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Rumour has it there's an A&F still open in one of the wings. From far, it looks like its staffed by anorexic teen girls. But when you get close, you'll see they're actually reanimated shrivelled corpses.
Most officers don't really know that there are a lot of people who enjoy just going into and seeing these places, so when they see a car parked out front of an abandoned building they have no idea what could be going on inside, hence the over-cautious response. Excellent video though, at least you know next time not to park in such an obvious spot :)
The Proper People Actually, I picked the perfect spot to park. It gave me the climactic ending I wanted. I’m just glad they didn’t turn up 30 minutes earlier.
This is Dan Bell. True, but still 99% of the time its a situation you want to avoid. Urban explorers getting arrested or given a court appearance date for trespassing is not that uncommon, I know an explorer who has done jail time for checking out a more mundane location than this.
The Proper People It’s definitely not something I’d do again. It was more of a safety decision as this area of Akron is pretty sketchy and I was alone carrying a ton of expensive gear. If I had to get out of there quickly, my car would be right there. In the video it appears like a naive decision but it wasn't. Everything I do is thoroughly planned beforehand. I wouldn’t drive 6 hours unless I was sure I could get a good video without being robbed or murdered or preferably both.
i find it hilarious how the officer was just like "ah, there we go" as if you guys were playing hide and seek and he is trying to hide his pride in being a superior seeker
He finally found him. The cop isn't afraid of someone who makes themselves known. Just common sense a threat that identifies itself is a lot less dangerous.
@@ferris209 Very good advice man. Not that I'm into doing this, just watching others do it (so I don't have to XD). But really good advice nonetheless.
The amount of police that went there, and the fact they brought a police dog without knowing the threat, says a lot about who they thought they were up against.
Really, I wonder WTF did they send so many cops for 1 trespasser?? Humm I mean they brought the dog & pinned his car up & everything. I'm pretty sure it's something else besides lone RUclipsrs that they are looking out for here.
Dan you might consider adding a new team member who drives you to locations and then just drives around and "Loiters" in the general area ready to pick you up when you call. This way you can avoid detection, avoid someone messing with your parked car, and have some backup you can call...
Not to mention all the toxic black mold spores and asbestos and shit which would be in the air. Abandoned confined spaces can also lead to some pretty fucking bad gas build ups. CO, NO2 and the very dangerous one in abandoned places H2S. When you do OH&S studies, you learn of a surprising amount of deaths of people who just walk into say a room then pass out and die because that room was filled with decomposing material which created a toxic atmosphere.
police officer 1: well someone is in the that abandoned mall, just got a report of a car outside, better go check it out police officer 2: Wait you're going to that abandoned mall? police officer 1: ya heading over ther- police officer 3: did you say you're going to that abandoned mall? Ive always wanted to see what was inside there! police officer 4: Ooo that abandoned mall? Are you guys going? Can I come too? police officer 5: Hey did you guys say you are going to that old mall? im so coming with police officer 6: I heard abandoned mall, let me get the dog before we go! police officer 1: oh boy
chromastone10 That's hilarious! I bet you are right! Prolly did happen! My police force: "Hey we got people in the abandoned mall!" Response: "Sooooo Who cares"
Dan's not a gamer ? 25:12 you can clearly hear footsteps approaching, and Dan has 16 seconds to react to contact. [CAUTION] No CTRL crouching in the shadows ? If he was [HIDDEN] he might have avoided the city police random encounter... :-)
@@destrocrimson (p.s. those were all BETHESDA Skyrim/Fallout references ... a.k.a humor.) He could have escaped initial detection, and playing hide-and-go seek with a band of armed officers might not be a good idea, but it could be fun (until he got caught or shot.) The broken glass all over the floor, crunch crunch crunch eliminates the possibility of stealth escape, unless he takes his shoes off and walks in socks. Maybe he could sneak outside then - but the other police and police cars are stationed around his car, and got his license plate, etc. He's made either way... Again - it was a joke reference to video games that say your [HIDDEN] just by bending your knees a little bit and moving slower - even when you are in the middle of an open field.
Thanks for posting this. I worked at Rolling Acres mall in the 80s, at Jean Nicole and later at Merry-Go-Round. Was a thriving place at one time. Eventually, they had to move in the mall's own Akron Police satellite station to deal with the crime and such. Your video brought back so many memories, like when my son wouldn't listen and ended up falling into that fountain! Ha! Thank you so much.
+catgivens I can only imagine what it would be like to work in a place that was once thriving and is now abandoned! Really interesting to see someone else's experience and ties to an abandoned place :)
Somehow one guy goes to explore a vacant mall and the entire Akron Police force come after him, but tons of people have gotten away with all that vandalizing without being caught!
Per another video on this place by .. Sun Belt Films or something along those lines, the security at the mall is a recent thing. When the mall first went under it was entirely unprotected.
*So the lesson to learn from this video is if your going to visit any abandoned property make sure not to park on the property because either security or police check the parking lot to see if anyone is parked there which means your probably inside the abandoned building.*
Dan stated earlier that he chose the perfect place to park because in case something were to go wrong, his car would be close so he’d have a quick escape.
I grew up going to this mall, and was able to identify virtually every shop you went in. The saddest thing I saw was the fountain. I loved that fountain. It made the most amazing sound and the sunlight would glint of the mirrored pipes and all the pennies people threw into even though it wasn't a wishing well. Here's a little story. The store at around the 13:00 mark, Excalibur, dealt in knickknacks and replica medieval weapons, none of which ever seemed to sell. I found out how they managed to stay in business one day when I was about 12. A teenage guy almost bit my head off because I was to close to the counter and could see that the shop was sell him drugs from underneath the counter.
Ill never look at business that looks like it never has business (but manages to stay open anyway) ever again. Maybe I should take a peek behind a counter one of these days.
In pastel jogging sweats and matching head band, wearing headphones, still listening to their favorite cassettes on their walkman since the 1980s.... One. More. Lap. :-D
If it works out even remotely close to how their purchase of the Euclid Square mall has worked out, be prepared to have a lot of delayed/lost packages for a few months once it opens....
Amazon seems to always choose dead malls to build their distribution centers on, but hardly ever other large, abandoned spaces (factories etc). It's like they want to show the world that they are replacing malls as the dominant force in retail.
@@hannaharmstrong9139 There are two other dead malls that were torn down and the Amazon vultures preyed upon it. I worked for Amazon. Not a good experience, you can tell by my tone.
I think the most depressing part of these videos is that, we can go back and look, but we see that like our child hood, the locations that we used to frequent and our memories of them are gone. Nothing more than a thought reserved to what once was, and now we are left with a visage of desolation.
I came of age on an Air Force base. The entire housing area was demolished in the early 2000s, to the soil, and rebuilt. Not just the house I came of age in, but the entire 200+ area housing area. The nearby retail areas, and an entire town, had died over the ensuing years, including all three business that housed my first three jobs. I visited three a few years ago, and it stung to have hardly anything, not even trees, to reminisce about. Just gone. Oh well. An American citizen, not US subject.
Bil Paranormal Investigator it’s rather sad because my childhood and early adult years are so full of memories from this place. Chapel hill seems to be headed in this direction.
"very friendly police...the most friendly police...so friendly" *each cop looks back and stares* lmao its like a pack of pitbulls that just rushed you only to sniff your pants..."nice doggies, friendly doggies...don't hurt me please"
Note to self. Don't park on the property you're exploring. You hit a wrong key or miss key Stroke, and everybody and their stupid grandma wants to play speak and spell with you! Sheesh!
love the cops enthusiastic, "ah there we go" as soon as you popped into his train of sight lmaoo. but dang they really rounded up those officers. not surprised tho, I'm sure there have been plenty of arrests there from people that were doing things like ya know, stealing the railings and putting bullets through glass windows lol
Wow. My grandmother used to bring me there in the mid 70's when it was the 'new' mall then. Some nice memory's of that place. Sad to see how it died. And now I feel old lol. Thanks for the video Dan Bell!
