Waverly Hills Sanitorium for Tuberculosis

07.23.2005 | 12:53 pm | Kentucky, Louisville, United States

(Also known as the Waverly Hills Sanitarium for Tuberculosis)

During the early twentieth century, Louisville had the highest tuberculosis rate in the country, so a hospital was opened. Many of the patients remained here until they died. The dead bodies were pushed down tunnels to the bottom of the hill where they were then carried off and buried. After the vaccine for tuberculosis was discovered, the hospital became a nursing home that is also now closed. Now, an elderly woman may be seen running from the building with bleeding wrists and ankles; she begs for someone to get her out of that place. Many have also seen people peeking out of third floor–the residential ward–windows.

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I would love to know the location, I’m amazed my haunted houses and would to see it!!

Comment by Ariel Brown | 10.2.2005 | 10:57 pm
Can I please have directions to visit?

Comment by quiana floyd | 10.3.2005 | 8:10 am
8101 Dixie Hwy.
Louisville, KY 40258

Comment by Ashley Trader | 10.4.2005 | 12:57 am
WAVERLY HILLS IS ONE PLACE I WANT TO GO TO A CONTEST FOR SOMEONE BRAVE ENOUGH TO STAY THE NIGHT THERE ALONE WOULD BE AWSOME AND I WOULD BE THE FIRST TO JUMP ON IT I THINK I COULD DO IT!!!

Comment by SHERRI | 10.4.2005 | 8:40 am
Could you e-mail me diarections and times when I would be able to visit this haunted house.

Comment by Sonya | 10.4.2005 | 8:46 pm
I’ve been to this place and it’s even had halloween parties there a few years ago. They have since posted a gaurd and have it closed off so you can’t get to it. But one night we went up there and it’s a one lane road and when we tried to make a u turn our car all of a sudden stopped nad we couldn’t get it started again. It a really scary place even in the day time.

Comment by Christy | 10.6.2005 | 8:24 pm
iv been there…its scary. Me and my friend snuck in one time and we walked in a room and heard a loud bang and we turned around and the door was shut and locked…when we finally got out we ran to our car and it would not start and i looked up and swore that i saw a woman on top of the building looking down at us. very scary place

Comment by Joe | 10.7.2005 | 3:46 pm
Waverly Hills is now open on weekends for the month of October for Halloween. Many people have been there and have been scared away from the sounds and sights thats happen there. If you love haunted places it is a must to visit!

Comment by Staci | 10.7.2005 | 8:13 pm
On halloween it’s not really scary. They only let you in one floor. They have it all set up and people are there scaring you. Not really scary.

Comment by Jennifer | 10.9.2005 | 1:27 am
The one floor is used for a haunted house thing they have each year. if you want to take the actual tour, i believe you have to make reservations first. i know they had a tour back in August and it cost $250.00. Hopefully if they have any tours this year it will be cheaper.

Comment by Casey | 10.9.2005 | 8:59 pm
I went there last night. They had a haunted trail type thing. The cost was $20. My friends and I went through it and people jump out at you and scare you. You walk into alot of different rooms. Many of the rooms represent what actually happened there before it closed down. After you get out of the haunted house part, you go through the actual autopsy and morgue place. You don’t see much there, but its realy dark. They have lights on the floor to guide you. It is a very scary place.

Comment by Nicole | 10.9.2005 | 9:29 pm
ok so is this located on dixi hwy or does anyone know for sure? trying to come up one weekend and take a tour

Comment by Erika | 10.10.2005 | 12:54 pm
There will be signs posted for you to get to Waverly Hills Sanitarium. If you pull up there original web site you will get the directions as well as a map of the directions. You will enjoy the trip.

Comment by Lori | 10.10.2005 | 3:52 pm
Very spooky place. We used to sneak up there 10-12 years ago before vandals trashed the place. Never seen any “ghosts”, but this place has a very unique atmosphere. The building itself seems to be watching you before you ever go in. Takes some nerve to explore it which takes 2-3 hours. It is located off Dixie Highway at East Pages. Up the road from Bobby Nichols golf course.

Comment by Kristie | 10.14.2005 | 3:48 pm
anyone who says that they have been to “parties at this place would be lieing to you.I know this because my dad has own this peace of land for going on 10 years now. And we only open it up on halloween! I have been in this place many times and have seen horrible stuff exsecialy in r.217 if you truley know the history of this place then you’ll know why R. 217 is so popular. And you wont want to enter it i learned that the wrong way.

Comment by Chelsea Denay | 10.18.2005 | 3:55 pm
how much does it cost? How What times is it open??????

Comment by Jordan | 10.22.2005 | 11:52 am
How much does this cost? What times is it open?

Comment by Melissa | 10.23.2005 | 3:40 pm
If you go down Dixie towards Fort Knox, you will come up to a street called west pages/east pages. West is on the left and East on the right. Turn right and go down till you come to a golf course ( in the middle of the 3rd turn). Turn there and follow it up till it splits and then go left. that will take you up to the entrance.

Comment by James | 10.25.2005 | 7:24 pm
My grandmother died in that hospital and she is probably the ghost. She had a bad case of VD i mean TB.

Comment by Deidra & Rylee | 10.26.2005 | 1:03 pm
my sister-in-law said there was a virtual i could take on the internet but i have looked everywhere, if you know where it is would you tell me!

Comment by barry drury | 10.26.2005 | 6:12 pm
hey chelsea, could you fill us in a little more on the history you alluded to? and what’s so special about R 217? i thought it was supposed to be R502 that was to be feared? I’m genuinely interested in knowing the whole story, as well as what plans there are for the property!

Comment by David Loyd | 10.26.2005 | 7:52 pm
hey i have done some research and have found absolutly no info on r.217 can someone fill me in?

Comment by Beau | 10.29.2005 | 6:23 am
I work there for 5 years i have seen stuff out the third flor windows but what people dont know is there is a 3 basement ive been there 2 i heard stuff there iqiut and never went back why did they weld the door shut i now where 2 craw in at!!!!

Comment by rick oglesbee | 10.30.2005 | 7:17 pm
I work there for 5 years i have seen stuff out the third flor windows but what people dont know is there is a 3 basement ive been there 2 i heard stuff there i quit my job and never went back why did they weld the door shut i now where 2 craw in at!!!!

Comment by rick oglesbee | 10.30.2005 | 7:19 pm
Some of my freinds went to it this year and they said that it was pretty good…….. were all going up to see it next year like 5 car loads so ya….. did you know that theres been over like 60,000 people die there and quiet a few people have killed thereselfs there to. Alot in room #502 it supost to be the most haunted room in the hole place.

Comment by Josh T | 11.1.2005 | 8:39 pm
i have a 11 page paper i print off of the internet about it and it says that room #502 is the most haunted.

Comment by Josh T | 11.1.2005 | 8:42 pm
there are alot of place where i live that are haunted one is this. The story is in the early 1900’s there was a family that lived back in the counrty here like 30-40 min in the counrty and there was a father, mother, and twin boys. And the fother was in to black magic and one day his wife up and left him and the boys and it made him so angry that he took his two sons lifes…….. he burned them alive in there fire place and before he killed himself he put a spell on his self that he would come back as a bird so that he could watch out for his house forever. And when you went there there was always a bird siting by the door it was always there it never left and if you go there at dark trees glow that are around it and when you would go in you would hear kids lauging and the fire would be going. but some one burned it down it scared them so they burnd it. but they are all beried at there family cemitery right at the end of there driveway.

Comment by Josh T | 11.1.2005 | 8:55 pm
My wife & friends went Oct.22. WOW !!!
We live in Louisville, and this place is very creepy. I shot over 46 pics and on over 15 shots we captured orbs, faces, shadows, and wierd streaking red lights.
The shadow hall was very spooky. We saw neumerous shadows peeking around doors, people walking back-n-fourth at the far end of the hallway.
My throat got really tight and dry when we got to the 5th floor near room 502. Just as my throat was getting tighter the guide told us about a local tv station personality who had to be dragged out of the building because he was choaking, i thought to myself **** !!! We went out on the balcony where i have a perfect pic of a bright blue single orb flying around.
My wife thought she felt something bruch her hair and her friend from the office forwarded a pic she took of my wife and their was a red streak buzzing my wifes hair !!!
THIS IS A MUST SEE DEAL, NO KIDS, NO GOOFY PEOPLE, JUST BE ULTRA QUIET AND TAKE ALOT OF PICS OF BLACK DARK EMPTY ROOMS AND SEE WHAT DEVELOPES !!!

Comment by dan nolastname | 11.2.2005 | 8:11 pm
Can you get in there without paying or do you have to take a tour….i was just wanting to do up there for one night and then drive back…i want to look around and see scary stuff, but i am not interesting in paying to do it….???

Comment by Axul | 11.3.2005 | 10:25 pm
Is everyone sure ’bout this?

Comment by plumbo | 11.7.2005 | 10:22 am
I would like directions tho’

Comment by plumbo | 11.7.2005 | 10:24 am
a group of us at work took this tour last night… its $20.00 a person and they’ll do them thru november until its too cold we were told…

we didnt see much but the history is really awesome, 63,000 people died there, on average 1 per hour… to try and relieve some of the depression they started taking the dead bodies down a chute that had been built to get supplies in and out of the sanitarium, that way they could slide the bodies down and people wouldnt have to watch funeral cars going in and out of the property

lots of grafitti there where people have no respect, sneak in and do damage.. people should be shot, idiots

cool place to visit, they’ll let you spend the night there as well, we were told 50 for a half night, and 100 for a whole night.. they’ll put you on a floor and leave, let you roam around and explore on your own… we’re discussing getting a small group to do just that

Comment by dawn | 11.8.2005 | 2:18 pm
I am going to be going sometime this november, and I have heard so many things about this place. It absolutly has to be haunted. I am so scared to go but on the other hand I just can’t wait.

Comment by Bethany Heathers | 11.8.2005 | 4:59 pm
I Know that you have to make reservations before you go, and this year it only costs $20 for the actual tour.

