I used to clean a bowling alley. After hours of course, sometime around 11 pm. It had a totally different vibe at night time. One of the creepiest places I've ever worked, i was always looking over my shoulder. All those horrid memories are flooding back
Yup, as long as the power's on, the Muzak will keep playing.... on and on and on.... (sorta like "Grim Grinning Ghosts" in the Disneyland Haunted Mansion!)
After years of overnight security at dead buildings, nothing I see on your channel actually scares me. However, there are so many safety issues I see in these places you go that I am concerned for your safety. Love the vids man, stay safe.
This is Dan Bell. poor old place was nice at one time but the weird thing was that fan missing the blades and I can see a few more are screwed up to there's a few that are mint the place is very cool and creepy at the same time cool video dude
My advice for you: don't ever go UE alone. Never ever. Always bring a friend or a group of friends. You never know what you might encounter in the dark.
Wow, never have I seen a place this destroyed with the power still on! Great vid, we might have to take some cues from your production quality also haha. What kind of rig/stabilizer do you use to film with?
The Proper People Thanks, guys! As far as my rig...I use a movcam cage for sound, lighting and sometimes monitor. I attach a vintage vivitar handle to it and keep it as steady as I can. I usually apply some minimal stabilization in post as long as it doesn’t look wavy. I saw yesterday that you guys got busted as well. Never turn off the camera!! GOLD!!
This is Dan Bell. Yea I was just terrified that we weren't going to get off scott-free, and I thought if they saw us filming them it would hurt our chances. They came around the corner with guns drawn on us so it was a bit more of a tense situation than in your video. I'll have to look into getting a cage type rig now, looks simple enough to carry around while exploring and the results look great.
The Proper People Yeah, my cops had flashlights drawn. Haha. Worst feeling in the world. I hate getting caught. The cages are good because you don’t have to fiddle with all your extras. You just have to set it up so it’s comfortable for you. That’s the main thing. Once you’re comfortable, you can concentrate on getting good shots. I do find it difficult sometimes when I’m riddled with anxiety in these places to concentrate on getting good footage. I have to stop, breathe and start again. This video wasn’t easy. I wanted to get the fuck out of this place so bad but knew the video would be great so I mustered through.
For us we try to focus an equal amount on enjoying exploring the place and on getting footage. Because as soon as getting the footage becomes too much of a chore, making the videos won't be fun anymore. So yea a cage would be great for allowing us to get better footage without it being more work to film.
Yes!! And the adjacent restaurant area was Charcoal Pit. Pike Creek was built in 88, and closed in 2009. Run to the ground by decidedly poor management. There are plenty of videos about it, the year it opened, on youtube channel Bowlers Gazzette. But by looking at them, the bowling alley looked old even then. Wooden lanes, hand-written score. IT was built with new masking plates, seating and ball returns, but the pinsetters and wooden alley beds were used.
@@BLAZERWILD No but just the sheer fact the power was left on all that time (mind you, it closed in June 2009), along with the firm who owned it was known to be sordid and controversial (ie Dan's reference to the local bums who "guarded" it) suggests it was either intentional or negligence. Not only was the place deliberately run to the ground, they were met with community opposition when they wanted to demolish it immediately after closure and redevelop it as a grocery store. Of course none of this was brought up in the news coverage over the fire, but who knows if the resultant elimination of the alley will boost any redevelopment plans.
I cannot stop watching this video! At 8:14 there are brand new pinsetter parts on the wall. Exploring that place would be beyond awesome! This is the best video ever, Dan!! Will you explore more bowling centers soon?
Hi! I really enjoy watching your vids. It gets me out of the house a bit! I like it better when you keep on talking as you walk thru the places - telling what you are thinking as you see stuff. I'll bet you others would agree :)
Same here Ellie can't get enough watch everyday along with Adam the woo and Mark Dice, carpet bagger etc. Dan has the creepy job, Adam is one the road, Dice is on the net, and the carpet bagger is on the road here and there thank God for these people that do this so that we can be informed on just what does it look like now, just what are the elites up to and what does on the road food look like. lol
It was worth it Dan! Thanks for sharing your vids, I enjoy watching them very much. You do such a great job. I can't do what you do but I get to experience doing it through you. Thanks again!
Thank you for posting a fabulous abandoned video, Dan. It looks like from the mold and the look of the bowling shoes that this bowling alley has not been professionally used since at least the mid 2000's, or even earlier than that.
Just recently stumbled upon your videos, and am enjoying them very much....interesting places with wonderful, very creative documentation. Thanks so much!