The frogs are an awesome touch. I can just imagine in the future, when this mall is ruined far beyond its state in this video--coyotes and foxes, other things wandering through the burned out landscapes of the past. Life goes on without us. Truly amazing.
@Speed Zero - A few months ago, I actually had started to create a fan-made series that takes place in Rolling Acres. It's as if it was abandoned for 10-15+ years and never demolished, it would have been exposed to the elements for much longer, and would have been in worse shape than in this video.. In the series, cats and other animals like foxes, dogs, coyotes, and maybe even wolves have overtaken the mall. I will just be making the series for fun. I'm a dead mall fan, so I just decided to make it.
The last shot is beautiful. It's like a memory. So grand at first and it just fades away into something small, decrepit, insignificant. Keep up the good work.
Yeah it gave me nostalgia and sadness(melancholy) though ive never experienced the place or know about the place.. also the photos he showed of how many people were there once it looks so happy(the place)
Me: "My car got broken into." Cops: [most dismissive tone this side of the DMV] "Go to our website and fill out a report." You: explore derelict mall Cops: "ALL AVAILABLE UNITS!" I like how they boxed your car in like you were an underworld kingpin.
Akron was originally the center of American rubber manufacturing for stuff like automobile tires and other products. By the end of the 1990's it was in serious decline and by the end of the 00's the industrial worker base had declined by half. Like many midwestern rust belt cities, the main industry that used to fuel it's prosperity started to come crashing down and...so did the city. This story has been repeated a whole bunch of times across this country.
My very first job when I came home from the Army was as a security officer at Rolling Acres. It was kind of embarrassing to put on a "rent-a-cop" uniform, especially since we had always jokingly referred to the mall security as "Mounties", since the hat made them look like Canadian Mounted Police more so than making you look like a State Trooper or Drill Sargent. I really appreciate this video my friend!!! I had completely forgotten some of the memories and feelings. Your footage is PERFECT!!
Its so interesting to see how nature always prevails against man made things. Like no matter how expensive or nice a building in as soon as it becomes desolate nature will always swoop in and reclaim it
I actually knew Brogan Rafferty. He was a high school classmate of mine. He gave off that cool, suave vibe that so cleverly disguised what he was actually involved with. When he was arrested, it was an absolute _shock_ for both the teachers and student body. When the local stations came, my aunt had to escort my sister and I away from the hounding news crews.
Kinda sad really. A place built to hold so much life, a community social center. Now it's just so silent, empty, dark. No voices, no music playing, no smells of food from the restaurants.
@@NoirAngel921 Likely 14-20 year olds running around like lunatics smashing everything for the lulz... I did that at a construction site with some friends when I was young. But I slipped and crotched myself on a rebar... so karma got me. XD After that the scrappers come in and loot anything of value, after that come the drug dealers.
I’m a very firm believer of “take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footsteps” mindset, but at the same time I would think that’d be a great way to get repressed anger out.
Look at those huge pieces of granite on the floor, if people only knew not only how expensive that stuff was to purchase, but the labor to have it installed was extremely expensive also. I worked on the Arden fair mall in Sacramento in like 1990 or 91 I can't remember right now, but it was 200,000 sq. ft. of granite and 50,000 sq. ft. of mosaic tile in the food court. I'm telly you there was ungodly amounts of money put into these places. I used to go hang out at the mall in my teens and even in my 20s and 30s. I remember when the brick cellphones came out. I had one and I thought I was so cool with that huge thing hanging from my belt loop. Oh my gosh, I never thought I'd see theses places just looking like scenes from the walking dead. It's a trip, so scary.
frank mathis I am a granite salesman, fabricator and installer. The expensive, or rather most expensive part of getting granite is fabrication, the logistics are also a nightmare because of the weight. The most unfortunate part of granite or marble installed and left is it actually costs more to remove and reinstall it in almost all cases than it costs to buy new stone and have it installed. Unless it truly is a very rare type or has historical value. I only have torn out stone to be reused a handful of times, only two of those times was it really because of the value of the stone. In was Pink Marble from the state capital bathroom (yes someone wanted the stone peed on by two presidents) and the other a rare Italian marble from a staircase of a mansion near Nashville, TN.
the last clip of you driving away from the mall paired with that music made this video immediately 1000000000 times better and also a little sad great job
The only modern buildings that will remain standing by that time will likely just be military forts and the like. Places built from concrete and steel built to last. (like the modern day equivalent of a castle) Buildings like these are already breaking down without maintainance, and in a few decades to a century at most would just be a pile of rubble, twisted metal and bricks with bits of plastic and glass mixed in.
The foundations and small bits of the building materials will be found in the ground. Every once in a while you'll get incredibly lucky and a wall section will be preserved almost intact. That's how we identify ancient towns and buildings since most of them weren't made with materials that stand the test of time for hundreds and thousands of years (lots of mudbrick, wood, and grasses which biodegrade when not kept up).
This is even more true now that COVID shut down everything and malls are unlikely to be sustainable long term so we will all just gradually switch over to cyber shopping.
All that aside, great video. I loved every minute. There's something so surreal about places that used to be open for business but are now just standing there, wasting away. It blows my mind.
I feel like they probably use the mall for training purposes, hence the number of officers. I still love that he just comes around the corner and says "Oh, there we go!" so calmly.
MusicianAdam The reason why so many officers showed up is because it's building with many rooms. One single cop can be so easily ambushed that it's terrifying the thought of going in there alone. So depending on the size of the building, it's layout and how many rooms it has, they send additional officers for backup. Now of course from our point of view ot was excessive because we are seeing it from the RUclipsr's point of view. But for the cops? They don't know if the person that just broke in armed or not, or how many of them are there.
The saddest part is the very end, watching Rolling Acres fade away getting smaller and smaller...all the while realizing that none of it is there anymore, the bustling crowd of people that once frequented the great mall, the gorgeous fountain that almost survived the demolition but didn't make it...the anchor stores that hung on like champs until the very end, the parking lot filled with cars that brought you to a place where you could see, feel and touch things and people that were part of a better America. I wish time travel were possible.
That would have been awesome if the fountain survived! I don't understand why it couldn't be perserved...??!!! It could have been turned into an outdoor fountain.... I guess people around there don't appreciate beauty when they see it. They tare up and destroy everything! THOSE BASTARDS!💗😡😠😡😠😡😠
Everyone over 30 in the 1980s probably said the same thing about downtown shopping areas. Where people used to shop and eat and congregate and own small businesses until everyone left for the new suburban mall. With the same stores as every other mall in America. The good old days of....Claire's?
I believe that's all coming back. The enclosed malls that put town center stores are now dying out and those centers of towns are starting to thrive. That and outdoor shopping outlets
So a small police force descended to the mall because of the lone intruder! LOL that's awesome - I could hear your voice shaking. I'm glad it all went okay for you.
Rei Ev they didn't know it was a 'lone intruder'. For all they know it could've been a bunch of teenagers trying to break shit or whatever or criminal activities like drugs or even murder. Hey in that part of town, you never know.
They probably sent a large number of officers because a mall is a big place to search for only one or two. And obviously they take things seriously since there have been incidents at this particular mall before. The news reports you heard are only two incidents; I'll bet there are a lot more, less 'newsworthy' incidents on record.
