Abandoned Southern Medical Center - Cairo, IL. Cinematic URBEX Exploration. Found remains.
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- Exploring an old abandoned hospital in the intriguing city of Cairo. Diving a bit deeper into the history, uncovering the towns somewhat dark past, and what happened to the town over the course of a century.
Born and raised here. A matter of fact, I was born in that same hospital and still reside here. I think somebody is doing a documentary there now. I love the ending.
How you managed to live in that empty city?
Hey there. I am going to be traveling through Cairo. Thought I would do a little exploring.. Would you say it is safe?
@@howiefeltersnach8861 Yes, Cairo is safe! The Magnolia Celebration is May 6th, 2023 - would be great if you could attend. I went last year and it was great!
@@cindyhale I will try to check that out. I made it down there last November saw Fort Defiance and some other interesting things
Thanks for the vid. I was born in Cairo at St. Mary's Hospital in 1950. My dad died there in 1986. I have watched many vids of Cairo and it is really depressing. I left southern Illinois in the 70s after serving 5 years in the Navy and moved to TN. After my dad passed in 1986 I moved my Mother to TN with me and haven't been backs since. Cairo's history is so sad. I loved growing up in Cairo and Mounds and knew so many great people. My Father owned two businesses in Cairo and Mounds and I remember in the 50s Cairo was a bustling place, especially on Friday night. The buildings my Father owned have been torn down and it is hard to recognize the streets now. Where are you from and why did you go to Cairo? just interested.
Thanks
Thank you so much for watching. That is so interesting! It is such a shame what happened to the town. I am from Central Illinois and have always known about Cairo. Me and some friends were in a road trip to North Dakota, and we where heading to Nashville, made a whole day out of exploring Cairo. Such an interesting feel. I have never been to a place like it. A very eerie desolate feeling hits you walking around certain areas. I'm glad you moved out of there. TN is a great place! Thank you again!
Thank you for visiting the place that I was born. It didn't look like this back in 1954.
I always wondered about this hospital. My mother was from Cairo and I still have family there now but most have moved away from there...
Awesome video! I'm planning on heading over there to explore the hospital sometime in the next few weeks. Anything I should note? Navigation tips to get to the upper floors/points of entry?
Thank you so much!! So the bottom floor had 2 entrances. One was not blocked at all just opened. And the one I went through. Be very careful when going upstairs. There is rusted metal pipes an wiring sticking out from alot of places. Just walk slow :) The layout is pretty straight forward. The basement was also flooded so I wouldn't recommend that. Have fun and be safe!!!
@@BryceDocherty Thanks!
did you go and if so how was it?
@@MoistBoi55 I have not yet but plan to soon. I have been into many of the other buildings in Cairo, and if your into urban exploration I highly suggest checking out the city. Its the closes to an abandoned city I have ever seen.
@@jhazard4196 That was a fast response. And I live in kentucky so it's somewhat close but I am only 16 so. But yea if you ever do and remember this then tell me!
Loved it Brick!! Especially the last part of the tour. Lol.. another great film from Bryce Docherty Digital!!
Thank you so much Terry!!!! I knew you would like that part lol!!! Thanks for watching!
Hi there. I'm going to be traveling through Cairo book Cairo. Thought I would stop and check it out. Would you say it is safe?
I remember when the hospital closed down in Cario I was attending Cario Jr. High School at the time. They moved a small clinic in the Post Office.
My dad and aunt were born there I’m from Thebes Illinois that whole area is called Little Egypt there are a lot of areas to explore like this in those areas
How far do the local residents have to drive to get to a clinic or a pharmacy ? Are there any retail stores or grocery stores in Cairo? Read that there might be jobs arriving soon in Cairo because of the port or something. Will this come about and will it help out the city, I sure hope so and I am cheering for Cairo even though I have never been there or have a connection.
That’s how I feel also
This breaks your heart to see a beautiful city fall apart
It really truly does. So many places like this in the world. Thank you very much for watching!
I'm from Harrisburg, currently live in Champaign. My grandmother used to visit elderly patients at that hospital and attend the Methodist church in town there. I love the silent hill music. When Revelations was in pre - production I reached out to M. J. Bassett and suggested Cairo as a filming location. Due to liability reasons, crime and such, they couldn't, but it was considered for a brief moment!!!
My gf is from Champaign. That is so interesting! Thank you for noticing the music! You are the first one! The town gave me Silent Hill vibes and I felt it was the best way to portray the isolation and mood. It fits really well. Thank you so much for watching man!! I really appreciate it.
@@BryceDocherty You are very welcome! Small world! You should have seen it before they tore everything down. Cairo had block after block of rows of abandoned housing stock and commercial buildings. For safety reasons in glad they were demolished, but what a sad waste of historical architecture. It looked like a mini New Orleans.
@@Brend.0 Yes it is a shame. Yes it is kinda good for alot of those buildings were dangerous
Great video! Thanks for making it and letting us know the history of this city. Very sad but really interesting! That makes me believe the story in the video game “the last of us” is not fictional :).
