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Halloween Week: Creepy Places in Your 'Hood
Posted on 10/26/14 at 5:14 pm
Posted on 10/26/14 at 5:14 pm
With Halloween fast approaching, thought this would be a fun one to discuss on the OTB. What are the creepiest/most haunted places in your neck of the woods?
Here in Louisville the most well known probably has to be Waverly Hills Sanatorium. It sits out off Dixie Hwy on the edge of the county in a heavily wooded area and has been featured on several "Haunted Places" type shows. It began as a TB hospital back in 1910, before the prevalence of medication to treat TB. It was then WoodHaven Medical Services for about 20 years from the 60s to the 80s. It was shut down by the state due to some pretty awful stories of patient abuse and the like in 81. Over a 50 year span, roughly 10,000 patients died there. Of varying ages.
Pictures don't really do justice to how big the place is.
Back before it was bought and turned into a "haunted house" the Body Chute was a popular part of the building to sneak into. It was exactly what it sounds like, a means of transporting the dead out of the building without the other patients seeing them. Originally it was a corridor to bring supplies in and out of the building, but when the TB epidemic hit it's proximity to the morgue in the building made it the best way to move bodies out. It's roughly 500 feet.
The 4th Floor and outside landing is also said to be one of the most haunted parts of the building.
I went before it was cleaned up/renovated and there was minimal security. You had to sneak up the hill through the fence. One of the creepiest places I've ever been in my life. The sounds that building makes is
Here in Louisville the most well known probably has to be Waverly Hills Sanatorium. It sits out off Dixie Hwy on the edge of the county in a heavily wooded area and has been featured on several "Haunted Places" type shows. It began as a TB hospital back in 1910, before the prevalence of medication to treat TB. It was then WoodHaven Medical Services for about 20 years from the 60s to the 80s. It was shut down by the state due to some pretty awful stories of patient abuse and the like in 81. Over a 50 year span, roughly 10,000 patients died there. Of varying ages.
Pictures don't really do justice to how big the place is.
Back before it was bought and turned into a "haunted house" the Body Chute was a popular part of the building to sneak into. It was exactly what it sounds like, a means of transporting the dead out of the building without the other patients seeing them. Originally it was a corridor to bring supplies in and out of the building, but when the TB epidemic hit it's proximity to the morgue in the building made it the best way to move bodies out. It's roughly 500 feet.
The 4th Floor and outside landing is also said to be one of the most haunted parts of the building.
I went before it was cleaned up/renovated and there was minimal security. You had to sneak up the hill through the fence. One of the creepiest places I've ever been in my life. The sounds that building makes is
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Posted on 10/26/14 at 5:20 pm to BluegrassBelle
Just about everywhere is creepy in Mexico City at night.
Posted on 10/26/14 at 5:27 pm to BluegrassBelle
I totally watched the TAPS episode where they visited there. I would pay $ to go on a ghost hunt there.
ETA: In Columbia, SC, beneath the University of South Carolina, there exists catacombs that are said to be haunted.
University of South Carolina Catacombs
ETA: In Columbia, SC, beneath the University of South Carolina, there exists catacombs that are said to be haunted.
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Something isn’t quite right on the USC campus. It’s been that way for awhile. Students and locals know the legends. Some say it’s just a local ghost story, but others insist that it’s something else. Something more sinister. Although exactly what is lurking in the darkness at USC is somewhat of a mystery, it has been given a name by locals..The Third Eye Man.
University of South Carolina Catacombs
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Posted on 10/26/14 at 6:08 pm to BluegrassBelle
Pretty sure most of you already know this.
Sloss Furnace
From 1882 to 1972, Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama transformed coal and ore into hard steel. From skyscrapers in New York to automobiles made in Detroit, Sloss Furnaces were relied on for providing materials to produce thousands of products.
In the early 1900s, James "Slag" Wormwood was the foreman of the graveyard shift where 150 workers toiled to keep the furnace fed. Only the poorest and most desperate men would take on the harsh conditions of working the graveyard shift during the summers. Wormwood would make the workers take dangerous risks in order to impress his supervisors. Forty-seven men lost their lives during his reign not counting the numerous accidents that left men unable to work. They weren't allowed breaks or holidays.
In 1906, James "Slag" Wormwood lost his footing at the top of Big Alice (the highest blast furnace) and fell into a pool of melted iron ore. He was killed instantly. It was reported that he became dizzy from the methane gas produced by the furnace and lost his balance. During his reign, he never once set foot on top of the furnace until that day. Many believed the workers pushed him into the furnace after growing tired of his slave driving, but no worker was convicted of it. Soon after, the graveyard shift was discontinued.
