Agenda for Waverly Hills Sanatorium
PLEASE READ ENTIRELY AND CAREFULLY
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This is your opportunity to have dinner and investigate one of the 'most haunted locations in the world" with Chris and Porter from Ghost Asylum!
Embark on an exciting and bone chilling ten-hour American Paranormal Adventure! Start the evening with a fun and exciting Meet & Greet dinner with Chris & Porter of Ghost Asylum at Pina Fiesta Mexican Restaurant and then after dinner we will move on over to Waverly Hills Sanatorium and have free roam to investigate and capture your own evidence with Chris and Porter until 4AM! Food and beverages will be available all night for guests to enjoy in the “safe” room during breaks. ABSOLUTELY NO DRUGS OR ALCOHOL PERMITTED!
This Meet & Greet Dinner and Ghost Hunting Event is Hosted by American Paranormal Adventures, LLC (APA)! You can get tickets by going to http://apawavelryhills2017.eventzilla.net or our website at www.americanparanormaladventures.com/events
There is limited space for this event. You MUST have a ticket purchased prior to date of event. Once we reach or capacity we cannot sell any more tickets. So please be sure you purchase enough tickets for your group at the time as we cannot give refunds.
If you are unable to purchase tickets for this event, you can go to https://www.therealwaverlyhills.com to purchase one of their amazing tours of Waverly.
Dinner and Investigation are in two different locations. Please read scheduled agenda below carefully.
Schedule:
Meet & Greet Dinner
6:30pm - (Eastern Time Zone) – Registration and dinner
Location - Pina Fiesta Mexican Restaurant
7895 Dixie Hwy, Louisville, KY 40216 (just down the road from Waverly)
7:00pm – Equipment Overview and Basic ghost hunting 101
8:00pm – Dinner with Chris and Porter of Tennessee Wraith Chaser (Ghost Asulym)
If you are doing Investigation as well continue below:
Investigation Info
10:00pm – Investigate with the stars
Location - Waverly Hills Sanatorium
4400 Paralee Lane
Louisville, KY 40272
12:00am – Midnight snack
12:30-4am – Investigate on your own but in a group.
NO ONE IS ALLOWED TO GO ALONE ANYWHERE!
Overnight:
Why stay at a hotel after your Overnight Investigation when you can continue your Waverly experience and stay on Waverly Hills property inside a historic, original building! Bring your sleeping bag and select the 'Overnight with Accommodations' above at the ticket selection to spend the night at Waverly Hills Sanatorium!
***IMPORTANT - YOU WILL BE SLEEPING IN BUNKERS IN ONE BIG ROOM WITH OTHERS! NO ONE ASSOCIATED WITH APA OR WAVERLY IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY LOST OR STOLEN ITEMS. KEEP VALUABLES AT HOME OR LOCKED IN YOUR CAR! We will have security staying in the bunkers with you but please be respectful of others and realize you will be in room with strangers. You must be 18 and over, NO EXCEPTIONS!
Accommodations:
The building you will stay in is the old Pump House, currently being restored to a bunk house "Accommodations" consists of a historic original building to Waverly Hills, that has been semi-finished to allow for the stay of investigators after their overnight. It is NOT a hotel room and is not presented as such. It does include two large rooms with elevated sleeping surfaces for use with your own bedding (A sleeping bag would suffice). Area is climate controlled, and has access to bathrooms and showers.
Upon arriving you will be guided to the building and allowed to store your belongings. The investigation / overnight begins thereafter. After the investigation is finished, you will have use of the building, bathrooms and showers provided until 12:00 PM (noon) at which time the property will have to be vacated.
What to bring:
Flashlight, folding/carrying chair if you do not want to sit on floor or stand all night. Any ghost hunting equipment you want to use. We will have some ghost meters (K2Meters) available to use and some equipment for sale (first come first serve).
