Back in the early days of YouTube—before influencers were a thing and the algorithm hadn’t yet been weaponized against our attention spans—I ran a little channel dedicated to urban exploration. Nothing fancy. Just me, a flashlight, a shaky camcorder, and a questionable amount of courage. If it was abandoned and vaguely creepy, I was there. Forgotten theme parks, derelict hospitals, crumbling factories. It was cheap adrenaline and the views weren’t half bad.
