast echoing voice sounds like "help"] 11:05: [sound of door opening] 12:24: [muffled sound, maybe a voice; sounds like a yelp or hiccup followed by a short sob] 12:45: JUMP SCARE (turn down ya volume or face cardiac arrest)
I really appreciate that you let the viewers know beforehand that there is going to be something happening or spooky. I hate surprises and you give me time to prepare. Thank you.
I'm astonished Dan's never been attacked by anyone or anything going alone into these sketchy abandoned buildings. When he went into the basement I had flashbacks to the ending of The Blair Witch Project.
Nothing is going to happen. Remote places like this, though they seem scary, are seldom occupied by homeless people. Having been one, people forget that the homeless depend on being connected to supply chains, and in remote areas like this, one would starve if you tried to live out on your own. Unless you were a survivalist type and in that case you wouldn’t need to live in an asbestos infested old building like this.
I heard all those noises. I give you so much props. I could hear in your breathing that you were freaked out but the fact that you kept going. Holy shit.
Hah! I didn't hear anything, other than Dan saying *_he_* hears something. And I assume the shadow on the wall is Dan's, as lit from behind him by ambient daylight... ?
If you listen closely during that moment, you can hear a loud distant thump and then what sounds to be a door or something moaning deeply. After that nothing.
At 6:31 the fire extingiusher at the other side of the corridor is standing up. At 6:42 it is lying down. There is a cut inbetween where it could have fallen down but it still creeped me out. If someone would have pushed it down Dan surely would have heard it and left it inside the video.
So are you saying Dan did that himself for make it creepier or to see if we'd notice? Cause who would stalk him all the way through the video just to freak him out by changing the position of a fire extinguisher? Seems pointless.
I wonder if while he was walking around he accidentally ran into it, knocking it over and probably cursing so that’s where the little edit jump comes in? Idk either way it’s spooky
Weezie didn't you hear him say 10 min mark? and at that time about he said it sounded like someone was above him i thought i heard thuds followed by a child at 12:25 i hear a woman sob/moan
Timestamps 0:24 Background of location 1:37 Dan tells about his experiences exploring 6:31 Fire Extinguisher standing up 6:42 Same Fire Extinguisher laying on ground 8:10 An amazing view 13:57 Amazing view 14:06 nice Brief view
Dan, I've been watching videos of this nature for about six months and can't believe I just now tripped over your channel. You have the best film overall of everything I've seen thus far. You are a great camera man to begin with and your editing style is superb. I also like the way you don't chat through the entire vid! For the first time I felt like I was actually walking through this hotel and not just viewing someone else's experience. Right after the piano shot there was a small room with a single bed in it. I got the weirdest feeling when I saw that room - as if something bad happened in there. You certainly have won my loyalty and I can't wait to see more of your work.
Yes, when you see those credit cards early in the film you know someone is hiding out in the building sometimes. That makes it extremely dangerous. It's possible they are gentle people, but they may be startled by someone coming upon them and become violent out of self-defense.
Anything that is faded, forgotten and abandoned has a sad and haunting beauty. You capture those things brilliantly in every video you shoot. Thank you very much for the work you do. John
+paramoist Bland typeface can be scary, but while listening with headphones to the 5:48 spot of the video you seem to have pointed out something I overlooked. Tell me if you her a voice there. I believe I hear a voice say, "Talk to me!!" If you click on the scroll bar button at the bottom of the video at the 5:47 mark you should hear the voice around the 5:48-5:49 spot of the video. Click the scroll bar button at that time repeatedly will allow you to better hear it. If all that bores you more than even comic sans, that fine I understand. take care.
Mr. Bell, for safety's sake you should only do these urban explorations with a buddy. If you fall through a rotting floor and get injured ... You can't always rely on your cell phone, especially in the more remote places. On another note, what a view! I would've snatched that gorgeous curved back chair.
I was thinking the same while watching that porch with big glass windows, white wood and with all that green from outside, it must have been very peaceful also...
@@shanaemerine9074 the boy doesn't need an extra protection because after we done filming, it was around july-september of that year, much like the very same july in the mid 90s when he and I just sat in the basement turning pages around
Dan I must say out of all the abandoned exploration videos I've seen this is by far the most impressive one I've seen yet and scarier than most horror films , some popcorn and lights out just gave me the chills! keep up the great work this is amazing!
Better than any horror movie ever made. The atmosphere is so tense, I'm wide eyed the whole time watching these videos. Dan Bell, you are my favorite youtuber.
In a building like this, you should expect lots of weird noises, the place is near collapse and unstable. The things you really need to worry about are real people, wild animals, black mold, rotten floors and maybe the law. not ghosts, those exist only in your imagination. The editing itself is scary and done well :)
benny s If it is his imagination how did he get it on video ? Things in the mind are not shared. In other words if someone is having a hallucination the video camera should show and hear nothing that the person is seeing or hearing.I agree sir that mold rotten floors and criminals are real threats,but whats in this video is not in my imagination to many things happen that can not be explain.
lammar peeter I agree, but that's not what I meant. There are noises, yes, but they can be easily explained by natural causes, like squeaking items, structure movement, heat/cold expansion etc.. When in stress, our imagination can take completely natural elements and turn these to ghosts. The scary atmosphere in the video, is the result of excellent editing, not ghosts :) anyway, as long as we enjoy these videos, who cares if its real ghosts or just squeaking things? ;)
+benny s i dont think that he was only worried about ghosts. If i was in that I would be worried more about real people and dangerous animals than spirits, even though i am a firm believer in them.
+benny s - too true. I'm sitting in my well-lighted apartment, on a Monday morning, with neighbors all around and children out on the sidewalk going to school and I'm feeling totally spooked right now! Just watching the video and reading these comments can totally mess with your mind! I had to laugh at myself when I went into the kitchen to get another cup of coffee.
5 years later you still have titanium balls. I’ve been rewatching your older videos today and enjoying them just as much as the first viewing. Love ya Dan!
So sad to see this place closed. Stayed here as a kid in the 80s. No town scared me as much as this one. When night fell the whole town was covered in large spiders, every window of every business, every lamppost, everywhere. Never saw anything like that before. We stayed in the hotel and it was beautiful, really creepy but alot of fun. There was a old mirror in our room that seemed to possess my father, he spent all his time looking in it, and thought it made him look like a native American. He hated to leave the mirror, he's not a vane person either. Other weird things happened during the stay but I don't go into it online. I've always wanted to go back though, great memories, wonderful spooky old town as well.
+This is Dan Bell. You should also consider bringing some kinda weapon. Like a taser or a stun gun. You never know what kind of crazy junkies could be lurking around in these places.
