Waverly Hills Sanatorium

The white plague.. it was and still is responsible for many deaths, and early 20th century Kentucky was not immune. Enter Waverly Hills Sanatorium... The city of Louisville's solution for the problem. It was opened in 1926 with the hope of helping to contain the disease. Waverly Hills was built on the highest hill in Louisville and to allow the wind circulate through the building. The best treatment for Tuberculous in the early 1900s was thought to be nutritious food, rest and plenty of fresh air.

Waverly Hills was considered state of the art and many people passed through it's doors with hope of a cure. For many, it's estimated tens of thousands, it was the last place they entered alive. Today Waverly has become the mecca of ghost hunters and seekers of the mysterious. Disembodied voices, slamming doors, orbs, and strange moving shadows have been seen and heard at Waverly.

I first heard about Waverly from a TV documentary and I fell in love... It seems that Waverly is wonderfully spooky and simply walking through it's corridors you step back in time. Now over run with dirt, crumbling walls, and rusting hospital equipment it has all the makings of a macabre atmosphere. Sounds perfect...:)