Haunted Closed Kmart - Southside Parkersburg, WV
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- AbandonedPKB presents a tour of the haunted Kmart in South Parkersburg, WV. This store closed in April 2017 as part of the massive store closures of Kmart and Sears. The store is rumored to be haunted due to a 1969 fire that took place on the site of the store which claimed the lives of 12 members of the Bailey family.
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This K-Mart was opened in 1975 and was the first building to occupy this shopping center. McDonald's has been here since around 1978, and Kroger opened in around 1981.
This is no joke! When it was opened in the toy isle, the toys would turn off and on, and there was just a really weird aura in there. Its kinda freaky ngl
This kmart is rumored to be haunted, many employees and customers reported hearing strange creepy noises coming from the loudspeakers
I graduated in 2001 from Parkersburg south high. I have moved to Georgia since and I remember hearing stories of this Kmart. Shout out to my fellow alumni!!
2003 here. :-)
Alumnists bewarO
Man I miss that Kmart so bad I got pics inside before they closed it was almost empty
I'm going to try to do a livestream of the Vienna one now that it's closing.
"Haunted Closed Kmart"
If you say so....
I absolutely love that found you guys!!! I was raised on Kay Street on North side and I now live in NJ and miss Parkersburg so much!!! I love this channel and will be watching for more uploads!!! I love hauntings as well!!! Thank you for making this channel!!!!! And I have had experiences in this K Mart...there were many times I would run out!!!!! That place was no joke!!!
I'm glad you found us too! Make sure you follow on Instagram and Facebook because different content is posted there. I have several more videos filmed but I'm waiting on permission to post the next one from the owner.
@@AbandonedPKB I definitely will I am excited to watch the upcoming videos and will add you guys on Instagram and Facebook
Then let's trade places. I'm from nj and I hate wv eww.
12 ppl died in the fire. Susie Baily, 15, was one of them that set the fire. Angry at her parents because they wouldn't allow her to date her 19 year old cousin. She got away with 12 1st degree murders
Fucked up.
The Bailey house was a bit behind Kmart. Not even on the property I believe.
There’s a book you can get in the library called “Death is no Stranger”
There’s a part 1 and 2. One of the books talks about the incident in great detail.
I Know
I have both of those books written by David Morehead ...they can be purchased at J &M Bookstore and People's News . So worth every cent - and so full of information about crime in Parkersburg in earlier years .
Susie Bailey was dating her cousin , and her father didn't like it and told her to stop . She got mad , and , with the help of her brother ( Roger ) , threw gasoline around in the house one night , and set it on fire . All died except for Susie , Roger , and the grandfather . The police were getting ready to charge the grandpa for setting the fire ...and Roger stepped up and told the truth about how the fire was set .
Buy or borrow these books ...you'll be glad you did !
So worth reading 👍
I can remember getting my first pair of Nike's there in the early 80's. The plaza in question use to be known as the South Side plaza
Very cool. This is Robert from Mid Ohio Valley Paranormal. Never heard of this Kmart being haunted but I have investigated the old Dills building downtown several times and I've heard many times that the Walmart in Spencer definitely has activity. Especially in the rear of the store. Supposedly is it related to the many deaths and trauma associated with the old Spencer state hospital and asylum that sat in that location until it was torn down when the Walmart was built. I was actually living in calhoun County at that time and saw it develope monthly until it was finished. Soon after it opened, employees started talking about weird feelings, things moving by themselves, voices, cold spots, all the usual indicators of paranormal activity. As far as I know, it continues until this day.
What’s crazy is I was parked beside McDonald’s one day around last year and there was a fire behind the store where the woods are I’m not sure if there is a house there but a lot off firefighters came I just thought that was interesting have a nice day
I don't recall anything weird happening inside of Kmart. I worked there for a yr 1998/1999. Interesting about the house fire in 69. I've never heard of that. I'm curious what will go in there...
Legit live within a 2 minute walk of this place. I dont think its haunted lol.
I do to
I love bye the family dollar
*live
Apparently, you have never heard of the Bailey house that sat on this sight before Kmart was built.
Lights went on and off by themselves.
Thing's were all over the floor after being stocked the night before.
Voices would come through the intercom.
This was when I worked here in the early 90's.
OMG I KNOW WHERE THIS IS!
In Charleston, there is a Kmart closing on January 1st
Great video
That was my family
Were you living in New Jersey at the time ?
