Who you gonna call? — Real-life ‘Ghostbusters’ investigate Fife ‘haunted house’
Are you troubled by strange noises in the night? Do you experience feelings of dread in your basement or attic? The caretaker of a former Fife mill certainly was, so who did he call? Two novelists and part-time ghost hunters, that’s who, as Michael Alexander found out.
Hugh Mackay says the very first sign that something peculiar was happening in the converted 17th century Fife mill house came just two weeks after he started work there as a caretaker.
The building in countryside near Kennoway had been deliberately chosen by the directors of a German not-for-profit foster care company because they liked its authentic Scottish heritage and because its relatively remote location was seen as ideal for the respite needs of their young clients.
But the oppressive atmosphere of the building quickly took on a whole new meaning for Hugh, his family, and the German directors after a series of unexplained incidents left them wondering if the historic structure was haunted.
