It’s regularly included on the list of most haunted places in America, and it’s appeared on just about every paranormal show in the United States. It has not been operating under its original purpose for a good number of years now but it still has patients, doctors, as well as nurses roaming its empty halls. A simple room where two sisters are said to haunt.An abandoned hospital with a infamous reputation for ghosts, Waverly Hills had been closed for a long time. This includes children who passed within the building and two sisters who occupy a room on the second floor, who are known for loving Elvis’ music. Though countless dark, and at times scary, stories exist about Waverly Hills, there are many spirits said to linger that are friendly. The hospital’s former surgery where many report paranormal experiences. Doors are said to slam on their own in this room and many to enter have been overcome with physiological symptoms. Unfortunately, they were often ineffective. This was a place where many experimental surgeries were performed in the hopes of relieving the suffering of patients. One of the long hallways where shadow figures have been sighted.Īnother area on the forth floor is said to be quite active and that is the former surgery. This is a type of shadowy entity that seems to crawl along the floors, and sometimes even up the walls and onto the ceilings. Others have come into contact with another entity here, known simply at the Creeper. This level of the building is notorious for shadow figures to be seen, who seem to freely roam the hallways. Staring down the terrifying body chute.Īnother area where sightings are common is the fourth floor. Here, many have claimed to hear footsteps and even see rather unnatural looking figures. With so many passing over here, bodies of the deceased were to eventually be removed via a 500 foot tunnel, in an attempt to hide the deaths of so many fellow patients from those still undergoing treatment. One of the most active areas of Waverly Hills is known as the Body Chute. The front entrance to the most haunted hospital in Kentucky. It is also not uncommon for visitors to claim that they are touched by the unseen, whether this be in a gentle, friendly manner or sometimes in ways that are more aggressive. While others have claimed to sight ghosts, orbs and shadow people. Many to visit have claimed to hear voices, footsteps and other sounds which are not of a natural origin within the empty building. Given the history of Waverly Hills, it is easy to understand why this old sanatorium holds such a reputation within the paranormal field. Looking down at the many rooms that line this hospital. Being a place were so many lived, and of course, so many died, it comes as no surprise to hear that the winding halls of this old hospital are haunted. Those to work at the facility would also live there alongside patients and Waverly became a self-sustained community. While no records exist to report an accurate death count that occurred within the building, it is estimated that the death toll could be in the thousands. The enormous and haunted Waverly Hills Sanatorium by night.ĭuring its time as a hospital, Waverly Hills would sadly see many deaths. This building would stand at the forefront of America’s fight against the deadly disease, Tuberculosis. Originally opened in 1910, a number of hospitals were built on the grounds before the iconic and mammoth sized, 5 story bat wing shaped hospital was built in 1926. Many claim Waverly Hills Sanatorium to be one of the most haunted buildings in the world and this site certainly possesses the dark history to claim such a reputation.
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