Comment by Bethany | 11.8.2005 | 5:04 pm
I LIKE BOOBS

Comment by REBA | 11.11.2005 | 3:56 pm
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Comment by ARNOLD | 11.11.2005 | 3:57 pm
MAGAMBO

Comment by PLUMBO | 11.11.2005 | 4:00 pm
I CANT READ SO PLEASE WRITE ME A LETTER MR. JUMPING BOX

Comment by AVANA HOMP ALOT | 11.11.2005 | 4:02 pm
why are there no pictures of these places

Comment by freddy | 11.12.2005 | 9:38 pm
I want to come out the closet already who should i do it

Comment by Freddy | 11.15.2005 | 12:55 am
I want to come out the closet already how should i do it.

Comment by Freddy | 11.15.2005 | 12:56 am
i saw a show about this on tv where the owners daughter and her friends went up there and attempted to stay all night but got scared off by the stuff that happend in the morgue

Comment by amber | 11.20.2005 | 3:26 pm
waverly hills has alot of great stories but this on i haven’t heard of my grandparents stayed at waverly and survived.

Comment by rebecca | 11.30.2005 | 4:49 pm
The piece of land along with the building now belong to the national historical society meaning that nobody can tear it down. They have stopped letting people enter freely because nobody had respect for the building. It is very gorgous inside and out. It could stand a little fixing up. My mother and I have been in the building and have seen no signs of paranormal activity although we believe there is somewhere in the building. We are going to stay the night there
sometime soon. If anyone has questions about the history contact me at
waverlyhillsnut@hotmail.com

Comment by Danielle | 12.3.2005 | 10:11 am
I live not 40 minutes from louisville if you go down 31W or aka dixie hwy you’ll see it up on the hill all of that story is very true but it’s wrist not risk lol it’s opened up at halloween because in kentucky we have an obsession with the haunted. anyhow look it up online it’s one of the top ten scariest places on earth.

Comment by Melanie | 12.27.2005 | 11:05 pm
my great grandmother died in that horrible place,… i wouldnt go there for nothing,…. my friends tried to get me to go i, got mad and knock his tooth down his throat..and by the way freddy change your ways,… son.

Comment by metris | 01.1.2006 | 12:10 pm
I WAS GOING TO GO THIS YEAR,BUT I WAS IN A CAR WREAK BEFORE I MAY IT THERE.

Comment by cherry gordon | 01.3.2006 | 3:29 pm
i would really like to go see the new movie about waverly its called spooked it comes out god knows when but they already have a web site thats awsome it has the trailors and SCARY stuff!!! the address is

spooked.org

you should really check it out its better than this web address!!!!!!

Later losers

Comment by shelby | 01.7.2006 | 11:54 pm
MY FRIEND DIED THERE I WOULD NEVER GO NEAR THAT ***** PLACE

Comment by loralie | 01.7.2006 | 11:57 pm
I went to the haunted house they had this year. That was uneventful, but a bunch of us did try sneaking in a few times. There is security and they will see you and make you leave. They are restoring the entire place to one day have tours. The first floor already has a bunch of brand new windows. The only other time I snuck up there with friends and my husband we were chased back down the hill by a shadow figure. It was scary. We also heard a woman screm coming from the hospital. After that we left..lol. This place is 100% absolutely haunted.

Comment by someone | 02.4.2006 | 2:46 pm
If you really want to visit this place, You will have to contact the owner of the building. They have a tour for $ 20.00 a person. I wouldn’t recommend breaking in because they are renovating the place. They are trying to raise money to keep the place open. The city of Louisville has told them if they can’t make it into a type of business that they will have to demolish the place and make it a subdivision. So get your friends and go support the great cause to keep a paranormal building existing.

E-mail me at AmidenaEvils@hotmail.com for the owners information, or how to set up a tour =-D

** They are planning to rennovate it as a Hotel…Wouldnt that be awesome, even more reason to go visit it now.

Comment by Emily Alvarez | 02.6.2006 | 4:26 pm
And the tours are held year round. I would recommend going anytime besides october because thats when they have the fake haunted house that only is held in the first floor. The real tour is all five stories plus the basement

Comment by Emily Alvarez | 02.6.2006 | 4:29 pm
This place is an all time great place and the immature people on here really need to take a history lesson and grow up about this place. I haven’t been able to visit yet but will be going this fall ad can’t wait. I can’t imagine how beautiful it must have looked when they first built this place.

Comment by Delacee | 02.8.2006 | 6:16 pm
On the weekend b4 halloween, my fiancee’ and I went up to the waverly hills sanatorium hospital with a group of friends. And we were gonna go in but there are two lines and the first line (ticket line was a 3 hour wait) and the other was probally (3 or more too) so we didn’t stay but we did see stuff in the windows and heard things. It was really spooky just on the outside. The place is nothing in pictures you see. Seeing the building in real life is SO much different than the pictures. I would never go up there alone by my self, i’d have to be with atleast 2 or 3 people. But my fiancee’s brother went up there and said he seen a little girl’s face appear in one of the windows, when he went over to the window there wasn’t no glass in the frame of the window, and when he turned around it got real cold and he freaked out. It is REAL SCARY but if anyone is not a believe after waverly hills you will be

Comment by Roger*s BabyGirl | 02.11.2006 | 11:59 pm
this stoy is awsom i would love to know were its at and how to get there!!!!!!!

Comment by brittany | 02.15.2006 | 8:48 pm
Stuff is spooky but make it spooker!!!*
I mean just Spook it up^ a bit

Comment by Meg | 02.18.2006 | 5:40 pm
Stuff is spooky but Spook it up^ a bit!!!*

Comment by Meg | 02.18.2006 | 5:41 pm
Spook it up^ a bit!!!*

Comment by Meg | 02.18.2006 | 5:41 pm
I’ve read up a bit about this place it’s very interesting. I don’t think you need to ’spook it up a bit’ its just how the place is.. it’s not meant to be some fake haunted house like you see.. it has history, not some little kid running around in a plastic mask trying to scare you. I wish I lived closer I’d definitely like to see it.

Comment by L | 02.20.2006 | 9:30 pm
I live in Louisville and I can tell you that this is one messed up place. One time my dad took me and a bunch of my friends up there to check it out. It was about 7 at night and it was starting to get dark out. My dad pulled right up to the entrance and as soon as he did the gates started shaking and we started hearing all these wierd noises. Then the car shut off and would not turn back on we had to get out of the car and push it back down the hill. I SWEAR this place is about as haunted as it gets. My mom used to have to go there as a little girl and sing to the people there. She said it was the most horrifying thing she has ever had to do. My grandmother also worked there and my father was tested for TB and it came back positive. He never had to go there but they did have to check in on it. My dad said that if he would have had to go there he probably would have killed himself.

Comment by Courtney | 02.21.2006 | 11:38 am
I want to go there at once, first I didn’t believe in ghosts until I saw this…

Comment by Ryan | 02.22.2006 | 3:40 pm
chelsea, is there anyway your dad would do a contest like have people enter and if they stay the whole night theyd get a prize?

Comment by andrea | 02.24.2006 | 5:28 am
I have been there a great many times. You guys do have one thing wrong in your description. They didn’t push dead bodies down a tunnel. They piled them on this underground “train” that wen to the bottom of the hill so that all the patients didn’t see how many people actually died. It is a very beautiful old building but definitely eery! As soon as you step out of your car you get a whole different feeling that you don’t even think that you have! The new owners are renovating the whole plave and are looking for any volunteers to help. I will actually be one of them. I have had many encounters there!

Comment by Erin | 02.25.2006 | 3:50 pm
Does anyone know when the documentary “Spooked” about Waverly Hills is coming out? I know the movie “Death Tunnel” is scheduled to be released on 2/28/06, but they have not said anything about “Spooked” being released as of yet. If anyone knows, please post it. Thanks….

Comment by Big Dog | 02.26.2006 | 1:30 pm
I went to Waverly last Halloween and here are pictures, if anyone is interested in seeing the place.

Here is the link:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joschmoblo/sets/72057594069810396/

Also, creepy enough, in my attic I should still have paperwork from there. Old prescriptions, doctor’s notes, patient charts, or something like that. I may go look for it one of these days.

Finally, the season premiere for SciFi Channel’s Ghost Hunter’s is on March 29, 2006 and that episode will be about Waverly. It’s at 9pm so you may want to watch it!

Comment by Jo | 03.10.2006 | 1:07 am
Chelsea doesn’t know much about Waverly for her father to be the owner. Her father may have owned the place at one time…but not presently. And if I am incorrect in saying this (I thought it had been purchased by the Historical Society), then she knows very little history on the place. I have never heard any story about this room 217…I think she has the room number incorrect, but again I may be mistaken. It was owned for many yrs. by the Mattingly family (as seen on Scariest Places on Earth a few years back). As for there not being any parties there…all one needs to see is the graffiti all over the walls to know better. I believe the first yr. it was actually open to the public as a haunted house (which covered a very small area…), there was a live band, a para-psychologist (who was a flake), and tours offered. It was actually quite fun. As my husband and I were standing in line, a teenager was dragging a keg through the hallway and was himself dragged off by security. I grew up in Valley Station very close to Waverly (Prairie Village) and made many a trip (both legally and illegially). I can’t say I have truly seen any para-normal activitiy, but the place does have an eerie feel to it. The beauty of the place itself is reason enough to want to see it. As for there being 68,000 people to die, this also is not a fact. The death toll was only in the hundreds. There is one very accurate site that reveals the history by an individual named Ron. I will find the site and post it for anyone interested. There is also a site that has some outstanding photographs of the building and old out buildings (some of which have since been torn down). I had three strange things happen while visiting. One time a couple of friends, my son, and myself decided to play hide and seek in the building. My son and I were hiding in a closet on the fourth floor when we heard that we were about to be found. We ran into a room that had a rusted table and a rusted disc shaped light with a cone hanging from the ceiling. Something about that room gave me a bad feeling…but I could never seem to find it on any other visit, nor saw it on any tours. Another time, my husband and I decided walk the path by the apts. off Dixie (not the road by the golf course)…our way is the most scenic trail! I have heard that if you veer off the road (before the gate) and follow the grassy path to the left (at the bottom of the hill), that there is actually some kind of cave or underground entrance…but not the body chute. I don’t know if this is an actual fact. Anyway, as we were walking the path (it was very dark and they had security at this time in trailers), we came to a place where a huge drainage pipe ran beneath the road. On the end of this pipe there sat an individual with their feet dangling over the edge. We got very quiet because we thought we had walked up on a security person…as we quietly approached, they disappeared from sight. Then another time, a friend and I had planned to spend Halloween night on the roof (hallucinating). While sitting at the bottom of the road where the apts. are, we saw person’s in hooded black capes coming from behind a dumpster. Not wanting to become anyone’s sacrifice, we decided to make other plans. I will find those sites and post them so you can get some more accurate info going here…thanks for taking time to read my posting! Gypsyblood

