{"id":6760,"date":"2012-06-01T01:10:54","date_gmt":"2012-06-01T06:10:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=6960"},"modified":"2012-05-30T17:06:56","modified_gmt":"2012-05-30T22:06:56","slug":"paranormal-path-27","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2012\/06\/01\/paranormal-path-27\/","title":{"rendered":"Paranormal Path"},"content":{"rendered":"
Waverly Hills<\/span><\/strong><\/div>\n
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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A haunting is often brought on by trauma and what place sees more trauma than a hospital?\u00a0 During the early 1900\u2019s there was an outbreak of the very contagious, tuberculosis, also known as \u201cwhite death\u201d.\u00a0 With no cure available at the time, the disease would claim entire families.\u00a0 One of the highest death rates was in Louisville, Kentucky.\u00a0 In 1910 a hospital was built on a hill in Jefferson County with hopes of combating the disease.\u00a0 The hospital quickly became overcrowded, and in 1924 a new structure was started.\u00a0 Two years later in 1926, Waverly Hills Sanatorium was opened.\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Though considered very advanced for its time, the hospital still saw many succumb to the disease.\u00a0 While searching for a cure, patients\u2019 experienced \u201ctreatments\u201d that were at times worse than the sickness itself.\u00a0 It was believed at the time that rest and fresh air were the best cures.\u00a0 Patients would be placed outside regardless of the weather.\u00a0 They even tried exposing a patient\u2019s lungs to ultraviolet light to try and stop bacteria from growing.\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The many patients\u2019 that did not survive would be sent down the \u201cbody chute\u201d, this tunnel for the dead bodies led from the hospital to the railroad tracks at the bottom of the hill.\u00a0 The bodies were lowered using a motorized cable and rail system in secret to waiting trains.\u00a0 The hospital staff knew it would be too traumatic for the surviving patients to see just how many were dying from this disease.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Soon tuberculosis began to decline by the late 1930\u2019s and by 1946 new medications began to get the disease under control. Waverly Hills was closed in 1961 and was reopened as Woodhaven Geriatrics Sanatorium.\u00a0 However the patients in the old age home were mistreated and many ailments were treated with electroshock therapy.\u00a0 Budget cuts led to horrible conditions, this combined with patient mistreatment led to the facility closing for good in 1982.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong>Considering the rich history, illness, trauma and death, it really is understandable why Waverly Hills is considered to be one of the most haunted locations in the U.S.\u00a0 Though the patients and staff are physically long gone, many spirits seem to have remained.\u00a0 A man in a white coat can be seen on occasion, he walks to the kitchen and the smell of fresh baked bread is apparent, though anyone looking at the kitchen can easily see a forgotten dilapidated, room where no one has cooked anything in for decades.<\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Room 502 is one of the most infamous.\u00a0 In 1928 the head nurse of the room was found dead.\u00a0 She had hung herself from a light fixture.\u00a0 There was a theory that she was pregnant out of wedlock and couldn\u2019t handle her depression.\u00a0 A few years later in 1932 another nurse for the same room fell to her death from the roof patio.\u00a0 There has been speculation that she was actually pushed by an unseen force.\u00a0 Paranormal investigators that have visited this room have encountered shadows, and a voice that warns to \u2018get out\u201d.\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On the third floor there is the spirit of a little girl named Mary.\u00a0 She is believed to enjoy playing with a ball that will roll across the floor or down the stairs.\u00a0 She is reported to appear and continually repeats that she has no eyes.\u00a0 Mary is just one of the many full bodied apparitions to be seen.\u00a0 \u00a0Dr\u2019s, nurses, and patients can still be seen, voices and strange noises can be heard down the \u201cbody chute\u201d.\u00a0 There is also a distraught spirit believed to be a former patient that can be seen running and screaming for help, her wrists bleeding.\u00a0 Perhaps one of the most disturbing stories is that of the \u201cCreeper\u201d, a spirit that crawls from room to room, sometimes along the walls or ceilings. This particular spirit is said to feel very dark and non human.\u00a0 <\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waverly Hills is currently open for tours and is in the process of being restored.\u00a0 Some feel this may add to the paranormal activity.\u00a0 Spirits seem to be stirred whenever construction is taking place.