About 60 feet north of where the pharmacy sign is now, there once was a giant tulip tree. That area was intersected by several well worn game trails where a trading post was established.
Tulip tree?? Lol ok . 😂
Lol,,,,looks just like our closed Kmart,,,,,,think every city has at least one now
They've just announced that our other one is closing. I'm going to try to livestream a walkthrough during the liquidation.
Abandoned PKB Cool, we have two closed and one open here still.
The one in my town closed in 2019 and the building sits empty on the main boulevard!
I didn’t know that this k-mart was haunted me and my mom use to go shopping there wow… i love haunted and abandoned places I subscribe to your channel
I don’t recall many stores with a double entrance like this, plus built in 75 ?
Look up the Bailey family fire and it's wasn't proven that my cousin's did it
See how they are ! Even back then ! Blame , it was an accident , but these judgey jerks make the worst out of everything. I belive u , not them! Sorry theyve done this to you . I truly am!
CJ my name is Judy Fury my mother's name was Judith Bailey my uncle is Roger Bailey my aunt is Susan Bailey get a hold of me somehow I may have some information for you that you might like to have thanks
My grandfather lived right across the street from there for my entire life. He passed away in 2017 sadly. I would have loved to ask him about the Kmart, I'm sure he would know the story and was a great storyteller. I'm going to have to ask my family about it.
Wonder if there's still a tobacco store and the little chasers is still there..
I believe so. Didn't the tobacco store go into the old Blockbuster? I'm almost certain Little Caesar's is still there but haven't seen anyone twirling a sign there for a long time.
Little Caesars and Smoker Friendly are still there
I go to south and go by this every day
Can you make some videos of the old plants on Camden avenue
Do you have one in mind? I can only think of Ames and it burnt down.
Abandoned PKB that was a big fire
So true kmart doesn't care about there store overall. Its is just money in their pocket. Worked for kmart once. Nice video. Interesting history.
Hi my is Name is nate i am 11 and I live on south side and I would like to say wv is one of the best places to live
And thanks for reading this
I remember that Kmart had some beautiful cashiers in 2016. One morning had to rush out there to send money. I didn't have time to shower or even brush my teeth. While I stood in line at the service desk, a beautiful cashier with dark hair came up and stood my side but couldn't say anything being so filthy.
I went back out there several times to try and find her but I never seen her again.
It happens to all of us man. Those kind of stores give employees like 4 hours/week so she'd be hard to track down.
Is she the one with the big booty? She's my private secretary now working the night shift. 😎
"Sir, we haven't had a female employee since 1969..." *dun dun duhhhhh* ;)
i drive past there to work every day, but i never heard of the place being haunted. it deff had a weird vibe, same weird vibe all K-marts have but a bit worse cause it was always the most run-down K-mart ive ever been to.
Here is little local ghost story for you........Years ago, there was a story in the Sunday paper with a picture that was taken inside the living room of a local house somewhere just outside of town. The picture was of family members (maybe kids) sitting on a couch. At the end of the couch was a window. Looking in the window was a man with a goatee, wearing a suit coat and tie, and a derby hat that would have been a hat that would be normally seen in the late 1800's. This was back before digital photography when you took pictures with film and had to have it developed to get your pictures. The person who took the picture swore that when the picture was taken there was nobody standing outside the window, and certainly not someone dressed in 1800's attire. The man wasn't seen until the pictures were developed and the photographer looked through the pictures for the first time. Several pictures were taken where the window showed, but only one had the man in it. The story caused a bit of a stir because the person (ghost) could be seen clearly in the picture and the people that lived there said they didn't recognize the man and couldn't explain how the picture could possibly be taken without noticing the guy looking in the window at them.
So many spirits from the horrible way they live and die here .
My grandparents talked about an old house that sat there and some people were killed in it
Well if it was the Bailey house that was my family's house there was three children that survived and the grandfather do you have any questions ask me because from the looks of it not everybody knows what happened and they're just speculating
@@judyfury3125 What happened?
I live near here
The fire occurred in 1969 I was a student at Washington jr. high and I remember the class talking about the fire some of the kids knew the family. What was freaking everyone out was that the Bailey kids were smiling in a newspaper photo at the fire. One girl who was related o4 a close friend said that the kids were mistreated they didn’t eat supper many nights, generly a bad situation. The police later said the kids started the fire, but I don’t remember what happened to the children. But you should be able to find out at the local library or at the Parkersburg newspaper office. I have a suggestion for a story. In the summer of 1969 a Vietnam soldier who had returned home and had shot up the town, and had fired at a couple of my friends at the time.