Comment by gypsyblood | 03.12.2006 | 12:55 am
I hope you find this information useful!

http://www.prairieghosts.com/waverly_tb.html

http://www.pbase.com/cowsgomoo/waverly_hills_sanitorium

http://whsmemorial.tripod.com/index.html

http://www.waverlyhillstbsanatorium.com/

courier-journal.com > Local News
Monday, September 26, 2005
“Local News Headline: The living roam Waverly Hills”
The living roam Waverly Hills Convention-goers mix with sanatorium spirits By Scheri Smith
ssmith@courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal
Because so many people died at Waverly, it has developed a reputation as a place where the spirits of patients still roam. It was featured on the “World’s Scariest Places” television show in 2001.

Charles Mattingly and his wife, Tina, are the current owners. They bought it about four years ago and are trying to get it restored.
“It’s a piece of history,” Tina Mattingly said. “In my opinion it’s been badly beaten and battered, and it’s very disrespectful to the people that died here.”
Despite all the potential spooky or scary things that some claim happen at Waverly, the really scary thing is the thought of losing it, Age said. That’s why his organization is donating all proceeds from this weekend to help restore the building.
Members of the society estimated that they raised $10,000 throughout the convention.
Thanks, Gypsyblood

Comment by Gypsyblood | 03.12.2006 | 2:30 am
i love waverly hills tuburculosis is still in there and people say the can smell breakfast cooking.

Comment by Ashley | 03.13.2006 | 9:41 am
Hello, My name is Alanna me and a guy i work with are going to Waverly Hills tommorrow night i have been looking forward to this for a while i will let you know how it goes….

Comment by Alanna | 03.24.2006 | 2:00 am
the room # is #502 you F*****G retards they did this one on goust hunters the tv show look get your facts right

Comment by yo momma | 03.31.2006 | 1:48 am
I cannot believe all the gramical erros on these comments, you all must be a bunch of uneducated hicks from Kentucky.

Comment by Michelle | 03.31.2006 | 2:43 pm
I cannot believe all the grammical errors on these comments, must be a bunch of uneducated hicks from Kentucky

Comment by Michelle | 03.31.2006 | 2:44 pm
I wonder if Derek Acorah from “Most Haunted” would be able to pick up on any residual energies or presents at Waverly Hills? I think the “Most Haunted” team would even be most apprehensive at the sanatorium.
http://www.livingtv.co.uk/mosthaunted/

Comment by Phil | 04.1.2006 | 12:00 am
To the girl that called us Kentuckians uneducated hicks…You must be an educated itch..Add the B yourself…….

Comment by Lisa | 04.4.2006 | 11:24 pm
get r done!

Comment by larry | 04.4.2006 | 11:27 pm
Hey, we wanna go to the hospital sometime but we dont want to take a tour becuz all the majesty of the dank will be ruined by annoying children and ppl trying to be scary. We just wanna go by ourselves….no vandals…just looking….do yall(wanna single?) think thats possible?….bye

Comment by Sara and Kristin | 04.5.2006 | 12:21 pm
I’m from the Indiana Ghost Trackers. In July we have a group of people spending the night at Waverly. I’ve heard alot about this place and have seen the movie “Death Tunnel” which is about Waverly, also filmed there. I’m real excited, but kinda scared at the same time. Has anyone stayed the night there, and how did it go? I’m sure there won’t be any sleeping going on.

Comment by stacy | 04.6.2006 | 10:06 am
To whoever called us hicks from Kentucky-I would like to ask if you have ever been to Louisville? You will find that almost everyone here is not a hick or redneck and if they are, they are probably over the age of 70 and were raised that way. About the TB hospital, which is what anyone calls it in Louisville, I have lived within a couple miles of the place my whole life, but have never been there. Seriously, everyone I know has been there. About 4 or 5 years ago is when they started having the halloween thing and the bands up there(I’m not sure how long ago it was) before that people would go up there all the time. All my friends never saw anything creepy. All they saw were rooms filled with grafitti and trash. Some of my friends slid down the shute that they use to push the bodies down. After walking around and doing illegal things there for about an hour a gaurd or someone usually realized they were there and chased them to their cars where they were told to leave. I’m sure it is very spooky(that’s why I’m too scared to go) but no one has ever saw a ghost or anything that spooky.

Comment by CSW | 04.6.2006 | 2:47 pm
This was taken directly from the courier journal(newspaper in Louisville):

But the hospital left a legacy — a quiet, woodsy backdrop for the neighborhood, land for a park and a golf course, and a colorful, if occasionally morbid, history.

When the hospital opened in 1911, it had 8 patients, but it soon reached its capacity of 40. At the time, Jefferson County had one of the country’s highest rates of tuberculosis, a highly contagious, sometimes fatal lung disease characterized by coughing, hemorrhaging, fever and shortness of breath.

And the hospital, which offered plenty of bed rest and fresh air as well as some surgical methods of treating the disease, was thought to be an excellent facility. In 1924, the hospital was expanded to house 400 patients.

Many people died at the hospital, and because hospital officials were concerned that the sight of hearses would be bad for morale the bodies were sent to the bottom of the hill through a steam tunnel.

The steam kept the tunnel warm and was also used by employees who needed to walk up the hill during the winter. Fey remembers that he and other children would go into the tunnel to warm up after sledding. The entrances to the tunnel have been blocked off, but it still exists underground, Severs said.

Comment by CSW | 04.6.2006 | 3:37 pm
Fridays: Paranormal/Historical Tour 8:30pm & 9:30pm

Saturdays: Paranormal/Historical Tour 8:30pm & 9:30pm

Sundays: Historical 2:30pm

Cost is $20.00 donation per person and tour times must be reserved in advance.
Please contact and schedule your tour with:
waverlytours@bellsouth.net
or call
502-417-4526 or 502-933-2142

Comment by CSW | 04.6.2006 | 4:07 pm
Waverly Hills is one of the most forboding structures I have ever seen. The tower rivals one on an old English castle standing just above the front entraceway. The building’s windows from what I have seen are all broken out leaving the pane-less windows staring out on onlookers daring them to come inside. When I was there for a Halloween haunted house I could almost feel the weight of the place, it felt like I had a hundred pairs of eyes glaring at me. In the near future I hope to take a tour through the sanitarium and step deeper than I have into it’s dark halls.

Comment by Valerie | 04.6.2006 | 5:57 pm
I think Waverly Hills is one of the coolest places I’ve ever herd of. Sometimes people think that I’m a little strange because I’m really, really into this kind of stuff. My uncles are supposed to take me on a ghost tour of the Waverly Hills Sanatorium this upcoming Halloween, and I really can’t wait!

Comment by Morgan | 04.8.2006 | 12:17 pm
Hello everyone. I made a comment on 02-25-06. I wanted to add a few things. Hey CSW, you seem like the only one that has educated things to say. You are wrong about one thing though. No one is able to “slide” down the body shute. There isn’t a body shute. So I am sorry but your friendS lied to get a reaction. I agree with you about that girl that called us Kentuckians uneducated hicks! They do need to come here and see that there aren’t shoeless people with straw coming out of their mouths. Waverly is a great place that is spooky but you also need to respect it! I feel like I am one of the only few people who actually see it for what it is. A historical landmark where devasting things happened.

Comment by Erin | 04.19.2006 | 5:44 pm
There IS a body shute, it was seen on Ghost Hunters on Sci-Fi. There is a stairway right beside it and the slick pavement of the shute is clearly evident right beside it. I believe some miss the number of people that actually died in the building. It is sad so many lives were lost there..some adult, some children. Two nurses died there as well. It was rumored one was hung, I believe the other died of disease, but I am not sure on that. Anyhow, I will tour there, if at all possible, this Halloween. Maybe I will see you there. Happy Haunting!

Comment by Vic | 04.25.2006 | 1:05 am
Waverly sounds awesome. I’m going to try to get some of my friends to go up to see it with me. I love haunted sitings and stuff. I’m staying in a haunted dorm right now, and it is so much fun.

Comment by Amanda | 04.29.2006 | 10:43 am
I’ve been trying to contact someone to get reservations for the Waverly Hills tour but to date haven’t had my calls returned. Anyone know how I can get reservations for a tour?

Thanks

Comment by Deb P. | 05.2.2006 | 10:56 am
email me directions please

Comment by michael | 05.4.2006 | 8:08 pm
yo listen up yo mamma that comment really pissed me off and u might die from me so u better step up and leave the mac daddy a comment because i dont play thatand ur probably a ***** anyway so ya yo mamma shut up

p.s. tell ur momma i say i’ll pay her later

Comment by mac daddy | 05.11.2006 | 5:54 pm
yo morgan i’ll take u on a ghost tour whenever u want i might even take u to the sizzler cause u shound beautiful so ya hit me up u know peace

Comment by mac daddy | 05.11.2006 | 5:56 pm
i got head from my girlfriend in the sanitarium. im a bodybuilder and my purple headed yogurt slinger creamed all over her face, toungue and lips she loved it but not as much as the ghost did. i saw it peeking out of the closet and it freeked my out because it saw my rock hard ***** in my girls mouth. im never going to that place again because im kinda embarresed

Comment by ican_beyourz | 05.14.2006 | 4:32 am
Sounds alot like the Barkersville asylum in upstate N.Y., although it is reported that members of some film crews have mysteriously vanished there. Has anything happenned like this at Waverly.

