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My friend Veronica and I got the chance to do an overnight tour last weekend for six hours from midnight to 6 A.M. Another chilling story is about a presence called “The Creeper.” It’s said he crawls along the walls and floors, but that this is a darker entity than the rest at Waverly. Some even have said they got hit with a ball while visiting. It’s said his spirit cannot move on and he continues to play at Waverly with guests who bring a toy ball with them. A second story is about a child named Timmy. A few years later, another nurse who was working in room 502 committed suicide. One of the stories are about room 502 where a nurse hung herself because of an unwanted pregnancy by one of the workers there. There are a few reports that go back to when the building was a sanatorium for TB patients though.

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The operation room where the experimental surgeries took place Taken on the fourth floor - The windows were meant to be hollow/opened so the TB patients could breathe the fresh air. It’s said that there were numerous reports of neglect during this time and that’s where most of today’s paranormal activity comes from at Waverly. That’s when Waverly Hills closed their doors in the 1960’s. The building reopened shortly after as a nursing home for older patients that were severely mentally ill. Years later, streptomycin (an antibiotic) was introduced and the need for a huge hospital was not needed anymore. In those four years, Waverly had more than doubled their occupancy. They expanded the building again from two stories to five in 1926 and held over 400 patients at this time. Although, when Waverly Hills first opened, they only had about 50 patients. They had a ward for men, women, and children by 1914, so there was a mixture of sick patients of all ages. Granted, none of these experiments worked and left the patients in excruciating pain. Another experiment was pumping air into the lungs. They believed this would help cure TB since the lungs were enlarged. In one of the experiments, they would remove the patients ribs to let the lungs expand. Some of these treatments included: fresh air (hence the openness on the top two floors), heat lamps, and experimental surgeries. There was a huge epidemic during this era for TB, so they figured the hospital was mandatory for treatments. Waverly Hills Sanatorium was first opened in 1910 to take care of patients diagnosed with tuberculosis. Ever since I watched that video, I became intrigued and needed to go visit! A year later, I finally made that trip. I had never heard of this place, but it was only four hours away from home, so I decided to check it out. It was about The Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Kentucky and how it was one of the most haunted places in the world. Sometime last year, I was scrolling through Facebook and came across this video that someone had shared.

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