Leybourne Grange

Leybourne Grange is an old hospital near Maidstone in Kent.

The hospital was opened in 1936 and remained in use until 1996 . The hospital was extremely institutionalised and accommodated up to 1200 patients of whom had severe learning difficulties.

It covers 270 acres and is very tree based making it unseen from the main roads.

The is old manor house in the grounds which is being converted into flats and a private school which is still in use. The site is gradually being converted into new housing.

There is a church yard to the left of the old hospital which has the grave of John Down who’s name is used to describe the condition known as Downs Syndrome.

 

Our investigation took place during June 2010 and those present were myself, The Marshmallow Girl, with Ghostbuster, Slymer, Ripley and our new investigator Lucian.

We started our investigation in one of the many huge buildings now deserted and stripped of the complete interior.

We explored throughout the building and decided to stop and call out from a room on the top floor.

                                        

We had a couple of taps in response to some of our questions but nothing concrete.

Then we stopped calling out and continued to explore. While walking down a narrow corridor with rooms coming off either side, Ghostbuster heard a noise like a hiss from inside a room. Within seconds her two-way radio went off in her pocket although the others were not on. It repeatedly made the ‘call’ noise. No one had their cameras running although Slymer turned his on and caught the end of the radio going off.

Ripley and myself then both saw a shadow moving quickly down the corridor into the stairway. We all decided to quickly follow to see if we could see or hear anything but it vanished.

We all paused and waited a very short while and then we all heard a shuffling noise from the bottom of the stairs.

We listened again and called out again but after this heard nothing.

We spent the rest of the evening exploring other buildings but heard or saw nothing else.

　

This clip is when the radio seemed to go off by itself. Just before that Ghostbuster heard what sounded like a hissing sound coming from one of the side rooms. At the same time Ripley and Marshmallow girl saw a shadow move across the bottom of the corridor into the stairway. We all rushed to where the shadow had been and went out onto the stairs. We saw nothing but as we started to quiet down some of us heard what sounded like footsteps at the bottom of the stairs.

 

 

 

 

 
 

 

 
 
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