Abandoned Funeral Home Where Houdini Was Embalmed

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  • @detroitfunk313
    @detroitfunk313 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

    There used to be a hearse in the garage as well as a Detroit Police Department paddy wagon - which was a horse drawn sled from the 1800s. There was also a Louis Comfort Tiffany skylight before the place fell. Not just Harry Houdini, but Henry Ford, Edsel Ford and Clara Ford were prepared for burial here. Should have been on the The National Register of Historic Places.

  • @laurabrooks7655
    @laurabrooks7655 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +20

    The addition was built in 1930, so Houdini (who died in 1926) would have been embalmed in the original house part of the funeral home, probably the embalming room in the basement. The one on the second floor looks like it is probably in the addition.

  • @MomWifeLove
    @MomWifeLove 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    As a music lover, my heart is broken seeing the pianos, sheet music and record albums destroyed. 😭😭

  • @maryannschwittek4984
    @maryannschwittek4984 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    It was the Arts Center Music School since 1981.

  • @badexter1
    @badexter1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +18

    Even now probably all of those pianos can still be saved and restored. As a musician I hate seeing such waste.

    • @Caareenkm6726
      @Caareenkm6726 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      Especially that carved one.. so beautiful.

    • @wilmamcphail4686
      @wilmamcphail4686 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

      And many of those records could be saved too.

  • @susanlongb4
    @susanlongb4 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Great, historic explore! Thank you for treating those people with respect and kindness. These things can happen to anyone. ❤

  • @JWalterYooper3661
    @JWalterYooper3661 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Having worked in funeral homes the pink tiled rooms were definitely the embalming/preparation rooms. The embalming table would have been positioned over the large white flush sink. The plumbing above connects to the aspirator and embalming machine. The white tiled room in the basement was probably the original embalming room prior to the addition. It’s the old Hamilton Funeral Home in Detroit.

    • @EsmereldaPea
      @EsmereldaPea หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      I'd wager that Houdini was more likely embalmed in the basement room. Although pink tiles certainly existed well beforehand, entire rooms of pink tiled walls weren't really a thing until the 1940s. Houdini died in 1926.
      My guess would be that the original embalming room was the one in the basement and the 2nd pink-tiled embalming room was outfitted after 1940.
      Whether it was a 2nd embalming room or took the place of the 1st one might be able to be found out if any records from the funeral home still exist.
      Another possibility if you really wanted to go down that rabbit hole would be to look up construction permits for that address. My guess is that everything would have been done above board and special plumbing would have needed to be installed.
      But these are just conjectures on my part based on historical design trends.

  • @charliea3363
    @charliea3363 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Nice abandoned building and kind of you to be respectful towards the homeless

  • @lindaloe
    @lindaloe 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Fabulous! I Loved 😍 ♥️ The First Piano 🎹 The Best With The Designs On The Sides!

  • @theodorepetine7562
    @theodorepetine7562 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I love these videos.My uncle was a mortician keep them coming.

  • @paulademarco1585
    @paulademarco1585 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Awesome, thank you for sharing with us. Well done! ❤🎉❤❤❤

  • @user-mc4qr7nt4t
    @user-mc4qr7nt4t 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    U gave em a pack of smokes.. good job guy

  • @rachelgervais1971
    @rachelgervais1971 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    This place was awesome. Thanks for taking us along. 😊

    • @Freaktography
      @Freaktography  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for coming

  • @don1857
    @don1857 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    This building probably started out as a private home and the tiled room in the basement would have been the kitchen. The small stairway would have been for the servants to deliver the food to the dining room on the main floor. Great video!

    • @Freaktography
      @Freaktography  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for the info

  • @stevegoering
    @stevegoering 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    great video...thanks for sharing...

    • @Freaktography
      @Freaktography  13 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You're very welcome

  • @kathleen726
    @kathleen726 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Wow! What a place! Lots of rooms! Thank you for showing us!

  • @suzannewojtkowiak4329
    @suzannewojtkowiak4329 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Love the window seat and book case on the 2nd floor, so many musical instruments and I hate to see all those records just thrown around. Embalming room with a piano - different. Sure are lots of rooms!! Always thought it would be nice to have a room with a skylight. Super video.

  • @HoudiniWild
    @HoudiniWild 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +13

    Wild. Thank you for doing this. Unfortunately, I don't know which of those rooms Houdini was embalmed in. I do have a recording of a 1988 interview with one of his embalmers. (I've posted it to my Patreon.) There were five of them. Interestingly, he said they all lived in a dormitory on the top floor. At one point he does mention a drain for the water to run off after washing the body. You did capture a drain like that on the second floor room. But other than that, no clues. BTW, you should wear a hard hat or a bicycle helmet when doing these videos. Those ceilings look like they could have collapsed on you at any time! Wonder how much longer this building will stand? Anyway, thanks again!

