Haunted? Abandoned Funeral Home Built 1929 Part 1. 

This Place is now gone! Someone went by and sent me a picture. It is destroyed

My dad worked there 50 years as the accountant/funeral director, sat at that front office desk. Fascinating video. So many memories.

At. 16:47. That's where people would have prayed. Was probably in front of a casket. I wonder how many broken hearted people prayed for their dead loved ones there.

I used to work in that building in the late 80s, washing limousines and funeral coaches. Kriegshauser South on Kingshighway had an unheated garage so in cold weather I had to run the cars to Southern to wash them. Terrible shame. Used to be a canopy on the north side of the building by the side entrance till a UHaul truck knocked it down in the 80s and they never replaced it. Lots of history there.

Tony, As someone who built windows and doors like the ones that are in this building, the biggest waste is to see these beautiful windows and doors just destroyed. To have a salvage company come in and save all this wonderful wood work and reuse it is what should be done. Not just the windows and doors but the corbels and ceiling beams as well. SO SAD!!

That place is amazing!!! There is SOOOoooooo much there that needs to be rescued. Those ceiling beams, for example, are absolutely beautiful!!! The stained glass windows!! The doors!!! Where do I stop???

At 16:48- it's a kneeler -sp-? that is placed next to the casket, so one can kneel & say a prayer. I've sadly seen & used these a lot in my lifetime. Great find

The fist price of furniture was a kneeling bench, they kept it around where you light the candle and say a prayer.

Great explore. Shame to see such a place of historical significance being demolished for something petty, we all see this a lot. At least you got in there before it was gone, this place should of been placed on the historical registry, not destroyed.

I agree with you! Why don't they do this funeral home up and save it from being vandalised, if i had the money i would buy it and do it up and provide affordable funerals for those family's who have a low income!

Watching this video was heartbreaking 😢 Not from the area, but thank you for getting pictures before it was gone .

Love it, excellent job! My dad told me when I was in my teen's "You're going to be doin some dumb shit, I was young once too, whatever you do, or get involved with don't ever desecrate a church, or cemetery " I guess funeral home's, would fall into this category too... you looked at a short white pillar/podium type thing, that had what look's like a white plastic chain, laying on top of it. at the base of that is a small gold colored cross, it's long gone now... I wonder what happened to the little girl 👻 , that could be seen in the window up stair's, after this Funeral Home was razed?

A very fitting title for your video. As a paranormal investigator, I am aware of the many things that imprint themselves on these buildings, almost as if the building itself was an extension of the people who were once there. Funeral Homes especially I find store that energy and from time to time, it releases and the lucky might capture it when it happens. All the emotions and thoughts and feelings that came through that building were imprinted on the bricks and mortar and the very foundation. Nobody passed through that building without leaving some part of themselves in it and those who study the paranormal know exactly what I am talking about. Vandals just look at these places as targets for their ill advised damage. They have no thoughts as to the history of the site, no thoughts as to who or what might be watching them as they go about their destruction. But little do they realize that those who have transcended the physical reality have their own ways of exacting judgement on those who destroy without any reverence or thought and it does happen more than you would think. I can only hope that those who saw fit to destroy this building and mar it without thought were visited by these souls and taught the error of their ways.

This is so heartbreaking. My father's family was/is from St. Louis. My grandmother quite likely had her funeral at this place in 1963. This whole area has been destroyed. They lived on Prairie, which is one or two streets from Grand Blvd in a duplex, one on top where my grandmother and aunt lived and one on the bottom where my uncle and his wife lived. Some of the best memories of my young years were visits to that house. Everyone on the street knew everyone else. There was a little grocery mart down on the corner. It was just a wonderful place. Now it is a ghetto. The actual house where they lived has been burned down. So, so sad that these wonderful places are gone.

My father was a union carpenter in Chicago in the 60's&70's and used to bring me to see some of the older buildings before they would get demolished. We are destroying American history on a daily basis! Thank you for showing people these buildings before they are gone!

Such a shame to destroy historic buildings like that. Plz no haters- if we all gave Tony $1 or even just 50c, he could do many things which we would benefit from or just a petrol vooucher.! I know alot of you ate doing it tough atm (me included atm) but a ollar bill can be postef.Cheers to fellow subscribers!

Great explore! Beautiful woodwork and plaster details. Looking forward to part 2. Thanks for taking us along on your explores!

I've seen this one for so long and never got to go in. Good video

Nostalgic yet bittersweet...good video.

Very well done even to the subdued music. It was a pleasure to listen to his narrative..

Good video,looking forward to watching part 2,thanks again Tony.

It would have been a majestic place in it's heyday. Fabulous video though, looking forward to Part 2. I would have liked to see the furthest part of the chapel where the Casket would have been placed. But a wonder video indeed, I was completely captivated. Hank from Australia

What a great video and explore. I can't get pass the great architecture and interior.just beautiful.

The video is a historical record.

You are right about that building being so beautiful ,not going to see that same style for a long time

I love seeing these old places from back then. As always enjoyed it.

New subscriber here. Great video! What a shame! As far as your voice, I found it very soothing, and comforting. Some of the urbex videos, they are loud, unpleasant, etc.

Please do your videos more often with the type of microphone you use now!!! I absolutely love it!

The item you thought was a bench or stand to put a casket on is actually where you kneel and pray

It's called a kneeler. Most catholic funerals place them at the casket

It's sad seeing buildings like this rot away

Awesome work

At 16:52, those benches are "Kneelers." People can come up to an occupied casket & pray for the dead, or visit with the dead, & kneel there & mourn for the dead friend, family member, etc. One kneels on the bottom cushion, & leans one's elbows on the upper cushion. Some people use kneelers at their wedding, in a religious wedding ceremony, up close to the altar or inner sanctum of a chapel. Catholic ceremonies use them alot. Sometimes they are at a chapel railing where votive/prayer candles can be lit, & someone (usually catholics) will ask for something as they kneel there after having lit one of the candles, & depositing a coin or two for the cost of the candle(s).