They also patrol it all of the time because they have to. They didn't want it to turn in to a Detroit-like body-dumping site and clearly, it was heading in that direction. And it was already known to be frequented by druggies and/or thugs and/or homeless people. Lot of guns fired in there, as you saw... It's a mostly vacant stretch of giant, abandoned box stores that all went out of business at once. There is a whole mile of these buildings, at least, bordering a bad part of Akron. It seems like it's getting a bit better, but slowly. I thought I'd be sad to see the mall go, but not anymore. That domino has to fall before my old hometown can really begin to recover, I think. Better vacant land than decaying dereliction.
Maddie S657 dude this mall was awesome until the mid to late 90s. Always packed with people. Lots of fun kid times there. But things changed really fast...
The police seemed cool. I bet they wouldn't have made you leave if that wasn't what they were instructed to do. I generally do not care for cops but they seemed nice.
They were probably nice to him because normally I bet they find all the guys with guns and all the homeless people on drugs. This man just wanted to make a cool video.
@@april_ Not sure how they do it in the U.S. but can they see past criminal history from a licence plate? The fact they blocked his car in means maybe they did a check and saw he had no history, maybe thats why they were cool with him and just let him go with what seems not even a warning, I dont know.
I suppose those frogs are fake too? Those plants are alive. I'm talking about the ones growing under the open skylights. If you contrast with the winter photos you can see the plants are brown because they are in their dormant stage. It appears to be summer here so they are green again.
Rolling Acres? Shit, I used to drive past that place all the time and didn't notice the mall was demolished. Also the nearby Long John Silvers has all-you-can-eat on Sundays if you're ever hungry and drunk.
I get mix emotions watching this. I use to beg my mother to go to rolling acres mall all the time. But we always ended up at chapel hill mall. I went a few times to this mall though.
Where do I begin in response to this video? I have so many memories with my grandparents going in there. Where you got in was between the Target and Picnic Place (food court) and that used to be a fairly large furniture store. Went in there a few times but mostly remember thinking how 80's it looked with all of the glass and lights will never forget walking past it when coming in from Target to go to Eli's Char Grille to get a couple fried cheese on a stick and corn dogs. There also used to be a Wendy's and Subway in there but we always went to Eli's there was something about that cheese on a stick, and the lady that worked the counter was so nice to us. In the food Court between Eli's and the restrooms there used to be a small platform with a piano on it and occasionally a guy would be there playing music. On the far side directly across from the restrooms was a copper popper where we would get cheese and caramel popcorn mix and chocolate covered pretzel sticks. Next to Eli's before the stairs and small ramp (towards Dillards) was a shop that sold magazines and stuff and my grandpa always used to give me enough money to get a roll or two of Necco wafers. At the end of that hallways towards Dillards were the scariest stairs of my life, not sure why but I was always scared of falling in between them when I was young. That elevator was the coolest thing in the world there when you were a kid because you could look out and just see everyone going about their day, stopping and talking with friends they would run into, and going to grab a bite to eat. The small triangular hole in the floor me and my siblings used to look over it and wondered why they bothered putting it there at all. We also loved the small fountain by the escalators. Used to go school clothes shopping in elementary and early middle school (before it started getting too bad and we switched to Chapel Hill mall) at the JCPenny outlet store. That store just always felt like it was stuck in the 70's but we were all sad when it closed a few years ago could hardly believe it when it did. The big main fountain was so beautiful we used to sit on the edge, and when really little dangle our feet in the water, snacking on candy or popcorn we got at Target. During the Christmas season they would turn the fountain off and put a little stage up where santa would be and it was all decorated in fake snow, it was the thing all the kids from Kenmore and surrounding areas looked forward to. Near there across from the Jewlery store (one of like 2 and at one time 3) was a Hallmark store and before that it sold teddy bears where my dad bought me a stuffed polar bear before I was born and still have. Can not remember what it was called though. Further down that path was a cheap dollar store, I believe a music store and a pet store where we would go and play with the puppies. I'm really drawing a blank right now on the rest of the mall but that might be because it is getting late and haven't been there in over 10 years. If anyone has any questions about certain parts of the video what was there and such I'd be happy to answer them as best as I can. I spent a good 15 years going there as a child.
Kathryn Radonich Thank you for sharing your memories! It's interesting both because of what we could see on the video, but also because I've never visited America in my life. So it's cool seeing things through your eyes!
I finally went there yesterday August 15, 2017. Most of the interior space has been demolished now, but I was able to walk into the lobby of the old theater and walk up the escalator with the thin wire chandelier that you can see in this video. It is still possible to drive the exterior of this mall as most of the façade is still up, and get a good idea of what Dan approached 2 years ago. I stood just down from the JC Penny for instance, right in front of the Rolling Acres sign where he spoke to the couple at the beginning of the video, and it's very creepy to see the smashed in windows and graffiti, and the general complete disrepair with the parking lot. You really feel like this is something out of a zombie apocalypse film. Last note, it was difficult to locate the place where Dan entered the mall as the area has now been torn down, but it was through a section just past the entrance to the movie theater on the back side of the mall. You can still see the angle of the road and work out where the building was, which is now just open space.
17:45 That was creepy graffiti on the wall. Imagine being chased by someone in here at night time. You run into that room to hide and you shine your flashlight on the wall and you see that message... That would be so scary. 😨
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A Mall don't get no more Deader than this, unless it's been Bulldozed down & in Rumbles. So Sad. 😢
what’s the name of the track you used in the beginning and the end? i can’t find it anywhere and i LOVE IT
@@beans-h5u i love it too but dont know the same. i neeed it!
An all time youtube classic. This is required viewing for any dead mall wacko….
@@beans-h5u Roger Webb - Discovery
I sort of expected you to turn a corner and see a Bath and Body Works open for business in the middle of all of that.
Rumour has it there's an A&F still open in one of the wings. From far, it looks like its staffed by anorexic teen girls. But when you get close, you'll see they're actually reanimated shrivelled corpses.
infinityryvus or a GNC
infinityryvus 😂😂😂😂😂💀put the lotion in the basket
infinityryvus Its on of the only stores left at the dying mall in my city along with Burlington and a Dillards.
Naw, one of those kiosks with the employees that have to harass you to purchase some of their bullshit.
Most officers don't really know that there are a lot of people who enjoy just going into and seeing these places, so when they see a car parked out front of an abandoned building they have no idea what could be going on inside, hence the over-cautious response. Excellent video though, at least you know next time not to park in such an obvious spot :)
The Proper People Actually, I picked the perfect spot to park. It gave me the climactic ending I wanted. I’m just glad they didn’t turn up 30 minutes earlier.
This is Dan Bell. True, but still 99% of the time its a situation you want to avoid. Urban explorers getting arrested or given a court appearance date for trespassing is not that uncommon, I know an explorer who has done jail time for checking out a more mundane location than this.
The Proper People It’s definitely not something I’d do again. It was more of a safety decision as this area of Akron is pretty sketchy and I was alone carrying a ton of expensive gear. If I had to get out of there quickly, my car would be right there. In the video it appears like a naive decision but it wasn't. Everything I do is thoroughly planned beforehand. I wouldn’t drive 6 hours unless I was sure I could get a good video without being robbed or murdered or preferably both.
This is Dan Bell. Ah okay I see
This is Dan Bell. you were alone - stupid move, you could star in blair witch 3 Akron.
i find it hilarious how the officer was just like "ah, there we go" as if you guys were playing hide and seek and he is trying to hide his pride in being a superior seeker
He finally found him. The cop isn't afraid of someone who makes themselves known. Just common sense a threat that identifies itself is a lot less dangerous.
I assume the officer was just glad that he didn't have to search the entire mall to find Dan because Dan was already on the way out.