*** IMPORTANT *** Once arriving to Waverly Hills on your Investigation with Accommodations, the property will be locked and guests are expected to stay on the property until vacated. Those not staying will be able to leave at 2 times through the night. 1am and 4am. Waverly Hills security staff is there to help ensure that our time at Waverly is uninterrupted, but they are not staffed to allow for the coming and going from the property for the duration of your Investigation With Accommodations. Please ensure to bring everything you will need with you when you come.
About Waverly Hills
Waverly Hills Sanatorium sits on land that was originally purchased by Major Thomas H. Hays in 1883. Major Hays was in need of a school for his daughters to attend, so he started a one room school house that was located on Pages Lane. He hired a woman named Lizzie Lee Harris to teach at the school. Her love for the tiny school in addition to her fondness for Scott’s “Waverley Novels”, prompted her to name the little school house, “Waverley School.” Major Hays liked the name, and chose to name his property “Waverley Hill.” The Board of Tuberculosis Hospital kept the name after purchasing the land and opening the Sanatorium.
Originally, Waverly Hills Sanatorium was a two-story frame building, with a hipped roof and half timbering. Construction on this building began in 1908, and opened for business on July 26, 1910. The building was designed to safely accommodate 40-50 tuberculosis patients. At the time, tuberculosis was a very serious disease. People who were afflicted with tuberculosis were isolated from the general public and placed in an area where they could rest, stay calm, and have plenty of fresh air. Sanatoriums were built on high hills surrounded by peaceful woods to create a serene atmosphere to help the patients recover.
Tuberculosis was becoming an epidemic in Valley Station, Pleasure Ridge Park, and other parts of Jefferson County in Kentucky. The little TB clinic was filled with more than 140 people, and it was obvious that a much larger hospital was needed to treat those afflicted with the condition. Because tuberculosis was so extremely contagious and at epidemic proportions, those living with it could not be allowed to live and exist among the general population. It was not known at the time that tuberculosis was an airborne disease.
Waverly Hills was a self-contained community. A city in and of itself, complete with its own zip code. Waverly Hills had its own post office, water treatment facility, grew its own fruits and vegetables, raised its own meat for slaughter and maintained many of the other necessities of everyday life. Everyone at Waverly – patients, nurses, doctors and other employees had to say ‘goodbye’ to everything they knew on the outside world. Once you went to Waverly Hills, you became a permanent resident “on the hill.” Oddly enough, despite that fact, many patients received visits from loved ones on visiting day. When the visit was over, the visitors left Waverly and ventured back out into the community.
The massive, collegiate, gothic style Sanatorium that you see in the 1926 photo (above), remains standing on Waverly Hill, today. It could accommodate at least 400 + patients and was considered one of the most modern and well equipped facilities at the time. Construction of this Sanatorium began in March 1924 and opened for business on October 17, 1926. The facility served as a tuberculosis hospital until 1961, when the discovery of an antibiotic that successfully treated and cured TB rendered the facility obsolete. It was closed down and quarantined, then renovated.
In 1962, the building reopened as WoodHaven Medical Services, a geriatric facility. WoodHaven Medical was closed by the state in 1981.
WORKING TO RESTORE AN HISTORICAL GEM
A wondrous medical breakthrough in 1944 was the discovery of an antibiotic that successfully treated and cured Tuberculosis. Thousands would no longer have to needlessly die. Medical Equipment slowly moved out. The halls gradually emptied. Its patients, doctors, and loving caretakers were gone. But never forgotten.
Over the next few decades Waverly Hills would fall into more dark times. Vandalized, damaged, nearly condemned. Previous property owners had no desire to maintain the buildings luster, and did little to stop people from slowly destroying her. It is sad that a place that played such a vital role during this period of history and medical discovery was not only over, but now disrespected. But in 2001 Waverly Hills Sanatorium was purchased by historical and paranormal enthusiasts Charles and Tina Mattingly. Since then, there have been many changes and improvements to the building and surrounding property. Charles, Tina, and the Waverly Hills Historical Society continue to work tirelessly and devote their lives to restoring the historical gem that is Waverly Hills to its once amazing splendor!
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