Overnight Investigations at Eloise Asylum and Mortuary Manor
Halloween used to mean rubber masks and fog machines. This year, more people are seeking something quieter and deeper: the chance to step into places where life and death have already left their marks, and to listen.
At Eloise Asylum in Westland, Michigan—the remaining Kay Beard Building of a long-closed psychiatric hospital—Michighost Paranormal leads guests through the upper floors after dark. Investigators and visitors report being touched, grabbed, or whistled at. EMF meters spike in rooms that once held hydrotherapy tubs.
Lead makeup artist and scare actor Lexi Carter described watching the meters go off as “wild… This is real. This is so cool.” The building still carries the weight of its history, and many who walk those halls say the energy answers back.
At Eloise Asylum in Westland, Michigan—the remaining Kay Beard Building of a long-closed psychiatric hospital—Michighost Paranormal leads guests through the upper floors after dark. Investigators and visitors report being touched, grabbed, or whistled at.
EMF meters spike in rooms that once held hydrotherapy tubs. Lead makeup artist and scare actor Lexi Carter described watching the meters go off as “wild… This is real. This is so cool.” The building still carries the weight of its history, and many who walk those halls say the energy answers back.
Fifty miles south, in Toledo, Ohio, the former Urbanski Funeral Home has reopened as Mortuary Manor—a 60,000-square-foot museum and event space that still holds its embalming rooms, autopsy areas, and a basement morgue slab where guests often take photos. Operations manager Cory Leibenguth notes that the building keeps modern comforts (heat, Wi-Fi, indoor plumbing) while preserving the original atmosphere.
Investigators have reported the casket elevator moving on its own, equipment turning on by itself, and disembodied voices. The manor will host its first wedding this November—on Friday the 13th—and offers overnight stays in a five-room suite for those who want more time with whatever still lingers.
These are not abandoned ruins left to decay. They are places that have been carefully opened, equipped, and shared so that ordinary people can experience residual energy, ask questions, and decide for themselves what they feel. In a season when the veil is said to thin, Eloise and Mortuary Manor invite us to walk gently through rooms that once held both care and farewell—and to notice what still remains.
Whether you prefer the charged halls of a former hospital or the quiet dignity of a funeral home turned investigation space, both locations remind us that the most interesting hauntings are often the ones we choose to meet with curiosity instead of fear.
Would you spend a night listening in one of these rooms? We’d love to hear which space calls to you—and what you would bring with you.
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