We Found 3 Hearses at this Abandoned Funeral Home

In today’s video we will be taking you inside an abandoned funeral home that left everything behind. The funeral home, which was located in the southern United States, originally opened its doors in the early 1960’s and the funeral business was run from the first floor of large building with other retail surrounding it, which was a unique set up.

The funeral home was owned and operated by the patriarch of the family, who successfully ran the business for years before he retired and handed the funeral home down to his son. The son then successfully operated the funeral home for another 30 years before he eventually became too ill and had to temporarily close the funeral home. Unfortunately, his health did not improve and he ultimately passed away. When the son passed away, his family decided to use the funeral home one more time for their beloved family member to celebrate his life and accomplishments. The funeral home held the sons memorial service in 2018 and was permanently closed right after. It has sat abandoned ever since.

Abandoned Funeral Home Embalming Room — Photo by: @detroit_unseen

The best part of this explore was that since the funeral home was originally only supposed to be closed “temporarily” but ended up closing permanently, it seems that they literally got up, left everything as it was, locked the doors, and never returned. This funeral home had it all….and when we say all, we mean ALL!!!

First off, they left the embalming room completely intact with all the embalming tools, equipment, and supplies. There was makeup, styrofoam heads, formaldehyde, artery fluid, skin compound, tissue builder, gurneys, a body lift, and of course the porcelain slab.

The second part of the explore was the chapel with all the chairs set up for a memorial service, maybe even from the owner’s own memorial service. At the front of the chapel there was a casket on display, making this chapel a great and also creepy room to photograph and explore. Next there was a room with several old embalming tables, multiple catafalques which are casket holders, and most shockingly there was several boxes of real human cremains, complete with names and death certificates.

Abandoned Funeral Home Human Remains — Photo by: @detroit_unseen

Abandoned Funeral Home Casket — Photo by: @detroit_unseen

Abandoned Funeral Home Casket and Visiting Room — Photo by: @detroit_unseen

The last memorable part of the explore was the garage, where we found three different black Cadillac hearses, all of which had not been touched in years. The best one was the classic early 1960’s hearse, but there was also one from the 1980’s and then another one from the early 2000’s. It is not everyday that we get to explore a funeral home with three hearses, in addition to everything else that was left behind. And because of this reason, the funeral home will go down in the books as one of the best abandoned funeral homes that we have ever explored. We hope that you all feel the same way.