3. Sanatorium at Waverly Hills
Where: Kentucky’s Louisville
Year: 1910
Expense: $8 million
When the Waverly Hills Sanitorium first opened its doors in 1910, it was intended to house tuberculosis sufferers. The Sanitorium was located in Jefferson County, Kentucky, which was devastated by the White Plague, a tuberculosis outbreak that claimed many lives in the area. The establishment of the Sanitorium was spurred by these deaths.
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The antibacterial medication streptomycin was created in 1961, effectively curing tuberculosis. Waverly Hills was transformed into the nursing facility Woodhaven Medical Services in 1962. In 1982, the state closed Woodhaven because of mistreatment and neglect of its patients. After then, the facility was abandoned, and like every abandoned sanitarium, there are many stories about hauntings there.
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