Wow, the power was still left on! That's crazy, reminds me too well of an abandoned hospital I once explored. At this old hospital, the power is only left on in part of the building, since a police station was built next door to it!
The power is on! How is that even possible? This place is seriously creepy, like in some sort of a twisted nightmarish way it's still open for business!
I have a weird fascination with abandoned structures like this, especially those that are still owned by someone (which they would have to be, because someone is paying to keep that electricity on) who just isn't doing anything with the place. It's kind of sad to go through these places and think about what they used to be and how much meaning they had for people before, but it's really exciting at the same time to see the little nostalgic reminders of the past that have been left behind.
I guess it's also fun to think about how an entire format came and went. Like, small-town independent bowling alleys aren't home to the same kind of culture that they used to be, they used to be one of America's main middle-class social hubs, and now they're...not. Many of them go under like this one. Same with shopping malls, used to garner a lot of foot traffic, used to rake in a lot of money, but now they...just don't. Sure, there are a few exceptions, but they're usually nothing like what the previous generation grew up with. And in no way am I romanticizing the previous generation, but it would've been interesting to see formats like this during their heyday.
+Kim Alatore I don't see why people would just hold onto these places while they turned to wreck and ruin... Someone has to own it and others like it, but maybe they're tied up in probate or owned by the city which doesn't have enough money to even demolish them. Who knows.. But some places are abandoned for decades and decades.
+Kathryn Mierzejewski I actually imagine those stuff too! Like who was the last person who used this item, who placed it there, what they've seen, where are they now and if they even remember the place, and so on. Watching this kinds of videos makes me wonder and question stuff. c:
the ceiling fan is what sealed it for me personally. then again, those derelicts that you mentioned may have turned it on for absolutely no reason except to scare the hell out of anyone who may wonder in. Great vid as always! :D
I don't think I have seen a video where you said others have been where you are at. Creepy. But glad to see you are still doing these videos, even now, 2 years later!
The thing that worried me the most was there's still electricity there, which makes it really dangerous in case there's some water on cables or if you touch damaged appliances that are still connected.
Really enjoying your videos Dan :-) They are Interesting, scary, sad ,but Intriguing all at the same time! It never ceases to amaze me, how humans have to vandalise everything, it's like something from an apocalypse movie.The dead Mall series really fascinated me .I like the way you narrate and add the music too.
@@ThisisDanBell it bugs the crap out me when there's blurry spots in videos I really wanted to see what the masking unit of the bowling alley looked like
damn shame. bowling alley was most likely owned by an elderly individual/couple and HAD to shut its doors. i used to go to a bowling alley in chatham,ny when i was living up there named chatham lanes. a really nice old lady owned it named mrs.cross and everytime i see an alley nowadays her words from god has to have been between 1998 and 2000 echo in my mind: "i do not know how much longer i can keep this place in business geoff. things arent like they used to be. even 10 years ago (the 80s she was referring to) this place was BOOMING. this is the kind of things folks and the local teens used to do and was thier hangout. now thier hangout is on the internet or in front of the tv." its sad really. the jukebox in that awesome old stainless diner was where " bill and sally" and all of thier friends used to conglomorate. now bill talks to sally over the computer and goes to places like gaming conventions and to the phone store to buy the next video game thats hot. things will never be the same*sighs* i unfortunately was born in the current times with technology but i often wish i could just do the simple things that my parents and grandparents were accustomed to doing. killed a whole night and noone was bored lol.
I 100% agree with you even if theres times where the internet is a fast & easy thing to idk text someone i just wished people would go out more & not just have their phone as their best friend. it really is sad
Thanks for sharing Dan. love the couple of fans still turning. Shame we didn't get to see you being chased. Not that it would of been funny, but would of added to the errie feel of the video. Have to say, the best bit for me was the facy you captured the back side of the machines. I haven't really seen that done before in these films. The guys/gals that worked behind there were un-sung heros in a way. Often taken for granted when we go bowling, on what it must take to keep all those alleys running smooth and the keeping the games and fun flowing. Nice job on that bit especially. I was amazed at just how many boxes and piles of skittles were still sitting back there. Keep em coming Dan. Best regards.
4:26, Guys not only the Landmark III was Going, One of the Nutone Haciendas Behind that Casablanca Panama thing, In between the 2 Tvs was also going. Look closley, so you can see what I mean.
1) Those ceiling fans -- creepy af! 2) I never understood how power isn't cut to places like this. 3) Are you gradually becoming desensitized to the creepiness of abandoned places?
