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That ghostly presence may just be bad plumbing

5+ hour, 5+ min ago  (255+ words) Published Apr 27, 2026 11: 59 AM EDT This isn't to say that ghosts generate ultra-low rumblings like crocodiles. Instead, researchers writing in the journal Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience suggest that infrasound may help explain why some places simply feel more creepy or foreboding…...

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What makes a place seem 'haunted'?

6+ mon, 1+ week ago  (702+ words) Published Oct 20, 2025 9: 00 AM EDT "You're primed to think it's possible something could happen," says Marc Eaton, a professor of sociology at Ripon College in Ripon, Wisconsin. "Then when things start happening that lend themselves to an interpretive framework," like a…...