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9- KY Pt1: A Rocky History of the White Death...


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Join us in this episode as Ashley takes us spelunking through Mammoth Cave National Park, the world's largest cave system. We find out what tuberculosis is and I take us to Waverly Hills Sanatorium to find out some disturbing practices to treat the infected.   

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Sources:

https://www.grunge.com/451320/the-disturbing-true-story-of-the-waverly-hills-sanatorium/

https://www.ihorror.com/haunted-history-waverly-hills-sanatorium/

https://abandonedonline.net/location/waverly-hills-tuberculosis-hospital/

https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/waverlytb

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mammoth_Cave_National_Park

https://www.nationalparkstraveler.org/2009/10/mammoth-cave-national-park-harbors-more-few-ghost-stories4820

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/enslaved-tour-guide-stephen-bishop-made-mammoth-cave-must-see-destination-it-today-180971424/

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/when-tuberculosis-patients-quarantined-inside-kentuckys-mammoth-cave-180978144/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Floyd_Collins

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