Interesting that they did not board up the front door. Other close Kmarts have the front door boarded up. One reason Sears/Kmart is failing is because of poor customer service
I don't expect much from Kmart but I do expect to not be accused of stealing.
Glad I no longer live in Parkersburg. I was last there in 2014. This city depressed me.
Lucky . You are so right. I'm not a native and I hate them all. So bad nowdays ! Gets lower everyday 😭
I went here all the time when I was a kid
You guys are killing me with this arguement over which side of town is the rough side. I grew up in the Los Angeles area and have been in WV for over 20 years. Compared to where I came from every part of Parkersburg is a freakin' joke!
Robin Collins I use the rough side of the sponge for dishes.
Lmao it's amazing at some of you will argue about..... hahaha
If you guys want to see a ruff side check out my Detroit KMART tour! The things I recorded will make this place look like a elementary school!!
There's only one way to settle this ! Put both groups in a park and let them duke it out !
Agreed I wasnt born here iether , eww. It's all lame . I hate it with a passion .
is anyone else curious as to why all that peanut butter was eaten and by whom? lol
Melanie johnson homeless
Homeless duh. We have tons !!!
Skidders ..
THIS WAS MY ALL TIME FAVORITE PLACE TO SHOP FOR ANYTHING I WANTED ! IF K MART DIDN'T HAVE IT YOU DON'T NEED IT ! OH, SO PEOPLE ON THE SOUTH SIDE ARE SUB STANDARD ? WANT TO EXPLAIN YOURSELF !
I used to go there a lot before it closed down
They closed all the Kmarts around there and across the bridge in Ohio too ..
I got stuck in there in 79 when a toad choker flooded the parking lot. The Kmart had 4” of water in it😂
I love close to this
The Kmart In Vienna West Virginia Closed Also
Yes, I have a video of it from about two months before it closed.
Abandoned PKB Which One Huh
Actually one kid survived and that was the kid who set the fire
No it was two kids survived and a grandfather that was my family
Actually it was three kids that survived in the grandfather okay you guys need to get your damn story straight if not find a family member that knows what the hell happened and you know what you can talk to me about it because I know exactly what happened because I was told all about it and I've read the clippings I have every last one of them
@@judyfury3125 THIS WAS 7 MONTHS AGO YOU THINK IM SMART?
Susie Bailey and her brother , Roger set the fire - then went outside and watched it burn . The grandfather made it out alive ..
The sister and the brother and the grandfather survived. The sister and brother were the murderers.
My aunt worked here her whole career, I'm gonna call her tomorrow and ask about the haunting part 😂😂😂 I either haven't heard stories or I need to hear them again 😅
McDonald's is behind you
I walk my Husky in front of this store sometimes while my wife shops at Kroger. I didn't even know it was haunted lol.
I live near that well I used too anyway
Sup Brayden
Omg I live there
Fourteen Men I live a couple hours away from Parkersburg maybe 1 or 2
You live in that Kmart?
SCOTTY BEHM no in Parkersburg WV
Fourteen Men same man
i live right down the street from there lol
Finally an end to a dying breed. Those stores were always cheesy on the inside, had a stink that would attach to your clothes, people just ate for free while walking around and discarded the trash on the shelves.... I think once they stopped selling guns and ammo, it went down hill... imo...
lol it didn't smell. Don't lie.
Haha I remember being in that store as a kid
I used to go there a lot
In 2012 my old teacher worked there
Still empty today
It looks haunted
Has any actual seen something.?
This place is haunted
One time I was looking through the window and there was this ugly thing looking back at me then I begin to move then it moved, I stopped then it stopped, then I waved then it too waved then I realized it was my own reflection and shorty after that I realized I am not a handsome man 😛
LOL! 🤣😂
Too each their own, but I frequented that K-mart since the late 1980's and I never got any vibes like that from it.
That was a local silly 😂
Dya thank them dang ghosts ate the peanut butter ???
I'd say homeless people probably.
Big homeless rats ate it .
You lost me at south side being the rough part of town...then it was over when you said they had bad customer service. Those people worked hard and were very upset to lose their jobs. Shame on you for grouping this store and all employees under your one bad experience.