Seriously, Dan, I used to be a master Brunswick mechanic for many years and there is a gold mine in that place. Yes, those are the ancient Brunswick A machines, with the hockey sticks for a triggering system, but the rest of the parts are basically the same. All those new parts in the Brunswick bags are worth money. Where is this place located? We really need to talk. I would love to meet you at these places and explore with you....
Did he ever get back to you? That's so interesting and random that a guy, you, happens to know some obscure and lucrative info about his surroundings. Please let me know! I know it was a year ago but ....
Humm I worked at a 24 lane AMF bowling center for 4 years and those machines in the back look like Brunswick pinspotters . I am truly surprised that the power was left on someone has to pay for the power . Please be safe out there .
Nothing quite like abandoned places with power still on. It's extremely sad. It's like this building still alive with memories doesn't even notice that everyone is gone or see how hopelessly ruined it is.
I was trying to figure out why places with the power still seem so depressing and I think you nailed it! To me it's kind of like viewing a past moment in time, but there are no people there because everyone's progressed forward with time. The building, unaware that it's stuck in a time warp, patiently waits, with lights on and fan running, for people that will never come.
I hate vandalism is why a Big reason (if not the main one) that the old Reid hospital is now getting torn down this year because people started getting stupid and breaking every window in the place that they could an I rember first going there back in 2014 there wasnt much damage like that but only three years later the place looked like a bomb went off and was tottaly trashed and grafiti everywhere (when id first gone there were dry erase boards in the ICU that still had names of the doctors on them and paietant discharge instructions and that place was last open sept 10 2008 but closed whent he new reid opned up down the road only about 2 miles away was really sad Historical landmark first building opened back in july 1905
Wow... think this place could use a little more broken glass? Awesome video, Dan! And I hate to say it, but the Pepsi clock would have come home with me to be lovingly cleaned and restored! ;)
That ceiling fan flailing around with its amputated blades was the creepiest thing of all, I think. That and the fact that the power was still on. WTF?
well that may be the case sometimes but I checked out an abandoned retail store last year thsat Still had power ON comning in from one of those Big Heavy green transformers outside you could hear it humming inside the power/breaker room in back of the store inside and there were Big Heavy Guage cables Exposed from a hole in the wall by the panels and having gone to trade school for electrical wiring I know how dangerous commercial power can be witht he higher voltages
So?! It's an abandoned BOWLING ALLEY. Not a haunted house or even an abandoned hospital. There's no ghosts or anything, it's just a wrecked bowling alley. I'm watching this and it is currently 12:19am, and I'm 14. What, are you scared?! If so, grow up or click off this video.
Was going to make a Roman joke, but more importantly, Dan got chased by a group of zombie-like vagrants? Jesus, you have more balls than I would even have, man.
That old bowling alley in America 🇺🇸 sure looks creepy and the music from the beginning is also creepy as well. I have never seen any abandoned places in America 🇺🇸 like that before in my entire life. I think that vintage bowling advert probably from the 1950s creeps me out but it looks kinda interesting. By the way, that woman on the left side of the advertisement looks kinda really cute and pretty. Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪.
+SmokeyGoodness I was thinking the same thing. I worked on Brunswick A2's back in the 1980's. They were old pinsetters then, but they were built like tanks. I'm surprised to see that much equipment still in there. You think it would have been auctioned off.
Dan, I think I can hear your fans coming. WE LOVE YOU DAN OMG DAN IS DA BEST AT EVERYTING DANS VIDEOS ARE AMAZING OMG I LOVE THE TOURS! In all seriousness thou I love your videos. Continue the great work.
when your running from someone..possibly in fear for your life I dont think worrying about filing them should or would be much of a concern more then getting to saftey hopefully unharmed
I used to clean a bowling alley. After hours of course, sometime around 11 pm. It had a totally different vibe at night time. One of the creepiest places I've ever worked,
i was always looking over my shoulder. All those horrid memories are flooding back
"Try not to watch this video before bed." *watches video, before bed.*
blackandblue10
Yup! That's me!
haha same
@Joseph Schreiber That is a safe choice. He says 'do not watch before bedtime' since it is considered 'nightmare fuel'
Me too😂
Doing so right now… 😬
It must have been really spooky having an orchestra follow you around.
lol
Yup, as long as the power's on, the Muzak will keep playing.... on and on and on.... (sorta like "Grim Grinning Ghosts" in the Disneyland Haunted Mansion!)
Dan: Shhh! Guys!
Literally and entire marching band walking behind him
And dont forget those "spooky" flickering lights.....ooooo so scary. I'm sure this video will TOTALLY put people in therapy for "trauma" . Lmfao!!!