***** Yeah I know. Several years ago I was doing safeguard work, mainly in the south side of Chicago. (Winterizing or boarding up foreclosed homes.) And we'd run into a few of 'em. They'd either bolt outta there or nervously grab their things and leave quietly, so luckily we never ran into any hostile ones. But we were prepared. We had long, heavy Maglite flashlights, hammers, wrenches etc. It's good to have _something_ just in case.
love all of your "dead series" . I was really surprised that the dead mall series was really creepy. I would have never thought a dead mall could be that creepy but it is.
I can never eat watching these videos for some reason. Probably because it's the best channel on youtube with AWESOME videos. But it's torture having a nice, chocolate fudge with chocolate cream on top in front of you and not being able to eat it. But i REFUSE to stop watching. I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS SO MUCH!!
+Smifficans YT i agree too.. i cannot eat while watching abandoned houses or anything abandoned.. i thought i had a problem.. glad to know that im not alone.. lol
+Smifficans YT I apparently can't or forget to even drink. I am so damn thirsty after watchin a few of these. I used to always be exploring abandoned places and stuff, always alone the first time... its some intense nostalgia I am having i guess. ;3
The view from this hotel is absolutely breathtaking! I love what nature has done to this place. Definitely very spooky though, I'm always impressed by what you manage to film all by yourself. Great work, keep it up! You're by far my favorite RUclipsr!
+This is Dan Bell. Dan!!!! i was wondering if you remember could you please tell me which video it was, that you found that shadow and it looked like it was smoking? and someone was looking through you through the doors keyhole?
Dan can you please do us all a favour, when you want us to hear a sound don't add sounds of your own or music in the background, otherwise we can't hear it if you're adding music and other weird sounds that don't belong there.
I can see where you're coming from. You can see his unedited clips on his second channel: FILM IT. Another thing, the sounds and music just add to the whole effect and make it creepier when a real sound occurs or something extreme.
i agree. i think the silence is creepier than some halloween sound fx tape playing in the background. it's a psychological thing, too... if youre adding the music, whos to say you didnt add the other creepy sounds. it kills the legitimacy for me. plus, as you said... it makes it really hard to hear what he wants me to hear.
I like that you give some background history and even photos where applicable prior to starting the video. It really helps gain perspective, as opposed to just jumping in and saying "hey guys were at this abandoned place going in now..." Keep up the quality work, I appreciate the small tidbits of history! 👌
Dan I apologize if this has been mentioned before... I loved this place have went there many time to take shots of the river valley. When it was an active hotel I asked the staff about was there any paranormal activity there. They pulled out a Scrapbook... a big loose leaf book full of clippings and photos detailing what people had experienced. So nothing that happened there in relation to ghosts would surprise me. Seems like a very active area. Thanks for the look inside.
It's like the Hotel at the end of Silent Hill 2. :D But that place has a really weird decorating scheme going on, it looks more like a care home than a hotel.
This is Dan Bell. Oh yeah, the 00s should have been "let's paint everything magnolia" but they must have known the end was nigh if they gave up decorating long before.
I actually stayed here a couple of times before it closed. It was pretty much a dump. Nothing special about it. We would go off season when the rooms were super cheap and stay the weekend. Lots of booze, food and merriment.
That was most creepy!! There were 3 strange things that I could see. One is enough for me though! I would make a horrible Urban Explorer, I would be running and screaming so much I wouldn't get a chance to film anything!! Great video, I can't wait to see some more of these.
God damn Dan! over time I’ve realized you are a brilliant/genius film maker. I knew it from the get go, but I’m just fascinated by your work the more I watch and rewatch. You stand the test of time in my book!
Thanks Dan for all of your series on American historical properties and dead malls , I hope you are feeling better these days and can keep doing what you do , you are great at it.Thank you . Bill from Silicon valley.
I heard the word "help" quite clearly before Dan said what he heard. My instincts tell me someone is trapped in a secret room or a wall. I would be calling the Sheriff's Department. I mean it sounded so clear and real. And then I would have gotten outside so fast the wind couldn't catch me! Dan you just may be the bravest man in America.
Wow! I love your videos! We should explore an abandoned building together sometime!! I live in Ohio also, and love doing crazy things in abandoned buildings!
Incredible unbelievable bravery..I used to explore abandoned places back in the 90s , never did it alone though ,no way, ...felt alot of cold spots and energetic imprints left by violent deaths... careful you don't bring any spirits home with you... thankyou for sharing
Dan you seriously have some balls on you!!!! To go into any of these places takes some serious cojones!!! Your channel was mentioned on another "ghosts/scary videos" channel but have to say really enjoyed the dead hotel series of videos! Very well made, very rarely seem phased by anything and dont just run screaming like all other videos! Keep up the excellent work and Im looking forward to seeing your other/new videos.
It's so easy to see how grand this hotel was at one time. The huge rooms, Stone fireplaces. It's such a shame it is going to be demolished. So much history there. Thank you again Dan.
Dan, this is one of my favourite videos of yours. I've watched The Dead Motel series multiple times over. By far some of the best content on YT and absolutely your finest work. I really hope you'll do some more in the future.
+Sarah Hartman Please describe briefly like, what kinds of things happened there. I'm interested of knowing a few from your personal experience so as to look into other experiences that might be similar or the same as yours from others. Salaam !
well I worked third shift at the hilltop house hotel in harpers ferry in the year 2000/2001 i was a audit clerk and a night desk clerk. there was several different times that crazy things happened in the hotel. I would get phone calls from the rooms that were not occupied, I would go up to the rooms that were unoccupied by guest and there would be no signs of anyone in the room and the room would look as if it was unoccupied ready for guest check in, so number one eerie phone calls to front desk from unoccupied rooms, second after the guest would check out in the morning we would have to do a walk through to see if the guests left anything and the rooms were ready to be cleaned by house keeeping on one occasion I checked one of the suite rooms and as soon as I walked in the room the door shut behind me thinking it was just the wind or a old hotel I paid it no mind to turn around to see the rocking chair in the room rocking back and forth and when what ever was in the room noticed I seen the chair moving it stopped as soon as I turned to leave the room the chair started rocking again, also different times guests would check in and about eleven at night on different occasions they would check out saying they couldn't stay there because of feelings that something was at the end of the bed watching them or there children would wake up out of a dead sleep screaming and crying, several times guests would check in and reguest to move to different rooms in the newer part of the hotel because the main part of the hotel was too eerie to stay in, I also several times heard music coming from the dinning room where the paino was as if it played by itself. and it was a old style piano so there was no way any music was coming from it unless someone was actually sitting there playing it. these are just a few encounters I had at the hill top house, it was actually a very beautiful hotel at one time and it was actually a great place to stay, with many years of changing hands and just being left to fall apart that is why the condition of the hotel is the shape its in now. when it was sold in 2009 by mr Stanhagen, to the new owners they were under aggreement the hotel would be tore down and rebuilt and to this day six years a
the hotel still remains rundown and left to continue to fall apart I wish they would rebuild because its a great location for a hotel and I know from personal experience its very calming and relaxing being there in the hilltop, even with the couple ghosts that continue roaming the halls, its still a beautiful place and I would still stay there if it was still open
Sarah Hartman Thanks for sharing your story. I normally don't ask ppl to share their experiences because some already give a little insight as to what they are or might be. But in this case being that it seemed like a place as big as this one would be occupied by other beings I just had to ask. Almost every story I've read from other both in and out of comments shares the same, if not similar type of experiences. I don't know if you are a Believer but in my case, as a brother once said, if the Djinn try to intimidate you by moving around objects or throwing them, generally, throwing them back to them from where they were thrown stops this activity. In other words never show them that you fear or intimidate them. In your case it seems like you did the right thing by ignoring them. Thanks again and Peace be with You.
