Have you seen the spirits? Are there inexplicable events taking place in your dwelling? Sudden chills, unforeseen movements? The Connecticut Ghost Hunter, Barry Pirro, will shed light on the paranormal when he delivers a lecture at 3 p.m. Saturday, March 26, at the Inquiring Minds Bookstore. Public school band teacher by day, ghost hunter by night, Pirro only began professionally investigating the paranormal twelve years ago. His interest in ghosts came much earlier, however, when he discovered his childhood home was haunted. “A lot of strange things happened there…the piano would play by itself. A man was seen several times,” he recalled. His curiosity and inquisitiveness also began early on. “I was a mini ghost hunter,” said Pirro. “This was back in the 70s, so I was ahead of my time. I used to put talcum powder on the keys of the piano to see if there would be any fingerprints left in the morning.” His first investigative stint came when he was contacted by a paranormal group and was hired as a technician. “I was following with my recorder, and that was where I got my first EVP (Electromagnetic Voice Phenomenon).” Ghost hunters often use EVP recordings during investigations. […]
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