The Silent Scare: Infrasound's Hidden Hand in Haunted Feelings The notion of haunted houses has long been a staple of popular culture, with countless stories of ghostly apparitions and unexplained occurrences.
But what if there was a more rational explanation for these eerie feelings? New research suggests that low frequency sound waves, known as infrasound, could be behind our spooky sensations.
Infrasound is a phenomenon where sound waves are felt by humans but remain below the threshold of human hearing (20 Hertz).