DEAD MALL SERIES : DEAD IN PENNSYLVANIA : Columbia Mall in Bloomsburg
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I just visited here over the weekend and I discovered that the final business on the interior concourse of the mall will be closing March 27th. I’ve been going to this mall my entire life, and even used to work at a store there for 2 years. It’s so incredibly sad to see it like this now. Pieces of the ceiling are literally caving in now, and they don’t even turn all the lights on inside anymore.
Hi, my name is Wendy Christine. Bon Jovi is my hairstylist. 😂
One of these days you're going to sneak into a abandoned mall and find a Bath & Body works fully stocked with the lights on.
Triot Hahahahaha!!
Don't forget the GMC.
Raf Tash
Even Dixie Square had a GNC.
Maybe even a Victorias Secret.
Triot Even after a zombie apocalypse, there will still be a fully stocked and fully functioning Bath and Body Works.
The last three retail stores on earth will probably be Victoria secret, GNC and Bath and Body Works
And the last person on earth will be Keith Richards...
It will be Keith Richards in a GNC and we can find out what he has been taking all these years
Jedi Lennon ! - haha! Exactly. We will finally know his secret to cheating death!
I've seen dead malls with just two of those three, but BB&W is always one of them.
Jedi Lennon ! So that means that when Apocalypse strikes, all of us survivors will be *steroid-abusing, perfume-drenched crossdressers*? 😆
at least if there's ever an apocalypse we know Bath & Body Works will be still be providing us with quality lotions and candles
Whats wrong with bbw
GNC will at least have our vitamins
But you ll only be able to buy them online. delivered by an AI weaponised drone, and only be able to pay by credit card, inside the wall of a superblock.
Echoey mall music...never fails to transport me into another dimension.
Yeah wonder what the tune was.
Every time I see the color combinations of salmon and turquoise, I'm reminded of the furniture I was given for my first apartment in 1999. It was that lovely combination of salmon, turquoise and mint green in the oh-so-90's Southwestern print that was so popular. I giggle and hard roll my eyes that all of that is coming back into style again with teens.
I'd buy it. Then again, I'm just a dumb teenager who's obsessed with pop culture from, oh... 1967-1999?
Hah, I had a couch and loveseat that I got from my parents when I first moved out with that same color scheme, and the awful 90's floral print. Also in 1999. When I lost the house I lived in from 2004-2008, I just left 'em there.
BikerBoyNJ You're a teen who's into pop culture and collects nostalgic items. That's a lot different than a teen who thinks pastel colored southwestern prints are something new and trendy. For instance, one of my son's female friends was showing me "these cool chokers that look like a tattoo!". I explained to her that I wore those in high school and showed her a pic. She looked floored. So, in no way was I calling any teens dumb.
Mindy Roth
_The 90s are stubborn._
Ian V. Raybeck same. exact same. love those years
Born and raised in Bloomsburg and moved to Honolulu four years ago. Breaks my heart to see this, feel like crying. I remember when there used to be a semi-cool FYE in this mall where you could get movies and records and Titanic posters. We used to always go to the Claire's near one of the exits-there was also a middling pizza shop in that wing that reminded me of a place in the Steamtown/Frackville mall. As a kid my family had an unreliable Pontiac Firebird and I remember going into that very Radioshack to get a cellphone in case we got stuck on I-80. It was a special occasion back then because no one we knew had one. Different times.
What you wrote is pretty much what everyone feels who watches these videos. Most of us are here because our hometown mall broke our heart.
I lived in Bloomsburg from 1971 until 1976 when I returned to Wilmington, Delaware to live. I'm from Wilmington, Delaware origonally; I do not go back to Bloomsburg to visit; I really didn't have any friends there. The town sucks, too
w a r m g l a z e d n u t s
Maqaroon wogh you have 1 mil subs
lul nutz
I love your videos!
