Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Kentucky was originally opened in 1910 to treat victims of the tuberculosis epidemic. As antibiotics were developed, it transitioned to treating patients with mental and physical disabilities. It has since closed and become known as one of the most haunted locations in the US, with reports of spirits of past patients and staff. Apparitions of a nurse screaming for help and a boy with a ball are commonly seen. The tunnels used to transport deceased patients to cremation are also sites of much paranormal activity.

1. Waverly Hills
Sanatorium

2. Haunted Sanatorium
“Is any wonder, after all of
the death, pain and
agony within these
walls, that Waverly Hills
is considered to be one
of the most haunted
places in the country?”

3. Tuberculosis
 “During the 1800s and
early 1900s, America
was ravaged by a
deadly disease known
by many as the “white
death” --- tuberculosis.
This terrifying and very
contagious plague, for
which no cure
existed, claimed entire
families and
sometimes entire
towns.”

4. Waverly Hills
 “As with many other
towns and cities
across the
country, hospitals were
needed to care for the
sick. In 1910, a
wooden, two-story
hospital with 40 beds
opened on one of the
highest elevated hills
in southern Jefferson
County to try and
contain this ravaging
disease.”

5. Home For the
Demented
“With the development of antibiotics the structure was
transitioned into a hospital for those suffering with
dementia and, mental and physical disabilities.”

6. Remaining Spirits
“Though the patients and staff are physically long
gone, many spirits seem to have remained. A man in
a white coat can be seen on occasion, he walks to the
kitchen and the smell of fresh baked bread is
apparent, though anyone looking at the kitchen can
easily see a forgotten dilapidated room where no one
has cooked anything in for decades.”

7. “Help Me”
” One of the most well known spirits at Waverly Hills: an
old woman specter who greets you at the
entrance, chains and blood dripping from her wrists
and ankles as she screams “Help Me!” and
“Somebody save me!” before disappearing into thin
air.”

8. The Body Chute
“What is the "Body Chute"? “
“Some people today call it a Body Slide, Body Chute, and even The Death
Tunnel, where the dead were transported down and collected at the bottom. A
group of Waverly medical staff would collect the bodies and take them off the
hill to be cremated or buried.”

9. Shadow People
Shadow people are amongst the other unnerving phenomena
at Waverly.
Visitors have reported seeing these silhouette figures all over
the sanatorium.

10. The Boy And The Ball
Wanna Play ?
 “A famous ghost story is that
of a little boy named
Timmy, usually seen with a
ball.”
 “You also know when Timmy
is around because people
have reported seeing a ball
roll up to them from the
darkness or bouncing in the
hallway.”

11. Room 502
“It is said that the body of a nurse who had hung
herself was discovered in the room. Many of the tales
surrounding room 502 say that the nurse killed herself
because she was pregnant and was not married, and
that the body had been in the room for quite a while
before it was discovered.”

12. The “Draining”
Table
“The hospital came up
with two solutions.
First, the dead bodies
were hung up, slit from
sternum to groin area
and drained of all fluids
after the autopsy. The
bodies were then sent
by cart down an
underground tunnel
which ran 500 feet
underground to the
receiving station down
the hill. The bodies were
taken by the surviving
family members or
cremated.”
“The dead bodies were thought to
be still contagious because of the
bacteria-filled bodily fluids.”

13. “Ghost Face”
“Look closely at this
photo, and you will see
a mysterious face
behind the two people
in this photo.They are
in front of a window
(with no glass) and on
an upper floor.The
face was not exposed
until after the photo
was developed.”

14. Paranormal Hot Spot
“The haunted history of Waverly Hills Sanatorium is
legendary and has placed the location among the
country's most active paranormal hot spots.”

15. Gruesome
Treatment
At times the treatments at Waverly
Hills was worse than the TB itself.
Thoracoplasty was the removal of
ribs opening the chest through out
several surgeries.
Lobectomy and Pneumoectomy
was the removal of the entire or
partial lung.

16. THE CREEPER
 “One of the more
frightening
phenomenons tied to the
building is a shadow-like
being known as the
"Creeper"
or "Crawler", an ominous
looking figure that
moves quickly along the
floor and walls on all
fours.”
 “While some claim this
entity to be demonic in
nature, at least one
person directly affiliated
with Waverly believes it
is the distorted, but far
less sinister, human
spirit of a man named
George. ”

17. 5th Floor Fright
 “Room 502, is the
subject of many rumors
and legends. This is
where, according to the
stories, people have
jumped to their
deaths, have seen
shapes moving in the
windows and have heard
disembodied voices that
order trespassers to “get
out”.”
 “Its believed that
mentally insane
tuberculosis patients
were housed on the fifth
floor.”

18. Mary
 “Many have seen a little girl on
the third floor who is known as
"Mary.””
 “One man said that he
encountered a little girl that
"wasn't normal." She kept
saying that she has no
eyes. He was so terrified that
he refused to enter the building
again. Some have seen the
child peering out the third floor
windows.”
 “Although there is no certain
way to check this guess, the
patient by this name did exist.”

19. The Waverly Morgue
“The bodies moved through the morgue and out of the
body chute quickly where they were claimed by family
members or — because many were superstitious
about the disease and thought the spirit of the illness
would “jump” to them if they were around their
deceased loved ones — many bodies were placed in
a mass grave on the property.”

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