AN urban explorer who stumbled across an abandoned horror museum frozen in time says she felt like someone was “watching” her.
Chloe Urbex, as she’s known online, said she found the abandoned site “super eerie”.
The 23-year-old has made some chilling discoveries before, such as in an abandoned mortuary, but this is her “creepiest” adventure to date.
Chloe said: “As I was exploring the place alone, I felt like I was being watched.
“The whole place was super eerie compared to most that I have explored.
“When I first entered, I just saw a mannequin staring right back at me.
“The most terrifying part was going down the dark corridors on my own.”
Inside, she found old posters with one advertising a ghost hunt event.
Another snap showed an old ‘wanted for murder’ poster seeking the infamous Jack the Ripper.
One stairwell appeared to have been decorated to look as if blood had been splattered on the walls.
Right before the steps turned a corner, a message that had been painted to look as if it were written in blood read: “Don’t look back”.
Many of the rooms contained worn looking household furniture with fading walls and debris littering the floor.
Broken mannequins covered in paint blankly staring into space were among the clutter found in the eerie museum.
And one of the doors even had a pentagram carved into it, further enhancing the sense of the supernatural.
Before it was a museum, the site was once a cinema – but now, there’s only a shell of what used to be.
She added: “Most of the building is an empty cinema room, but there aren’t any seats or a screen.”
Chloe has discovered many other interesting places in the past.
She even stumbled across an abandoned Essex race track which had been ‘re-claimed’ by nature.
The track began hosting races way back in 1978 and staged competitive action for 40 years.
Prior to closing in 2018, it is understood the Purfleet course, located close to the Lakeside Shopping Centre, was great for a family day out.
But it closed six years ago following “bad weather, lack of support from fans and increased insurance costs” and was sold to housing developers for £80million.
Demolition on the track began in 2020, before housing plans were scrapped in July 2023 when the land was sold for a different development.
During recent years of abandonment, it has become overgrown with greenery and shrubbery.
The white lines on the track are still visible but are being worn away, while the stand is also a shell of its former self.