Comment by Tim | 05.14.2006 | 9:54 pm
We went to Waverly Last halloween , it was ok , for halloween, but you have people jumping out at you and all that stuff, I really wanted to look around, My cousin, see thing and I can feal them, befor anyone, can, We would like, very much to beable to look around the place, Ive found a lot of Website, that talk about it and the nite, we were there, When you drove up to it and were they had you park. Just something about the place , and I don’t think it has to do with all the people that died there, It more about , what happen there. Oh I don’t know , I sure would like a chance to see whath the place would be lake , without all that halloween stuff going on.

Comment by Sarah | 05.15.2006 | 8:57 pm
I have been to waverly hills, and it is really haunted. I went on a paranormal tour costing $20 a person and lasted about 2 hours. When I was there I seen shadow people and had doors slam in my face. When i was visiting the haunted hospital I seen many ghosts and caught lots of scary things on videotape. While I was on the 5th floor of the sanatarium I heard a screeching voice scream hey. You could here this voice on the videotape. I also decided to go down “The death tunnel” while I was wlaking back up you couls hear poeple walking behind you and no one was there. Waverly is a very interesting huanted place with so much history. I recommend this place to any ghost lover.

Comment by yeah! | 05.20.2006 | 11:01 pm
I have been to Waverly(At night and unlawfully)About 20 years ago me and several friends went there thru the coffin chute.Everything you hear about that place is VERY TRUE I saw things that to this day I can’t explain Shadows and even saw a person that was there one second and gone the next.If you go there be prepared to see and hear things that can’t be explained

Comment by Mike Stanley | 05.21.2006 | 9:58 am
Hi!
Until about two days ago I didn’t even know that this place existed. What I have read about it keeps me looking for more to read about it, however; I really don’t want to visit it, looking at the pics and how dirty the place looks, I am not worried about the ghosts, just what might be lurking on the walls.

Comment by Vannie | 06.4.2006 | 7:01 pm
Hello

I’m from Kentucky but I was born in Texas my name is Elizabeth. My brother and his wife and I would like to visit the Waverly Hills Hospital. Whoever made fun of the other’s EDUCATION what do you think about mine I LIVE IN KENTUCK but Was born a TEXASAN. How do you Lke them APPLES *****

Comment by Elizabeth | 06.8.2006 | 12:53 am
OOP’S LET ME REFRASE MY SELF TEXASEN AND NOW HOW DO YOU LIKE THEM APPLES ****

Comment by Elizabeth | 06.8.2006 | 12:57 am
We are all here to make our comments on waverly not put each other down,So please if you are looking to study grammer go to another site michelle that deals with proper grammer and leave us alone to talk about waverly or stay and play nice. I would love to go and see the sanitarium with just a small group but my husband says no. I live in Colorado and we have a haunted park called cheesman park it used to be a grave yard in denver. They wanted to build houses on the land so they moved some bodies but not all. They left over 5000 and it is now haunted. Infact thats where the movie poltergist came from and you can read about it if you go under colorado ghost sites under cheesman park.I and family have been there and what a scary night. I had to run back to the car by myself and when I came back to my family there was someone I couldnt see following me. I have seen and felt ghosts before so I do believe Im sensitive, So I think it would be both scary and interesting to go and visit waverly. Much respect to all who lost thier lives there.

Comment by Samantha | 06.8.2006 | 2:47 pm
Excuse me Michelle but some people here are from Kentucky and don’t appreciate being called ‘uneducated hicks” because I live 3 hours from Waverly hills and I graduated with all A’s and went to harvard University.Anyway I was wondering, If you do happen to sneek up their and get caught, what do the security guards do to ya.

Comment by Final Fantasy Fan | 06.8.2006 | 5:14 pm
i was wondering if anybody had any pictures of their visit and if you could email those to me. my email is smooches831@msn.com

Comment by smooches | 06.8.2006 | 7:12 pm
I would like to visit the Sanatarium this weekend 6-12-06, but I’m having difficulties booking a tour! Can anyone help me?!

Comment by Misti | 06.8.2006 | 8:40 pm
I have looked up on the Internet and watched Spooked and Ghost Hunters.Spooked is the scariest.Waverly Hills is spooky but I have never been there I have only seen it on T.V I am 10 but I am even scared just to look it up and also watch it.It is cool but I never ever want to go there.I realy would want to but I live to far from Kentucky.And also it is scary because of the spooky place room #502.I never ever would want to go there never ever I have to be brave just to look it up on google.From 10 year old Katrina

Comment by Katrina | 06.8.2006 | 10:52 pm
I would!I could tell any were or what about that spooky place by looking it up on google of the name of the place and were it is and just try what it everything but be brave because alot of them have spooky pictures

Comment by Katrina | 06.8.2006 | 10:57 pm
I think it’s a weird coincidence that the area code for Louisville is 502, the same as the room number where the nurse died. #502

Comment by Drew | 06.9.2006 | 4:24 am
hey guys we were wondering if anyone could send us pictures of ghost or any thing that would spook us we want to go to the hospital…some day in october cause it looks awsome and we seen the show about it on the scfi and it was scary!oh and one more thing michelle **** you, cause you are just a stupid b****!!! if any one has pics email them to nikkih577@aol.com

Comment by nikki and courteny | 06.9.2006 | 11:50 am
I would really like to visit waverly hills,I’ve seen and been through alot of weird things.Love to feel the rush of seeing and speaking to those who others can’t always see.I watched the sci-fi special on the sanaterium and really felt drawn to it.I would love to bring my crew and document some more hauntings for the owners of waverly hills.

Comment by Tanya | 06.10.2006 | 10:44 pm
I finally got a tour booked! Myself and two friends will enter the sanatorium this coming Saturday night at 10:15. I’m so excited!!!

Comment by Misti | 06.14.2006 | 2:22 pm
I read the story on the waverly house and loved it as the company I work for has an account with an old sanotarium in the foothills of california that is said to also be haunted. It is great! love to find out more info on this place. (Wish I Ah) any one know anything on this place??

Comment by CHRYSTAL | 06.17.2006 | 7:18 pm
I cannot believe all the gramical erros on these comments, you all must be a bunch of uneducated hicks from Kentucky.

Comment by Michelle | 03.31.2006 | 2:43 pm

I cannot believe all the grammical errors on these comments, must be a bunch of uneducated hicks from Kentucky

Comment by Michelle | 03.31.2006 | 2:44 pm

Ok, what I think is funny in a karma sort of way is that you are talking bad about other people and you go and make a type o yourself. What goes around comes around. ( oh, I am from California by the way, not that I wouldn’t be proud to be from Kentucky if I was )

To the idiot “yomomma” and the message you left saying die a million times….very adult, you must what about 12? Not to mention some of your other comments…..

Oh and I could go on and on and on…..

Next, why is this not monitored better to get rid of all of these idiotic postings that have nothing to do with the subject or are just plain stupid?

There actually are people out there who believe and are seeking the truth. The rest of you who just come here and talk trash, may the spirits of the afterlife come to haunt you for the rest of your natural born lives. If you don’t believe or have a valid opinion, why come here?

Comment by TruthSeeker | 06.19.2006 | 2:50 am
As to waverly Hills, I have done alot of research on the place since first hearing about it on Sci Fi’s “Ghost Hunters”. Have seen the movies, The Death Tunnel and Spooked. It is only my opinion based on this because I have never actually been there myself, but I beleive the place to be full of paranormal activity. Some of the pictures I have seen combined with everything else convinced me. How could you have a place where that many deaths occured and not have there be some kind of residual effect? Think about it.

Comment by TruthSeeker | 06.19.2006 | 2:57 am
Hey Misti,
That is so cool. Please let us know how it went and even better if you experience anything. I so wish I could go with. Have fun and be safe.

Comment by Samantha | 06.22.2006 | 2:12 pm
Hi,
I went there about 5 years ago did not go inside but when i looked up i couldve swore i saw somone looking out at the 2nd floor. i got scared and drove away

Comment by Kimi | 06.29.2006 | 3:31 pm
I had never heard of the place untill I saw it on Ghost Hunters ie.. TAPS. I have just finished reading some other investagative accounts of Waverly. This place is a ghost hunters dream!!! I would love to go there!!! What I would like to know is if anyone has tried to help those spirits willing, to cross over?? I would hate to think of anyone I loved still in a place like that after suffering so much in life.

Comment by kathy | 06.29.2006 | 10:36 pm
I have wondered if anyone has tried to help the spirits that are willing, to cross over?? I would hate to think of anyone I loved stuck in a place like that!! They suffered so much in life!! I am sure there would be not shortage of spirits left to kick up alot of action!!! Indiana Ghost Trackers, your investigation must be comming up soon!! Good luck and I wish you lots of activity!!!! Let us know what you find!! Stay safe, and drink lots of coffee!!! Kathy

Comment by kathy | 06.29.2006 | 10:43 pm
Sorry my message got posted twice. The first one posted all by itself!!! Not kidding!!! Maybe the spirits of Waverly want some help??? Kathy

Comment by kathy | 06.29.2006 | 10:46 pm
Hey, it’s Misti! I had fun the weekend I went to Waverly! During the first part of the tour I was basically spooking myself out. However, on fifth floor, when we were done viewing the shadow people-It Happened!!! The only light I had was a small flashlight on a string around my neck…I began to walk forward, to follow the tour. I made two steps, on the second step the string around my neck became tight, I called out to my sister and friend to wait. I couldn’t find my flashlight that should’ve been resting on my chest!! The other girls with me told me to turn around…frightened by the thought of turning around, I did it anyway. Upon turning around it became very chilly and there floating out away from my body, still around my neck, was my flashlight!!! As if someone were behind me pulling on it!! No one was there!

