Waverly Hills Sanatorium Case Study
Paranormal activity has always been a questionable topic across all cultures, however, it seems as if one location has stumped skeptics. Located in Louisville, Kentucky is the mysterious Waverly Hills Sanatorium (Briana 1). The land was purchased in 1883 by Major Thomas H. Hays (Briana 1). Waverly Hills Sanatorium is indefinitely one of the most haunted locations on Earth.
Louisville had the worst Tuberculosis (TB) epidemic out of the entire nation throughout the early 1900’s, due to the Ohio River valley located nearby (Briana 1) (Novelly 2). In 1908, the Board of Tuberculosis bought the one hundred-seventy acres of land for the affected people of Jefferson County from Hays (Briana 2) (Carrington 26). The sanatorium was at first a small wooden …show more content…
Many nurses and doctors were prohibited from going outside due to the fear of TB spreading, in a result a body chute was built from the property to the cemetery (Briana 2-3) (Novelly 2). Since the hospital was established in 1926, the 600 foot-long body chute was used to dispose the dead bodies at Waverly secretly to help not to displease the patients (Novelly 2). Tina Mattingly, even herself, experienced a ghost sighting while with two employees in the hospital’s morgue. She quoted to seeing a man dressed head to toe in ‘Victorian’ clothing and was walking right behind one of her employees (Novelly 2). While it has been said ghost to roam the halls, many visitors have claimed to see a tiny glowing in the halls (Brown 42-43). The most infamous ghost story of Waverly Hills is about a little boy and his blue ball. Experienced by the author of “Kentucky Hauntings: Homespun Ghost Stories and Unexplained History”, the guide at the Waverly Hills was answering questions when out of nowhere he suddenly fell (Brown). There, by his feet was a little blue rubber ball that had abruptly appeared (Brown 42). Lois Higgs, a former patient, has been captured on Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) many times (Couch 2) Supposedly, Lois, even with TB, smoked and frequently asked for cigarettes. (Brown 42). The shaft at the Waverly Hills is supposedly haunted by a homeless man and his dog, who were wandering around in Waverly (Brown
Louisville had the worst Tuberculosis (TB) epidemic out of the entire nation throughout the early 1900’s, due to the Ohio River valley located nearby (Briana 1) (Novelly 2). In 1908, the Board of Tuberculosis bought the one hundred-seventy acres of land for the affected people of Jefferson County from Hays (Briana 2) (Carrington 26). The sanatorium was at first a small wooden …show more content…
Many nurses and doctors were prohibited from going outside due to the fear of TB spreading, in a result a body chute was built from the property to the cemetery (Briana 2-3) (Novelly 2). Since the hospital was established in 1926, the 600 foot-long body chute was used to dispose the dead bodies at Waverly secretly to help not to displease the patients (Novelly 2). Tina Mattingly, even herself, experienced a ghost sighting while with two employees in the hospital’s morgue. She quoted to seeing a man dressed head to toe in ‘Victorian’ clothing and was walking right behind one of her employees (Novelly 2). While it has been said ghost to roam the halls, many visitors have claimed to see a tiny glowing in the halls (Brown 42-43). The most infamous ghost story of Waverly Hills is about a little boy and his blue ball. Experienced by the author of “Kentucky Hauntings: Homespun Ghost Stories and Unexplained History”, the guide at the Waverly Hills was answering questions when out of nowhere he suddenly fell (Brown). There, by his feet was a little blue rubber ball that had abruptly appeared (Brown 42). Lois Higgs, a former patient, has been captured on Electronic Voice Phenomena (EVP) many times (Couch 2) Supposedly, Lois, even with TB, smoked and frequently asked for cigarettes. (Brown 42). The shaft at the Waverly Hills is supposedly haunted by a homeless man and his dog, who were wandering around in Waverly (Brown