    • @HoudiniWild
      @HoudiniWild 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Oh, and yes, this did become a music school, as you suspected.

  • @maryhirsch2909
    @maryhirsch2909 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    awesome place. Than You for taking me.

  • @roberth7387
    @roberth7387 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    @ 7:57 of the video really creepy album cover ( it looks like a album cover ) That would defiantly make me turn right around and get out of there as quickly as possible. Great work as usual.

    • @Freaktography
      @Freaktography  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      My thoughts exactly

    • @thekraemer1757
      @thekraemer1757 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      It is. Chadwick Symphonic Sketches from around 1958. Modern classical from early 20th century. The cover art is a lttile off putting.

  • @RangerRickTV
    @RangerRickTV 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    This is fantastic 😍

  • @rosalenarose1391
    @rosalenarose1391 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Very unique to see. Probably turned into an art and music school after. Very cool. Thanks for sharing

    • @Freaktography
      @Freaktography  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you enjoyed it

    • @detroitfunk313
      @detroitfunk313 หลายเดือนก่อน

      It was home to the Art Centre Music School for decades, all the way into the 2000's.

  • @richarddonahue3565
    @richarddonahue3565 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Very interesting video. Most states require the prep room to be at street level or higher, so the drainage does not rely on a pump to dispose of it.

    • @JWalterYooper3661
      @JWalterYooper3661 หลายเดือนก่อน

      That’s actually not correct. An embalming room can be on any level of the funeral home. But each state & OSHA have requirements as to plumbing, ventilation , sanitation, etc. Location can be anywhere that is private & away from the public.

  • @mxdr65
    @mxdr65 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Awesome one Dave!!!

  • @danell5202
    @danell5202 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Those square windows pains with wood god is that beautiful

  • @laurabrooks7655
    @laurabrooks7655 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    It was the Art Center Music School which closed in the late 1990s.

  • @optimistinmyprime
    @optimistinmyprime 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Creepy. the records in the doorway/stairway... so weird. (The beautiful room really is beautiful)

  • @jamesluke6603
    @jamesluke6603 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Enjoyed watching your video. Thank you for sharing this

  • @BBQNBLUES
    @BBQNBLUES 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Was once a Classy Joint ! Regarding the stairwell buried under old records? My 1st thought: "The Day the Music Died" !

  • @kevinhodge1221
    @kevinhodge1221 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Very beautiful windows in there when this place was built, this was a pretty booming town

  • @rezahassani1923
    @rezahassani1923 19 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    @ 9:37 there is an orb seen in mirror,top right, as you say “what’s up guys”
    Cool video!
    Thanks!
    Liked and subscribed

  • @tiffanyrose8810
    @tiffanyrose8810 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Thus funeral home would make a lovely bed and breakfast or hotel great video.

  • @jerroldmcley4347
    @jerroldmcley4347 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Very cool 😎👍 place beautiful architecture love it nice find

  • @cherryspiker4426
    @cherryspiker4426 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    wow that is amazing. I would love to have been there to see that . stayed to the end . ❤❤❤ stay safe love ya

  • @verav9318
    @verav9318 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Awesome video!! As always, thanks for sharing!

    • @verav9318
      @verav9318 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      The greenery in the skylight is beautiful! Such a nice room! Beautiful architecture!!

    • @Freaktography
      @Freaktography  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for watching!

  • @joangravel2436
    @joangravel2436 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Thanks for awesome video I enjoyed watching

    • @Freaktography
      @Freaktography  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for the visit

  • @IsabelGomez-b8s
    @IsabelGomez-b8s 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Beautiful pianos and fireplaces❤

  • @KayeSears
    @KayeSears หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Even with the decay this is still a beautiful place.

  • @richardrice5065
    @richardrice5065 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Not sure I'd want to sleep there! It would be creepy for sure!

  • @charlestimothy4345
    @charlestimothy4345 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    Read that auto pioneer Henry Ford and his son Edsel were embalmed there also.

  • @thepozfromoz5166
    @thepozfromoz5166 29 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Very fascinating old place! I wondering where the "lay out" room was? This place has a lot of history behind it...should be restored back to the funeral home.

  • @lindatheheathen
    @lindatheheathen 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great vid! Fascinating tour! All that old vinyl though 😩

  • @mrbill3576
    @mrbill3576 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    Great work sir and thank you for zero music it was great

    • @Freaktography
      @Freaktography  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      You are welcome

  • @michellegreen5312
    @michellegreen5312 20 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Interesting and neat

  • @mariesmith599
    @mariesmith599 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Just kills me to see all these piano's and organs in the building. Wish they had been donated to children's homes or children's hospital

  • @Caareenkm6726
    @Caareenkm6726 18 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    Ask Houdini which room he was in. 😂

  • @TMariePR
    @TMariePR หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    After the property was sold by the funeral home, it was purchase by Arts Center Music School who provided music instruction to the children of low and moderate-income families.