That other building was very confusing, like a maze. I doubt I saw the whole place myself. So many weird rooms tucked away. The hotel as a whole is a very mismatched building. It's like they just kept adding and adding.
I love the serinity of abandoned places, the idea that they have been left untouched for some years. I like to see the signs of nature reclaiming these silent structures, slowly creeping in at the edges.
One of my all time favorite Bell originals. Dan, you successfully created the experience of being there first hand. Your musical selections, edited piece work, the black blurry edges...masterful. I *still* have an emotional response, even though I have watched this multiple times. Thank you for this experience in cinema verte.
This is Dan Bell. You did well not to scream lol and yeah I agree the drawing was clever if not a little devious. Hope there's some more dead motel/hotel vids coming they're really good. I like the old timey music as well, gives a different feel to the vids compared to other Urban Explorer channels.
yep i hear something being dragged across the floor ...then at10:13 a thud...someone humming or something weird....but like a door closing....then 10:19 a woman or girl says ..but you heard that help...then there is too much music to hear....but when you are upstairs you should have tried the closed doors....cause at 12:24 to 26 i hear the woman but she sounds like she is getting hurt or crying.......but the music makes it hard to hear the rest of the video
@thisisdanbell i would say as others have mentioned that you really dont need the extra stuff to try to make the video scariest or whatever because thats not what most of your viewers are here for. But seeing as this video is older you most likely figured this out by now. Good job. You are the Spielberg of the deadmalls/hotels world. Keep it up
Yes, watched this a couple times this year. Wish Dan was doing more of this and not shitty motels on the east coast. There's only so many drugs and crackheads you can find in a motel. Only so many cockroaches and bedbugs you can find. In fact, Tom the cockroach actually told me the other day "yeah, I miss Dan's old stuff too. Dude really sold out after that Ted talk." True story bro
I was a child when my parents and I went there for a daytrip and had lunch in the huge elegant dining room with a beautiful view and big windows. We went there a lot. It was incredible. It was precariously perched on the top of a cliff and we had to park lower on the street and walk up a steep hill to get up to the hotel and it was always crowded on weekends.
Hi Dan. Even all these years later, this video is the stuff of legend! It deserves all the rewards and accolades. Mad Respect Dude, I love love love your work 💜
this place is so beautiful in it's destruction , it feels like it could be straight out of a video game . Some of the shots you got (like the chair looking out of the window with the vines in the background) were so picturesque ,, and i love the music !
These are riveting, I think...chiefly because in the end, tho' we are curious to see what's what, we also are all a little 'scared of the dark'. And 'things that go bump in the night".. or even in broad daylight. Love this series, Dan!
Love this video, it is one of your best:) Such a creepy place and its gorgeous location just adds to it. So glad you were able to document this for us before it's gone.
I noticed that too! Do you remember what video it was in? I think I've also seen the face on a different channel, in an abandoned hospital. I wonder who drew it and why.
i remember seeing that one too! just watched it yesterday actually. he said something about why would someone ruin this and how it was such a shame that they did.
YES IVE SEEN IT BEFORE TOO!! I can't remember what video the same exact face was in though :( also go to the house where the dad killed his baby son, there's a drawing in the exact same style of a woman
The music at the beginning and end is a nice touch, and helps to create a flavor of the era which the hotel thrived. However, the 'music' presented after the 'help' and continuous thereafter seemed a cheap, manipulative way to influence your audience's emotion. You don't NEED that: as your viewers, due to your fine camera work, we are along for the ride and our imaginations are already drawn to the moment. The music snaps us out of it, and instead of being part OF it, we are just watching.
Dan it sounded to me like a cat meowing. But it is very dangerous going through old abandoned places all by yourself. You don't know who, or what is in there !!!
Dan, your quality films, music and stories are always well received: you are one brave guy..... you have nerves of steel! keep the quality, always waiting for your next episode.
I love the before and after pictures you do, you truly are an artist; your camera work is steady and you have a eye for locations; the view from the windows was wonderful and you are really brave to go into these places for your fans...I loved the howling in the back round...it added to the eeriness of the old hotel, I will continue to follow you Dan, my wife is also a fan now. we love the music selections you use, this is one of the best explorations video's I've seen so far.
He said it sounded like "Help" but I'm pretty sure it was "Get out!" or something else with two syllables. I seems like it was directed at someone else other than Dan. That's the impression I got anyway. Nice video, Dan. Nerves of steel.
Dan another peek through the fingers video. Fascinating stuff! I just watched you in another video where you are listed no. 2 scary buildings. You came across drugs by accident in an old building and as you went to leave some people came and you hid. All I could hear was you whispering "Please leave" a number of times. Dan that truly scared the life out of me. I was so relieved as the outcome could have been so different. You should really have a friend with you. I have to add though, you are great at this sort of stuff.
Dan I've been watching you for a very long time I need to ask you one Important question, how in the world do you have the bravery and the biggest balls to go by yourself and continue to through the place without leaving even though there's stuff happening around you like you're crazy, but anyways I love you Dan keep up the amazing work :)
Dan, you should wear a gopro on your back, filming behind you while you explore these places...you might catch something going on behind you!
I think if he did that and actuallly caught shit stalking him he would never go again lol. Good idea though
Yeah, but would you really want to see it? ;)
kahopukehau If *I* ever did that, and caught something behind me... the next video would be of me being admitted to an asylum. And preferably not one of the abandoned ones!
Mike Smith Yes would love to see....bcs I'm safely at home lol
That’s a smart idea!
