Study finds infrasound the likely horror in hauntings

Study finds infrasound the likely horror in hauntings Rob Beschizza 3:04 pm Tue Apr 28, 2026 Harold Ramis holding a Twinkie in 1984's Ghostbusters Noise below the range of human hearing from old pipes, machinery and ventilation systems can induce stressful sensations, according to a study published by Canadian researchers in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience. The findings offer a compelling scientific explanation for why I feel ill-at-ease in the basement of the abandoned 19th-century sanitarium, built over an old cemetery, that I've been squatting in rural West Pennsylvania. It's not the faslely-accused murderer they executed without trial in 1844 here or the spirits of all those kids who died in that fire the one time; it's that 48" steel ventilation fan whirring away at 17Hz.

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