\u00a0 Tour info and the restoration process can be viewed on the website http:\/\/www.therealwaverlyhills.com<\/wbr><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Waverly Hills \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A haunting is often brought on by trauma and what place sees more trauma than a hospital?\u00a0 During the early 1900\u2019s there was an outbreak of the very contagious, tuberculosis, also known as \u201cwhite death\u201d.\u00a0 With no cure available at the time, the disease would claim entire families.\u00a0 One of the highest death rates was in Louisville, Kentucky.\u00a0 In 1910 a hospital was built on a hill in Jefferson County with hopes of combating the disease.\u00a0 The hospital quickly became overcrowded, and in 1924 a new structure was started.\u00a0 Two years later in 1926, Waverly Hills Sanatorium was opened.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Though considered very advanced for its time, the hospital still saw many succumb to the disease.\u00a0 While searching for a cure, patients\u2019 experienced \u201ctreatments\u201d that were at times worse than the sickness itself.\u00a0 It was believed at the time that rest and fresh air were the best cures.\u00a0 Patients would be placed outside regardless of the weather.\u00a0 They even tried exposing a patient\u2019s lungs to ultraviolet light to try and stop bacteria from growing.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The many patients\u2019 that did not survive would be sent down the \u201cbody chute\u201d, this tunnel for the dead bodies led from the hospital to the railroad tracks at the bottom of the hill.\u00a0 The bodies were lowered using a motorized cable and rail system in secret to waiting trains.\u00a0 The hospital staff knew it would be too traumatic for the surviving patients to see just how many were dying from this disease. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Soon tuberculosis began to decline by the late 1930\u2019s and by 1946 new medications began to get the disease under control. Waverly Hills was closed in 1961 and was reopened as Woodhaven Geriatrics Sanatorium.\u00a0 However the patients in the old age home were mistreated and many ailments were treated with electroshock therapy.\u00a0 Budget cuts led to horrible conditions, this combined with patient mistreatment led to the facility closing for good in 1982. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Considering the rich history, illness, trauma and death, it really is understandable why Waverly Hills is considered to be one of the most haunted locations in the U.S.\u00a0 Though the patients and staff are physically long gone, many spirits seem to have remained.\u00a0 A man in a white coat can be seen on occasion, he walks to the kitchen and the smell of fresh baked bread is apparent, though anyone looking at the kitchen can easily see a forgotten dilapidated, room where no one has cooked anything in for decades. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Room 502 is one of the most infamous.\u00a0 In 1928 the head nurse of the room was found dead.\u00a0 She had hung herself from a light fixture.\u00a0 There was a theory that she was pregnant out of wedlock and couldn\u2019t handle her depression.\u00a0 A few years later in 1932 another nurse for the same room fell to her death from the roof patio.\u00a0 There has been speculation that she was actually pushed by an unseen force.\u00a0 Paranormal investigators that have visited this room have encountered shadows, and a voice that warns to \u2018get out\u201d.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 On the third floor there is the spirit of a little girl named Mary.\u00a0 She is believed to enjoy playing with a ball that will roll across the floor or down the stairs.\u00a0 She is reported to appear and continually repeats that she has no eyes.\u00a0 Mary is just one of the many full bodied apparitions to be seen.\u00a0 \u00a0Dr\u2019s, nurses, and patients can still be seen, voices and strange noises can be heard down the \u201cbody chute\u201d.\u00a0 There is also a distraught spirit believed to be a former patient that can be seen running and screaming for help, her wrists bleeding.\u00a0 Perhaps one of the most disturbing stories is that of the \u201cCreeper\u201d, a spirit that crawls from room to room, sometimes along the walls or ceilings. This particular spirit is said to feel very dark and non human.\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waverly Hills is currently open for tours and is in the process of being restored.\u00a0 Some feel this may add to the paranormal activity.\u00a0 Spirits seem to be stirred whenever construction is taking place.\u00a0 Tour info and the restoration process can be viewed on the website http:\/\/www.therealwaverlyhills.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":77,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/77"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}