Ashford Private House Investigation - Case Study
On Wednesday 9 April 2025, KASE Paranormal carried out a four-hour investigation at a private two-storey home in Ashford, Kent. The household had reported unusual experiences over more than a decade, including shadows, figures, unexplained sounds and activity around the stairs and living room.
This case study records what had been reported before the visit, how the investigation was run, what happened during the night and which ordinary explanations remained possible. The property is a private residence, so its full address and the identities of the household are not included.
Quick Case Overview
Location: Private residence, Ashford, Kent
Property: Two-storey house on land formerly connected with Ashford Hospital
Date: Wednesday 9 April 2025
Time: 8:00pm to midnight
Team: Dan and Graham from KASE Paranormal, working with Jason and Sandra
Conditions: Clear weather, 7°C, 12mph wind and 82% humidity
About the Ashford Private Residence
The house stands on land associated with the former Ashford Hospital site. The hospital was constructed between 1926 and 1928 to a design by architect Edward A. Jackson. Its foundation stone was laid by the Duke and Duchess of York, who later became King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, in October 1926.
Ashford Hospital opened in July 1928. The site included a two-storey administration block, connected ward buildings, a nurses' home, a boiler house and a mortuary. During the Second World War, a gas decontamination plant and underground air-raid shelter were added. The hospital closed in 1993 and the land was later redeveloped for housing.
That history provides useful context, but it is not evidence that activity in a modern home is paranormal. We treated the reported experiences as claims to document and test rather than assuming that the former hospital explained them.
Reported Activity Before the Investigation
The household had lived at the property for more than ten years. Reports from different residents and visitors included:
A dark, liquid-like mass seen in the cupboard beneath the stairs.
The outline of a figure behind the curtains at the rear doors, which appeared to approach a witness before vanishing.
Shadows or movement near the back of the living room.
A young girl's laugh heard once inside the property.
A magazine or newspaper apparently thrown towards a visitor.
A silver-coloured figure reported by the eldest child.
An episode of sleep paralysis during which a red face appeared to peer around a doorway.
Sleep paralysis can produce vivid figures, faces and a strong sense of presence, so that experience was not treated as evidence of an external entity. The other reports were logged so that we could compare them with the rooms, lighting, outside noise and equipment records.
How We Ran the Investigation
We began with environmental and EMF baseline checks. No unusual EMF readings were found during the initial survey. Two static video cameras were then positioned: one in the hallway facing the stairs and one in the living room. A digital audio recorder was left on the upstairs landing.
The team also used K2 meters and REM pods. Equipment and recorders were synchronised shortly after 8:00pm so that any reported event could be checked against the same timeline. Lights were kept on during setup and switched off later for controlled sessions and call-outs.
Conditions on the Night
The heating had been switched off approximately one hour before the investigation. Some early knocks were consistent with pipes, fittings or the building settling as it cooled. No persistent indoor draught was identified during the baseline checks.
Outside contamination was also significant. Car doors and other street noise sometimes sounded as though they came from inside the house, but recordings made the external source clearer on review. We kept those sounds separate from the events that could not be explained as confidently.
Key Activity by Area
Landing and Stairs
At 8:16pm, a REM pod on the landing activated after Dan invited the reported child presence to interact with it. When he asked for the device to be released, it stopped. It activated again after a second request and stopped as he asked the presence to step away. The device did not repeat the pattern during the rest of the investigation.
At approximately 9:02pm, noises prompted the team to check the stairs and landing. Several people reported a static sensation, while two developed headaches. Cold air was also felt near the top of the stairs. A nearby window was closed, but its glass was cold, so normal convection around the window remained a possible explanation for the temperature change.
Living Room
At 9:57pm, the team began a controlled glass session using simple yes and no markers. Movement began after five or six minutes, but the answers were inconsistent and did not form a reliable pattern. We therefore did not count the session as useful evidence.
At 10:07pm, one investigator thought she saw a face peering through the stair banister. The hallway camera did not record a figure. Candles were being used to provide low light for the glass session, and the position and movement of the flame could create a face-like pattern. We consider a visual misperception caused by the lighting the most likely explanation.
Hallway and Front Door
At approximately 10:10pm, the group heard and felt what seemed like the front door opening, as though someone had entered the property. A strong draught was felt at the same time and a K2 meter in the living room briefly illuminated, apparently reaching at least the orange range.
The moment was captured by the hallway camera, but the recording did not show a person entering. The combination of the sound, draught and meter response made this the most notable event of the night, although it does not by itself establish a paranormal cause.
Evidence Highlights
Two responsive REM pod activations on the landing, followed by no further activation that night.
A shared cold or static sensation near the stairs, with a cold window offering a plausible environmental cause.
A reported face near the banister that did not appear on camera and was likely influenced by candlelight.
A door-like sound, draught and brief K2 response recorded at approximately 10:10pm, with no person visible on the hallway camera.
Several knocks and bangs that were traced to outside noise or the house cooling after the heating was switched off.
Our Interpretation
The property was quiet for long periods, with activity arriving in short clusters. Some moments had strong ordinary explanations: street noise accounted for several bangs, cooling materials explained early knocks, candlelight could account for the reported face, and the cold window could produce moving air near the stairs.
The REM pod responses and the combined door sound, draught and K2 response were harder to resolve from the available records. We describe those events as unexplained within this investigation, not as proof of a haunting. A repeatable pattern under similar conditions would be more useful than a single night of activity.
What This Means for Future Investigations
No urgent follow-up investigation was recommended. The house is connected to a member of the wider investigation team, so further observations may be recorded if activity continues. Any return visit should repeat the same camera positions and environmental checks so that events can be compared directly.
Report compiled by Daniel Rees on 16 May 2025.
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