GRM Adventures

Griffin McCurdy (born: ), better known online as GRM Adventures, is an American YouTuber who primarily uploads videos of closing and abandoned retail stores, malls, and restaurants. 
==History==
Griffin joined YouTube on December 30, 2017. He began filming in the summer of 2017 after discovering the YouTube channel WallieB26, and started uploading videos in the winter.
===Equipment===
Formerly filming with a $30 camera (ZTE Maven 3), he upgraded to an and currently uses an iPhone 15 with add-ons including a DJI Gimbal, & Drone to film videos.
==Channel==
Griffin regularly uploads exploration videos. He also tours retailers that are closing including , , , and other retail stores, as well as failing and successful malls. His channel has several series including "Abandoned Missouri" and "Getting Our Penny's Worth [JCPenney]".
On March 12th, 2022 after being hit with a slew of false, and malicious copyright and privacy strikes on YouTube, Griffin decided to shift gears to a new channel inspired by the GRM brand, called "Griffin's Retail & Malls" & would begin the process of remastering his older videos that were no longer available to the public.
One year later, on March 23rd, 2023 a new post on the original GRM Adventures community tab came out of nowhere stating "Steer Clear As We, Re-gear" with a video soon following with his classic logo and a small piece of his theme song echoing in the background. Later on, more teases for a potential revival began to surface, such as the "Griffin's Retail & Malls" channel being renamed to "GRM Too" implying it was now a secondary channel. The initial revival didn't go as smoothly as expected due to tons more attacks targeted at his channel. That, along with more and more security risks, resulted in the original channel being deleted on Griffin's terms.
In the Fall of 2023, Griffin received a mass email which was from over a hundred fans of his, explaining how they missed his style of content and how it wasn't fair to simply throw in the towel because of the negativity being brought upon him. The emails haven't been shared publicly, Griffin responded saying "It's amazing to sit here and read all these kind words. Honestly, I had to stop myself, think if it was even real and I didn't just fall out of my chair at work with a concussion. I'm simply stunned at the amount of love and positivity being shared tonight. I needed to hear it. I've been approached by a company recently, so perhaps if a deal is reached, your wishes may come true for a true GRM revival. Thank you again, I love you all!" Soon after this interaction Griffin returned with a new channel sporting the GRM Adventures name with a teaser counting down to January 14th, 2024.
Griffin's subscriber growth and view counts just about a month into the revival starting up have been very successful. Unfortunately, there are still some bad actors that are trying to bring Griffin down, but he's been keeping his head up with a smile on his face focusing on what makes his fans, himself, and his wife Brooklyn happy.
As of February 2024, Griffin and Brooklyn's home address and phone numbers were illegally shared via a Discord public dead mall server, by another user on YouTube who goes by 'Slacking Packing' who's in the same video category as Griffin. Griffin hasn't publicly posted regarding the doxing aside from a few replies to users who saw it unfold. Griffin has come out publicly about phrases he uses such as "Why Hello There" and "Going Above & Beyond" and series names such as "Savory Safari" being used by Slacking Packing without permission, along with briefly showing the evidence of the doxing. It was shown in a video titled "We Have A Problem" which showed screenshots of the phrases being used, and how it negatively affected the GRM branding. This video was posted on June 24th, 2024, and was removed Three hours later, as Slacking Packing filed a DMCA Takedown request, simply because his profile picture appeared in the screenshots of the doxing on Discord.
Griffin has stated on his Rumble page, that he will be pressing charges for the doxing, illegal abuse of the YouTube Copyright system, and the costs relating to himself, and Brooklyn having to move house, and change their numbers due to the doxing. 
==Trivia.==
*"GRM" stands for "Griffin's Really Meaningless" according to Griffin in a YouTube reply, stating " when I made the channel I was dealing with the worst patch in my entire life, through so much when I made the channel in 2017, and needed a name for it, I used it as an abbreviation for how I felt at that time."
*His catchphrase is "Going Above & Beyond", meaning he does things that others would not, and is a tribute of sorts to his Kmart store, which had a sign with their mascot, Mr. Bluelight, the store number, and Going Above & Beyond.
*He creates music, both original and covers of popular TV show songs on "GRM Music"
*He runs another channel, dedicated to the popular 1970s sitcom Happy Days called "DudeBox" archiving and remastering iconic, and lost parts of the show.
*Griffin is widely regarded as a very hated member of the retail community, as others have repeatedly used his name and image to impersonate his likeness, along with usernames based on characters of 'Happy Days' to try and shift blame over to Griffin
Category:Vlogging YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Users who joined in 2017