I wonder if a squatter has ever been in a building with Dan, and wasnt aware of him being there. So they heard Dan, and thought he was a ghost. Then Dan heard the squatter, and thought they were a ghost. Then both leave freaked out.
Hannah Ruble haha the second video he did in this place it happened kind of. a car pulled up and he could hear someone freaking out about seeing his torch then his shadow lol
what video is that?
@@GhostingVibes Ghost Vibes What video is it?
@@krashsite2125 The title is Scary as Hell Alone in Haunted Hotel 3am WV Dan went back, like a crazy person that he is, and made a 23 minute doc about the place.. theres even more in that one than this.
LoL
I am from Harper's Ferry and my first job at 16 was at this hotel in housekeeping and it was indeed creepy. After everyone had checked out you would hear walking above you and doors closing in the area we called "heaven", they were the deluxe rooms the had the best views of the river. I never cleaned them because I was to freaked out to do it alone. I always felt as if someone was watching me or was over my shoulder. I still definitely loved this place and wish it were still open. I was absolutely sad when I heard that it wouldn't be opening it's doors anymore and even more sad when I thought they were going to rebuild this place from the original, beautiful place that it already was. It just really needed someone who was going to take care of it and not let it fall apart around us all. I miss the atmosphere, food and people you would meet here. It was absolutely stunning when it was around.
I stayed there years ago and was just looking at it recently (not inside of course).
Damn shame. Thank you for sharing your story. I really hate when old, formerly magnificent places like this with generations of stories fade into the history.
Creepy place but my god is that view beautiful at 13:57. Props to the gentlemen that built the hotel there at the turn of the century because he couldn't have picked a better spot.
it was an African American gentleman that wanted his hotel to overlook the scene of the raid in honor of John Brown stand on slavery ….at least 150 years before his time....john was a brave guy to do that back then
@@Nostalgicguy2242 are you really that fucking stupid or are you just your mothers child?
@@tdk7388ify no
i had a picnic there on those rocks on july 4th 1989. she was a waitness at some diner up the road famed for its honey dipped fried chicken. one of my kinder memories of hf wva
Dan, can you please take other people with you when you go to these places? I really would hate for something to happen to you just for the sake of a video. Sorry I'm not trying to be rude. I love your videos but it really freaks me out to see you do a lot of this alone. Keep up the great work but please be safe!
+Dizu Dizme he responds to male viewers hmm... What are you implying?
***** I don't need your life story. Just asking about why you said he responds to male viewers. What's wrong with that? Do you think he ONLY responds to male viewers and not female for some dumb sexist reason?
***** There's a war on women? Thats scary, I had no idea. Actually I thought the complete opposite. Crazy right?
Yeah, you can't treat them like shit anymore, oh the privation you suffer.
Nikkole S m8, ghosts are scientifically impossible. if you brought more people then you are more likely to damage the building or fall through the bad floor...
I'd be more afraid of coming across squatters or critters than ghosts. The hotel seems like it was really nice back in it's time.
no squaters are ever in this hotel. it closed in 2008 and we havent seen one since. if there was I'd run them out
***** no it closed in 2008. My cousin worked there until it closed. Look it up
+Xplosion51 and the front end collapse was in 2010
+Xplosion51 I also worked here this year and last as a tour guide bringing people through the hotel up until recently when more of the front started collapsing during a tour and I was told not to do tours anymore. I live 10 minutes from the hotel
+Xplosion51 Master of Decay never said he was a tour guide, before it closed or had damages but after. BTW he is an explorer himself, he would never fib on Dan Bells channel
For those who couldn't quite catch what was happening or what he said
10:06: "I keep hearin' stuff upstairs"
10:09: (might wanna turn up volume) [thump noise like something falling and hitting the floor]
10:12: (definitely turn up volume) [moaning noise; slides up in pitch like maybe furniture sliding across floor]
10:18: [fast echoing voice sounds like "help"]
11:05: [sound of door opening]
12:24: [muffled sound, maybe a voice; sounds like a yelp or hiccup followed by a short sob]
12:45: JUMP SCARE (turn down ya volume or face cardiac arrest)
THANK YOU FOR THE JUMP SCARE WARNING. I seriously would have pissed myself if I didn't know it was there
heard it too
Thank you so much for the jump scare warning.
+Fire Twerks
Well, judging from the various bits and pieces of ceiling littering the floor I would guess another bit just fell down
I heard it sound like a lil girl
I really appreciate that you let the viewers know beforehand that there is going to be something happening or spooky. I hate surprises and you give me time to prepare. Thank you.
I'm astonished Dan's never been attacked by anyone or anything going alone into these sketchy abandoned buildings. When he went into the basement I had flashbacks to the ending of The Blair Witch Project.
Nothing is going to happen. Remote places like this, though they seem scary, are seldom occupied by homeless people. Having been one, people forget that the homeless depend on being connected to supply chains, and in remote areas like this, one would starve if you tried to live out on your own. Unless you were a survivalist type and in that case you wouldn’t need to live in an asbestos infested old building like this.
he has
I heard all those noises. I give you so much props. I could hear in your breathing that you were freaked out but the fact that you kept going. Holy shit.
Damn Hannah
Damn Rigo
Hah! I didn't hear anything, other than Dan saying *_he_* hears something. And I assume the shadow on the wall is Dan's, as lit from behind him by ambient daylight... ?
If you listen closely during that moment, you can hear a loud distant thump and then what sounds to be a door or something moaning deeply. After that nothing.
i heard it....crazy as it sounds...I did hear it...
At 6:31 the fire extingiusher at the other side of the corridor is standing up.
At 6:42 it is lying down.
There is a cut inbetween where it could have fallen down but it still creeped me out. If someone would have pushed it down Dan surely would have heard it and left it inside the video.
Oh wow caught that
So are you saying Dan did that himself for make it creepier or to see if we'd notice? Cause who would stalk him all the way through the video just to freak him out by changing the position of a fire extinguisher? Seems pointless.
Is this what we were supposed to be freaked out over? The entire video was creepy to me. I don't see how he did this alone.
I wonder if while he was walking around he accidentally ran into it, knocking it over and probably cursing so that’s where the little edit jump comes in? Idk either way it’s spooky
Weezie didn't you hear him say 10 min mark? and at that time about he said it sounded like someone was above him i thought i heard thuds followed by a child at 12:25 i hear a woman sob/moan
Timestamps
0:24 Background of location
1:37 Dan tells about his experiences exploring
6:31 Fire Extinguisher standing up
6:42 Same Fire Extinguisher laying on ground
8:10 An amazing view
13:57 Amazing view
14:06 nice Brief view
nice catch on the fire extinguisher!