  • @stevesantini5754
    @stevesantini5754 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    I find it unusual that Houdini was embalmed. The Jewish funeral consists of a burial, also known as an interment. Cremation is forbidden. Burial is considered to allow the body to decompose naturally, therefore embalming is forbidden. Burial is intended to take place in as short an interval of time after death as possible. Mind you, he had to be shipped to New York so embalming was likely needed.

  • @Steve-i9t
    @Steve-i9t หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Very cool -- glad you're doing this -- but how do you not get popped for B&E, since your videos are public? I will say, you seem very respectful of the properties, so maybe that makes the difference.

  • @badexter1
    @badexter1 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    I am a musician. It drives me nuts that the pianos and organs were just abandoned. They could have auctioned those off. They were good instruments.

  • @ddoggvlogs
    @ddoggvlogs 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    🎵 Abra abracadabra 🎵

    • @Freaktography
      @Freaktography  3 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

      AND it's in Detroit too!

    • @ddoggvlogs
      @ddoggvlogs 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@Freaktography that's actually amazing!

  • @TimEBBERS-te6ve
    @TimEBBERS-te6ve 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    As a retired embalmer, the year houdini died my guess is the old room in the basement is it ! At that time most were in the basement and had elevators later we're moved main floor for ease and moderation of prep rooms at the time. Ours did and it was over 150 yo.

    • @Freaktography
      @Freaktography  15 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Thanks for that!!

  • @clairefunnell8481
    @clairefunnell8481 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What a find Dave. If the walls could talk, what would they tell us. Kinda creepy here knowing that it is occupied. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @SaraFranklin-z5z
    @SaraFranklin-z5z 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    And very historic

  • @BeemWeeks
    @BeemWeeks 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Pianos and organs in a funeral home are not uncommon. Music is often played during services for the deceased. Those rooms appear to be where individual viewing services would have been held. Cool video.

    • @detroitfunk313
      @detroitfunk313 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Those are from the music school, not the funeral home. However, the funeral home did have a few badass old Leslie organ speaker systems in the chapel.

  • @danell5202
    @danell5202 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    You did a good thing bye giving the homeless people there privacy.

  • @bighoss8793
    @bighoss8793 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    That place is huge.

  • @SusanStrohl
    @SusanStrohl 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This is awesome

  • @leftofcentermo
    @leftofcentermo 17 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    WTF, who be livid on that second floor?…gurlll…I ain’t playin’…

  • @DanaZ-c1j
    @DanaZ-c1j หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I believe it was the one in the basement. My uncle is a mortician, and this looks to be about right. My gut says the basement

  • @bgreen2856
    @bgreen2856 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    From stinkers to goldmines All your videos are Special or I wouldn’t be a subscriber!❤

  • @renesagahon4477
    @renesagahon4477 9 วันที่ผ่านมา

    That place has got to be haunted … you couldn’t pay me to go there …perfect for Halloween

  • @lynnb-TruckCastreauJr
    @lynnb-TruckCastreauJr 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Back when this funeral home was built it would have had pianos and organs to play music for the visitors. Today we have sound systems instead.

  • @errittsmith4536
    @errittsmith4536 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I would take the pianos and organs and restore them and put them in a history museum

  • @isabelfaye3052
    @isabelfaye3052 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Actually creepy lol. I enjoyed it 😮

  • @rickengen5249
    @rickengen5249 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cool video thanks

    • @Freaktography
      @Freaktography  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Glad you enjoyed it

  • @LousFool
    @LousFool 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nope. You couldn't pay me. The creepiest was all of the pianos.

  • @CherryBerry48
    @CherryBerry48 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    yes i am still with you, i am really lovin it, but it creeps me out bcuz folks are living there

  • @HeidiTeutsch-v3i
    @HeidiTeutsch-v3i 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Yes

  • @RangerRickTV
    @RangerRickTV 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    "The musical funeral home"

  • @williamgriffin7584
    @williamgriffin7584 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    wow..that nice place..

    • @Freaktography
      @Freaktography  3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thanks for visiting

  • @austinhale6771
    @austinhale6771 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    do you know when it closed?

  • @donaldhendrix3718
    @donaldhendrix3718 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Is there any records lefted behind that would be a way to find out more about him

    • @josephesposito7818
      @josephesposito7818 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Those records were moved to the new location in a suburb north of Detroit. Having worked for that firm I know they were in storage there.

