Waverly hills

Waverly Hills Sanatorium

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?”

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.”

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.”

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.”

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.”

“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.”

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.”

Shadow People Shadow people are amongst the other unnerving phenomena at

Waverly.Visitors have reported seeing these silhouette figures all over

the sanatorium.

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.”

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.”

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.”

“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.”

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.”

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.

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. ”  

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.”

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.”

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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