Dan, I've been watching videos of this nature for about six months and can't believe I just now tripped over your channel. You have the best film overall of everything I've seen thus far. You are a great camera man to begin with and your editing style is superb. I also like the way you don't chat through the entire vid! For the first time I felt like I was actually walking through this hotel and not just viewing someone else's experience. Right after the piano shot there was a small room with a single bed in it. I got the weirdest feeling when I saw that room - as if something bad happened in there. You certainly have won my loyalty and I can't wait to see more of your work.
We must be psycho...um, I mean psychic!
Me2 & I found it 3yrs AFTER you did!!
Yes, when you see those credit cards early in the film you know someone is hiding out in the building sometimes. That makes it extremely dangerous. It's possible they are gentle people, but they may be startled by someone coming upon them and become violent out of self-defense.
Wonderful way of saying what he does.
Anything that is faded, forgotten and abandoned has a sad and haunting beauty. You capture those things brilliantly in every video you shoot. Thank you very much for the work you do. John
The views of the river were beautiful, but you couldn't pay me to walk through that place.
Scariest part is the comic sans at 5:48
Your profile name and picture gives me life
+paramoist Bland typeface can be scary, but while listening with headphones to the 5:48 spot of the video you seem to have pointed out something I overlooked. Tell me if you her a voice there. I believe I hear a voice say, "Talk to me!!" If you click on the scroll bar button at the bottom of the video at the 5:47 mark you should hear the voice around the 5:48-5:49 spot of the video. Click the scroll bar button at that time repeatedly will allow you to better hear it. If all that bores you more than even comic sans, that fine I understand. take care.
+Sora Oathkeeper cus it looks childish and goofy and people misuse it in more serious texts
I always think the same. MacOS' version, "Chalkboard", is also a big offender.
The worst one is Comic Sans in bolt letters. Eww..
At least it wasn't Papyrus...
Mr. Bell, for safety's sake you should only do these urban explorations with a buddy. If you fall through a rotting floor and get injured ... You can't always rely on your cell phone, especially in the more remote places. On another note, what a view! I would've snatched that gorgeous curved back chair.
+Anna Ferrara I thought the same
+Clare Bear Me too! It was absolutely gorgeous, and could have easily been reupholstered.
+Anna Ferrara I thought you said "curved black hair" haha
+Anna Ferrara You are so sweet when you are concerned :)
+Anna Ferrara He usually does, but his mates aren't always available for out-of-state trips.
must of been a beautiful hotel once with such stunning scenery it is so sad to see it go to such ruin.
it is. they tried to sell and do a makeover a few times but failed.
I was thinking the same while watching that porch with big glass windows, white wood and with all that green from outside, it must have been very peaceful also...
Yes Cocco Candies i agree with you. Such a shame the place went to ruin like that
Can you bring a friend with you next time? It makes me anxious knowing you don't have a buddy!
butpreviously And the Buddy suddenly gets possesed,founds an Old knive on the kitchen floor And.......😈 😱Start to peel an apple for breakfast 😜
Right!!!! Makes me nervous also!! I alway think someone is gonna jump out at him at anytime!!!! Scarred for him!!!! Be safe Dan please!!!
@@shanaemerine9074 the boy doesn't need an extra protection because after we done filming, it was around july-september of that year, much like the very same july in the mid 90s when he and I just sat in the basement turning pages around
I came here to say the same thing.😱
that sounded more like a cat meowing than someone saying "help"
I agree fully, but in that moment I would still have run the fuck out
Ok Katie
Even if it was somebody saying help, it wasn't panicked, sounded more like somebody was looking for assistance.
Dan I must say out of all the abandoned exploration videos I've seen this is by far the most impressive one I've seen yet and scarier than most horror films , some popcorn and lights out just gave me the chills! keep up the great work this is amazing!
Lisandro Perez Jr. Thank you so much, Lisandro!!
Better than any horror movie ever made. The atmosphere is so tense, I'm wide eyed the whole time watching these videos. Dan Bell, you are my favorite youtuber.
In a building like this, you should expect lots of weird noises, the place is near collapse and unstable. The things you really need to worry about are real people, wild animals, black mold, rotten floors and maybe the law. not ghosts, those exist only in your imagination.
The editing itself is scary and done well :)
benny s If it is his imagination how did he get it on video ? Things in the mind are not shared. In other words if someone is having a hallucination the video camera should show and hear nothing that the person is seeing or hearing.I agree sir that mold rotten floors and criminals are real threats,but whats in this video is not in my imagination to many things happen that can not be explain.
lammar peeter I agree, but that's not what I meant. There are noises, yes, but they can be easily explained by natural causes, like squeaking items, structure movement, heat/cold expansion etc..
When in stress, our imagination can take completely natural elements and turn these to ghosts.
The scary atmosphere in the video, is the result of excellent editing, not ghosts :)
anyway, as long as we enjoy these videos, who cares if its real ghosts or just squeaking things? ;)
+benny s i dont think that he was only worried about ghosts. If i was in that I would be worried more about real people and dangerous animals than spirits, even though i am a firm believer in them.
im sorry but that was absolutely clear - someone or something said help any animal cant do this and i have heard a few other things too
+benny s - too true. I'm sitting in my well-lighted apartment, on a Monday morning, with neighbors all around and children out on the sidewalk going to school and I'm feeling totally spooked right now! Just watching the video and reading these comments can totally mess with your mind! I had to laugh at myself when I went into the kitchen to get another cup of coffee.
5 years later you still have titanium balls. I’ve been rewatching your older videos today and enjoying them just as much as the first viewing. Love ya Dan!
So sad to see this place closed. Stayed here as a kid in the 80s. No town scared me as much as this one. When night fell the whole town was covered in large spiders, every window of every business, every lamppost, everywhere. Never saw anything like that before. We stayed in the hotel and it was beautiful, really creepy but alot of fun. There was a old mirror in our room that seemed to possess my father, he spent all his time looking in it, and thought it made him look like a native American. He hated to leave the mirror, he's not a vane person either. Other weird things happened during the stay but I don't go into it online. I've always wanted to go back though, great memories, wonderful spooky old town as well.
Do you wear a hardhat when youre exploring? lol Id be more worried about buildings caving in, rather than spirits and things...
+RockSteady I just got one. Hopefully it will save me if the ceiling ever collapses on me. lol
+This is Dan Bell. You should also consider bringing some kinda weapon. Like a taser or a stun gun. You never know what kind of crazy junkies could be lurking around in these places.
