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Humans are fascinated by gore and violence, but even more so the mysterious and unsolved.

Interest in these disturbing and unpleasant subjects is called morbid curiosity,

and it has gripped hundreds of people throughout the ages.

I am one of those people.

My name is Hallie, and this is the Morbid Curiosity podcast.

Thank you. I used to love watching Ghost Hunters. It was one of my favorite shows to watch late at night with all the lights off. The team always explored such interesting locations, locations with

either a vast or grim history. I always hoped for a scare, or to see something that would

hint at the existence of something supernatural. Deep down, like Fox Mulder from X-Files, I want to

believe. However, like Dana Scully, I require repeatable and significant evidence of something

in order to accept it as true. So while I won't weigh in on whether or not ghosts exist,

I do believe that history can haunt a place. Waverly Hills Sanatorium,

like many other sanatoriums, asylums and hospitals, has a grim and fascinating history,

which draws people to it, like moths to flame. Many deaths occurred there, so many humans

can't help but be fascinated.

The fact that a huge Gothic-style ruin still stands to commemorate that history also attracts us.

While there's plentiful documented history about Waverly Hill Sanatorium, there are also hundreds

of rumors, legends, and folklore surrounding it.

Some of these legends may have been started by trespassing teens who spent nights there on a dare, or the current owners who raise

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