Jeff 'Nexus' Taylor

Location: Louisville, KY

Origins:
Waverly Hills orginated as a treament center for tuberculosis – a disease from which many perished in a time before antibiotics. Due to the fact that is was very contagious, staff lived on the premisis. A long tunnel was built that went down to the boiler facility, where people could walk up during winter weather and stay warm. It delivered steam heat to the hospital. The bodies of the dead were also transported down the tunnel, giving the nick-name ‘the Death Tunnel’ or ‘Body Chute’.

A Little More History:
Originally established to help treat tuberculosis, the disease had been erradicated by the 1950s, which brought little need for use of the facility for which it was originally designed. The building, with it’s saddening history, laid dormant until years later, where it was purchased for use to house mentally ill patients. It had been used for this purpose until the 1980s, when it was closed again, possibly for the last time.

The look of the building, itself, is frightening enough, with its bat-like shape. It was purchased with the intent of demolition, but due to its historic value it still stands. It is now available for tours, for a price.

Room 502 :
Probably the most well-known spot of this facility is room 502. According to the story, a nurse who worked in this room had jumped off of a ledge or balcony, falling several stories to her death. It has been reported that activity takes place in this room – cold spots, reactions from electronic equipment, etc..

Observers:
Waverly Hills has been observed by serveral paranormal groups, with some sites and stories listed here. Their stories will not be duplicated, so that they can tell it the way they experienced it. The Louisville Ghost Hunters Society and TAPS (Ghost Hunters)

Links:
Louisville Ghost Hunters Society
Ron’ Official Waverly Hills Site
TAPS Review

We all know that many experiments took place during WWII. The atomic bomb is a prime example. The German army had experiments as well. It was a race to better technology, to better ourselves and to win the war. There is no doubt that the second world war brought about some changes, both frightening and helpful. Nuclear power and jet engines both became available during that time, just to name a few.

But were there other experiments? Possibly others that could be classified as ‘Top Secret’ for quite some time? If so then the Philadelphia Experiment would be one of those projects.

The Philadelphia Experiment allegedly took place aboard the USS Eldridge in 1943. The goal – to render the ship invisible to radar and vision (bend light). It was all based on Eistein’s incomplete ‘Unified Field Theory for Gravitation and Electricity’. The results, according to legend, were both incredible and horrible.

Witnesses claim that the ship turned invisible – and teleported many miles away and back – all within a few minutes. During this time the crew continued to phase in and out of visibility, some of them rematerializing within the ships structure. Some crew members just went insane.

Could this have truly taken place? Skeptics have all of the logical answers, and they make sense. If you can make a ship invisible then why didn’t they continue with the experiments? Why was the badly needed naval vessel being used for testing, when it was listed as being on a mission elsewhere?

Others will tell you that the military will do anything to cover up such a story (which I have no doubt). Let’s face it – war is in no way rational, and in the case of this war many ‘unique’ decisions were made. Could this be one of those decisions?

Department of Naval Research
Carlos Allende
Joe Turner’s Story
Philadelphia Experiment from A to Z
USS Eldridge (DE-173)