@@ferris209 Very good advice man. Not that I'm into doing this, just watching others do it (so I don't have to XD). But really good advice nonetheless.
@@ferris209 Easiest way is usually to print "media" on a piece of paper, put it in a plastic wrap and place it on your dash.
@@ferris209 Must have been a SLOOOOOOOOWWWW day for Akron 5-0
After they found you they were probably like "phew, he's not dumping a body here."
The amount of police that went there, and the fact they brought a police dog without knowing the threat, says a lot about who they thought they were up against.
@Thelondonbadger He got to bork bork, but not to nom nom on someone.
That dog would need boots with all of that broken glass
@Thelondonbadger if they brought the dog in there i don't think it would have any legs left to run on.
how did they knw he was there
You could rename this video: crunchy glass asmr
c r u n c c
*tingk
*craa-ak
*POP
I like watching dead mall videos before I fall asleep.
LMFAOOOOOOOOO
*crunchy glass asmr w/ a drizzle of animal noises
You ought to feel honored. I think that's about half the Akron Police Department.
Really, I wonder WTF did they send so many cops for 1 trespasser?? Humm I mean they brought the dog & pinned his car up & everything. I'm pretty sure it's something else besides lone RUclipsrs that they are looking out for here.
Try over 450 cops in akron.
@@clairestephens4916 prob a lazy day so everyone just went for him
Claire Stephens in the video he says there are bullet holes everywhere, so probably a lot of sketchy people frequent the mall
@@skoal22005 4/5/0 night shift/morning shift/weekends
There is no way in hell that you should be doing this stuff alone. Get a team bro. Seriously. For your safety.
Tru Tru he might not have anyone to join him on this one. It is rather hard to convince people to trespass with you.
Tru Tru bruh he's tough
Dan you might consider adding a new team member who drives you to locations and then just drives around and "Loiters" in the general area ready to pick you up when you call. This way you can avoid detection, avoid someone messing with your parked car, and have some backup you can call...
i need this service.
Not to mention all the toxic black mold spores and asbestos and shit which would be in the air. Abandoned confined spaces can also lead to some pretty fucking bad gas build ups. CO, NO2 and the very dangerous one in abandoned places H2S. When you do OH&S studies, you learn of a surprising amount of deaths of people who just walk into say a room then pass out and die because that room was filled with decomposing material which created a toxic atmosphere.
This guy: “It’s sooooo quiet in here.”
Also this guy: Doesn’t hear, like, 50 police officers and a K-9 unit show up.
He did hear them, that's why he paused and stopped walking just before they found him. He could hear him coming.
@@meRyanP i love how the editing sets it up first the security then the police sign on the glass. Like its coming hold on... okay here we go lol
Should have went at night.
@@nelzelpher2088 Then we wouldnt get to see shit plus alone during night is a no-go for urban exploration.
Never Say The Q Word
police officer 1: well someone is in the that abandoned mall, just got a report of a car outside, better go check it out
police officer 2: Wait you're going to that abandoned mall?
police officer 1: ya heading over ther-
police officer 3: did you say you're going to that abandoned mall? Ive always wanted to see what was inside there!
police officer 4: Ooo that abandoned mall? Are you guys going? Can I come too?
police officer 5: Hey did you guys say you are going to that old mall? im so coming with
police officer 6: I heard abandoned mall, let me get the dog before we go!
police officer 1: oh boy
chromastone10 That's hilarious! I bet you are right! Prolly did happen! My police force: "Hey we got people in the abandoned mall!" Response: "Sooooo Who cares"
Rolling Acres mall, safest place in Akron. Cops to resident ratio: 7:1.
They probably don’t have much to do there but visit the old abandoned mall themselves.
chromastone10 Poor doggo locked in a cage in the back. No wonder they're so pissed off.
chromastone10 i mean, two people in a massive mall, the time it takes them to find each other would probably be quite lengthy.
Dude that ending shot driving away from the mall and the music fading in was freakin' primo
Man they sent the whole squad after you lol
Dan's not a gamer ? 25:12 you can clearly hear footsteps approaching, and Dan has 16 seconds to react to contact. [CAUTION]
No CTRL crouching in the shadows ? If he was [HIDDEN] he might have avoided the city police random encounter... :-)
Judging by all the bullet holes inside I'm not surprised they'd roll deep when responding to a trespass call there.
@@SeaJay_Oceans yea hiding is probally not the best thing to do with that many cops coming after you.
@@destrocrimson (p.s. those were all BETHESDA Skyrim/Fallout references ... a.k.a humor.)
He could have escaped initial detection, and playing hide-and-go seek with a band of armed officers might not be a good idea, but it could be fun (until he got caught or shot.)
The broken glass all over the floor, crunch crunch crunch eliminates the possibility of stealth escape, unless he takes his shoes off and walks in socks. Maybe he could sneak outside then - but the other police and police cars are stationed around his car, and got his license plate, etc. He's made either way...
Again - it was a joke reference to video games that say your [HIDDEN] just by bending your knees a little bit and moving slower - even when you are in the middle of an open field.
something about the cops muffled "oh there we go" mixed with the kill bill sirens and the flashing police lights made me like actually laugh
Kill who??
Thanks for posting this.
I worked at Rolling Acres mall in the 80s, at Jean Nicole and later at Merry-Go-Round. Was a thriving place at one time. Eventually, they had to move in the mall's own Akron Police satellite station to deal with the crime and such.
Your video brought back so many memories, like when my son wouldn't listen and ended up falling into that fountain! Ha!
Thank you so much.
+catgivens Thanks, Cat!
+catgivens Your comment adds the final touch this video needs. Great insight!!
+Jason Wolcot no, that was your mom, silly boy.
+catgivens I can only imagine what it would be like to work in a place that was once thriving and is now abandoned! Really interesting to see someone else's experience and ties to an abandoned place :)
the Merry-go-round was my favorite. I loved I.O.U clothing
Somehow one guy goes to explore a vacant mall and the entire Akron Police force come after him, but tons of people have gotten away with all that vandalizing without being caught!
Wanda Michell C good point.
Per another video on this place by .. Sun Belt Films or something along those lines, the security at the mall is a recent thing. When the mall first went under it was entirely unprotected.
Neighborbob Ah! Makes sense. Probably after that one guy died.
Because they don't have a car.
True, but those anchor stores have businesses in them as well, with cameras facing into the now gone mall.
the way you hear the footsteps and the camera moving makes this vid look like a walking simulator
Ambiance in this video:
*C R U N C C*
*Animal noises*
*Police sirens*
And dripping water
Sounds like lot of post production sound effects. Which I’m fine with, it does add atmosphere.
*heavy breathing*
Fun fact; this mall was used in a dlc for the video game the last of us
No wonder this place looked so famiiar
wow thats amazing
wow thats amazing
+Tray Jones I think you posted this twice
+Tray Jones I think you posted this twice
Man, I tell ya, these fallout games just keep looking better and be-oh wait...
All jokes aside, I'd love to have a horror game placed in an abandoned Mall.
I think The Last of Us has a bit in one
There was a faint clicking noise, I heard every once in a while, that sounded like he could have been getting radiation poisoning, too!! Haha
Silent hill 3 has a mall level too
*So the lesson to learn from this video is if your going to visit any abandoned property make sure not to park on the property because either security or police check the parking lot to see if anyone is parked there which means your probably inside the abandoned building.*
Ryan Olivas The only time i parked near a place (i park at a business that is open usually) i was caught by the police
Dan stated earlier that he chose the perfect place to park because in case something were to go wrong, his car would be close so he’d have a quick escape.
barfyman, you're no fun.
@@barfyman-wn3id if there is an opening there is no laws being broken. Stop being a little shit and grow a pair.