Comment by Misti | 07.5.2006 | 8:54 pm
Hello to all! I’m a tour guide at Waverly Hills Sanatorium. I really enjoy introducing people to the other side. The are tons of ghost stories to tell. Things happen nearly everytime we take a group through the building. If any of you get a chance to visit call ahead for a tour reservation, 502-417-4526. All the proceeds are donated to the Waverly Hills Historical Society. Hope to see you there!

Comment by Haunt_Tracker | 07.8.2006 | 12:58 pm
Visit us on our Yahoo group “Waverly Ghost Chasers” for the lastest haunts and happenings at the Waverly Hills Sanatourium! Clicking on Haunt_Tracker below will take you there.

Comment by Haunt_Tracker | 07.8.2006 | 1:02 pm
Hello,
A group of my co-workers are going this Saturday for the 10:30 tour. My husband, myself and 1 of the guys that is going has had personal experience so, we believe. I have one girl that is a believer, but has not had any personal experiences. And then there are 2 others who are sceptical, but want to go to see for themselves. It will be very interesting to see what different experiences we all have. Also, for the record this place during it’t time was very nice. I know that being sent there would not be great. But, if I was living in those times with TB I don’t think that there would be a better place to be. They were very advanced for their time and they did their absolute best to take care of the patients.
Thanks

Comment by candi | 07.20.2006 | 6:26 pm
I would be quite interested. It may be myself and two or three others if that’s cool.

Comment by Dougherty | 07.21.2006 | 11:16 am
i dont no if that is true but is it or is it just there amangination

Rebecca O’Donnell

Comment by rebecca | 07.29.2006 | 4:05 am
U PEOPLE R JUST FULL OF DOKIE

Comment by MICHELLE AND HALEY | 08.8.2006 | 5:13 pm
True Story. My name is Chad. Last year, for Halloween, my girlfriend, best friend,Ryan, and his girlfriend,Megan, all decided to go to Waverly. I had been before and found the place pretty intimidating because of its sheer size and the whole auroa that surrounded the place. It was a typical Saturday night and we bought our tickets and paid the $5 extra for the ‘bonus’ haunted part which was called, if I’m not mistaken, Total Darkness. The first part of the haunted house was of course like any other haunted house. You dont even really realize you are inside Waverly Hills, its just sort of the same old stuff that any haunted house would present. However we found the second part, the bonus part quite intriguing. Only us 4 went as a group and what it was is exactly what it said, Total Darkness. You walk in and cannot even see your hand in front of your face. No lights. The only thing you have to guide you are these black lights on the floor that are placed perfectly so as to when you get to one you look around and will see another. Now besides the black light there is no other type of light. Here is where it gets interesting. The noise, from music, was extremely loud so we couldnt hear each other but barely and even when we yelled. As we are going through the motions a red light appears to come on out of nowhere. I see it and its the opposite way of the way we are supposed to go. I go towards the light anyway. As I get closer I see that its the body drawers. A body drawer is built into the wall and is used to store dead bodies and the light was coming from inside the body drawer. As I got closer my skin began to crawl. Then I seen something written, tagged/spray painted, on the wall inside the upper drawer and it freaked me out. It was my name. “CHAD”! When I seen this I immediately stopped in my tracks and as my girlfriend seen this she couldnt speak. I was really taken aback and quite freaked out. Coincidence I told myself. Megan went in for a closer look because I would not move. When she went around to the other side I seen her put her hand over her mouth as she muttered under her breathe “Oh my God!”. We all went to see what she was seeing and what we saw made us feel unwelcomed and looking for the exit ASAP. And on the bottom drawer on the opposite side was tagged, “RYAN”.

Comment by Chad | 08.9.2006 | 4:07 am
As far as being from Kentucky, I’m extremely proud of where I’m from and do not appreciate the comments made by Michelle. Too many times Kentucky is stereotyped. There are many intelligent people in Kentucky as well as many great things in Kentucky and Waverly Hills is definetly one of them.

Comment by Chad | 08.9.2006 | 4:18 am
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Comment by angel | 08.9.2006 | 10:51 am
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Comment by m.m | 08.9.2006 | 11:07 am
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Comment by m.m | 08.9.2006 | 11:08 am
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Comment by m.m | 08.9.2006 | 11:09 am
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Comment by nicolle G | 08.9.2006 | 11:15 am
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Comment by m.m | 08.9.2006 | 11:15 am
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Comment by nicolle G | 08.9.2006 | 11:15 am
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Comment by nicolle G | 08.9.2006 | 11:19 am
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Comment by nicolle G | 08.9.2006 | 11:20 am
I recently went to Waverly on a tour. We experienced several shadow people on the 4th floor. At one point, a fellow tourist walked down the hall by herself in the total darkness. As she walked back towards the group, very clearly, she had a shadow person behind and beside her. There was no mistaking it. Also, a man in our group captured orbs that could only be seen through his videocamera. The group also heard a loud, manly exhale of air behind us. There was no man at the back of the group, just myself and another girl. Also, we experienced a MAJOR coldspot in the area outside of 502. They were getting a moving electromagnetic reading as well in that very spot. Very creepy.

Comment by C.C. | 08.14.2006 | 4:24 pm
hi, everyone i think it is a very good idea that they r going to make a hotel, i hope they do !that would be cool as hell!

Comment by s | 08.14.2006 | 9:34 pm
Probably not such a good idea to make it into a hotel, seeing as though it’s haunted with evil spirits (no one can come back from the dead so in reality, there are no “ghosts.”) Doubtless it would take years and millions of dollars to make Waverly Hills into an establishment that would be fit for accomodating guests.

I live in Louisville but nowhere near the house, I did attempt to drive down there one time by myself and turned on Pages Lane, it’s not all that easy to spot from the road and because I’m not familiar with the area, I gave up the attempt. I would not be afraid to actually spend time there (such as an evening) because very few evil spirits can harm you physically. Perhaps there are cases of this in history but it would have to be extremely rare and the demon would have to be very powerful, such demons are usually busy with much more important tasks than roaming the halls of some old hospital. Demons are actually ranked by the power they have and what they are able to accomplish and what their mission is. Thrones and Princes are the only demons (besides Satan himself) that might have the power to harm someone physically but one has to assume that it’s the lower ranking demons such as Lordships (spirit level) that would invade old buildings. Their powers are very limited although they can almost certainly make their presence known by appearing in the form of a deceased person or frightening people. Again, once we die, we are dead, there is no coming back from where we go. If there have been incidents where people have returned from the dead, it would have to be as a direct result of God’s power and even then, they would not be allowed to frighten people! Such cases would envolve a deceased loved one in heaven coming to comfort a living relative, or perhaps, an angel in the form of that person.

Comment by Zelch | 08.21.2006 | 6:00 pm
Hi im 13 years old and i just wanted to let this website know that im not scared of ghost even when it’s true unless i see atrue movie,and in that movie it’s a really scary face.And i’ve heard of this plac and seen amovie about it called(The death tunnel).I’ve always felt sorry for inascent people to die.I also been interrested in ghost i think their cool.

Comment by Rebecca | 08.23.2006 | 10:49 pm
been there, i live like 30 min away from that place, over 60,000 people died there and u can go take a tour there 4 20$ it worth the money u can even stay the night if u have the guts but it cost like 100$

Comment by miranda | 09.3.2006 | 9:14 pm
I go up here all the time and one day I was chased by a man that jumped out the window from the second floor and landed on all fours and screamed GET AWAY ! and ran towards us This is a TRUE story this was around 7;30 in the evening. ……

Comment by Aaron Richardson | 09.6.2006 | 1:08 pm
a group of us went up to waverly last holloween season for the haunted house they have there every year. while standing in line we were taking pictures. every picture had some sort of orb or manifestation in the picture it was really cool.

Comment by kelli gordon | 09.7.2006 | 11:00 am
My friends and I are looking for a Haunted place to spend the night. Does anyone know of such a place in the Louisville area that does not cost $100?

Comment by Nick Wallace | 09.7.2006 | 10:00 pm
I have been up to Waverly Hill’s many times. My Aunt used to work there when it was the old tb hosipital. Back in the early eighties we would go up there and look around. There are alot of unexplained thing’s that have happened up there. For one up by the third floor we had seen a little girl playing with a ball.I yelled at her and asked her what she was doing in here by herself with that she turned around and walked up the stairs. So i ran up the stair’s and by the time i got there she was gone. Alot of room’s you will fell very tense espically around by the padded rooom’s. My aunt told me some of the patient’s had gotten out of controll and were put in these room’s for thier safety and other’s as well. You used to be able to slide down the body shoot to the mourge area. Very errie and funny feelings there as well. We tried to have a calling of the sprit’s with candles and a board, that didn’t last long due to the fact a wind from nowhere blew threw and put out our candle’s. It was cold and put goose bump’s on you. Then the light fixture above us came crashing down in on our circle of candle’s. That was enough for all of us and i have only been up there a few time’s sence then. Alot of my pictures have come out with circles of light,orb’s, and a few thing’s we can not figure out. If you have a chance to go there please do and you will see for yourself.

Comment by Donna | 09.7.2006 | 11:08 pm
GRAMMAR, which is how it is spelled, is your friend, people. So are paragraphs.

If you’re going to proudly claim your Kentucky heritage, at least do it with some style and taste and show that you at least attended school.

-Proud, educated, proper spelling Kentuckian

Comment by Lola | 09.11.2006 | 6:42 pm
Hello, I have heard stories upon stories of Waverly Hills. I do think that it is haunted. I saw the show on ghost Hunters, and know from friends. I myself have never been, and probaly will never go (due to being intrigued, but yet a bit of a p***) LOL. But Thanks to everyone who have posted sites and helpful links to help others find information on Waverly Hills. It is a shame that the Graffiti and stuff are all over the walls!! I mean lets face it, a terrible disease killed people there. How about giving them some peace while they still try to find “their” Light to go on. To me its just sad. I cant wait to see the documentary “Spooked”. The movie however, “Death Tunnel” LAUGHABLE!! They really turned that into a bit of a cheese movie…. But again Thanks to all, and my opinion is the same to peolpe who come on here just to post ridiculus, “off the subject”, stupid, etc. Bull ****!! WE DON’T CARE!! There is name for you people that I came up with….other than just plane idiodic……you will happy to know that you all have been upgraded to know “CLOWNSHOE”. LMFAO Peace Out Homies……….

