New Zealand Parliament

Wellington · New Zealand · Palace

In the Parliament buildings where William Larnach shot himself in 1898, his footsteps are said to still echo — and a woman's face to appear in the mirrors.

New Zealand's Parliament in Wellington carries a dark chapter: in 1898 the politician and castle-builder William Larnach shot himself in one of its rooms, weighed down by debt and family tragedy. His ghost has been said to walk the building ever since, with night staff reporting footsteps and a male figure in the corridors. The longtime parliamentary librarian Ewen McColl is also said to linger among the shelves he tended for decades. The tales further include a woman who appears in a mirror and mysterious singing heard from empty rooms.

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New Zealand Parliament is in Wellington, New Zealand.

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