@@greefo yes there is???? Trespassing????
I grew up going to this mall, and was able to identify virtually every shop you went in. The saddest thing I saw was the fountain. I loved that fountain. It made the most amazing sound and the sunlight would glint of the mirrored pipes and all the pennies people threw into even though it wasn't a wishing well.
Here's a little story. The store at around the 13:00 mark, Excalibur, dealt in knickknacks and replica medieval weapons, none of which ever seemed to sell. I found out how they managed to stay in business one day when I was about 12. A teenage guy almost bit my head off because I was to close to the counter and could see that the shop was sell him drugs from underneath the counter.
LOL
This is the ultimate distribution of mall memories, right here. It's like prose.
Ill never look at business that looks like it never has business (but manages to stay open anyway) ever again.
Maybe I should take a peek behind a counter one of these days.
omg i was wondering what that store would’ve sold! thank you for this information!
was chao praya any good?
I was half expecting at least one mall walker to just pass you.
In pastel jogging sweats and matching head band, wearing headphones, still listening to their favorite cassettes on their walkman since the 1980s.... One. More. Lap. :-D
The honking at 11:15 was probably the cops trying to get you to come out so they didn't have to go in
Shana Williams I totally missed that, good 👂🏼.
I thought the same thing.
Thought it might've been those two people he was talking to in the beginning warning him the cops were going in.
@@ChihuahuaMom08 That's what I was thinking too. The couple in the beginning letting him know the cops are here getting ready to go in.
OMG I laughed so hard when the sight of that police man came into view and the kill bill music was playing.
ME TOO!!! I was like "OH SHIT"
Hahaha ikr
It's the old Ironside theme...
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The mall property was bought by Amazon in February 2019. It will be demolished and a distribution center will be built on the land.
If it works out even remotely close to how their purchase of the Euclid Square mall has worked out, be prepared to have a lot of delayed/lost packages for a few months once it opens....
Amazon seems to always choose dead malls to build their distribution centers on, but hardly ever other large, abandoned spaces (factories etc). It's like they want to show the world that they are replacing malls as the dominant force in retail.
building their empire on the ruins of the houses they burned down, in a way...
You think it'll lead to any ghost stories?
@@soulnull No, Rolling Acres was 'burned down' by the local wild life.
That editing when he was spotted by the cop was hilarious! 😂
SuperMoniquerose lol hell yea it was
Kill Bill I believe.
Sean originally from Ironside theme.
The Metal Gear Solid Alert Sound would have been a nice addition too :D
LoL! Yeah, I love the Kill Bill fx and music XDD
"Ah, there we go!" I love the cop at the ending lol.
Should’ve gone: “ *O H H E L L O T H E R E !* ”
Excellent use of the Ironside theme.
General kenobi
I used to do security in a mall alone at night, it was so creepy
Wayne Daly ever run Into any thing scary or crazy Holmes's
Homelessn
I would not want that job lol I would probably shoot at shadows
Emo666Cali lol, no guns in Ireland
i heard those malls have ghosts
Dan: I don't recommend going to this mall, it's dangerous.
Also Dan: *goes to the mall*
This mall is actually torn down now. It’s being rebuilt into an amazon factory or warehouse.
He's commenting after filming so he probably didn't know what he was going into at first.
@Hunter The Based God Gotta jump off a roof first to recommend someone not do it, right??? Also, it's a joke, but you obviously dont get those
@@hannaharmstrong9139 There are two other dead malls that were torn down and the Amazon vultures preyed upon it. I worked for Amazon. Not a good experience, you can tell by my tone.
That's so epic that they blocked your car in lol! They weren't messing around!
Should've brought a decoy car.
If you can drive two cars at once, I'd sure like to see it.
I think the most depressing part of these videos is that, we can go back and look, but we see that like our child hood, the locations that we used to frequent and our memories of them are gone. Nothing more than a thought reserved to what once was, and now we are left with a visage of desolation.
ProtoMario oh snap it's proto mario
Depressing much, Proto?
"in the end, we are nothing but memory" Luis Brunel
I came of age on an Air Force base. The entire housing area was demolished in the early 2000s, to the soil, and rebuilt. Not just the house I came of age in, but the entire 200+ area housing area. The nearby retail areas, and an entire town, had died over the ensuing years, including all three business that housed my first three jobs.
I visited three a few years ago, and it stung to have hardly anything, not even trees, to reminisce about. Just gone.
Oh well.
An American citizen, not US subject.
F U C K
I saw my first movie at this mall in 1989
Bil Paranormal Investigator it’s rather sad because my childhood and early adult years are so full of memories from this place. Chapel hill seems to be headed in this direction.
You gotta be in your 60s...
Weren't you in a cartoon
What movie did u see ?
You know what, I think I seen my first movie at a local mall too. The Old Hickory mall in Jackson Tennessee. And it's still open.
"Let me see your hands!"
"I'm filming for a RUclips video!"
"Let me see your subs!"
this comment is so stupid but I love it
It's stupid, but, you love it. Sounds like a winner. Thanks for the comment ;)
I chuckled at this
here are my subs: 🥪🥪🥪
"very friendly police...the most friendly police...so friendly" *each cop looks back and stares*
lmao its like a pack of pitbulls that just rushed you only to sniff your pants..."nice doggies, friendly doggies...don't hurt me please"
hahahahahHAHAHA
Thought the same thing Hahahaha
I got so anxious when he was going up the escalator 😫😫😫😫😫
Yellow Yesterday hope you're okay.
Yellow Yesterday Gorillaz!!!
my name is jeff pyro!!
I'd be more worried about Dan coming DOWN the escalator. So much glass!
Me too. 🙈🙈🙈
Here is a tip about using Craigslist...DON'T.
Wow you and 186 other people are fuggin paranoid.
By CL, Orlando FL I got a Halloween night security post: $400.00 USD. 👮🏻
+@@AidGum The few dollars you might save aren't worth the chance of getting jacked.
@@russcannon6725 That's not nearly as common as people think. Very rare occurrence but still be careful.
Yeah....that was sad. Dude was just trying to earn an honest living by answering that ad and just ran into the wrong folks.
Slow day in Akron. 7 officers, 5 vehicles. One guy with a little camera in abandoned mall.
Yeah, they sent the whole force over there lol
Considering its history, i dont see the problem.
Roush GT lol. I think you missed the point. He was saying how bored the Akron police were (and still are).
@@KingTriton1837 I read that as well, but I think he is agreeing with me.
@@KingTriton1837 there is a ton of crime in akron to keep police occupied..?
Note to self. Don't park on the property you're exploring.
You hit a wrong key or miss key Stroke, and everybody and their stupid grandma wants to play speak and spell with you! Sheesh!
you're exploring*
@@ArcticuKitsu ur xplorin*
Better that than be stumbled upon like a crackhead in the place
Yeah, that was a big fat giant clue that someone was trespassing. LOL
Turns the corner to see clickers
Darn, I was hoping you would have checked out the damage inside the theatre
That's the main thing I was hoping and looking forward to.
A whole shopping mall built for frogs!! How sweet :D
The ultimate way to collect rare Pepes
The sad thing is though, when they demolished it, the frogs were still inside...
RIP rare Pepes
Na Noid instead of mallrats 🐭🐁🐀 you have mallfrogs🐸!
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"An escalator can never break, it can only become stairs" - Mitch Hedberg
"Sorry for the convenience."
Matthew Orner liberals say escalators break
@@rachaelnwaoha3543 what..
Someone didn't hear about the thing that happened in china a while back with a mother and her kid...
And dogs are forever in the push-up position
This was the trippiest, scariest, coolest video I've seen. The music had me in a eerie trance. Felt like I teleported from my couch
You should watch Dan Bell's Meat Factory videos. Now that's scary!
