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ANNIVERSARY · KENTUCKY · Oct 18, 2026
Waverly Hills turns 100: the hospital behind the haunted legend
Louisville’s Waverly Hills Sanatorium opened its Tudor Gothic hospital in October 1926. A century on, its ghost stories often outshine its real history.
RESEARCH · USA · Oct 17, 2026
Who believes in ghosts in 2026? What two new surveys really show
A study links ghost belief to churchgoers who trust science; a YouGov poll finds 45% of Americans think ghosts exist. What the numbers do and don’t mean.
NEWS · MISSOURI · Oct 16, 2026
The Lemp Mansion is for sale, but its ghost tours carry on
St. Louis’s most famous haunted house is on the market for the first time in 51 years, but its Halloween ghost hunts go on. A look at the history.Today’s headlines
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