Waverly Hills Sanatorium

Categories: Halloween | Paranormal
  • 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.PrairieGhosts: Waverly Hills Sanatorium
  • 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 thereTexas Paranormal Research Team: Waverly Hills Sanatorium
    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 suicidesGrave Addiction: Waverly Hills Sanatorium
    9. Shadow People, Orbs, Electronic Voice Phenomenon are reported thereGrave Addiction: Waverly Hills Sanatorium
    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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