Scary Things

It’s that time of year when the things in the night go creeeek and crack… as the door slowly opens and you lay there wondering what could it possibly be!  It was the same thing in April… but are you are you listening to them differently now? As we enter the annual celebration of Halloween, we explore why listening to certain sounds (and watching movies, and haunted houses, and decorations, and costumes, and on and on and on…) this time of year can scare us. And we love it! But why...

Sources: 

Haunted Homes - https://www.huffpost.com/entry/real-ghosts-americans-poll_n_2049485?ec_carp=1625391260321376541

Horror Films - https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2023-10-31/hollywood-loves-halloween-inside-the-lucrative-business-of-horror-movies?embedded-checkout=true

Pareidolia - https://thedebrief.org/auditory-pareidolia-the-voices-in-your-head-may-have-a-rational-explanation/

Exploding Head Syndrome - https://www.healthline.com/health/exploding-head-syndrome

Thriller - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thriller_(album)

 The Blair Witch Project - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blair_Witch_Project

 Sounds

music_fx_maelstrom_unsolved_mysteries_dark_heavy_beat.mp3
 
pixababy-180530-raccoons-scream-growl-bark-whine-falls-out-of-tree-2am-toronto-22865.mp3
 
pixababy-294-Raspy-Rabbit.mp3
 
pixababy-tapping-on-glass-31920.mp3
 
zapsplat_household_wardrobe_door_glass_panel_heavy_knock_x2_13851.mp3
 
felix_blume_impact_piano_x3_spaced_apart_good_cinematic_suspense_horror_002.mp3
 
zapsplat_horror_ghost_evp_eerie_breathing_fearful_processed_002_58822.mp3