You can have your opinion about the condition of the neighborhood but you're wrong to tell me that I can't have an opinion on customer service based on my own experience. If they didn't want something bad to be said about them, they should have acted better. There's no excuse for the way I was treated. Because of that I never went back so that is the only experience I had at that store to share. If they were like that with me, they were like that with others. Maybe if they had better attitudes they wouldn't have driven so many people away. There's a reason that's the only store that closed.
Momma Mel thats the truth
@@AbandonedPKB You're not wrong. The Service always sucked there. I remember back in the 90's, they gave my Dad a hard time about returning a VCR, even though he paid for a warranty. Plus they were always really slow at the cash register.
I use to work there
Kohls on Southside is also haunted. I could tell you some stories as a former employee. You should make a video!
Haha no it isn't. 😂
I live there
Brayden is this you?
@@drewblough8365 drew wtf you doing how did u know
Dya thank hobby lobby is haunted ???
I don't know. This is the southside store.
fix the audio pal
That place is not hunted I have been there plenty of times
Raised on 4th ave
Haunted
Hey look it’s my mustang
You got south and north sides confused! South side is not ruff at all compared to north end.
I disagree with that. There are parts of the northside that are rougher than the southside but overall the south is much worse. However, I want to clarify that what you’re referring to as the north end is just north of the Little Kanawha River. North End is a distinct neighborhood.
It all sucks .why argue?? Its great for the drug addicted ! They're livin high .bahahah !😂
Southside is not as bad as Parkersburg and North End ...
I do some stuff like this too,mostly malls. Whenever you get a chance check out my channel
Please be careful my friend Rusty crash his bike and how it is he was doing a lot of welding and he hit is hede so hard he does not know how he crash his modersike so hard he must up his stomich and peeing out blood
The fire happened in '69 the oldest daughter did it with the help of her brother becouse her parents didn't want her to have a relationship with her own cousin which she was in love with and drove her to set the house on fire with everyone in it the grandfather was the only survivor ....wicked day in history 😣😞
First off you need to get your story straight my mother didn't start the fire her brother and her sister did so her sister could marry her cousin
@@judyfury3125 are you the oldest daughter ? You were married , and not living there , right ? I can only imagine the heartbreak you suffered ...❤️
IT'S NOT HAUNTED I LIVE BY IT AND NOTHING HAS HAPPEND
Your lack of experience doesn't discount the experiences of many others.
Abandoned PKB good point
Go inside and spend the night there all by yourself
I live in Parkersburg that place is not haunted
My mother in law worked there and yes, a lot went on.... she didn't even believe in such things. Items would be moved from the shelves and then be stacked in the middle of the floor, they heard old radio shows playing at night when no radio was on, often ball games, if they had merchandise to put on the shelves -- they would then find it knocked on the floor.. they would hear a woman talking over the loudspeaker who should not have been there.. this was at night when they stocked shelves and no one else was there. It would be interesting to know if Mr. Bailey listened to ball games or the old man who escaped. I bet one of them did.
@@moonsetful daaamn. That's deep
Whoop whoop ,,south side pride
Lmao this stored died
Right behind that store in 1969 a girl killed her faimliy they all burned to death she started the fire. She was 15. Susan something watch Lamont at large he just did the story
That was my aunt and uncle her name was Susan Bailey and his name was Roger Bailey
Southside, the rough part of town? hahahaha
Tammy R Lawson just the trashiest I spose
It is though. Facts. I've lived around here for 20+ years.
It all sucks face it.
Haha "RATS" Yep.
"Rough And. Tough South"
South side is not the rough side of town 😂 are your kidding me.
Do not trash Southside ! I gave you a thumbs down for that
Give me another.
I always did like south side but then they ruined it for me .
Abondoned Kmarts are all over the country. People dying on the property doesn't make it haunted. To say this thing is haunted is stupidity. Maybe it gets some clicks. Kroger should tear down the Kmart, and build a new Kroger, and use old Kroger to add inline space like other side. When companies toy with poor people God puts them out of business. Your air mattress fiasco in not getting a refund or exchange might be "the reason" God put them out of business. You never know. I hate Kmart. The guy who tried to rescue Sears/ Kmart via the merger, Berkowitz, was a total loser/ a compete dunce. He thought he'd create a winner by combining two losers, and what he got instead was one big loser.
It says in the video why I say it's haunted. It has nothing to do with me getting views.
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