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

1. Originally opened on July 26, 1926
2. Re-opened after expansion on October 17, 1926
3. Closed in 1961
4. Rumored that 63,000 people are estimated to have died there²
5. Tours of the sanatorium are available
6. Current Owners: Tina and Charlie Mattingly
7. Converts into a haunted house attraction during the Halloween season
8. Room 502 is reported is rumored to be the site of two suicides³
9. Shadow people, orbs, EVPs are reported there³
10. Sounds of the Underground 2007 was hosted there

Key Dates

1. 1883: Land that would become Waverly Hills was purchased
2. July 26, 1910: Opened
3. August 11, 1911: Patients with tuberculosis were relocated to tents on the grounds
4. December, 1912: Hospital for advanced cases of TB opened
5. March, 1924: Expansion project began
6. October 17, 1926: New Waverly Hills building opened
7. June, 1961: Closed down
8. 1962: Reopened as Woodhaven Geriatrics Hospital
9. 1981: Closed due to allegations of abuse
10. 1983: J. Clifford Todd purchased the property with the intent to make it a prison
11. March, 1996: Robert Alberhaskey bought the property
12. 2001: Property purchased by Tina and Charlie Mattingly
13. July 19, 2001: Scariest Places On Earth taped
14. 2004: Spooked and Death Tunnel were taped there
15. March 29, 2006: First episode of Ghost Hunters taped
16. 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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