I bet all the homeless people coming out of the woods were wearing bowling shoes.
Zuludawn1 lol
Jeeze... I was gonna say the same thing.
Zuludawn1 omg I would have grabbed those for ebay
LMFAO!!!!!
Melinda thife
Weird to think that as we watch this video that that fan is still spinning.
I know!!!
Hehe indeed ;p
+Playjex u now ... ghosts!
i have to agree
It’s still spinning even now 2 years after your comment
After years of overnight security at dead buildings, nothing I see on your channel actually scares me. However, there are so many safety issues I see in these places you go that I am concerned for your safety. Love the vids man, stay safe.
have you ever seen any creepy thing?
I'm watching this whilst on a night shift as security. Haha. The building was creaking last night. Probably wasn't the best time to watch these.
Ceiling fan. NOPE.
I found that creepy too lol
It is going to fall any second it was creaking like hell
***** it was a Hampton bay landmark it's a piece of shit
***** but the rest were nutone haciendas
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Kept watching thinking there was going to be footage of the homeless people you spoke about..
See Dan's follow up video "Dan Bell CUTTING/ROOM/FLOOR Ep. #15 : VAGRANT INCIDENT AT THE ABANDONED BOWLING ALLEY" for more info.
God dammit Wii Sports, you did this!
+TheJonoChannel LoL..how exactly ??
+supermom46372 I think he means no one really goes Bowling anymore and uses the Wii for it instead XD
I’m playing Wii sports bowling while watching this
Those ceiling fans really did it for me... Great vid bro.
Thanks man!
This is Dan Bell. poor old place was nice at one time but the weird thing was that fan missing the blades and I can see a few more are screwed up to there's a few that are mint the place is very cool and creepy at the same time cool video dude
I am certain that the exploration of an abandoned bowling alley would be every teenagers dream.
My advice for you: don't ever go UE alone. Never ever. Always bring a friend or a group of friends. You never know what you might encounter in the dark.
like what?
Is this the bowling alley from Silent Hill? What the fuck is this?
Wow, never have I seen a place this destroyed with the power still on! Great vid, we might have to take some cues from your production quality also haha. What kind of rig/stabilizer do you use to film with?
The Proper People Thanks, guys! As far as my rig...I use a movcam cage for sound, lighting and sometimes monitor. I attach a vintage vivitar handle to it and keep it as steady as I can. I usually apply some minimal stabilization in post as long as it doesn’t look wavy. I saw yesterday that you guys got busted as well. Never turn off the camera!! GOLD!!
This is Dan Bell. Yea I was just terrified that we weren't going to get off scott-free, and I thought if they saw us filming them it would hurt our chances. They came around the corner with guns drawn on us so it was a bit more of a tense situation than in your video. I'll have to look into getting a cage type rig now, looks simple enough to carry around while exploring and the results look great.
The Proper People Yeah, my cops had flashlights drawn. Haha. Worst feeling in the world. I hate getting caught. The cages are good because you don’t have to fiddle with all your extras. You just have to set it up so it’s comfortable for you. That’s the main thing. Once you’re comfortable, you can concentrate on getting good shots. I do find it difficult sometimes when I’m riddled with anxiety in these places to concentrate on getting good footage. I have to stop, breathe and start again. This video wasn’t easy. I wanted to get the fuck out of this place so bad but knew the video would be great so I mustered through.
For us we try to focus an equal amount on enjoying exploring the place and on getting footage. Because as soon as getting the footage becomes too much of a chore, making the videos won't be fun anymore. So yea a cage would be great for allowing us to get better footage without it being more work to film.
The Proper People So my two favorite urban exploration channels are having a conversation. Today was a good day.
The broken fan spinning around is the funniest & creepiest.
The fan is still spinning! Love the video Dan. Always look forward to new ones!
i absolutely love the shot at 1:58! keep up the superb camera work, and i love what you do
This was the former Pike Creek Bowling Center in Wilmington Delaware. The place burnt to the ground in early 2017.
Yes!! And the adjacent restaurant area was Charcoal Pit. Pike Creek was built in 88, and closed in 2009. Run to the ground by decidedly poor management. There are plenty of videos about it, the year it opened, on youtube channel Bowlers Gazzette. But by looking at them, the bowling alley looked old even then. Wooden lanes, hand-written score. IT was built with new masking plates, seating and ball returns, but the pinsetters and wooden alley beds were used.
@@railroadskater2896 Is there any word on what caused the fire?
