1,591 Comments for Glenn Dale Hospital

The Washington & Baltimore Railroad
had a stop near the hospital.

The railroad line became
George Palmer in 1941
then the name was changed too
Martin Luther King Jr Highway-1986

The old railroad is now used for
bikers and runners.

Glenarden,Maryland

http://www.waverlyhillstbsanatorium.com/

A nicely done site.

When I saw the Waverly Hills special on tv, it broke my heart to see parents having to say good-bye and leave their little children when they had TB. That must have been awful and back then they really had an epidemic and many many died.

All I know is my brother died from TB just 3 years ago and it wasn't a pretty sight.

Good photo, Motts. Thanks again for :saving" history in all your pictures.

Has anyone ever heard of Waverly Hills TB Sanitarium in Kentucky? I think I remember Lynne mention it one time on this site. I saw a special on tv last week about this place and it was really interesting. They interviewed x-caretakers and x-patients. They said they used to open patients' chests, break their ribs , and try to treat the lungs when they had TB. The program was good but just listening to the information, I had to wonder how "primitive" they were in medicine many years ago.

man who cares about what max says i bet the were some messed up bodys on there

Now ya see, folks? And some of you thought I was making this up. :-)

My friends mom worked there back in the 70s. It was for laundry and provided emergency power for the hospital. No bodies were burned on site, they were shipped up to silver spring.

its called a hoyer lift

OMG, isabeats...just the thought...<gag>. I accidentally leaned my hand on some smashed, big ass bug of some sort...that was enough for me!

Aaron, if you read this, I'd love for you to tell him more places to go & shoot! I'm in the same state at Glen Dale (though further north) & would love to see some more local places! I'd love to go on a road trip and find some on my own& take pics, but unfortunately time & money will not allow it :-(

Back in high school (late 90's), a group of my friends went to explore this place at 3 in the morning. They parked far and told me they had to hike through some woods to avoid being caught by the police patrolling the area. They told me some crazy shit, like that there were bloody scratches on the walls, and that they found things like "help me'' written on the walls of some of the rooms. One good friend of mine told me there were a ton of old patient records left behind as well. Eventually they got bored and went outside to smoke some weed, but apparently they saw some lights (like the cherry of a cigarette, one guy said) and got scared and ran. I've never had the chance to step foot into or around "The Haunted Hospital", as they called it, but I wonder if anything they told me is true?

I don't know whats so creepy about this, this is a device to lift the imobile in and out of the tub...

Have explored all the buildings of the Glen Dale property hospital late at night.
Never heard or saw anything strange, but you get a weird feeling walking through all the different buildings with a few friends and nothing but a flashlight shining the way ahead of you. At any moment you think your going to have someone coome up behind you in the darkness, or shine your light inon of the abanded rooms and see something, or maybe here sceams or a strange noise. If you want to do some exploring and be kinda freaked out, i strongly suggest that you check out Glen Dale hospital.