![]() Regardless, neat effect, and had most of our hearts racing. I don’t know if it was real or if it was fake, but I will say others in our group used the flashlight on their own and had some of the same results. Was it a parlor trick? A trick flashlight? There are other articles stating how you can fake this. Of course, I was standing the closest to the flashlight and thought. They communicate back through turning the light on and off. He turns off his flashlight and “speaks” to the spirits. Finally, Ernie takes us to one of the operating rooms. This room is said to be the most haunted in the whole area. The 4th floor was said to be haunted by a young boy named “Timmy.” He liked to roll balls on the floor, and this was apparent because other investigators had left balls (some with rattlers in them) throughout the Sanatorium. Ernie took us throughout the different floors. Swore I saw him walk in there and went to follow him. Roughly one hour in, I “thought” Sean had went into another room. We take a walk around the complex and our guide, Ernie started to give us a tour of everything inside the building. My friend Sean Dunne went as well (with a trick up his sleeve…) It was evident that he was a complete skeptic and I shared some of his opinions but like I said, I was still nervous. I put on my “brave” face and acted calm and cool. We arrive at the site under what’s left of the daylight. I had done some research, but I was not prepared. (We’ve heard anywhere from 40,000 to 68,000 people) Waverly Hills has been on numerous ghost hunting shows, the biggest known one is “Ghost Hunters” and they quipped that it’s one of the most haunted places in the world. And had lost in the tens of thousands before closing. At its completion it could hold roughly 400 people. With the need for more space a growing concern the hospital expanded in the 20s and we have the building that still stands today. It was opened in 1910 to combat tuberculosis, aka “TB” many considered TB to be the “White Plague.” Originally the hospital could only hold around 50 people. ![]() So, guess what? We were going to the Sanatorium.Ī little back-story on Waverly Hills. “I’ve been wanting to go there for years!!!” was her response. I told him I’d ask my girlfriend, Hannah Stanford, and see if she wanted to go. My friend Kyle James had booked the trip with his wife Shannon and happened to have two people back out at the last minute. I do love horror films and have always been interested in doing an overnight stay at a “haunted” location, yet I was dreading it! At least a few times a week I get scared at my office when someone says “Hello” and my Mom is the queen of hiding behind doors and jumping out. On May 22nd nine friends and myself had an overnight stay in Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, Kentucky. ![]()
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