One of the new builds, Basildon Hospital, had some unexplained goings-on in the 1980’s.  Lights would come on in a ward and had to be turned off.  The ward was unused and the doors were chained and padlocked.  The ward was repeatedly search but no one was ever found.

 

Nurses reported hearing someone coughing very loudly in a toilet, followed by the sound of running water after the coughing had stopped.  On inspection there was no one in the toilet and no taps had been turned on.