I was born and raised in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. As a kid I was always curious and loved to explore everywhere I went. I would always ask my parents what certain things were before and loved learning the history on buildings and local places. When I was around 7 or 8 my grandfather would take me around to abandoned houses and we would stop so I could look at them while he told me what he knew about it.

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Later on as a freshman in high school I began to watch people like Dan Bell and the Proper People. My love for abandoned buildings and history came back to life and I decided to start filming. My first location was a small abandoned house across the street from mine that I filmed on a cell phone and uploaded. I eventually used a Go-Pro and later a point and shoot until I finally got my first DSLR. During the beginning phases of my channel up until around 2016 my grandfather was still accompanying me until I could drive. 

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The channel originally started as Master of Decay and was later changed to Nation Decay in late 2016. As of 2019 the "of" has been dropped from the name. I plan to continue the channel to create short films and more as well as regular explorations, although this is more of a hobby for me than anything else