This is the heart-pounding moment a 'ghost' chases intruders out of a notorious abandoned psychiatric hospital by smashing an LP record.

Paranormal investigators faced the music when they visited the infamous Eloise Asylum in the US city of Westland, Michigan.

The hospital, which has a reputation for hauntings, eventually inspired the the 2017 horror blockbuster, Eloise.

The paranormal investigators explore the dark hallway inside the infamous Eloise Asylum in the US city of Westland, Michigan

As the ghost-hunters explore the facility, they hear a loud crash behind them and announce to whoever is listening that they are leaving

Todd Bonner, co-founder of Detroit Paranormal Expeditions, said it was not the first time his team had fled the building in terror.

He said: 'We believe the building to be haunted.

'Almost on a daily basis strange occurrences happen there, including disembodied voices, shadow figures, foot steps, doors closing and moving objects.

'We have had team members leave the building because of fear and I'm included in that.'

In the video, the team are exploring a dark hallway in the facility when, out of nowhere, a loud crash is heard behind them.

They then announce to whoever is listening that they are leaving, before seeing a vinyl record has been lifted from a shelf and smashed against the floor.

Mr Bonner added that one of the group had reported seeing a shadowy figure only moments before the incident.

The ghost-hunters see a vinyl record being lifted and smashing on the floor before they leave

After witnessing the old vinyl record flying off the shelf, the paranormal investigators fled the building in terror

He said: 'Brandy Miller, our team psychic, was doing some electronic voice phenomena work with a piece of equipment called a geobox. She was with several other investigators.

'One of them had seen a shadowy figure out of the corner of her eye, so they decided to walk over to the area she had seen it.

'In the video you can kind of hear them talking about a black figure and how they thought it was in that area.

'Then an old vinyl record flew off a shelf, hovered in the air and slammed to the ground.'

At its peak, the psychiatric hospital, which was named after Eloise Dickerson Davock

would see to around 10,000 patients and was like a small city.

'It had its own police force, fire department, bakery, post office, power plant and trolley system,' said Mr Bonner.

'It was a self-contained city.'

It comprised 78 buildings across 902 acres, much of which has since been sold to developers, flattened and turned into shops, apartments and more.

But with such a spooky reputation to shake, the final few buildings have struggled to attract a buyer, hitting the market for $1.5m (£1.15m) in 2015, before selling for just $1 (76p) last year.