Waverly Hills Sanatorium: The Hospital of Lost Souls (EP. 73)

Send us Fan MailThere are few historic buildings in America quite like Waverly Hills Sanatorium.Standing above Louisville, Kentucky, the enormous Gothic-style building was once a tuberculosis hospital where patients came hoping to survive one of the most feared diseases of the early twentieth century. Before antibiotics transformed tuberculosis treatment, Waverly Hills represented both medical hope and heartbreaking uncertainty.Today, the building has a very different reputation.Waverly Hills is widely known as one of America's most famous haunted locations, attracting historical visitors, paranormal investigators, ghost hunters and television crews. Stories surrounding the Body Chute, Room 502, shadow figures and a mysterious child known as Tim have become part of the location's modern folklore.But where does history end and legend begin?In this episode of The Storytelling Podcast, we explore the real history of Waverly Hills Sanatorium, from its opening in 1910 and the construction of the enormous 1926 hospital to the decline of tuberculosis and the building's eventual closure as a sanatorium.We also examine some of the most famous stories associated with the building and compare them with what can actually be established through historical records.🎥 YouTube Visual Episode: https://youtu.be/-KJ0o-J_a1A🎧 Available on all podcast platforms.📩 Story submissions:[email protected]🌐 Buzzsprout:https://thestorytellingpodcast.buzzsprout.com❤️ Support the podcast:https://www.buzzsprout.com/2443276/support🌍 Website:http://alejandraslife.com/📱 Follow us:@thestorytellingpodcastofficial@AleLifeOfficial▶️ YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/@AlejandrasLifeSupport the showThis was today’s episode. Thank you for listening, and remember that if you would like to send your stories or special topics to be shared in the next episodes, please send them to [email protected] you go, if you haven’t done that already, I would love for you to click the follow or the subscribe button, and see you in the next episode!------------------Story submission: [email protected]: https://thestorytellingpodcast.buzzsprout.comSupport page: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2443276/supportWebsite: http://alejandraslife.com/All social media  @thestorytellingpodcastofficialYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/@AlejandrasLife