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New Skepchick with a Coincidental Local Connection

Skepchick has a couple of new contributors, Karen being one of them (Chelsea is the other).  Karen brings an impressive bit of work to their group, and one article she's done jumped out at me.

On her own site, Bad Language, she wrote a great piece on the Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, KY. 

I grew up just a stone's throw from that place.  It was opened in the early 1900's as a tuberculosis hospital, and operated in that capacity until 1961, when it closed briefly.  It reopened in 1962 as the Woodhaven Geriatrics Hospital, and operated until 1981.  (I have vague memories of my mom taking my grandmother up there for doctor's visits during the early 1970's, but I could be misremembering.)  The place has had various owners since then, and plans for it included use as a prison, apartments, and as the site for a giant Jesus statue.  Currently it's used for ghost tours and Halloween activities.  (Karen's article has a lot more detail, and is worth the read.)

The site is imposing in a Big-Abandoned-Old-Building-In-The-Woods sort of way, but I'm fairly comfortable in declaring it ghost-free.  (I can think of a lot of things that might be lurking in the building that could make creepy noises at night.  Most of them have four legs.  Some of them drive ragged-out Camaros.)

Anyway, stop by Skepchick and welcome Karen and Chelsea, and if you've never visited over there, take a look around.

CB

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