This mall was a huge part of my childhood and young adult years. I miss it dearly!

It always sad to see dead malls being abandoned and also the remaining furniture or decoration, because at one point, you know there was laughter and joy in this area and maybe someone who was happy to become a business owner and trying to make a fortune.

I like how you don’t saturate the video with all kinds of background music. I do like dead mall and abandoned videos with retro music, but there’s something really cool about the eerie silence in these places.

The first checkered floor restaurant you came to with the mirrors on the wall was Andy’s Cheesesteaks and Cheeseburgers that is now known has Hwy 55 Burgers, Shakes, and Fries. I worked at that location a few times 20 years ago. It was sad to see it like that. The Tony’s menu you found was to the second checkered floor restaurant you came to.

The Flowers store was actually a shoe store. It was the only one around that carried Stride Rite, the brand that was always my childrens’ first shoe. I remember shopping there and eating at Tony’s. Very sad the state it is in now.

I remember going to this mall In 2003 while we were on field trip in middle school. I ate at Tony's pizza and went to a couple other stores. It's crazy how almost 20 years later its completely ruined. I live in raliegh nc right down the rode I might have to check this place out

The large indoor mall in my hometown didn't have a food court. The restaurants and food stands were scattered throughout the mall. Was kinda nice when I was a kid. Sears had its own snack bar, bakery was next to the cigar shop, large Italian restaurant was upstairs, and red robin was located at one end next to a bar. Was booming in the 80's, miss those days.

So many memories. I grew up visiting that mall weekly . That fold up stage towards the end , I've stood on and sang with my middle school chorus. The animatronic reindeer was always out at Christmas time and would talk to kids . BTW, Flowers sold shoes , not flowers ironically

I used to go to this mall a lot as a child. If I’m not mistaken, the second restaurant that you went to with the Tony’s menu board on the wall used to be a Chick-fil-A. The bigger store right after that near Sears was a Cato clothing store. It’s so sad to see what has become of this mall and many others like it.

Amazing how fast these places fall apart once they are abandoned.

High rent rates and the city of Wilson's support of the "Heritage Shopping Center" (they gave 7 million to the shopping center) brought on the demise of this shopping mall.

Yo I love near here! Welcome to NC, I remember being in this mall when I was a kid man. So many memorys

The Christmas decorations really give it an unreal touch. Reminds me of the video game, The Division, set in a city where humanity collapsed during the holiday season.

We miss you SO much ♥...this is great!!! In Zambia they built a mall and the people came...to ride the escalator. It was it's main attraction.

This structure should have been converted into a multifunctional venue for various events.

I'm always SO happy when you release a new video!! Your vlog-style exploration videos are definately my fave, but I love everything you put out! I like the feeling that you take us on your adventures with you exploring places you find interesting!

I have so many great memories from that place! When you went by the old on kb toys and the dye music store, man that took me back for real! #ripparkwood

Always love your commentary, thoroughness, professionalism, and balance of audio choices. Thank you! ☺️

I work across the street from the Mall ( @ Lifestyle Tattoos) and it’s such a dead zone, the only action the parking lot gets is from Roses, K&W and the Movie theater, wish the community would bring the mall back instead of expanding outward. Close down some of the mattress warehouses around the city and divert the money here. Many great memories.

i think its kind of weird most malls that are closed but my mall is still running and there are alot of people still go to it but what an awesome video

I love places like this. It’s really a case of something abandoned in time. Such a shame when they get vandalised but unfortunately that’s the mentality of some people. Great video, many thanks for this.

Absolutely fantastic video as always my man!

JcPenney sold blinds, curtains, hardware for them. You could even special order not that long ago. Not sure if they still do. They'd color match and even come out to install "window dressing" depending on the size of your order.

Excellent job, Brennen! Nice guest appearance by Jake!

It has been so nice having all these videos to watch as I recover from surgery. Great channel!!

Weird seeing this mall in such a state this was a big part of my childhood

I don't know why, but it's hilarious when Brennen says, "Please don't be smelly!" and then he opens the refrigerator and or freezer and sure enough it smells horrendously bad and Brennen runs away from the refrigerator/freezer as quickly as possible! The things he does to entertain us! Bad for him, good for us! LOL! 😁

I love how you an Bright Sun Films always seem to run into each other. Love both of your work!

The mall of my hometown! 14:03 Jake, that Adam's Apple of yours man...

Watching these abandoned Malls to me feels like you are walking in a cemetery.

Thanks for capturing and sharing! I was unaware of this mall.

