A 'haunted' night at the museum

Council staff had reported ghostly goings-on in the historic Carnegie Building: such as hearing footsteps nobody could account for, strange smells and a feeling of being watched.

And so Mike Hiron and his band of investigators, who call themselves Paranormal Ulster, were given permission by the local authority to bring their unique talents to the museum and arts centre on Thursday night.

Mike's team are masters of catching things that go bump in the night. They deploy state-of-the-art scientific equipment including high-definition night-vision cameras and motion detectors.

And what they discovered during their stake-out of Larne Museum sent a chill down their spines.

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“One of my team took a photograph inside the building and you can clearly see the face of a young boy in one of the windows. Our motion detectors were also set off during the night and we recorded some voices. We were all very excited about the evidence and we are hoping to get the permission from the owner of Cairndhu to return to the building and carry out more research.”

Chairman of Larne Historical Society, Liam Kelly, said he was fascinated to see the evidence gathered by the Paranormal Ulster team at Cairndhu. He added: “The photograph of the boy’s face in the window is scary stuff and I know that while many people do not believe in that sort of thing, I am convinced that the building is alive with spirits. I look forward to seeing the team’s results from their investigation at Larne Museum.”

Paranormal Ulster’s investigations of Larne Museum and Cairndhu House are to be broadcast in an upcoming television series.