Hey thank you for watching man! I love The Last of Us!! It is sad what happened to the town. Unlike any place I have ever been to.
My wife was born in that hospital and grew up in the next town over . I have been wanting to investigate that location for anything paranormal. I wonder if you might respond to my comment and we could chat about it. Thanks for the video
Cairo is pronounced Care-oh.
My siblings and i were born there when it was was Saint Mary's Hospital. They later renamed it Southern Medical Center. My mom was a nurse there.
Thank you so much for watching! Yes that's how the people from the town pronounce it. I found that out after I made the video. Business Insider Magizine pronounced it how I did and so did many other articles. I wasn't sure which one was correct. That is super interesting. Do you still live there?
I just did an exploration of my own of a few buildings in Cairo a few days ago (haven't had time to edit the footage yet). The thing that caught me with that town was the sheer scale of the urban decay, I have never seen anything like it before. I actually think more buildings in that town are abandoned than not.
They definitely are! The town had such an interesting mood. Did you check out the hospital? Thanks for watching! It was definitely a cool experience overall. So much history there.
@@BryceDocherty Yeah I checked out the hospital, tbh I wasn't that impressed because of how thoroughly stripped it was. I was hoping it would be like what you see in other abandoned hospitals and everything would still be in there. I found the GEM theater much more interesting.
@@Cyb3rst0rmIndustries I will have to check it out next time!! Yea it was really stripped. But it has been abandoned for so long. Abandon places are always super cool. There is a old food factory I'm gonna check it out next.
@@BryceDocherty if it's the one in Ashley IL don't waste your time, one building is welded closed and the other is being used actively as storage.
I explored this town 2 yrs ago, the Gem was easy to get into and interesting but when I was at Hospital right when I got to back door, which was open, the weirdest smelling cool air that greeted me was nothing but death, that was enough for me
It was a very unique place. I like going into sketchy places. Keeps me on edge. I like the feeling. There are so many abandon places all over the world it's crazy. But this town is super unique. Thank you so much for watching!
I know this is old but the video was great!
Thanks man!!! I really appreciate you taking the time to watch!! It means alot!!!
@@BryceDocherty no problem man let me know if you are ever in the Chicago area. I followed ya Instagram as well!
Really cool video!!
Thank you so much! Thank you for watching!!!
Identifying some of the rooms would have been cool. Any operating rooms there? Nice music, nice on screen presence of talent.
I was born there in March 1971.
Your correct about when racial unrest came to a head around 1967 , I remember walking out of church that same year as a 10 year old boy and for the first time saw the destruction that it brought to Cairo, the city never recovered after that , my dad sold produce in that area and never was able to do any hood in Cairo , we would pass through and sell in the small towns on past Cairo like Mounds and Mounds City , Klondike was the last town we would sell in before heading back across the Bridge to southeast Missouri where we lived and your pronouncing the name wrong, it’s pronounced CARE-ROW
I can't believe I used to go to this hospital OMG it looks bad I left this town in the 80s I was around 7 of age the whole town looks bad
Great video....
Hey fhsnk you so much!! It was a little weird :) Thanks for watching!
I am from Cairo my father died in that hospital right before it shut down.
Wow. I am sorry to hear that. It was such an interesting town. I have never been to a more unique small city. I'm still surprised the hospital has been there abandon for 30 years.
@@BryceDocherty town ruined by deep state players politics 😭
@@dananewton4110 Yes unfortunately. And I feel it will never truly recover.
@@dananewton4110 "Deep state." LOL.
Me and most of my family was born in that hospital
All of these videos say that I-57 bypassed the city, but it doesn’t appear that way to me. There is an exit at the north end of town. (??????). It’s two miles from the start of the town’s grid road system. It also doesn’t look like there was a more practical way to put the road through based on the landform.
Weird how there is little at that exit. You’d think there’d be stores and restaurants to at least service the travelers which the residents could benefit from.
I was wondering and how and why these closed commercial type buildings are accessible for people to enter and walk around. Somebody must own the land at least. Would the state government pick the cost of tearing down buildings so they are not subject to the public walking around them?
I was born in that hospital to and my bros and sis to
Wow. That's interesting. It's too bad what is has become. Such an unfortunate thing that has happened to that town. A very unique place. Thank you very much for watching. I know it was a little zany :)
I was born there in 1962.
there are some sisters from the Belleville Illinois diocese are helping the poor of Cairo Illinois please if you go back that way talk to them we need to do all we can to save that town if we move it up the hill like Valmeyer did theirs and well possibly demolish the old town like Valmeyer did we could possibly get a levy to save the southern tip of Illinois and Missouri it is just we have to raise awareness for the cause truth
The hospital closed 01 Jan 1987, due to state not reimbursing hospital for services rendered. My son was born there and I worked in the lab. Town ruined by greedy self serving crooks.
