If you’ve got a fear of things that go bump in the night then look away now.
YouTube presenter Dan Bell and his sidekick Will Krupinsky explored a derelict 42-room mansion in Baltimore, Maryland, where ‘spirits still roam’ with its rotting interiors caught on camera.
As they move around the creepy building through dark corridors and tumbledown stairs, they stumble across lengths of peeling paint, woodworm-ridden floorboards and patches of graffiti.
YouTube presenter Dan Bell and his sidekick Will Krupinsky explored a derelict 42-room mansion in Baltimore with its rotting interiors caught on camera
As they move around the creepy building through dark corridors and tumbledown stairs, they stumble across lengths of peeling paint, woodworm-ridden floorboards and patches of graffiti
At one point Bell explains that he hears a ‘huge thud’, which makes him ‘completely freak out’.
In the opening credits, the duo explain that the mansion – in the quarter-billion dollar Uplands neighborhood – was originally the summer home of Baltimore socialite Mary Frick Garrett Jacobs in the late 19th century.
When she died in 1936, she apparently left the estate to be transformed into an elderly care home for women and it was later turned into a church complex.
In the 2000s the city of Baltimore purchased the property with the hopes of revitalising the area.
Will Krupinsky has a breathing mask at the ready in case the dust gets too much
A view out of one of the windows at Uplands with the glass pane missing and the frame gradually rotting
In the opening credits, the duo explain that the ‘Uplands’ mansion was originally the summer home of Baltimore socialite Mary Frick Garrett Jacobs in the late 19th century
But it was just boarded up and left to rot.
In the YouTube tour, Bell says that the building would be ‘amazing’ if it was returned to its former glory.
Flashing his torch around, he discovers gold gilding on the ceilings and hand-printed paper lining the walls.
Moving to the library, he says if he could get it spruced up, he ‘would have fires all winter and read books’.
In the attic he exclaims ‘this is absolutely insane’ as he discovers a fairy tale-like turret.
After ducking under a low beam he enters the small circular room.
‘Jesus, look at the view of downtown!’ Bell says as he peeks out of the broken window panes.
In the 2000s the city of Baltimore purchased the property with the hopes of revitalising the area – but just boarded it up
In the YouTube tour, Bell says that the building would be ‘amazing’ if it was returned to its former glory. Flashing his torch around, he discovers gold gilding on the ceiling and hand-printed paper lining the walls
To date, Bell’s spooky mansion tour has been watched more than 75,000 times with many viewers commenting on how beautiful the house is
According to the blog site Baltimore Innerspace the mansion has been secured to prevent further deterioration
To date, Bell’s spooky mansion tour has been watched more than 75,000 times with many viewers commenting on how beautiful the house is.
Sue Girling wrote: ‘Great video, it really is such a shame that this beautiful house is just left to decay.’
While Silver Amaryllis added: ‘How is a house that beautiful left to decay like that? What a shame.
‘People pay big money to preserve paintings, but not this house? I don’t get it! It looks like something taken right out of a fairy tale.’
According to the blog site Baltimore Innerspace the mansion has been secured to prevent further deterioration and it ‘does not need to be a priority for Uplands’ next phase of development, even though it is well-suited for institutional uses, offices, elderly housing or condos’.
It concludes: ‘At this time, it only needs to be displayed as a visible reminder of the potential beauty of the entire Uplands community, old and new.’