*****
Yeah I know. Several years ago I was doing safeguard work, mainly in the south side of Chicago. (Winterizing or boarding up foreclosed homes.) And we'd run into a few of 'em. They'd either bolt outta there or nervously grab their things and leave quietly, so luckily we never ran into any hostile ones. But we were prepared. We had long, heavy Maglite flashlights, hammers, wrenches etc. It's good to have _something_ just in case.
+Regina Reece Look up at his profile picture... Maybe not young, but uuuhhh... Never mind.
+This is Dan Bell. do you wear a facemask for asbestos exposure?
love all of your "dead series" . I was really surprised that the dead mall series was really creepy. I would have never thought a dead mall could be that creepy but it is.
I can never eat watching these videos for some reason. Probably because it's the best channel on youtube with AWESOME videos. But it's torture having a nice, chocolate fudge with chocolate cream on top in front of you and not being able to eat it. But i REFUSE to stop watching. I LOVE YOUR VIDEOS SO MUCH!!
+Smifficans YT :-)
+Smifficans YT i agree too.. i cannot eat while watching abandoned houses or anything abandoned.. i thought i had a problem.. glad to know that im not alone.. lol
+Smifficans YT I'm trying to eat pizza and its freaking hard.
+Smifficans YT I apparently can't or forget to even drink. I am so damn thirsty after watchin a few of these. I used to always be exploring abandoned places and stuff, always alone the first time... its some intense nostalgia I am having i guess. ;3
I ate a burrito that was shitting refried beans all over the back of my hand
The view from this hotel is absolutely breathtaking! I love what nature has done to this place. Definitely very spooky though, I'm always impressed by what you manage to film all by yourself. Great work, keep it up! You're by far my favorite RUclipsr!
I don't know what people's issue is with your sound effects or music. I like it. Adds to the charm. Love your work. Don't change a thing. :)
Dan, you are the man! I dicovered your vids a few weeks ago, subscribed and I must say, I've been thoroughly entertained. Keep up the awesome work. 😀
+Meredith B Thanks, Meredith!
+This is Dan Bell. Dan, don't screw around and end up dead, man. Be careful out there.
+This is Dan Bell. perfect video dan
+This is Dan Bell. Dan!!!! i was wondering if you remember could you please tell me which video it was, that you found that shadow and it looked like it was smoking? and someone was looking through you through the doors keyhole?
+Serena E that was the abandoned children's asylum video
Dan can you please do us all a favour, when you want us to hear a sound don't add sounds of your own or music in the background, otherwise we can't hear it if you're adding music and other weird sounds that don't belong there.
alright vivy calm down
I can see where you're coming from. You can see his unedited clips on his second channel: FILM IT. Another thing, the sounds and music just add to the whole effect and make it creepier when a real sound occurs or something extreme.
+American Wrestler - absolutely!!🤗
I agree
i agree. i think the silence is creepier than some halloween sound fx tape playing in the background. it's a psychological thing, too... if youre adding the music, whos to say you didnt add the other creepy sounds. it kills the legitimacy for me. plus, as you said... it makes it really hard to hear what he wants me to hear.
I like that you give some background history and even photos where applicable prior to starting the video. It really helps gain perspective, as opposed to just jumping in and saying "hey guys were at this abandoned place going in now..." Keep up the quality work, I appreciate the small tidbits of history! 👌
Touring these abandoned structures is a newly emerging artform. Your work is right up there with the best at this stage of development.
Dan I apologize if this has been mentioned before...
I loved this place have went there many time to take shots of the river valley. When it was an active hotel I asked the staff about was there any paranormal activity there. They pulled out a Scrapbook... a big loose leaf book full of clippings and photos detailing what people had experienced. So nothing that happened there in relation to ghosts would surprise me. Seems like a very active area. Thanks for the look inside.
It's like the Hotel at the end of Silent Hill 2. :D
But that place has a really weird decorating scheme going on, it looks more like a care home than a hotel.
***** It was a mixture of 80s country, 90s funk and we’re done in 2000.
This is Dan Bell.
Oh yeah, the 00s should have been "let's paint everything magnolia" but they must have known the end was nigh if they gave up decorating long before.
I actually stayed here a couple of times before it closed. It was pretty much a dump. Nothing special about it. We would go off season when the rooms were super cheap and stay the weekend. Lots of booze, food and merriment.
***** o hay nice meeting you here
My dog barked at the "voice" and my heart jumped through my chest. Very good video!!!!!
That was most creepy!! There were 3 strange things that I could see. One is enough for me though! I would make a horrible Urban Explorer, I would be running and screaming so much I wouldn't get a chance to film anything!! Great video, I can't wait to see some more of these.
Haha, I would be right behind you, running and screaming.. Lol
***** Yes, that's me..lol
+jaggirl 2003 HA Id be in front of her running like crazy!!
We are a sad lot..lol
+jaggirl 2003 hahahahah I would be walking slowly in back of you singing weird ass songs
God damn Dan! over time I’ve realized you are a brilliant/genius film maker. I knew it from the get go, but I’m just fascinated by your work the more I watch and rewatch. You stand the test of time in my book!
Thanks Dan for all of your series on American historical properties and dead malls , I hope you are feeling better these days and can keep doing what you do , you are great at it.Thank you . Bill from Silicon valley.
I heard the word "help" quite clearly before Dan said what he heard. My instincts tell me someone is trapped in a secret room or a wall. I would be calling the Sheriff's Department. I mean it sounded so clear and real. And then I would have gotten outside so fast the wind couldn't catch me! Dan you just may be the bravest man in America.
Wow! I love your videos! We should explore an abandoned building together sometime!! I live in Ohio also, and love doing crazy things in abandoned buildings!
That basement looks like the end of Blair Witch Project. Whole lotta nope right there.
What's funny is burkittsville is only 15 minutes from there.
Clarinut LOL! I though the same!
It must have been a beautiful place to stay in it's day. That fan at 14:03, has seen a lot of water to warp the blades downward like that!!
Heat. Melts the blades.
@@usandthem2523 how, the fan isn't even metal. I think it's water vapour soaking the wood, making it floppy
Or someone pulled them down
I hope that you wear a ventilator as well. Looks like there was a lot of black mold in there. Be careful as you explore. Great videos.
Exactly! Plus everywhere you see large paint peels it's Lead Paint, Definitely need the Resperator!
You meant respirator. But its fine.
The Jeremy Clarkson portrait was the scariest part
+misshobbity were u talking about the toilet set on the ground?
MORE POWER!
Behold, my genius!
The scariest portrait.......... in the world!!
Do you tell someone where you are going? In case you hurt yourself or get trapped. And your cell phone does not work..