Wow. That's really interesting. Yes it so sad what happened to that town. It is unlike any place I have ever been too. I'm surprised they haven't torn down that hospital yet. Thank you very much for watching. That is the problem with so much these days. Greed. That is what ruins everything. People always want more. Its crazy!!!
Cool I wanted to see it..didn't know it was in that bad of shape..think it's haunted??
No I dont. I just wanted to give off the eerie vibe the whole town gives off. It's worth exploring if you like doing that sort of thing. Just be careful cause literally everything around you can give you tetanus!! Thank you very much for watching!!!
Go see Grossinger Resort in the Catskill mountains. If it’s still standing.
Ok awesome! Thank you so much! I will look into it!
The hospital closed in 1986.
i was born at that hospital
I was born in Cairo and I was born at that hospital but back then it was called St Mary's matter of fact I'm named after the hospital my first name is Mary
That is very interesting! It is a shame what happened to the town. So much history there. I am really surprised the building hasn't been demolished yet. I think it will remain there for a long time. Thank you for watching!!
Saw a ghost there and had many EVPs there
bet you could buy to hospital dirt cheap and find a sponsor to open a emergency room there in part of the building for the people
It is def possible. I'm not sure if anything is wrong with the foundation or not. The basement has probably been flooded for years.
You don't just "open a emergency room". hahahaha
Creepy. Take out the music and you’ll hear EVPs. _What are you doing here?_
I went in this hospital years ago. No equipment in it. Just a hollow shell. Lame place. Not scary
Hometown
I was born there in 1972
That is so cool! Did you grow up in the town?
America in decay and dying.😢
This town will be America eventually if we don't do anything about these crooked politicians
It is definitely a possibility! Greed is in too many people's hearts unfortunately. Thank you very much for watching. Such a shame about the town. A very unique place.
Good video but a little dramatic
U funny. I'm a medium that doesn't hear. I would gladly volunteer
PRONOUNCED KARO NOT KYRO
I fixed it i thought :)
Who cares?
WHAT DOES URBEX MEAN
Urban Exploration!
You might as well say Poor exploration
Could u at least say the name right
That is how it is pronounced. Kay-ro. I did all the audio pronouncing it Ki-ro, later to find out that is not how it's pronounced. I had to go back and fix it. It's also pronounced Care-o by many so it was hard to pinpoint which was accurate.
Good video. I may have recommended that you all dress differently - protect yourself with good work boots, long pants, long sleeved shirts, head protection and eye protection.
Thank you! Yes that would have been best!
Please next time you visit a town stop and talk to someone who lives there and learn how to pronounce the name , but thanks for the video
Thanks for watching this. It's a bad video. I researched and there is alot of back and forth, but the way it was originally pronounced is (Kay-row). I actually went back and changed the audio cause I was pronouncing it (Ki-row). If you look into it you will find the pronunciation is pretty mixed.
too short
Thank you so much for watching. I wasn't sure if over 10 min would be too long or not. I really appreciate your feedback!!!
IN THE MIDDLE OF A PANDEMIC GO FIGURE.
Have not heard anyone even mention Cairo Illinois in some years even though I grew up with that name because i’ll be race riots and problems they were having there.
It is def infamous for being a "ghost town". Many people know of it for that reason. Alot of history there. Thank you very much for watching!
@@BryceDocherty enjoy your video .It’s been on UA-cam five times last week. Before I saw it on UA-cam I had not thought about it for probably over 70 years at least. I am 82 years old and I never forgot the story.
@@earlrogersjr3026 oh wow! That's a really ling time. Thank you again very much
Care-o
Many people from there pronounced it Kay-Ro so thats how did. It's one of those weird words that people say like 3 different ways! :) It was a very interesting town
@@BryceDocherty I’m from here ❤️ family is still here 🙂
What I would like to understand is how does this help Cairo. I feel this exploited it even more. How does exploring that abandon hospital make any human being excited after know all which happens in that town. I feel the video is a little insensitive to those who live there and need immediate help. Now if this video was geared towards looking for developers to put money into the town even better. This video is even sadder. Sorry just my honest opinion.
It doesn't help the town at all. I just wanted to tell the history and make a video about exploring the hospital. No one is going to invest anything cause people are greedy and don't want to lose money. I wanted to show what makes the town unique from others, even though the reason it is different is negative. Your opinion is correct. It's kind of like when you watch other abandoned videos. Doesn't really help anything. Just made mainly for entertainment. Thank you for watching.
I appreciate your honestly about it being for entertainment. I did not want to come off as angry either in my comments. Thank you for answering with respect and manners hope I was also respectable in my comments. Thank you for the video though just learning about this place I kinda of took a heart for it.
@@ThearchyExpunge99 No problem! Yea I understand it's over the top at times. And I wanted to build an otherworldly atmosphere with the town. It's unfortunate what happened to the town and it's residents. Thanks again for watching. I appreciate it!
Hometown
are you still there? how are you able to make money and afford to live there?