Ask for a taster test. They give you warmed glazed nut. Singular.
irresistible
music is so A E S T H E T I C S
The shapeshifting lady demon tumbling down the mountain, (screaming) is hilarious!! Lol!
Ikr I was laughing so hard
The intro was hilarious making the woman sound demonic and then her falling from the ski mountain I busted out laughing
Hell no man, it scared the shit out of me when that girl did her demonic face
hltigue The demon face and the comical fall and scream are hilarious XD
I died a tad.
hltigue. The Intro was hilarious.
It looks like she's wearing false teeth.
What makes these dead malls really creepy is the echoing of upbeat 80's music.
Its added during the video production but i agree adds to the immersion.
Opposite for me, the upbeat 80s music transports me into another dimension.
For real
@@djjayem100 The giveaway is that it's vaporwave remixes.
Mall owners need to learn that JCPenny, Macys, and Sears aren't as popular anymore.
Actually even at our decrepit mall those stores are still dragging people in except for Macy's since they went out. We also still have a Belks
Wow thanks for the input... 🙄
Those department stores were popular when a lot of malls were built. That's why most of them are anchor stores for malls. The mall started dying at the same time as those stores
They were when most malls opened...
Macy's is still a thing, the rest...not so much
Dead malls need micro breweries, gun ranges, and indoor go cart tracks.
Gardener Earth Guy And laser tag.
When I was on a school trip, I don't remember where. Somewhere in mid-North Carolina, closer to the mountains. Our hotel was near an old mall. I know because a group of us walked over to mob the dollar store (with a chaperone. We were in middle school). I mean the mall looked in bad shape. I'm not entirely sure the interior was even in use anymore. They were advertising the possible future home of a laser tag operation, and haunted house thing at the mall entrance. I really wish I had had a camera to snap pictures.
Well that sounds like a good combination, alcohol shooting and driving!
you can get all your thrills AT THE MALLLL instead of on the streets!
Sign me up!
I see that this mall has a Payless Shoe Source store. Payless filed for bankruptcy 4 days ago. They are closing 400 stores immediately, but I don't know if the store in this mall is one of them.
None of the local stores got hit, but it's early. Western PA got hit hard.
dw1984dw I read that as well. Plus Sears, Macy's and jcpenney are heading in the same direction.
It doesn't help that their logo still looks straight out of 1978.
This location is spared for now. As far as I can tell, 3 of the 11 stores closing in PA are mall locations. Two near Pittsburgh and one in the Philadelphia area.
The Payless stores in Australia are pretty bad, they're not actually that cheap. The Payless stores I've been to in the USA seem decent though.
I just moved to that area of PA for a job and was looking for a mall to shop at. When I googled it and saw the pics of the inside, all I could think was, "damn... this place looks eerily familiar." I then looked on your channel to see if it was one of the ones you recorded, and it turns out that it is! Love the series and your channel. Glad I can experience this place in real life.
I'm really loving your Dead Mall Series Dan! It's so strange to actually "notice" the desolate space. It's creepy, sad and weird all in the same emotion if that makes any sense. All the late eighties and early to mid 90's decor is just wow! I'm sure they don't replace it because of the cost that it would take. Seems like the malls that have this type of decor are more prone to becoming dead because of their lack of updates or something. It's really hard to believe they're no toy stores. no hobby stores, no record stores, this one didn't even have a game store. It's crazy
They had a camelot music AND an FYE at one time.
That intro though lol
I hope Will is ok! Haha
Looked like a cheap porn flick
Will was zonked from all that mall walking
Vax Buster Demonic porn? I'm down.
*smiles at camera*
*shutter click*
*pupils disappear*
YESSSS this is so close to me, sometimes I go here just to walk and feel like I'm in a Dan Bell video! So happy you journeyed to this mall!
Sarah Stemrich Chapter 11 or 7? Just curious, as this is the first I've heard of it.
Bankruptcy on the Columbia Mall?
