A less frightening theory is that the cord was used as a tourniquet to find veins that haven't totally been destroyed by constant injections. They just tied it to the chair as to avoid losing it. Still depressing to think about...

The bag on the upper floor that said "Calvin Whiting #157" was the type of bag that they give to prisoners when they get released. It would have had all of Calvin's possessions in it.

The fact someone went back to clean it up means someone either saw you going in or were there the whole time. I got a feeling at one point that someone was in there.

You couldn’t pay me to go to some of these places and Dan just walks in for funnsies.

Imagine what it'd be like if you put a hidden camera in a place like that.

All of those posters painstakingly put up by someone at 8:18 make me feel a bit sad. I can imagine someone who really loved art or was maybe an artist staying there at one point. It's a shame it was abandoned, this place would have been perfect as a community creative center or even as art studios... Love your channel btw!

Dan, I gotta be honest with ya, bud. I sometimes freak out watching this shit. And there you are living it. Keep up the tremendous work and stay safe, my friend.

When humans are involved, things are usually sinister.

Those vintage ads all over the walls, wow! Truly remarkable! Great video, Dan!😃

Not for the faint hearted this was one place I will never forget cheers for a awesome explore mate. I hope to see you downunder some time and take you to some creepy abandoned places we have in Australia. Take care Dan was an absolute pleasure exploring with you cheers my friend.

Those opening night time shots of the city are absolutely excellent. I get a real atmospheric feeling from them and you've captured the busy city life perfectly. A city much too busy and ignorant to notice nor care about the homeless, the undercurrent of crime and the abandoned buildings which they host. Fantastic DB.

Dan, Thank You for having my Aussie friends, Drew's Adventures and Werner's Adventures to show around Baltimore and on this explore! It means a ton to us all!! What a mensch!! 😍👍

I can’t imagine the amount of pain that building holds seeing all the drug paraphernalia. If those walls could talk they would show you what despair really is. But they would also tell stories of hope. How someone tried to get clean, left their packaged sober living belongings & fell back off track. I pray they find the light that spills through the cracks of even the darkest places. From someone who’s been there and found that light 6 years ago. It’s possible.

You da man, Dan. Been a follower for maybe 7 years or so. One of a kind film maker brother. Keep up the great work and be safe out there man.

Another amazing adventure Dan. These would have been beautiful homes once filled with families, laughter and stories. Thank you for taking us along.

That opening drone shot was absolutely gorgeous!! Lov ya Dan!

Imagine how much that chair would glow under blacklight.

I recognize some of the writing on the wall at 5:40 as old "hobo code!" Because vagrancy and trespassing crimes have become more heavily prosecuted in recent years (AKA cops have taken more of a fancy to arresting the unhoused) this culture has fallen out of use, but several decades ago these symbols were commonly used to denote good shelters, spots to avoid, etc. I'm not sure what the more complex text to the right shakes out to, but the symbols in the center (next to the Santa drawing) seem to be directions. The circle with the cross in it means "good place for a handout" and the circle with the line up top means "go this way." Not sure about the other two, but they may suggest where to turn or stop. Seems to me like someone wrote out the directions to a home that was known to give out meals or cash to folks traveling through. Really cool find, Dan!

Another commenter mentions the numbers on the wall at 5:43 to be Fram automotive filter numbers, having worked as a lube tech I agree. I also recognize the taillight/marker light display (9:30) from truck part stores. I believe the place was an auto/truck part store at one time. The early 70s collage is a wonderfully facinating historic time capsule twist which includes president Jimmy Carter's brother Billy. I'd love to have been there when that was created. I see nothing nefarious about the chair as others mention the cord as a tourniquet. Thanks for the tour Dan! 🤓👍

The previous tenant went to MICA. That art screams Mount Royal Ave. Lol

LOVE LOVE LOVE these old school Dan Bell type videos. Loved the "Another Dirty Room" even though it made me paranoid of hotels. But love the classic Dan Bell. Keep it up brother.

It was a rough week... this post made it all OK. Thanks again Dan and friends from down under.

I have no words Dan. Be safe you are a treasure.

Dan, I've been following you for awhile and I can say this was some of your best work.

Thank you Dan for having us join you! My lawdy that place was a horrific sight 😮 😍

6:08 optical illusion'd the hell out of me. I thought for sure that he was going down the stairs and came upon a weird dropoff.

I can always count on Dan to visit some of the filthiest hell holes. Thank you my friend.👍

It's people like you who end up stumbling upon riddles and possibly solving puzzles that other people didn't even know existed or had answers. Please keep up the amazing work you do into shining light onto the unseen and the unknown. I swear you would be the best true crime independent investigator and video creator. Keep up the great work man.