@@BLAZERWILD No but just the sheer fact the power was left on all that time (mind you, it closed in June 2009), along with the firm who owned it was known to be sordid and controversial (ie Dan's reference to the local bums who "guarded" it) suggests it was either intentional or negligence. Not only was the place deliberately run to the ground, they were met with community opposition when they wanted to demolish it immediately after closure and redevelop it as a grocery store. Of course none of this was brought up in the news coverage over the fire, but who knows if the resultant elimination of the alley will boost any redevelopment plans.
I can sit here and watch these videos all day. The ambiance you have in your videos is some of the best on TH-cam, keep it up!
That wobbly fan gave me the creeps as did the walker, some older person who's long gone must have known every pin and tool on that wall , sad to see..
I know Right!
+Tomaserin Larocque Jeffrey's son from Rovers morning glory commented on this no way!!
Kemp Mcglumphy literally who?
Its because some of the blades were missing so it didn't get equal air flow but its still hella crrepy
I cannot stop watching this video! At 8:14 there are brand new pinsetter parts on the wall. Exploring that place would be beyond awesome! This is the best video ever, Dan!! Will you explore more bowling centers soon?
I'm not gonna lie, I would probably take that Pepsi clock.
I wanted the pretzel maker
Super Awkward Hipster get a few quid for that on eBay cleaned up !!
Same here
Bro I agree because I have an obsession with clocks lol
I'd take the clock 2 balls and at least 10 pins or if you suck at bowling free shooting targets
Hi! I really enjoy watching your vids. It gets me out of the house a bit! I like it better when you keep on talking as you walk thru the places - telling what you are thinking as you see stuff. I'll bet you others would agree :)
That fan spinning was a great shot with the lighting and music, great vid as usual Dan!
It's a Hampton Bay Landmark III.
I am literally obsessed with watching urban exploration videos. Your videos are really interesting and informative :)
Same here Ellie can't get enough watch everyday along with Adam the woo and Mark Dice, carpet bagger etc. Dan has the creepy job, Adam is one the road, Dice is on the net, and the carpet bagger is on the road here and there thank God for these people that do this so that we can be informed on just what does it look like now, just what are the elites up to and what does on the road food look like. lol
Lots of good equipment in there still. Its a real shame to see it all wasted. Hate to see those scoring consoles wrecked like that.
That black mold is no joke. It gets on EVERYTHING and then comes BACK.
It was worth it Dan! Thanks for sharing your vids, I enjoy watching them very much. You do such a great job. I can't do what you do but I get to experience doing it through you. Thanks again!
Thank you!
Hey Dan Bell I really appreciate the hard work that you put into your videos and the risk you take. A new Fan.
If you close your eyes, remain very still and quiet you can still hear the broken fan spinning far off in the distance....
Why is that ceiling fan me after I’ve worked my two job shifts back to back and my mom asks me if I can run to the grocery store really fast 😂😂😂
Top notch quality and sound, definitely gonna check out your other vids.
Thank you for posting a fabulous abandoned video, Dan. It looks like from the mold and the look of the bowling shoes that this bowling alley has not been professionally used since at least the mid 2000's, or even earlier than that.
Buildings deteriorate pretty much immediately if no one lives there or pops in frequently. It's incredible how fast it rots.
Just recently stumbled upon your videos, and am enjoying them very much....interesting places with wonderful, very creative documentation. Thanks so much!
I know I watched one video looking for just an urbex of Rolling Acres Mall and now I'm hooked.
Fleotus Bing Thanks!
eren yeagermeister Thanks, Eren!
As soon as he said, try not to watch this before you go to bed, AND I AM LIKE IN A COMPLETE DARK ROOM IN A BED WITH ONLY THE LIGHT OF THE SCREEN 😣😣😣
BLMS-NU that must have sucked
I am totally addicted to your walkabouts! Just imagine if in each place you went back in time ....wonderful
Loving the content and the way you edit your videos!
Wow, the power was still left on! That's crazy, reminds me too well of an abandoned hospital I once explored. At this old hospital, the power is only left on in part of the building, since a police station was built next door to it!
"Don't watch this before you go to bed" Thanks. I'll watch this in the morning instead :)
Haha I'm watching it at night cause yolo right? Right?.......
This place would be really cold to explore, also looks dangerous but the thrill of exploring is so satisfactory! New fan from Ohio!
The power is on! How is that even possible? This place is seriously creepy, like in some sort of a twisted nightmarish way it's still open for business!
It’s a portal to the future where humans have vanished.
I have a weird fascination with abandoned structures like this, especially those that are still owned by someone (which they would have to be, because someone is paying to keep that electricity on) who just isn't doing anything with the place.
