In our upcoming book, Louisville's Strange and Unusual Haunts, we discuss our personal experiences during an overnight at Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Kentucky. Honestly, I had heard all the ghost stories about the place and was pretty skeptical before going in there. I thought, "How could one place have this many alleged encounters." But, after actually being there for a while, I will say that I believe a lot of the stories and, if nothing else, firmly believe there are some paranormal powers existing within.
Now, I won't go into our personal experiences here. But, as most people know, there are quite a few supposed ghosts wandering around Waverly: Timmy, the little boy with the ball; the shadow people that stand in the corridor; the hanged nurse on the top floor; and, the infamous Creeper that crawls along the hallways. These are often-noted and well-known haunts that are supposed to reside inside the giant abandoned tuberculosis hospital.
You can imagine with the amount of TB that affected Louisville in the early 20th century, this building went beyond capacity at one point. A lot of the treatments they used were experimental, some even thought to be relatively savage. A lot of people died in this building and it is believed that these untimely deaths resulted in a hodge-podge of paranormal personalities walking the corridors.
Waverly Hills has been investigated by every "credible" ghost hunting team, as well as a number of "amateurs" and tourists. A lot of people take the tours--both historical and paranormal--pay to do the overnight investigation, and even go to the haunted house every year during the Halloween season. They offer all of these things at a certain price.
If you're interested in hearing our own very eerie account of Waverly, as well as some of the history, then be on the lookout for our book. If you want to see some of the pictures and/or videos we got while there, check out our page at https://www.facebook.com/LouisvilleGhosts/.
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