Funniest part was when the officer said "where can I see this online at?" And then the other officer writes it down. 😁
I hope those cops actually went to you channel Dan, and discovered how interesting dead malls and abandoned buildings are.
@Club Soda that's a bold statement 😂
Hell they probably did.Dan probably got them hooked on his channel
@Club Soda They're just ordinary people.
@Club Soda That statement generalizing a huge group of people sounds somewhat brainless.
love the cops enthusiastic, "ah there we go" as soon as you popped into his train of sight lmaoo. but dang they really rounded up those officers. not surprised tho, I'm sure there have been plenty of arrests there from people that were doing things like ya know, stealing the railings and putting bullets through glass windows lol
Wow. My grandmother used to bring me there in the mid 70's when it was the 'new' mall then. Some nice memory's of that place. Sad to see how it died. And now I feel old lol. Thanks for the video Dan Bell!
marshall stacks I like weenies
Michael Bracken wtf
I love nostalgia
How tf old is tou my guy?
The music when the cops found you was cracking me up
Actually, he missed an opportunity to insert a "Bad Boys" sample.
Im surprised there isnt a GNC still open here
MRjustin8990 or 53 Starbucks as seen on the Simpsons
MRjustin8990 No bed bath body works
The frogs are an awesome touch. I can just imagine in the future, when this mall is ruined far beyond its state in this video--coyotes and foxes, other things wandering through the burned out landscapes of the past. Life goes on without us. Truly amazing.
Speed Zero it’s gone now. Demolished. 😢
@Speed Zero - A few months ago, I actually had started to create a fan-made series that takes place in Rolling Acres.
It's as if it was abandoned for 10-15+ years and never demolished, it would have been exposed to the elements for much longer, and would have been in worse shape than in this video..
In the series, cats and other animals like foxes, dogs, coyotes, and maybe even wolves have overtaken the mall.
I will just be making the series for fun. I'm a dead mall fan, so I just decided to make it.
The last shot is beautiful. It's like a memory. So grand at first and it just fades away into something small, decrepit, insignificant. Keep up the good work.
Yeah it gave me nostalgia and sadness(melancholy) though ive never experienced the place or know about the place.. also the photos he showed of how many people were there once it looks so happy(the place)
right?? totally like a memory. to me, i interpret it as saying a final “goodbye” to/from the mall. RIP lil mall ):
Nothing special you know just the entire Akron police army
That department has over 300 officers. The mall is now gone, nothing left but the walls. Dec. 2017 Chapel Hill Mall will be next.
TheJer1963 R.I.P
The overhang at the front entrance is finally gone (as of 21 Dec. 2017)...
The real question is: ARE ASHLEE AND EDDIE STILL TOGETHER?
They will live on together forever through their illegitimate love child.
Lol my thoughts exactly
@@RobertMorgan ahlee and eddie are the frogs we hear in the video
Marcelery Stick 😆
Yes we are.
Me: "My car got broken into."
Cops: [most dismissive tone this side of the DMV] "Go to our website and fill out a report."
You: explore derelict mall
Cops: "ALL AVAILABLE UNITS!"
I like how they boxed your car in like you were an underworld kingpin.
Protecting abandoned private property is more important to them than actually solving violent crimes for some reason.
Unless it’s the working class’s private property, then it’s “your problem, not ours”.
Wow, Akron must be a pretty quiet city...looks like they sent their entire police force! :P
+Joe Capelli wow so that must've been the reason for its slow decline? I'm in NY and just started watching these "rolling acres" videos.
Akron was originally the center of American rubber manufacturing for stuff like automobile tires and other products. By the end of the 1990's it was in serious decline and by the end of the 00's the industrial worker base had declined by half. Like many midwestern rust belt cities, the main industry that used to fuel it's prosperity started to come crashing down and...so did the city. This story has been repeated a whole bunch of times across this country.
Akron isn't as small as it seems I've lived in Akron since I was born :3
His car was parked in the parking lot dude...i'm sure they patrol it often...Nobody snitched LOL
+crazy neko I'm a local too, and it's definitely not small.
My very first job when I came home from the Army was as a security officer at Rolling Acres. It was kind of embarrassing to put on a "rent-a-cop" uniform, especially since we had always jokingly referred to the mall security as "Mounties", since the hat made them look like Canadian Mounted Police more so than making you look like a State Trooper or Drill Sargent. I really appreciate this video my friend!!! I had completely forgotten some of the memories and feelings. Your footage is PERFECT!!
How do u feel seeing ur former place of work like this?
You shouldn't be ashamed of it. A paycheck is a paycheck
You failed this mall. You should've stayed here to protect it from these vandals! Paul Blart mall cop would be very dissapointed in you, lol.
My father used to do loss prevention for May company. Small world.
Its so interesting to see how nature always prevails against man made things. Like no matter how expensive or nice a building in as soon as it becomes desolate nature will always swoop in and reclaim it
True, but people are 1,000x more destructive to these places. Things untouched by people can become some pretty cool time capsules.
uwu THATS WHAT I WAS THINKING THE WHOLE FLIPPING VIDEO!!!!
I spotted minimal amounts of nature in that mall
Testament to the amazing ancient skill and strength of places like the pyramids Parthenon and Acrópolis
Pyramids.
The soundscape of this building is one of the best I’ve ever heard in an abandoned building
I think he added the background noise dude
I actually knew Brogan Rafferty. He was a high school classmate of mine. He gave off that cool, suave vibe that so cleverly disguised what he was actually involved with. When he was arrested, it was an absolute _shock_ for both the teachers and student body. When the local stations came, my aunt had to escort my sister and I away from the hounding news crews.
Watched the story last night on Reelz.
I found a fellow Stow person! I remember that day as well, no one forgets the FBI coming to your high school to arrest someone.
*youll hear a lot of frogs sing* in my head im thinking * hello my baby hello my honey hello my ragtime gal*
same
lol
Baby, my heart's on fire.
+William [FSR] Vipyr if you abuse, me honey you'll lose me
LifeWithAnM'nM ! Then you'll be left alone so baby TELEPHONE and tell me I'm your own
Exploring that place at night during a thunderstorm would be so dope
King savage What does that even mean?
ToxicTurtle907 I’m calling drug use in this one....
@@clecle6138 Was about to say. 🤣🤣🤣 😜
You're white yourself...
@@clecle6138 I am white. I can confirm this.
Lol the spray paint message "i will find you" was creepy
Somebody was a fan of Taken
it's the police who wrote it
"Basilisk from the Chamber of Secrets wuz here"
Probably teenage boys being idiots
this mall looks perfect for a zombie movie
The place looks so dangerous, the Zombies would be accidentally offing themselves!
thought the same thing or next resident evil
Well, actually someone did shoot a very low-budget Zombie film here. You can see part of it on the Viceland show : Abandoned.
Someone should make zombie movie with frog and racoon zombies xD
juan ruvalcaba Perfect place to heely
Kinda sad really. A place built to hold so much life, a community social center.
Now it's just so silent, empty, dark. No voices, no music playing, no smells of food from the restaurants.
Dang, I cringed soo hard while you were walking up that janky escalator, bro. Whew, giving me mini panic attacks
imagine the first people that got in there after it was abandoned and got to break all that shit
@@NoirAngel921 Likely 14-20 year olds running around like lunatics smashing everything for the lulz... I did that at a construction site with some friends when I was young. But I slipped and crotched myself on a rebar... so karma got me. XD
After that the scrappers come in and loot anything of value, after that come the drug dealers.
I dont understand why people want to break the shit to begin with. I mean, teenage angst or what?
