The Ghosts of Waverly Asylum

By Crusader1307

 As one can imagine, an abandoned Sanitarium is a breeding ground for Paranormal activities. The Waverly Hills Sanitarium outside of Lexington, Kentucky is just such a place. Built in the mid-19th Century, it was once a well known Facility for the treatment of tuberculosis in America. Without antibiotics having been invented, suffering souls could look forward to such places (which exposed Patients to fresh air and sunshine - a sure "cure"). At best, Patients could ease their sufferings from the disease until death inevitably came for them. Unfortunately, by the turn of the Century (20th), the Sanitarium' reputation began to wane under rumors and reports of mistreatment. Patients were treated poorly, many dying faster from lack of care faster than the tuberculosis. So many died, that an estimated 8,000 bodies "stacked up" in the basement tunnels. Crudely disposed of by throwing them down laundry chutes, they were supposed to be removed and buried. Many were cremated (many simply decomposed!) By the late 1920s, The State had shut down this "Horror Show". With the advent of marketable antibiotics, tuberculosis would become a thing of the past in America.

And here our story starts. The abandoned Sanitarium stood empty and deteriorating. Soon tales of strange lights and figures seen wandering past windows began to surface. This led some to enter the building with cameras in hope of capturing the image of "something". The most famous "something" wad one Mary Wells, a Nurse. She worked at Waverly Hills in 1924. According to the legend, she was involved with a Staff Doctor there, and got pregnant. When the Doctor denounced the child and refused to marry her, Wells hung herself (thus also killing the unborn child). It took several weeks before her decomposing body was found. While exploring the abandoned Sanitarium in the 1930s, a photo wad taken of on of the Great Hallways. Developed later, a very clear figure of a woman was seen. Somewhat transparent, the "face, on the "woman" was easily identified. It was that of Nurse Wells! The photo was examined many times. It is not considered faked.