Waverly Hills Sanatorium
Waverly Hills Sanatorium opened on July 26, 1910. It is a former tuberculosis hospital located in Louisville, Kentucky. It is rumored to be one of the most haunted buildings in the United States.1
Fast Fact
- Originally opened on July 26, 1926
- Re-opened after expansion on October 17, 1926
- Closed in 1961
- Rumored that 63,000 people are estimated to have died there2
- Tours of the sanatorium are available
- Current Owners: Tina and Charlie Mattingly
- Converts into a haunted house attraction during the Halloween season
- Room 502 is reported is rumored to be the site of two suicides3
- Shadow people, orbs, EVPs are reported there3
- Sounds of the Underground 2007 was hosted there
Key Dates
- 1883: Land that would become Waverly Hills was purchased
- July 26, 1910: Opened
- August 11, 1911: Patients with tuberculosis were relocated to tents on the grounds
- December, 1912: Hospital for advanced cases of TB opened
- March, 1924: Expansion project began
- October 17, 1926: New Waverly Hills building opened
- June, 1961: Closed down
- 1962: Reopened as Woodhaven Geriatrics Hospital
- 1981: Closed due to allegations of abuse
- 1983: J. Clifford Todd purchased the property with the intent to make it a prison
- March, 1996: Robert Alberhaskey bought the property
- 2001: Property purchased by Tina and Charlie Mattingly
- July 19, 2001: Scariest Places On Earth taped
- 2004: Spooked and Death Tunnel were taped there
- March 29, 2006: First episode of Ghost Hunters taped
- October 31, 2007: Second episode of Ghost Hunters taped
Structures on Property as of May 1983
- Edgewood
- Original sanatorium
- Pavillion buildings
- Hospital for advanced cases
- Main building
- Tunnel
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