Waverly Hills Sanatorium—Waverly Hills, Kentucky


Few places have as dark a history as Waverly Hills Sanatorium, and that's what makes it one of the scariest haunted hospitals in the world. This sanatorium was designed to house tuberculosis patients and have the most cutting-edge treatment options the world had ever seen. 
However, treatments often centered around "fresh air exposure," even during the winter. Other treatments included ballooning one's lungs, or even removing a lung entirely.
The majority of the treatments didn't work and at times, even would get the live-in staff sick. This led to a ridiculously high death rate among patients, and a reputation of being a place "no one left alive." 
At one point, people were dying so rapidly that they had to create an underground tunnel to cart the bodies out without having patients see them. To try to avoid horrifying grieving family members, they'd use tanning beds to make it appear as if the patients were recovering. 
Once TB rates died down, the Sanatorium quickly became a mental asylum that became extremely overcrowded. Patients often would undergo cruel treatments, involuntary lobotomies, "experimental procedures," and physical abuse by staff. 
Staff members had commit suicide on premises, and some also may have been killed by patients. It's unclear how many people died here during the hospital's run. Most estimate that at least 400 people had died here, if not more. 
These days, it's become known as one of scariest haunted hospitals in America—as well as one of the most haunted places in the country. Ghost hunters regularly report seeing shadow people, hearing disembodied voices, seeing objects move by themselves, and also seeing the ghost of a little girl who runs on the second floor. 
The most haunted location? The fifth floor, which houses the room where a nurse killed herself after finding out she was pregnant with a doctor's baby. 
The lore never seems to end with this place. It's one of the most haunted hospitals in America, and possibly the world. You can learn more about Waverly Hills ghosts online, or spend a night there... if you dare.

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