Love abandoned malls!!! Awesome explore 🙂

Loved it!! Always excited to see a new video from you!! Great music and interesting details. 🌈🌈 Cindy

The music really adds to it and the lil facts Also cool you are with jake! Gosh i love these types of vids

Went there all throughout my childhood in the 90's and 2000's for a lot of different things. Even when the shops started leaving, it had a decent selection (for a small town like Wilson) and we kept going for a lot of different reasons. By the early 2010's, though, they were done. A shopping center with shops like Target had been built a short ways away by WCA and took away all of their competition, along with the Walmart close by and other, more modern shops opening up around there. During my last two years in Wilson, I worked as an usher in the Carmike Cinema connected to the mall, around the time it was bought out by AMC. Aside from Roses, only the theater and a small strip of shops on the outside were open for business. Many different businesses closed down around the area too, from the Blockbuster (as well as nationwide except for one town now), and the nearby restaurants. Last I checked, only Bojangles is really staying around there now, but I heard they're changing location. Around that small area I'd say only the hospital is really functioning fully. If you drive from the more active shopping centers are now to where the mall used to operate, the differences are completely night and day.

NICE BRENNEN, happy holidays thanks.

I remember going to this mall a lot… I have relatives that live in the area and I remember eating at the K&W Cafeteria with my Aunt Shirley Boswell and my grandma Nancy Liles many times…I’d never thought shopping malls would be the thing of the past!!!

Great video! I always enjoy all your videos.

Awwwh yay this is like an early day before birthday present for me mate haha. Was a great mission Brennen. Malls are such relics of the past. Also happy to see the return of the fridge openings for the old school fans of this channel at 11:42 lol. Cheers.

You don’t upload often but when I get that notification I know it’s going to be a great watch.

Great video. Well filmed

I love watching your channel! Only wish there were more! ❤️

I recently was working in Wilson & had been wondering what the inside looked like since Doomie Grunt last visited. Thank you for this! Also cool seeing Jake, love it!!

Awesome place! Always enjoy your content Brennen!

I grew up going to this mall. There's soooo many memories made from early childhood up into my early 20's when I joined the military. I was disappointed when I got out and came back home to see this once thriving building had shutdown all but a couple of the outside stores. The arcade, the big cookie shop (I forget what it was called), Andy's (AKA HWY 55), Tony's, etc. It's missed by those that grew up in there.

Great upload as always.

Your videos are always nice surprises!

Thank you for sharing this location😊

Omg in the morning I was checking your Channel to see if there was something new and look you posted today

I grew up going this mall. Big part of my childhood. Sad to see it like this.

Thank you for sharing this video. I spent a lot of my teen years in this mall! Flowers was a shoe store Where Roses is now was Belk

Awesome video! I remember that mall.

So sad to see abandoned places that were once vibrant with life. Particularly sad about the photos that should have been given to the customers. Very bad that.

That News transition while clips from then and now was really well done

Woww!! I appreciate this quick walk back in time! I used to go to this mall back in the early 2000's. I remember those small steps early on in the video. The checkerboard eatery was there, but I don't remember if it was 'Tony's" then or not. I do remember buying a heavy buckle Betsey Johnson belt from a small clothing store about 15 to 20 years ago, which lasted about the same time span(threw the belt away only months ago). I think that may have been my last visit there. It's crazy to see how it looks now; like a Survival horror game or movie. Very creepy now and I kept thinking "Nope! No supplies in there" ( Gamer habit? 😂😂) So glad it was a safe visit for you and your crew! 👊🏾

Fantastic video as usual Brennen.

Excellent video! The one store with the ramp up the right side looked to be a former Radio Shack, you can partly see the old logo on the floor mat as you were entering the back room.

love your content my boy!

I know it is fun to break glass especially when you'r drunk .. But too be honest it's pretty unfortunate seeing all the glass going to waste.

What a awesome video 📹.

When businesses close they often sell off all those displays (like In JCPenny) after all the merchandise goes. It’s the last thing to go before it’s abandoned.

Lots of memories of this old mall. I loved the arcade of course and Tony's Pizza.

Oooh Yay new video!!!

we have a mall like this in az, we found j.c.penney gift cards in the same mall, we hooked up a register and using my phone, on the wi fi system activated all those cards over 100,000.00 then went out and used them , all of them worked just fine, bought complete , living room, set, 3 bedroom sets, full kitchen , refer, and dishwasher, washer and dryers, bought at different location, the problem with leaving items around these items are always active .