The legend of "Slag" grew each year with workers complaining that they frequently saw an "unnatural presence" in the work site. In 1926, a watchman was injured after being "pushed from behind" and told to "get back to work" by an unknown being. In 1947, three supervisors were found knocked out in a small boiler room unsure of what happened to them. They ALL claimed to have been approached by a man who was badly burned and told them to "get back to work." In 1971, Samual Blumenthal, a night watchman, said he came face-to-face with a half man/half demon who tried to push him up the stairs. Upon refusing, the monster began beating on him with their fists. After being examined, it was reported that Blumenthal had several intense burns. He died before returning to Sloss.
Hundreds of reports of paranormal activity have been recorded by the Birmingham Police. Some minor while others more of the physical nature. Majority of the reports took place at night during the months of September and October. Some think the paranormal occurrences are nothing but Halloween hoaxes.
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Sloss Furnace
From 1882 to 1972, Sloss Furnaces in Birmingham, Alabama transformed coal and ore into hard steel. From skyscrapers in New York to automobiles made in Detroit, Sloss Furnaces were relied on for providing materials to produce thousands of products.
In the early 1900s, James "Slag" Wormwood was the foreman of the graveyard shift where 150 workers toiled to keep the furnace fed. Only the poorest and most desperate men would take on the harsh conditions of working the graveyard shift during the summers. Wormwood would make the workers take dangerous risks in order to impress his supervisors. Forty-seven men lost their lives during his reign not counting the numerous accidents that left men unable to work. They weren't allowed breaks or holidays.
In 1906, James "Slag" Wormwood lost his footing at the top of Big Alice (the highest blast furnace) and fell into a pool of melted iron ore. He was killed instantly. It was reported that he became dizzy from the methane gas produced by the furnace and lost his balance. During his reign, he never once set foot on top of the furnace until that day. Many believed the workers pushed him into the furnace after growing tired of his slave driving, but no worker was convicted of it. Soon after, the graveyard shift was discontinued.
The legend of "Slag" grew each year with workers complaining that they frequently saw an "unnatural presence" in the work site. In 1926, a watchman was injured after being "pushed from behind" and told to "get back to work" by an unknown being. In 1947, three supervisors were found knocked out in a small boiler room unsure of what happened to them. They ALL claimed to have been approached by a man who was badly burned and told them to "get back to work." In 1971, Samual Blumenthal, a night watchman, said he came face-to-face with a half man/half demon who tried to push him up the stairs. Upon refusing, the monster began beating on him with their fists. After being examined, it was reported that Blumenthal had several intense burns. He died before returning to Sloss.
Hundreds of reports of paranormal activity have been recorded by the Birmingham Police. Some minor while others more of the physical nature. Majority of the reports took place at night during the months of September and October. Some think the paranormal occurrences are nothing but Halloween hoaxes.
LINK
Posted on 10/26/14 at 6:17 pm to WeBleedCrimson
the ghost adventures on sloss and the sanitarium were both really good.
Posted on 10/26/14 at 6:20 pm to WeBleedCrimson
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Many believed the workers pushed him into the furnace after growing tired of his slave driving, but no worker was convicted of it. Soon after, the graveyard shift was discontinued.
REC doing work
Posted on 10/26/14 at 7:54 pm to Cheese Grits
Central State Hospital in Milledgeville, GA
It's a huge, sprawling campus of old decrepit asylum buildings. There was one building still in use as of a year or so ago before the state officially shut it down this past year. Last I heard, Georgia College (the liberal arts and graduate university down there) was looking into buying up the campus and renovating it into a state nursing school.
There's roughly 25,000 unmarked graves were the sick and insane were buried because their relatives wanted nothing to do with them. Many still to this day have no identification in death.
It's a huge, sprawling campus of old decrepit asylum buildings. There was one building still in use as of a year or so ago before the state officially shut it down this past year. Last I heard, Georgia College (the liberal arts and graduate university down there) was looking into buying up the campus and renovating it into a state nursing school.
There's roughly 25,000 unmarked graves were the sick and insane were buried because their relatives wanted nothing to do with them. Many still to this day have no identification in death.
Posted on 10/26/14 at 8:31 pm to BluegrassBelle
The SEC Rant last week and until Miss Stake loses.
But seriously there are two places in Fayetteville/Springdale area
Fox Run
Zero Mountain
A little North of us it's the Missouri Spook Light
But seriously there are two places in Fayetteville/Springdale area
Fox Run
Zero Mountain
A little North of us it's the Missouri Spook Light
Posted on 10/26/14 at 10:33 pm to BluegrassBelle
quote:They all start out as TB hospitals it seems
It began as a TB hospital back in 1910,
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Creepy Places in Your 'Hood
Weird guy down the street from my parents always builds a haunted house in his front yard. Really creepy.
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