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The legend of Louisville's haunted hospital: Waverly Hills Sanatorium

The legend of Louisville's haunted hospital: Waverly Hills Sanatorium
Yeah. Mhm. We get a lot of pictures of apparitions in this room. Um Usually female, not always, but usually a female, and then right out on the hr the solarium, sorry, right out here on the solarium. Um we see doctors, we see nurses. Um we've seen him walk back and forth, looking out the window, walk back to the room. Mm hmm. Mhm. Mhm. Well, it can happen anywhere in the building. People think, well, you have this that happens here only and this happens there only, that's not the way it is. Um You can see to me he could play with the ball again a lot of times on the third floor. But we've also seen him on different floors. And it is true, it's very true that not every time uh is it gonna happen? So a lot of people think, well if I come up there and my guaranteed to see this, well, I wish we could do that, but we can uh but a lot of times you can roll the ball down the hallway to him uh and uh you know, give it a few minutes just said be patient. And very often that ball comes back to your group. Yeah.
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The legend of Louisville's haunted hospital: Waverly Hills Sanatorium
It's known as one of the most haunted places in the United States.Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville opened in 1910 to accommodate tuberculosis patients. The city suffered one of the largest outbreaks in the country.It's believed that nearly 50,000 people died there. They were disposed of via body chute — a 537-foot tunnel that led to Dixie Highway.It was designed to keep patients from seeing the deceased. There are tons of creepy stories about what went down in the hospital, like a nurse who hanged herself and reportedly still roams the halls. There's another popular one about a boy named Timmy. Tour guides say he spends the day looking for someone to play with.They say you can roll a ball down to him and often, it'll be returned.Do you believe?Check out some of the "photo evidence":Learn more about Waverly Hills and book a tour here.

It's known as one of the most haunted places in the United States.

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Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville opened in 1910 to accommodate tuberculosis patients. The city suffered one of the largest outbreaks in the country.

It's believed that nearly 50,000 people died there. They were disposed of via body chute — a 537-foot tunnel that led to Dixie Highway.

It was designed to keep patients from seeing the deceased.

There are tons of creepy stories about what went down in the hospital, like a nurse who hanged herself and reportedly still roams the halls.

There's another popular one about a boy named Timmy. Tour guides say he spends the day looking for someone to play with.

They say you can roll a ball down to him and often, it'll be returned.

Do you believe?

Check out some of the "photo evidence":

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Learn more about Waverly Hills and book a tour here.