Spooked: The Ghosts of Waverly Hills Sanatorium [DVD] [Region 1] [US Import] [NTSC]

Start reading about ghosts or watching documentaries about ghosts, and it won't take long for the subject of Waverly Hills to pop up. Most Haunted, Ghost Hunters, Scariest Places on Earth - they've all been here because this place never disappoints (unlike the Waverly Hills-inspired horror movie Death Tunnel [2005], which was filmed on location here). And why doesn't it disappoint? Probably because well over 60,000 people supposedly died there over the course of a relatively few years. The immense five-story building was built as a hospital for those suffering from tuberculosis, a disease which was running rampant in that area of Kentucky during the 1920s and 1930s. Doctors performed a number of experiments and developed several rather extreme treatments for this awful disease, but Waverly's primary purpose, one could argue, was to quarantine the sick and dying in one place, away from the healthy. The "death tunnel" came to be used to transport the large numbers of corpses down the hill and out of the place where the eyes of other patients could not see them, but most people who entered those halls knew they would likely never leave there alive.In terms of ghostly phenomena, Waverly Hills basically has it all: full-body apparitions, audible ghostly communication, shadow people, intense electromagnetic frequency spikes, dramatic temperature changes, EMP voice recordings, ghostly smells, moving objects, orbs, ectoplasm, spirit photography, etc. We get a good sampling of all that evidence in this documentary, although some of it - especially the photographs - are open to interpretation (i.e., I personally don't see a single thing in some of the photos). We also get to hear from a wide range of eyewitnesses. Waverly haunted tour guide Keith Age ushers viewers through the five haunted floors, making special note of the most active areas; ghost hunters and thrill seekers talk about their personal experiences there; Death Tunnel director Christopher Saint Booth and a few of the hotties in his dreadful film talk about experiences they had in the building during filming; Waverly security guards tell their stories; a nurse who worked there in the building's later years as a geriatric home (which was finally closed in 1981 after years of patient abuse) is interviewed; a couple of elderly sanatorium workers actually return to the place to help explain what went on there; and even two tuberculosis survivors of Waverly Hills get plenty of screen time.Unlike Death Tunnel, the horror movie filmed on location and based on the stories of Waverly Hills, this documentary is actually full of creepy goodness. It's also educational, especially for those of us too young to have lived through anything even approaching an epidemic. Tuberculosis was a terrible disease; with dozens of victims dying every day, you get a new understanding of the death tunnel. It sounds rather morbid and uncaring to talk about all of these bodies being removed through this tunnel, but here you can begin to appreciate the fact that it was used out of respect for the living. Either way, it's all kinds of spooky - but not as much as the stories of the children who seem to be the most active of the untold number of spirits still haunting the walls of this living monument to human misery.

This DVD about the supposed 'Ghosts Of Waverly Hills Sanitorium' looked like it would be really spooky and interesting, but it's nothing of the sort.For starters, the soundtrack is appalling. The music is too loud and the people talk too quietly (and there's no subtitles option to help you either!)Secondly, the editing is rubbish. The interviews are interspersed with EVP recordings, 'ghost voices' and brash music which means you just can't keep up with the story.And thirdly, it's a little bit too much like a behind the scenes documentary on a film that was shot at the sanitorium.All in all, I think this DVD is a complete dissapointment and a waste of money and you'd be better off reading a book about the place instead.

What more can I say about this DVD then awesome! I was turned on to the Booth Brothers after seeing this program on the syfy channel. Once I had seen they had it available for DVD I bought it as soon as possible. Love to just sit back and watch this either alone or with friends. Be warned that this movie even had given me the creeps. Im a huge horror buff and rarely get spooked but this program spooked me!. I love the research they did on waverly hills and the emotions portrayed really hit you hard! It even teared me up a few times knowing what the people stationed at that hospital had to go through to try to find a cure to the epidemic of TB at the time. Will recommend this DVD to anyone interested in the paranormal or even just a good lesson on human emotion.

I really enjoyed watching this dvd because it focused more on the the true facts of Waverly Hills. Some of the previous patients and employees were interviewed and actual pictures that I have never seen on any of the Waverly Hills website were also included. Although there was some poorly taken ghost photography and EVPs that were barely audible included which by all means proved no haunting. I am not saying that Waverly Hills in not haunted but if you really want to believe it is see the episode of Ghost Hunters that made me more of a believer.It is to bad that no one can make a dvd about Waverly Hills which has so much history and just leave the ghost stories out.

I love the booth brothers films. I have been trying to get children of the grave for quite sometime now n I can't seem to locate it. But I am a ghost hunter myself. I have tickets to go to Waverley hill next year. So excited. Thank u for this awesome purchaseDiana SwannI purchased the haunted boy but they put in a one on souls. Never got that video. Was disappointed. But I kept it anyways.

I give this documentary four stars for the history alone! It was fascinating and very sad. It definitely held my attention all the way through, and allowed me to see more of Waverly Hills then I ever had before. The short part about Woodhaven was interesting and the things the women, who supposedly was a nurse there, said were horribly sad. However a man who claims to have worked at Woodhavn, says the rumors of such paitent abuse were untrue. This is something I hope will be more researched in the future. I must say I was disappointed in the ghost part of the movie. I agree with who ever said this was more of a historical documentary. The Evps were pretty good but the pictures weren't that impressive. I was completely unimpressed with all the orb pictures. Most of them were obivously due to the moisture and dust in and around the building. After all many shots showed water standing in the hallways. The wet foot print's were weird but would be easy to fake. For this being called the scariest place ever I expected better footage. But if you want to learn about the hisotry of the place or are interested in it at all this Dvd is well worth your time and money. If you don't start it hoping for ghosts you won't be disappointed!

I seen spooked and the guy who wrote it is the worst documentary he has ever seen doesnt know what he is talking about. I am into the whole paranormal thing , but I draw the line on the fake stuff just to make a buck thing . I have seen four different groups of investigaters that went to the sanitarium and they caught things like actually moving objects, among other things . I am a skeptic too , but I know a haunting when I see one. I would be the first one to tell you thats not a ghost if its not a ghost. Excellent documentary.