A real estate agent would describe this as "in need of some attention" and "suitable for a DIY'er"!

I looove the collaged wall. That are some pretty awesome and weird pictures and magazine cut outs. Awesome! And I love the old wallpaper. How grand these houses must have looked, even with a relatively bland floor plan.

It’s 1:00am saw an opening and decided to walk in alone. Legend

So... You asked what that place was, and what some of the numbers on the wall (next to creepy Santa about 6 minutes in) were... That was an auto parts store at one point. Those numbers are Wix and Fram oil filters; and the cross references/replacement part numbers for them as part numbers got superceded. My hunch? It was probably a Napa based on the numbers. The one rotating cube on an upper floor with the lights/reflectors on it was a "trailer lights" display that was sent to each store. Was a college career (Late 90s/early 2000s), but stuff like that gets embedded in your brain. Upper floors were probably the warehouse/racks, lower was probably the retail. Person would get part numbers, and run up and down the stairs to grab parts. Worked in a larger mid-city store that was formatted in a similar manner; I did not require a gym membership. Based on part numbers and some racking/fixtures I recognize, I'd bet the place closed in the late 90s. Chair set not included. Ad art was late 70s on the wall at about 8m in. Crazy that in downtown Bal'more stuff like this is just flat out abandoned like that. Even in my rust-belt city, that stuff is getting snatched up for lofts, coffee shops, art space, etc block by block...

The old wallpaper, art and posters were everything. Too bad it's just there and can't be enjoyed by more people. It's nuts that someone went back in there and cleaned up that chair area, but you've got it documented Dan. Quite a trip. Thanks Dan and friends ✨

It's crazy to think about that this footage could be the last thing ever known about whoever was tied to that chair. We don't know who they are, but we know a tiny snippet of what happened to them, and that may be more information than anyone else, their family included, ever finds out. I hope they're okay but I can't imagine that they are, not with everything being cleaned up like that.

Great work Dan - much appreciated upload. The stories you stumble upon are the reason I loved your mall series!!

Always a treat when you post a new urbex Dan! Thank u for the content

I believe the letter and number combinations were amateur radio licenses. Likely someone had a ham radio up there at some point, and recorded the people they talked to on the wall.

What must go on inside these places in the pitch black with terrified victims unaware and probably drugged must be something beyond the worst nightmare imaginable. This is the lowest ring of hell. Fantastic work capturing this.

The posters and photos were super interesting. The chair horrified me. Great video Dan.

Thanks Dan 🙏🏼 you’re amazing! Keep up the good work and stay safe! Thanks for bringing me to Baltimore, through your videos.

Woah! Thanks Dan & Friends! This is the type of splore I've always loved you for! Creepy AF... You good sir are #Fearless x

Been following for a long time. Started following because of so many of your videos being fairly local for me (I've lived in Maryland my entire life). Love that you're still at it! I couldn't imagine going into some of these places in Baltimore that you do, you're definitely a brave one lol. Keep on keepin' on man, love your content.

So happy to see you all wearing respirators!!!!

The intro footage was beautiful! So mesmerizing

Nah!! The chair with the one rope on it was literally just a tourneqy for drug use purposes,still a vile place though

100% you stumbled into something dark. Gang r*pe or possibly worse. That’s utterly terrifying. I’m both glad and horrified someone documented this. Please be safe.

You’re the best Dan! You’ve made some of my favorite content on all of KZfaq for years now. Your urban wasteland exploring videos are the stuff of legends, and the dirty motel room series is absolutely hilarious. Hope you keep filming for a long long time man! Cheers from Boston 🤝

It’s like whomever was tied down had another person sitting across from them on the box. Evil things indeed

Dude you’ve found some fucked up stuff before, but I think that chair room tops it. I don’t even want to know what happened there. Legitimately so awful and dark. And then they cleaned it up? That’s intense.

Genuine question...why does the city/state not tear some of these places down? Too expensive? Something to do with infrastructure?

long time patron, it really feels like you've hit stride Dan. Fantastic

Ummmm, so I was watching Paranormal Files w Colin Browen and you were on an episode. I decided to take a look at your channel and I'm SO glad I did! Definitely one of my favorites. This episode was creepy. I agree w the others, there was someone watching you when talking about that chair. No other reason to get rid of it. They took part in it too because why removit if you don't know what happened?Thanks for what you do!

Hell yes! My Internet journey tonight just reached the Pinnacle.

