“Unearth the Shadows: What Lies Within America’s Most Haunted Places Will Chill You to the Bone!”
Some say that the light comes from the ghost of a railroad worker. According to them, the worker died near the road, and the light shines from his lantern. Others suggest that the light may be an illusion caused by swamp gas. If you’re brave enough, you can drive by and see it.
The Haunted, Abandoned Waverly Hills Sanatorium
The Waverly Hills Sanatorium lies abandoned on top of a hill in Louisville, Kentucky. It opened in 1910 shortly after a tuberculosis outbreak plagued the citizens of Kentucky. Patients were quarantined in the sanatorium. Although the building could only accommodate 50 people, over 140 patients lived there soon after it opened.
Waverly Hills Sanatorium became a self-contained community; employees and patients who went there never left. After it closed in 1961, the ghosts of its former patients were said to roam the building. Allegedly, tourists have spotted figures walking by windows and heard echoing voices.
The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum Has A Dark Past
The Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia, is a popular destination for paranormal investigators and enthusiasts. After the asylum opened in 1881, it quickly became overcrowded. It was designed to hold 250 people, but over 2,500 patients lived there in the 1950s.
Along with being overcrowded, patients were subject to harsh treatments. Many had poor sanitation and were subject to lobotomies. Rumors say that the former patients still haunt the premises. Despite the asylum being closed in 1994, a few patients still reside there. You can tour the nearly-abandoned Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum if you’re curious.
