One of the worst documentaries I had ever seen.

I grew up right down the road from Waverly and that "documentary" looked like a fluff piece for the movie.

There is some very interesting history at Waverly. Instead of telling that story they wrapped a bunch of idiotic stock footage around some cheesy "evidence." One of the main interviewees is the guy that wrote the film. Where is footage of a local real historian, Tom Owens possibly, giving some clear history? The one ex-patient, Mr. Steele, sounded like his interview alone would have made a much better documentary.

Waverly was "spooky" because we trespassed at night and tried to scare each other. Many "visitors" were under the influence and that only heightened the spookiness. Seriously, even without chemical help, imagine traipsing around those broken down rooms in the dark? That doesn't mean there were ghosts.

Wow, I totally agree with everything you said. I just watched this and I was pretty annoyed and distracted by all the silly editing they did to try and creep people out: dumb sound effects, visual effects... It would have been alot more watchable, credible, and compelling if they had just been more straightforward instead of trying to tweak the show to make it spooky and weird.

I will say this: I was horrified and really saddened by the footage and information about the conditions in the hospital -- especially after it had become an old-folks home. Hearing about the conditions that the elderly people had to endure there really got me emotional, and was horrifying. I can certainly see how many people who died in that place would have been too traumatized to have "moved on," and are trapped their by the agony, both physical and emotional, of what they experienced.

In terms of watchableness and reliability, I also recommend the Ghost Hunters episode on Waverly Hills Hospital.

Take Care :-)

I realy have to agree with you on this. This was and is the worst documentary
on Waverly hills I have ever seen. I been there about six months ago, durin the day time, and I did have a eerie feeling. But I didn't stay for long. But this building so huge that your eyes could play tricks on you or a camera.
But as you had said, TAPS had some real hard core evidence. For example the footage from the thermal imaging camera of something crossing the hallway.
Not to forget about the BIRD or BAT flying out of one wall and flying into another. But the film gives you a lot of details about waverly hills, the so called ghost pictures, EMF and EVP evidence sounds completely bogus. They sound like computer generated voices. I have this programm on my PC and I can make saounds like this, too.

I thought the documentary was actually very well made- I'm talking about the production here. It was stylish, it was certainly creepy, and it's something I couldn't watch in a dark room- there's something about old film footage that for some reason freaks me out. Anyway, having said all that, there's a saying(and I'm paraphrasing), "A polished turd is still a turd."
Man, was a lot of this film annoying. When I wasn't spooked(hence the title, so I'll give them credit for that, hehe) I was mad at the lack of presenting an objective piece of film. They went out of their way to do everything to scare you but none of it came off as legitimate history. So I didn't like how it seemed so one-sided. Ugh.
One more thing that I found hard to stomach...a lot of this film seemed very exploitive. Everytime they showed this stock footage of- what I presume to be real patients with tuberculosis- it just seemed like they were taking advantage of a real tragedy and that just totally turned me off.

Oh and yeah, the "evidence" was hard- if not, impossible- to believe; especially after 3 seasons of "Ghost Hunters"
That one fool(okay, that was harsh- Guy) with the two pictures of "orbs" with an eyeball and blah, blah, blah- I couldn't help but think that maybe his camera has the same piece of dirt on the lens no matter where he was taking a picture, haha.

Eh, I'd hire the crew to shoot commercials and, again, "polish" some production pieces but not to present fact-based, and I use that term loosely here regarding these guys, legitimate film.

I thought it was very good in whole, there was definitely too many commercials, I just buy the UNCUT DVD.(lol)

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If you think this was so bad, why are you recommending TAPS???????????please from a documentary to a docu-soap- real good choice there!Alot of their own material has been and can also be debunked-pretty easily.......This one at least was respectful to those who died- they heard the rumors and investigated- if you believe-great- if not- go there and test it yourself before calling anyone crazy or dumb-really- and everyone wonders why people who deal with hauntings don't come forward- this is why! heck, even crime victims don't seek help either- good point, huh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!