Abandoned Funeral Home Where Houdini Was Embalmed

This one is most definitely a very special abandoned Freaktography adventure!
The location I am exploring in this video used to be a funeral home, and it has a great little back story!
Back on October 22nd of 1926, Harry Houdini was in Montreal, Quebec for some shows. He was approached by a student of McGill University, the student wanted to punch Houdini in the stomach. Houdini had long claimed that he had a superhuman ability to sustain any punch to the stomach, due to his unimaginably strong abdominal muscles.
Houdini accepted the challenge, however before he was able to stand up and brace himself and tighten his stomach muscles - the student wound up and punched Houdini in the abdomen 4 to 5 times very hard.
The punch didn't do any immediate or obvious damage to Houdini, as he proceeded to perform shows in Montreal before heading to Detroit for another series of shows.
However, on his way to Detroit and while in Detroit, Houdini had been complaining of stomach cramps, discomfort and pain, which turned severe with cold sweats and fatigue. It was suspected that he had appendicitis.
Harry insisted on doing his show on the night of October 24th, he struggled through the show and collapsed to the floor as the curtain dropped. That night Houdini was taken to a hospital for surgery where it was discovered that his appendix had been ruptured several days earlier. The appendix was removed but the damage was done, it had poisoned his insides.
Houdini held on for 7 more days but he died on Halloween, October 31st, 1926.
Following his death, Houdinis body was transported to this funeral home where his body would be embalmed and prepared for transport and funeral. Following the embalmment, the magician was placed into one of his very own trick coffins that he had just completed working on for a future stunt. He was left in this coffin until a more suitable one could be obtained, he was then moved to the new coffin, transported to Michigan Central Train station for the ride to New York and his burial at a cemetery in Queens, New York.
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[@HoudiniWild]

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]

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

[@don1857]

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]

Thanks for the info

[@kathleen726]

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

[@susanlongb4]

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

[@paulademarco1585]

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

[@paulademarco1585]

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

[@jerroldmcley4347]

Very cool 😎👍 place beautiful architecture love it nice find

[@RangerRickTV]

This is fantastic 😍

[@lindatheheathen]

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

[@suzannewojtkowiak4329]

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.

[@verav9318]

Awesome video!! As always, thanks for sharing!

[@verav9318]

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

[@Freaktography]

Thanks for watching!

[@rachelgervais1971]

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

[@Freaktography]

Thanks for coming

[@jamesluke6603]

Enjoyed watching your video. Thank you for sharing this

[@mxdr65]

Awesome one Dave!!!

[@cherryspiker4426]

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

[@optimistinmyprime]

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

[@bgreen2856]

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

[@joangravel2436]

Thanks for awesome video I enjoyed watching

[@Freaktography]

Thanks for the visit

[@ddoggvlogs]

🎵 Abra abracadabra 🎵

[@Freaktography]

AND it's in Detroit too!

[@ddoggvlogs]

@@Freaktography that's actually amazing!

[@rosalenarose1391]

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

[@Freaktography]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@tiffanyrose8810]

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

[@user-zg1tv6xk9u]

This is awesome

[@charliea3363]

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

[@Ginav7]

Hey ther Cutie , wicked big place . I wld neva go in those funeral places they creep me out. I neva watch them but I hadda watch it bc u were showin it ... 1 always pass em by wen my other explorer bros r showin them . Thx 4 showin tho . Idnt no who the Harry person is bc I neva heard of him sry 😮. I'm patiently waitin on ur next vid. Yea ❤ it whas up guys 👍💯✅️🩵🧸 swndin warm wishes an love up 2 u my explorer guy ⭐️

[@c.hawker7605]

Harry Houdini was one of the most famous magicians to ever exist, a quick Google of his name would give you all the information you want.

[@isabelfaye3052]

Actually creepy lol. I enjoyed it 😮

[@lynnb-TruckCastreauJr]

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.

[@RangerRickTV]

"The musical funeral home"

[@clairefunnell8481]

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

[@BeemWeeks]

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.

[@maryhirsch2909]

awesome place. Than You for taking me.

[@rickengen5249]

Cool video thanks

[@Freaktography]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@roberth7387]

@ 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]

My thoughts exactly

[@BBQNBLUES]

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

[@badexter1]

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

[@laurabrooks7655]

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.

[@bgreen2856]

Yes a school for performing arts! Dance I believe

[@jerroldmcley4347]

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

[@EmilyShoup-pu1nt]

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

[@williamgriffin7584]

wow..that nice place..

[@Freaktography]

Thanks for visiting

[@charlestimothy4345]

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

[@laurabrooks7655]

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

[@maryannschwittek4984]

It was the Arts Center Music School since 1981.

[@austinhale6771]

do you know when it closed?

[@badexter1]

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.

[@stevee5519]

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

[@Freaktography]

Yes it was!

[@CherryBerry48]

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

[@jaystone3251]

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

[@jonathanterrett]

Eerie

[@crabtownguy]

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

[@prognozprognoz9145]

lol

[@prognozprognoz9145]

Btw I gave your video a thumb down

[@toobusy63]

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

[@nanette_128]