Comment by Janie | 09.13.2006 | 9:46 pm
Oh and yeah I have typ o’s in there to………….But its not because I am from Ky…Just wanted to let all know this…LOL

Comment by Janie | 09.13.2006 | 9:51 pm
Wow!! Have to post this one to…Sorry guys…..But Thanks Zelch for that bit o history lesson you gave us……..It is also “Known” that a spirit will linger in an area if that person has died horribly……….They can’t go on, (to the other side) Hence, they stay and cant do anything else but just that……….So yes Zelch, Spirits do linger and don’t always move on…..But everyone is entilted to his/her opinion. Just wanted to give a little History back so to speak………….I agree they may not hurt you, but they are not always able to “move on” so to speak..And these people died horrible, painful deaths, many not ready!! So therefore, they still roam halls, look out windows, and what not. Get my point?

Comment by Janie | 09.13.2006 | 10:04 pm
Hello my name is Robyn and I am writing this to tell people about this haunted hospital. The first time I ever been to a haunted house was last year my first time when I was 20 years old and it was the most horrifying experience I have ever had in my life. When I went I could feel things all over my body like I have never felt before. It was like things were crawling on me and I could not get it to go away. When I was walking up the path to get to the doors there were people that were scaring you before we even entered into the builing which made it that much more interesting. When I got to the doors to get ready to walk in I felt something right in front of me and I thought it was the person it front of me but when I felt it touch me I had to walk away from the doors. I finally got brave enough to walk on through. The moment I stepped foot on the ground I was scared! I have never been that scared in my life! We were walking through and I could hear things that weren’t suppose to be there and see things like up in the corners of the building. When I got to the room were the baby cribs were I started crying instantly because I felt like I was haluciating and seeing things but I wasnt they were real. I heard it used be were you got to slide down the same tunnels that the dead bodies went down but that all changed because of people getting hurt. I was so scared that I ended up stepping backwards and ran the other direction and when I was by myself I turned around again and ended up running face to face with my fiancee. We hit so hard my head broke his nose. This was a chilling experience and that I will wan to someday go back and try it again. It will scare you and make your night a wonderful one. It is worth the money that you pay to get into it and will be more of a woman or a man when you step through the doors of that place and make it all the way through it (with no problems) hopefully. Thankyou for taking the time and reading this and I wish everyone a happy and safe trip through Waverly Hills.

Comment by Robyn | 09.17.2006 | 7:17 pm
The word is GRAMMATICAL, not “grammical”.

Moron.

Even more sad, no one else caught that before I did.

*sigh*

Comment by Melissa | 09.17.2006 | 10:58 pm
Ive been several times but Im sorta mad cause they wont let anyone walk down the chute where they put the bodies…bummed out

Comment by PS2LaraDwells | 09.19.2006 | 5:00 pm
I have been to waverly only 4 times. and each time i have been it gives me the creeps. i have never seen any kind of paranormal, but the building itself is enough to look at it and just get shivers up your spine. The scariest part to me is just traveling up that dirt road (or is it gravel) i cant remember- well anyways- the whole place is a great scare.

Comment by Heather | 09.21.2006 | 7:37 pm
I live in Texas and love hunted places. I want to go up there and visit but the drive is to long sence me and my friends want to take a road trip. I just want to know how much it costs to get a ticket and can you go threw all the floors. Oh aslo i want to know how long are the tour guides.

Comment by Erika | 09.25.2006 | 3:34 pm
Hi All, I am going to Waverly Hills for the first time in early November, for a 9:30pm tour. Does anyone have any advice, experiences to share with me? Thanks! Great site, by the way.

Comment by Kathy | 09.29.2006 | 1:14 pm
I am also proud of proud of our state. Try living in Florida with Gators, cockroaches the size of your hands, and oh yeah, the mesquitos. We also have 2 great University’s and great BBall tradition at both schools, what could be better than that? Anyway, I want to go to Waverly Hills just once. I have no fear of the ghosts and believe that my faith in Jesus will proctect me. I’ll go there anytime to battle those demons. This is not people from the past, it’s demonic and the blood of Jesus is a persons protection there or anywhere. I’ll go there with my Bible and holy water. Trust Jeses today! I promise you will not be afraid either!.

70×7 Ministries

Comment by tim | 09.30.2006 | 10:57 am
IT IS SO HAUNTED WE WHERE UP THERE AND SAW A FIGURE IN THE TOWER IT WAS WATCHING PEOPLE GOING IN TO THE BUILDING TO TE HAUNTED HOUSE. WE COULD SEE IT MOVING IT WAS FREAKY

Comment by brian | 10.1.2006 | 12:14 am
I have been to this thing before, It is so awsome, anyone who goes in here will wet your pants!!

Comment by ronni neal | 10.3.2006 | 11:05 am
I have been here before,It is the most scariest haunted thing ive been to yet it was so terrifying!

Comment by ronni neal | 10.3.2006 | 11:06 am
Waverly Hills is not doing any more tour scheduling till March of 2007. They do tours year round or at most of the year. (So for the dummie who said “my daddy owns it, is full of it”) Anyway, the movie Death Tunnel was cool. They fit the history of the place into it. Ghost Hunters went there as well. That’s where I first heard of it.

Comment by chrissy | 10.5.2006 | 5:27 pm
WAVERLY HILLS IS NOW OPEN FOR HOLLOWEEN, I WONT GO, MY HEART COULDN’T TAKE IT

Comment by DEBORAH | 10.6.2006 | 8:15 pm
I think that that it completly strange. But it would be so much fun

Comment by Kayla | 10.10.2006 | 4:12 pm
i WAS AT THE HOSPITAL IN THE MID 80 . SOMETIMES WE WOULD GO UP THROUGH TUNNEL .TUNNEL HAS STEPS ON THE LEFT SIDE WITH CONCRET SLATE ON THE RIGHT SIDE.MOST OF THE TIME IT WAS BLOCKED WITH WOOD SO WE FOLLOWED THE AIR VENTS UP TOO THE HOSPITAL ,I HAVE BEEN ALL THROUGH THE HOSPITAL. THE BEST VEIW OF LOUISVILLE IS FROM THE ROOF TOP. A LOT OF PEOPLE FROM IROQUOIS HEIGHTS KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT . ( A FEW GOOD BUZZES…………… CALLAHAN.

Comment by SCOTT CALLAHAN | 10.10.2006 | 7:43 pm
HI TO TINA AND CHARLIE MATTINGLY DAIVD HARTLAGE.

Comment by SCOTT CALLAHAN | 10.10.2006 | 7:47 pm
Hey Kathy! I went there November of last year for an overnite tour and it was awesome! I have a few pics with faces in the doorways and orbs. I also heard a deep moan with made me turn and run…and leave my hubby behind! In 502 I got touched, and noone was near me but my hubby and he wasnt close enough to touch me…needless to say I loved it there, they say if you are pregnant or a nurse you will feel the touch. And it IS NOT a demon place for whatever moron said that…and as for the girl who stated that her daddy owned it for 10 years, that is disrespectful to Tina and Charlie who have taken the time to try an rebuild the place. When I went it was 100.oo per person for an overnite tour, hope I helped some of you

Comment by Amber | 10.12.2006 | 12:21 am
This is so weird. Im from Tn and there is a haunted house that opens up on Oct. 13 that is called the death mill in Lebanon. Back in the 1800s it was used for a TB hospital just like this one in kentucky. Its sounds exactly the same. On the website it has a history of the mill and it talks about how there is a tunnel that they used to use to take bodies down because there was so many they did not want to scare the other patients. There is also a room called the “drain room” were they would take the bodies and hang them from poles and let their fluids drain. Then they would burn them. People said that there was always a constent stream of smoke coming from the stacks that could be seen for miles. They said there was a person die every hour for a while but i cant remember how long it when on for. The website is http://www.thedeathmill.com.

Comment by Brandi | 10.12.2006 | 6:37 am
I am a swedish girl who saw the movie Death Tunnel and was…well…blown away.
But now I’m curious about Waverly Hills Sanatarium and would like to find out more.
Can someone please give me a adress to a website or something where I can find out more?

Comment by Emily | 10.12.2006 | 6:04 pm
hey guys i live only 10 minutes from there and that place is spooky,and you do see ghosts,and the hair on your arms will stick up,and one thing don’t go there when it’s cold outside cause then it will freak you out even more.i had friends who did security up there a few years ago,and they loved it,but they seem some scarey stuff in there,and the thing about the little girl is true,i seen her also,and the person who called us uneducated kentuckians you have room to talk yourself,cause all of us do not talk hick,and if we did we’re proud of it,cause i do and i’m not ashamed of it,it makes us different from others,so before you talk about us look at yourself.

Comment by lisa | 10.13.2006 | 4:55 pm
I have been there once and it was well worth it. Just the history of the place is amazing enough! Developed several pictures that had orbs. my buddy took a pic of me and my girlfriend. When he downloaded it on his computer there was a tall man standing between us two.
Creepy! Would highly recommend.

Comment by Dustin Sarver | 10.14.2006 | 1:03 pm
sucks!! Waverly is booked up through rest of year.

Comment by Dustin Sarver | 10.14.2006 | 1:13 pm
I live in indiana Waverly hills is about 30 minutes away from were i live.I have been there but the only way to get in is when the turn it into a haunted house.So you have to break in thats when it is really creepy doors slam, you can hear foot steps, and like flicker even though there is no electricity running to the building.

