Every one of you who has ever gone to the circus knows the thrills of taking a ride into the haunted house. There are fake, plastic skeletons, and eerie ghost sounds, and canned blood and whatnot, and all these elements contribute to a “scary” ambiance. But, if you are looking for real thrills, or, as critics say, as real as ghost stories can ever be, you should probably ask scientists at the Goldsmith College in London and architect Usman Haque about letting you in on a ride in their haunted house.

You see, in an attempt to verify whether paranormal experiences can be artificially induced, or whether a long-since-departed spirit can be summoned via technology, the team of experts designed an actual haunted house. The basic idea that informed the construction of the research facility was the fact that people who had experienced paranormal activity in the past reported doing so when exposed to strong electromagnetic fields (EMF) and waves of infrasound, Wired reports.

The team adds that scientific measurements conducted at so-called haunted castles and homes have also demonstrated large EMF at those locations as well. Early human tests involving the paranormal also saw people getting more in touch with their “spooky” side when exposed to strong EMF. Visitations – the instance when a person believes he or she is seeing a dead individual – have also been linked to the presence of infrasounds. The shifting of tectonic plates usually sparks surges in poltergeist reports too.

“We did manage to build an artificially haunted room, but it wasn’t related to the environmental factors, but to suggestibility. I went in and out when we were setting it up, but I didn’t even make myself a pilot participant. Maybe I should have,” explains the editor of the “Skeptic” magazine, Christopher French. He is also the head of the Anomalistic Psychology Research Unit at the Goldsmith College. He adds that, out of 79 students that entered the haunted room, 75 percent reported feeling “something,” with just 6 percent saying that nothing unusual happened.