Waverly Hills Sanatorium

Here's one you may of already heard of: the Waverly Hills Sanatorium. I've seen this place on so many ghost hunting shows I can't even be bothered to count them all. But, a place as famous as this is worth mentioning.

 

 

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The Waverly Hills Sanatorium opened in the year 1910 and is located in Jefferson County, Kentucky. Despite the sinister sounding name it was used as a hospital for people suffering from tuberculosis, also known as the "White Plague." The hospital was closed in 1962 due to developments in treatments making the hospital unnecessary, though could of also been caused by patient abuse.
The most famous part of the hospital is what is known as the "body chute." A tunnel was built where bodies of those killed by the disease could be taken away and not be seen by the rest of the patients. This was intended to help keep patients from being upset and keep up the patient moral. Bodies would be strapped to a gurney at one end of the tunnel and then attached to a system of pulleys to be pulled down to the opposite end of the tunnel. Once at the end of the tunnel the bodies would be transferred to a hearse to be taken to their resting place. The tunnel is approximately 500 feet long with air vents to the surface every 100 feet.

 

 

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The body chute may be spooky, but what stands out the most at the Waverly Hills Sanatorium is the legend of room 502. Local legends say that a nurse working at the hospital found herself pregnant out of wedlock. During this time period this was a BIG "no-no" and she could of lost everything. The nurse was so depressed that she commuted suicide by hanging in room 502. Supposedly she still haunts the Sanatorium long after her death. It's not very clear if this is true or not, but it's still an interesting tid-bit to consider.

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• Official Waverly Hills Sanatorium page:  [link]