Dead Malls Season 5 Episode 16 - Southroads Mall Revisited

Southroads Mall, is probably the most tragic mall story I have to tell. A mall that was literally forgotten about. Can you imagine these halls once held the most popular stores of the 80s. That 200 tenants, 2 massive anchors, a food court, and a movie theater were once housed in these halls? Because that’s what it was like. A mall with a story akin to Route 66 ghost towns, a place which once housed the best names, and the best life. See what it was like before that was all forgotten..
Come and take a walk with me as we once again explore liminality. Join me today as we explore and tell the story of Southroads Mall, in Bellevue, Nebraska.

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[pimyltp]

I have renamed that mall ....The Backrooms mall ... .the colours and layout and flooring give me a rather unsettling feeling ...

[boskostoybox]

I'm 50. I was born and lived in Omaha for a very long time. Southroads was always known as a lower end mall. Crossroads was the middle of the road mall and Westroads was the high end mall. Southroads actually had a cool arcade near the theater.

[missme]

I cried like a baby realizing that going to the mall with my Dad was one of my best memories, crying knowing those days are gone forever. RIP Dad. Little did I know going to Sears with you would mean so much to me.

[TheGuysYoutubeTV]

I honestly feel so awful for John. The man who's witnessed everything and yet still remains, open. As a food place they usually dissappear first because people don't specifically go to malls for food these days. I'm glad he's not alone with the gym and the vinyl store next door. It'd almost like the vinyl store came in and stayed to be with John's business. This mall looks like something you'd find over here in the UK. Props for the incredible video. I look forward to the Saturday midnight videos. Keep it up 😊

[mavohq]

the layout of this mall is so interesting to me, so strange how the first floor is underground, i don’t think ive ever seen something like that. and the little food court/movie theater atrium area is unusual too, i’d love to walk through here with half the amount of lights on. this place is forgettable to some but such a spectacle all the same. little old run down malls are just wonderful to me. i don’t live anywhere near this place but i wish all the love and care in the world would go to that record store and john’s shop.

[MaxxRemKing]

It’s 6:30 AM…the sun is coming up… I haven’t slept and it’s a perfect time for dead mall series!

[bonafidedisappointment]

I've lived in Bellevue my whole life and I'll add a story about this mall: my dad had quadruple bypass surgery in January of 2023 and was looking for a place to walk that was indoors to help with his recovery. I suggested Southroads and he did his first longer walk after coming home from the hospital there. He and I spent some time in the record store, were tempted to buy about 20 different things, but left. Still plenty of life in that old place if you look for it!

[bluesheep]

Born in Omaha, completely forgot about Southroads. Still miss Crossroads and Family Fun Center. Westroads and Oakview will be gone soon enough.

[AnimeJSaysBah]

Another great job! I personally didn't get to frequent Southroads until I could drive and by that point, it was starting to die. Saw Batman Returns at that theater when the movie came out. The wood trimmed bay used to be the JC Penny's Custom Creation center. I have a pic of it with that sign on it, though it could have been a Master Cuts before that. Southroads is proof that not every mall closed because of online shopping. I don't think anything could have saved it once the interstate bypassed it. Also, long live John's Grecian Delight!

[tychh]

hoping this channel grows, we need more high quality content like this in the exploring side of youtube

[alliemarie]

Amazing! Mind blowing how long it’s been operational in whatever capacity. That record store looks awesome. These older malls definitely give off a claustrophobic vibe to me even though this one is almost entirely empty. Definitely one of the spookiest.

[thecrippledrummer]

Great video. My best memories of the mall were in the 70s before the renovation. Spent a lot of time at Woolworth’s and Musicland. I also remember Meloni’s Lounge. As a little kid, I obviously never went inside but was intrigued by the narrow, dark bar with barstools.

Just to clarify, over the life of the mall there may have been 200 different stores but there were never that many at one time. There aren’t that many bays. Westroads is a much larger mall and doesn’t even have 200 stores. I’m guessing at peak it probably had 50-60.

[szgproduction]

Your voice so soothing it lingos with the footages.

[Free_Samples]

Bravo! The videos get more and more polished with each episode. Great job my friend 💯

[hiker]

Videos are so much better when the creator has a personal story and memory of that which they're filming - This was sure evident with this one. I could feel the nostalgia and the music made it that much more poignant. Well done.

[pattyannobbink]

That covered hole in the floor near the old theater is covering the ceiling for Grace Bible Church. Those walls ‘covering old store fronts’ mentioned around 10:30 are new walls for the same church. Most of the mall is in use by Cornerstone Christian School

[edwardportell]

I liked the dark, dingy arcade that you had to walk down a really sketchy maintenance hallway to get to.

[wesleypeters]

The opening music is very eerie and fits the atmosphere of a dying mall.

[siamesesnow]

As that mall began to die in the late 1900s I still remember spending so much time at the KB Toys as a kid all you would hear at the entrance it sat in front of it was the high pitched sounds of barks of the toy robot dogs that walked around a circular display table right in front of the front. My parents usually went to the music store and just kind of left me there sometimes XD

[ItsaRomeThingEverydayallday]

Fantastic as always! I feel a sad feeling from this mall