Very nice. So glad you captured this. The vandals and taggers.😔

1st :) xx This has to be your best work Tony, well done xx

The wood work on the ceiling @ 2:10 awesome. Sad that all things come to an end!

Awesome ty .its very sad 😢

very sad. you did exceptional video on this place and i could feel the sadness of the place. ..

All that said, the land will still be there even after the last remnants of the building itself are gone. Perhaps there will be some residual energy left on the property itself. One could hope that the positive energies imprinted there will remain and make anything that is built there retain the energy of all the good that was experienced there in the past. If the building could not be preserved, at least its memory and the energy it contained can remain for all who look at that space with fond remembrance as having some importance in their lives.

It has been my observation over the years that there are two kinds of people, those that create, and those that destroy. They do not understand each other.

This was awesome explore!! Hate to see all the freaking graffiti,but still plenty of cool stuff,mostly because you don't normally get to see the full building when it's in use.nice job.cant wait for part 2.

I really like your videos and comments!! This was a Really Beautiful building at one time! I am like you, in that I would have Really loved to see it before so much decay set in. The woodwork, arched windows, the beautiful woodwork on the ceiling, etc. was wonderful to see. I am like you in that I would have wanted to see the front of the chapel without the damaging graffiti! Thank you for your great camera work!!

my good friends who lost his life in service to our country had his funeral at the southern funeral home it was beautiful its really sad now looks like hell

I own my funeral establishment and in my 59 years not once have I seen or heard ghost in my building. Why would a funeral home be haunted the cases I handle didn't die in the building. I'm the only one in the building right now with two bodies in the lab and one in a closed casket and I don't hear a thing.

The bench looking thing is a kneeler. It was placed in front of the casket so people could kneel and pray. Commonly used for those of the catholic and protestant faiths.

Great video. I love places like this one

That is the kneeler put in front of the casket during a wake.

damn at 20:50 thats a legit graff work sad its gone since they tore the place down.

that thing that looks like a bench is what you kneel on next to the casket

Nice video :)

What a shame to see that beautiful building be distoryed! If those walls could have been able to talk-the story's that could be told.

Its interesting places you expect paranormal activity (well the kind you see) and the places you actually do our quite different. This place is quiet so far at 11:08 from the left side of the screen you will see a little whisp of white smoke? its faint but its not dust definitely not a bug- it stops looks at Tony and moves on, size doesn't matter in the spirit world (imo) some of the most powerful spirits that people encounter are similar floating snake/worm like mists, yet these can and do change form, actually most of what we see is a mirage I think anyway.

The little stool is placed in front of the casket, for people to kneel on and pray.

people do not care about these historic places they vandalise ,and arson these historic buildings as for me i have great values i care about these places that is why im subbed to alot of URBEX like youTony i do care its a sin what is happening we are not dealing with normal people anymore they just want to destroy anything that is good very sad these psychos im with you tony thank you for vids i always make sure your vids are on my playlist called abandoned structures thank god for people like you Tony

No that thing you asked about is a prayer bench. You kneel on the bottom cushioned area and put your arms over the top cushioned area. Mostly Catholics use that.

On the right is a casket beir. Left is a kneeler. Beside the casket u kneel n pray. Make the sign of the cross etc. If ur christian.

about 450 on left side, theres a board leaning like on a chair or sumpn and the chair (or sumpn ) moved real quick. freaky stuff.

it was probably a kneeling bench,most likely there was a church in the funeral home?

An old Hammond looks like a T series.

Where do all of these abandoned furneral homes come about itswild.

Tony , I'm sure that was a prayer bench.

Is this place still available? Can you get back in the place with all the pews?

It look like it was beautiful in the day -So bad that the feature parts aren't able to be recycled -salvaged or reused The windows are beautiful - the wood in the pews could be recycled repurposed - what do ppl have to do to make something heritage listed or doesnt the USA do that ? at 16.01 is that a person in the other room ?

Tony, please include a link to PayPal in all your video descriptions, so we can easily send you some monetary support to help offset some of your expenditures.

that thing that looks like bench is what you kneel on next to the casket.

a kneeling bench to pray

Thar place would have been an excellent building for an upscale restaurant.

Hammond Organ, looks like a T-200.

nice mate

Why did you say it closed?

It is an ALTAR.

So sad.....................

Abandoned TattoTonyAlton Exploring..Good job with the videos, Now I need I need to watch part 2..I have 2 sister-in-laws, or had one passed last yr., so young ..anyway u can really tell they are from Texas cause they string there words together and draw the words out for sooooo lonngg..U on the other hand say things and stop after abou,,, t 30 to 60 seconds and minutes later u add another word, and so on and so on...Where are u from????

Creepy.

Why doesnt anybody seem to have any respect for the dead anymore?

Between 15.00 & 15.04 there is a sound that plays has anyone herd it sounds like DIE or TIME ? 😳😳😳

A lot of poor people in that state sense the auto plants closed down.

At 17:03 og this video is to knee on for Catholics so they can pray at the casket I'll let you know what that little stool is for people that who are Catholic to kneel on to pray I'm proud of the casket

i believe that was a kneeler.

how do you know it's haunted

@ 9:19 is a gigantic Freemason symbol

BMI (Broadcast Music Inc.)extoring money from a funeral home. They're worse than the mafia.

SAD

Why do these freaking adverts keep popping up!!

it's a praying bench .

Prayer

Tony, this place has been explored many times on the tube. Why do we need two 23-some minute segments on it? Respectfully, come on man.

Orb at 6:03

neal to pray on that

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