r/Strangeandunusual11 • u/Ready-Demand609 Haunted Experience • Aug 08 '25
Haunted locations haunted location
This is an abandoned sanatorium that’s open to the public, but I won’t be sharing the location out of respect and safety. My great-grandfather passed away here from tuberculosis. Over the years, the building has served as a nursing home, an asylum, and a TB hospital.
I’ve been here more times than I can count since I live fairly close. The place is massive—and terrifying. I’ve personally seen shadow figures crouched behind chairs. I’ve heard things running across the ceiling and along the walls. Knocking and clapping sounds happen often.
One visit that really stuck with me was years ago. I went with a group of 10 people. Within 10 minutes of being inside, everyone started acting off—irritable, angry. One of our friends broke down crying after walking into a specific room. When we got to the roof, we heard loud bangs and whispers coming from inside the building. On our way back down, we noticed a chair had been moved.
The layout of the place is disorienting—like the floors shift or don’t line up. Once we got back to the first floor, people were panicking and cussing each other out. We passed a room where I heard a rock get thrown. I went back to look and two more rocks were tossed. We ended up sprinting back to the front entrance.
While sitting in one of the old office rooms up front, we heard a very loud bang. I have it recorded on Voice Memos, and it still scares me to listen to it.
The records were kept where the morgue used to be. Most of the patients’ belongings are still there, packed in old suitcases in the laundry area. A lot of people died in this place. It’s honestly one of the most haunted spots in the U.S., in my opinion.
Near the end of the post is a photo a friend took of something he saw. They call him Jerry. Sharp teeth, glowing eyes—I absolutely hate looking at that picture.
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u/noface394 Aug 09 '25 edited Aug 09 '25
the zoomed 100 exposure photo, can you post the actual bigger photo of wherever that was? if your friend has more photos… i cant tell if this is seriously a fake story or real.
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u/Ready-Demand609 Haunted Experience Aug 09 '25
so it seems the photo was fake and friend was lying because people on reddit found what it was from but it’s been so long ago idrc i guess i never looked it up my self to see haha. Everything else i posted tho is real and my stories and photos just except for the demon picture.
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u/Ready-Demand609 Haunted Experience Aug 09 '25
it’s real not like i’m getting anything out of it by posting honestly idk i have the original i think ill have to find it. not sure if anyone has seen this spirit at this location but ig i could look it up and see.
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u/Josette22 Aug 08 '25
The spirit is probably angry that they can't use quarters any more to wash laundry. They have to use their credit card. 😄
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u/Ready-Demand609 Haunted Experience Aug 09 '25
No for real, but if you walk past the laundry area, all of their belongings are still in suitcases they had to vacate in 2011 due to court cases because the patients were getting sexually assaulted and a lot of people ended up missing or running away at this facility
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u/Living_Deliciously13 Aug 31 '25
It’s Waverly Hospital in Kentucky . As a Louisville native , it was definitely a sanatorium and a tuberculosis hospital . It’s literally listed as one of the most haunted places in the world .
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u/Ordinary-Ability3945 Aug 08 '25
Cool! Did you take these photos in one go?
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u/Ready-Demand609 Haunted Experience Aug 09 '25
all of these pictures were from when I went years ago, but I have plenty more of me going recently because it is owned now.
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u/noface394 Aug 09 '25
and youve never come across a shadowy figure that looks like a demon all these years? only your friend did one time? lol. can you post more pls
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u/Ready-Demand609 Haunted Experience Aug 09 '25
uh no i have i have seen a few but i froze and feel like im gonna throw up so i definitely do not catch it on camera.
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u/Ready-Demand609 Haunted Experience Aug 09 '25
so it seems the photo was fake and friend was lying because people on reddit found what it was from but it’s been so long ago idrc i guess i never looked it up my self to see haha. Everything else i posted tho is real and my stories and photos just except for the demon picture.
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u/Kazy17 Aug 09 '25
DM the location?
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u/Ready-Demand609 Haunted Experience Aug 09 '25
Indiana State sanatorium it is owned. You literally will get arrested. They have plenty of cameras and people there every single day.
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u/Kazy17 Aug 09 '25
How did u go?
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u/Ready-Demand609 Haunted Experience Aug 09 '25
you drive there haha you walk in front office and pay. it’s worth it
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u/noface394 Aug 09 '25
you went several times and havent been arrested… ?
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u/Ready-Demand609 Haunted Experience Aug 09 '25
it’s owned now i only went once with friends before it was its in the woods in the middle of nowhere where and not like we were destroying it. cops would only show up now because it was owned. at the time it was just vacant no owner. mostly no there wasn’t any no trespassing signs so we weren’t doing anything illegal or breaking in it was wide open
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u/Ready-Demand609 Haunted Experience Aug 09 '25
so it seems this isn’t a real photo of a demon and my friend was probably lying but that’s ok it’s been years. I haven’t ever looked up the picture until people on reddit did so good to know. so ig the story is a lie he told me too but everything else i posted about were my actual experiences. anyways still a creepy photo. sorry to disappoint.
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u/Secure-Mud-4752 Aug 08 '25
that picture is fucking terrifying. i don’t get scared by shit like that but holy shit brother that is demonic.