All these abandoned malls,such a shame,such a waste!! I like the spooky on again off again music so you can follow the narration,nice👍🏻

Love this vid Alone series again soon?

I went to this mall once in 2006 it was in bad shape then in terms of stores being closed or closing then I went again in 2012 it looked like an absolute ghost town it wasn't like this video because they weren't completely closed yet but there where literally almost no stores left mostly it was a small group of senior citizens walking around getting exercise. It's weird because I remember these exact closed stores but it feels kinda like a before and after post apocalyptic vibe strange how fast things decay when not active anymore oh yeah and no I'm not from wilson but I was born there but raised a few counties over.

Amazing video and commentary - thank you. This is the first mall I've ever seen that was just left to the elements, and it's apparent that it doesn't take long for vandals to destroy everything in sight! Wondered if you guys felt like you were being watched while filming? Very creepy in some parts - bad vibes. Here in Ontario, it seems that malls that are deemed unsuccessful are "demolished one day and construction started for condos the next". $$$.

Great video brundan

the photo store was my favorite in this video. good vid btw

What a sick location bro!!!!

I'm suprised you even have our little mall in your videos. Lol our town is so boring I wouldn't think anyone would want to explore it. Though wilson has quite a lot of abandoned buildings specially downtown.

that was very interesting, just glad there was someone with you and you didnt have your tent to camp overnight, From UK,

This mall had some creepy vibes with that classic mall music playing, especially when you went in that run down part of the mall.

That was well spooky 👻 Really interesting. Please don't open fridge and freezers as you'll breath nasty bugs in your lungs. Maybe you'll hear from people that actually worked there and could give more information. Look forward to more videos.

Thanks for the new video love you guys please also do one of your overnight videos again in the future please ☺️👍

Any overnight videos coming soon? Those videos were amazing!

Wow , great job 👍 I love abandoned malls . Do you throw out your shoes in the end of each mall expiration

So many memories.

amazing!

Channeling some PP and Bell vibes with this one, nice. 👌

Another awesome upload- always look forward to your content, ty!! *Side note- I love to put the playback speed to 0.25x when B opens refrigerators 😆 He is def bad @$$ for sure!

all that’s left is memories. miss the good old days

I live an hour from this mall, my mom lives in Wilson and told me there was an abandoned mall so I headed out with my husband to explore. We weren't able to find a way in (lame) and too many people were out for us to make it inconspicuous. We did go in to Roses' the department anchor which used to be Belk. And we were able to look in the windows but sadly all doors were locked and the only entrance we could see we would have needed to crawl through..crazy to see you explore somewhere so close to me!

Great video. From London uk 🇬🇧👍🏻

It's crazy to see the mall like this! I remember it being one of the last Mall's you could smoke in. One of my last memories in this mall was being over bye that roses and smoking a cigarette with friends. It looks bigger when it's empty like that. It is sad tho

I hope you guys had respirator masks while exploring this place. 😅😂 Awesome video as always

Bro I am ur big fan ... please upload videos regularly Love from India

My heart aches for those people who never received photos with Santa or ones from a wedding.

Cold spaces, a sure sign of an active spirit 👻

This is sad. I grew up going to this mall. Every year at Christmas, we would go see Santa and Rudolph. Rudolph would be in the little house and he would talk back to you.

One time i loved watching these types of exploration videos and then drove past our burger king that was near a pretty far-away sm savemore (or a supermarket for you americans) and when we packed out groceries to go home i saw out the window the clear windows of that burger king showed the bare cement and that it was completely empty that for me was really chilly but also fricking cool 😆😆

The things that are left behind are more interesting that the building. The old wedding photos, the VHS trying to tackle youth crime, the Santa sleigh - all of it stuff that meant something to someone at sometime, and which is now totally forgotten by everyone. It haunts me to think someone once made that stuff, and cared about it at least a little.

Such a sad demise to a once beautiful mall!!

FYI JC Penny used to offer custom decorating services in its larger stores back then. Those blinds displays were part of the custom decoration shop where you could order by style.

This is a carbon copy of “This is Dan Bell”, Creepy background music, 80s tv intro’s, everything.

pretty little thing but i love the end song, some 80s mall feeling to it.

That Sears is creepy. Like something out of a horror movie.

Awesome video thats well documented, Overnight Solo Overnight Solo Overnight Solo!!!!

It baffles me thst this place has a cemetary. That might have given this mall bad luck or at least a ghostly vibe. Why is it there of all places? Were the mall owners that desperate for tenants or has it just always been there?