@@xxdjsolomanxx yeah we angry and sad :(
@@andyjoestar4895 Oh, well, in that case, I can relate. Carry on.
I’m a very firm believer of “take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footsteps” mindset, but at the same time I would think that’d be a great way to get repressed anger out.
Look at those huge pieces of granite on the floor, if people only knew not only how expensive that stuff was to purchase, but the labor to have it installed was extremely expensive also. I worked on the Arden fair mall in Sacramento in like 1990 or 91 I can't remember right now, but it was 200,000 sq. ft. of granite and 50,000 sq. ft. of mosaic tile in the food court. I'm telly you there was ungodly amounts of money put into these places. I used to go hang out at the mall in my teens and even in my 20s and 30s. I remember when the brick cellphones came out. I had one and I thought I was so cool with that huge thing hanging from my belt loop. Oh my gosh, I never thought I'd see theses places just looking like scenes from the walking dead. It's a trip, so scary.
U dint telly me nofin.
what material were the floors before you worked in arden?
frank mathis I am a granite salesman, fabricator and installer. The expensive, or rather most expensive part of getting granite is fabrication, the logistics are also a nightmare because of the weight. The most unfortunate part of granite or marble installed and left is it actually costs more to remove and reinstall it in almost all cases than it costs to buy new stone and have it installed. Unless it truly is a very rare type or has historical value. I only have torn out stone to be reused a handful of times, only two of those times was it really because of the value of the stone. In was Pink Marble from the state capital bathroom (yes someone wanted the stone peed on by two presidents) and the other a rare Italian marble from a staircase of a mansion near Nashville, TN.
frank mathis back then the prices truly were ridiculous, prices have dropped @80% since then.
What mansion? Only ones I know of are Belmont and Fontanel.
the last clip of you driving away from the mall paired with that music made this video immediately 1000000000 times better and also a little sad
great job
This would honestly make a perfect setting for a horror game
Psivewri could you imagine paintballing in there
Silent Hill 3, the very first level is a hellish mall twisted by supernatural influence
2000 years from now history books will say, "Society built megalithic structures known as 'shopping malls'..."
2000 years from now,modern buildings like this will be just a mound of sand.
The only modern buildings that will remain standing by that time will likely just be military forts and the like. Places built from concrete and steel built to last. (like the modern day equivalent of a castle) Buildings like these are already breaking down without maintainance, and in a few decades to a century at most would just be a pile of rubble, twisted metal and bricks with bits of plastic and glass mixed in.
We have always built “malls” they are called bazaars
The foundations and small bits of the building materials will be found in the ground. Every once in a while you'll get incredibly lucky and a wall section will be preserved almost intact. That's how we identify ancient towns and buildings since most of them weren't made with materials that stand the test of time for hundreds and thousands of years (lots of mudbrick, wood, and grasses which biodegrade when not kept up).
This is even more true now that COVID shut down everything and malls are unlikely to be sustainable long term so we will all just gradually switch over to cyber shopping.
Omg that cop was all, OH, THERE WE GO! Made me feel like I was watching a video game play through. XD I felt the urge to run. XD
All that aside, great video. I loved every minute. There's something so surreal about places that used to be open for business but are now just standing there, wasting away. It blows my mind.
lmfao!!
that's hilarious!!
Someone should make an Urbex VideoGame. HD Graphics, Dolby 7.1 Sound.
No cheap shit. A proper game. Find your way in, explore and leave.
@excentrix Heck yes. And make it open source and people can upload their local mall.
I feel like they probably use the mall for training purposes, hence the number of officers.
I still love that he just comes around the corner and says "Oh, there we go!" so calmly.
MusicianAdam The reason why so many officers showed up is because it's building with many rooms. One single cop can be so easily ambushed that it's terrifying the thought of going in there alone. So depending on the size of the building, it's layout and how many rooms it has, they send additional officers for backup.
Now of course from our point of view ot was excessive because we are seeing it from the RUclipsr's point of view. But for the cops? They don't know if the person that just broke in armed or not, or how many of them are there.
xD I know right!!! So calming!! I would've shot the bitch xD.
The saddest part is the very end, watching Rolling Acres fade away getting smaller and smaller...all the while realizing that none of it is there anymore, the bustling crowd of people that once frequented the great mall, the gorgeous fountain that almost survived the demolition but didn't make it...the anchor stores that hung on like champs until the very end, the parking lot filled with cars that brought you to a place where you could see, feel and touch things and people that were part of a better America. I wish time travel were possible.
That would have been awesome if the fountain survived! I don't understand why it couldn't be perserved...??!!! It could have been turned into an outdoor fountain.... I guess people around there don't appreciate beauty when they see it. They tare up and destroy everything! THOSE BASTARDS!💗😡😠😡😠😡😠
Maintance is expensive probably
Everyone over 30 in the 1980s probably said the same thing about downtown shopping areas. Where people used to shop and eat and congregate and own small businesses until everyone left for the new suburban mall. With the same stores as every other mall in America. The good old days of....Claire's?
I do hope so too.. thats why i love 'back to the future'
I believe that's all coming back. The enclosed malls that put town center stores are now dying out and those centers of towns are starting to thrive. That and outdoor shopping outlets
I love the cop's nonchalant "oh there you are!" He sounded like he'd just found his kid who'd wandered off.
So a small police force descended to the mall because of the lone intruder! LOL that's awesome - I could hear your voice shaking. I'm glad it all went okay for you.
Rei Ev they didn't know it was a 'lone intruder'. For all they know it could've been a bunch of teenagers trying to break shit or whatever or criminal activities like drugs or even murder. Hey in that part of town, you never know.
They probably sent a large number of officers because a mall is a big place to search for only one or two. And obviously they take things seriously since there have been incidents at this particular mall before. The news reports you heard are only two incidents; I'll bet there are a lot more, less 'newsworthy' incidents on record.
Gees, wish I could get that kind of response when I call the police about something serious!
From the looks of it, the 'friendly' people he spoke to at the start of the video immediately called the police.
They also patrol it all of the time because they have to. They didn't want it to turn in to a Detroit-like body-dumping site and clearly, it was heading in that direction. And it was already known to be frequented by druggies and/or thugs and/or homeless people. Lot of guns fired in there, as you saw... It's a mostly vacant stretch of giant, abandoned box stores that all went out of business at once. There is a whole mile of these buildings, at least, bordering a bad part of Akron. It seems like it's getting a bit better, but slowly. I thought I'd be sad to see the mall go, but not anymore. That domino has to fall before my old hometown can really begin to recover, I think. Better vacant land than decaying dereliction.
I lived in Akron from 1989 to 1996 and it's completely shocking to see this.
fingers78 did you ever come here? If so was it good? Was the town ever good?
Went to UofA from 88 to 92, and I remember this place well... Very sad to see.
Frank W then what the place look like? (just saying because you don't have much evidence)
Maddie S657 dude this mall was awesome until the mid to late 90s. Always packed with people. Lots of fun kid times there. But things changed really fast...
Markie's Home it was a really nice mall. Very clean, well designed & well kept. It's crazy how quickly it went to shit.
Is it just me or does the glass being broken by his shoes so good
Sound so good*
+VirtuallyCia - It's not just you. I love that sound.
Exactly my thought!
+VirtuallyCia I could jam to that all day long
It's called ASMR...look it up
Walking thru this place alone I woulda been relieved to see the police
IKR? 😆
It’s so weird to see such a HUGE building, abandoned like that, and to think, this place was probably FULL of people at some point in time.
Yep from was once a nice, clean, & popular shopping destination to an abandoned building left in ruins.
I hope the police enjoyed the video at least lol
The dripping water sound is creepy as hell.
