Waverly Hills: The History & The Hauntings

Dark Histories

Ben Cutmore

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🗓️ 31 March 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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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? Sources: 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. Mullin, E. (2016). How Tuberculosis Shaped Victorian Fashion. [online] Smithsonian. Available at: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-tuberculosis-shaped-victorian-fashion-180959029/[Accessed 25 Mar. 2019]. Schuleit, A. (n.d.). State Hospitals of Massachusetts: Historical Overview.[online] 1856.org. Available at: http://www.1856.org/historicalOverview.html [Accessed 25 Mar. 2019]. Shafer, S. (2014). Waverly Hills hospital rezoning likely. [online] Eu.courier-journal.com. Available at: https://eu.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2014/02/21/waverly-hills-hospital-rezoning-likely/5710001/ [Accessed 25 Mar. 2019]. Lovan, D. (2013). Former TB hospital now attracts ghost hunters.[online] NBC News. Available at: https://www.nbcnews.com/business/travel/former-tb-hospital-now-attracts-ghost-hunters-f8C11496194 [Accessed 25 Mar. 2019]. Spooky Southcoast. (2006). Charlie Mattingly of Waverly Hills.[podcast] Available at: https://spookysouthcoast.com/ [Accessed 26 Mar. 2019]. For extended show notes, including maps, links and scripts, head over to darkhistories.com Support the show by using our link when you sign up to Audible: http://audibletrial.com/darkhistories or visit our Patreon for bonus episodes and Early Access: https://www.patreon.com/darkhistories Connect with us on Facebook: http://facebook.com/darkhistoriespodcast Or find us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/darkhistories & Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dark_histories/ Or you can contact us directly via email at [email protected] or join our Discord community: https://discord.gg/6f7e2pt Music was recorded by me © Ben Cutmore 2017 Other Outro music was Paul Whiteman & his orchestra with Mildred Bailey - All of me (1931). It's out of copyright now, but if you're interested, that was that.

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0:00.0	Hi everyone. Thanks so much for downloading Dark Histories. The podcast has been growing really well recently and that's thanks to all you good people who share it around with your friends and families.
0:12.0	Before we start, I just want to throw out a few ways that you can help to
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0:28.0	All of the links for those various things can be found on the website over at dark histories
0:33.0	dot com and of course just continuing to share it around with all your
0:36.7	friends and families is a huge help so thanks so much for your help with that
0:40.8	okay let's go on with the show.
0:48.8	Let's have a look at one of these Salatoria or Hospitals as they are called today. Real hospitals
0:56.3	for the Tuberculus and not merely resting places. Here we are in a large southern sanatorium. This one has beds for 500 patients.
1:07.0	Altogether there are now 90,000 such beds available. Rest and more rest as Trudeau discovered when he himself took the
1:16.8	cure as a young doctor. Yes and good food. Nowadays doctors don't stuff patients with more milk and eggs and they can
1:25.5	digest. Just good well-balanced meals, enough to gain weight on.
1:31.1	Mm. Sm smell those delicious loaves.
1:35.0	New ways of resting the lung have been developed.
1:39.0	This patient is getting pneumothorax treatment.
1:42.0	Air is let into the chest cavity. is getting pneumothorax treatment.
1:43.0	Air is let into the chest cavity,
1:45.0	and that rest the lung so that it can heal.
1:48.0	When the disease's lung is fully healed,
1:51.0	it is allowed to expand again. A lifesaver for many. Each patient has helped to find
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