It's kind of sad to go through these places and think about what they used to be and how much meaning they had for people before, but it's really exciting at the same time to see the little nostalgic reminders of the past that have been left behind.
I guess it's also fun to think about how an entire format came and went. Like, small-town independent bowling alleys aren't home to the same kind of culture that they used to be, they used to be one of America's main middle-class social hubs, and now they're...not. Many of them go under like this one. Same with shopping malls, used to garner a lot of foot traffic, used to rake in a lot of money, but now they...just don't.
Sure, there are a few exceptions, but they're usually nothing like what the previous generation grew up with. And in no way am I romanticizing the previous generation, but it would've been interesting to see formats like this during their heyday.
+Kim Alatore I don't see why people would just hold onto these places while they turned to wreck and ruin... Someone has to own it and others like it, but maybe they're tied up in probate or owned by the city which doesn't have enough money to even demolish them. Who knows.. But some places are abandoned for decades and decades.
+Kathryn Mierzejewski I actually imagine those stuff too! Like who was the last person who used this item, who placed it there, what they've seen, where are they now and if they even remember the place, and so on. Watching this kinds of videos makes me wonder and question stuff. c:
the ceiling fan is what sealed it for me personally. then again, those derelicts that you mentioned may have turned it on for absolutely no reason except to scare the hell out of anyone who may wonder in. Great vid as always! :D
Nice video, Dan. The ceiling fan was eerie!
Another cool video! It's crazy how the old ceiling fan is on and some lights!
Why is there always a wheelchair or a walker? It's like they drop them off once a building is abandoned!!
Thomas Spychalski
Idk?
GlassTechs ifk
And Christmas decorations
Bowling Alley:
☐ Not rekt
☑ Rekt
I don't think I have seen a video where you said others have been where you are at. Creepy. But glad to see you are still doing these videos, even now, 2 years later!
Wow!! why ist it Dan that your videos seem like a real Walking Dead scene in these places, keep them coming, I love it!!!
The thing that worried me the most was there's still electricity there, which makes it really dangerous in case there's some water on cables or if you touch damaged appliances that are still connected.
Really enjoying your videos Dan :-) They are Interesting, scary, sad ,but Intriguing all at the same time! It never ceases to amaze me, how humans have to vandalise everything, it's like something from an apocalypse movie.The dead Mall series really fascinated me .I like the way you narrate and add the music too.
Thank you!
@@ThisisDanBell it bugs the crap out me when there's blurry spots in videos I really wanted to see what the masking unit of the bowling alley looked like
Dan, U really deserve more subscribers! Awesome video!!
damn shame. bowling alley was most likely owned by an elderly individual/couple and HAD to shut its doors. i used to go to a bowling alley in chatham,ny when i was living up there named chatham lanes. a really nice old lady owned it named mrs.cross and everytime i see an alley nowadays her words from god has to have been between 1998 and 2000 echo in my mind:
"i do not know how much longer i can keep this place in business geoff. things arent like they used to be. even 10 years ago (the 80s she was referring to) this place was BOOMING. this is the kind of things folks and the local teens used to do and was thier hangout. now thier hangout is on the internet or in front of the tv."
its sad really. the jukebox in that awesome old stainless diner was where " bill and sally" and all of thier friends used to conglomorate. now bill talks to sally over the computer and goes to places like gaming conventions and to the phone store to buy the next video game thats hot.
things will never be the same*sighs* i unfortunately was born in the current times with technology but i often wish i could just do the simple things that my parents and grandparents were accustomed to doing. killed a whole night and noone was bored lol.
Awe... That's such a sad reality... And here I am sitting on my phone watching TH-cam videos lol
I 100% agree with you even if theres times where the internet is a fast & easy thing to idk text someone i just wished people would go out more & not just have their phone as their best friend. it really is sad
is that place still open?
Actually they just moved locations to a newer bowling alley. The new location is still open today in Columbus
You've been there? Holy shit I went there once old fashioned 50's style lanes and I live in ghent so yeah I know chatham ny
Brunswick A-2 Pinsetters...... great machine!
Love your videos man, I started watching this before I went to bed
last night, but I took your advice haha so I'm back to finish it today :D
man, i always wanted to see behind the bowling lanes too. You sir, are amazing!
More sad than scary. Such a sad waste of a place that represents a happier time. Thanks for the vid!
garytanaka don't worry they didn't close they moved to a newer location
Something tells me this isn't even in Ohio... ;) nice work Dan. How do you find all these extraordinary places?!
That's so cool!! I've never seen the back of the bowling lanes before. Sad to see all the vandalism.