Now THIS is a dead mall. Do more like this.
This is decaying mall,the others are on life support
it´s really dangerous.
There's only so many malls like this
This is a glimpse of a post-humanity world. All that's left is Will Smith and his dog.
But then it's just Will Smith all alone
@@oscarmurdock6883 And then he stumbles across two more people.
@@iPixie66 and some deer and a lion and stuff.
Charlton Heston not Willy
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The police seemed cool. I bet they wouldn't have made you leave if that wasn't what they were instructed to do. I generally do not care for cops but they seemed nice.
What do you got against cops
They were probably nice to him because normally I bet they find all the guys with guns and all the homeless people on drugs. This man just wanted to make a cool video.
Cool seeing you here. Love your vids too.
@@april_ Not sure how they do it in the U.S. but can they see past criminal history from a licence plate? The fact they blocked his car in means maybe they did a check and saw he had no history, maybe thats why they were cool with him and just let him go with what seems not even a warning, I dont know.
Love JetFuel they run the plate and it shows who it’s registered to then they can check that persons record
I like how the plants are still living. Just like a little reminder that nature is always waiting to take over after we are gone.
+Beth G. : Plants are artificial. The only thing living and growing is the mold.
I suppose those frogs are fake too? Those plants are alive. I'm talking about the ones growing under the open skylights. If you contrast with the winter photos you can see the plants are brown because they are in their dormant stage. It appears to be summer here so they are green again.
PacERs143 um.....ok...whatever you say
+PacERs143 ur mean
"Life finds away"-Ian Malcolm
Rolling Acres? Shit, I used to drive past that place all the time and didn't notice the mall was demolished.
Also the nearby Long John Silvers has all-you-can-eat on Sundays if you're ever hungry and drunk.
It's not abandoned...that's just how everything in Ohio looks.
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f1lthyb4con 😂😂
why I'm from Canada ..and I been there in the 90s
can confirm, i live in ohio. about 20 minutes from this mall
Oh no! My feelings! D:
well walking up that escalator certainly is a fun little game of Try Not To Die isn’t it?
17:46 dan, I'm surprised you didn't cut yourself on all that edge.
I get mix emotions watching this. I use to beg my mother to go to rolling acres mall all the time. But we always ended up at chapel hill mall. I went a few times to this mall though.
Where do I begin in response to this video? I have so many memories with my grandparents going in there.
Where you got in was between the Target and Picnic Place (food court) and that used to be a fairly large furniture store. Went in there a few times but mostly remember thinking how 80's it looked with all of the glass and lights will never forget walking past it when coming in from Target to go to Eli's Char Grille to get a couple fried cheese on a stick and corn dogs. There also used to be a Wendy's and Subway in there but we always went to Eli's there was something about that cheese on a stick, and the lady that worked the counter was so nice to us. In the food Court between Eli's and the restrooms there used to be a small platform with a piano on it and occasionally a guy would be there playing music. On the far side directly across from the restrooms was a copper popper where we would get cheese and caramel popcorn mix and chocolate covered pretzel sticks. Next to Eli's before the stairs and small ramp (towards Dillards) was a shop that sold magazines and stuff and my grandpa always used to give me enough money to get a roll or two of Necco wafers. At the end of that hallways towards Dillards were the scariest stairs of my life, not sure why but I was always scared of falling in between them when I was young.
That elevator was the coolest thing in the world there when you were a kid because you could look out and just see everyone going about their day, stopping and talking with friends they would run into, and going to grab a bite to eat. The small triangular hole in the floor me and my siblings used to look over it and wondered why they bothered putting it there at all. We also loved the small fountain by the escalators. Used to go school clothes shopping in elementary and early middle school (before it started getting too bad and we switched to Chapel Hill mall) at the JCPenny outlet store. That store just always felt like it was stuck in the 70's but we were all sad when it closed a few years ago could hardly believe it when it did.
The big main fountain was so beautiful we used to sit on the edge, and when really little dangle our feet in the water, snacking on candy or popcorn we got at Target. During the Christmas season they would turn the fountain off and put a little stage up where santa would be and it was all decorated in fake snow, it was the thing all the kids from Kenmore and surrounding areas looked forward to.
Near there across from the Jewlery store (one of like 2 and at one time 3) was a Hallmark store and before that it sold teddy bears where my dad bought me a stuffed polar bear before I was born and still have. Can not remember what it was called though. Further down that path was a cheap dollar store, I believe a music store and a pet store where we would go and play with the puppies.
I'm really drawing a blank right now on the rest of the mall but that might be because it is getting late and haven't been there in over 10 years. If anyone has any questions about certain parts of the video what was there and such I'd be happy to answer them as best as I can. I spent a good 15 years going there as a child.
Kathryn Radonich Thank you for sharing your memories! It's interesting both because of what we could see on the video, but also because I've never visited America in my life. So it's cool seeing things through your eyes!
FannyMMOs it was a really cool place to go to. I can see the Shell of the building from my back yard.
What years did you hangout there? I'm guessing mid 90s based on what you said?
I believe the gift store you are referring to (where your dad purchased the teddy) was Carlton Cards. But don’t quote me on it.
@@kathrynradonich3982 What scary stairs were you talking about? We're they shown in the video? Or are you talking about the escalator?
Dude this is so calming I fell asleep to this and woke up like 3 hours later
I'd be concerned about your respiratory health lol
gas masks are an explorers best friend
Aaronasmr 883 a trip to Home Depot and $30 later take care of that.
Forget that, what about carrying a piece for protection?
buttfacemonkey ok edgelord, you try using your hands against armed assailants.
Yeah, there's only 100,000 asbestos ceiling tiles, with at least half of them on the floor.
This is the best video of your Dead Mall Series. I had an uneasy feeling the entire time watching this one. Well done!
I finally went there yesterday August 15, 2017. Most of the interior space has been demolished now, but I was able to walk into the lobby of the old theater and walk up the escalator with the thin wire chandelier that you can see in this video. It is still possible to drive the exterior of this mall as most of the façade is still up, and get a good idea of what Dan approached 2 years ago. I stood just down from the JC Penny for instance, right in front of the Rolling Acres sign where he spoke to the couple at the beginning of the video, and it's very creepy to see the smashed in windows and graffiti, and the general complete disrepair with the parking lot. You really feel like this is something out of a zombie apocalypse film. Last note, it was difficult to locate the place where Dan entered the mall as the area has now been torn down, but it was through a section just past the entrance to the movie theater on the back side of the mall. You can still see the angle of the road and work out where the building was, which is now just open space.
reminds me of the last of us
I'VE McFALLEN reminds me of the scavenger scene in The Force Awakens
I'VE McFALLEN omg, same
I'VE McFALLEN I just came here to comment that
I thought it looked very much like the scene at the mall in dlc Left Behind.
Yeah, same. I have a feeling this was one of the malls that Naughty Dog based the Left Behind present day mall on.
dude i nearly pooped at "oh there we go!"
well, the officer did well going for his flashlight first, and not his weapon... Very Nice & Friendly in Ohio, not everyplace is as safe.
17:45 That was creepy graffiti on the wall. Imagine being chased by someone in here at night time. You run into that room to hide and you shine your flashlight on the wall and you see that message... That would be so scary. 😨
And then the person is behind you 😳
Would they have really let the dog walk on that broken glass like that?
They have shoes to put on them. Seriously.
Its also safety glass which shatters into blunt pieces rather than sharp pieces
Dogs are tough, they have thick pads on their feet. Unless it's some serious jagged glass they'll be fine
You get a real "Life After People" vibe from this.
Must have been a slow day for those cops. But I suppose they know the history of the mall, so they might have suspected a shootout.