As much as I think most of us want to see a redevelopment, this malls never declared bankruptcy.
the reason gnc and bath and body are left is because their overhead costs are low. They can make money even in a dead mall.
Everyone talking about the intro but not the dead guy on the bench at the end lmao
Senior that's Will lol
That's Wendy's Granpa . He died in a dead mall fighting a giant cockroach with his bear hands
the '80s - time of beautiful excess. hairspray, cocaine, endless shopping. the Internet is the new drug.
It's the only one anyone can afford anymore.
@@cdfactory why is boomer even an insult?
@@whatshisname3304 Kids have no idea how fun, exciting and engaging life could be before cell phones, social media and internet. Their loss.
@@AGirlHasNoName1.168 everything has to be validated by the internet, social media, its kind of real-life substitute. they cannot comprehend a world without it.
I freaking love the old bath and body works store design. The new ones feel so sterile
Not actually a Bath&Body Works, but the old South Hills Mall in Poughkeepsie NY had a dentist office that looked like it hadn't changed it's facade since the mall opened in the late 70's. Was like that until the mall was partially demolished and turned into a strip mall.
I went to your website and I was really surprised you don't sell vintage/vaporwave clothing. I figured clothing like that would sell like hotcakes
whenever i see the elderly out mall walking I want to give them props for keeping active at least even a little bit. even that little bit of exercise some one gets from walking around a mall for a while can do great things for someone older.
Greenboy28 I always want to tell them to buy something or get out
@@chubbyjaydraws Mall walkers keep that last food spot open in the food
I love that overly gridded pattern ceiling that was so typical of the late-80s and early-90s. Whatever factory was making that stuff probably couldn't churn it out fast enough.
i wonder what wendy and michelle are up to now
They unfortunately passed away in '94 from an undisclosed STD.
Wendy did die in '94, Michelle did in 1999. Found dead in a motel in Detroit with a needle in her arm and $27.35 left in her account.
How bout shelby
both killed in a freak farting accident.
Walking around dead malls
This is amazing. These dead malls are infinitely fascinating. You win twenty internets for correctly getting the dead mall vaporwave aesthetic right also. Subbed
I remember going to this mall when I was a kid. Its wild how much it has changed over the years.
The intro reminds me of all those ads for "party lines" I'd see back in the 90's
Dan it was announced last week that Payless Shoes is closing many of their stores. This mall could be affected as well.
Mostly Western PA was affected as of now.
Doug Grun Minnesota was one too
Payless was such garbage
The guy at the end sums it all up perfectly.
For those who don't have dead or dying malls in their areas, they are a lot more depressing in person than on video, especially if it is one you grew up going to. There is one in my area that is on a beach that has been featured on various movies and TV series over the years and it also has a Hotel attached to it that was always rather creepy even back when the mall was active. Now the only left inside the mall is a single coffee stand and maybe a small convenience store that is directly in front of the Hotel check in area, otherwise it is nothing but empty display cases and broken dreams.
What we need to take away from this video: In the event of a nuclear threat, take refuge in a GNC or Bath & Body Works. XD
You should do the Arnot Mall in Horseheads, NY. That mall just keeps losing store after store and is pretty sad to go to.
Amy Garman lol used to go their with my ex when I would visit her upstate its so crappy I was waiting for someone to mention it
The quality of these videos is constantly improving just AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH AMAZING I WANT MOOOOOORE
they should open these up to roller skating
Thats a good idea! They should. I would go.
The soon to be next dead mall is the susquehanna valley mall, about 40 minutes away from the columbia mall they just loss sears, and the way it looks, it wouldn't be surprising if they lost bon-ton too. Also the radioshack in this video is soon to be closing.
Gone already.
Yeah, your right and its only going to get worse.
Those malls have taken too many gut punches in the last two year. The rumors flowing about Susquehanna are interesting, but I hope they can do something. Lots of stores are not available on the strip that would be nice additions.
