Ghost Hype

This is the first post of my ‘Haunted Places’ and I thought it would be only fitting to start with Waverly Sanatorium since it’s located right here in my own city. In fact, I don’t live to far from it. In the daylight hours it looks very harmless, just an old abandoned place, but at night it takes on a very different feel. I’ve heard many stories about what people have seen while touring Waverly Hills Sanatorium, shadow people, orbs, and ghostly apparitions are the norm it seems. If you decide to go to the tour, be sure to look out for the little girl and the boy with the ball, they say he wants to go home with you.

The original Waverly Hills Sanatorium, a two-story wooden structure, was opened in 1910, but the larger brick and concrete structure as it stand today was completed in 1926. The hospital was always dedicated to the treatment of tuberculosis patients, a disease that was fairly common in the early 20th Century.

It is estimated that as many as 63,000 people died as the sanatorium. Those deaths coupled with the reports of severe mistreatment of patients and highly questionable experiments and procedures are ingredients for a haunted location.

Ghost investigators who have ventured into Waverly have reported a host of strange paranormal phenomena, including voices of unknown origin, isolated cold spots and unexplained shadows. Screams have been heard echoing in its now abandoned hallways, and fleeting apparitions have been encountered.

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