  • @slimshadyshady510
    @slimshadyshady510 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    It is well known in Detroit -

  • @bgreen2856
    @bgreen2856 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Yes a school for performing arts! Dance I believe

  • @TREVORJB101
    @TREVORJB101 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    8:48 orb

  • @SaraFranklin-z5z
    @SaraFranklin-z5z 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Very kool

  • @DennisShook-k7w
    @DennisShook-k7w 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    how would anyone know what room he was embalmed in.😮😮

  • @stevee5519
    @stevee5519 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    That was nice of you to offer your cigarettes to them. Great explore!!

  • @EmilyShoup-pu1nt
    @EmilyShoup-pu1nt 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    There weren’t any long tables still left behind, so too hard to guess which room was used!

  • @donaldhendrix3718
    @donaldhendrix3718 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What kind of music book
    Is that

  • @jerroldmcley4347
    @jerroldmcley4347 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Shouldn't you step on sides of the stairs near the side supports

  • @crabtownguy
    @crabtownguy 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Come on Guys and Gals, let;s get Dave over 100K "Subscribe" He has a great channel always worth watching...

  • @bensreflection3985
    @bensreflection3985 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Pilease
    DIggitiase those records

  • @toobusy63
    @toobusy63 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Definitely interesting 🤔 The creepy picture on the counter in the first embalming room🫣

  • @GS-ry6on
    @GS-ry6on 8 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    What a shame. Can imagine it was beautiful back in the day. When did this place turn into h*ll??

  • @xeero24
    @xeero24 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    It’s not “their home” they are squatters and have no rights to that property

  • @writerdirect
    @writerdirect 10 วันที่ผ่านมา

    jt looks like the old mansion in staten island

  • @paulcarmichael596
    @paulcarmichael596 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hst was a very large funersl home.

  • @mtl111mtl
    @mtl111mtl หลายเดือนก่อน

    No, not here. Gone.

  • @jaystone3251
    @jaystone3251 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How do you know that Harry was even brought to this funeral home? and who would know which room he was embalmed in?

    • @leonardhevia5452
      @leonardhevia5452 2 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You're answer is in the Wild About Harry blog.

    • @detroitfunk313
      @detroitfunk313 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I went to the Hamilton Funeral Home in Birmingham and they let me view the records first hand. It is absolutely a true and easily verifiable story.

    • @josephesposito7818
      @josephesposito7818 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@detroitfunk313Yep, having worked for this firm I saw all those records.

  • @johnhenryholiday4964
    @johnhenryholiday4964 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It would not of been a "good job" to embalm Harry Houdini, The smell of removing the rotted material from his abdomen would of been stomach turning... Harry had peritonitis and basically rotted to death from the inside out... To properly embalm Harry they would of had to use a trocar to suck out all the pus, serous fluid, blood and other materials from his abdomen. I am not a embalming technician but I do know a thing or two about medicine and infection which was the ultimate end of Houdini...

    • @Freaktography
      @Freaktography  14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Oh god that sounds horrible

    • @josephesposito7818
      @josephesposito7818 วันที่ผ่านมา

      I’ve been embalming bodies for 40 years and that’s not quite how it goes…..

  • @jonathanterrett
    @jonathanterrett 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    Eerie

  • @tonisargent4695
    @tonisargent4695 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    its not there it home those homeless people belongs to the state its threre home

    • @dadofducks
      @dadofducks 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah right

  • @mwfitz
    @mwfitz 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I saw zero evidence that homeless people live there.

    • @Freaktography
      @Freaktography  12 วันที่ผ่านมา

      That's because I,didn't film them or their living quarters. They had 2 rooms on the 2nd floor

  • @prognozprognoz9145
    @prognozprognoz9145 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    lol

    • @prognozprognoz9145
      @prognozprognoz9145 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Btw I gave your video a thumb down

  • @todzarneckey2529
    @todzarneckey2529 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    why do you have to respect them if they're homeless and they're squatting in a building they don't own

    • @JamesMoore-wy2ud
      @JamesMoore-wy2ud 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Judge not least you be judged for having no compassion for another human being who is in a bad life situation. You sound like a jerk....😢

    • @dadofducks
      @dadofducks 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@JamesMoore-wy2ud you're calling someone a jerk, yet would you act any differently if that was your property and you discovered (2) homeless people trespassing on your land?? I bet you would have picked up your phone and called the police in a heart beat. As far as you know, they may have been criminals, rapists, drug addicts, etc. who committed crimes to get their fix against the innocent or whatever. Maybe you shouldn't judge.

  • @IanNorris-m8j
    @IanNorris-m8j 24 วันที่ผ่านมา

    All American funeral homes are always out dated and shabby

  • @BillMarquez-uw6eh
    @BillMarquez-uw6eh 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I would wear a respirator in those places due to black mold and if their is any of the embalming chemicals still there those are highly carcinogenic!!!!!!

  • @nanette_128
    @nanette_128 3 หลายเดือนก่อน