WAVERLY HILLS: THE HISTORY & THE HAUNTINGS
S03EP07
SYNOPSIS
A much requested episode on the history of Waverly Hills, a Tuberculosis Sanatorium in Kentucky. These days, it features in just about every bad cable TV show on ghosts all around the world, but whats the reality behind the decrepit walls that are left standing today? And how much truth is there to the ghosts that allegedly walk the halls?
Thomas, C. C. (2007) With their dying breaths: A history of Waverly Hills Tuberculosis Sanatorium. C C Thomas, 2007
Opening of Waverly Hill Sanatorium (1910, October 2), The Courier Journal, p. 18.
Waverly Hill Sanatorium Dedicated Tomorrow (1910, October 11), The Courier Journal, p. 10.
Dedicated to the Cause of Humanity (1910, October 13), The Courier Journal, p. 12.
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