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  Welcome to the waverly hills case files below you'll find our story and pictures for each visit we took up to Waverly Hills. Enjoy!  Group Members That Did Not Attend: Erin Sandra Shane  Imagine yourself feeling as though your being choked by a unseen force. You think your chest is going to explode, lungs on fire coughing up bright red blood dripping from your mouth. A constant fever you keep and made worse by the lack of oxygen to your brain. In 1900, Louisville, Kentucky had the highest tuberculosis death rate in the country. This was due to the fact Louisville is such a low valley area and before development, was basically all swampland and perfect breeding ground for the Tuberculosis bacteria. As with many other towns and cities across the country, hospitals were needed to care for the sick. In 1910, a wooden, two-story hospital with 40 beds opened on one of the highest elevated hills in southern Jefferson County to try and contain this ravaging disease. Officials soon found that this small hospital was simply too small, as they were soon housing more than 130 cases of tuberculosis. Louisville needed a much larger facility and money began to be raised for its construction. Land was donated and $11 million was used to started construction on the new hospital in 1924. The hospital, known as Waverly Hills, was opened in 1926 and was considered to be the most advanced tuberculosis hospital in the country. If a patient had any chance of surviving the disease, Waverly Hills was the place to come for treatment. Of course, treatment in those days was primitive at best, meaning that many simply came here to die. In those days, it was believed that the best cure for tuberculosis was plenty of nutritional food, plenty of rest and plenty of fresh air. Many patients came to Waverly and were actually cured and became well enough to once again enter society. For those not as fortunate, Waverly was the last place they ever saw. Records have been lost, but it is estimated that tens of thousands died at Waverly. At the height of the tuberculosis epidemic, it is reported that one patient an hour died. Treatments harsh and bloody. Balloons were surgically implanted into the lungs and then filled with air to try and expand them more, often with disastrous results. Pneumothorax was a procedure that consisted of deflating the infected area of the lung for a period of time and then letting it heal. Thoracoplasty was a very invasive surgical procedure where the chest of the patient was opened and then cords of muscle and up to seven ribs were removed. The opening was then closed up with the idea that the lungs would then be free to expand further and allow more oxygen into the lungs. This bloody procedure was only attempted as a last resort because fewer than 5% of the patients ever survived it. Years later TB declined and Waverly Was Shut Down. Over time it started to get the reputation of being haunted and rumors had it that satanic rituals were taking place within its walls. There were tales of a little girl running up and down the third floor solarium playing hide and seek with trespassers, of a little boy playing with his leather ball, of rooms lighting up as if there was still power to the building, doors slamming, disembodied voices, a hearse driving up and dropping off coffins and an old woman running from the front door with her wrists bleeding screaming �help me, somebody save me!� ROB-UNDER CONSTUCTION KEISHSA- While we were at Waverly Hills i went down the body chute (A tunnel used for transporting the dead bodys out of Waverly) but i didnt see anything in there. Then we went to the 1st floor and i had a sad feeling while there, actually i had a sad feeling through out the whole building, did not really see anything though until i got to the 4th floor and i seen the shadow people it was very very creepy. I cant wait until we go back in May to stay the nite. I believe that there was to many people there to actually see anything. We did get a pic. Of a full body apparetion. I had a really great time and i will diffentley go back. BRANDY-UNDER CONSTUCTION JARED-UNDER CONSTUCTION MAGGIE- On our tour of Waverly Hills as we walked through the building and looked around we went to the top of the building. Then we went to the fourth floor were we was asked to turn off all lights and take no pictures. And then they split us up in two groups one group went to one end and the other to the other end. Then they asked for a volunteer to go all the way to the end stop then turn around. Well that's when we saw what was the shadow people it was a great experience to see that and feel the spirits in that building there is definitely ghost in that building. Follow the link below to see Waverly Hills pictures.  |