kTPFpissue 6

KTPF Magazine Issue 6 - Oct/Nov 2015
Borley The Scientific Investigations by Leighton Barrable
As a child I grew up very close to Borley, me and my friends used to cycle up to Borley, in those days
we only had the courage to visit during the daytime, but Borley was and still is very famous for its
ghostly tales.
I have since moved away from the area and now live in Southsea in Portsmouth. I still have two very
good friends who live in Long Melford, which is just a short distance away from Borley. Back in 2010 I
decided to visit my friends and we decided to pay a visit to Borley to re-kindle our childhood.
We took with us some basic equipment such as voice recorders, camera's etc. Just to see if we could
capture anything unusual. This first investigation lasted three days and we did encounter issues with
our camera's and a couple of times our voice recorders just turned themselves on which was all a bit
strange.
It was after this first investigation that we decided to set up a facebook group so we could post our
photo's and a short investigation report on there. Slowly the facebook group grew in size and I was
lucky enough to get in contact with Eddie Brazil the co-author of the Borley Rectory Companion. He
then put us onto a family who lived in a bungalow at Borley right next to where the old Rectory used to
stand. Back in November 2012 we spent a night in their back garden and although nothing out of the
ordinary happened it was an amazing experience.
Since 2010 we have now carried out five investigations at Borley, We still continue to have issues with
our camera's and voice recorders around the churchyard, although to date we have never seen
anything unusual or captured anything with our camera's. Most of the experiences we have are of an
auditory nature around the church. Our facebook group now has 750 members which include Eddie
Brazil and Paul Adams co-authors of The Borley Rectory Companion and they regularly post rare
photo's and information about Borley within the group. The group has now become the leading group
dedicated to all things Borley, with a collection of photo's and rare documents that is second to none.
The late Peter Underwood was also aware of our work at Borley. We now also have a Borley twitter
account with currently 600 members.
I am also in contact with Neil Spring whose book called the Ghost Hunters based on Harry Price's
investigations was published last year and is now going to be made into a ITV drama. Also I am in
contact with Ashley Thorpe of Carrion Films who is currently producing a short independent film
based on Borley Rectory.
A word of caution… Residents of Borley are well aware
of the history of the villages and don’t like lots of ‘ghost
hunters’ roaming the streets. The famous rectory has
long since gone and the church is now surrounded by
searchlights connected to motion detectors that will go
off if you approach at night. Also local police also
regularly petrol the area.
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