Thanks for sharing Dan.
love the couple of fans still turning. Shame we didn't get to see you being chased. Not that it would of been funny, but would of added to the errie feel of the video.
Have to say, the best bit for me was the facy you captured the back side of the machines. I haven't really seen that done before in these films. The guys/gals that worked behind there were un-sung heros in a way. Often taken for granted when we go bowling, on what it must take to keep all those alleys running smooth and the keeping the games and fun flowing. Nice job on that bit especially. I was amazed at just how many boxes and piles of skittles were still sitting back there.
Keep em coming Dan. Best regards.
Omg I had that exact same fan in the dining room growing up. Same design and everything.
4:26, Guys not only the Landmark III was Going, One of the Nutone Haciendas Behind that Casablanca Panama thing, In between the 2 Tvs was also going. Look closley, so you can see what I mean.
Yeah! I see it!
1) Those ceiling fans -- creepy af!
2) I never understood how power isn't cut to places like this.
3) Are you gradually becoming desensitized to the creepiness of abandoned places?
The background music is eerie. Sets the mood!
Nothing really scary about this place. It's just like any other old abandoned place: OLD AND ABANDONED.
Seriously, Dan, I used to be a master Brunswick mechanic for many years and there is a gold mine in that place. Yes, those are the ancient Brunswick A machines, with the hockey sticks for a triggering system, but the rest of the parts are basically the same. All those new parts in the Brunswick bags are worth money. Where is this place located? We really need to talk. I would love to meet you at these places and explore with you....
Did he ever get back to you? That's so interesting and random that a guy, you, happens to know some obscure and lucrative info about his surroundings. Please let me know! I know it was a year ago but ....
I know exactly where this is
@@shirleytwsw any chance this is grafton lanes?
Our local lanes closed and I watched the pinsetters get dismantled and scrapped into containers piece by piece.
These videos are great to watch just before bed time!!
This is great, creepy & very surprised that the power is on, awesome explore, thank you for sharing, the choice of music made it equally creepy ..
Damn that one shot of the bowling area with the fan shaking and half of the lights on was creepy af
Humm I worked at a 24 lane AMF bowling center for 4 years and those machines in the back look like Brunswick pinspotters . I am truly surprised that the power was left on someone has to pay for the power . Please be safe out there .
I grew up in a Bowling Alley in NJ..my Parents were on Leagues...it was fun back then...try you for showing us..i brought back fond memories!
why is the power still on.? brother I just found your channel and its very cool spent all last night watching. truly amazing. 👍
Hey I did some digging and to answer some questions I think it's Mr. Bill's bowling alley in Columbus Ohio. It's about an hour from me.
tell us more about you getting chased off.
word....any footage?
think he just likes to talk shit so ppl will watch his videos lol
+skulledmonte84 He's not like that.
That doesn't make sense. If he liked to talk shit, his walkthroughs weren't mostly silent.
hahahha lol got a point smart ass :)
Terrifying, especially that broken ceiling fan and the creepy 'lift' music. You are a brave man.
Nothing quite like abandoned places with power still on. It's extremely sad. It's like this building still alive with memories doesn't even notice that everyone is gone or see how hopelessly ruined it is.
I was trying to figure out why places with the power still seem so depressing and I think you nailed it! To me it's kind of like viewing a past moment in time, but there are no people there because everyone's progressed forward with time. The building, unaware that it's stuck in a time warp, patiently waits, with lights on and fan running, for people that will never come.
I'll never understand vandalism, like what the hell is the point?
Also why did that place still have power?
NosDemonic Don’t have any idea why the power was still on but it did completely freak me out when I saw the lights.
I hate vandalism is why a Big reason (if not the main one) that the old Reid hospital is now getting torn down this year because people started getting stupid and breaking every window in the place that they could an I rember first going there back in 2014 there wasnt much damage like that but only three years later the place looked like a bomb went off and was tottaly trashed and grafiti everywhere (when id first gone there were dry erase boards in the ICU that still had names of the doctors on them and paietant discharge instructions and that place was last open sept 10 2008 but closed whent he new reid opned up down the road only about 2 miles away was really sad Historical landmark first building opened back in july 1905
This place closed down in the summer of 2009. Another local bowling alley picked up the lions share of the leagues and open bowling from here.
Captfenway 99 what was it called? I thought it went out of buisiness for good
Ah jeez, I'm watching this while I'm in bed for the night, and I'm a little scared, but I just can't stop watching!
Nice video bro, I love your channel. I want to go into places like this, but I don't have the balls. Thanks for exploring it for us.
