WTH? Dead Baby Pills?

Ok, this is totally gross. China has really raised the bar on things I do and do not expect to see on the internet. Get this: A Korean tv documentary team tracked down a hospital that was selling dead babies. What were the babies deing used for you ask? They were being ground up and sold as stamina pills.

Yes. That's a dead baby.

The hospital responsible says that most of the remains are from stillborns and abortions, and i'm really hoping that they meant "all" instead of just "most." The documentary teach had tests ran on some of the pills and the rusults showed that the pills were 99.7% human. They were also able to tell the gender of the child and also found hair and fingernail remains.
The dead babies are taken, with the consent of the mother, to the medical company and placed in a medical drying microwave. Once the remains are dry they are ground up and placed in a capsule, all ready to be sold as a stamina pill. They also sell dried placenta pills as well.
ಠ_ಠ If you'll excuse me i have to go purchase some mind-bleach.


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• Article found here: [link]

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]

My Favorite Little Island: Poveglia Isand

Poveglia island is a place that until recently few people knew about. Now thanks to shows such as Scariest places on Earth and Ghost Adventures, a few more people may know about it. In case you're not familiar with it, Poveglia is a small island found in the Venetian Lagoon, located between Venice and Lido.

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Why is this my favorite?  The legends surrounding this place are really fascinating, true or not. There's also the fact that it's full of abandoned buildings that have all sorts of things left in them. But the thing that really sparks my interest is the fact that the local government has banned any visitors from visiting the island and has police boats patrolling the waters nearby. 

Now, before I get down to all the gritty details, here's a disclaimer: there's not a lot of information out there about the island and most of it is pretty fuzzy. There are some details that could be fiction or the hard truth. All i'm saying is take everything you read on the internet with a grain of salt, i'm just telling you what i've read.

Ok, let's get to the cool part. Legend claims that Poveglia island was used as a site for massive body dumps during the Roman era. It was used as a quarantine zone and plague pit to those that were infected with the Black Death. Versions of the legend claim that the bodies were burned on the island along with plague victims that were still alive. It's said that there were so many bodies burned that the center of the island still had ash covering the ground. Fishermen apparently steer clear of the island due to the fact that bones are still getting caught in their nets along with their hauls (Grain of salt: Apparently untrue, fishing nets can be seen around the island.) Over 160,000 people are said to have died on the island throughout it's history.  (Grain of salt: Sources say that Poveglia wasn't used during the plague but another island, Lazzaretto Nuovo, was.)

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But we haven't even gotten to the best part yet! The Insane Asylum. No, i'm not kidding. In 1922 a building was erected on the island that was used for many purposes including a home for the elderly and a mental hospital. Legends say that the mental patients who were housed there often complained of seeing ghosts, apparently those of the plague victims. These claims were brushed off as a side effect of thier mental illness. The doctor who ran the mental institution was interested in making a name for himself by finding out what caused madness. He attempted to do so included everything from torture to lobotomies. He often preformed these procedures with crude tools such as hand drills, hammers, and chisels. Apparently after years of these "treatments," the doctor himself began to lose his mind, he then climbed up the bell tower were he threw himself off.

Eventually the hospital was abandoned and the island is currently uninhabited. What parts of the legend are true is up for speculation. But true or not, it makes for one hell of a good story, no?

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• Blog of a visit to the island (lots of pretty pictures of your enjoyment!): [link]

• View of the island via Google maps: [link]