While the Susquehanna Valley Mall isn't was it used to be, I consider it to be in better shape than most of the malls Dan Bell does. It still is somewhat busy on the weekends and after 4 PM on weekdays. Plus, Route 11/15 is always really busy, so the mall has that going for it.
If any mall in the area will survive for years, it's going to be the Susquehanna Valley Mall. They don't have a lot of empty sites and I've seen them packed on Saturday nights.
Great video Dan! I was wondering when this Mall would be added to the series. The Lycoming Mall located in Muncy Pa 45 minutes north west of the Columbia Mall is also heading quickly in the dead mall direction. the Lycoming Mall lost Macys in march and the JCPenneys is slated to close, plus I can't imagine Sears lasting much longer. That will leave just 2 anchors:Bon-Ton and Burlington Coat Factory.
these videos are SO well done. the music, editing, and and narration adds so much.
W a r m g l a z e d n u t s
BrandonMoretti lmao I was waiting for someone to say this
I find it heartbraking and interesting at the same time.
First, I'm not from North America so to learn your culture spending weekend hanging out in a mall (like why?) is interesting. What exactly people with families were doing there? It is just different and interesting because of the difference.
Second, it is heartbreaking. I mean, for us now it is easy to say "haha, not trendy, cannot innovate, die", but at one point of time there were people with big plans and dreams were behind a lot of these businesses. And I cannot image how they feel when they see their "babies" go. It is sad.
It's difficult to explain it exactly, but in the 70s/80s/90s-ish, people either had a lot of disposable income or they had a lot of 'credit'. At this time in American culture we as a whole practically worship consumerism- buying and owning things, having luxurious and fun stuff that 90% of the time was just superficial stuff we didn't need.
The things was, a lot of credit was given out back then, very easily. Too easily. People who didn't have money to spend could easily get credit to spend money they didn't have so they too could join in on worshiping consumerism. Because for a while it was so easy/commonplace for people to spend money even if they didn't actually have it, putting a bunch of stores together in one conglomerate that offered a lot to buy in one cool trip was a very profitable venture.
I remember as a young child a trip to any mall mean I'd probably get to do something cool like go to an arcade, eat some food our at a restaurant, and maybe I'd get a toy or a video game from one of the stores with my parents.
Time have really changed. It seems to me that very few people go out shopping as an activity, and more as a necessity. It's because all of the reckless borrowing/crediting eventually caught up to everyone and there were some really bad crashes that left a lot of people and businesses bankrupt. Now many people have learned their lesson and don't just throw money around, even when they have it.
a lot of north american cities aren't laid out in such a way that there's a lot of community spaces, so going to the mall was just a place to go. i grew up in a suburb like that, and there was a downtown but it was far away, so shopping areas were really the only public places you could go and wander around and be social (and see movies, eat, etc)
RunicLady lovely explanation
RunicLady that’s not true. People still spend money recklessly. Nothing has changed
it really amazes me how there are stores still open in these dead malls. i went to a dead mall here in ATL and i felt so weird in it...i felt so bad for all the people working there, because it'll be a matter of time before they all run out of business.. what will they do then?? the thought of those hard working people being left with no job really saddens me..and to think they have to work in a place like a dead mall?? damnn..i feel really bad
snow flower what mall was that in Atlanta?
Do you know what mall it was?? Perhaps Gwinnett Place??
When a mall loses JCPenney it’s over🤣
Anyone yet to make an "I'm dying 😂"post yet? If not...
That intro 😂 I'm dying here. Literally dying 😂😂
Oh decaying malls of the mid Atlantic, how I've missed you!❤
I'm I the Only one who lives for these Dead Malls Series....
Awesome mall! Thanks for taking the time to film this! Loved the intro and music as well!
Thanks for these videos on old and dying Malls! The music and tour transport me back to going to Malls in the 1970s-1990s.
Dan, you made my morning! Almost like the feeling from waking up to Saturday morning cartoons used to be.