Incredible unbelievable bravery..I used to explore abandoned places back in the 90s , never did it alone though ,no way, ...felt alot of cold spots and energetic imprints left by violent deaths... careful you don't bring any spirits home with you... thankyou for sharing
Who else really enjoy when Dan commentates throughout the videos???? :) he voice is very easy going and is the right tone for these vids.
Dan you seriously have some balls on you!!!! To go into any of these places takes some serious cojones!!! Your channel was mentioned on another "ghosts/scary videos" channel but have to say really enjoyed the dead hotel series of videos! Very well made, very rarely seem phased by anything and dont just run screaming like all other videos! Keep up the excellent work and Im looking forward to seeing your other/new videos.
I like it better when you talk more while your there, live, feels like we’re hangin with a friend or something.
the views from the windows look so beautiful, though!!!
Dan bell has some serious balls walking in a place like this alone! Whos watching in 2020?
me!! :D I love this stuff :D
I watched in 2015 too. Does that count?
Love it 😎
Me.
2021
It's so easy to see how grand this hotel was at one time. The huge rooms, Stone fireplaces. It's such a shame it is going to be demolished. So much history there. Thank you again Dan.
Dan, this is one of my favourite videos of yours. I've watched The Dead Motel series multiple times over. By far some of the best content on YT and absolutely your finest work. I really hope you'll do some more in the future.
wow this was really awesome. Great view from the window. Hearing noises sure is creepy. Happened to me in a few places.
what is crazy I worked in this hotel in 2003 I was a front desk clerk I am telling u crazy things happened here
+Sarah Hartman Please describe briefly like, what kinds of things happened there. I'm interested of knowing a few from your personal experience so as to look into other experiences that might be similar or the same as yours from others. Salaam !
well I worked third shift at the hilltop house hotel in harpers ferry in the year 2000/2001 i was a audit clerk and a night desk clerk. there was several different times that crazy things happened in the hotel. I would get phone calls from the rooms that were not occupied, I would go up to the rooms that were unoccupied by guest and there would be no signs of anyone in the room and the room would look as if it was unoccupied ready for guest check in, so number one eerie phone calls to front desk from unoccupied rooms, second after the guest would check out in the morning we would have to do a walk through to see if the guests left anything and the rooms were ready to be cleaned by house keeeping on one occasion I checked one of the suite rooms and as soon as I walked in the room the door shut behind me thinking it was just the wind or a old hotel I paid it no mind to turn around to see the rocking chair in the room rocking back and forth and when what ever was in the room noticed I seen the chair moving it stopped as soon as I turned to leave the room the chair started rocking again, also different times guests would check in and about eleven at night on different occasions they would check out saying they couldn't stay there because of feelings that something was at the end of the bed watching them or there children would wake up out of a dead sleep screaming and crying, several times guests would check in and reguest to move to different rooms in the newer part of the hotel because the main part of the hotel was too eerie to stay in, I also several times heard music coming from the dinning room where the paino was as if it played by itself. and it was a old style piano so there was no way any music was coming from it unless someone was actually sitting there playing it. these are just a few encounters I had at the hill top house, it was actually a very beautiful hotel at one time and it was actually a great place to stay, with many years of changing hands and just being left to fall apart that is why the condition of the hotel is the shape its in now. when it was sold in 2009 by mr Stanhagen, to the new owners they were under aggreement the hotel would be tore down and rebuilt and to this day six years a
the hotel still remains rundown and left to continue to fall apart I wish they would rebuild because its a great location for a hotel and I know from personal experience its very calming and relaxing being there in the hilltop, even with the couple ghosts that continue roaming the halls, its still a beautiful place and I would still stay there if it was still open
Sarah Hartman Thanks for sharing your story. I normally don't ask ppl to share their experiences because some already give a little insight as to what they are or might be. But in this case being that it seemed like a place as big as this one would be occupied by other beings I just had to ask. Almost every story I've read from other both in and out of comments shares the same, if not similar type of experiences. I don't know if you are a Believer but in my case, as a brother once said, if the Djinn try to intimidate you by moving around objects or throwing them, generally, throwing them back to them from where they were thrown stops this activity. In other words never show them that you fear or intimidate them. In your case it seems like you did the right thing by ignoring them. Thanks again and Peace be with You.
+Sarah Hartman I have no doubt about that. I can sense that it's haunted. There's a lot of energy there.
Great video Dan! I never saw the room with the piano and signs when I was there.
Thanks, Brian. They were in the basement of the other building.
This is Dan Bell. don't know how I missed them! Oh well :)
That other building was very confusing, like a maze. I doubt I saw the whole place myself. So many weird rooms tucked away. The hotel as a whole is a very mismatched building. It's like they just kept adding and adding.
This is Dan Bell. yeah that's exactly what I thought as well (that they added on several times over the years).
+This is Dan Bell. whats the music in the intro?
I love the serinity of abandoned places, the idea that they have been left untouched for some years. I like to see the signs of nature reclaiming these silent structures, slowly creeping in at the edges.
One of my all time favorite Bell originals. Dan, you successfully created the experience of being there first hand. Your musical selections, edited piece work, the black blurry edges...masterful. I *still* have an emotional response, even though I have watched this multiple times. Thank you for this experience in cinema verte.
The face on the wall, bloody hell that was scary! Parts of this place were really really creepy.
ASMRWhisperLight. When I first walked up the steps and saw that thing, I almost screamed. Whoever drew it was quite clever. Haha.
ASMRWhisperLight. I know! I had just swallowed a sip of coffee, too. I nearly choked.
TheCatAteMyShoe I DID choke and I wasn't even drinking anything!! P.s. sorry to hear about your shoe.
This is Dan Bell. You did well not to scream lol and yeah I agree the drawing was clever if not a little devious. Hope there's some more dead motel/hotel vids coming they're really good. I like the old timey music as well, gives a different feel to the vids compared to other Urban Explorer channels.
THE SLAKJAWMCGRAW
It's ok. It was an flip flop that he decided was delicious and worth destroying.
The views from that place is amazing!
yep i hear something being dragged across the floor ...then at10:13 a thud...someone humming or something weird....but like a door closing....then 10:19 a woman or girl says ..but you heard that help...then there is too much music to hear....but when you are upstairs you should have tried the closed doors....cause at 12:24 to 26 i hear the woman but she sounds like she is getting hurt or crying.......but the music makes it hard to hear the rest of the video
+twisterdar1 (dar) jup that dragging on the ground is an chair or bed that been replaysed
on the crying part I hear also help!
good catch on the girl asking for help. definately an evp and class a too!