Comment by Joey Brown | 10.17.2006 | 1:26 pm
My Fiance’ and I attended the Paranormal Convention at Waverly last October, when walking from our car to the what formerly was a laundry facility on the property we both experienced a very erie feeling, to some degree we experienced feelings of panic and sadness, there are alot of lost souls on this property,we have a photo of the main floor windows, there is a gargoyle out front and there is an image of what appears to be a young girl peering out the window, we have enlarged the photo and submitted to to a investigator and all have determined it appears to be a child approx 5-6 years old with blonde hair, and ponytails, she also appears to be holding a doll. Guided tours are offered throughout the year and beginning in late September through Halloween they have a haunted house attraction, from what I understand the proceeds from the events are being used to rehab the hospital.The owners Mr. and Mrs. Mattintgly seem genuinely concerned about the revival of the building, so I hope someday it will be opened regularly to the general public.This is a significant part of history in the area, and is undoubtedly one of the most haunted places in the United States, however keep in mind ghosts don’t appear on command, so go to enjoy the history, the architecture, and learn a bit about the past, and feel grateful if you have the fortunate opportunity to experience the pressence of an aparition.

Comment by Kim and Ron | 10.17.2006 | 3:15 pm
This comment is for yo momma…first before you get an attitude and start correcting somebody you need to correct yourself!!! All these years i thought i had been watching ghost hunters…when really it was goust hunters…well…guess i was wrong…and we all know that they spotted a ghost in room number 502…but i bet you didnt know that your momma was in room number 503 right down the road at motel 6…and i mean this ***** is scary…thank god those “goust” hunters came (hahaha….cuz she looked like she had TB…HIV..STD…DMX…everybody and everything was up in that!!!! I was like forget the “goust” hunters we need the ghostbusters for this ****!

Comment by SHADOW | 10.18.2006 | 12:22 pm
HI,

I LIVE IN KNOXVILLE, TN AND AM GOING TO WAVERLY SAT OCT 21,2006, JUST 2 DAYS. I CANT WAIT! I AM NERVOUS BUT EXCITED. I HAVE DEFINATELY DONE MY RESEARCH ON THIS PLACE. IT SOUNDS AWESOME. I LOVE BEING SCARED, AND IM SURE I WILL BE SATURDAY. I AM GOING WITH MY HUSBAND FRANK, SISTER GLORIA, AND HER HUSBAND BRAD. I HOPE HE GETS THE **** SCARED OUT OF HIM, BECAUSE HE IS ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO THINKS IT IS ALL FAKE. NO GHOSTS , NOTHING UNEXPLAINABLE ETC.
HOPEFULLY SOMETHING WILL GRAB HIM AND MAKE HIM PEE HIS PANTS. I KNOW ILL BE WEARING DEPENDS. I THOUGHT I WOULD SPEAK TO THE SPIRITS WHEN I AM THERE AND TRY TO COMMUNICATE, EVEN THOUGH ILL BE IN A MAN MADE ATTRACTION , I WILL STILL BE IN THE BUILDING. I WOULD LOVE TO GO UPSTAIRS AND SEE THE SHADOW PEOPLE. I THOUGHT I MIGHT VENTURE INTO THE WOODS AS WELL WHILE IM THERE, AND TRY TO FIND THE FAMOUS IMPS IVE READ ABOUT. LOOKING FORWARD TO SATURDAY. SINCERLY, LOVE TO BE SCARED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by JOANNA | 10.19.2006 | 10:13 am
I can’t believe no one has caught this. michelle, honey, if you want to correct other people’s grammar, you really should make sure that you can spell better than them. i’m not sure what “gramical” means, i do believe that you meant “grammatical”. hmmm, who’s uneducated now? my brother lives in kentucky and is one year away from having his p.h.d. in history. he is by no means an uneducated hick. i think maybe before you start name-calling, you need to take a lesson in spelling yourself. have a good one.

Comment by bee | 10.19.2006 | 11:12 am
hey, Joanna
PLEASE tell me if its true. thats so kool ur going.
write back please.

Comment by Erin A.K.A. E.R. | 10.19.2006 | 11:31 pm
The site for the place has a lot of info.

And for the jerks who like to point out other people’s spelling, and grammer problems. Look, just because you have no life does not mean that you need to take it out on others.

You have to boost up your own pathetic self image problem’s but tearing others down. You really need some professional help.

Comment by Rob | 10.20.2006 | 5:47 pm
I have friends that all grew up on Dixie Hwy. They used to stay in there at night all the time. There in a band called incursion, or was they broke up but they still hangout. They were on the soundtrack for the deathtunnel movie. Waverlys a crazy place

Comment by Worm | 10.22.2006 | 5:32 pm
Waverly Hills is the place to go if you want a real scare, I went there last year to stay all night and I had the scare of my life. so if you are into all the ghost and stuff that is the place. I am going back there this weekend for the Haunted House then in May I am going to go stay all night again.

Comment by Casey | 10.24.2006 | 9:58 am
I saw the special on Waverly Hills on TV, and it freaked the **** outta me.

Comment by Bob | 10.25.2006 | 1:53 pm
HELLO,

I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO WAVERLY , BUT I AM PLANNING ON GOING. I WOULD LOVE IF SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN THERE BEFORE AND HAS SOME GOOD PHOTOS AND COULD EMAIL THEM TO ME. CAN WAIT TO EXPEREINCE THE EXCITMENT OF WAVERLY.

EMAIL @ TONYAPAINTER@YAHOO.COM

Comment by TONYA | 10.25.2006 | 4:01 pm
If you all want more info about Waverly Hills you can goole it or check out some web sites I have found.
prarieghost.com/waverly_tb.html
whsmemorial.tripod.com
wikipedia.org/wiki/Waverly_Hills_Sanatorium
http://www.graveaddiction.com/waverlyh.html http://www.pbase.com/cowsgomoo/waverly_hills_sanitorium
http://www.westvirginiaghosthunters.com/waverly.html

I have not been there yet but hope to soon.

Comment by Lil | 10.25.2006 | 10:29 pm
well first of all hello to all of you, i decided to make a serch of waverly hills after watching a tv show last night about it. im really intersted to go i do think is hunted and its just awsome.. well thanks alot and good bye…. have a hunted day lol……

Comment by lizzie | 10.26.2006 | 9:34 am
If you want to know the address you should do a google search on the Satitorium. The website is there and has the address. Common sense says….
4301 E Pages Ln
Louisville, KY 40272-2629, US

Comment by Lisa | 10.26.2006 | 11:08 am
Is it true that if you make it to the end you get a refund, if not is there a place like that in kentucky?

Comment by TJ | 10.27.2006 | 6:42 pm
freddy i know a boy named freddy….faith

loosen up old beany weenie youll be okie dokie by tommorow just check your closet for rats and spiders and dust every now and then…….and look 4 the key 2 get out…..youll be okie dokie pokie nokie!!
SARAH…OLDER BEAN than you …so don’t eat me!!

Comment by faith "n" sarah | 10.28.2006 | 12:04 am
I grew up just behind Waverly Hills. Bobby Nichols golf course backs up to Waverly Hills, there is a forested area, then my yard backed up to the forested area. As kids we used to cut through the woods to the golf course to find golf balls hit into the woods.

When Waverly was a nursing home in the 60’s, we had a housekeeper that worked there. We used to pick her up in the afternoons from the hospital, and bring her to our house to clean.

After the chapel burned, the building really fell into disrepair. By then it had become a hangout for kids to party and go parking. Heck, did a bit of that myself when I was that age. My sister claims to have seen a woman hanging out of the burned out chapel, screaming, before they tore the remains of that building down.

I got caught parking by the JCP up there in 1980. Shined the light in the window on us and played the whole hollywood sterotype. I was embarrassed at the time, but now it’s a funny memory.

I’ve never seen evidence of haunting, but, I’m open-minded enough to believe that anything is possible.

A really neat, old place.

Comment by kywoman | 10.28.2006 | 3:28 am
Waverly Hills Sanitorium from what i hear is very scary.I’m doing a report on it but one thing i don’t have yet is the truth of room 502.Did she jump out the windo or was she hung.I’v also herd that she got pregnat and tried to do her own aborshon,in a desprate need to hode sh e hung herslf and made it look like someone killed her.But i’m not sure.

Comment by Jessamyn Ouellette | 10.28.2006 | 9:47 am
Hello, I watched that show on VH1 and, oh my gosh! Those poor people suffering, and dying. They should NOT have put untrained celebrities in that place! I mean that is their last resting place. I’m all for ghost hunting,but trained professionals should only be doing that. But as 4 turning it into a hotel, I think it shouldnt be done.

Comment by Erica | 10.28.2006 | 12:57 pm
I live right across the streeet from Waverly Hills Sanatorium! I can see it from my window! I have found a medicen bottle and I have seen and heard “Mary”, the ghost on the 3rd floor!

Comment by Haley Jo | 10.28.2006 | 3:47 pm
While filming the movie Death Tunnel there supposedly the people in it heard alot of weird noises and a camera man was almost decapetated.

Comment by Ashley | 10.29.2006 | 3:02 pm
You guys are too funny, Especially “Shadow” I saw Scariest Places On Earth a few years back also and they said over 63,000 died there, not a couple hundred. If it was only a couple hundred why would they have made a body shoot and have a freezer to store the corpses until they could get them out?
T.A.P.S. was the name of the investigating team that checked it out last year and they got some great thermal shots, Jason and Grant that is, Brian ran as usual.

Comment by PsychoFemale1958 | 10.29.2006 | 6:18 pm
Wow, a lot of you people need to go to the Evlyn Woodhead sped redding corse. ever cinse i wint my redding has improved one hunded pacent.

Comment by PsychoFemale1958 | 10.29.2006 | 6:27 pm
I HAVE BEEN WANTING TO GO SEE THIS PLACE FOR QUITE SOMETIME NOW…I THINK IT’S HAUNTED AND I DON’T THINK I COULD EVER SPEND THE NIGHT THERE BECAUSE I’M A BIG CHICKEN WHEN IT COMES TO STUFF LIKE THAT BUT I’AM PLANNING TO TAKE A TOUR OF THE PLACE IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS..OHH AND BY THE WAY IT WAS 63,000 PEOPLE WHO DIED THERE..