Something so morbidly fascinating about watching these videos. As a Gen X'er, it is like watching your youth disappear.
Another great video! Caught your Ted talk - fantastic work:) Every day that one of these videos pops up in my feed is a great day!
I love the dark humor and satire you edit into the old film clips and commercials.
I find your channel to be one of the most interesting and obtuse on TH-cam. Never change.
I laughed so hard at the lady falling down the snow!!! Lol
Living for this so hard. Your videos just get better and better, more dead malls, never stop. Thanks!
Long time subscriber. Love what you do. Just stumbled on your TED talk on dead malls and it was really enjoyable. Keep it up.
How does Dan conceal his camera? I keep looking for reflections in a window to see his setup.
Vax Buster also people don't look at him. If I was somewhere and there was a guy pointing a camera in my direction, I'd be curious.
My guess is glasses with built-in camera.
The quality is too high for a glasses cam, it's either a bag, cup, or head mounted cam concealed cleverly
it's a peehole camera, very tiny and inconspicuous. you can get them on amazon now.
He mentioned previously that he conceals his camera .. but not how. Professional filming requires prior consent, and a disclaimer / waver to be signed
song in the background at 5:30?
this sounds like music you put in. But i cant tell, it goes so well with the A E S T H E T I C.
I love watching these. They're always so enjoyable and relaxing. Thankyou, Mr. Bell.
The intro is THE BEST!!! lol awesome video Dan!! Loved watching this xxx
There are still a whole bunch of Radioshacks here in Michigan.
Not here in Miami. There used to be 3 of them (International Mall, Westchester Shopping Center & the One Bird Shopping Center) within 2 miles of my house...all 3 gone now.
There's a lot in New Jersey, but they're disappearing quickly. Kinda disappointing...
samanas _ Live in a city with 3k people in Michigan. No Walmart but we have a RadioShack.
I testify to this I live in New Jersey and my hometown's Radio Shack is closing down.
samanas _ Ayy, I'm from Michigan too
I'm confused by the random 80s-90s footage
Raven Wolf: it's part of dans art and what he does to be humorous
Not random at all.
always get excited when new episodes pop up! love your sense of humor btw lol
This is so sad to watch, I love going to malls, our mall lost a ton of its stores and we are honestly so lucky to even have any decent clothing stores anymore. It used to have a thriving food court, I remember back in the early 2000s when I was a kid and would go with my parents and we'd always get pretzels, there used to be so many amazing shops, now everything left. We're getting a trampoline park and a senior center at ours and just got a Dunhams and planet fitness. You'd honestly think with all the vintage trends or whatever coming back, that people would shop at malls more. Hell, my mom and I went to our mall on Black Friday and you could have laid in the middle of the mall and not gotten trampled, there's was almost nobody around. It seems strip malls are becoming the thing now, we just got one not too long ago and got a Trader Joe's, pier one, ulta beauty, old navy and gap in walking distance from our house. Though my dad was talking about how malls are being forced to close do to stores leaving bc of a whole corporate greed ordeal, people just want way too much for stores to stay at their malls.
Can you do a update video of The Steamtown Mall in Scranton PA? I heard the mall has been bought and would like to see if its still dead.
I was about to say he needs to do that one but he mentioned being there. I was there last year right 5th of July while up in Scranton for a concert and the entire town looked dead.
it is supposed to get an aquarium now.
Cowbell Customs The town is dead. I fucking hate living here
Space Ghost it looked like a half decent place minus the fact there's no one there and presumably nothing to do other than head down the road to montage mountain for concerts.
+Moon Cricket Like he's going to cop to that in a public forum. FFS! Just play it cool, if it's gonna happen it's gonna happen.
I still remember that time you intervened a drug deal but I can't find that video?
was it an urbex video? because there is a video where he found drugs in an abandoned apartment building while people were in the room right next to him.
Do you mean his film Trapped and Terrified?
