"I have always been a sceptic myself so just thought the lights were power surges and that maybe the children are talking in their sleep.
"But when I saw the person on the CCTV, I decided to get someone in to try and see what was going on."
In the video, Mr Hawke, 42, first attempts to engage with the spirit for a "chat".
He is heard saying: "Come on please show. Anything, please, anything."
Shortly after a cup is flung off the kitchen surface onto the floor, followed by a plate.
Mr Hawke reacts with panic and his heard shouting: "I am getting out of this f****** house."
He said people had accused him of staging the whole thing, adding: "I am an actor and I do pranks as well so people just think it's fake and that is why I was doubious about putting it up.
"They accused me of pulling the cup off with fishing wire, but why would I make it up? If they had been there and saw it happen they would believe it."
Mr Hawke said that his neighbours have also experienced supernatural activity in their homes and believes it is due to the area's history.
He said: "Aparrently this used to be a sacred place where people were buried because there was a monastery behind where the houses are.