Yeah. He's a hack. Just like the ghost shows on the tube. Cut the existential bullshi! Dude and we might believe it-OR HEAR IT DOOFUS
Holy crap I hear the crying now that's crazyyyy
@thisisdanbell i would say as others have mentioned that you really dont need the extra stuff to try to make the video scariest or whatever because thats not what most of your viewers are here for. But seeing as this video is older you most likely figured this out by now. Good job. You are the Spielberg of the deadmalls/hotels world. Keep it up
I've watched a lot of dan bell videos and never been really scared......but the "help" sound really scared me goosebumps and all. Awesome video
All this place needs is Jack Nickelson. All work and no play makes Dan a dull boy...
Out of the park with this one as well Dan!......... My hats off to you.😎👍👏👌✌️
Thanks, man!!
That view at 14:09 is amazing. I would live with sprits and ghosts any day in exchange for that view!
Aren’t you just a little weirdo
Is that it that's the view you want?
great job once again Dan. One of the few legit urbex channels. the sounds were very creepy, almost sounds like a crying woman
I could not have toured this hotel without you, Dan. Thanks for the trip.
Anyone else here in 2019?
I am, December 8,2019
Right here right now
Yes, watched this a couple times this year. Wish Dan was doing more of this and not shitty motels on the east coast. There's only so many drugs and crackheads you can find in a motel. Only so many cockroaches and bedbugs you can find. In fact, Tom the cockroach actually told me the other day "yeah, I miss Dan's old stuff too. Dude really sold out after that Ted talk."
True story bro
Yes, in fact I've been by the hotel recently...just outside of course. Years ago I stayed there.
aNyOnE eLsE hEre In 2073?
I was a child when my parents and I went there for a daytrip and had lunch in the huge elegant dining room with a beautiful view and big windows. We went there a lot. It was incredible. It was precariously perched on the top of a cliff and we had to park lower on the street and walk up a steep hill to get up to the hotel and it was always crowded on weekends.
Must have been awesome. What’s it like to see this video?
Lucky you!
How sad is it that the bathrooms there are cleaner than my bathroom
PFBM hope you've since cleaned your piss closet
PFBM hope you're lying. if not I hope youre living situation is better
😆🤣
@@Alex-uy7pc how often do you clean yours and even more what kind of clothes do you wear when you engange in your so called cleaning duties?
Regina Reece oh you dirty thing.
Hi Dan. Even all these years later, this video is the stuff of legend! It deserves all the rewards and accolades. Mad Respect Dude, I love love love your work 💜
this place is so beautiful in it's destruction , it feels like it could be straight out of a video game . Some of the shots you got (like the chair looking out of the window with the vines in the background) were so picturesque ,, and i love the music !
3:23 yes as I can clearly tell that was the deluxe suite with the asbestos and dirt floors.
You ALWAYS get the music, just right! 👍
*Dang that wasp at **12:45** scared tf out of me*
These are riveting, I think...chiefly because in the end, tho' we are curious to see what's what, we also are all a little 'scared of the dark'. And 'things that go bump in the night".. or even in broad daylight. Love this series, Dan!
Love this video, it is one of your best:) Such a creepy place and its gorgeous location just adds to it. So glad you were able to document this for us before it's gone.
At 14:49 i could have sworn i saw that drawing in another one of your vids '-' weird...
It was
I noticed that too! Do you remember what video it was in?
I think I've also seen the face on a different channel, in an abandoned hospital.
I wonder who drew it and why.
OMG YES I SAW THAT VIDEO where the drawing of the nose got chipped off?? it was a mall or some place.. it had Crack dealers in it
i remember seeing that one too! just watched it yesterday actually. he said something about why would someone ruin this and how it was such a shame that they did.
YES IVE SEEN IT BEFORE TOO!! I can't remember what video the same exact face was in though :( also go to the house where the dad killed his baby son, there's a drawing in the exact same style of a woman
i love how everyone is so worried for him its kind of sweet!!
The music at the beginning and end is a nice touch, and helps to create a flavor of the era which the hotel thrived. However, the 'music' presented after the 'help' and continuous thereafter seemed a cheap, manipulative way to influence your audience's emotion. You don't NEED that: as your viewers, due to your fine camera work, we are along for the ride and our imaginations are already drawn to the moment. The music snaps us out of it, and instead of being part OF it, we are just watching.
Dan I know you're dedicated when the thought of wasting gas trumps sanity and safety. Love your videos !
I loved the old timely music you added, especially in the beginning of the video. I wish you left links to where we could find the music!
Went here yesterday Dan! Video should be up soon. Super cool
amazing how quickly buildings deteriorate once abandoned
Dan it sounded to me like a cat meowing. But it is very dangerous going through old abandoned places all by yourself. You don't know who, or what is in there !!!
Dan, your quality films, music and stories are always well received: you are one brave guy..... you have nerves of steel! keep the quality, always waiting for your next episode.
I love the before and after pictures you do, you truly are an artist; your camera work is steady and you have a eye for locations; the view from the windows was wonderful and you are really brave to go into these places for your fans...I loved the howling in the back round...it added to the eeriness of the old hotel, I will continue to follow you Dan, my wife is also a fan now. we love the music selections you use, this is one of the best explorations video's I've seen so far.
you were the caretaker , you've always been the caretaker, great vids
at the part 10:16 i swear upon my grandpa's grave that i heard a little girl say 'HELP'
heard it too , it couldn't have been Dan because this sounded like a real little girl
tho i thought it was in my ear do! and i don't own headphones 0_0
It was a girl saying "help"
i heard it in my ear! 0_0
I heard an inquisitive cat. Mreow?
I heard some thumping, but I didn't hear anything else because of the music edited in.
around the 10min mark I heard the thumping but also what sounded like a child yelp.
He said it sounded like "Help" but I'm pretty sure it was "Get out!" or something else with two syllables. I seems like it was directed at someone else other than Dan. That's the impression I got anyway. Nice video, Dan. Nerves of steel.
Dan another peek through the fingers video. Fascinating stuff! I just watched you in another video where you are listed no. 2 scary buildings. You came across drugs by accident in an old building and as you went to leave some people came and you hid. All I could hear was you whispering "Please leave" a number of times. Dan that truly scared the life out of me. I was so relieved as the outcome could have been so different. You should really have a friend with you. I have to add though, you are great at this sort of stuff.
Def creepyhouse but ...Man what a nice view of the woods and river from the window.
Dan I've been watching you for a very long time I need to ask you one Important question, how in the world do you have the bravery and the biggest balls to go by yourself and continue to through the place without leaving even though there's stuff happening around you like you're crazy, but anyways I love you Dan keep up the amazing work :)
7:56 I unironically love that chair.
I like it too!
The views from the windows are truly spectacular, what a beautiful place .
I like how you're quiet during the filming and you mention how you're not scared but find something that makes you scared.