Comment by Tonya | 10.30.2006 | 3:11 am
I am very interested in Waverly and it’s actual history. I have been to the haunted house, not an actual tour(although I am trying to get one booked for 2007) Some people seem to be getting confused between the actual haunted tours and the haunted “spook” house. The haunted tours(where you can actually spend the night) range from $50 to $100. It’s a tour around the whole place. I, also, understand that it’s completely booked up until January 2007. A good site to visit is Ron’s offical Waverly site @ waverlyhillstbsanatorium.com It has awesome pictures and writen testaments from people that used to stay there, although it tells nothing of the “haunts”
The haunted spook house is $20. It’s just actors trying to scare you. It takes 15-20 minutes to go thru, while the wait to get in is about 1 hour. It’s just like any other haunted house, such as scenes from horror flicks, actors jumping out, chainsaws, etc… Not too scary. At least it’s for a good cause(the restoration of Waverly). For info on the haunted history of Waverly check out prarieghosts.com scroll down and click on the Hauned Kentucky link. Enjoy!

Comment by mel kat | 10.30.2006 | 4:04 pm
i saw waverly hills on celebrtiy paranormal project
that lady and guy saw something watch it on vh1

Comment by Bobby Blue | 10.30.2006 | 6:59 pm
I am going to the haunted house at Waverly tonight. If anything unusual happens I will let you all know about it!

Comment by Mystical | 10.31.2006 | 5:02 pm
You are all full of SH**!! I’ve been to Waverly many times, both legally and illegally. There’s absolutely NOTHING there! Just and old, empty, run-down hospital. No ghosts, no “orbs”, no bouncing balls or “shadow people”, and NO, you can’t smell breakfast cooking in the kitchen. I’ve been in the morgue. I’ve been in the “body chute”, “death tunnel”, whatever you want to call it. NOTHING! Nothing scary about room 502. Yea, it’s dark, damp and has a creepy feel to the atmosphere, but that’s IT! Nothing paranormal. No ghost of a doctor walkin’ around in a white coat. What you see on TV is made for that exactly, TV!! Of course they’re going to embellish things for TV. Sure, it’s fun to go and take pictures, try to spook your buddies out and maybe try to imagine the things that went on there when it was actually in operation, but that’s going to be about the extent of your trip. It’s open to the public on halloween for christ’s sake. If there were any paranormal activities there, would we not all experience it, and at the same time. Last time I checked “ghosts” and “ghouls” weren’t bias to anyone; They’d come out for anyone! Take it easy, have fun, and for pete’s sake, can the bullsh** stories!

Comment by Bill | 11.1.2006 | 9:52 am
Yes, another Kentuckian who has been to Waverly and one that is educated so I realize that typos happen unlike some people. I went to Waverly about 2 months ago with a grou of friends and yes it is haunted with spirits. Shadow people are everywhere and its just plain creepy. In some rooms you actually get a peaceful feeling yet in others its not so peaceful. You can see images in the windows from the outside and whoever said you can’t go down the body chute is incorrect because yes, you can. When we went down it we stayed for about 5-10 monutes just to see if we could see or feel anything and yes you do. You can see a set of eyes in the bushes at the bottom of the chute. We just did the $20.00 tour and it was very well worth it and may be going for a $50.00 4 hour tour.

Comment by Sue | 11.1.2006 | 12:15 pm
i have been up there almost 10 times and I have saw something everytime that I go up there. timmy is fun to play with(the kid on the roof). I can roll the ball back and fourth to him. r4oom 502 is the scaryest

Comment by Tom | 11.1.2006 | 7:35 pm
I am flying to Louisville tomorrow, to catch the Breeders Cup on Saturday. But tomorrow night I am going on the 8:30 tour of Waverly Hills. Wish me luck! I’ve seen some programs about the place on various tv channels, and I’m looking forward to the tour. By the way, can anyone recommend any good places to eat in Louisville (I’ve never been before)? I am a beer and burger kind of gal.

THANKS!

Comment by Brooklyn Kathy | 11.2.2006 | 12:40 pm
I went there for the haunted house last year and this year I am going back for the over night tour….8 hours of wondering the hall of waverly for $100!!! I think it will be worth it!!

Comment by Treasure | 11.2.2006 | 1:03 pm
to: gypsyblood, i think your the one mistaken about waverly hills, THERE WERE 63.000 people died in that hospital, READ YOUR LOCAL HISTORY!!! i live in louisville and have read everything i can find on waverly, more people died there than during the civil war, i dont know that waverly is haunted, i believe it is, i;ve been there a few times and once while walking around the building there was a strong medicine oder…eerie

Comment by pam | 11.3.2006 | 12:35 am
I found a virtual tour that someone could not find.It is cool.I am 11 and I love all this kind of stuff!If anyone finds any more on ghost stories and stuff because I am very interested.

Comment by Destiney | 11.3.2006 | 2:30 pm
My dad is going to take me and my brother and a few friends of mine up there overnight next year some time.I just hope I wont get to freaked out!!!!!!!!

Comment by Destiney | 11.3.2006 | 2:34 pm
Oh and would people stop talking dirty and **** this is serios stuff man!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Comment by Destiney | 11.3.2006 | 2:37 pm
where is this virtual tour i keep hearing about?

Comment by Treasure | 11.3.2006 | 4:54 pm
My sister-in-law lives about 15minutes from there and she has been there. There were ghost hunters there and she said it was unreal. She was so freaked out by it she had to leave. I’m very interested in going but I would like to see all of it and like to do late hours. I got on the waverlyhills site and they said tours were booked untill Jan of 07. It looks like an amazing place,its history and I would like tolearn all about it

Comment by Susan | 11.3.2006 | 9:04 pm
Im from Louisville, KY and I have seen the hauntings first hand. When I entered the creaky halls of WHS, I heard screams, shouting, and blood curdling gasps. When I was in room 502, I heard a girls voice, and I felt a hand touch my shoulder. Then when I was walking down a hall, I saw a ball come rolling down the hall out of nowhere, followed by the figure of a little boy. If anyone thinks this place is just a joke, you are dead wrong!!!

Comment by Joe | 11.6.2006 | 2:15 pm
Waverly is one of the most hanunted places in the world! As far as room 217, I have no clue what this person is alleging. Room 502 on the 5th floor deffinatley has someone or something living there. When our group walked into the room, I instantly felt as if I was pregnant agian and had the worst case of morning sickness. It was so scary! The fourth floor is deffinatley a buffet of shadow people, they are everywere! You can watch them move about like nothing is going on.
I just warn those who want to try and sneak in that it is not a good idea! If you are caught trespassing on the grounds, you will be proscuted and your fine will then go to Waverly Hills Historical Society. Everyone needs to have respect for this place and pay $20.00 to take the tour and do it the proper way. It is worth the money, and it is so worth those who do not belive in the parnormal to go see. You can go online and look up the details for Waverly. There is a phone number there also to get in contact with Tina Mattingly to schedule a tour. They are awsome people and if you have a chance to go, you will deffinatley have a terrific time. If not for the paranormal activity, go for the history because that great building is full of it!

Comment by Melissa | 11.9.2006 | 12:33 am
hi there’s a place far scarier than this in india - chennai…..kotturpuram.

a beautiful lady who shows herself in the streets at night 10.30 as a normal girl approaching to you for a help with her keys to a door in her house whrere everybody are there in her family inside the room.when she tries to open the door it dosen’t open but when we try even once the door opens and she asks you to have a coffee with her and every body in the house. but when you are in the house you feel like you are at 8.00 p.pm but you went into the house st 10.30 (remember). but you don’t know (illusion). you develop an interest to get every one in the house know and you find a beautiful garden view from a balcony. the moment you turn around you find that there’s no one except a lady with a gown bleeding from her neck without her head with a dagger flying towards you without legs. but nothing happens to you. (illusion). a lot of peolpe have died ‘coz of this illusion but those who survived this horrible scene they said these things in the T.V. news report

Comment by Amit | 11.12.2006 | 1:56 pm
I wonder why there were the iron “cot like” bed frames lined up along the walls in the basement? Everything I’ve read or heard about the place adds more and more creepiness and sounds creepier than before. The most unnerving room I ever heard about was the last place I’d want to venture into,and would never enter for any amount of a bet, it would be the “draining” room.

Comment by Mary | 11.19.2006 | 7:02 pm
There was a comment left by Brandi on 10.12.2006 about a place in Lebanon,Tn called “The Daeth Mill”. I have nothing against Brandi or Tennessee but if you go to the link to the Death Mill’s webstie (www.thedeathmill.com) on her comment and click on a link to the Death Mill’s history, you will see that its history is almost identical to that of Waverly Hills. If you google Waverly Hills and click on the first result that comes up, you will go to http://www.prairieghosts.com/waverly_tb.html. If you read the history of Waverly and compare it to that of the Death Mill you will only notice a few differences in the history. The only differences are names and dates and thats it. I don’t why someone would want to copy the great and amazing history of Waverly Hills,so check it out our self and make your own conclusion. Please leave your comment on the subject if you investagate this.

Comment by CBS | 12.19.2006 | 12:28 am
i seen this show called’celebrity paranormal project’ its freaking awesome and one of these episodes sounds like this one but it sounds like an awesome place ..

Comment by angel | 12.20.2006 | 9:58 am
**** u all *******

Comment by tommy lane | 12.22.2006 | 7:03 am
******* U ALL BI OTC HES

Comment by tommy lane | 12.22.2006 | 7:05 am
My Grandpa grow up nere there and saies it’s really scary. He saies he will never go back there as long as he lives. We know he had a very scary expereance there but he won’t talke about it no matter how hard you ask. Hs brother won’t even talke about it..

Comment by Angelica | 12.23.2006 | 11:31 pm
The scariest thing at Waverly Hills has nothing to do with ghosts. Wonder why they want all those so called “DONATIONS” in cash? That’s kind of odd for a non-profit don’t you think?

Comment by Bust | 01.2.2007 | 9:48 pm
I have a tour booked there in March so if I make it out alive I will let you all know about it.

Comment by Ghost Hunting Mom | 01.16.2007 | 3:00 pm
I researched this on the internet and found more information on the subject. I learned that this pregnant woman, in her twenties, that worked there, that cared for two tuberculosis patients, was depressed and she couldn’t handle her job anymore so she hung herself in room 502, the room of one of patients.

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