2:58 that stairwell is literally the last stairwell you go down at the end of the first Silent Hill game.

Excellent as always Dan. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Great spot, great video. Cheers, Dan!

Holly crap, a Billy Carter poster. That might be scarier than that chair.

Dan, your work is captivating as always. I love how you've become a sort of Baltimore hood tour guide lol! You just bring along some Aussies like "Come with me to one of the most dangerous places on Earth. It'll be fun!" Lol!

Loved your appearance on the forehead fables podcast!

I'm surprised you don't bump into people more often in these places. Def makes me weary of walking down the street in Bmore and not knowing what's going on in those abandoned buildings as I pass them!

That chair was a crime scene. Did you file a police report Dan?

Thank you for creating art again Dan Bell.

The chair in that room has to be one of the scariest things you had on your channel Dan

i find it amusing that there is a large blue trash container yet the trash is strewn everywhere. these are the moments we wish walls could talk.

You know Baltimore has some top notch urban decay when people are willing to spend two days flying to see it.

There was a stand right in front of the chair, perfect height for a camera…. The amount of condoms makes me think there was most likely more than one person rather than multiple times. I think you may have stumbled into something very sinister. I wish my brain wasn’t trying to fill in the gaps.

That bag with the name and number was some dude coming back from the homeless shelter probably. Really sucks when they come in to clean up but then their addicition kicks in and they feel the need to go to places like this to do drugs. I use to work at a homeless shelter and they would come back all buzzed out, a shame.

Hey Dan, look forward to every one of your videos. Hope you're well.

Any idea what that table-like device was in front of the chair? It appears to be plugged in somewhere and resembles a small, portable AC unit. It was also moved later on but shows up again in a pile of junk with the top smashed in.

I live in the neighboring state of PA, and I wouldn't go near places like this. And Dan had two guys from Australia with him...

At 2:46, not a stairwell - a scarewell.

This is your best one yet! So many dark places there...

That chair and condoms....either gang rape or someone violently raped someone MANY times! And the blood in chair and the rope! Was it like 2 days later when you went back and the condoms where gone?? Do the cops know about that.....? It was most def a crime scene. That is terrifying.

was literally in the middle of a morning-long rewatch of the dead mall series while i work and suddenly this upload is here yippee!!

12:51 - It reminds me of an inclined mine shaft.

The citizen alert was so fitting

the code on the wall around 6:05 kinda looked like airlines. which means human trafficking or drug trafficking or any kind of trafficking honestly

I'd take a shower and burn the clothes that I wore while walking through there.

Love your videos Dan of Mall's its sad how they not same anymore like in the 80's and 90's and 00's. tons of people going shopping

that’s how you know you had just walked into a crime scene when a chair and some condoms are the ONLY things cleaned up. that person know what they did and didn’t want any trouble to come of it. just fucking disgusting. i hope any and all victims are safe and okay

That building just needs to be burned to the ground.

This is the creepiest location yet. I couldn't breathe while you were there alone!

I think someone was in there. The bags are clean and the paraphernalia was just laid out on the table. I bet if you walked further you would have run into them. 😮

Please tell me you called the cops about that chair

Great to be seeing you around again! Am I the only 1 who hears a whisper at around 12:51? when you are looking down the stairs talking about how creepy it looks......that is def. a whisper.....was it 1 of your mates? idk

That place was spooky af. Great job Dan.

What an amazing place, thank you so much for looking after my boys while they were there!!! I know they had a fabulous time.

You're the bravest guy in Baltimore, Dan -- excellent. Please give us another Dan Bell Saturday if you will.

Might just be an insane junkie, using that chair and chord to shoot the filth into his veins. Thats why there are blood stains on it. But then again, there are a lot of sick people around. And thousands of people go missing every year. Some fall in rivers, some are taken by mountain lions etc, but a lot of people are probably murdered. Creepy place anyways.

I needed this today! Thank You Dan! ❤

@16:00 that cord isn't for tying people up. it's for shooting heroin.

Go film Kensington Philly and Detroit. You get our foreign guests to see the worst. What about Fells Point, The Harbor, all the great sights to see?

Great Googa Mooga, I was good right up to the point where someone came back and cleaned up. What atrocity went on in that chair?!!!

When the sirens stop in Baltimore that’s when you need to worry.

5:52 - These look to be Fram filter codes. probably a luber lived there.

Absolutely terrifying! Thanks Dan, best horror movie I’ve ever seen.

Baltimore is the real life "silent hill".

EXCELLENT JOB!

Hello Dan Bell. Werner sent us. Watching now!

just what I needed for a Friday night