Being a security guard who works 12 hours sitting in a guard shack. I would love to work at a dead mall for a change. This web series is really entertaining to watch please keep it up.
I absolutely love your videos! I struggle with falling asleep at night and the music, narrating, and colors give me a good nights rest! (And of course I watch them awake as well). I really hope you continue making these videos and watch out for mall walkers!
Yes!!! Proper People last night & waking up to This is Dan Bell♡
Still loving the relaxed vibe that these dead mall series videos give.
Watched every single "Another Dirty Room" and now onto these. TH-cam finally had something great under "Recommended". So glad I saw your channel! Love "Another Dirty Room"!
Came here from your TED video. I love these abandoned or close to abandoned videos.
Also, the vaporwave aesthetic is great
That intro footage was hilarious!!
Warm Glazed nuts, what an ad!!!!!
I absolutely love the old footlocker store layout. Great work again Dan!
Dan I just love your sense of humor.... good stuff especially the beginnings....
I actually kind of love those tacky fake ivy plants up on the ceiling against that salmon pink wall color.
'Mall Walker Alert' at 05:08 - hilarious! and at 06:05 _"Oh, I just wanted to return this... oh you're now closed, that was quick!"_ Oh Will, what has become of you :(
I love everything you do. Please never stop making videos!
That intro was hilarious and sexy at the same time. Dan Bell=Genius
Mall prints in my shop! Get some today! www.ShopDanBell.com
Thanks, Tyler!
that payless is probably going too
This is Dan Bell. here in York Pa there's a dead mall you would really love called the York Galleria
Brandon Kirkwood almost dead have to give it some more time to finally expire.
This is Dan Bell. Have you gone to the regecy square mall here in Virginia, its almost completely dead
Omg the intro that person falling down the snowy mountain 😂😂😂
The best thing on TH-cam. cheers Dan I wish you could these every week.
Pay less shoes are going down next.
Ted Roberts yea they just filled for bankruptcy . I knew it was coming.
the Payless exterior just seems to shout "meh"
yea, i think they said it was because competition from online. Which didnt surprise me one bit.
Amazon and eBay killed the 80's
FINALLY FOUND THE INTRO SONG!!!
Song is "What's Missing" from the album Lighter Than Leisure by 幽霊, TOGETHER!
PAY2WIN GAMING it seems like it also sampled “Oh Honey” by Delegation
The way you edit these dead mall series videos is just pure magic
Quality work as always, Dan!
you would be surprised at the amount of cruising that goes on in mall restrooms
Dan Bell, in the majestic halls, photographing, presenting, walking through these dead malls.
In the high school halls...
In the shopping malls...
CONFORM OR BE CAST OUT!
BikerBoyNJ Good song. Love Rush!
You should find more abandoned malls to explore, those are fun to watch! Keep up the good work dan!
This was great! Loved all that pink! Also just watched your Ted Talk video! Great job! I fully agree with your vintage mall appeal idea- keep it unrenovated and kept well, serve like trendy food truck type food in the food court, have a really good arcade and bar... I would go!!
Still more alive than Century 3
Which, in turn, was more alive than Forest Fair...
Oh My God! Wills dead! The Culprit: boredom.
I really love this series. Thanks so much for it!!!
Can we talk for a minute about how good the sound is on this? I love how you lay the music in and give it lots of space aurally. Very nice work!
This is the dead mall for my town I was even in the vid!
And as of may 27 the radio shack is gone
Anyone know what the ski model woman is up to now?
Mature anal porn mostly.
mhotl you have uhhh issues with women don’t you?
Khu NoPie probably about 200 lbs.
+Sarah Bowtell No, but you obviously have issues with humor.
Stints in and out of rehab.
Thankyou Dan Bell for another great Dead Mall Video! You excel in all you do to entertain your Audience! Bright Blessings! Blessed Be! 🌛🌝🌜
I watch your videos every night before I go to sleep. Your voice is so relaxing!