Daemondeserteagle Thanks!
the retro kmart cart in the back wa cool also that fan was funny
2:54 i love that sound
Yeah bowling pins have a satisfying sound
this is my comfort video
Wow... think this place could use a little more broken glass? Awesome video, Dan! And I hate to say it, but the Pepsi clock would have come home with me to be lovingly cleaned and restored! ;)
Hey Dan, if your still in Ohio you should check out the Ashtabula Towne Square Mall it's in foreclosure and has only a couple of stores left in it.
@@Randy__G Ok?
My childhood mall which has opened in 1992. God brings back memories.
That ceiling fan flailing around with its amputated blades was the creepiest thing of all, I think. That and the fact that the power was still on. WTF?
The power is still on because people could take the copper in the wires and sometimes it can cause fires due the the now faulty wiring.
Oh, okay. I never considered that. Thanks! :)
Welcome! :)
Copper thieves won't hesitate to disconnect power so they can steal the wiring. I'm surprised no one's tried that here.
well that may be the case sometimes but I checked out an abandoned retail store last year thsat Still had power ON comning in from one of those Big Heavy green transformers outside you could hear it humming inside the power/breaker room in back of the store inside and there were Big Heavy Guage cables Exposed from a hole in the wall by the panels and having gone to trade school for electrical wiring I know how dangerous commercial power can be witht he higher voltages
Goed God van Hemel! Boy, what an early Halloween video surprise here!
One of the best & scariest videos I've seen. Thanks!
Sarah Black Thanks, Sarah!
Seriously, you make viewers feel they are right there with you
And.....I am watching this before I go to bed lol.......
So?! It's an abandoned BOWLING ALLEY. Not a haunted house or even an abandoned hospital. There's no ghosts or anything, it's just a wrecked bowling alley. I'm watching this and it is currently 12:19am, and I'm 14. What, are you scared?! If so, grow up or click off this video.
Ione S. Blah blah blah just was creepy anyone could be in there. Can't people just make a comment on here without getting shit about it.
+Ione S. Youre 14. its passed your bedtime you should be doing homework instead of staying on youtube.
+Ione S. Not too much longer till you get to wear your helmet and ride the handicapped bus huh.
Ha ha ha good one boosiemoomoo!
52" Hampton Bay Landmark ceiling fan with a broken blade!
+Tomaserin Larocque, are you a ceiling fan?
+thespicehoarder That fan at the end!
We got a fan expert over here
Tomaserin Larocque nice profile picture man
Creepy but intriguing at the same time! Great video!
Thanks!
Im surprised that a salvage company didnt come in and take out the bowling machines and the lanes..Very cool video !
Was going to make a Roman joke, but more importantly, Dan got chased by a group of zombie-like vagrants? Jesus, you have more balls than I would even have, man.
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That old bowling alley in America 🇺🇸 sure looks creepy and the music from the beginning is also creepy as well.
I have never seen any abandoned places in America 🇺🇸 like that before in my entire life.
I think that vintage bowling advert probably from the 1950s creeps me out but it looks kinda interesting. By the way, that woman on the left side of the advertisement looks kinda really cute and pretty.
Greetings from Ireland 🇮🇪.
That was creepy! I liked the mangled fan and black lights over the lanes. Great video!
subhumantype Thanks!!
the wide shot with the creepy lighting and wobbling fan is the most unsettling part of the whole video
Sad to see those old A2s rusting away.
+SmokeyGoodness I was thinking the same thing. I worked on Brunswick A2's back in the 1980's. They were old pinsetters then, but they were built like tanks. I'm surprised to see that much equipment still in there. You think it would have been auctioned off.
+SmokeyGoodness actually, with their color, I believe they are Model A's
Those bowling pins coulda made thousands off of
@@Rodj12341 Yes, they are model A's with the hockey sticks, no pit cushion linkage
Dan, I think I can hear your fans coming. WE LOVE YOU DAN OMG DAN IS DA BEST AT EVERYTING DANS VIDEOS ARE AMAZING OMG I LOVE THE TOURS! In all seriousness thou I love your videos. Continue the great work.
+Alex “LackedPuppet” strauser Haha. Thanks!
I did watch your scary 1920's apartment video before bed, heh had to turn my light on
Very cool place and great video!
Why didn't you film the hobos chasing after you bro? That was the whole reason I watched this video till the end! Hahahahaha 👊🏻
Same. I was waiting for it. Surely that's the best part for our viewing pleasure.
when your running from someone..possibly in fear for your life I dont think worrying about filing them should or would be much of a concern more then getting to saftey hopefully unharmed